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Allelic variation of high molecular weight glutenin subunits of bread wheat in Hebei province of China

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In common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), allelic variations of Glu-1 loci have important influences on grain end-use quality. The allelic variations in high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GSs) were identified in 151 hexaploid wheat varieties representing a historical trend in the cultivars introduced or released in Hebei province of China from the years 1970s to 2010s. Thirteen distinct alleles were detected for Glu-1. At Glu-A1, Glu-B1 and Glu-D1, we found that the most frequent alleles were the 1 (43.0%), 7+8 (64.9%), 2+12 (74.8%) alleles, respectively, in wheat varieties. Twenty two different HMW-GS compositions were observed in wheat. Twenty-five (16.6%) genotypes possessed the combination of subunits 1, 7+8, 2+12, 25 (16.6%) genotypes had subunit composition of 2*, 7+8, 2+12; 20 (13.2%) genotypes had subunit composition of null, 7+8, 2+12. The frequency of other subunit composition was less than 10%. The Glu-1 quality score greater than or equal to 9 accounted for 20.6% of the wheat varieties. The percentage of superior subunits (1 or 2* subunit at Glu-A1 locus; 7+8, 14+15 or 17+18 at Glu-B1 locus; 5+10 or 5+12 at Glu-D1 locus) was an upward trend over the last 40 years. The more different superior alleles correlated with good bread-making quality should be introduced for their usage in wheat improvement efforts.

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Fund was provided by the National Key Research and Development Programme of China (nos 2016YFD0300407 and 2016YFD0101802). The authors are indebted to Dr Dongcheng Liu (IGDB-CAS, Bei**g, China) for advice on methods and interpretation of results.

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    Zhenxian Gao, Guoying Tian, Yanxia Wang, Yaqing Li, Qiao Cao, Meikun Han & Zhanliang Shi

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Gao, Z., Tian, G., Wang, Y. et al. Allelic variation of high molecular weight glutenin subunits of bread wheat in Hebei province of China. J Genet 97, 905–910 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-018-0985-x

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