Journal
EUPHYTICA
Volume 173, Issue 3, Pages 307-319Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-0086-2
Keywords
Interspecific crossing; Days to flowering; Resistance genes and wild Cicer species
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- Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran
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Ascochyta blight is a devastating disease of chickpea. Breeders have been trying to introduce resistance from wild Cicer into cultivated chickpea, however, the effort is hampered by the frequent genetic drag of undesirable traits. Therefore, this study was aimed to identify potential markers linked to plant growth habit, ascochyta blight resistance and days to flowering for marker-assisted breeding. An interspecific F-2 population between chickpea and C. reticulatum was constructed to develop a genetic linkage map. F-2 plants were cloned through stem cuttings for replicated assessment of ascochyta blight resistance. A closely linked marker (TA34) on linkage group (LG) 3 was identified for plant growth habit explaining 95.2% of the variation. Three quantitative trait loci (QTLs) explaining approximately 49% of the phenotypic variation were found for ascochyta blight resistance on LG 3 and LG 4. Flowering time was controlled by two QTLs on LG3 explaining 90.2% of the variation. Ascochyta blight resistance was negatively correlated with flowering time (r = -0.22, P < 0.001) but not correlated with plant growth habit.
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