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Mapping quantitative trait loci for lint yield and fiber quality across environments in a Gossypium hirsutum × Gossypium barbadense backcross inbred line population

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Identification of stable quantitative trait loci (QTLs) across different environments and mapping populations is a prerequisite for marker-assisted selection (MAS) for cotton yield and fiber quality. To construct a genetic linkage map and to identify QTLs for fiber quality and yield traits, a backcross inbred line (BIL) population of 146 lines was developed from a cross between Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and Egyptian cotton (Gossypium barbadense) through two generations of backcrossing using Upland cotton as the recurrent parent followed by four generations of self pollination. The BIL population together with its two parents was tested in five environments representing three major cotton production regions in China. The genetic map spanned a total genetic distance of 2,895 cM and contained 392 polymorphic SSR loci with an average genetic distance of 7.4 cM per marker. A total of 67 QTLs including 28 for fiber quality and 39 for yield and its components were detected on 23 chromosomes, each of which explained 6.65–25.27 % of the phenotypic variation. Twenty-nine QTLs were located on the At subgenome originated from a cultivated diploid cotton, while 38 were on the Dt subgenome from an ancestor that does not produce spinnable fibers. Of the eight common QTLs (12 %) detected in more than two environments, two were for fiber quality traits including one for fiber strength and one for uniformity, and six for yield and its components including three for lint yield, one for seedcotton yield, one for lint percentage and one for boll weight. QTL clusters for the same traits or different traits were also identified. This research represents one of the first reports using a permanent advanced backcross inbred population of an interspecific hybrid population to identify QTLs for fiber quality and yield traits in cotton across diverse environments. It provides useful information for transferring desirable genes from G. barbadense to G. hirsutum using MAS.

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This work was supported by grants from the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (“973” Program) (No. 2010CB126006) and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (“863” Program) (No. 2012AA101108); and the New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Cotton Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Anyang, 455000, Henan, China

    Jiwen Yu, Ke Zhang, Shuaiyang Li, Shuxun Yu, Honghong Zhai, Man Wu, Xingli Li, Shuli Fan, Meizhen Song, Daigang Yang & Yunhai Li

  2. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA

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Yu, J., Zhang, K., Li, S. et al. Mapping quantitative trait loci for lint yield and fiber quality across environments in a Gossypium hirsutum × Gossypium barbadense backcross inbred line population. Theor Appl Genet 126, 275–287 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-012-1980-x

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