LIU Zhong-xiang
Crops Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural SciencesKOU Si-rong
Crops Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural SciencesLIAN Xiao-rong
Crops Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural SciencesYANG Yan-zhong
Crops Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural SciencesWANG Xiao-juan
Crops Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural SciencesHE Hai-jun
Crops Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural SciencesZHOU Yu-qian
Crops Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural SciencesZHOU Wen-qi
Crops Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural SciencesCrops Research Institute, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
The Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31760390,31860384),The National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFD0100202-3,2016YFD0100103)
Leaf-color mutants are important materials for deciphering the photosynthesis and chloroplast development. In this study, a yellow-green leaf mutant was identified and designated ygl-F17138. By making a cross with the maize inbred line B73, we constructed a F2 segregation population for the genetic analysis and the preliminary gene mapping. Genetic analysis indicated that this yellow-green phenotype was genetically controlled by a recessive nuclear gene. By deployment of BSR-seq and the linkage analysis method, this gene was allocated to an interval of about 9.2 Mb on chromosome 3 (chr3: 173087201-182203992). According to the functional annotation of known genes in this interval, no genes which regulating yellow green leaf traits similar to those previously reported were found, indicating that YGL-F17138 gene is a candidate gene controlling yellow green leaf in maize.