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Molecular Mapping of QTLs for Heat Tolerance in Chickpea

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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms19082166
10.3390/ijms19082166
 
Title Molecular Mapping of QTLs for Heat Tolerance in Chickpea
 
Creator Paul, P J
Samineni, S
Thudi, M
Sajja, S
Rathore, A
Das, R R
Khan, A W
Chaturvedi, S K
Lavanya, G R
Varshney, R K
Gaur, P M
 
Subject Abiotic Stress
Crop Improvement
Drought Tolerance
Plant Breeding
Chickpea
Genetics and Genomics
Legume Crops
 
Description Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), a cool-season legume, is increasingly affected by heat-stress at reproductive stage due to changes in global climatic conditions and cropping systems. Identifying quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for heat tolerance may facilitate breeding for heat tolerant varieties. The present study was aimed at identifying QTLs associated with heat tolerance in chickpea using 292 F8-9 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) developed from the cross ICC 4567 (heat sensitive) × ICC 15614 (heat tolerant). Phenotyping of RILs was undertaken for two heat-stress (late sown) and one non-stress (normal sown) environments. A genetic map spanning 529.11 cM and comprising 271 genotyping by sequencing (GBS) based single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers was constructed. Composite interval mapping (CIM) analysis revealed two consistent genomic regions harbouring four QTLs each on CaLG05 and CaLG06. Four major QTLs for number of filled pods per plot (FPod), total number of seeds per plot (TS), grain yield per plot (GY) and % pod setting (%PodSet), located in the CaLG05 genomic region, were found to have cumulative phenotypic variation of above 50%. Nineteen pairs of epistatic QTLs showed significant epistatic effect, and non-significant QTL × environment interaction effect, except for harvest index (HI) and biomass (BM). A total of 25 putative candidate genes for heat-stress were identified in the two major genomic regions. This is the first report on QTLs for heat-stress response in chickpea. The markers linked to the above mentioned four major QTLs can facilitate marker-assisted breeding for heat tolerance in chickpea.
 
Publisher MDPI
 
Date 2018-07-25
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10810/1/ijms-19-02166.pdf
Paul, P J and Samineni, S and Thudi, M and Sajja, S and Rathore, A and Das, R R and Khan, A W and Chaturvedi, S K and Lavanya, G R and Varshney, R K and Gaur, P M (2018) Molecular Mapping of QTLs for Heat Tolerance in Chickpea. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (TSI), 19(8) (2166). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1661-6596