GWAS (Genome-wide association study) provides a useful to associate phenotypic variation to genetic variation. It has emerged as a powerful approach for identifying genes underlying complex diseases or morphological traits at an unprecedented rate. Despite benefits, there are only a few examples applied in crop plants due to lack of effective genotyping techniques and well prepared resources for developing high density haplotype maps. In this study, 350 core accessions selected from almost 5,000 Capsicum accessions were used for GWAS. We are planning to construct a high-density haplotype map using GBS platform and perform GWAS for various agronomic traits including fruit traits and metabolites related to pungency to identify genes controlling the traits. These results will not only provide a list of candidate loci but also a powerful tools for finding genetic variants that can be directly used for crop improvement and deciphering the genetic architecture of complex traits.

• Hea-Young Lee(Department of Plant Science and Vegetable Breeding Research Center CALS, Seoul National University) Corresponding Author
• Ho-Cheol Go(National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
• On-Suk Heo(National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
• Jin-Kyung Kwon(Department of Plant Science and Vegetable Breeding Research Center CALS, Seoul National University)
• Byoung-Cheorl Kang(Department of Plant Science and Vegetable Breeding Research Center CALS, Seoul National University) Corresponding Author