Abstract
Fusarium head blight (FHB) in wheat results in reduced yield and quality and in accumulation of mycotoxins. The objective of this study was to identify genomic regions in wheat involved in the control of FHB resistance applying a QTL meta-analysis approach by combining QTL of 30 mapping populations to propose independent meta-QTL (MQTL). A consensus map was created on which initial QTL were projected. Nineteen MQTL comprising 2–13 initial QTL with widely varying confidence intervals were found on 12 chromosomes. Some of them coincided with genomic regions previously identified (e.g. chromosomes 3BS, 6B), however, some MQTL were newly detected by this study. Separate analysis of populations with the same resistant parent showed a rather high consistency for the Chinese spring wheat donor ‘Sumai 3’, but little consistency for the Chinese donor ‘Wangshuibai’ and the Swiss donor ‘Arina’. According to our results breeders can in future (1) choose parents for crossing not comprising the same resistance loci or QTL intervals, (2) exploit new MQTL, and (3) select markers of some of these MQTL to be used in marker-assisted selection.
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