Durum breeders are interested in screening early‐generation lines for quality traits to eliminate low‐quality lines as soon as possible. However, this requires minimal sample usage and simple and discriminating tests. Due to insufficient quantities of sample available in the early stages of breeding process, a reliable and comprehensive evaluation of wheat functionality is needed. Moreover, this problem is further aggravated by the need to assess the quality of huge number of lines. This study describes a procedure to evaluate durum grain and wholemeal for key quality traits using rapid methods that have minimal sample requirements.

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硬粒小麦品质性状的小型快速筛选方案

硬粒小麦育种者有兴趣筛选早期世代品系的品质特征，以尽快消除劣质品系。但是，这需要最少的样本使用量以及简单且可区分的测试。由于育种早期阶段可用的样本量不足，因此需要对小麦功能进行可靠而全面的评估。此外，由于需要评估大量线路的质量而使该问题进一步恶化。这项研究描述了一种使用最少样品需求的快速方法评估硬粒小麦和全麦的关键品质性状的程序。