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- Title
Quantitative trait loci associated with red foliage in Cornus florida L.
- Authors
Wadl, Phillip; Saxton, Arnold; Wang, Xinwang; Pantalone, Vince; Rinehart, Timothy; Trigiano, Robert
- Abstract
The objective of our investigation was to acquire information on the association between molecular markers and foliage color in flowering dogwood in order to improve our understanding of the inheritance of this trait and to make possible early selection of red foliage genotypes in breeding programs. A segregating pseudo-F population of 94 individuals of flowering dogwood ( Cornus florida L.), together with 255 simple sequence repeat markers, was used to identify putative quantitative trait loci (QTL) for foliage color. Foliage color segregated into green- and red-leaved phenotypes and was visually rated for color on five spring dates over 3 years (2007-2009). Repeated measures single-marker categorical analysis of variance (ANOVA) identified four putative QTL (CF309C, CF792A, CF367B, and CF367C) on three linkage groups. Single-marker categorical ANOVA was then used to determine stability of QTL across dates. We identified different QTL, found a low percentage of phenotypic variance explained by the QTL, and detected QTL instability over time, providing evidence of the complex genetics for red pigment expression in flowering dogwood.
- Subjects
QUANTITATIVE research; FLOWERING dogwood; LEAF color; MICROSATELLITE repeats; ORNAMENTAL plant breeding; REPEATED measures design; PHENOTYPES; GENETIC markers
- Publication
Molecular Breeding, 2011, Vol 27, Issue 3, p409
- ISSN
1380-3743
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11032-011-9551-4