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Genetic analysis of agronomic traits in a cross between sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) and its presumed progenitor (S. robustum Brandes & Jesw. ex Grassl)

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Saccharum robustum Brandes & Jesw. ex Grassl has been suggested as the immediate progenitor species of cultivated sugarcane (S. officinarum L.) [4]. Chromosome pairing and assortment in these two species were previously studied by genetic analysis of single-dose DNA markers in parents in and 44 F1 progeny of a cross between euploid, meiotically regular 2n=80S. officinarum ‘LA Purple’ andS. robustum ‘Mol 5829’ [2]. This same population was subsequently clonally propagated and evaluated in replicated trials for quantitative traits important to sugarcane breeders. Numbers of stalks, tasseled stalks, and stalks with smut, and the average diameter of two stalks were determined one day prior to harvest. At harvest, plant material from each plot was weighed and evaluated for pol (sucrose content) and fiber percentages. Clones were significantly different (P<0.01) for all traits analyzed. Associations of 83 single-dose arbitrarily primed PCR genetic markers with quantitative trait loci (QTL) of recorded traits was determined by single-factor ANOVA, and multiple regression. QTL analysis revealed markers significantly (P<0.05) associated with the expression of each trait analyzed. Markers associated with QTL after multiple regression were tested for digenic linear × linear epistatic interactions. The various multilocus models explained between 23% and 58% of the total phenotypic variation and 32% and 76% of the genotypic variation for the various traits. Digenic interactions were uncommon. Implications for marker-assisted selection in sugarcane and sugarcane domestication are discussed.

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  1. Salah M. Al-Janabi

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    Gavin R. Sills, Salah M. Al-Janabi & Bruno W. S. Sobral

  2. Department of Experimental Statistics, Clemson University, 29634, Clemson, SC, USA

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Sills, G.R., Bridges, W., Al-Janabi, S.M. et al. Genetic analysis of agronomic traits in a cross between sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) and its presumed progenitor (S. robustum Brandes & Jesw. ex Grassl). Mol Breeding 1, 355–363 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01248413

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