Dissecting the major genetic components underlying cotton lint development

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Genetics Society of America..

Numerous genetic loci and several functionally characterized genes have been linked to determination of lint percentage (lint%), one of the most important cotton yield components, but we still know little about the major genetic components underlying lint%. Here, we first linked the genetic loci containing MYB25-like_At and HD1_At to the fiberless seed trait of 'SL1-7-1' and found that MYB25-like_At and HD1_At were very lowly expressed in 'SL1-7-1' ovules during fiber initiation. We then dissected the genetic components involved in determination of lint% using segregating populations derived from crosses of fuzzless mutants and intermediate segregants with different lint%, which not only confirmed the HD1_At locus but identified the HD1_Dt locus as being the major genetic components contributing to fiber initiation and lint%. The segregating populations also allowed us to evaluate the relative contributions of MYB25-like_At, MYB25-like_Dt, HD1_At, and HD1_Dt to lint%. Haplotype analysis of an Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) population with 723 accessions (including 81 fuzzless seed accessions) showed that lint% of the accessions with the LP allele (higher lint%) at MYB25-like_At, MYB25-like_Dt, or HD1_At was significantly higher than that with the lp allele (lower lint%). The lint% of the Upland cotton accessions with 3 or 4 LP alleles at MYB25-like and HD1 was significantly higher than that with 2 LP alleles. The results prompted us to propose a strategy for breeding high-yielding cotton varieties, i.e. pyramiding the LP alleles of MYB25-like and HD1 with new lint% LP alleles without negative impact on seed size and fiber quality.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:226

Enthalten in:

Genetics - 226(2024), 2 vom: 07. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sun, Yali [VerfasserIn]
Yuan, Yuman [VerfasserIn]
He, Shoupu [VerfasserIn]
Stiller, Warwick [VerfasserIn]
Wilson, Iain [VerfasserIn]
Du, Xiongming [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Qian-Hao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allele pyramiding
Bulk segregant analysis
Fuzzless
Haplotype
Journal Article
Lint percentage
Lintless

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Date Completed 08.02.2024

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/genetics/iyad219

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366382063