Abstract
Wheat dwarf virus (WDV) causes an important vector transmitted virus disease, which leads to significant yield losses in barley production. Due to the fact that, at the moment, no plant protection products are approved to combat the vector Psammotettix alienus, and this disease cannot be controlled by chemical means, the use of WDV-resistant or -tolerant genotypes is the most efficient method to control and reduce the negative effects of WDV on barley growth and production. In this study, a set of 480 barley genotypes were screened to identify genotypic differences in response to WDV, and five traits were assessed under infected and noninfected conditions. In total, 32 genotypes showed resistance or tolerance to WDV. Subsequently, phenotypic data of 191 out of 480 genotypes combined with 34,408 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used for a genome-wide association study to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and markers linked to resistance/tolerance to WDV. Genomic regions significantly associated with WDV resistance/tolerance in barley were identified on chromosomes 3H, 4H, 5H, and 7H for traits such as relative virus titer, relative performance of total grain weight, plant height, number of ears per plant, and thousand grain weight.
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