A multi-trait GWAS-based genetic association network controlling soybean architecture and seed traits.

ABSTRACT: Ideal plant architecture is essential for enhancing crop yields. Ideal soybean (Glycine max) architecture encompasses an appropriate plant height, increased node number, moderate seed weight, and compact architecture with smaller branch angles for growth under high-density planting. However, the functional genes regulating plant architecture are far not fully understood in soybean. In this study, we investigated the genetic basis of 12 agronomic traits in a panel of 496 soybean accessions with a wide geographical distribution in China. Analysis of phenotypic changes in 148 historical elite soybean varieties indicated that seed-related traits have mainly been improved over the past 60 years, with targeting plant architecture traits having the potential to further improve yields in fu

SUBMITTER: Niu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10801003 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature