Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2025, Vol. 60 ›› Issue (5): 1-0.DOI: 10.11983/CBB25014  cstr: 32102.14.CBB25014

   

Cytogenetic analysis and molecular marker development for a novel wheat-Thinopyrum ponticum substitution line with leaf rust resistance

  

  • Received:2025-01-27 Revised:2025-04-19 Online:2025-09-10 Published:2025-07-08

Abstract: Abstract: The genetic diversity of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has decreased sharply due to the artificial domestication and modern breeding operations, making it more vulnerable to the threats from pests and diseases. Introducing resistance genes from wild relatives into wheat through wide hybridization can broaden the genetic base of wheat and provide new sources for breeding disease-resistant varieties. As one of the most widely used relatives in the genetic improvement of wheat, decaploid Thinopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Barkworth and D. R. Dewey shows excellent resistance to multiple diseases including wheat rust. By wild hybridization and chromosome engineering, we created a wheat-Th. ponticum germplasm material WTS135, which showed immunity to the leaf rust pathogen Puccinia triticina Eriks. (Pt) race THTT. Pedigree analysis showed that this resistance originated from the exogenous chromosome of Th. ponticum. Sequential genomic in situ hybridization (GISH)-fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis revealed that the wheat chromosomes 7D were replaced by the Th. ponticum-derived chromosomes. Liquid chip showed that the alien chromosomes belonged to the homoeologous group 7, and the density and abundance of the signals in the peri-centromeric region along them were significantly lower, which was consistent with the GISH results. Therefore, it is indicated that WTS135 is a 7St (7D) disomic substitution line. After detected by the molecular markers related to known Lr genes on wheat 7D chromosome, it is presumed that WTS135 could carry a novel resistance gene that is not identical to genes Lr19 and Lr29. By specific-locus amplified fragment sequencing technology, ten primers specific to Th. ponticum were developed to rapidly trace the exogenous chromatin in WTS135. Phenotypic investigation showed that the yield of WTS135 was not significantly different from that of the recurrent parent Jimai 22, suggesting that this line can be useful for improving disease resistance in wheat.

Key words: Key words:wheat, Thinopyrum ponticum, leaf rust, wide hybridization, substitution line, in situ hybridization, molecular markers