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(Reference retrieved automatically from Web of Science through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

QTL mapping for reaction to Phaeosphaeria leaf spot in a tropical maize population

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Author(s):
Vieira Moreira, Jose Ubirajara [1] ; Vieira Bento, Dyeme Antonio [1] ; de Souza, Anete Pereira [2] ; de Souza, Jr., Claudio Lopes [1]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Genet, Agr Coll Luiz de Queiroz, BR-13400970 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Genet & Evolut, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS; v. 119, n. 8, p. 1361-1369, NOV 2009.
Web of Science Citations: 13
Abstract

Phaeosphaeria leaf spot (PLS) is an important disease in tropical and subtropical maize (Zea mays, L.) growing areas, but there is limited information on its inheritance. Thus, this research was conducted to study the inheritance of the PLS disease in tropical maize by using QTL mapping and to assess the feasibility of using marker-assisted selection aimed to develop genotypes resistance to this disease. Highly susceptible L14-04B and highly resistant L08-05F inbred lines were crossed to develop an F(2) population. Two-hundred and fifty six F(2) plants were genotyped with 143 microsatellite markers and their F(2:3) progenies were evaluated at seven environments. Ten plants per plot were evaluated 30 days after silk emergence following a rating scale, and the plot means were used for analyses. The heritability coefficient on a progeny mean basis was high (91.37%), and six QTL were mapped, with one QTL on chromosomes 1, 3, 4, and 6, and two QTL on chromosome 8. The gene action of the QTL ranged from additive to partial dominance, and the average level of dominance was partial dominance; also a dominance x dominance epistatic effect was detected between the QTL mapped on chromosome 8. The phenotypic variance explained by each QTL ranged from 2.91 to 11.86%, and the joint QTL effects explained 41.62% of the phenotypic variance. The alleles conditioning resistance to PLS disease of all mapped QTL were in the resistant parental inbred L08-05F. Thus, these alleles could be transferred to other elite maize inbreds by marker-assisted backcross selection to develop hybrids resistant to PLS disease. (AU)