QTL Mapping for Stalk Related Traits in Maize (Zea mays L.) Under Different Densities》.pdf

Journal of Integrative Agriculture 2013, 12(2): 218-228 February 2013 RESEARCH ARTICLE QTL Mapping for Stalk Related Traits in Maize (Zea mays L.) Under Different Densities 1 1 1 1 1 1 ZHU Li-ying , CHEN Jing-tang , Li Ding , ZHANG Jian-hua , HUANG Ya-qun , ZHAO Yong-feng , SONG Zhan-quan2 and LIU Zhi-zeng1 1 College of Agronomy, Agricultural University of Hebei/Hebei Sub-Center of National Maize Improvement Center, Ministry of Agriculture/ Northern China Key Laboratory for Crop Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Education, Baoding 071001, P.R.China 2 Baoding University, Baoding 071051, P.R.China Abstract Stalk related traits, comprising plant height (PH), ear height (EH), internode number (IN), average internode length (AIL), stalk diameter (SD), and ear height coefficient (EHC), are significantly correlated with yield, density tolerance, and lodging resistance in maize. To investigate the genetic basis for stalk related traits, a doubled haploid (DH) population derived from a cross between NX531 and NX110 were evauluated under two densities over 2 yr. The additive quantitative trait loci (QTLs), epistatic QTLs were detected using inclusive composite interval mapping and QTL-by-environment interaction were detected using mixed linear model. Differences between the two densities were significant for the six traits in the DH population. A linkage map that covered 1 721.19 cM with an average interval of 10.50 cM was constructed with 164 simple sequence repeat (SSR). Two, two, seven, six, two, and eight additive QTLs for PH, IN, AIL, EH, SD, and EHC, respectively. The extend of their contribution to penotypic variation ranged from 10.10 to 31.93%. Seven QTLs were indentifie