J Integr Plant Biol. ›› 2022, Vol. 64 ›› Issue (2): 536-563.DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13210

• Invited Expert Reviews • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Shaping polyploid wheat for success: Origins, domestication, and the genetic improvement of agronomic traits

Jie Liu*, Yingyin Yao, Mingming Xin, Huiru Peng, Zhongfu Ni* and Qixin Sun*   

  1. State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Plant Gene Research Centre, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

    *Correspondences: Jie Liu (jieliu@cau.edu.cn); Qixin Sun (qxsun@cau.edu.cn); Zhongfu Ni (nizf@cau.edu.cn). Both of Drs. Sun and Ni are fully responsible for the distribution of the materials associated with this article
  • Received:2021-10-31 Accepted:2021-12-16 Online:2021-12-28 Published:2022-02-01

Abstract: Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L., AABBDD, 2n = 6x = 42), which accounts for most of the cultivated wheat crop worldwide, is a typical allohexaploid with a genome derived from three diploid wild ancestors. Bread wheat arose and evolved via two sequential allopolyploidization events and was further polished through multiple steps of domestication. Today, cultivated allohexaploid bread wheat has numerous advantageous traits, including adaptive plasticity, favorable yield traits, and extended end-use quality, which have enabled its cultivation well beyond the ranges of its tetraploid and diploid progenitors to become a global staple food crop. In the past decade, rapid advances in wheat genomic research have considerably accelerated our understanding of the bases for the shaping of complex agronomic traits in this polyploid crop. Here, we summarize recent advances in characterizing major genetic factors underlying the origin, evolution, and improvement of polyploid wheats. We end with a brief discussion of the future prospects for the design of gene cloning strategies and modern wheat breeding.

Editorial Office, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Institute of Botany, CAS
No. 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China
Tel: +86 10 6283 6133 Fax: +86 10 8259 2636 E-mail: jipb@ibcas.ac.cn
Copyright © 2022 by the Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Online ISSN: 1744-7909 Print ISSN: 1672-9072 CN: 11-5067/Q
备案号:京ICP备16067583号-22