Journal
EUPHYTICA
Volume 187, Issue 3, Pages 369-379Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-012-0699-8
Keywords
Maize inbred lines; Downy mildew; Association mapping; Population structure; SSR
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- Generation Challenge Programme (GCP)
- National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
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Association mapping relies on the variation and extent of linkage disequilibrium within a species to identify genes of interest; this is an alternative to linkage mapping in traditional biparental population, which exploits only the variation in the two parents of the mapping population. This study was designed to identify association between 48 SSR markers and downy mildew (DM) resistance using a set of 60 public and private maize inbred lines in Thailand. Genetic diversity and population structure in the set were calculated. A total of 489 alleles with an average gene diversity of 0.70 revealed two subpopulations among the 60 maize inbred lines. Analysis of variance resulted in significant effects of phenotypic values of tested entries, with significant effects of inbred lines, locations, and their interaction. In addition, the analysis of variance for broad sense heritability also indicated high heritability (0.97), and association analysis revealed three significant SSR-trait associations (P < 0.05). These three significant SSR loci have not been reported in previous linkage mapping studies. Our results suggest that new allelic variants associated with DM resistance in these germplasm collections should be useful to help identify new lines carrying alleles for DM resistance in breeding marker-assisted selection programs.
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