QTL analysis for fruit quality traits and resistance to Colletotrichum acutatum and Phytophthora cactorum in octoploid strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa)
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Abstract Mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling components of
strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch., 2n=8x=56) fruit quality and resistance to
Colletotrichum acutatum and Phytophthora cactorum can be used to provide a better
understanding of the genetic control of the traits, and to develop marker assisted
selection for breeders. A segregating population of 213 individuals of a cross
between ‘Capitola’ and ‘CF1116’, two genotypes with many contrasting fruit quality
traits, was used for genetic mapping. ‘Capitola’ was resistant to the C. acutatum -
pathogenicity group 1 (pg1) and to P. cactorum while ‘CF1116’ was susceptible to
C. acutatum and moderately susceptible to P. cactorum. Fruit quality was evaluated
on a total of 34 traits, including developmental and fruit aspect related traits, texture
related traits, fruit acidity, sugars, ascorbate and amino acid concentrations. Most of
the traits except the amino acid concentrations were evaluated during two successive
years. Disease responses to C. acutatum (pg2) and P. cactorum were evaluated using
a scale from 0 (no observed symptom) to 5 (dead plant) in two successive
independent experiments. Data were analysed for putative QTLs using MapQTL.
For the fruit quality traits, a total of 22 significant QTLs were detected by simple
interval mapping (LOD>3.0) in the first year of analyses and 17 were detected in the
second year. Only two QTLs could be detected in both years. The percentages of
phenotypic variance explained by each QTL ranged from 6.5% to 16.0%. For
resistances, a total of nine QTLs was detected (LOD>2.0), 4 for resistance to
C. acutatum and 5 for resistance to P. cactorum with the percentage of variation
explained by a QTL ranging from 6.5 to 12.2%. No QTL for the P. cactorum
resistance overlapped the QTLs for the C. acutatum resistance.
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