Multienvironment Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis for Photosynthate Acquisition, Accumulation, and Remobilization Traits in Common Bean Under Drought Stress

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Matthew W. Blair¹  Paul C. Struik²  Asrat Asfaw³ 

[1] Department of Plant Breeding, Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853Department of Plant Breeding, Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853Department of Plant Breeding, Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;Technology and Agrarian Development Group, Wageningen University, 6706 KN Wageningen, the NetherlandsCentre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, 6700 AK Wageningen, the NetherlandsTechnology and Agrarian Development Group, Wageningen University, 6706 KN Wageningen, the NetherlandsTechnology and Agrarian Development Group, Wageningen University, 6706 KN Wageningen, the NetherlandsCentre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, 6700 AK Wageningen, the NetherlandsCentre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, 6700 AK Wageningen, the NetherlandsTechnology and Agrarian Development Group, Wageningen University, 6706 KN Wageningen, the NetherlandsCentre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, 6700 AK Wageningen, the Netherlands;Awassa Agricultural Research Centre, Awassa, EthiopiTechnology and Agrarian Development Group, Wageningen University, 6706 KN Wageningen, the NetherlandsAwassa Agricultural Research Centre, Awassa, EthiopiAwassa Agricultural Research Centre, Awassa, EthiopiTechnology and Agrarian Development Group, Wageningen University, 6706 KN Wageningen, the NetherlandsTechnology and Agrarian Development Group, Wageningen University, 6706 KN Wageningen, the NetherlandsAwassa Agricultural Research Centre, Awassa, EthiopiTechnology and Agrarian Development Group, Wageningen University, 6706 KN Wageningen, the Netherlands

关键词: biomass partitioning;    leaf area and chlorophyll content;    QTL × environment interaction;    nonstructural carbohydrates;    photosynthate remobilization and grain yield;   

DOI  :  10.1534/g3.112.002303

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Genetics Society of America

【 摘 要 】

Many of the world’s common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) growing regions are prone to either intermittent or terminal drought stress, making drought the primary cause of yield loss under farmers’ field conditions. Improved photosynthate acquisition, accumulation, and then remobilization have been observed as important mechanisms for adaptation to drought stress. The objective of this study was to tag quantitative trait loci (QTL) for photosynthate acquisition, accumulation, and remobilization to grain by using a recombinant inbred line population developed from the Mesoamerican intragenepool cross of drought-susceptible DOR364 and drought-tolerant BAT477 grown under eight environments differing in drought stress across two continents: Africa and South America. The recombinant inbred line population expressed quantitative variation and transgressive segregation for 11 traits associated with drought tolerance. QTL were detected by both a mixed multienvironment model and by composite interval mapping for each environment using a linkage map constructed with 165 genetic markers that covered 11 linkage groups of the common bean genome. In the multienvironment, mixed model, nine QTL were detected for 10 drought stress tolerance mechanism traits found on six of the 11 linkage groups. Significant QTL × environment interaction was observed for six of the nine QTL. QTL × environment interaction was of the cross-over type for three of the six significant QTL with contrasting effect of the parental alleles across different environments. In the composite interval mapping, we found 69 QTL in total. The majority of these were found for Palmira (47) or Awassa (18), with fewer in Malawi (4). Phenotypic variation explained by QTL in single environments ranged up to 37%, and the most consistent QTL were for Soil Plant Analysis Development (SPAD) leaf chlorophyll reading and pod partitioning traits. QTL alignment between the two detection methods showed that yield QTL on b08 and stem carbohydrate QTL on b05 were most consistent between the multilocation model and the single environment detection. Our results indicate the relevance of QTL detection in the sites in which bean breeding will be undertaken and the importance of photosynthate accumulation as a trait for common bean drought tolerance.

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