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Fusarium head blight in wheat: From phenotyping to resistance improvement

  • LI Tao ,
  • LI Aiai ,
  • LI Lei
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  • Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Co- Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops; Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of Ministry of Education; Wheat Research Center, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China

Received date: 2016-08-29

  Revised date: 2016-10-30

  Online published: 2016-12-13

Abstract

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most important diseases in wheat, which threats both food security due to huge yield losses and food safety due to the toxin accumulation. A comparison between different phenotypic evaluation methods is critically important for fine mapping and for improving FHB resistance. This paper reviews the issues including the urgency of FHB improvement, the status quo of wheat breeding for FHB resistance, and the progresses in QTL mapping for FHB and their utilization. The current phenotypic evaluation systems of FHB responses of wheat, the availability of resistance QTL donors, and the strategies of applying marker-assisted breeding approaches for improving FHB resistance are highlighted.

Cite this article

LI Tao , LI Aiai , LI Lei . Fusarium head blight in wheat: From phenotyping to resistance improvement[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2016 , 34(22) : 75 -80 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2016.22.010

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