ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 27-35. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20191533

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QTL Mapping and Epistatic Interaction Analysis for Oil Content in Cultivated Peanut

ZHANG Shengzhong1, HU Xiaohui1, MIAO Huarong1, YANG Weiqiang1, CUI Fenggao1, QIU Junlan2, CHEN Silong3, ZHANG Jiancheng1, CHEN Jing1   

  1. 1. Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao 266100, China;
    2. Weihai Seed Administration Station, Weihai 264200, China;
    3. Institute of Cereal and Oil Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050035, China
  • Received:2020-11-01 Published:2021-02-28

Abstract: To explore the genetic basis that modulates oil content in peanut, a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population(181 individuals) was constructed by crossing two parents(Huayu 36 and 6-13) with different oil contents. The oil content of RIL population(F2:7-F2:8) demonstrated normal distribution and transgressive segregations were observed in three environments (E1, E2, E3). The broad-sense heritability was 0.55. QTL mapping was performed by composite interval mapping method(CIM-ADD) and a total of 5 QTLs were mapped on chromosome 6, 8, 15 and 17, with phenotypic variance explained(PVE) of 7.39%-17.67%. In the E1, two loci, qOC6 and qOC8.1 were detected with the PVE of 17.67% and 9.17%, respectively. In the E2, there were three QTLs, qOC8.2 (PVE=8.83%), qOC15 (PVE=16.53%) and qOC17 (PVE=7.39%), mapped on chromosome 8, 15 and 17. In the E3, only one QTL, qOC15 was identified with the PVE of 17.39%. Notably the major QTL, qOC15, was expressed in two environments, spanning a nearly 2.8 Mb genomic region with 6-13 allele contributing to the trait. Additionally, epistatic interaction was analyzed by inclusive composite interval mapping method (ICIM-EPI) and 21 pairs of epistatic QTLs were detected on chromosome 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, with the PVE by epistatic effect of 1.24%-3.54%, and PVE by interaction effect between epistatic QTL and environment of 0-1.67%. Gene annotation was performed in the qOC15 region and resulted in 97 putative functional genes, which mostly impacts on cellular catalyst activity and metabolic process, 4 of which were predicted to be involved in lipid biosynthesis, metabolic and transport processes.These 5 additive QTLs and 21 pairs of epistatic QTLs provide a theoretical basis for both peanut quality improvement and cloning of associated genes.

Key words: Peanut, Recombinant inbred line, Oil content, Quantitative trait locus, Gene annotation

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ZHANG Shengzhong, HU Xiaohui, MIAO Huarong, YANG Weiqiang, CUI Fenggao, QIU Junlan, CHEN Silong, ZHANG Jiancheng, CHEN Jing. QTL Mapping and Epistatic Interaction Analysis for Oil Content in Cultivated Peanut[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2021, 36(1): 27-35. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20191533.

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