WHEAT IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT Developments in Plant Breeding VOLUME9 The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume. Wheat in a Global Environment Proceedings of the 6th International Wheat Conference, 5-9 June 2000, Budapest, Hungary Edited by Z.BEDO and L.LANG Agricultural Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy ofS ciences, Martonvasar, Hungary SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-90-481-5618-4 ISBN 978-94-017-3674-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-3674-9 Selected papers have been published in Euphytica, 119:(1/2), 2001. Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 2001 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 200 I No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner. IN MEMORIAM In recognition of contributions to wheat improvement lng. Milton Alvarez • Menyhert Bartalos • Slavko Borojevic • lng. Carlos Buck • ZahirEyal • Karl Finney • Elmer Heyne • Ivan Ivanov • Deng Jingyang • Warren Kronstad • Ralph Riley • Gene Saari • Jolm Schmidt • Jin Shanbao •• CONTENTS Preface Xlll Scientific Committee xiv Conference sponsors XV Introduction V. A. Jonhson, The 6th International Wheat Conference: Origin and History Plenary session M. S. Swaminathan, A century of Mendelian breeding: Impact on wheat 5 T. G. Reeves, P. L. Pingali, S. Rajaram, and K. Cassaday, Crop and natural resource management strategies to foster sustainable wheat production in developing countries 23 *S. Rajaram, Prospects and promise of wheat breeding in the 21 '1 century 3 7 *P. R. Shewry, A. S. Tatham, R. Fido, H. Jones, P. Barcelo and P. A. Lazzeri, Improving the end use properties of wheat by manipulating the grain protein composition 53 *R. Appels, P. Gras, B. C. Clarke, R. Anderssen, I. Wesley and F. Bekes, Molecular genetic studies on processing traits of wheat flour 59 *J. Snape, K. Butterworth, E. Whitechurch and A. J. Worland, Waiting for fine times: genetics of flowering time in wheat 67 *R. A. Mcintosh, H. S. Bariana, R. F. Park and C. R. Wellings, Aspects of wheat rust research in Australia 75 *P. Ruckenbauer, H. Buerstmayr and M. Lemmens, Present strategies in resistance breeding against scab (Fusarium spp.) 85 A. A. Sozinov, Conservation of gene associations in commercial varieties of wheat 97 J. Dodds, The impact of intellectual property rights on crop improvement 107 P. F. Boin, Marketing and economic impact of wheat biotech and novel technologies 111 S. L. Franck and P. Franck, The role of small and medium size private breeding companies in germplasm development 117 H-J. Braun, T. S. Payne, M. Mergoum, M. van Ginkel, W H. Pfeiffer and S. Rajaram, International collaboration on wheat improvement 125 A. Bonjean, International cooperative efforts in germplasm development: a private cooperative point of view 13 7 P. Heffer, Wheat seed and seed supply 141 K. Neszmelyi, Development and system of plant variety registration in Hungary 149 *Chapters indicated with an asterisk are reprinted from Euphytica, Volume 119, Nos. 1-2 (2001). viii Quality and quality improvement *G. Branlard, M Dardevet, R. Saccomano, F. Lagoutte and J. Gourdon, Genetic diversity of wheat storage proteins and bread wheat quality 157 *A. de Bustos, P. Rubio, C. Soler, P. Garcia, and N Jouve, Marker assisted selection to improve HMW -glutenins in wheat 171 G. Y. He, R. D 'Ovidio, 0. D. Anderson, R. Fido, A. S. Tatham, H. Darlington, J. Napier, P. A. Lazzeri, H. D. Jones and P. R. Shewry, Expression ofHMW subunit, y-zein and uidA genes in endosperrns of transgenic bread wheat 177 *A. Juhasz, L. Tamas,/. Karsai, G. Vida, L. Lang and Z. Bed Identification, cloning and characterisation of a HMW- Glutenin gene from an old Hungarian wheat variety, BankUti 1201 183 M Rodriguez-Quijano, M. T. Nieto-Taladriz, M. Gomez, J.F. Vazquez and J. M. Carrillo, Quality influence comparison of some x-andy-type HMW glutenin subunits coded by Glu-D1locus 189 *M. Rousset, P. Brabant, R. S. Kota, J. Dubcovsky and J. Dvorak, Use of recombinant substitution lines for gene mapping and QTL analysis of bread making quality in wheat 195 H. D. Jones and M D. Wilkinson Transformation of elite wheat varieties for improved end-use qualities: Modification of gibberellin levels and pre-harvest sprouting 203 *G . Charmet, N Robert, M. R. Perretant, G. Gay, P. Sourdille, C. Groos, S. Bernard and M Bernard Marker assisted recurrent selection for cumulating QTLs for bread-making related traits 211 *C. J. Peterson, D. R. Shelton, T. J. Martin, R. G. Sears, E. Williams and R. A. Graybosch, Grain colour stability and classification of hard white wheat in the U.S. 219 E. Johansson, M. L. Prieto-Linde and J. 6. Jonsson, Breeding for stability in bread milling quality 229 *A. Barnard, Genetic diversity of South African winter wheat cultivars in relation to preharvest sprouting and falling number 23 7 *M. K. Morell, S. Rahman, A. Regina, R. Appels and Z. Li, Wheat starch biosynthesis 243 *G. Boggini, M Cattaneo, C. Paganoni and P. Vaccino, Genetic variation for waxy proteins and starch properties in Italian wheat germplasm 249 *P. S. Baenziger, D. R. Shelton, M J. Shipman, and R. A. Graybosch, Breeding for end-use quality: reflections on the Nebraska experience 255 R. M. Trethowan, R. J. Pena and M van Ginkel, Breeding for grain quality: a manipulation of gene frequency 263 N A. Litvinenko, Grain quality indices in the program of winter bread wheat breeding for the steppe region of Ukraine 273 Z. H. He, Wheat quality requirements in China 279 ix F. Bekf!s, P. Gras and R. Appels Small-scale dough testing as a breeding and research tool 285 L. Tamas, R. G. Solomon, F. Bekes, M. K. Morell and R. Appels Small scale dough testing as a research tool for evaluating properties of single storage proteins chosen for wheat transformation 291 A. Salg6 and S. Gergely, Detection of wheat maturation process by NIR 297 Breeding for biotic and abiotic resistance *B. Keller, N. Stein and C. Feuillet, Comparative genetics and disease resistance in wheat 305 K. Oldach, L. Serazetdinova, D. Becker and H. Lorz, Molecular breeding for improved biotic stress resistance 311 A. Borner, M. S. Roder, 0. Unger and A. Meine!, Non specific adult plant disease resistance-genetics and molecular mapping 317 *A. Pellegrineschi, S. McLean, M. Salgado, L. Velazquez, R. Hernandez, R. M. Brito, M. Noguera, A. Medhurst and D. Hoisington, Transgenic wheat plants: a powerful breeding source 325 H. Walther, A new concept for multiple resistance breeding in wheat to leaf and ear diseases 331 J. Boskovic, M. Boskovic, M. Babovic, Z. Jerkovic and V Pesic, Pyramiding strategy for durable resistance to wheat leaf rust pathogen 337 *M.P. Reynolds, D. F. Calderini, A. G. Condon, S. Rajaram, Physiological basis of yield gains in wheat associated with the LR19 translocation from Agropyron elongatum 345 A. Mesterhilzy, Breeding for Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat 353 T Ban and M. lnagaki, Genetic difference of resistance to Fusarium head blight in two wheat cultivars, Nobeokabouzu-komugi and Sumai 3 359 M. lttu, N. Saulescu and G. lttu, Fusarium head blight resistance in doubled-haploid lines derived from crosses with a resistant winter wheat parent 367 *L. Szunics, Lu. Szunics, G. Vida, Z. Bed and M. Svec, Dynamics of changes in the races and virulence of wheat powdery mildew in Hungary between 1971 and 1999 373 J M. Nicol, R. Rivoal, R. M. Trethowan, M. van Ginkel, M. Mergoum and R. P. Singh, CIMMYT' s approach to identify and use resistance to nematodes and soil-borne fungi, in developing superior wheat germplasm 381 H. Ketata, A. Yahyaoui, M. Jarrah, H.-J Braun, M. Mergoum, A. Morgounov, L. Cetin and F. Dusunceli, Slow rusting in winter and facultative wheat infected with yellow rust 391 K. Nazari, M. Torabi, A. Saidi and R. Johnson, Seedling and adult-plant resistance to yellow rust 397 *M. R. Simon, A. J Worland, C. A. Corda and P. C. Struik, Chromosomal location of resistance to Septaria tritici in seedlings of a synthetic hexaploid wheat, Triticum spelta and two cultivars of Triticum aestivum. 405