磷素对小豆幼苗生长发育的影响

以12个小豆品种为试验材料,在防雨棚中对播种6d后的幼苗进行水培试验,测定正常供磷和无磷营养液处理的小豆苗期农艺性状和生理指标。结果表明,缺磷处理显著降低了各小豆品种的株高、茎粗、叶面积,而根长增加,根冠比增大;降低了叶绿素含量、最大荧光(Fm)、原初光能转化效率(Fv/Fm);使叶绿素初始荧光(Fo)、MDA含量、SOD活性、POD活性升高;根、茎、叶的磷含量下降,叶片中磷含量最高。缺磷处理对小豆苗期各农艺性状均有不利影响,根冠比、叶面积受磷影响较大,适合作为小豆品种耐低磷筛选指标。从耐低磷综合指数看出,耐低磷能力强的品种依次为B1789晋红小豆1号京农2号,而晋红小豆5号为磷敏感品种;各生理指标均表现为耐低磷性强的品种变化幅度小,耐低磷性弱的品种变化幅度较大;缺磷处理降低了小豆根、茎、叶的磷含量。     

茄子氮高效基因型苗期筛选指标的研究

为明确茄子氮高效基因型苗期筛选指标,以茄子高氮高效低氮高效型基因型06-991和高氮高效低氮低效型基因型06-867为材料,采用溶液培养方法在高氮(11 mmo L/L)和低氮(2 mmo L/L)处理下,研究茄子苗期植株形态、根系特征和氮素在各个器官中的累积与分配的特性。结果表明,高氮处理下06-991和06-867茄子的植株形态、根系形态差异不显著;低氮处理下06-991的株高、叶片总叶绿素含量、植株干质量、平均根长、根体积、根干质量和植株氮累积量显著高于06-867,分别达到06-867的1.40,1.78,1.29,1.30,1.67,2.00倍。06-991的根冠比和植株向根部分配的氮素显著高于06-867。茄子各性状与氮素累积量相关性分析表明,2个氮水平下植株干质量和根干质量与植株氮素累积量呈极显著正相关,适合作为茄子苗期氮高效基因型筛选指标。     

不同基因型油菜锌效率机理Ⅰ ——耐低锌油菜基因型苗期筛选指标研究

采用营养液培养试验比较了低锌营养下芥菜、白菜、甘蓝型3个油菜(Brassica napus L.)品种幼苗的生物量，抗氧化酶活性，根系活力，叶绿素含量及对锌的吸收、利用差异。试验结果表明，3个油菜品种由于基因型不同，在耐低锌营养能力方面存在显著性差异。在低锌时(10-6mol/L Zn2+)，幼苗植株地上部干重以芥菜型>甘蓝型>白菜型，地上部干重分别较无锌对照处理增加17.8%(芥菜型)、9.9%(白菜型)、3.3%(甘蓝型)。芥菜型叶CAT、POD、SOD活性，叶绿素含量及根系活力也明显高于甘蓝型和白菜型油菜。锌积累量及锌利用率也以芥菜型远远大于其它2个品种，锌素利用效率分别为12.3%（芥菜型），8.0%(白菜型)，4.9% (甘蓝型)。苗期油菜叶CAT、POD、SOD等抗氧化酶活性、叶绿素含量及根系活力可以作为筛选耐低锌营养油菜基因型的评价指标之一。     

氮镁胁迫对油菜苗期养分累积及氮同化的影响

为探究氮、镁胁迫对油菜苗期养分累积及氮同化途径的影响,以油菜品种中双11为材料,通过营养液设置正常对照(CK)、低氮(-N)、低镁(-Mg)和低氮低镁(-N-Mg)4个处理,分析氮、镁胁迫对油菜苗期氮、镁吸收累积及氮同化关键酶活性的影响及差异。结果表明:氮、镁缺乏显著抑制油菜苗期地上部生长,与对照相比,-N、-Mg和-N-Mg 3种处理地上部生物量分别显著降低68.49%,35.49%,69.71%。-N处理刺激根系生长,根冠比显著增加;-Mg处理抑制根系生长,根冠比显著降低。并且氮、镁交互对油菜氮、镁吸收累积均有显著影响,-N处理油菜根部镁含量及累积量显著增加,而-Mg处理油菜地上部氮含量及累积量显著降低;缺镁会导致油菜NH_4~+含量显著提升,并且-N-Mg对油菜氮、镁吸收累积影响的主要效应来自氮的缺乏。进一步比较不同处理下氮同化关键酶活发现,与对照相比,-N处理油菜新叶、老叶中NR、GS活性均显著降低,根部NR、GS和GOGAT活性均显著降低;-Mg处理GS活性也显著下降,但是降幅小于-N处理,而NR和GOGAT活性显著升高。综上所述,氮、镁缺乏对油菜苗期氮、镁积累存在交互作用,低氮胁迫会降低油菜苗期氮的吸收积累继而抑制植株氮同化;低镁胁迫可以通过提高铵态氮、NR和GOGAT活性来促进氮在无机氮间以及无机氮向有机氮的同化。     

不同氮效率类型茄子苗期生理特性差异的研究

为了解不同氮效率类型茄子苗期生理特性,以高氮高效低氮高效型（ HH-LH）06-991和高氮高效低氮低效型（ HH-LL）06-867茄子基因型为试验材料,采用溶液培养方法在低氮和高氮处理下研究了不同氮效率类型茄子苗期植株形态和根系形态的差异。结果表明,在高氮处理下06-991和06-867茄子的植株形态、根系形态差异不显著;低氮处理下06-991的平均株高、叶片总叶绿素含量、植株叶面积、植株干质量、平均根长、根体积、根干质量和氮累积量显著高于06-867,06-991的植株向根系中分配的氮素较06-867显著增加。     

棉花抗枯黄萎病品种耐低磷种质筛选

 采用蛭石栽培和营养液浇灌的方法,研究棉花品种耐低磷筛选指标,利用这些指标对88份棉花抗枯、黄萎病品种进行磷素利用率极端基因型的筛选。结果表明,株高和根冠比在不同品种和不同磷浓度处理之间无显著差异,而棉苗干物重、地上部鲜重、总叶面积、叶绿素含量、地上部干物重及磷利用率在不同磷浓度处理和不同品种之间均存在显著差异,可以作为棉花苗期耐低磷能力的评价指标。利用这些指标对棉花抗枯、黄萎病品种进行了分析。聚类结果将88个品种主要分为耐低磷基因型和非耐低磷基因型两大类,分别包括25个和55个品种。其中,中棉所21、中99和陕棉11属于耐低磷的极端基因型。     

不同氮效率玉米自交系对氮素供应的反应

以对氮反应有典型差异的玉米自交系自330和陈94—11为材料,研究了不同供氮水平对其生物量和氮素吸收、利用的基因型差异。结果表明,植株的株高、叶片数、氮浓度、含氮量以及地上部生物量随着供氮水平的降低而降低,但根系的生物量、根冠比和氮素的根冠比却呈上升趋势。自330在氮素胁迫的条件下,具有较高的耐低氮能力。两个基因型玉米自交系吸氮量表现出的差异不是由于其氮含量造成的,而是由于根系生物量的差异造成的。     

低氮胁迫下三峡库区玉米地方品种的苗期植株形态及生理效应

以10个来自三峡库区的玉米地方品种为材料,通过盆栽实验和设置低氮胁迫处理,研究低氮胁迫下玉米地方品种的苗期植株形态和生理效应.结果表明,低氮胁迫对玉米地方品种幼苗植株形态和生理有不同程度的不利影响,不同玉米地方品种的耐低氮特性存在明显差异.不同地方品种的同一植株性状和同一地方品种的不同植株性状的耐低氮胁迫指数存在差异.侧根数、叶面积、根体积和植株干重可作为玉米地方品种耐低氮种质筛选的形态指标,硝酸还原酶活性和丙二醛含量可作为耐低氮种质筛选的生理指标.此外,三峡库区玉米地方品种中有较丰富的耐低氮种质可供玉米育种利用.     

东北三省粳稻苗期氮高效基因型的筛选

采用水培方法,在2种氮素水平下对110份不同基因型粳稻品种苗期的氮效率差异进行分析,结果表明:除根干重外,株高、地上干重、根冠比、根长和根数在2个氮素水平下的差异都达到极显著水平.所选用的7个相对耐性指标变异系数都较大.相关分析表明,相对株高、相对地上干重、相对根干重、相对植株干重和相对根数5个指标中除相对根干重与相对株高和相对根数相关不显著外,其余各指标均呈极显著正相关,在反应粳稻苗期耐低氮上有较高的一致性,初步认为它们可以作为水稻苗期氮高效基因型的筛选指标.根据以上指标筛选出16份材料,在苗期低氮或不施氮的情况下可以取得同样的生物产量,初步认为它们可能具有苗期氮高效或耐低氮基因型.     

低氮高效红甜菜形态特征分析

筛选低氮高效基因型红甜菜是提高氮素利用效率,减少氮污染的有效途径。采取液体培养方法,设置低氮(1.5 mmol/mL)、正常氮(5 mmol/mL)、高氮(10 mmol/mL)3种氮素水平处理,选用中国农业科学院甜菜研究所育种品系,通过生长指标统计、因子分析、聚类分析来确定评价指标,并筛选出耐低氮基因型。在低氮和高氮条件下,茎叶氮含量、茎叶氮素干物质生产效率、整株氮累积量、氮生理利用效率、整株氮素干物质生产效率差异性显著,变异系数分别为0.169~0.217和0.110~0.271。通过因子分析发现,在低氮和高氮条件下主成分培养情况基本相同,第一主成分是由根系氮含量、根系氮素干物质生产效率、整株氮素干物质生产效率、整株氮含量、氮生理利用效率决定,第一主成分所占的方差贡献率较大。综合红甜菜氮素吸收累积变异特征及因子分析,将茎叶氮含量、茎叶氮素干物质生产效率、整株氮累积量、氮生理利用效率、整株氮素干物质生产效率作为初步筛选红甜菜氮高效综合评价指标。再根据隶属函数法计算出的氮效率综合值和采用欧氏距离平方拟合的分层聚类分析,将整株氮素干物质生产效率作为筛选氮高效综合评价指标。最终筛选出对氮素高效吸收利用的材料（低氮高效型‘YeginaS2’、低氮低效高氮高效型‘CYCLHDAR’）,结合其株高、叶面积、叶柄长、根长等形态特征、干物质量及根冠比等实用特征,分析不同基因型红甜菜对土壤氮素吸收利用特点,进一步验证对增施氮肥反应敏感的低氮高效型、低氮低效高氮高效型品种。     

Evaluating interspecific wheat hybrids based on heat and drought stress tolerance

Three durum and three bread wheat genotypes were crossed to produce three tetraploid, three hexaploid and nine interspecific (pentaploid) F₁ hybrids. All genotypes were evaluated for heat tolerance in the field and for drought using polyethylene glycol in vitro. Chromosome numbers and meiotic behavior in pentaploid F₁ hybrids (2n=5x=35, genomes AABBD) were confirmed. Heat stress significantly reduced grain yield/plant and 1000-kernel weight (1000-KW), while grain protein content (GPC) was increased. Drought caused a significant reduction in root length, shoot length and seedling fresh weight, whereas root/shoot ratio was increased. P₃ (durum), P₄ (bread) and their pentaploid F₁ hybrid could be considered as the most heat-tolerant genotypes. However, P₂ (durum), P₆ (bread) and their F1 were most tolerant to drought. The addition of a D genome single dose into pentaploid F1 hybrids obviously reduced grain yield/plant, 1000-KW and seedling traits, however GPC was increased. Moderate to high broad-sense heritability and genetic advance were obtained for the most investigated traits. Grain yield/plant was strongly positively correlated with stress tolerance index (STI), yield index (YI), mean productivity (MP), geometric mean productivity (GMP) and harmonic mean (HM) under heat stress and with root length under drought condition, suggesting that STI, YI, MP, GMP and HM are powerful indices for heat tolerance, while root length is most effective for drought. Successful interspecific hybridization obtained in the study is only an initial step for desired genes introgression. Successive progenies are going to be evaluated for further genetic studies aiming at improving abiotic stress tolerance in wheat.     

普通菜豆品种苗期抗旱性鉴定

以不同来源的普通菜豆品种为材料,采用盆栽法,设正常供水和反复干旱2种处理,测定11项生理指标,采用灰色关联度理论进行苗期抗旱性指标筛选,通过加权抗旱指数(weighted drought-resistance index,WDI值)和抗旱度量值D(drought resistance comprehensive evaluation values,D值)对供试材料进行抗旱性综合评价并通过聚类分析划分抗旱等级。结果表明,不同指标与综合抗旱指数的关联度大小依次为叶片相对含水量(0.7726)、PSII最大量子产量(0.7607)、叶绿素含量(0.7435)、反复干旱存活率(0.7341)、生物量(0.7329)、茎叶干重(0.7314)、根干重(0.7192)、气孔导度(0.7159)、根冠比(0.7092)、株高(0.7086)、叶面积(0.6910)。基于加权抗旱指数和抗旱度量值D的评价结果存在一定差异,但不同材料的抗旱性排序大体一致。根据抗旱度量值D将供试材料分为高抗、中抗、敏感和高敏感4个级别,各占总数的10%、6%、58%和26%。综上所述,叶片相对含水量、PSII最大量子产量和叶绿素含量等10项指标可用于普通菜豆苗期抗旱性综合评价;加权抗旱指数与抗旱度量值D两种综合指标相结合能够提高鉴定结果的可靠性;50个参试普通菜豆品种中,白金德利豆、跃进豆、兔子腿、圆白菜豆和260205抗旱性强。     

Root pulling resistance in rice: Inheritance and association with drought tolerance

Summary Avoidance of drought stress is commonly associated with root system characteristics and root development. The inheritance of root pulling resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) was investigated and its relationship with visual field scores for drought tolerance was studied. Transgressive segregation for high root pulling resistance was observed in 3 crosses (high x high, low x high, and intermediate x intermediate). Both dominant and additive genes control the variation. F₁ superiority for high root pulling resistance was observed and could be exploited in an F₁ hybrid breeding program. F₂ distribution curves indicated that plants highly resistant to root pulling can be obtained not only from low x high and high x high crosses, but also from intermediate x intermediate crosses. Root pulling resistance in rice has a low heritability (39 to 47%). Thus, breeding for a high root pulling resistance may best be accomplished by selection based on line means rather than individual plant selection. Field screening showed significant differences in leaf water potential among random F₃ lines. F₃ lines with higher leaf water potential had better visual scores for drought tolerance. Visual drought tolerance scores were correlated with root pulling resistance. Plants with high root pulling resistance had the ability to maintain higher leaf water potentials under severe drought stress. The usefulness of the root pulling technique in selecting drought tolerant genotypes was confirmed.     

Glycinebetaine Improved Photosynthesis in Canola under Salt Stress: Evaluation of Chlorophyll Fluorescence Parameters as Potential Indicators

Salinity is a widespread soil problem limiting productivity of oilseed crops worldwide. Reduction in growth generally associated with decline in photosynthesis. Accumulation of osmo‐protectants such as glycinebetaine (GB) permits the plant to cope with salt stress. This study was aimed to understand the mechanism by which exogenous GB application improves photosynthetic capacity and salt tolerance in two diverse lines of canola differing in salt tolerance using chlorophyll fluorescence technique. Glycinebetaine was applied as foliarly or through rooting medium to two canola lines Dunkeld and Cyclone that were grown under non‐saline or saline conditions. Root‐applied GB caused adverse effects whereas foliar application of GB was effective in improving growth of canola cultivars. However, the response of salt‐tolerant cultivar Dunkeld was stronger than that of salt sensitive Cyclone. Foliar application of GB improved accumulation of proline and plant water status. Application of GB enhanced the photosynthetic CO₂ fixation, stomatal conductance (g_s) and water‐use efficiency. The tolerant lines Dunkeld had more responsive to GB application. Chlorophyll fluorescence measurements (F_o, F_m, F_v, F_o/F_m, F_v/F_o and F_v/F_m ratios) revealed that salt stress reduced energy trapping efficiency by damaging oxygen evolving complex, over reduction of Q_A resulting in occurrence of chronic photoinhibition. However, exogenous GB protected the oxygen evolving centre of PSII and maintains activity of PSII. Although root‐applied GB adversely affected the growth of canola plants, it did not have any adverse effect on PSII photochemistry. Moreover, fluorescence parameters could provide a rapid means for determining salt tolerance in canola and could be a rapid and sensitive test to identify genotypes highly tolerant to salt stress.     

Effects of Shading on Chlorophyll Content,Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Photosynthesis of Subterranean Clover

A field‐experiment (2004/2005 and 2005/2006 seasons) was conducted in the coastal plain of south‐eastern Sicily (37°03′N, 15°18′E, 15 m a.s.l.), on a Calcixerollic Xerochrepts soil, aimed at quantifying the effect of shading on chlorophyll (Chl) content, Chl fluorescence, photosynthesis and growth of subterranean clover. Four levels of photosynthetically active radiation reduction (from 0 % to 90 %) were tested on Trifolium brachycalycinum cv. ‘Clare’ and Trifolium subterraneum ecotype ‘Ragalna’. In both species shading progressively increased F_v/F_m, internal CO₂ concentration, diffusive leaf resistance and specific leaf area (up to 8 %, 34 %, 18 % and 68 %, respectively), and decreased Chl content, T_max, photosynthetic rate and plant dry weight (up to 9 %, 24 %, 79 % and 39 %, respectively). As plants aged, characteristic bell‐shaped trends were evident for photosynthetic parameters, with F_v/F_m increasing up until the onset of flowering, and thereafter declining. This implies that F_v/F_m may be a useful indicator of earliness in subterranean clover genotypes. The aboveground dry biomass response to shading was both genotype‐ and season‐dependent, but was predictable from the measurement of relative leaf Chl content. Moreover, our results suggest that an improvement in the interaction between host‐rhizobium may represent a major potential breeding target for enhancing subterranean clover tolerance to shading.     

Salt (NaCl)‐Induced Modulation in some Key Physio‐Biochemical Attributes in Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.)

Salt (NaCl)‐induced regulation of some key physio‐biochemical characteristics in two okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) cultivars (Nirali and Posa Sawni) was examined under greenhouse conditions. Plants of both cultivars were subjected for 30 days to sand culture salinized with four salt levels [0 (control), 50, 100 and 150 mm NaCl] in Hoagland’s nutrient solution. Salt stress significantly reduced the shoot and root fresh weights, transpiration rate, chlorophyll b content, net CO₂ assimilation (A), transpiration rate (E), while enhanced leaf and root Na⁺ and Cl^– concentrations in both cultivars. In contrast, chlorophyll a content, stomatal conductance (g_s), leaf internal CO₂ (C_i), C_i/C_a ratio, water‐use efficiency (A/E) and fluorescence characteristics such as photochemical quenching (qP), non‐photochemical quenching (NPQ), efficiency of PS‐II (F_v/F_m), proline contents, and leaf and root K⁺, Ca^{2 +} and N contents remained almost unaffected in both lines due to salt stress. The efficiency of PSII (F_v/F_m), A, chlorophyll b, root fresh weight and root N were higher in relatively salt tolerant cv. Nirali, whereas leaf Na⁺ and root Cl^– were higher in cv. Posa Sawni. The relatively more reduction in growth in the cv. Posa Sawni was found to be associated with higher accumulation of Na⁺ in its leaves and Cl^– in roots.     

陆地棉苗期耐盐性的高效鉴定方法

利用2个耐盐和2个盐敏感的陆地棉品种,分别设置对照和4% (40 g L^–1)浓度NaCl溶液处理三叶期幼苗,处理72 h后调查盐害指数,测定地上部分鲜重、根鲜重、叶片相对含水量、叶绿素荧光参数、相对电导率、丙二醛含量、抗氧化酶类活性等13个与耐盐性相关的重要指标。利用灰色关联聚类、主成分分析和逐步回归等方法综合评价陆地棉苗期耐盐性,认为最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)可以作为鉴定陆地棉苗期耐盐性的关键指标,构建耐盐指数(y)方程y = 1.943x – 0.882,(x = 最大光化学效率),同时结合另外2个耐盐和2个盐敏感品种所得方程y值对耐盐等级进行划分。进一步利用23个已知耐盐性的品种检验方程,计算结果与田间鉴定结果完全一致。因此选用最大光化学效率作为唯一指标鉴定陆地棉苗期耐盐性,高效准确,同时通过构建方程和划分耐盐等级,为未来大规模陆地棉品种资源耐盐性鉴定提供技术标准和研究基础。     

Single and Interactive Effects of Temperature and Light Quality on Four Canola Cultivars

Combined effects of temperature and light quality on plants have received little attention. We investigated the single and interactive effects of temperature and light quality on growth and physiological characteristics of four canola (Brassica napus) cultivars – Clearfield 46A76 (cv₁), Clearfield 45H72 (cv₂), Roundup Ready 45H24 (cv₃) and Roundup Ready 45H21 (cv₄). Plants were grown under lower (24°/20 °C) and higher (30°/26 °C) temperature regimes at low red/far‐red (R/FR), normal R/FR and high R/FR light ratios in environment‐controlled growth chambers (16 h light/8 h dark). Higher temperature reduced stem height and diameter; leaf number and area; dry matter of all plant parts; and specific leaf weight, but increased leaf area ratio; and chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence (Y). Low R/FR increased stem height; Y; and ethylene, but decreased stem diameter; F_v/F_m; Chl a; Chl b; and carotenoids. Among cultivars, plants from cv₄ were tallest with thickest stems and greatest dry matter. None of the main factors affected gas exchange. Higher temperature at high R/FR caused cv₃ to be shortest, whereas lower temperature at low R/FR caused cv₄ to be tallest. We conclude that heat and other stress factors will adversely affect sensitive crops, but tolerant genotypes should perform well under future climate.     

QTLs for chlorophyll and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in barley under post-flowering drought

Drought is one of the major factors limiting barley yields in many developing countries worldwide. The identification of molecular markers linked to genes controlling drought tolerance in barley is one way to improve breeding efficiency. In this study, we analyzed the quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling chlorophyll content and chlorophyll fluorescence in 194 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) developed from the cross between the cultivar ‘Arta’ and Hordeum spontaneum 41-1. Five traits, chlorophyll content, and four chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, namely initial fluorescence (F_o), maximum fluorescence (F_m), variable fluorescence (F_v), and maximum quantum efficiency of PSII (F_v/F_m) which are related to the activity of the photosynthetic apparatus, were measured under well-watered and drought stress conditions at post-flowering stage. QTL analysis identified a total of nine and five genomic regions, under well-watered and drought stress conditions, respectively, that were significantly associated with the expression of the five target traits at post-flowering stage. No common QTL was detected except one for chlorophyll content, which was identified in both growth conditions, demonstrating that the genetic control of the expression of the traits related to photosynthesis differed under different water conditions. A QTL for F_v/F_m, which is related to the drought tolerance of photosynthesis was identified on chromosome 2H at 116 cM in the linkage map under drought stress. This QTL alone explained more than 15% of phenotypic variance of maximum quantum yield of PSII, and was also associated with the expression of four other traits. In addition, another QTL for F_v/F_m was also located on the same chromosome (2H) but at 135.7 cM explaining around 9% of the phenotypic variance under drought conditions. The result presented here suggest that two major loci, located on chromosome 2H, are involved in the development of functional chloroplast at post-flowering stage for drought tolerance of photosynthesis in barley under drought stress. If validated in other populations, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters could be used as selection criteria for drought tolerance.     

Genomic characterization of drought tolerance-related traits in spring wheat

Drought tolerance was investigated in ‘C306’, one of the most drought tolerant wheat cultivars bred in India in the 1960’s. An intervarietal mapping population of recombinant inbred lines of the cross ‘C306’ × ‘HUW206’ was evaluated for drought tolerance components, namely potential quantum efficiency of photosystem (PS) II (F_v/F_m), chlorophyll content (Chl), flag leaf temperature (Lt), and grain yield per plant (Gyp) under stress. Three independent experiments were conducted under well-watered and water-stressed conditions in greenhouses and growth chambers at Kansas State University (USA). Five hundred and sixty microsatellite markers covering the entire genome were screened for polymorphism between the parents. A QTL (QLt.ksu-1D) for Lt (low flag leaf temperature under stress) on the short arm of chromosome 1D between markers Xbarc271 and Xgwm337 at LOD 3.5 explained 37% of the phenotypic variation. A QTL for F_v/F_m (QF _v /F _m .ksu-3B) and Chl (QChl.ksu-3B) controlling quantum efficiency of PS II and chlorophyll content under stress were co-localized on chromosome 3B in the marker interval Xbarc68–Xbarc101 and explained 35–40% of the phenotypic variation for each trait. A QTL (QGyp.ksu-4A) for Gyp on chromosome 4A at a LOD value of 3.2 explained 16.3% of the phenotypic variation. Inconsistent QTLs were observed for F_v/F_m on chromosomes 3A, 6A, 2B, 4B, and 4D; for Chl on 3A, 6A, 2B and 4B; and for Lt on 1A, 3A 6A, 3B and 5B. The identified QTLs give a first glimpse of the genetics of drought tolerance in C306 and need to be validated in field experiments using the marker-phenotype linkages reported here.