An ultra-dense linkage map identified quantitative trait loci corresponding to fruit quality- and size-related traits in red goji berry.

ABSTRACT: Goji berries are a small-fruited shrub with industrial importance whose fruit considered beneficial in both fresh and dried forms. Current germplasms of goji berries include small fruits with a short shelf life, less sweet and bitter taste, and a lack of appropriate genetic information. This study aimed to employ whole genome resequencing to generate an ultra-dense bin linkage map and to elucidate the genetic basis of goji fruit quality and size using quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping analysis in a cross-pollinated hybrid population. To achieve this goal, human sensory tests were carried out to determine the bitter taste (BT) and sweet taste (ST), and to quantify the soluble solid content (SSC), fruit firmness (FF), and fruit size-related traits of fresh goji fruits over three or four

SUBMITTER: Rehman F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408189 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature