Comparison study of ramie leaves with different content of crude fibers

Ramie is a perennial plant with vigorously vegetative growth and high nutritive value, and is used as an excellent source of green feed in China. Crude fiber content is the most important traits associated with foraging quality in ramie. To identify QTL associated with crude fiber content, bulked segregant analyses (BSA) was performed using 30 F2 individuals with extremely high (> 14%) and low (< 7%) content of crude fibers in leveas, respectively, and was sequenced by Illumina.