The invention discloses an SNP (
Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)
molecular marker for regulating and controlling the length of a
corn kernel and application of the SNP
molecular marker, and belongs to the technical field of molecular genetic breeding. Specifically, on the basis of
whole genome association analysis (GWAS), an SNP site (C / A variation) remarkably related to the grain length is identified at the positions of 135bp, 186bp and 086bp of a
chromosome 8 of a corn B73RefGenv5
genome, and the grain length can be remarkably increased by a C
allele. The sequence of a KASP primer for
genotyping of the site is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1-3. By utilizing the SNP
molecular marker and the corresponding KASP primer group provided by the invention, high-
throughput and high-accuracy
genotype identification can be realized, and the SNP molecular marker has the advantages of high stability, high
throughput, low cost and the like, can be used for early auxiliary selection,
germplasm resource screening and molecular design breeding of
corn kernel length related traits, and provides an effective tool for genetic improvement of corn yield traits.