Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8408665 | The Crop Journal | 2018 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
A set of 132 accessions of common millet, Panicum miliaceum L., from 12 provinces of China were assessed for endosperm starch type (waxy or non-waxy) using I2-KI staining, amylose and amylopectin contents using the dual-wavelength colorimetric method, and genotype of Waxy genes conditioning amylose content by gene sequencing. Endosperm starch content varied from 57.69% to 74.70%, while the amylose and amylopectin contents of the starch ranged from 0 to 23.29% and from 41.99% to 70.24%, respectively. Sequencing two Wx genes, including Wx-L (intron 5-exon 7 and intron 8-9) and Wx-S (exon 9-intron 10) revealed several polymorphisms (S0, Sâ15, LC, LF, LY). Marker M5-R11 linking to the Wx-S gene may be used to discriminate waxy common millet accessions from non-waxy ones. Among the 132 accessions, 68 with the Sâ15 allele had waxy endosperm starch with the amylose content range 0-2.58% and 64 accessions with the S0 allele had non-waxy endosperm starch with amylose content range 3.94%-23.29%. Five genotypes including Sâ15/LF (45% of the accessions), S0/LF (25%), S0/LY (12%), S0/LC (11%), and Sâ15/LY (7%) were identified. Six new SNPs were detected at the Wx-L locus. These results will facilitate common millet breeding, especially of cultivars free of amylose.
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Authors
Ruiyun Wang, Haigang Wang, Xiaohuan Liu, Xu Ji, Ling Chen, Ping Lu, Minxuan Liu, Bin Teng, Zhijun Qiao,