Genetic Analysis of Stem Diameter and Water Contents To Improve Sorghum Bioenergy Efficiency.

ABSTRACT: Biofuel made from agricultural products has the potential in contribute to a stable supply of fuel for growing energy demands. Some salient plant traits, such as stem diameter and water content, and their relationship to other important biomass-related traits are so far poorly understood. Here, we performed QTL mapping for three stem diameter and two water content traits in a S. bicolor BTx623 x IS3620c recombinant inbred line population of 399 genotypes, and validated the genomic regions identified using genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in a diversity panel of 354 accessions. The discovery of both co-localized and non-overlapping loci affecting stem diameter traits suggests that stem widths at different heights share some common genetic control, but also have some distinct ge

SUBMITTER: Kong W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7642951 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature