Genetics, Vol. 153, 993-1007, October 1999, Copyright © 1999

Fine Mapping and Characterization of Linked Quantitative Trait Loci Involved in the Transition of the Maize Apical Meristem From Vegetative to Generative Structures

Cristian Vladutua, John McLaughlina, and Ronald L. Phillipsa
a Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108

Corresponding author: Ronald L. Phillips, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 411 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN 55108., phill005{at}tc.umn.edu (E-mail)

Communicating editor: W. F. SHERIDAN

Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping has detected two linked QTL in the 8L chromosome arm segment introgressed from Gaspé Flint (a Northern Flint open-pollinated population) into the background of N28 (a Corn Belt Dent inbred line). Homozygous recombinant lines, with a variable length of the introgressed segment, confirmed the presence of the two previously identified, linked QTL. In the N28 background, Gaspé Flint QTL alleles at both loci induce a reduction in node number, height, and days to anthesis (pollen shed). Given the determinate growth pattern of maize, the phenotypic effects indicate that the two QTL are involved in the transition of the apical meristem from vegetative to generative structures. Relative to the effects of the two QTL in the background of N28, we distinguish two general developmental factors affecting the timing of pollen shed. The primary factor is the timing of the transition of the apical meristem. The second, derivative factor is the global extent of internode elongation. Having separated the two linked QTL, we have laid the foundation for the positional cloning of the QTL with a larger effect.




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