Abstract:Polyphenol oxidase (polyphenol oxidase, PPO) activity is closely related to the wheat flour whiteness. In order to improve quality of local wheat varieties using Russian germplasm, Three STS markers linked with polyphenol oxidase (PPO) genes located on chromosome 2AL and 2DL were used to screening 250 wheat varieties derived from Russia and 125 wheat varieties from Heilongjiang Province. The results showed that PPO18, a co-dominant STS marker located on chromosome 2AL, could amplify a 685-bp and a 876-bp fragment related to PPO-2Aa (high PPO) and PPO-2Ab(low PPO) respectively. For the wheat varieties derived from Russia, PPO-2Aa and PPO-2Ab were detected in 182 and 68 varieties, with the frequency of 72.8% and 27.2% respectively. For that of Heilongjiang Province, PPO-2Aa and PPO-2Ab were detected in 76 and 45 varieties with the frequency of 60.8% and 36% respectively, and no bands were detected in 4 varieties with a frequency of 3.2%. Two complementary dominant markers located on chromosome 2DL, PPO16 and PPO29, could amplify a 713-bp and a 490-bp fragment in the genotypes with PPO-2Da (low PPO) and PPO-2Db (high PPO), respectively. For the wheat varieties from Russia, PPO-2Da and PPO-2Db were detected in 109 and 141 varieties, with the frequency of 43.6% and 56.4%, respectively. For that of Heilongjiang Province, PPO-2Da/PPO-2Db were found in 60 and 65 varieties, with the frequency of 48% and 52%, respectively. There were five different genotypes combinations between the two PPO markers, and the distribution of genotypes combination was different in varieties of Russia and Heilongjiang. For double low activity genotypes combinations PPO-2Ab/PPO-2Da, the distribution in varieties of Heilongjiang Province is 5.6% more than that of Russia. These results provide molecular genetic information for the utilization of Russian germplasm resources to improve wheat breeding in Heilongjiang Province.