QTL mapping for milling, gluten quality, and flour pasting properties in a recombinant inbred line population derived from a Chinese soft×hard wheat cross

Improvement of processing quality is important for various wheat-based end products. A recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from a cross between the Chinese wheat cvv. PH82-2 (hard) and Neixiang 188 (soft) was sown at 3 locations across two seasons to map quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for milling, gluten quality, flour pasting properties, and Chinese white salted noodle (CWSN) qualities. One hundred and eighty-eight microsatellite...