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QTL identification on two genetic systems for rapeseed glucosinolate and erucic acid contents over two seasons

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Glucosinolate and erucic acid are important plant compounds in rapeseed believed to have numerous functions in rapeseed-environment interactions. However, little is known about the QTL information related to the two different genetic systems including the embryo nuclear chromosomes and maternal plant nuclear chromosomes for glucosinolate content (GSLC) and erucic acid content (EAC) in rapeseed. Differences in QTL distribution between these two genetic systems, which control the performance of GSLC and EAC across different environmental conditions, were analyzed in the present study. A set of 202 DH populations derived from an elite hybrid cross of ‘Tapidor’ × ‘Ningyou7’ and their two backcross populations BC1F1 1 (DHs × Tapidor) and BC1F1 2 (DHs × Ningyou7) generated in two years were used as experimental materials for the study. A total of nine loci for GSLC and three loci for EAC with significant embryo additive main effects, embryo dominant main effects and/or maternal additive main effects, explaining 83.8 and 89.7 %, respectively, of their phenotypic variation, were identified. Although QTL × environment interaction effects were also detected in the present experiment, they played a minimum role in influencing the phenotypic variation. It was noted that qEAC-7-1 for EAC mapped on linkage group A7 was detected as the major QTL and could explain 68.32 % of the phenotypic variation for this trait. These results could be useful for the molecular maker-assisted breeding of GSLC and EAC quality traits based on the influence of two genetic systems.

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The project was financially supported from Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Resources, Foundation for University Key Teacher by the Ministry of Education of China and by the 151 Program for the Talents of Zhejiang Province. We are grateful to A. Quampah for providing good suggestion when revising this paper.

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  1. Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    J. F. Xu, H. M. Xu, J. Wen & C. H. Shi

  2. College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Y. Long & J. L. Meng

  3. Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang A&F University, Lin’an, 311300, China

    J. G. Wu

  4. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Qinghai Academy of Agricultrual and Forestry Sciences, Xining, 810016, China

    Z. G. Zhao

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Xu, J.F., Long, Y., Wu, J.G. et al. QTL identification on two genetic systems for rapeseed glucosinolate and erucic acid contents over two seasons. Euphytica 205, 647–657 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-015-1379-2

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