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Polygenic inheritance of canopy wilting in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]

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As water demand for agriculture exceeds water availability, cropping systems need to become more efficient in water usage, such as deployment of cultivars that sustain yield under drought conditions. Soybean cultivars differ in how quickly they wilt during water-deficit stress, and this trait may lead to yield improvement during drought. The objective of this study was to determine the genetic mechanism of canopy wilting in soybean using a mapping population of recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a cross between KS4895 and Jackson. Canopy wilting was rated in three environments using a rating scale of 0 (no wilting) to 100 (severe wilting and plant death). Transgressive segregation was observed for the RIL population with the parents expressing intermediate wilting scores. Using multiple-loci analysis, four quantitative trait loci (QTLs) on molecular linkage groups (MLGs) A2, B2, D2, and F were detected (P ≤ 0.05), which collectively accounted for 47% of the phenotypic variation of genotypic means over all three environments. An analysis of the data by state revealed that 44% of the observed phenotypic variation in the Arkansas environments could be accounted for by these QTLs. Only the QTL on MLG F was detected at North Carolina where it accounted for 16% of the phenotypic variation. These results demonstrate that the genetic mechanism controlling canopy wilting was polygenic and environmentally sensitive and provide a foundation for future research to examine the importance of canopy wilting in drought tolerance of soybean.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully appreciate the financial support from the United Soybean Board (Project #5213). Also, we would like to thank the University of Arkansas Rice Research and Experiment Station, Sandhills Research Station at North Carolina, and USDA-ARS Midsouth Area Genomics Facility at Stoneville, MS for provided resources. We also extend our thanks to Dr. Pengyin Chen of the University of Arkansas for his insightful comments and suggestions during the preparation of this manuscript.

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  1. Sandeep Bhatnagar

    Present address: Monsanto Company, Leesburg, GA, 31763, USA

  2. Clay H. Sneller

    Present address: Department of Horticulture and Crop Science OARDC, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA

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  1. Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72704, USA

    Dirk V. Charlson, Sandeep Bhatnagar, C. Andy King, Clay H. Sneller & Larry C. Purcell

  2. USDA-ARS, Crop Genetics and Production Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, 38776, USA

    Jeffery D. Ray

  3. USDA-ARS, Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA

    Thomas E. Carter Jr.

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Charlson, D.V., Bhatnagar, S., King, C.A. et al. Polygenic inheritance of canopy wilting in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Theor Appl Genet 119, 587–594 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-009-1068-4

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