Construction of Simple Sequence Repeat-Based Genetic Linkage Map and Identification of QTLs for Accumulation of Floral Volatiles in Lavender (<i>Lavandula angustifolia</i> Mill.).

ABSTRACT: In spite of the increasing industrial cultivation of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.), no genetic linkage map and mapping of QTLs (quantitative trait locus) has been reported for Lavandula species. We present the development of a set of SSR (simple sequence repeat) markers and the first genetic linkage map of lavender following the genotyping of a segregating population obtained by the self-pollination of the industrial lavender variety Hemus. The resulting genetic map comprises 25 linkage groups (LGs) corresponding to the chromosome number of the lavender reference genome. The map includes 375 loci covering a total of 2631.57 centimorgan (cM). The average marker distance in the established map is 7.01 cM. The comparison of the map and reference genome sequence shows t

SUBMITTER: Georgieva P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12028027 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature