Iman Yousefi Javan - Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Agriculture (University of Torbat Heydarieh, IRAN)
Masoud Alipanah - Associate Professor, Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Agriculture (University of Torbat Heydarieh, IRAN)

Cold stress is a major factor limiting plant production worldwide, especially at the seedling and booting stages. The identification of genes associated with cold tolerance (CT) in plants is important for sustainable food production. Here, we report the results of a genome-wide association study to identify the genetic loci associated with CT by using diversity panel. We identified ten CT-related genetic loci at the booting stage. Accessions carrying multiple cold-tolerant alleles displayed a higher seed-setting rate than did accessions that had no cold-tolerant alleles or carried a single allele. At the seedling stage, eight genetic loci related to CT have been identified. The BLAST server at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) now has a diverse set of features that can add power to your BLAST searching.