QTL mapping for plant height and fruit branch number based on RIL population of upland cotton

Journal of Cotton Research

Quanjia CHEN¹  Qun GE²  Aiying LIU²  Quanwei LU²  Junwen LI²  Youlu YUAN²  Juwu GONG²  Zhen ZHANG²  Ruixian LIU²  Xianghui XIAO²  Wankui GONG²  Yuzhen SHI²  Haihong SHANG²  Muhammad Sajid IQBAL² 

[1] Department of Agronomy / Key Laboratory of Agriculture Biological Technology, Xinjiang Agriculture University;State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology / Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences;

关键词: Upland cotton;    RIL population;    Agronomic traits;    QTL;    Plant height;    Fruiting branch number;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s42397-020-0046-x

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background Plant height (PH) and fruit branch number (FBN) are important traits for improving yield and mechanical harvesting of cotton. In order to identify genes of PH and FBN in cotton germplasms to develop superior cultivars, quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for these traits were detected based on the phenotypic evaluation data in nine environments across four locations and 4 years and a previously reported genetic linkage map of an recombinant inbred line (RIL) population of upland cotton. Results In total, 53 QTLs of PH and FBN, were identified on 21 chromosomes of the cotton genome except chromosomes c02, c09-c11, and c22. For PH, 27 QTLs explaining 3.81%–8.54% proportions of phenotypic variance were identified on 18 chromosomes except c02, c08-c12, c15, and c22. For FBN, 26 QTLs explaining 3.23%–11.00% proportions of phenotypic variance were identified on 16 chromosomes except c02-c03, c06, c09-c11, c17, c22-c23, and c25. Eight QTLs were simultaneously identified in at least two environments. Three QTL clusters containing seven QTLs were identified on three chromosomes (c01, c18 and c21). Eleven QTLs were the same as previously reported ones, while the rest were newly identified. Conclusions The QTLs and QTL clusters identified in the current study will be helpful to further understand the genetic mechanism of PH and FBN development of cotton and will enhance the development of excellent cultivars for mechanical managements in cotton production.

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