Identifying suitable tester for evaluating Striga resistant lines using DArTseq markers and agronomic traits.

ABSTRACT: A desirable tester that elicits greater genetic difference in Striga resistance among test crosses in a breeding program has not been reported. Therefore, this study was conducted to characterize 30 Striga resistant yellow endosperm maize inbred lines and three testers with varying resistance levels to Striga using DArTseq SNP markers and agronomic traits to identify a suitable tester for resistance hybrid breeding. Marker-based and agronomic trait-based genetic distances were estimated for yellow endosperm maize inbred lines and testers with varying resistance levels to Striga. The Marker-based cluster analysis separated the Striga resistant lines and testers into two distinct groups. Although the susceptible tester (T3) was the most distantly related to the 30 Striga resistant inbred lin

SUBMITTER: Zebire D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8213128 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature