Rg. Palmer et al., RECOMBINATION VALUES FOR THE MS6-W1 CHROMOSOME REGION IN DIFFERENT GENETIC BACKGROUNDS IN SOYBEAN, Crop science, 38(2), 1998, pp. 293-296
Recombination values in plants are influenced by genetic Factors, envi
ronmental conditions, and their interactions. In soybean, Glycine mar
(L.) Merr., the cosegregation method to produce hybrid seed depends on
the close linkage of the Ms6(pollen fertility) locus and the W1 (flow
er color) locus. Twenty-four near-isogenic lines, cosegregating at the
Ms6 and WI loci, (Ms6W1 ms6w1), were developed with the ms6-w1 donor
cytoplasm and the recurrent parent cytoplasms. The objectives were to
determine the recombination values between the Msd and W1 loci from bo
th testcross and F2-family data. The recombination value for the Ms6 a
nd W1 loci from the testcross data in the ms6-w1 donor cytoplasm was 3
.14 +/- 0.80 and in the recurrent parent cytoplasms was 3.62 +/- 0.89.
mom the F2-family data, the recombination value for the Msd and W1 lo
ci in the ms6-w1 donor cytoplasm was 3.06 +/- 0.35 and in the recurren
t parent cytoplasms was 4.90 +/- 0.35. The recombination values for th
e F2-family data were statistically significantly different (P = 0.05)
for the ms6-w1 donor cytoplasm versus the recurrent parent cytoplasms
. However, the recombination values are acceptable to continue to use
the cosegregation method to produce hybrid soybean seed.