IIdentification of Retrotransposon Markers Associated with Agromorphological Traits in Confectionery Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) under Normal and Drought Stress Conditions

In this study, 12 retro transposons-based primers (7 IRAP and 5 REMAP primers) and general and mixed linear models (GLM and MLM) were used to identify molecular markers associated to 22 agro morphological traits in 48 different confectionery sunflower accessions. Studied accessions were divided into three main groups using Neighbor Joining method. Study of population structure as a prerequisite for association analysis showed that there is two possible subgroups (K=2) in the studied population. Based on GLM and MLM, 131 and 117 loci showed significant (P