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Identification of quantitative trait loci for branching traits of spray cut chrysanthemum

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Branching is an important horticultural trait that influences plant architecture and production of cut chrysanthemum; however, its genetic determinism is poorly understood. In this study, an F1 mapping population derived from a cross between two spray cut chrysanthemum cultivars was used to determine QTL underlying branching. The branching traits in the F1 mapping population exhibited over-parent segregation and relatively high heritability (0.68–0.92). Based on the branching traits across two consecutive years, 16 additive QTL, including five QTL for primary branch number, each four QTL for branch height, and branch angle, and three QTL for primary branch length, were identified, with each accounting for 6.9–24.4 % of the phenotypic variation. Of these, four QTL expressed stable, located in the same genomic regions across two consecutive years. Results from this study add new understanding of the genetic basis of branching in spray cut chrysanthemum, and the putative major QTL detected here are valuable for future breeding cut chrysanthemum that exhibits desirable branching type.

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This program was financially supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 31272196, 31370699, 31372092), 863 Project by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2011AA100208), the Ministry of Education Support Program for New Century Excellent Talents of China (NCET-12-0890), the Jiangsu Program for Hi-Tech Research (Grant Nos. BE2011325, BE2012350), Fund for Independent Innovation of Agricultural Sciences in Jiangsu Province [CX(12)2020], and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (KYTZ201401).

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    Hui Peng, Fei Zhang, Jiafu Jiang, Sumei Chen, Weimin Fang, Zhiyong Guan & Fadi Chen

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Peng, H., Zhang, F., Jiang, J. et al. Identification of quantitative trait loci for branching traits of spray cut chrysanthemum. Euphytica 202, 385–392 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-014-1259-1

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