High and low molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW GS and LMW GS) and 1B·1R translocation highly affect the processing quality of wheat based products. Using gene specific molecular markers for Dx5, By8, By9, By16, Glu A3,Glu B3 and 1B·1R, HMW GS, LMW GS and 1Bo1R translocation of 221 Chinese wheat varieties (lines) were characterized, and the results showed that: (1) 58 varieties had Dx5, with a frequency of 26.2%; 79 possessed By8, with a frequency of 35.7%; 119 carried By9, with a frequency of 53.8%; and By16 was not detected in the varieties. (2) at Glu A3 locus, 30 varieties contained Glu A3a, with a frequency of 13.6%; Glu A3b was present in 1 variety, with a frequency of 0.5%; 111 varieties had Glu A3c, with a frequency of 50.2%; Glu A3d was found in 79 varieties, with a frequency of 35.7%; and Glu A3e, Glu A3f, Glu A3g were not detected in the varieties. At Glu B3 locus, Glu B3a was detected in 1 variety, with a frequency of 0.5%; 3 varieties contained Glu B3b, with a frequency of 1.4%; Glu B3c was found in 2 varieties, with a frequency of 0.9%; 64 varieties possessed Glu B3d, with a frequency of 29.0%; Glu B3f was present in 18 varieties, with a frequency of 8.1%; 47 varieties had Glu B3g, with a frequency of 21.3%; Glu B3h was identified in 11 varieties, with a frequency of 5.0%; 4 varieties had Glu B3i, with a frequency of 1.8%; Glu B3e was not found in the varieties; 71 wheat varieties (lines) possessed 1B·1R translocation, i.e. Glu B3j, with a frequency of 32.1%. (3) Two wheat varieties (lines) had the best subunit combination of By8, Dx5, Glu A3d and Glu B3d, with a frequency of 0.9%. Pyramiding a number of good genes in wheat quality improvement needs to be enhanced. Markers used in the present study are gene specific functional markers, with good repeatability and high accuracy, and they can be applied to wheat quality improvement for molecular marker assisted selection. |