The content of raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) in pea seeds constrains their usage in feeding humans and animals. In our research, the content of soluble carbohydrates—particularly α-d-galactosides of sucrose (RFOs)—was analyzed. The materials were as follows: 248 accessions from the Polish Pisum Genebank including representatives of taxa (from species to convarietas), type lines for genes controlling seed characters, and breeding materials and cultivars. Accessions were divided into homogeneous groups considering content of total soluble carbohydrates, total RFOs and individual RFOs: raffinose, stachyose and verbascose. The highest content of total soluble carbohydrates and total RFOs were stated for accessions with wrinkled seeds (r and rb genes) and the lowest content for seeds of the wild species P. fulvum Sibth. et Sm. Accessions valuable for breeding (for further decreasing of anti-nutritional compounds) were found among domesticated taxa (P. sativum subsp. sativum convar. vulgare Alef. and speciosum (Dierb.) Alef.), breeding lines, and some wild taxa. Accessions with decreased content of a total RFOs and verbascose are particularly valuable. It was found that the content of total RFOs was the most highly, frequently, and positively correlated with a stachyose and verbascose content. However, in P. fulvum seeds with the lowest content of RFOs and verbascose, a high correlation between the content of total RFOs and stachyose was revealed. Contents of all oligosaccharides were substantially lower in lines with dominant alleles of main pea seed genes (R, A, and I). It can be assumed that wild, primitive peas were characterized by not-all-to-high (rather not high) content of oligosaccharides; then recessive mutations in mentioned genes resulted in an increased content of RFOs. It seems to be an interesting observation from an evolutionary point of view.

Lodging is the major factor that determines whether pea (Pisum sativum L.) can be mechanically harvested. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the relationship between stem mechanical parameters (diameter, stem wall thickness, stiffness [rigidity], and maximum self‐weight moment [stem strength]) and lodging in pea. Three years of data on stem mechanical parameters and 2 yr of data on lodging resistance were collected on the ‘Carneval’ × ‘MP1401’ pea cultivars and Wt10245 × Wt11238 lines. Mechanical parameters were measured separately for three stem sections: lower, middle, and upper. Nine quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with stem mechanical parameters were identified in the Carneval × MP1401 genetic map. Eight QTL associated with stem mechanical parameters were identified in the Wt10245 × Wt11238 genetic map. These results confirmed QTL for lodging resistance found previously, especially in regards to located in chr5LG3 close to the A004 marker. Quantitative trait loci for stem diameter and stem strength of the upper and lower stem colocated with the Rfs marker in chr5LG3. A plant height QTL was detected close to AB141 marker, 2 cM (3.3 Mbp) from the Le gene. These results enable identification of pea genomic regions associated with agriculturally important traits and provide a foundation for further research to improve lodging resistance in pea.

The field pea (Pisum sativum L.) is studied as an important grain legume used in both human and animal feed. DNA markers can contribute to the rapid breeding of novel pea cultivars. This study aimed to identify such molecular markers as the number of days to the beginning of flowering, plant lodging, and stem geometry. Phenotypic measurements were recorded during the field trials. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of soluble carbohydrates (e.g., monosaccharides, sucrose, and raffinose family oligosaccharides) in the pea seeds were performed. A t-test was used to detect the significance of markers associated with each trait. Fifteen markers that were significant for thirteen traits were identified in this analysis. The same markers were identified for verbascose concentration in 2013 and 2014 and stem-wall thickness in 2014 and 2015. Our marker for the number of days to the beginning of flowering (AB141) was 4 cM from the AB64 marker, which was identified as a marker linked to days to 50% bloom. We found a negative correlation between lodging score at the end of flowering and stem diameter in the middle (2015, −0.40) of this study set of pea lines. Although similar correlations were detected in the Carneval × MP1401 population, the correlation between lodging at maturity and diameter in the middle and upper stem sections was positive. In markers validation, particularly for polygenic traits, a statistical analysis of the observed characters is an important step for a division of the trait values into a bimodal distribution.

Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is an important protein-rich legume crop that fixes nitrogen. However, the cultivation of pea worldwide is facing challenges due to

Łamliwość źdźbła to jedna z ważniejszych chorób pszenicy uprawnej (Triticum aestivum L.) powodowana przez dwa grzyby patogeniczne Oculimacula yallundae i Oculimacula acuformis. Istnieje kilka źródeł odporności na ten patogen, lecz jak dotąd tylko dwa geny Pch1 i Pch2 zostały przniesione do pszenicy uprawnej i warunkują odporność. Wybranie najkorzystniejszych markerów molekularnych dla określenia obecności genów odporności na łamliwość źdźbła u pszenicy może poprawić skuteczność i dokładność przy wyborze genotypów odpornych na tę chorobę. Celem pracy było określenie efektywności markerów molekularnych i markera izoenzymatycznego dla genów Pch1 i Pch2 oraz wytypowanie genotypów pszenicy ozimej o podwyższonej odporności w odniesieniu do porażenia roślin w testach inokulacyjnych przeprowadzonych w fazie siewki oraz rośliny dojrzałej. Materiał badawczy stanowiło 159 linii hodowlanych pszenicy ozimej oraz pięć odmian kontrolnych: Artist, Kilimanjaro, Kometa, Patras i Rendezvous. Do identyfikacji genów odporności wykorzystano pięć markerów, trzy do identyfikacji genu Pch1 (EpD1b, XustSSR2001-7DL, Xorw1) oraz dwa dla genu Pch2 (Xcfa2040, Xwmc525). Biorąc pod uwagę analizę molekularną genów, wyniki inokulacji siewek oraz wyniki porażenia źdźbeł dojrzałych roślin, stwierdzono brak objawów porażenia źdźbeł u linii/odmian pszenicy ozimej, u których zidentyfikowano oba geny Pch1 i Pch2. Stwierdzono u nich również najniższe porażenie siewek. Najwyższy procent porażonych źdźbeł odnotowano u genotypów, gdzie nie stwierdzono genów Pch1 i Pch2. U tych genotypów zaobserwowano również najwyższe porażenie w teście siewkowym. Wykazano, że obecność genów Pch1 i Pch2 lub ich brak nie wpływała istotnie na plon ziarna oraz na masę tysiąca ziarniaków (MTZ). U genotypów z genami Pch1 i Pch2 stwierdzono nieznacznie wyższe wartości dla obu parametrów technologicznych.