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. 2008 Sep 27;14(3):173–177. doi: 10.1007/s12298-008-0016-0

Identification of SSR markers associated with seed coat permeability and electrolyte leaching in soybean

R K Singh 1,✉, R K Raipuria 1, V S Bhatia 1, Anita Rani 1, Pushpendra 2, S M Husain 1, C Tara Satyavathi 1, G S Chauhan 1, T Mohapatra 3
PMCID: PMC3550613  PMID: 23572884

Abstract

Seed coat permeability and electrolyte leaching are the important traits that have been negatively associated with seed longevity in soybean. The objective of this study was to use SSR markers to identify genomic regions significantly associated with QTLs controlling seed coat permeability and electrolyte leaching in a segregating F2 population derived from a cross of Birsa soya-1 x JS 71-05. Parental polymorphism survey using 145 SSR markers identified 21 polymorphic ones, which were used to genotype 153 F2 individuals. Four independent markers (Satt434, Satt538, Satt281 and Satt598) were significantly (P=0.05) associated with seed coat permeability. One of these markers (Satt 281) also showed significant association with electrolyte leaching that partly supported the observed positive correlation (r = 0.425) between the two traits. Markers for seed coat permeability individually explained 3.9% to 4.5% of the total phenotypic variation, while the marker linked with electrolyte leaching explained 5.6% of the total variation.

Key words: Soybean, Seed coat permeability, Electrolyte leaching, QTL, SSR

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