The selection and application of peduncle length QTL QPL_6D.1 in modern wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) breeding

Abstract

QPL_6D.1b displayed an additive effect with Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b in reducing wheat plant height and peduncle length, which confers shorter peduncle length and more kernels per spike, and had been broadly selected by Chinese modern wheat cultivars.