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      <PublisherName>emergentresearch</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Emergent Life Sciences Research</JournalTitle>
      <PISSN>2395-6658 (</PISSN>
      <EISSN>) 2395-664X (Print)</EISSN>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
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      <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue>
      <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue>
      <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA>
      <PubDate>
        <Year>-0001</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Research Article</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>Population structure and marker-trait association study for kernel quality traits in sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
      <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA>
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        <Author>
          <FirstName>Anima</FirstName>
          <LastName>Mahato</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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      <Abstract>The study utilized 63 microsatellite markers associated with QTLs affecting different kernel quality traits viz., pericarp thickness, soluble sugar, dextrose, sucrose and amylose content, for validation in 39 sweet corn inbred lines. Observations were recorded on two quality parameters viz., total soluble solids (TSS) and reducing sugar. Out of 63 SSR markers, 30 showed polymorphism and were subjected to population structure study and, single marker analysis for detecting their association with TSS and reducing sugar. The estimate of likelihood of ΔK (where K= 2), classified the 39 sweet corn inbreds into two genetically distinct groups. The single factor ANOVA revealed five SSR markers, having P value ≤ 0.05, had high association with each of the quality traits. The markers viz., phi027, umc2056, umc1633, bnlg1265 and umc1031, located on chromosome number 9, 6, 2, and 4, were found to have significant association with TSS. Likewise, five markers viz., umc1465, umc1633, umc1492, bnlg1079 and umc1320 had significant association with reducing sugar. The marker, umc1633, had significant association with both TSS and reducing sugar and can play significant role in selection of inbred lines superior in terms of TSS and reducing sugar for use in sweet corn breeding program.</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>Sweet corn,SSR makers,Total soluble solids,Reducing sugar,Marker-trait association</Keywords>
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        <Abstract>https://emergentresearch.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=13661&amp;title=Population structure and marker-trait association study for kernel quality traits in sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)</Abstract>
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        <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage>
        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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