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Identification of heterotic loci associated with grain yield and its components using two CSSL test populations in maize.

ABSTRACT: Heterosis has widely been used to increase grain yield and quality. In this study, the genetic basis of heterosis on grain yield and its main components in maize were examined over 2 years in two locations in two test populations constructed from a set of 184 chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs) and two inbred lines (Zheng58 and Xun9058). Of the 169 heterotic loci (HL) associated with grain yield and its five components identified in CSSL?×?Zheng58 and CSSL?×?Xun9058 test populations, only 25 HL were detected in both populations. The comparison of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) detected in the CSSL population with HL detected in the two test populations revealed that only 15.46% and 17.35% of the HL in the given populations respectively, shared the same chromosomal regions as that of the corresponding QTLs and showed dominant effects as well as pleiotropism with additive and dominant effects. In addition, most of the HL (74.23% and 74.49%) had overdominant effects. These results suggest that overdominance is the main contributor to the effects of heterosis on grain yield and its components in maize, and different HL are associated with heterosis for different traits in different hybrids.

SUBMITTER: Wang H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5137037 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of heterotic loci associated with grain yield and its components using two CSSL test populations in maize.

Wang Hongqiu H Zhang Xiangge X Yang Huili H Liu Xiaoyang X Li Huimin H Yuan Liang L Li Weihua W Fu Zhiyuan Z Tang Jihua J Kang Dingming D

Scientific reports 20161205

Heterosis has widely been used to increase grain yield and quality. In this study, the genetic basis of heterosis on grain yield and its main components in maize were examined over 2 years in two locations in two test populations constructed from a set of 184 chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs) and two inbred lines (Zheng58 and Xun9058). Of the 169 heterotic loci (HL) associated with grain yield and its five components identified in CSSL × Zheng58 and CSSL × Xun9058 test populations, o ...[more]

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