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Table 4 Candidate genes for each significant SNP associated with Striga adaptive traits under Striga infestation and Striga-free conditions

From: Genome-wide association study of Striga resistance in early maturing white tropical maize inbred lines

Trait

Chr

Position

Gene ID

Encoding products

Striga-infested conditions

 Grain yield and Striga damage

10

133,224,759

GRMZM2G164743

amt5 (ammonium transporter protein)

 Grain yield

9

7,249,203

GRMZM2G080044, GRMZM5G898880

Cellular respiration, oxidative phosphorylation, alternative NAD (P) H dehydrogenase activities.

Striga damage

9

154,978,426

GRMZM2G057243

ZmCCD1 gene

  

GRMZM2G010017

Protein phosphatase 2C family protein

3

179,448,461

GRMZM2G060216

lg2 (basic leucine zipper protein transcription factor)

 Ears per plant

10

16,561,232

GRMZM2G310674

Polynucleotidyl transferase, ribonuclease H-like superfamily protein

7

137,739,978

GRMZM2G016836

NAD (P)-binding Rossmann-fold superfamily protein

5

207,493,972

GRMZM2G315127

Plant protein of unknown function

5

215,584,703

EREB139, GRMZM2G103085

AP2-EREBP (ethylene-responsive element-binding proteins)

Striga-free conditions

 Ears per plant

2

210,201,646

GRMZM2G009412, GRMZM2G125527

Zinc-binding ribosomal protein family protein

1

67,606,758

GRMZM2G078806

Putative uncharacterized protein

1

68,549,674

GRMZM2G125314

LOL3 (protein degradation)

 Ear aspect

8

96,677,591

GRMZM2G083344

Glucose-6-phosphate/phosphate translocator-related