Breeding and Genomic Selection for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Spring Wheat

Project 1: Breeding Fusarium Head Blight Resistant Spring Wheat: (1) Develop Fusarium head blight resistant wheat germplasm and varieties adapted for commercial production in Minnesota and the surrounding region; (2) Characterize the level of FHB resistance of all wheat varieties grown in the region; (3) Use FHB markers to characterize potential parental lines and utilize MAS to increase frequency of FHB QTLs in advanced lines; and (4) Produce doubled haploids to speed development of FHB resistant varieties. Project 2: Genomic Selection for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Spring Wheat: (1) identify susceptible F5 lines; and (2) predict FHB reaction of NDSU and SDSU germplasm using similar numbers of breeding lines.