Genome-Wide Association Study of Rice Grain Shape and Chalkiness in a Worldwide Collection of Xian Accessions.

ABSTRACT: Rice (Oryza sativa L.) appearance quality, which is mainly defined by grain shape and chalkiness, is an important target in rice breeding. In this study, we first re-sequenced 137 indica accessions and then conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for six agronomic traits with the 2,998,034 derived single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) by using the best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) values for each trait. The results revealed that 195 SNPs had significant associations with the six agronomic traits. Based on the genome-wide linkage disequilibrium (LD) blocks, candidate genes for the target traits were detected within 100 kb upstream and downstream of the relevant SNP loci. Results indicate that six quantitative trait loci (QTLs) significantly associated with six traits (

SUBMITTER: Wang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9919668 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature