Spike formation rate (SR), which is based on maximum tiller number per unit area and spike number per unit area, is an important yield-related trait in wheat. Increasing the spike formation rate reduces growth competition and wastage of photosynthate from ineffective tillers. Unfortunately, research studies involving quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping for wheat spike formation rate are limited. In the present study, a set of 371 recombinant inbreed line (RIL) population, which were derived from 1BL/LRS wheat-rye translocation lines CN18 and T1208, was analysed by simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Genetic analysis showed that a stable and major QTL (QSR.sicau-4D) for spike formation rate was localized to chromosome 4D and explained 18.24% and 24.48% of the observed phenotypic variance in 2015 and 2016, respectively. This QTL was closely linked to SSR marker Xcfd23, and the genetic distance between the flank markers was 3.28cM. Furthermore, QSR.sicau-4D might be a novel pleiotropic QTL, which also controlled maximum tiller number per unit area (QMTN.sicau-4D) and tiller number during pre-winter per unit area (QTNW.sicau-4D). The marker Xcfd23 associated with SR may be utilized in marker-assisted selection in wheat breeding.

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