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Markers associated with stalk number and suckering in sugarcane colocate with tillering and rhizomatousness QTLs in sorghum

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Jordan, D.R., Casu, R.E., Besse, P., Carroll, B.C., Berding, N. and McIntyre, C.L. (2004) Markers associated with stalk number and suckering in sugarcane colocate with tillering and rhizomatousness QTLs in sorghum. Genome, 47 (5). pp. 988-993. ISSN 0831-2796

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1139/g04-040

Abstract

Two important factors influencing sugar yield, the primary focus of sugarcane plant breeding programs, are stalk number and suckering. Molecular markers linked to both of these traits are sought to assist in the identification of high sugar yield, high stalk number, low-suckering sugarcane clones. In this preliminary mapping study, 108 progeny from a biparental cross involving two elite Australian sugarcane clones were evaluated at two sites for two years for both stalk number and suckering. A total of 258 DNA markers, including both restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) and radio-labelled amplified fragments (RAFs), were scored and evaluated using single-factor analysis. Sixteen (7 RFLPs and 9 RAFs) and 14 (6 RFLPs and 8 RAFs) markers were identified that were significantly associated (P < 0.01) with stalk number and suckering, respectively, across both years and sites. The seven and six RFLP markers associated with stalk number and suckering, respectively, were generated by eight different RFLP probes, of which seven had been mapped in sorghum and (or) sugarcane. Of significant interest was the observation that all seven RFLP probes could be shown to be located within or near QTLs associated with tillering and rhizomatousness in sorghum. This observation highlights the usefulness of comparative mapping between sorghum and sugarcane and suggests that the identification of useful markers for stalk number and suckering in sugarcane would be facilitated by focussing on sorghum QTLs associated with related traits.Key words: comparative mapping, suckering, sugarcane, sorghum, tillering.

Item Type:Article
Subjects:Science > Botany > Genetics
Plant culture > Field crops > Sorghum
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