Mapping QTLs for traits associated with biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) in soybeans / Mapeamento de QTLs para caracteres relacionados com a fixação biológica de nitrogênio (FBN) em soja

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

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Soybeans [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] is a crop with high protein content (about 40%) in the seeds. As a result, the crop demands high nitrogen (N) inputs, which can be supplied by the process of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), through the symbiosis with bacteria of the genus Bradyrhizobium. In Brazil the BNF allows to fulfill all the demand for N; therefore N fertilizers are not required. However, the traits associated with BNF have not been directly considered in breeding programs due to the difficulties to its evaluation, which require, generally, the plant destruction. The objective of this study was to map Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) of traits related to BNF and to identify useful associations for marker-assisted selection, as well as to obtain other information about the genetic basis of these traits in soybeans. A population of 157 F2:7 recombinant inbred lines (RILs), derived from a two-way cross, were genotyped with 105 microsatellite markers as well as evaluated for the following traits related with BNF: number of nodes (NN); nodule dry weight (NDW); mean nodule dry weight (NDW/NN); and shoot dry weight (SDW). Using the composite interval mapping for multiple traits (mCIM) method, the QTLs were mapped for all the traits. A genetic map was constructed with an estimated size of 1,263.2 cM, covering about 50% of the genome. Eight genomic regions were associated with the four traits and four of these regions, located on linkage groups (LG) C1, C2, E and I, were associated with more than one trait: in LG C1 (Satt190-Satt136), QTLs for NDW, NDW/NN and SDW were mapped; in LG C2 (Satt460-Satt307), QTLs for NN and NDW were mapped; in GL E (Satt573-SAtt185), QTLs for SDW and NN were mapped; and in GL I (Satt239-Satt354) QTLs for NDW/NN and NN were mapped. The pleiotropy was attributed to QTL association in the LG C1, C2, and E, whereas genetic linkage was attributed to QTL association in LG I. QTLs affecting only one trait were mapped in LG A2, B1, G and L: in LG A2 (Sct067-Satt589) a QTL was mapped, for NDW/NN; in LG B1 (Satt509-Satt251) a QTL was mapped for NN; in LG L (Satt232-Satt418) a QTL was mapped for SDW; and in LG G (Satt394- Satt288) a QTL was mapped for SDW. The QTLs individually explained very little of the phenotypic variation (R2 = 1.2% to 10.0%), and the most significant QTL was mapped in the LG L, explaining 10.0% of the variation for SDW, with an additive effect of 0.57 g plant-1. Therefore, QTLs in four regions were detected for SDW (C1, E, G, and L), in five regions for NN (B1, C1, C2, E, and G), in two regions for NDW (C1, and C2) and in three regions for SDW/NN (A2, C1, and I), which explained 23.0%, 20.0%, 11.8% and 16.0% of phenotypic variation, respectively. These results are in agreement with the relatively low heritability of the traits (28% to 49%) and reflect the complex nature of BNF traits, which are influenced by the environmental effects.

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fixação de nitrogênio rhizobium soja soybean. nitrogen fixation mapeamento genético nitrogen-fixing bacteria rhizobium molecular marker genetic mapping bactérias fixadoras de nitrogênio marcador molecular

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