Association analysis of the dominant E1 alleles during soybean flowering and maturity time
[Objective]The objectives of this study are to dissect the genetic basis of soybean flowering and maturity time and to identify genomic regions that can be used for molecular marker-assisted selection(MAS)and novel gene cloning.[Methods]224 soybeans with dominant E1 alleles were planted in four en-vironments to investigate phenotypic data.Six multi-locus association analysis models from the R-mrMLM software package were employed for a genome-wide association analysis(GWAS)on soybean flowering and maturity time.[Results]91 flowering and 83 maturation QTNs(quantitative trait nucleotides)were detected by combining six multi-loci GWAS methods.Among them,6 flowering and 10 maturation QTNs were detected in various environments.These stable QTNs were distributed in 15 haplotype blocks(ge-nomic regions)with an interval size of 90-490 kb.6 out of 15 genomic regions were newly detected.[Conclusion]The QTN composition of soybean flowering and maturity time at the dominant E1 gene back-ground is complex.15 genomic regions,including 39.52-40.01 Mb on chromosome 5,are loci control-ling soybean flowering or maturity time in this population.
soybeanflowering timematurity timeGWASgenomic regions