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A population of 117 doubled haploid (DH) lines derived from the cross of Zhaiyeqing 8 (indica)× Jingxi 17 (japonica) was employed to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying four physiological traits related to chlorophyll contents of the flag leaf. There were significantly positive correlations among chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and chlorophyll a + b content. Chlorophyll a/b ratio was significantly negatively correlated with chlorophyll b content. These four traits were normally distributed with transgressive segregation, suggesting that they were controlled by multiple minor genes. A total of 11 QTLs were detected for the four traits and they lay on six chromosomes. Each of them explained 9.2%–19.6% of the phenotypic variations, respectively. Of these, two QTLs controlling chlorophyll a content were mapped on chromosomes 2 and 5; four QTLs underlying chlorophyll b content were mapped on chromosomes 2, 3, 5 and 9; three QTLs underlying chlorophyll a + b amount were mapped on chromosomes 3, 5 and 9; two QTLs underlying chlorophyll a/b ratio were mapped on chromosomes 6 and 11. The intrinsic relationship among the four traits and the practical implication in rice breeding are discussed.
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Translated from Journal of Wuhan University (Science Edition), 2006, 52(6): 751–756 [译自: 武汉大学学报(理学版)]
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Yang, G., Tu, S., Li, S. et al. Analysis of quantitative trait loci underlying the traits related to chlorophyll content of the flag leaf in rice. Front. Biol. China 3, 443–448 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11515-008-0093-z
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