Identification of blossom-end rot loci using joint QTL-seq and linkage-based QTL mapping in tomato

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Key message: Blossom-End Rot is Quantitatively Inherited and Maps to Four Loci in Tomato. Abstract: Blossom-end rot (BER) is a devastating physiological disorder that affects tomato and other vegetables, resulting in significant crop losses. To date, most studies on BER have focused on the environmental factors that affect calcium translocation to the fruit; however, the genetic basis of this disorder remains unknown. To investigate the genetic basis of BER, two F2 and F3:4 populations along with a BC1 population that segregated for BER occurrence were evaluated in the greenhouse. Using the QTL-seq approach, quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with BER Incidence were identified at the bottom of chromosome (ch) 3 and ch11. Additionally, linkage-based QTL mapping detected another QTL, BER3.1, on ch3 and BER4.1 on ch4. To fine map the QTLs identified by QTL-seq, recombinant screening was performed. BER3.2, the major BER QTL on ch3, was narrowed down from 5.68 to 1.58 Mbp with a 1.5-LOD support interval (SI) corresponding to 209 candidate genes. BER3.2 colocalizes with the fruit weight gene FW3.2/SlKLUH, an ortholog of cytochrome P450 KLUH in Arabidopsis. Further, BER11.1, the major BER QTL on ch11, was narrowed down from 3.99 to 1.13 Mbp with a 1.5-LOD SI interval comprising of 141 candidate genes. Taken together, our results identified and fine mapped the first loci for BER resistance in tomato that will facilitate marker-assistant breeding not only in tomato but also in many other vegetables suffering for BER.

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Topcu, Y., Sapkota, M., Illa-Berenguer, E., Nambeesan, S. U., & van der Knaap, E. (2021). Identification of blossom-end rot loci using joint QTL-seq and linkage-based QTL mapping in tomato. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 134(9), 2931–2945. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-021-03869-0

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