STUDY OF VERNALIZATION REQUIREMENT AND PHOTOPERIOD SENSITIVITY IN WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES OF MYRONIVKA BREEDING IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE CENTRAL FOREST-STEPPE OF UKRAINE
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/sbi.1901.806
Abstract
Background. The vernalization requirement and photoperiodic sensitivity are significant indicators as they determine the adaptability of plants to environmental conditions. The aim of the study was to characterize modern winter wheat genotypes by genetic systems that determine vernalization processes.
Materials and Methods. The winter wheat varieties of Myronivka breeding, such as Vezha Myronivska, Avrora Myronivska, MIP Yuvileina, MIP Lada, MIP Fortuna, MIP Darunok, MIP Nika, MIP Roksolana, MIP Feieriia, MIP Vidznaka, and MIP Lakomka, were studied. The vernalization requirement duration and photoperiodic sensitivity of winter wheat varieties were determined according to the methodological recommendations (Demydov et al., 2019). Five winter bread wheat varieties, MIP Darunok, MIP Roksolana, MIP Nika, MIP Feieriia and MIP Vidznaka were crossed on incomplete diallele scheme with three near-isogenic lines derived from Erythrospermum 604 with different genotypes for the Vrd gene system 1) Vrd1Vrd1vrd2vrd2, 2) vrd1vrd1Vrd2Vrd2, and 3) vrd1vrd1vrd2vrd2. Hybridological analysis was performed in F2 populations by the comparison of the fact segregation of the plant phenotypes’ number with theoretically expected using χ2 criterion.
Results and Discussion. The Vezha Myronivska, Avrora Myronivska, MIP Yuvileina, MIP Nika and MIP Roksolana varieties demonstrated low photoperiod sensitivity; the MIP Lada, MIP Fortuna, MIP Darunok, MIP Feieriia and MIP Vіdznaка varieties showed medium photoperiod sensitivity; the MIP Lakomka variety was characterized by high photoperiod sensitivity. The Vezha Myronivska, MIP Yuvileina, MIP Fortuna, MIP Nika, MIP Roksolana, MIP Feieriia, MIP Vіdznaка and MIP Lakomka varieties required vernalization duration for 30 days, whereas varieties Avrora Myronivska, MIP Lada and MIP Darunok for 40 days. The results of the hybridological analysis indicate the presence of the dominant allele Vrd1 in the MIP Darunok and MIP Roksolana varieties, which contributes to shortening the vernalization duration. In the MIP Nika variety, the vernalization requirement duration is controlled by the dominant allele Vrd2, while in the varieties MIP Feieriia and MIP Vidznaka, it is controlled by two dominant alleles of Vrd1 and Vrd2 genes.
Conclusions. The obtained results indicate the possibility of recombining different levels of photoperiodic sensitivity and vernalization requirement duration in the winter wheat genotype through breeding and developing varieties with their optimal combination for specific ecological conditions.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Amo, A., Serikbay, D., Song, L., Chen, L., & Hu, Y. G. (2022). Photoperiod and vernalization alleles and their combinations greatly affected phenological and agronomic traits in bread wheat under autumn and spring sowing conditions. BioRxiv, 2022-05. doi:10.1101/2022.05.13.491906 Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Atar, B. (2020). Determination of the yield performance and partial seed vernalization response of wheat varieties in late spring sowing. International Journal of Agriculture Forestry and Life Sciences, 4(1), 99-106. Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Balashova, I. A., Fayt, V. I., Zavesha, E. K., & Sivolap, Y. M. (2006). Markirovanie gena Vrd1 u pshenitsi miagkoy ozimoy [Marking of the Vrd1 gene in the bread winter wheat]. Cytology and Genetics, 40(6), 11-14. (In Russian) PubMed ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Baloch, D. M., Karow, R. S., Marx, E., Kling, J. G., & Witt, M. D. (2003). Vernalization studies with Pacific Northwest wheat. Agronomy Journal, 95(5), 1201-1208. doi:10.2134/agronj2003.1201 Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Bloomfield, M. T., Celestina, C., Hunt, J. R., Huth, N., Zheng, B., Brown, H., Zhao, Z., Wang, E., Stefanova, K., Hyles, J., Rathjen, T., & Trevaskis, B. (2023). Vernalisation and photoperiod responses of diverse wheat genotypes. Crop and Pasture Science, 74(5), 405-422. doi:10.1071/cp22213 Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Braun, H. J., & Sãulescu, N. N. (2002). Breeding winter and facultative wheat. In: B. C. Curtis, S. Rajaram, & H. Gómez Macpherson (Eds.), Bread wheat: improvement and production (pp. 217-226). Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Demydov O. A. (Ed.), Bulavka H. V., Yurchenko, T. V., Pirych A. V., & Humeniuk, O. V. (2019). Vyznachennia tryvalosti periodu yarovyzatsii ta fotoperiodychnoi chutlyvosti zrazkiv pshenytsi miakoi ozymoi (Triticum aestivum L.) [Determining vernalization requirement duration and photoperiodical sensitivity in winter bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties]. Myronivka: N.p. (In Ukrainian) | ||||
| ||||
Deng, W., Casao, M. C., Wang, P., Sato, K., Hayes, P. M., Finnegan, E. J., & Trevaskis, B. (2015). Direct links between the vernalization response and other key traits of cereal crops. Nature Communications, 6(1), 5882. doi:10.1038/ncomms6882 Crossref ● PubMed ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Distelfeld, A., Li, C., & Dubcovsky, J. (2009). Regulation of flowering in temperate cereals. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 12(2), 178-184. doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2008.12.010 Crossref ● PubMed ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Fait, V. I. (2007). Effects of genes that control the length of vernalization (Vrd) from agronomic features in soft winter soft wheat. Cytology and Genetics, 41(5), 276-283. doi:10.3103/S0095452707050039 Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Fait, V. I., Pohrebniuk, O. O., & Stelmakh, A. F. (2017). Identyfikatsiia ta efekty aleliv hena Vrd2 za hospodarsko tsinnymy oznakamy pshenytsi v umovakh Pivdennoho Stepu Ukrainy [Identification and effects of alleles of gene Vrd2 according to economically valuable attributes of wheat in conditions of South Steppe of Ukraine]. Bulletin of Agricultural Science, 95(6), 41-47. doi:10.31073/agrovisnyk201706-07 (In Ukrainian) Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Fayt, V. I. (2002). Sozdanie pochti izogennyih i kongennyih liniy myagkoy ozimoy pshenitsyi po genam kontrolya prodolzhitelnosti yarovizatsii - Vrd [Creation of near-isogenic and congenic lines of soft winter wheat from the Vrd genes that control length of vernalization]. Collected Scientific Articles Plant Breeding and Genetics Institute - National Center of Seed and Cultivars Investigation, 2(42), 37-46. (In Russian) Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Fayt V. I. (2003). Geneticheskaya sistema kontrolya razlichii po prodolzhitelnosti yarovizatsii u ozimoi myagkoi pshenitsi [Genetic control system of the differences in duration of vernalization in winter common wheat]. Cytology and Genetics, 37(5), 57-64. (In Russian) PubMed ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Fayt, V. I. (2012). Identyfikatsiia henofondu ozymoi miakoi pshenytsi (Triticum aestivum L.) za henamy tryvalosti potreby v yarovyzatsii (Vrd) [Identification of winter bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) gene pool for the genes of vernalization requirement duration (Vrd)]. Plant Genetic Resources, 10/11, 212-219. (In Ukrainian) Retrieved from http://genres.com.ua/assets/files/10/26.pdf Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Fayt, V. I., & Popova, N. V. (2003). Prodolzhitelnost yarovizatsii i fotoperiodicheskaya chuvstvitelnost pochti izogennyih po genam Vrd liniy ozimoy myagkoy pshenitsyi [Duration of vernalization and photoperiodic sensitivity of winter bread wheat lines almost isogenic for Vrd genes]. The Bulletin of Kharkiv National Agrarian University. Series Biology, 5, 47-53. (In Russian) Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Fayt, V. I., Sarancha, I. O., & Stelmakh, A. F. (2013). Fotoperiodychna chutlyvist i potreba v yarovyzatsii netypovoho za tempamy rozvytku sortu pshenytsi Istra 1 [Photosensitivity and vernalization requirement in untypical by developmental rate wheat cultivar Istra 1]. Agrarian Bulletin of the Black Sea Littoral, 70, 117-119. (In Ukrainian) Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Filip, E., Woronko, K., Stępień, E., & Czarniecka, N. (2023). An overview of factors affecting the functional quality of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24(8), 7524. doi:10.3390/ijms24087524 Crossref ● PubMed ● PMC ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Fırat, A. (2020). Investigations on the effect of genes controlling response to vernalization on adaptation of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Ekin Journal of Crop Breeding and Genetics, 6(2), 69-82. Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Gendron, J. M., & Staiger, D. (2023). New horizons in plant photoperiodism. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 74(1), 481-509. doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-070522-055628 Crossref ● PubMed ● PMC ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Jin, F. F., & Wei, L. (2016). The expression patterns of three VRN genes in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in response to vernalization. Cereal Research Communications, 44(1), 1-12. doi:10.1556/0806.43.2015.041 Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Johansson, E., Muneer, F., & Prade, T. (2023). Plant breeding to mitigate climate change - present status and opportunities with an assessment of winter wheat cultivation in Northern Europe as an example. Sustainability, 15(16), 12349. doi:10.3390/su151612349 Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Milec, Z., Strejčková, B., & Šafář, J. (2023). Contemplation on wheat vernalization. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 1093792. doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.1093792 Crossref ● PubMed ● PMC ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Osnato, M., Cota, I., Nebhnani, P., Cereijo, U., & Pelaz, S. (2022). Photoperiod control of plant growth: flowering time genes beyond flowering. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 805635. doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.805635 Crossref ● PubMed ● PMC ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Pérez-Gianmarco, T. I., Severini, A. D., & González, F. G. (2020). Photoperiod-sensitivity genes (Ppd-1): quantifying their effect on the photoperiod response model in wheat. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(3), 1185-1198. doi:10.1093/jxb/erz483 Crossref ● PubMed ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Pirych, A. V., Yurchenko, T. V., Hudzenko, V. M., Demydov, O. A., Kovalyshyna, H. M., Humeniuk, O. V., & Kyrylenko, V. V. (2021). Features of modern winter wheat varieties in terms of winter hardiness components under conditions of Ukrainian Forest-Steppe. Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 12(1), 153-159. doi:10.15421/022123 Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Prášil, I. T., Prášilová, P., & Pánková, K. (2005). The relationship between vernalization requirement and frost tolerance in substitution lines of wheat. Biologia Plantarum, 49(2), 195-200. doi:10.1007/s10535-005-5200-2 Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Stelmakh, A. F., & Fait, V. I. (2019). Osoblyvosti tempiv pochatkovoho rozvytku novukh evropeiskykh sortiv ozymoyi pshenytsi miakoyi u zviazku z systemamy geniv Ppd-1 ta Vrd [Related to Ppd-1 and Vrd gene systems peculiarities of initial development rate in new European winter bread wheat cultivars]. Factors in Experimental Evolution of Organisms, 24, 166-171. doi:10.7124/feeo.v24.1095 (In Ukrainian) Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Stelmakh, A., Zolotova, N., & Fayt, V. (2005). Genetic analysis of differences in duration vernalization requirement of winter bread wheat. Cereal Research Communications, 33(4), 713-718. doi:10.1556/crc.33.2005.2-3.139 Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Tadesse, W., Sanchez-Garcia, M., Assefa, S. G., Amri, A., Bishaw, Z., & Ogbonnaya, F. C. (2019). Genetic gains in wheat breeding and its role in feeding the world. Crop Breeding, Genetics and Genomics, 1, e190005. doi:10.20900/cbgg20190005 Crossref ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Totsky, V. N., Muterko, A. F., Balashova, I. A., & Diachenko, L. F. (2011). Henetychni mekhanizmy determinatsii fotoperiodychnoi reaktsii pshenytsi [Genetic mechanism of photoperiodism determination of wheat]. Biological Systems, 3(1), 19-25. (In Ukrainian) Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Yoshida, T., Nishida, H., Zhu, J., Nitcher, R., Distelfeld, A., Akashi, Y., Kato, K., & Dubcovsky, J. (2010). Vrn-D4 is a vernalization gene located on the centromeric region of chromosome 5D in hexaploid wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 120(3), 543-552. doi:10.1007/s00122-009-1174-3 Crossref ● PubMed ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Zahra, N., Hafeez, M. B., Wahid, A., Al Masruri, M. H., Ullah, A., Siddique, K. H., & Farooq, M. (2023). Impact of climate change on wheat grain composition and quality. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 103(6), 2745-2751. doi:10.1002/jsfa.12289 Crossref ● PubMed ● Google Scholar | ||||
| ||||
Zhang, X. K., Xiao, Y. G., Zhang, Y., Xia, X. C., Dubcovsky, J., & He, Z. H. (2008). Allelic variation at the vernalization genes Vrn-A1, Vrn-B1, Vrn-D1, and Vrn-B3 in Chinese wheat cultivars and their association with growth habit. Crop Science, 48(2), 458-470. doi:10.2135/cropsci2007.06.0355 Crossref ● Google Scholar |
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
Copyright (c) 2025 Tetiana Yurchenko, Serhii Pykalo, Oleksandr Demydov, Valentyn Kochmarskyi, Alina Pirych, Mykhailo Kharchenko

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.