Key Laboratory of Vegetable Genetics and Breeding of Fujian Province，Crops Research Institute，Fujian Academy of
Agricultural Sciences，Vegetables Engineering Research Center of Fujian Province，Fuzhou 350013，Fujian，China
Abstract：Genome-wide association study（GWAS）is a method efficiently associating phenotype with
genotype，and being used in genetic mapping and searching for candidate genes with related traits．It can be
used to carry out associated analysis on multiple complex traits at the same time，and is widely used in vegetable
breeding．This paper reviewed the method of whole genome association analysis；summarized its application
recently in studying the related traits，including quality，yield and resistance during vegetable growth and
development process．The paper also looked forward to its application prospect in vegetable breeding．
