Identification of AFLP markers associated with flowering time and ornamental traits in Chrysanthemum

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

2 Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

Abstract

 
Flowering period and longevity play important roles in determining the quality of commercial flowers. Marker-trait associations for eight flowering and 12 ornamental traits have been studied using a GLM and MLM analysis with a set of 2099 AFLP polymorphic markers in Chrysanthemum. The GLM model identified 453 markers for phenotypic traits whereas the MLM association analysis model revealed a total of 197 significant marker-trait associations for the phenotypic traits. The strongest association was detected between AFLP markers with a bud diameter trait, which explained 68% of the variation. Among several polymorphic bands, 14 markers were associated with senescence, 10 with flower diameter and eight with stem length. This approach also led to the identification of seven markers with significant association to full bloom. Therefore, these markers can be used for the genetic improvement of the ornamental value of Chrysanthemum after further confirmation. The analysis of the results revealed a number of markers co-associated with different correlated phenotypic traits. The results revealed informative markers that have shown a significant correlation with several traits which could be useful for breeding programs and other analyses associated to future studies of Chrysanthemum.
 

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Iranian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding
Volume 4, Issue 2 - Serial Number 8
October 2015
Pages 37-47

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  • Receive Date: 11 July 2016
  • Accept Date: 11 July 2016

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