Genetic analysis of tomato root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play an important role in plant nutrition and protection against pests and diseases, as well as in soil structuration, nutrient cycling and, generally speaking, in sustainable agriculture, particularly under drought, salinity and low input or organic agriculture. However, little is known about the genetics of the AMF-plant association in tomato. The aim of this study was the genetic analysis of root AMF colonization in tomato via the detection of the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) involved.

Methods

A population of 130 recombinant inbred lines derived from the wild species Solanum pimpinellifolium, genotyped for 1899 segregating, non-redundant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from the SolCAP tomato panel, was charac

SUBMITTER: Plouznikoff K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7145532 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature