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Evaluation and Genetic Analysis of Seed Vigor in Inbred Lines and Responding Hybrids in Shaan A and Shaan B Groups

CAO Fan(), TANG Yao(), WANG MengWei, ZHANG DongYuan, WEI YaBo, WU Shuang, ZHU WanChao, XU ShuTu, ZHANG XingHua(), XUE JiQuan()   

  1. College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University/Key Laboratory of Maize Biology and Genetic Breeding in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi
  • Received:2025-12-31 Accepted:2026-02-26 Online:2026-08-16 Published:2026-08-17
  • Contact: ZHANG XingHua, XUE JiQuan

Abstract:

【Objective】 Seed vigor is one of the key determinants of seed quality in maize, directly influencing emergence rate, seedling growth, and stand uniformity, thereby affecting final yield formation. This study aimed to identify high-vigor inbred lines and hybrids, uncover key genes involved in regulating seed germination, and provide a theoretical basis for breeding high-vigor maize varieties.【Method】 Twenty-two maize inbred lines from two heterotic groups, Shaan A Group and Shaan B Group, were used to produce 104 F1 hybrids following an NC-Ⅱ mating design. Seed vigor was evaluated under both the standard germination test and the cold soaking germination test. Nine traits were recorded, including germination energy (GE), germination percentage (GP), germination index (GI), seedling length (SL), root length (RL), dry weight (DW), vigor index I (VIⅠ), vigor index Ⅱ (VIⅡ), and vigor index Ⅲ (VIⅢ). Genotypic and phenotypic data were combined to perform a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for major traits. Quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) significantly associated with seed vigor were identified. Public transcriptome data were further used to screen potential candidate genes and to predict their possible functions. 【Result】 Significant genetic variation was observed for seed vigor-related traits in both inbred lines and hybrids. Compared with the standard germination test, cold soaking treatment reduced GE, GP, and GI, and increased the range of phenotypic variation among genotypes. Most traits showed significant effects of genotype, treatment, and their interaction, indicating that seed vigor is mainly controlled by genetic factors. Germination traits were positively correlated with seedling growth traits and vigor indices. Several materials showed stable performance under different germination conditions and low sensitivity to cold soaking. Hybrids derived from KA105, KA088, KA085, and KA205 of the Shaan A Group, and KB088, KB060, KB168, KB076, and KB021 of the Shaan B Group maintained relatively high seed vigor under cold soaking conditions. Some inbred lines with moderate seed vigor were able to improve hybrid performance in specific combinations. GWAS detected 43 QTNs significantly associated with seed vigor, including seven loci that were shared by two or more traits under cold soaking conditions. Based on transcriptome data, 11 candidate genes were identified, of which eight had functional annotation and were mainly related to stress response and transcription regulation.【Conclusion】 Maize seed vigor is a quantitative trait under genetic control, and genetic variation is the main source of phenotypic differences. Seed vigor is regulated by multiple loci, with key genomic regions involved under low-temperature conditions. The accumulation of favorable alleles can improve seed vigor in hybrids, and hybrid performance is also influenced by specific genetic interactions between parents.

Key words: maize, seed vigor, inbred line, hybrids, genome-wide association analysis

Table 1

List of inbred line materials"

序号No. 材料名称Name 来源Source 序号No. 材料名称Name 来源Source
M1 KA105 陕A群Shaan A Group P4 KB060 陕B群Shaan B Group
M2 KA023 陕A群Shaan A Group P5 KB076 陕B群Shaan B Group
M3 KA205 陕A群Shaan A Group P6 KB077-2 陕B群Shaan B Group
M4 KA215 陕A群Shaan A Group P7 KB088 陕B群Shaan B Group
M5 KA085 陕A群Shaan A Group P8 KB017 陕B群Shaan B Group
M6 KA088 陕A群Shaan A Group P9 KB113 陕B群Shaan B Group
M7 KB-9-1 陕B群Shaan B Group P10 KB168 陕B群Shaan B Group
M8 KB-9-2 陕B群Shaan B Group P11 KB177 陕B群Shaan B Group
P1 KB017 陕B群Shaan B Group P12 KB179 陕B群Shaan B Group
P2 KB021 陕B群Shaan B Group P13 KB209 陕B群Shaan B Group
P3 KB042-2 陕B群Shaan B Group P14 KB562 陕B群Shaan B Group

Table 2

Descriptive statistics of seed vigor related characters of inbred lines and hybrids"

材料
Material
性状
Trait
处理
Treatment
变异范围
Range
平均值±标准偏差
Mean±SD
偏度
Skewness
峰度
Kurtosis
变异系数
CV (%)
自交系
Inbred lines
发芽势GE (%) SGT 53.33-100.00 85.35±0.13 -0.99 0.32 15.34
CST 4.44-95.56 58.64±0.24 -0.37 -0.48 41.50
发芽率GP (%) SGT 84.44-100.00 96.26±0.05 -1.27 0.51 5.02
CST 8.89-98.89 65.40±0.24 -0.57 -0.23 36.47
发芽指数GI SGT 6.14-9.81 7.74±0.92 0.48 -0.19 11.91
CST 0.60-9.11 5.56±2.22 -0.37 -0.45 39.93
苗长SL (cm) SGT 6.79-12.59 9.57±1.62 -0.04 -0.83 16.88
CST 3.88-12.74 9.99±2.05 -1.13 2.31 20.52
根长RL (cm) SGT 14.54-21.34 17.07±1.50 0.93 1.97 8.79
CST 4.28-22.49 16.90±3.68 -1.78 6.08 21.75
苗干重DW (g) SGT 0.14-0.74 0.51±0.13 -0.94 1.99 25.59
CST 0.46-0.88 0.68±0.12 -0.10 -0.74 17.18
活力指数I VIⅠ SGT 3.08-8.15 5.37±1.41 0.43 -0.47 26.32
CST 0.08-5.53 3.03±1.50 0.04 -1.17 51.97
活力指数Ⅱ VIⅡ SGT 49.16-114.95 75.09±19.86 0.38 -0.91 26.44
CST 2.33-99.17 58.63±28.29 -0.22 -1.07 48.25
活力指数Ⅲ VI Ⅲ SGT 98.21-209.28 132.93±25.12 1.32 3.01 18.90
CST 2.57-204.75 99.59±49.24 0.11 -0.36 49.44
杂交种
Hybrids
发芽势GE (%) SGT 55.56-100.00 90.55±0.10 -1.67 2.26 11.49
CST 31.11-97.78 74.79±0.15 -0.95 0.31 19.88
发芽率GP (%) SGT 85.56-100.00 98.17±0.03 -2.47 6.69 2.85
CST 36.67-100.00 80.79±0.13 -1.04 0.85 16.70
发芽指数GI SGT 6.29-9.94 8.25±0.94 -0.01 -1.10 11.40
CST 3.18-9.64 7.21±1.34 -0.82 0.25 18.64
苗长SL (cm) SGT 8.47-16.69 12.61±1.84 -0.14 -0.68 14.62
CST 4.95-15.97 11.89±1.87 -0.80 1.18 15.72
根长RL (cm) SGT 15.45-25.68 19.71±1.88 0.46 0.27 9.53
CST 11.53-22.40 18.18±1.82 -0.62 1.13 10.01
苗干重DW (g) SGT 0.46-1.17 0.86±0.13 -0.29 0.43 15.36
CST 0.37-1.06 0.71±0.13 0.25 0.33 17.78
活力指数ⅠVIⅠ SGT 3.38-11.08 7.12±1.56 0.05 -0.27 21.89
CST 1.56-8.25 5.20±1.49 -0.30 -0.30 28.65
活力指数Ⅱ VIⅡ SGT 53.33-153.60 105.20±24.94 0.20 -0.96 23.71
CST 20.98-143.65 87.06±24.67 -0.41 -0.21 28.34
活力指数Ⅲ VI Ⅲ SGT 100.33-228.19 163.61±30.51 0.31 -0.81 18.65
CST 48.85-210.06 132.60±33.00 -0.44 0.07 24.89

Fig. 1

Analysis of vigor traits of inbred lines ▲: Phenotypic value of inbred line materials; ●: Control inbred line KA105. *: P<0.05; **: P<0.01; ***: P<0.001. ns: The difference is not significant. The same as below"

Fig. 2

Analysis of vigor traits of hybrids ▲: Phenotypic value of hybrid materials; ●: Control material ZD958; ■: Control material SD650"

Table 3

Joint variance analysis of seed vigor related traits in inbred lines and hybrids"

材料
Material
性状
Trait
基因型 Genotype 处理 Treatment 处理×基因型 Genotype×Treatment
自由度
DF
均方
MS
F
F-value
自由度
DF
均方
MS
F
F-value
自由度
DF
均方
MS
F
F-value
自交系
Inbred lines
发芽势GE 21 0.14 36.83** 1 2.36 605.78** 21 0.09 22.08**
发芽率GP 21 0.11 39.73** 1 3.14 1168.19** 21 0.07 26.38**
发芽指数GI 21 10.64 48.18** 1 159.99 724.255** 21 6.57 29.73**
苗长SL 21 15.33 14.83** 1 5.37 5.19 21 5.30 5.13
根长RL 21 33.27 32.05** 1 0.65 0.63 21 11.67 11.24**
苗干重DW 21 0.08 31.35** 1 0.99 384.99** 21 0.01 4.57
活力指数Ⅰ VIⅠ 21 11.01 27.52** 1 75.22 188.09** 21 4.39 10.97**
活力指数Ⅱ VIⅡ 21 2409.15 28.49** 1 9115.14 107.78** 21 1124.84 13.30**
活力指数Ⅲ VI Ⅲ 21 6158.26 43.45** 1 37043.47 263.76** 21 2900.96 20.66**
杂交种
Hybrids
发芽势GE 105 0.05 16.72** 1 3.95 1326.67** 105 0.05 16.49**
发芽率GP 105 0.03 19.51** 1 4.80 2917.90** 105 0.02 15.11**
发芽指数GI 105 4.60 18.73** 1 175.54 713.92** 105 3.67 14.93**
苗长SL 105 17.50 13.93** 1 83.48 66.48 105 3.18 2.54**
根长RL 105 13.36 7.08** 1 374.04 198.29** 105 7.17 3.80*
苗干重DW 105 0.08 16.23** 1 3.35 676.20** 105 0.02 4.04**
活力指数ⅠVIⅠ 105 8.72 15.24** 1 252.55 441.49** 105 4.35 7.61**
活力指数Ⅱ VIⅡ 105 2687.82 18.32** 1 53441.35 364.15** 105 1038.37 7.08**
活力指数Ⅲ VI Ⅲ 105 3894.52 15.62** 1 154790.67 620.68** 105 2248.23 9.02**

Fig. 3

Correlation analysis of various traits between inbred lines and hybrids A: Correlation analysis of inbred line materials; B: Correlation analysis of hybrid materials"

Fig. 4

The clustering diagram of the vigor traits of inbred lines and hybrids based on two germination tests A: Inbred line materials; B: Hybrid materials"

Table 4

Comparison of mean values of seed vigor traits in inbred lines and hybrids"

材料
Materials
类别
Type
材料数量
Number
发芽势
GE (%)
发芽率
GP (%)
发芽指数
GI
活力指数Ⅰ
VIⅠ
活力指数Ⅱ
VIⅡ
活力指数Ⅲ
VIⅢ
SGT CST SGT CST SGT CST SGT CST SGT CST SGT CST
自交系
Inbred lines
第Ⅰ类Category Ⅰ 8 88.33 83.61 99.31 89.03 7.91 7.87 5.80 4.79 78.32 87.97 136.13 150.27
第Ⅱ类Category Ⅱ 9 82.34 55.06 94.44 63.21 7.63 5.21 5.02 2.53 73.63 53.39 131.43 89.17
第Ⅲ类Category Ⅲ 5 86.00 25.10 94.67 31.95 7.69 2.46 5.27 1.10 72.53 21.14 130.51 37.26
杂交种
Hybrids
第Ⅰ类Category Ⅰ 51 83.70 84.51 98.21 89.69 7.86 8.06 6.68 5.98 97.26 99.24 150.65 152.22
第Ⅱ类Category Ⅱ 41 93.28 71.65 98.51 77.75 8.64 6.96 7.66 4.97 114.94 84.33 177.48 125.66
第Ⅲ类Category Ⅲ 14 94.37 48.58 96.99 57.23 8.53 4.86 7.12 3.02 105.65 50.65 170.22 81.41

Fig. 5

Frequency analysis of inbred lines in hybrid combinations"

Fig. 6

Parental kinship and population structure analysis A: Analysis of parental kinship; B: Analysis of population structure"

Fig. 7

Genome-wide association analysis for seed vigor-related traits under different models Add: Add model; Dom: Dom model; Rec: Rec model. The same as below"

Table 5

Information about important association sites detected by the whole genome association analysis"

序号
No.
标记
Marker
染色体
Chromosome
位置
Position (bp)
基因型
Genotype
模型
Model
性状
Trait
P
P value
表型解释率
R2(%)
SNP1 1_3353289 1 3353289 G/A Add SGT-GI 9.00E-06 11.43
SNP2 1_43499054 1 43499054 T/C Rec CST-GP 1.24E-10 18.26
SNP3 1_84304371 1 84304371 C/T Rec CST-SL 2.86E-12 25.07
SNP4 1_85839980 1 85839980 A/C Rec SGT-SL 2.05E-21 32.68
SNP5 1_154295033 1 154295033 A/G Add CST-GE 7.82E-08 17.78
SNP6 1_178647142 1 178647142 A/G Rec SGT-DW 1.55E-12 22.04
SNP7 1_291856974 1 291856974 T/C Dom SGT-SL 5.13E-15 22.47
SNP8 2_18197441* 2 18197441 A/G Dom CST-GE 6.97E-15 18.78
Dom CST-GI 2.80E-15 19.43
Dom CST-GP 1.10E-19 26.68
Add CST-GI 9.57E-15 18.69
SNP9 2_18739525 2 18739525 T/C Dom SGT-DW 2.63E-18 13.73
SNP10 2_19244047 2 19244047 T/C Rec SGT-GI 3.47E-09 17.49
SNP11 2_19372692 2 19372692 C/T Add CST-GE 8.77E-16 21.42
SNP12 2_30802598 2 30802598 G/C Add SGT-GE 6.48E-08 19.44
SNP13 2_39940294 2 39940294 G/A Dom SGT-RL 1.25E-06 11.55
SNP14 2_183378697 2 183378697 C/T Dom SGT-GI 6.59E-10 13.51
SNP15 3_17590250* 3 17590250 G/A Dom CST-RL 6.46E-10 17.11
Dom CST-SL 3.85E-15 24.91
SNP16 3_17805407* 3 17805407 C/T Rec CST-GE 5.57E-18 35.60
Rec CST-GI 8.49E-18 30.14
Rec CST-GP 7.32E-16 24.59
SNP17 3_17932972* 3 17932972 T/C Dom CST-GE 4.91E-16 24.05
Dom CST-GI 1.28E-14 20.89
SNP18 3_19091776 3 19091776 G/A Dom CST-GP 8.60E-11 11.02
SNP19 3_22825936 3 22825936 C/G Dom SGT-SL 1.34E-14 23.70
SNP20 3_32242592 3 32242592 C/A Dom SGT-DW 1.50E-07 12.62
SNP21 3_155021348 3 155021348 A/C Dom SGT-GE 3.33E-27 19.80
SNP22 3_192210299 3 192210299 G/A Rec SGT-RL 1.04E-06 19.69
SNP23 4_15716701 4 15716701 C/A Rec CST-DW 3.26E-05 12.32
SNP24 4_18511010* 4 18511010 G/C Rec CST-GE 6.81E-07 13.60
Rec CST-GI 1.31E-08 15.92
SNP25 4_28100027 4 28100027 C/A Dom CST-DW 3.08E-12 12.23
SNP26 4_52506095 4 52506095 C/T Add CST-SL 3.61E-10 32.65
SNP27 4_69862542 4 69862542 C/T Add SGT-GI 2.17E-06 16.18
SNP28 4_145757636 4 145757636 G/C Dom SGT-GE 8.07E-16 18.45
SNP29 5_7270274 5 7270274 G/A Rec SGT-GP 6.93E-06 15.31
SNP30 5_11611314 5 11611314 C/A Add SGT-SL 3.07E-18 47.37
SNP31 5_11960070 5 11960070 T/C Rec SGT-DW 2.63E-10 17.35
SNP32 5_142175693 5 142175693 A/G Dom CST-DW 7.30E-18 14.83
SNP33 5_204262820* 5 204262820 T/A Rec CST-GI 3.49E-06 8.56
Rec CST-GP 2.44E-09 14.74
Add CST-GI 5.57E-13 14.79
Add CST-GP 5.80E-08 14.18
Add CST-GE 1.63E-08 10.12
SNP34 6_96096697 6 96096697 C/T Rec CST-SL 3.58E-07 13.13
SNP35 6_159316307 6 159316307 C/T Add SGT-GE 6.71E-07 11.82
SNP36 6_168385013 6 168385013 C/T Dom SGT-GI 1.57E-08 10.40
SNP37 7_21288129 7 21288129 G/A Dom CST-DW 2.01E-18 13.75
SNP38 8_170405872 8 170405872 C/A Add SGT-RL 5.22E-08 22.64
SNP39 9_149806469 9 149806469 C/A Add CST-DW 1.12E-09 15.24
SNP40 9_153233111 9 153233111 C/T Dom CST-SL 3.84E-12 18.95
SNP41 10_9606210 10 9606210 T/C Dom SGT-GI 1.93E-07 11.63
SNP42 10_111383922 10 111383922 A/C Rec SGT-GI 5.59E-07 10.33
SNP43 10_138859255* 10 138859255 C/T Dom CST-GE 6.04E-08 7.74
Dom CST-GI 7.85E-10 10.36
Dom CST-GP 1.35E-07 6.76

Fig. 8

Phenotypic effect analysis of co-localization sites"

Fig. 9

Differential expression analysis of candidate genes at transcriptional level A: GO enrichment analysis of public transcriptome data; B: Common data Wayne diagram of differentially expressed genes and candidate genes; C: Differential expression analysis of candidate genes under two treatments"

Table 6

Candidate gene prediction and functional annotation"

QTN位点
QTN marker
染色体位置
Position
候选基因CandidateGenes 功能注释
Annotation
2_18197441 Chr.2:18197441 GRMZM2G567481
2_18739525 Chr.2:18739525 GRMZM2G175504 有丝分裂激活蛋白激酶激酶激酶YODA
Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase YODA
3_155021348 Chr.3:155021348 GRMZM2G146280 含WD重复序列的蛋白质结构域磷酸肌醇相互作用蛋白3
WD repeat-containing protein domain phosphoinositide-interacting protein 3
3_17590250 Chr.3:17590250 GRMZM2G166064 蛋白TRM32 Protein TRM32
3_17805407 Chr.3:17805407 GRMZM2G020941
3_17932972 Chr.3:17932972 GRMZM2G100898 DNA甲基化因子1 Factor of DNA methylation 1
4_18511010 Chr.4:18511010 GRMZM5G846314
4_28100027 Chr.4:28100027 GRMZM2G319062 多酚氧化酶潜伏型,叶绿体 Polyphenol oxidase latent form, chloroplastic
5_204262820 Chr.5:204262820 GRMZM2G000280 反转录转座子蛋白Ty1-copia亚类 Retrotransposon protein Ty1-copia subclass
9_149806469 Chr.9:149806469 GRMZM2G061314 蛋白结合蛋白 protein binding protein
10_138859255 Chr.10:138859255 GRMZM2G391272 皮层细胞描绘蛋白 Cortical cell-delineating protein
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