Table 8 Significant MTAs and candidate genes identified as associated with stress-tolerance index (STI) of morphological traits based on GWAS of 90 safflower genotypes.

From: Genome-wide association mapping in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) for genetic dissection of drought tolerance using DArTseq markers

Trait

Marker

Chr

Pos

Gene ID/Species

Gene function

DTF

Cart-SNP1971

4

73,419,486

LOC105168621/Sesamum indicum

zinc finger CCCH domain-containing protein 14

DTM

Cart-SNP2139

4

86,230,386

LOC112522803/Cynara cardunculus

probable carboxylesterase 18

Cart-SNP4843

8

87,570,875

LOC112528143/Cynara cardunculus

mitotic spindle checkpoint protein BUBR1-like

Cart-SNP5982

10

83,586,269

DQ986396.1/Carthamus lanatus

12 RNA polymerase III (rpc2) gene

HD

Cart-SNP2107

4

84,293,657

OR347002.1/ Carthamus tinctorius

diacylglycerol acyl transferase 1 gene

NHP

Cart-SNP2113

4

84,403,713

LOC112522661/Cynara cardunculus

biotin carboxylase 1

Cart-SNP3276

6

28,036,241

OR346996.1/ Carthamus tinctorius

Pyruvate dehydrogenase gene

PH

Cart-SNP5778

10

66,942,797

LOC111911912/Lactuca sativa

U-box domain-containing protein 2

Cart-SNP5943

10

81,633,084

LOC111903871/Lactuca sativa

serine/threonine-protein kinase STY46

TSW

Cart-SNP1665

4

1,119,177

LOC111919333/ Lactuca sativa

uncharacterized protien coding

SY

Car-SNP665

2

11,251,751

LOC112527224/ Cynara cardunculus

Transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 15

Cart-SNP3025

6

2,811,160

LOC122581056/Carthamus tinctorius

3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid transferase

  1. All genomic positions for markers and genes are based on the Carthamus tinctorius reference genome assembly GCA_018320725.1, previously reported20.