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Published on: June 23, 2023
QTL mapping for plant height and ear height using bi-parental immortalized heterozygous populations in maize
Haoxiang Yang1, Ziran Zhang1, Ning Zhang1
1College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Maize Biology and Genetic Breeding in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
Introduction:
Plant height (PH) and ear height (EH) are key plant architectural traits in maize, which will affect the photosynthetic efficiency, high plant density tolerance, suitability for mechanical harvesting.
Methods:
QTL mapping were conducted for PH and EH using a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population and two corresponding immortalized backcross (IB) populations obtained from crosses between the RIL population and the two parental lines.
Results:
A total of 17 and 15 QTL were detected in the RIL and IB populations, respectively. Two QTL, qPH1-1 (qEH1-1) and qPH1-2 (qEH1-4) in the RIL, were simultaneously identified for PH and EH. Combing reported genome-wide association and cloned PH-related genes, co-expression network analyses were constructed, then five candidate genes with high confidence in major QTL were identified including Zm00001d011117 and Zm00001d011108, whose homologs have been confirmed to play a role in determining PH in maize and soybean.
Discussion:
QTL mapping used a immortalized backcross population is a new strategy. These identified genes in this study can provide new insights for improving the plant architecture in maize.
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