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Acta Agron Sin ›› 2011, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (02): 271-279.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1006.2011.00271

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Detection of Quantitative Trait Loci for Plant Height in Different Photoperiod Environments Using an Immortalized F2 Population in Maize

WANG Cui-Ling1,2,SUN Zhao-Hui1,KU Li-Xia1,WANG Tie-Gu3,CHEN Yan-Hui1,*   

  1. 1 College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; 2 College of Agronomy, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, China; 3 College of Life Science and Technology, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003, China
  • Received:2010-03-25 Revised:2010-08-05 Online:2011-02-12 Published:2010-11-16

Abstract: For studying the genetic basis of plant height in maize, an immortalized F2 population of 278 F1 cross was constructed by intercrossing recombinant inbred lines derived from a cross between temperate and tropical inbred lines (Huangzaosi × CML288). The “immortalized F2” was evaluated for plant height in five locations with three photoperiod environments, i.e. a short day environment of Sanya in Hainan province, long-day environments of Zhengzhou and Luoyang in Henan province, and long-day environments of Shunyi and Changping in Beijing. Twelve QTLs for plant height were detected in different photoperiod environments using composite interval mapping. The QTLs qPH1-2 and qPH4 associated with plant height were detected in all the three photoperiod environments, showing that these two QTLs might control plant height steadily in different environments. The QTL qPH3 was detected for plant height and explained 32.13% of the phenotypic variation in short day environment while could not be detected in long day environment, which indicated that the QTL qPH3 might control plant height only in short day environment. The QTL qPH10-1 in the bin 10.04 region of chromosome 10 associated with plant height was detected in long day environments of Henan and Beijing and explained 25.39% and 39.58% of the phenotypic variation, respectively. This result indicated that the QTL qPH10-1 might be a major plant height QTL in long day environment.

Key words: Immortalized F2 population, Photoperiod, Tropical maize (Zea mays L.), Plant height, QTL

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