title: Analysis of natural allelic variation of Arabidopsis seed germination and seed longevity traits between the accessions Landsberg erecta and Shakdara, using a new recombinant inbred line population.
abstract: Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping was used to identify loci controlling various aspects of seed longevity during storage and germination. Similar locations for QTLs controlling different traits might be an indication for a common genetic control of such traits. For this analysis we used a new recombinant inbred line population derived from a cross between the accessions Landsberg erecta (Ler) and Shakdara (Sha). A set of 114 F9 recombinant inbred lines was genotyped with 65 polymerase chain reaction-based markers and the phenotypic marker erecta. The traits analyzed were dormancy, speed of germination, seed sugar content, seed germination after a controlled deterioration test, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) treatment, and on abscisic acid. Furthermore, the effects of heat stress, salt (NaCl) stress, osmotic (mannitol) stress, and natural aging were analyzed. For all traits one or more QTLs were identified, with some QTLs for different traits colocating. The relevance of colocation for mechanisms underlying the various traits is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Experimental Plant Science and Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University, NL-6703 BD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Emile J M
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Clerkx
authors.forename: Mohamed E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: El-Lithy
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vierling
authors.forename: Gerda J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Ruys
authors.forename: Hetty
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blankestijn-De Vries
authors.forename: Steven P C
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Groot
authors.forename: Dick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vreugdenhil
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koornneef
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D005838:Genotype; D018525:Germination / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D007178:Inbreeding; D008353:Mannitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D008353:Mannitol; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D000040:Abscisic Acid; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide