Identification of a major QTL for time of initial vegetative budbreak in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.)

dc.contributor.authorVan Dyk, Maria M.
dc.contributor.authorSoeker, Mogamat Khashief
dc.contributor.authorLabuschagne, Iwan F.
dc.contributor.authorRees, David Jasper G.
dc.contributor.emaildaleen.vandyk@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-09T06:22:13Z
dc.date.available2011-06-09T06:22:13Z
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.description.abstractIn the Western Cape region of South Africa dormancy release and the onset of growth does not occur normally in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) trees during spring due to the mild winter conditions experienced and fluctuations in temperatures experienced during and between winters. In this region the application of chemicals to induce the release of dormancy forms part of standard orchard management. Increasing awareness of the environmental impact of chemical sprays and global warming has led to the demand for new apple cultivars better adapted to local climatic conditions. We report the construction of framework genetic maps in two F1 crosses using the low chilling cultivar ‘Anna’ as common male parent and the higher chill requiring cultivars ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Sharpe’s Early’ as female parents. The maps were constructed using 320 simple sequence repeats (SSR), including 116 new markers developed from expressed sequence tags (ESTs). These maps were used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for time of initial vegetative budbreak (IVB), a dormancy related characteristic. Time of IVB was assessed 4 times over a 6-year period in ‘Golden Delicious’ x ‘Anna’ seedlings kept in seedling bags under shade in the nursery. The trait was assessed for 3 years on adult full-sib trees derived from a cross between ‘Sharpe’s Early’ and ‘Anna’ as well as for 3 years on replicates of these seedlings obtained by clonal propagation onto rootstocks. A single major QTL for time of IVB was identified on linkage group (LG) 9. This QTL remained consistent in different genetic backgrounds and at different developmental stages. The QTL may co-localize with a QTL for leaf break identified on LG 3 by Conner et al. (1998), a LG that was, after the implementation of transferable microsatellite markers, shown to be homologous to the LG now known to be LG 9 (Kenis and Keulemans, 2004). These results contribute towards a better understanding regarding the genetic control of IVB in aplle and will also be used to elucidate the genetic basis of other dormancy related traits such as time of initial reproductive budbreak and number of vegetative and reproductive budbreak.en
dc.identifier.citationVan Dyk, MM, Soeker, MK, Labuschagne, IF & Rees DJG 2010, 'Identification of a major QTL for time of initial vegetative budbreak in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.)', Tree Genetics & Genomes, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 489-502. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/nt6j0l6r7855r344/]en
dc.identifier.issn1614- 2950 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1614-2942 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s11295-009-0266-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/16736
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rights© Springer-Verlag 2010en_US
dc.subjectVegetative budbreaken
dc.subjectMarker-assisted selectionen
dc.subjectQuantitative trait loci (QTL)en
dc.subject.lcshMicrosatellites (Genetics)en
dc.subject.lcshApples -- Geneticsen
dc.subject.lcshDormancy in plants -- South Africa -- Western Capeen
dc.titleIdentification of a major QTL for time of initial vegetative budbreak in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.)en
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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