The present application relates to the technical field of
plant molecular breeding, and particularly relates to an
indel marker PH-03-
Indel-106 related to the
plant height trait of corn and application thereof. The
indel marker is located in the region of the 3rd
chromosome of corn Chr3:163962052-163964052, is a 7bp
insertion / deletion polymorphism marker, the 7bp
insertion sequence CTGAGGG exists in the tall inbred line of corn, and the
insertion sequence does not exist in the short inbred line of corn. The specific primer pair PH-03-
Indel-106F / R can specifically amplify the target region, and through 1.5%
agarose gel electrophoresis detection, the 270bp band is determined as the short
haplotype, and no band is the tall
haplotype. The marker can be used for
molecular marker assisted selection, breeding improvement and early identification and screening of the
plant height trait of corn. The
phenotype can be accurately predicted through
DNA detection in the
seedling stage, and environmental interference is avoided. The present application has the advantages of high specificity, simple detection, low cost, high
throughput and the like, can significantly shorten the breeding period, realizes directional improvement of the plant height trait, and has important significance for
genetic selection and plant type optimization of corn varieties.