Mapping the genetic architecture of low‐temperature stress tolerance in citron watermelon

Author:

Katuuramu Dennis N.1ORCID,Levi Amnon1,Wechter William P.1

Affiliation:

1. USDS‐ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory Charleston South Carolina USA

Abstract

AbstractSweet‐fleshed watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is an important vegetable crop of the tropical origin. It is widely grown and consumed around the world for its hydration and nutritional quality values. Low‐temperature stress can affect early planting, seedling establishment, and expansion of crop production to new areas. A collection of 122 citron watermelon (Citrullus amarus) accessions were obtained from the USDA's National Plant Germplasm Repository System gene bank in Griffin, GA. The accessions were genotyped using whole genome resequencing to generate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) molecular markers and screened under cold‐stressed and non‐stressed control conditions. Four low‐temperature stress tolerance related traits including shoot biomass, vine length, maximum quantum efficiency of photosystem II, and chlorophyll content were measured under cold‐stressed and non‐stressed control treatment conditions. Correlation analysis revealed the presence of positive relationships among traits. Broad‐sense heritability for all traits ranged from 0.35 to 0.73, implying the presence of genetic contributions to the observed phenotypic variation. Genomic regions underlying these traits across several citron watermelon chromosomes were identified. Four low‐temperature stress tolerance related putative candidate genes co‐located with the peak SNPs from genome‐wide association study. These genomic regions and marker information could potentially be used in molecular breeding to accelerate genetic improvements for low‐temperature stress tolerance in watermelon.

Publisher

Wiley

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