In order to reveal the effects of QTL governing kernel morphology traits and grain weight of Tibetan semi-wild wheat for the improvement of wheat breeding, kernel morphology QTL was investigated using a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from a cross between Zhengmai 9023 (ZM9023) and Tibetan semi-wild wheat (Q1028) which were grown in Wenjiang of Sichuan Agricultural University in 2012, 2013 and 2015.The results showed that grain properties of the RIL population are normal distribution.Of the grain properties affecting grain size, Kernel length (KL) ranked firstly, followed by kernel thickness (KT), and then kernel width (KW).Totally, thirty-three QTLs for KL, KW, KT, grain size and length-width ratio (LWR) were detected on chromosome 1B, 2B, 2D, 3A, 3B, 4A, 5B, 6A, 6B, and 7A.Thirteen QTLs for KL were detected on chromosome 1B, 2B, 2D (3), 3A, 4A, 5B, 6A, 6B, 7A (3) in three years, explaining 5.37%-11.57% of phenotypic variance.Six QTLs for KW were detected on chromosome 2B, 2D, 4A, 5B, 6A, 7A in three years, explaining 6.43%-12.69% of phenotypic variance.Three QTLs for KT were detected on chromosome 2B and 2D (2) in 2012 and 2013 which could explain 12.75%, 10.00% and 8.49% of phenotypic variance.Nine QTLs for grain size were detected on chromosome 2B, 2D (2), 4A, 5B, 6A, 7A (3) in three years, explaining 6.26%-14.69% of phenotypic variance.In addition, seven genomic regions with plenty of QTLs were detected on chromosome 2B, 2D, 4A, 5B, 6A, 7A.In the present study, the QTLs on chromosome and enrichment region are closely related to the grain traits, worthy of attention in breeding program. |