Jian Ma, Puyang Ding, Jiajun Liu, Ting Li et al.
Key message A major and stably expressed QTL for spikelet number per spike identified in a 2-cM interval on chromosome arm 2DS was validated using two populations with different genetic backgrounds. Spikelet number per spike (SNS) plays a key role in wheat yield improvement. Numerous genetic and env...
Jian Ma, Yang Tu, Jing Zhu, Wei Luo et al.
Key message Major and environmentally stable QTL for flag leaf-related traits in wheat were identified and validated across ten environments using six populations with different genetic backgrounds. Flag leaf size and posture are two important factors of "ideotype" in wheat. Despite numerous studies...
Hang Liu, Jian Ma, Yang Tu, Jing Zhu et al.
Abstract Spike density (SD), an important spike morphological trait associated with wheat yield, is the spikelet number per spike (SNS) divided by spike length (SL). In this study, phenotypic data from eight environments were collected and a recombinant inbred line population (RIL) constructed by th...
Hang Liu, Huaping Tang, Puyang Ding, Mu Yang et al.