Genomewide association studies for rice seed germination under drought stress using 3VmrMLM

Improving seed germination under drought stress has the potential to increase crop yield in dry direct-seeded rice. In this study, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted to determine the genetic basis of seed germina- tion under drought stress in a panel of 165 rice accessions using a multi-locus compressed variance- component mixed model, 3VmrMLM. A total of 33 quan- titative trait nucleotides (QTNs) were identified in association with drought tol- erance during seed...