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Grain quality variations from year to year among the Chinese genotypes

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Under the random effect of year, the correct evaluation of varieties is the basis for the producing of high-quality wheat. In this study, 11 winter wheat varieties mainly cultivated in the North Yellow and Huai Valley of China were grown from 2011 to 2014 to investigate the effects of genotype, year, and their interaction on 15 major bread-making quality traits as well as the relationships between quality parameters, reliability, and suitability of the genotypes. We found that protein content, wet gluten content, sedimentation volume, test weight, and falling number were mostly influenced by the year. Annual variations in the relationships between quality traits differed considerably. Correlation coefficients between gluten index and both maximum resistance and dough stability (r = 0.68 to 0.88) were significant over the three growing seasons. A high intra-class correlation coefficient for gluten index (0.74) was observed. Gluten index is a reliable early-generation predictor of gluten strength. Bidimensional clustering analysis and heatmap are useful for suitability analysis of high-quality wheat. Safety-first indices can be useful to plant breeders for reliability analyses of high-quality genotypes, and only one genotype was screened out. The considerable effects of year were demonstrated, suggesting that the reliability of quality genotypes should be improved in the North Yellow and Huai Valley of China.

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Abbreviations

Area:

Area under the extensograph curve

DS:

Degree of dough softening

DT:

Dough development time

EU:

Extensograph units

EX:

Dough extensibility

FN:

Falling number

FU:

Farinograph units

GI:

Gluten index

HI:

Hardness index

NYC:

North Yellow and Huai Valley of China

PC:

Protein content

R/E:

The ratio of RM to EX

RM:

Maximum resistance of dough

SFI:

Safety-first index

ST:

Dough stability

SV:

Sedimentation volume

TW:

Test weight

WAS:

Flour water absorption

WG:

Wet gluten

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This work was financed by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China [Grant Number 2018YFD0300703] and China Agriculture Research System project [Grant Number CARS-3].

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  1. Farmland Irrigation Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Water Use and Regulation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Xinxiang, 453002, Henan, People’s Republic of China

    Sheng Kun, Li Xiaohang, Gao Yang & Duan Aiwang

  2. Xin-Xiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang, 453002, Henan, People’s Republic of China

    Sheng Kun, Yang Lijuan, Li Xiaohang & Jiang Zhikai

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Kun, S., Lijuan, Y., Xiaohang, L. et al. Grain quality variations from year to year among the Chinese genotypes. CEREAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 48, 499–505 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-020-00060-x

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