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Leber R, Heuberger M, Widrig V, Jung E, Paux E, Keller B, Sánchez-Martín J. A diverse panel of 755 bread wheat accessions harbors untapped genetic diversity in landraces and reveals novel genetic regions conferring powdery mildew resistance. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2024; 137:88. [PMID: 38532180 PMCID: PMC10965746 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-024-04582-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE A bread wheat panel reveals rich genetic diversity in Turkish, Pakistani and Iranian landraces and novel resistance loci to diverse powdery mildew isolates via subsetting approaches in association studies. Wheat breeding for disease resistance relies on the availability and use of diverse genetic resources. More than 800,000 wheat accessions are globally conserved in gene banks, but they are mostly uncharacterized for the presence of resistance genes and their potential for agriculture. Based on the selective reduction of previously assembled collections for allele mining for disease resistance, we assembled a trait-customized panel of 755 geographically diverse bread wheat accessions with a focus on landraces, called the LandracePLUS panel. Population structure analysis of this panel based on the TaBW35K SNP array revealed an increased genetic diversity compared to 632 landraces genotyped in an earlier study and 17 high-quality sequenced wheat accessions. The additional genetic diversity found here mostly originated from Turkish, Iranian and Pakistani landraces. We characterized the LandracePLUS panel for resistance to ten diverse isolates of the fungal pathogen powdery mildew. Performing genome-wide association studies and dividing the panel further by a targeted subsetting approach for accessions of distinct geographical origin, we detected several known and already cloned genes, including the Pm2a gene. In addition, we identified 22 putatively novel powdery mildew resistance loci that represent useful sources for resistance breeding and for research on the mildew-wheat pathosystem. Our study shows the value of assembling trait-customized collections and utilizing a diverse range of pathogen races to detect novel loci. It further highlights the importance of integrating landraces of different geographical origins into future diversity studies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rebecca Leber
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, GDEC, 63000, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- VetAgro Sup Campus Agronomique, 63370, Lempdes, France
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Department of Microbiology and Genetics, Spanish-Portuguese Institute for Agricultural Research (CIALE), University of Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
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Lin M, Islamov B, Aleliūnas A, Armonienė R, Gorash A, Meigas E, Ingver A, Tamm I, Kollist H, Strazdiņa V, Bleidere M, Brazauskas G, Lillemo M. Genome-wide association analysis identifies a consistent QTL for powdery mildew resistance on chromosome 3A in Nordic and Baltic spring wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2024; 137:25. [PMID: 38240841 PMCID: PMC10799116 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04529-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE QPm.NOBAL-3A is an important QTL providing robust adult plant powdery mildew resistance in Nordic and Baltic spring wheat, aiding sustainable crop protection and breeding. Powdery mildew, caused by the biotrophic fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, poses a significant threat to bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), one of the world's most crucial cereal crops. Enhancing cultivar resistance against this devastating disease requires a comprehensive understanding of the genetic basis of powdery mildew resistance. In this study, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using extensive field trial data from multiple environments across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Norway. The study involved a diverse panel of recent wheat cultivars and breeding lines sourced from the Baltic region and Norway. We identified a major quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 3A, designated as QPm.NOBAL-3A, which consistently conferred high resistance to powdery mildew across various environments and countries. Furthermore, the consistency of the QTL haplotype effect was validated using an independent Norwegian spring wheat panel. Subsequent greenhouse seedling inoculations with 15 representative powdery mildew isolates on a subset of the GWAS panel indicated that this QTL provides adult plant resistance and is likely of race non-specific nature. Moreover, we developed and validated KASP markers for QPm.NOBAL-3A tailored for use in breeding. These findings provide a critical foundation for marker-assisted selection in breeding programs aimed at pyramiding resistance QTL/genes to achieve durable and broad-spectrum resistance against powdery mildew.
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- Min Lin
- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, NO-1432, ÅS, Norway
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- Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge, J. Aamisepa 1, Jõgeva Alevik, 48309, Jõgeva Maakond, Estonia
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, 58344, Akademija, Lithuania
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, 58344, Akademija, Lithuania
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, 58344, Akademija, Lithuania
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- Institute of Bioengineering, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge, J. Aamisepa 1, Jõgeva Alevik, 48309, Jõgeva Maakond, Estonia
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- Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge, J. Aamisepa 1, Jõgeva Alevik, 48309, Jõgeva Maakond, Estonia
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- Institute of Bioengineering, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, 50411, Tartu, Estonia
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics, Zinatnes Iela 2, Cesis County, 4126, Latvia
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics, Zinatnes Iela 2, Cesis County, 4126, Latvia
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- Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, 58344, Akademija, Lithuania
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, NO-1432, ÅS, Norway.
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Kaur R, Vasistha NK, Ravat VK, Mishra VK, Sharma S, Joshi AK, Dhariwal R. Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Novel Powdery Mildew Resistance Loci in Bread Wheat. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3864. [PMID: 38005757 PMCID: PMC10675159 DOI: 10.3390/plants12223864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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Powdery mildew (PM), caused by the fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), significantly threatens global bread wheat production. Although the use of resistant cultivars is an effective strategy for managing PM, currently available wheat cultivars lack sufficient levels of resistance. To tackle this challenge, we conducted a comprehensive genome-wide association study (GWAS) using a diverse panel of 286 bread wheat genotypes. Over three consecutive years (2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023), these genotypes were extensively evaluated for PM severity under field conditions following inoculation with virulent Bgt isolates. The panel was previously genotyped using the Illumina 90K Infinium iSelect assay to obtain genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker coverage. By applying FarmCPU, a multilocus mixed model, we identified a total of 113 marker-trait associations (MTAs) located on chromosomes 1A, 1B, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 6B, 7A, and 7B at a significance level of p ≤ 0.001. Notably, four novel MTAs on chromosome 6B were consistently detected in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. Furthermore, within the confidence intervals of the identified SNPs, we identified 96 candidate genes belonging to different proteins including 12 disease resistance/host-pathogen interaction-related protein families. Among these, protein kinases, leucine-rich repeats, and zinc finger proteins were of particular interest due to their potential roles in PM resistance. These identified loci can serve as targets for breeding programs aimed at developing disease-resistant wheat cultivars.
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- Ramandeep Kaur
- Department of Genetics-Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Sigh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour 173101, India
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- Department of Genetics-Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Sigh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour 173101, India
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Itanagar 791112, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Itanagar 791112, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
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- Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA), NASC Complex, DPS Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Regional Office, NASC Complex, DPS Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, 5403 1 Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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Page R, Huang S, Ronen M, Sela H, Sharon A, Shrestha S, Poland J, Steffenson BJ. Genome-wide association mapping of rust resistance in Aegilops longissima. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1196486. [PMID: 37575932 PMCID: PMC10413114 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1196486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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The rust diseases, including leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina (Pt), stem rust caused by P. graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), and stripe rust caused by P. striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), are major limiting factors in wheat production worldwide. Identification of novel sources of rust resistance genes is key to developing cultivars resistant to rapidly evolving pathogen populations. Aegilops longissima is a diploid wild grass native to the Levant and closely related to the modern bread wheat D subgenome. To explore resistance genes in the species, we evaluated a large panel of Ae. longissima for resistance to several races of Pt, Pgt, and Pst, and conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to map rust resistance loci in the species. A panel of 404 Ae. longissima accessions, mostly collected from Israel, were screened for seedling-stage resistance to four races of Pt, four races of Pgt, and three races of Pst. Out of the 404 accessions screened, two were found that were resistant to all 11 races of the three rust pathogens screened. The percentage of all accessions screened that were resistant to a given rust pathogen race ranged from 18.5% to 99.7%. Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) was performed on 381 accessions of the Ae. longissima panel, wherein 125,343 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were obtained after alignment to the Ae. longissima reference genome assembly and quality control filtering. Genetic diversity analysis revealed the presence of two distinct subpopulations, which followed a geographic pattern of a northern and a southern subpopulation. Association mapping was performed in the genotyped portion of the collection (n = 381) and in each subpopulation (n = 204 and 174) independently via a single-locus mixed-linear model, and two multi-locus models, FarmCPU, and BLINK. A large number (195) of markers were significantly associated with resistance to at least one of 10 rust pathogen races evaluated, nine of which are key candidate markers for further investigation due to their detection via multiple models and/or their association with resistance to more than one pathogen race. The novel resistance loci identified will provide additional diversity available for use in wheat breeding.
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- Rae Page
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, United States
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- KAUST Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, United States
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Mourad AM, Hamdy RM, Esmail SM. Novel genomic regions on chromosome 5B controlling wheat powdery mildew seedling resistance under Egyptian conditions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1160657. [PMID: 37235018 PMCID: PMC10208068 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1160657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Wheat powdery mildew (PM) causes significant yield losses worldwide. None of the Egyptian wheat cultivars was detected to be highly resistant to such a severe disease. Therefore, a diverse spring wheat panel was evaluated for PM seedling resistance using different Bgt conidiospores collected from Egyptian fields in two growing seasons. The evaluation was done in two separate experiments. Highly significant differences were found between the two experiments suggesting the presence of different isolates populations. Highly significant differences were found among the tested genotypes confirming the ability to improve PM resistance using the recent panel. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) was done for each experiment separately and a total of 71 significant markers located within 36 gene models were identified. The majority of these markers are located on chromosome 5B. Haplotype block analysis identified seven blocks containing the significant markers on chromosome 5B. Five gene models were identified on the short arm of the chromosome. Gene enrichment analysis identified five and seven pathways based on the biological process and molecular functions respectively for the detected gene models. All these pathways are associated with disease resistance in wheat. The genomic regions on 5B seem to be novel regions that are associated with PM resistance under Egyptian conditions. Selection of superior genotypes was done and Grecian genotypes seem to be a good source for improving PM resistance under Egyptian conditions.
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- Amira M.I. Mourad
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, OT Gatersleben, Germany
- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Wheat Disease Research Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
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Dracatos PM, Lück S, Douchkov DK. Diversifying Resistance Mechanisms in Cereal Crops Using Microphenomics. PLANT PHENOMICS (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2023; 5:0023. [PMID: 37040289 PMCID: PMC10076052 DOI: 10.34133/plantphenomics.0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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- Peter M. Dracatos
- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, AgriBio, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstrasse 3, 06466 Seeland OT Gatersleben, Germany
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Hinterberger V, Douchkov D, Lueck S, Reif JC, Schulthess AW. High-throughput imaging of powdery mildew resistance of the winter wheat collection hosted at the German Federal ex situ Genebank for Agricultural and Horticultural Crops. Gigascience 2022; 12:giad007. [PMID: 36869695 PMCID: PMC9984986 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giad007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Genebanks worldwide are transforming into biodigital resource centers, providing access not only to the plant material itself but also to its phenotypic and genotypic information. Adding information for relevant traits will help boost plant genetic resources' usage in breeding and research. Resistance traits are vital for adapting our agricultural systems to future challenges. FINDINGS Here we provide phenotypic data for the resistance against Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, the causal agent of wheat powdery mildew-a substantial risk to our agricultural production. Using a modern high-throughput phenotyping system, we infected and photographed a total of 113,638 wheat leaves of 7,320 winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plant genetic resources of the German Federal ex situ Genebank for Agricultural and Horticultural Crops and 154 commercial genotypes. We quantified the resistance reaction captured by images and provide them here, along with the raw images. CONCLUSION This massive amount of phenotypic data, combined with already published genotypic data, also provides a valuable and unique training dataset for the development of novel genotype-based predictions as well as mapping methods.
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- Valentin Hinterberger
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Department of Breeding Research, D-06466, Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Department of Breeding Research, D-06466, Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Department of Breeding Research, D-06466, Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Department of Breeding Research, D-06466, Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Department of Breeding Research, D-06466, Seeland, Germany
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