Grain protein content and thousand kernel weight QTLs identified in a durum × wild emmer wheat mapping population tested in five environments

Key message Genetic dissection of GPC and TKW in tetraploid durum × WEW RIL population, based on high-density SNP genetic map, revealed 12 GPC QTLs and 11 TKW QTLs, with favorable alleles for 11 and 5 QTLs, respectively, derived from WEW.