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Identification of plant architecture and yield-related QTL in Vicia faba L.

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Low and unstable yields across seasons and environments are among the main reasons which make profitability for farmers too low. Along with resistance/tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, plant architecture and yield-related traits are the main determinants of yield stability. The current study was conducted to identify and validate quantitative trait loci (QTL) for plant architecture and yield-related traits in faba bean; our results provide novel information about the genetics of plant architecture traits in this crop. An equina × paucijuga recombinant inbred line population was derived and submitted to field experiments at Córdoba (Spain) over a period of four seasons. Stable QTL were identified for eight of the traits evaluated. QTL clusters were identified on almost each chromosome. The high inter-trait correlations between some of the traits controlled by a cluster of QTL might reflect either a set of closely linked loci or, more likely, pleiotropic effects. The stability of many of these major QTL in different years offers the possibility of exploiting them via marker-assisted selection. Further fine mapping of these target regions will help to identify potential candidate genes using synteny.

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Abbreviations

FPI:

Flower per inflorescence

HLF:

Height of the lowest node bearing flowers

HLP:

Height of the lowest node bearing pods

HSW:

Hundred seed weight

MLM:

Maximum likelihood mixture

MQM:

Multiple QTL model

NF:

Nodes with flowers

NOP:

Number of ovules per pod

NSP:

Number of seeds per mature pods

NTP:

Number of total branches

PH:

Plant height

PL:

Pod length

PPP:

Pods per plant

QTL:

Quantitative trait loci

RIL:

Recombinant inbred line

rMQM:

Restricted multiple QTL model

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Acknowledgements

This work was financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Innovación y Ciencia (MICINN) grant AGL2008-02305 and the Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agraria (INIA) grant RTA2013-00025, both cofinanced with FEDER. M.D. Ruiz-Rodríguez was recipient of a predoctoral fellowship associated to AGL2008-02305. We are grateful to Juan Prieto Ballesteros for his technical assistance.

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  1. Área Mejora y Biotecnología, IFAPA-Centro Alameda del Obispo, Apdo. 3092, 14080, Córdoba, Spain

    C. M. Ávila, M. D. Ruiz-Rodríguez, S. Cruz-Izquierdo & A. M. Torres

  2. Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible-CSIC, Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain

    S. G. Atienza

  3. Colegio de Postgraduados, Recursos Genéticos y Productividad–Genética, Km 36.5 Carr. México-Texcoco. CP 56230. Campus Montecillo, Texcoco, Edo. de México, Mexico

    S. Cruz-Izquierdo

  4. Department of Genetics, ETSIAM, University of Córdoba, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario, ceiA3, 14071, Córdoba, Spain

    J. I. Cubero

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Ávila, C.M., Ruiz-Rodríguez, M.D., Cruz-Izquierdo, S. et al. Identification of plant architecture and yield-related QTL in Vicia faba L.. Mol Breeding 37, 88 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-017-0688-7

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