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Identification of QTL for sugar-related traits in a sweet × grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) recombinant inbred population

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QTL for stem sugar-related and other agronomic traits were identified in a converted sweet (R9188) × grain (R9403463-2-1) sorghum population. QTL analyses were conducted using phenotypic data for 11 traits measured in two field experiments and a genetic map comprising 228 SSR and AFLP markers grouped into 16 linkage groups, of which 11 could be assigned to the 10 sorghum chromosomes (SBI-01 to SBI-10). QTL were identified for all traits and were generally co-located to five locations (SBI-01, SBI-03, SBI-05, SBI-06 and SBI-10). QTL alleles from R9188 were detected for increased sucrose content and sugar content on SBI-01, SBI-05 and SBI-06. R9188 also contributed QTL alleles for increased Brix on SBI-05 and SBI-06, and increased sugar content on SBI-03. QTL alleles from R9403463-2-1 were found for increased sucrose content and sucrose yield on SBI-10, and increased glucose content on SBI-07. QTL alleles for increased height, later flowering and greater total dry matter yield were located on SBI-01 of R9403463-2-1, and SBI-06 of R9188. QTL alleles for increased grain yield from both R9403463-2-1 and R9188 were found on SBI-03. As an increase in stem sugars is an important objective in sweet sorghum breeding, the QTL identified in this study could be further investigated for use in marker-assisted selection of sweet sorghum.

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Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Sugar Research and Development Corporation (SRDC) to the first author. The authors thank Donna Glassop (CSIRO) for her assistance with the HPLC, Colleen Hunt (DPIF) for her statistical analyses and Kirsten Halloran (DPIF) for her technical assistance.

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  1. Queensland Bioscience Precinct, CSIRO Plant Industry, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, QLD, 4067, Australia

    Kimberley B. Ritter, Scott C. Chapman & C. Lynne McIntyre

  2. The School of Land and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia

    Kimberley B. Ritter & Ian D. Godwin

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA

    Kimberley B. Ritter

  4. Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Hermitage Research Station, MS 508 Yangan Road, Warwick, QLD, 4370, Australia

    David R. Jordan & Emma S. Mace

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Ritter, K.B., Jordan, D.R., Chapman, S.C. et al. Identification of QTL for sugar-related traits in a sweet × grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) recombinant inbred population. Mol Breeding 22, 367–384 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-008-9182-6

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