QTL analysis of growth and wood chemical content traits in an interspecific backcross family of white poplar (Populus tomentosa x P. bolleana) x P. tomentosa
2006
Zhang, D. | Zhang, Z. | Yang, K.
The genetic control of tree growth and wood chemical content traits was studied using interspecific backcross progeny between clone TB01 (Populus tomentosa x Populus bolleana) and clone LM50 (P. tomentosa). In total, 247 and 146 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers from genetic maps previously constructed for backcross parents LM50 and TB01 were used for the analyses of quantitative trait loci (QTL). These markers were distributed among 19 linkage groups and covered 3265 and 1992 cM in the backcross parents, respectively. A total of 32 putative QTLs, associated with five growth and chemical content traits, sylleptic branch number, sylleptic branch angle, stem volume, wood cellulose content, and wood lignin content, were detected. These QTLs were dispersed among 16 linkage groups in parent LM50 and 10 groups in parent TB01. The phenotypic variance explained by each QTL ranged from 7.0% to 14.6%. QTLs controlling sylleptic branch number and stem volume were colocalized in two linkage groups, TLG6 and TLG8, respectively. The favorable alleles were mostly from P. tomentosa, which is phenotypically superior to P. bolleana for sylleptic branch angle, stem volume, and wood chemical content traits. The favorable alleles for sylleptic branch number were from P.bolleana. These AFLP markers that were associated with the QTLs have potential use in P. tomentosa breeding programs.
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