Construction of genotyping-by-sequencing based high-density genetic maps and QTL mapping for fusarium wilt resistance in pigeonpea

Sci Rep. 2017 May 15;7(1):1911. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01537-2.

Abstract

Fusarium wilt (FW) is one of the most important biotic stresses causing yield losses in pigeonpea. Genetic improvement of pigeonpea through genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) is an economically feasible option for the development of high yielding FW resistant genotypes. In this context, two recombinant inbred lines (RILs) (ICPB 2049 × ICPL 99050 designated as PRIL_A and ICPL 20096 × ICPL 332 designated as PRIL_B) and one F2 (ICPL 85063 × ICPL 87119) populations were used for the development of high density genetic maps. Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach was used to identify and genotype SNPs in three mapping populations. As a result, three high density genetic maps with 964, 1101 and 557 SNPs with an average marker distance of 1.16, 0.84 and 2.60 cM were developed in PRIL_A, PRIL_B and F2, respectively. Based on the multi-location and multi-year phenotypic data of FW resistance a total of 14 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) including six major QTLs explaining >10% phenotypic variance explained (PVE) were identified. Comparative analysis across the populations has revealed three important QTLs (qFW11.1, qFW11.2 and qFW11.3) with upto 56.45% PVE for FW resistance. This is the first report of QTL mapping for FW resistance in pigeonpea and identified genomic region could be utilized in GAB.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Breeding
  • Cajanus / microbiology*
  • Chromosome Mapping*
  • Fusarium / genetics*
  • Genetics, Population
  • Genome, Fungal
  • Genomics / methods
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Molecular Typing*
  • Phenotype
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Quantitative Trait Loci*