GWAS reveals the genetic complexity of fructan accumulation patterns in barley grain

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Matros, Andrea, Houston, Kelly, Tucker, Matthew R, Schreiber, Miriam, Berger, Bettina, Aubert, Matthew K, Wilkinson, Laura G, Witzel, Katja, Waugh, Robbie, Seiffert, Udo, Burton, Rachel Anita
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 29.06.2020
• Subjects: Barley; Biosynthesis; Fructosyltransferase; Genes; Genotypes; Inulin; Monomers; Oligosaccharides; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Sucrose; Transcription factors

We profiled the grain oligosaccharide content of 154 two-row spring barley genotypes and quantified 27 compounds, mainly fructans, that exhibited differential abundance. Clustering revealed two major profile groups where the 'high' set contained greater amounts of sugar monomers, sucrose a...