International Database for Barley Genes and Barley Genetic Stocks

BGS 337, Broad leaf 2, blf2

BGN  41:137
Stock number: BGS 337
Locus name: Broad leaf 2
Locus symbol: blf2

Previous nomenclature and gene symbolization:

Narrow leaf = nlh (4).
Broad leaf 2 = bb2 (6).
Narrow leaf-k = nl.k (2).

Inheritance:

Monofactorial recessive (4).
Located in chromosome 5HL (2); blf2.b is based on linkage drag with the raw1 (smooth awn 1) locus (2); blf2.b is associated with SNP markers 2_0298 to 1_1490 (positions 203.85 to 235.18 cM) in 5H bins 11 to 12 of the Bowman backcrossed-derived line BW059 (1).

Description:

Leaf blade width of mutant plants is narrower (about 2/3 of normal) than those of Hannchen (5, 6). Leaf blades of plants of the Bowman backcross-derived line BW059 are 2/3 to 3/4 as wide as those of Bowman. BW059 plants are slightly shorter, have 2 to 3 fewer kernels per spike, and have slightly shorter and lighter kernels. Grain yields of BW059 were similar to those of Bowman (3).

Origin of mutant:

A neutron induced mutant in Hannchen (CIho 531) (5).

Mutational events:

blf2.b (GSHO 1667) in Hannchen (CIho 531) (4, 5, 6).

Mutant used for description and seed stocks:

blf2.b (GSHO 1667) in Hannchen; blf2.b in Bowman (PI 483237)*6 (GSHO 2136); blf2.b in Bowman*7 (BW059, NGB 20467).

References:

1. Druka, A., J. Franckowiak, U. Lundqvist, N. Bonar, J. Alexander, K. Houston, S. Radovic, F. Shahinnia, V. Vendramin, M. Morgante, N. Stein, and R. Waugh. 2011. Genetic dissection of barley morphology and development. Plant Physiol. 155:617-627.
2. Franckowiak, J.D. 1995. Notes on linkage drag in Bowman backcross derived lines of spring barley. Barley Genet. Newsl. 24:63-70.
3. Franckowiak, J.D. (Unpublished).
4. Ramage, R.T., and A.D. Day. 1960. A 10:3:3 ratio for leaf width in barley. Agron. J. 52:241.
5. Ramage, R.T., and B.J. Hoyle. 1957. Irradiated Hannchen barley. Barley Newsl. 1:19-20.
6. Robertson, D.W., G.A. Wiebe, R.G. Shands, and A. Hagberg. 1965. A summary of linkage studies in cultivated barley, Hordeum species: Supplement III, 1954-1963. Crop Sci. 5:33-43.

Prepared:

J.D. Franckowiak. 1997. Barley Genet. Newsl. 26:285.

Revised:

J.D. Franckowiak. 2011. Barley Genet. Newsl. 41:137.
 


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