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Plant Physiol, December 2000, Vol. 124, pp. 1595-1604

Genetic Analysis of Seed-Soluble Oligosaccharides in Relation to Seed Storability of Arabidopsis1

Leónie Bentsink, Carlos Alonso-Blanco,2 Dick Vreugdenhil, Karine Tesnier, Steven P.C. Groot, and Maarten Koornneef*

Laboratory of Genetics, Graduate School Experimental Plant Science, Wageningen University, 2 Dreijenlaan 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands (L.B., C.A.-B., M.K.); Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Graduate School Experimental Plant Science, Wageningen University, 6703 BD Wageningen, The Netherlands (D.V.); and Plant Research International, Wageningen-University and Research Centre, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands (K.T., S.P.C.G.)

Seed oligosaccharides (OSs) and especially raffinose series OSs (RSOs) are hypothesized to play an important role in the acquisition of desiccation tolerance and consequently in seed storability. In the present work we analyzed the seed-soluble OS (sucrose, raffinose, and stachyose) content of several Arabidopsis accessions and thus identified the genotype Cape Verde Islands having a very low RSO content. By performing quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping in a recombinant inbred line population, we found one major QTL responsible for the practically monogenic segregation of seed stachyose content. This locus also affected the content of the two other OSs, sucrose, and raffinose. Two candidate genes encoding respectively for galactinol synthase and raffinose synthase were located within the genomic region around this major QTL. In addition, three smaller-effect QTL were identified, each one specifically affecting the content of an individual OS. Seed storability was analyzed in the same recombinant inbred line population by measuring viability (germination) under two different seed aging assays: after natural aging during 4 years of dry storage at room temperature and after artificial aging induced by a controlled deterioration test. Thus, four QTL responsible for the variation of this trait were mapped. Comparison of the QTL genetic positions showed that the genomic region containing the major OS locus did not significantly affect the seed storability. We concluded that in the studied material neither RSOs nor sucrose content had a specific effect on seed storability.


1 This work was supported by The Earth and Life Sciences Foundation subsidized by The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (to L.B.), by the Biotechnology Program of the European Union (grant no. BIO4CT965008 to C.A.-B.), and by the Agriculture and Fisheries Program of the European Community (grant no. FAIR-BM-98-4743 to K.T.).

2 Present address: Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Campus Universidad Autonoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.

* Corresponding author; e-mail maarten.koornneef{at}genetics.dpw.wag-ur.nl; fax 31-317-483146.

© 2000 American Society of Plant Physiologists



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