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Genome-Wide Association Analysis for Yield-Related Traits and Candidate Genes in Vegetable Soybean

Version 1 : Received: 4 February 2024 / Approved: 12 February 2024 / Online: 12 February 2024 (11:52:08 CET)

How to cite: Gao, H.; Wu, G.; Wu, F.; Zhou, Y.; Zhou, X.; Xu, K.; Li, Y.; Zhang, W.; Zhao, K.; Yan, J.; Feng, C.; Wang, N.; Li, H. Genome-Wide Association Analysis for Yield-Related Traits and Candidate Genes in Vegetable Soybean. Preprints 2024, 2024020682. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0682.v1 Gao, H.; Wu, G.; Wu, F.; Zhou, Y.; Zhou, X.; Xu, K.; Li, Y.; Zhang, W.; Zhao, K.; Yan, J.; Feng, C.; Wang, N.; Li, H. Genome-Wide Association Analysis for Yield-Related Traits and Candidate Genes in Vegetable Soybean. Preprints 2024, 2024020682. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0682.v1

Abstract

Owing to the rising demand for vegetable soybean products, there is an increasing need for high-yield soybean varieties to raise the output. However, complex correlation patterns among quantitative traits with genetic interactions bring a challenge for vegetable soybean breeding. Here, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was applied for six yield-related traits with 188 vegetable soybean accessions. A total of 81 SNPs were identified for pod length, plant height, pods number, pod thickness, pod width, and seed weight per plant by Blink model. Among these significant SNPs, 79 were novel SNPs, while 2 overlapped with previously reported SNPs. A total of 220 genes were found in 100 kb upstream and downstream regions of significant SNPs, of which 17 genes were functional proteins. Among these function proteins, four candidate genes, Glyma.13G109100, Glyma.03G183200, Glyma.09G102200, and Glyma.09G102300 were analyzed as significant haplotype variations, which encode MYB-related transcription factor, auxin-responsive family protein, F-box protein and CYP450, respectively. In addition, the relative expression with four candidate genes in the V030 and V071 (Among them, the plant height, pod number and fresh pod weight of V030 were lower than V071 strains) vegetable soybean were significantly different and these genes could be involved in plant growth and development via various pathways. Therefore, we proposed four genes from vegetable soybean germplasm that could be the key candidate genes for pod yield and plant height and these studies will accelerate the process of high-yield vegetable soybean breeding.

Keywords

Vegetable soybean; plant height; agronomic trait; fresh pods height; GWAS.

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy

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