文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Li, Lei ¹ ; Liu, Jindong ¹ ; Hassan, Muhammad Adeel ⁴ ; Wang, Duoxia ¹ ; Wang, Keyi ³ ; Fei, Shuaipeng ¹ ; Zeng, Jianqi ¹ ; Rasheed, Awais ¹ ; Xia, Xianchun ¹ ; He, Zhonghu ¹ ; He, Yong ³ ; Zhang, Yong ¹ ; Xiao, Yonggui ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Crop Sci, State Key Lab Crop Gene Resources & Breeding, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China

2.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Zhongyuan Res Ctr, Xinxiang 453519, Henan, Peoples R China

3.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Environm & Sustainable Dev Agr, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China

4.ARS, Adapt Cropping Syst Lab, USDA, Beltsville, MD 20705 USA

5.Oak Ridge Inst Sci & Educ, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 USA

6.CAAS, Int Maize & Wheat Improvement Ctr CIMMYT, China Off, Beijing 100081, Peoples R China

7.Quaid I Azam Univ, Dept Plant Sci, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan

关键词： Aerial digital imaging; Active accumulated temperature; Chlorophyll; QTL; Senescence rate; Common wheat

期刊名称：CROP JOURNAL （ 影响因子：5.6； 五年影响因子：6.0 ）

ISSN： 2095-5421

年卷期： 2025 年 13 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Non-destructive time-series assessment of chlorophyll content in flag-leaf (FLC) accurately mimics the senescence rate and the identification of genetic loci associated with senescence provides valuable knowledge to improve yield stability under stressed environments. In this study, we employed both unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with red-green-blue (RGB) camera and ground-based SPAD-502 instrument to conduct temporal phenotyping of senescence. A total of 262 recombinant inbred lines derived from the cross of Zhongmai 578/ Jimai 22 were evaluated for senescence-related traits across three environments, spanning from heading to 35 d post-anthesis. The manual senescence rate (MSR) was quantified using the FLC and the active accumulated temperature, and UAV derived vegetation index were utilized to assess the stay-green rate (USG) facilitating the identification of senescent and stay-green lines. Results indicated that higher senescence rates significantly impacted grain yield, primarily by influencing thousand-kernel weight, and plant height. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping for FLC, USG, and MSR using the 50K SNP array identified 38 stable loci associated with RGB-based vegetation indices and senescence-related traits: among which 19 loci related to senescence traits from UAV and FLC were consistently detected across at least two growth stages, with nine loci likely representing novel QTL. This study highlights the potential of UAV-based high-throughput phenotyping and phenology in identifying critical loci associated with senescence rates in wheat, validating the relationship between senescence rates and yield-related traits in wheat, offering valuable opportunities for gene discovery and significant applications in breeding programs. (c) 2025 Crop Science Society of China and Institute of Crop Science, CAAS. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).