Dissecting the control of shoot development in grapevine: genetics and genomics identify potential regulators.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Grapevine is a crop of major economic importance, yet little is known about the regulation of shoot development in grapevine or other perennial fruits crops. Here we combine genetic and genomic tools to identify candidate genes regulating shoot development in Vitis spp.

Results

An F2 population from an interspecific cross between V. vinifera and V. riparia was phenotyped for shoot development traits, and three Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) were identified on linkage groups (LGs) 7, 14 and 18. Around 17% of the individuals exhibited a dwarfed phenotype. A transcriptomic study identified four candidate genes that were not expressed in dwarfed individuals and located within the confidence interval of the QTL on LG7. A deletion of 84,482 bp was identified in the geno

SUBMITTER: Guillaumie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6988314 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature