Identification of genes underlying frost tolerance within a pea QTL

Prod 2019-88dd BAP GEAPSI INRA; National audience; Seeding legumes in autumn would allow increasing and regulating yield, but requires to improve the level of frost tolerance in varieties, which motivates the interest in deciphering the genetic determinism of this trait. In pea (Pisum sativum L.), this character is controlled by a few quantitative trait loci (QTL) that were identified by the analysis of RIL populations derived from contrasted genotypes, such as Champagne (Ch, tolerant) x Térèse (Té, sensitive), or by association analysis [1,2,3]. We study a QTL located on the pea linkage group 6 (WFD6.1), which accounts for a large part of frost tolerance variability, making it a choice tar…