title: Genome-wide association mapping of iron homeostasis in the maize association population.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Iron (Fe) deficiency in plants is the result of low Fe soil availability affecting 30% of cultivated soils worldwide. To improve our understanding on Fe-efficiency this study aimed to (i) evaluate the influence of two different Fe regimes on morphological and physiological trait formation, (ii) identify polymorphisms statistically associated with morphological and physiological traits, and (iii) dissect the correlation between morphological and physiological traits using an association mapping population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The fine-mapping analyses on quantitative trait loci (QTL) confidence intervals of the intermated B73 × Mo17 (IBM) population provided a total of 13 and 2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) under limited and adequate Fe regimes, respectively, which were significantly (FDR = 0.05) associated with cytochrome P450 94A1, invertase beta-fructofuranosidase insoluble isoenzyme 6, and a low-temperature-induced 65 kDa protein. The genome-wide association (GWA) analyses under limited and adequate Fe regimes provided in total 18 and 17 significant SNPs, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Significantly associated SNPs on a genome-wide level under both Fe regimes for the traits leaf necrosis (NEC), root weight (RW), shoot dry weight (SDW), water (H2O), and SPAD value of leaf 3 (SP3) were located in genes or recognition sites of transcriptional regulators, which indicates a direct impact on the phenotype. SNPs which were significantly associated on a genome-wide level under both Fe regimes with the traits NEC, RW, SDW, H2O, and SP3 might be attractive targets for marker assisted selection as well as interesting objects for future functional analyses.
authors: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany. benke@mpipz.mpg.de.
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Benke
authors: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany. urbany@mpipz.mpg.de.
authors: Claude
authors: C
authors: Urbany
authors: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné Weg 10, 50829 Köln, Germany. stich@mpipz.mpg.de.
authors: Benjamin
authors: B
authors: Stich
mesh_terms: D017753:Ecosystem; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D003313:Zea mays / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007501:Iron
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