PRJNA507486
Genotyping by sequencing GBS of 73 Turkish landrace and modern cultivated accessions of Cicer arietinum (chickpea)
Due to its high nutritional value, chickpea is one of the most important and cost-effective legumes for human diet. Nutrient elements, such as Cu, P, K have numerous essential functions for the human metabolism. In thisstudy, association mapping of the seed Cu, P and K concentrations were performed on a population consisting of 107 Cicer reticulatum and 73 Cicer arietinum individuals in four environments (two locations x two years).A total of 121,840 SNPs were genotyped across 180 individuals by GBS analysis. The association mapping between the SNP markers and the seed Cu, P, K concentrations were identified and eight SNPs were found tobe significantly associated with three nutrient elements in more than two environments This research suggests that association mapping is a useful methodology for the identification of genes controlling the Cu, P and Kuptake in chickpea seeds for further association mapping, molecular breeding, and marker-assisted selection and plant breeding studies and provides a broader understanding of the relationship between the investigatedCicer species and the effects of environmental conditions.