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QTLs for node of first fruiting branch in a cross of an upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., cultivar with primitive accession Texas 701

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Primitive cottons (Gossypium spp.) represent resources for genetic improvement. Most primitive accessions are photoperiod sensitive; they do not flower under the long days of the U.S. cotton belt. Molecular markers were used to locate quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for node of first fruiting branch (NFB), a trait closely related to flowering time in cotton. An F2 population consisted of 251 plants from the cross of a day neutral cultivar Deltapine 61, and a photoperiod sensitive accession Texas 701, were used in this study. Segregation in the population revealed the complex characteristics of NFB. Interval mapping and multiple QTL mapping were used to determine QTLs contributing to NFB. Three significant QTLs were mapped to chromosome 16, 21, and 25; two suggestive QTLs were mapped to chromosome 15 and 16. Four markers associated with these QTLs accounted for 33% of the variation in NFB by single and multiple-marker regression analyses. Two pairs of epistasis interaction between markers were detected. Our results suggested that at least three chromosomes contain factors associated with flowering time for this population with epistasis interactions between chromosomes. This research represent the first flowering time QTL mapping in cotton. Makers associated with flowering time may have the potential to facilitate day neutral conversion of accessions.

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Abbreviations

DPL61:

Deltapine 61

LOD:

Logarithm of odds

MQM:

Multiple QTL mapping

NFB:

Node of first fruiting branch

T701:

Texas accession 701

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  1. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    Yufang Guo

  2. USDA-ARS, Crop Science Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 5367, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    Jack C. McCarty, Johnie N. Jenkins & Sukumar Saha

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Guo, Y., McCarty, J.C., Jenkins, J.N. et al. QTLs for node of first fruiting branch in a cross of an upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., cultivar with primitive accession Texas 701. Euphytica 163, 113–122 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-007-9613-1

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