Salt tolerance in Lycopersicon spp. VII. Pleiotropic action of genes controlling earliness on fruit yield |
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Authors: | A J Monforte M J Asíns E A Carbonell |
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Institution: | (1) Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agarias, Apartado Official, 46113, Moncada, Valencia, Spain E-mail: mjasins@ivia.es, ES |
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Abstract: | The change from vegetative to reproductive development (earliness) in Lycopersicon chesmannii line L2 was delayed for 20 weeks when compared to other Lycopersicon species under greenhouse conditions. The interspecific hybrid of L. chesmannii L2 and L. esculentum E9, a cherry tomato cultivar, also showed this delay in reproductive development. The distribution of this character in the
F2-derived population showed a bimodal shape, plants could be scored easily as “early” or “late” in two nutrient conditions
(optimum and high salinity). A QTL with major effects on earliness was detected in salinity, which explained 35.6% of the
phenotypic variation. The effect of this QTL greatly diminished under control conditions, indicating differences in the genetic
control of earliness between treatments. ACC synthase or phytochrome B2 are the products of candidate genes for such a major
QTL. Other QTLs with minor effects, and epistatic interactions, are also involved in earliness under both conditions. A “late”
F2 subpopulation yielded twice as much as an “early” F2; conversely, “early” plants were taller than “late” plants, regardless of the treatment. QTL analysis, carried out in both
subpopulations, showed that yield differences may be explained by chesmannii alleles showing negative additive effects at some QTLs only in the “early” subpopulation. The effect of population subdivision
on QTL analysis was investigated by computer simulations to show sample-size or random effects; thus, important pleiotropic
or regulatory effects of genes controlling earliness on yield that affect QTL analysis, have been reveiled. Therefore alleles
controlling earliness in L. chesmannii have to be taken into account for a more efficient utilization of the genetic resources of this species.
Received: 30 June 1998 / Accepted: 31 August 1998 |
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Keywords: | QTLs Epistasis Genetic resources Plant height Regulatory genes |
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