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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2025

Mining candidate genes for maize plant height based on a GWAS, Meta-QTL, and WGCNA.

Fu Qian, Zhanqin Zhang, Shubin Chen, Zhiqin Sang, Weihua Li

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Fu QianThe Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China.
Zhanqin ZhangXinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Shihezi, China.
Shubin ChenXinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Shihezi, China.
Zhiqin SangXinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Shihezi, China.
Weihua LiThe Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China.

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Introduction: In maize, plant height (PH) is one of the most important agronomic traits that directly influences planting density and yield. Therefore, identifying candidate genes related to PH will help manipulate maize yield indirectly. Methods: The present research carried out a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of PH using a natural population of 580 maize inbred lines. Further, after collecting the published transcriptome data of maize B73, tissue-specific gene co-expression modules related to PH were generated using weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA). Furthermore, a meta-analysis of the already reported PH-related quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Results: The integrated analysis of the results based on the different approaches screened three candidate genes:

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