Association Mapping for 100 Seed Weight in Mungbean (Vigna radiata) Minicore

Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] is a protein and carbohydrate rich legume which is mostly grown in Southeast Asia and East Africa.One of the most significant yield contributing traits in mungbean less affected by the environment is 100 seed weight.Mungbean germplasm contains huge amount of variation for this trait.Genome-wide association mapping for 100 seed weight was performed in the World Vegetable Centre's mungbean minicore collection in order to aid in breeding improvement.Around 24,870 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were evaluated for the possible association with the seed weight in plants grown in "Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Taiwan and potential loci were identified on the chromosomes 1, 4, 6, 8 and 9," which were associated with 100 seed weight.None of the studied…