Journal
PLANT BREEDING
Volume 134, Issue 1, Pages 78-84Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12233
Keywords
soybean; pod borer; isoflavones; QTL (Quantitative Trait Locus)
Funding
- National Core Soybean Genetic Engineering Project [2014ZX08004-003]
- Chinese National Natural Science Foundation [31271748, 60932008, 31101169, 31201227, 31201225, 31301339]
- National 973 Project [2012CB126311]
- National 863 Project [2013AA102602, 2012AA101106-1-9]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2012M520700]
- Provincial/National education Ministry for the team of soybean molecular design
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Soybean pod borer (SPB) (Leguminivora glycinivorella (Mats.) Obraztsov) causes severe loss of soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) seed yield and quality in some regions of the world, especially in north-eastern China, Japan and Russia. Isoflavones in soybean seed play a crucial role in plant resistance to diseases and pests. The aim of this study was to find whether SPB resistance QTL are associated with soybean seed isoflavone content. A cross was made between Zhongdou 27' (higher isoflavone content) and Jiunong 20' (lower isoflavone content). One hundred and twelve F-5:10 recombinant inbred lines were derived through single-seed descent. A plastic-net cabinet was used to cover the plants in early August, and thirty SPB moths per square metre were put in to infest the soybean green pods. The results indicated that the percentage of seeds damaged by SPB was positively correlated with glycitein content (GC), whereas it was negatively correlated with genistein (GT), daidzein (DZ) and total isoflavone content (TI). Four QTL underlying SPB damage to seeds were identified and the phenotypic variation for SPB resistance explained by the four QTL ranged from 2% to 14% on chromosomes Gm7, 10, 13 and 17. Moreover, eleven QTL underlying isoflavone content were identified, and ten of them were encompassed within the same four marker intervals as the SPB QTL (BARC-Satt208-Sat292, Satt144-Sat074, Satt540-Sat244 and Satt345-Satt592). These QTL could be useful in marker-assisted selection for breeding soybean cultivars with both SPB resistance and high seed isoflavone content.
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