Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
4-26-2019
Year of Publication
2019
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Plant and Soil Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. David Van Sanford
Abstract
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a serious disease of wheat (Triticum aestivum) and other small grains; disease severity is affected by temperature and rainfall. This research comprised three studies: an artificially warmed experiment during 2016-2017, a morphology study and an FHB resistance screening study in 2015-2016, using approximately 250 wheat cultivars and breeding lines from programs in the eastern US. The location was the University of Kentucky Spindletop Research Farm in Lexington, KY. Higher levels of Fusarium damaged kernels and the toxin deoxynivalenol (DON) were observed in the warmed treatment compared to the control, and plant development was accelerated. In the FHB resistance screen, significant (p < 0.05) genotype differences for all traits were observed. A GWAS identified 16 SNPs associated with resistance and susceptibility, ranging from -2.14 to 4.01%. Three DON-associated SNPs reduced toxin levels by 3.2, 2.1, and 1.5 ppm. In the morphology study, negative correlations were observed among morphological and disease traits. Small effect SNPs were identified for all morphological traits, which might be useful in genomic selection; traits like spike length, spikelet number and inclination could be used in phenotyping. Response to warming indicates that existing resistance sources may be less effective in a warming climate.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2019.150
Funding Information
Funded by grants from USDA Triticeae Coordinate Agricultural Project, No. 59-0206-4-002 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, through the US Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative under the agreement No. 59-0206-9-054.
Recommended Citation
Weber Tessmann, Elisane, "IMPACT OF A WARMED ENVIRONMENT, SPIKE MORPHOLOGY AND GENOTYPE ON FHB LEVELS IN A SOFT RED WINTER WHEAT MAPPING POPULATION" (2019). Theses and Dissertations--Plant and Soil Sciences. 116.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_etds/116
