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Triticale doubled haploid plant regeneration factors linked by structural equation modeling. J Appl Genet 2022; 63:677-690. [PMID: 36018540 PMCID: PMC9637073 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-022-00719-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Triticale regeneration via anther culture faces many difficulties, e.g., a low percentage of regenerated plants and the presence of albinos. Plant regeneration may be affected by abiotic stresses and by ingredients added to the induction medium. The latter influences biochemical pathways and plant regeneration efficiency. Among such ingredients, copper and silver ions acting as cofactors for enzymatic reactions are of interest. However, their role in plant tissue cultures and relationships with biochemical pathways has not been studied yet. The study evaluated relationships between DNA methylation, changes in DNA sequence variation, and green plant regeneration efficiency influenced by copper and silver ions during triticale plant regeneration. For this purpose, a biological model based on donor plants and their regenerants, a methylation-sensitive amplified fragment length polymorphism, and structural equation modeling were employed. The green plant regeneration efficiency varied from 0.71 to 6.06 green plants per 100 plated anthers. The values for the components of tissue culture-induced variation related to cytosine methylation in a CHH sequence context (where H is A, C, or T) were 8.65% for sequence variation, 0.76% for DNA demethylation, and 0.58% for de novo methylation. The proposed model states that copper ions affect the regeneration efficiency through cytosine methylation and may induce mutations through, e.g., oxidative processes, which may interfere with the green plant regeneration efficiency. The linear regression confirms that the plant regeneration efficiency rises with increasing copper ion concentration in the absence of Ag ions in the induction medium. The least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression shows that de novo methylation, demethylation, and copper ions may be involved in the green plant regeneration efficiency. According to structural equation modeling, copper ions play a central role in the model determining the regeneration efficiency.
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Khan H, Krishnappa G, Kumar S, Mishra CN, Krishna H, Devate NB, Rathan ND, Parkash O, Yadav SS, Srivastava P, Biradar S, Kumar M, Singh GP. Genome-wide association study for grain yield and component traits in bread wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). Front Genet 2022; 13:982589. [PMID: 36092913 PMCID: PMC9458894 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.982589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Genomic regions governing days to heading (DH), grain filling duration (GFD), grain number per spike (GNPS), grain weight per spike (GWPS), plant height (PH), and grain yield (GY) were investigated in a set of 280 diverse bread wheat genotypes. The genome-wide association studies (GWAS) panel was genotyped using a 35K Axiom Array and phenotyped in five environments. The GWAS analysis showed a total of 27 Bonferroni-corrected marker-trait associations (MTAs) on 15 chromosomes representing all three wheat subgenomes. The GFD showed the highest MTAs (8), followed by GWPS (7), GY (4), GNPS (3), PH (3), and DH (2). Furthermore, 20 MTAs were identified with more than 10% phenotypic variation. A total of five stable MTAs (AX-95024590, AX-94425015, AX-95210025 AX-94539354, and AX-94978133) were identified in more than one environment and associated with the expression of DH, GFD, GNPS, and GY. Similarly, two novel pleiotropic genomic regions with associated MTAs i.e. AX-94978133 (4D) and AX-94539354 (6A) harboring co-localized QTLs governing two or more traits were also identified. In silico analysis revealed that the SNPs were located on important putative candidate genes such as F-box-like domain superfamily, Lateral organ boundaries, LOB, Thioredoxin-like superfamily Glutathione S-transferase, RNA-binding domain superfamily, UDP-glycosyltransferase family, Serine/threonine-protein kinase, Expansin, Patatin, Exocyst complex component Exo70, DUF1618 domain, Protein kinase domain involved in the regulation of grain size, grain number, growth and development, grain filling duration, and abiotic stress tolerance. The identified novel MTAs will be validated to estimate their effects in different genetic backgrounds for subsequent use in marker-assisted selection (MAS).
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- Hanif Khan
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India
- ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India
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- University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Jharkhand, India
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Pathirana R, Carimi F. Management and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for a Sustainable Agriculture. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11152038. [PMID: 35956515 PMCID: PMC9370719 DOI: 10.3390/plants11152038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Despite the dramatic increase in food production thanks to the Green Revolution, hunger is increasing among human populations around the world, affecting one in nine people. The negative environmental and social consequences of industrial monocrop agriculture is becoming evident, particularly in the contexts of greenhouse gas emissions and the increased frequency and impact of zoonotic disease emergence, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Human activity has altered 70–75% of the ice-free Earth’s surface, squeezing nature and wildlife into a corner. To prevent, halt, and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide, the UN has launched a Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. In this context, this review describes the origin and diversity of cultivated species, the impact of modern agriculture and other human activities on plant genetic resources, and approaches to conserve and use them to increase food diversity and production with specific examples of the use of crop wild relatives for breeding climate-resilient cultivars that require less chemical and mechanical input. The need to better coordinate in situ conservation efforts with increased funding has been highlighted. We emphasise the need to strengthen the genebank infrastructure, enabling the use of modern biotechnological tools to help in genotyping and characterising accessions plus advanced ex situ conservation methods, identifying gaps in collections, developing core collections, and linking data with international databases. Crop and variety diversification and minimising tillage and other field practices through the development and introduction of herbaceous perennial crops is proposed as an alternative regenerative food system for higher carbon sequestration, sustaining economic benefits for growers, whilst also providing social and environmental benefits.
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- Ranjith Pathirana
- Plant & Food Research Australia Pty Ltd., Waite Campus Research Precinct—Plant Breeding WT46, University of Adelaide, Waite Rd, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Campus Research Precinct—Plant Breeding WT46, University of Adelaide, Waite Rd, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
- Correspondence:
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e BioRisorse (IBBR), C.N.R., Corso Calatafimi 414, 90129 Palermo, Italy
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Molinari C, Talbot NJ. A Basic Guide to the Growth and Manipulation of the Blast Fungus,
Magnaporthe oryzae. Curr Protoc 2022; 2:e523. [PMID: 35997707 PMCID: PMC9542439 DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, is a devastating plant pathogen that threatens global food security. The social and economic importance of blast disease has contributed to this filamentous fungus becoming a model organism for the study of host‐pathogen interactions. Availability of the complete genome sequences of many strains of the pathogen, as well as rice and wheat cultivars, coupled with the tractability of M. oryzae to classical and molecular genetic manipulation have contributed to its widespread study. Although M. oryzae has been extensively investigated for the past two decades, procedures for storing, maintaining, and manipulating the blast fungus in the laboratory had not been compiled and updated. As a consequence, there is considerable disparity in how the fungus is stored and manipulated between studies. In this article, we present a collection of protocols providing clear explanations of how to preserve filter stocks of M. oryzae; how to grow the fungus in both liquid and solid media; how to extract genomic DNA from fungal mycelium; how to induce appressorium formation on coverslips for visualization and tissue collection; and how to perform two distinct types of plant infection assay for virulence assessment. By sharing our most used laboratory procedures, we aim to address some of the knowledge gaps in current M. oryzae protocols and contribute to uniformity and robustness in studies by the Magnaporthe research community. © 2022 The Authors. Current Protocols published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Storage of M. oryzae strains Basic Protocol 2: Revival and regular maintenance of M. oryzae cultures in solid medium Alternate Protocol 1: Regular maintenance of M. oryzae cultures in liquid medium Basic Protocol 3: Genomic DNA extraction from M. oryzae mycelium Alternate Protocol 2: Quick DNA extraction from M. oryzae mycelium Basic Protocol 4: M. oryzae induction of appressorium development on glass coverslips for microscopy Alternate Protocol 3: M. oryzae induction of appressorium development on glass coverslips for tissue collection Basic Protocol 5: M. oryzae rice infection assay through spray inoculation Alternate Protocol 4: M. oryzae leaf‐drop plant infection assay
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- Camilla Molinari
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park University of East Anglia Norwich United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park University of East Anglia Norwich United Kingdom
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Wang J, Jiang Y, Sun T, Zhang C, Liu X, Li Y. Genome-Wide Classification and Evolutionary Analysis Reveal Diverged Patterns of Chalcone Isomerase in Plants. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12070961. [PMID: 35883518 PMCID: PMC9313115 DOI: 10.3390/biom12070961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Flavonoids as a class of important secondary metabolites are widely present in land plants, and chalcone isomerase (CHI) is the key rate-limiting enzyme that participates in catalyzing the stereospecific isomerization of chalcones to yield their corresponding flavanones. However, the phylogenetic dynamics and functional divergence of CHI family genes during the evolutionary path of green plants remains poorly understood. Here, a total of 122 CHI genes were identified by performing a genome-wide survey of 15 representative green plants from the most ancestral basal plant chlorophyte algae to higher angiosperm plants. Phylogenetic, orthologous groups (OG) classification, and genome structure analysis showed that the CHI family genes have evolved into four distinct types (types I–IV) containing eight OGs after gene duplication, and further studies indicated type III CHIs consist of three subfamilies (FAP1, FAP2, and FAP3). The phylogeny showed FAP3 CHIs as an ancestral out-group positioned on the outer layers of the main branch, followed by type IV CHIs, which are placed in an evolutionary intermediate between FAP3 CHIs and bona fide CHIs (including type I and type II). The results imply a potential intrinsic evolutionary connection between CHIs existing in the green plants. The amino acid substitutions occurring in several residues have potentially affected the functional divergence between CHI proteins. This is supported by the analysis of transcriptional divergence and cis-acting element analysis. Evolutionary dynamics analyses revealed that the differences in the total number of CHI family genes in each plant are primarily attributed to the lineage-specific expansion by natural selective forces. The current studies provide a deeper understanding of the phylogenetic relationships and functional diversification of CHI family genes in green plants, which will guide further investigation on molecular characteristics and biological functions of CHIs.
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Sun R, Gong J, Liu Y, Chen Z, Zhang F, Gao J, Cao J, Chen X, Zhang S, Zhao C, Gao S. Comprehensive molecular evaluation of the histone methyltransferase gene family and their important roles in two-line hybrid wheat. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:290. [PMID: 35698040 PMCID: PMC9190116 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03639-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Histone methylation usually plays important roles in plant development through post-translational regulation and may provide a new visual field for heterosis. The histone methyltransferase gene family has been identified in various plants, but its members and functions in hybrid wheat related in heterosis is poorly studied. RESULTS In this study, 175 histone methyltransferase (HMT) genes were identified in wheat, including 152 histone lysine methyltransferase (HKMT) genes and 23 protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) genes. Gene structure analysis, physicochemical properties and subcellular localization predictions of the proteins, exhibited the adequate complexity of this gene family. As an allohexaploid species, the number of the genes (seven HKMTs orthologous groups and four PRMTs orthologous groups) in wheat were about three times than those in diploids and showed certain degrees of conservation, while only a small number of subfamilies such as ASH-like and Su-(var) subfamilies have expanded their members. Transcriptome analysis showed that HMT genes were mainly expressed in the reproductive organs. Expression analysis showed that some TaHMT genes with different trends in various hybrid combinations may be regulated by lncRNAs with similar expression trends. Pearson correlation analysis of the expression of TaHMT genes and two yield traits indicated that four DEGs may participate in the yield heterosis of two-line hybrid wheat. ChIP-qPCR results showed that the histone modifications (H3K4me3, H3K36me3 and H3K9ac) enriched in promoter regions of three TaCCA1 genes which are homologous to Arabidopsis heterosis-related CCA1/LHY genes. The higher expression levels of TaCCA1 in F1 than its parents are positive with these histone modifications. These results showed that histone modifications may play important roles in wheat heterosis. CONCLUSIONS Our study identified characteristics of the histone methyltransferase gene family and enhances the understanding of the evolution and function of these members in allohexaploid wheat. The causes of heterosis of two-line hybrid wheat were partially explained from the perspective of histone modifications.
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- Renwei Sun
- Institute of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of the Molecular Genetics of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing, 100097, China
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- Institute of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of the Molecular Genetics of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing, 100097, China
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- Institute of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097, China
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of the Molecular Genetics of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing, 100097, China
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- Institute of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097, China
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- Institute of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097, China
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- Institute of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097, China
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- Institute of Grain Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi, 830091, China
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- Institute of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097, China
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- Institute of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097, China.
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- Institute of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097, China.
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of the Molecular Genetics of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing, 100097, China.
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- Institute of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS), Beijing, 100097, China.
- The Municipal Key Laboratory of the Molecular Genetics of Hybrid Wheat, Beijing, 100097, China.
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Wheat Proteomics for Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Root System Architecture: Current Status and Future Prospects. Proteomes 2022; 10:proteomes10020017. [PMID: 35645375 PMCID: PMC9150004 DOI: 10.3390/proteomes10020017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Wheat is an important staple cereal for global food security. However, climate change is hampering wheat production due to abiotic stresses, such as heat, salinity, and drought. Besides shoot architectural traits, improving root system architecture (RSA) traits have the potential to improve yields under normal and stressed environments. RSA growth and development and other stress responses involve the expression of proteins encoded by the trait controlling gene/genes. Hence, mining the key proteins associated with abiotic stress responses and RSA is important for improving sustainable yields in wheat. Proteomic studies in wheat started in the early 21st century using the two-dimensional (2-DE) gel technique and have extensively improved over time with advancements in mass spectrometry. The availability of the wheat reference genome has allowed the exploration of proteomics to identify differentially expressed or abundant proteins (DEPs or DAPs) for abiotic stress tolerance and RSA improvement. Proteomics contributed significantly to identifying key proteins imparting abiotic stress tolerance, primarily related to photosynthesis, protein synthesis, carbon metabolism, redox homeostasis, defense response, energy metabolism and signal transduction. However, the use of proteomics to improve RSA traits in wheat is in its infancy. Proteins related to cell wall biogenesis, carbohydrate metabolism, brassinosteroid biosynthesis, and transportation are involved in the growth and development of several RSA traits. This review covers advances in quantification techniques of proteomics, progress in identifying DEPs and/or DAPs for heat, salinity, and drought stresses, and RSA traits, and the limitations and future directions for harnessing proteomics in wheat improvement.
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Ben-Abu Y, Itsko M. Metabolome dynamics during wheat domestication. Sci Rep 2022; 12:8532. [PMID: 35595776 PMCID: PMC9122938 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11952-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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One of the most important crops worldwide is wheat. Wheat domestication took place about 10,000 years ago. Not only that its wild progenitors have been discovered and phenotypically characterized, but their genomes were also sequenced and compared to modern wheat. While comparative genomics is essential to track genes that contribute to improvement in crop yield, comparative analyses of functional biological end-products, such as metabolites, are still lacking. With the advent of rigorous mass-spectrometry technologies, it is now possible to address that problem on a big-data scale. In attempt to reveal classes of metabolites, which are associated with wheat domestication, we analyzed the metabolomes of wheat kernel samples from various wheat lines. These wheat lines represented subspecies of tetraploid wheat along primary and secondary domestications, including wild emmer, domesticated emmer, landraces durum, and modern durum. We detected that the groups of plant metabolites such as plant-defense metabolites, antioxidants and plant hormones underwent significant changes during wheat domestication. Our data suggest that these metabolites may have contributed to the improvement in the agricultural fitness of wheat. Closer evaluation of specific metabolic pathways may result in the future in genetically-engineered high-yield crops.
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- Yuval Ben-Abu
- Department of Physics and Project Unit, Sapir Academic College, 79165, Sderot, Hof Ashkelon, Israel. .,Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- WDS Inc., Contractor to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA, 30033, USA
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Bapela T, Shimelis H, Tsilo TJ, Mathew I. Genetic Improvement of Wheat for Drought Tolerance: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:1331. [PMID: 35631756 PMCID: PMC9144332 DOI: 10.3390/plants11101331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Wheat production and productivity are challenged by recurrent droughts associated with climate change globally. Drought and heat stress resilient cultivars can alleviate yield loss in marginal production agro-ecologies. The ability of some crop genotypes to thrive and yield in drought conditions is attributable to the inherent genetic variation and environmental adaptation, presenting opportunities to develop drought-tolerant varieties. Understanding the underlying genetic, physiological, biochemical, and environmental mechanisms and their interactions is key critical opportunity for drought tolerance improvement. Therefore, the objective of this review is to document the progress, challenges, and opportunities in breeding for drought tolerance in wheat. The paper outlines the following key aspects: (1) challenges associated with breeding for adaptation to drought-prone environments, (2) opportunities such as genetic variation in wheat for drought tolerance, selection methods, the interplay between above-ground phenotypic traits and root attributes in drought adaptation and drought-responsive attributes and (3) approaches, technologies and innovations in drought tolerance breeding. In the end, the paper summarises genetic gains and perspectives in drought tolerance breeding in wheat. The review will serve as baseline information for wheat breeders and agronomists to guide the development and deployment of drought-adapted and high-performing new-generation wheat varieties.
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- Theresa Bapela
- African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa; (H.S.); (I.M.)
- Agricultural Research Council—Small Grain, Bethlehem 9700, South Africa;
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- African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa; (H.S.); (I.M.)
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- Agricultural Research Council—Small Grain, Bethlehem 9700, South Africa;
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- African Centre for Crop Improvement, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa; (H.S.); (I.M.)
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Mukherjee D, Saha D, Acharya D, Mukherjee A, Ghosh TC. Interplay between gene expression and gene architecture as a consequence of gene and genome duplications: evidence from metabolic genes of Arabidopsis thaliana. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 28:1091-1108. [PMID: 35722515 PMCID: PMC9203644 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-022-01188-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Gene and genome duplications have been widespread during the evolution of flowering plant which resulted in the increment of biological complexity as well as creation of plasticity of a genome helping the species to adapt to changing environments. Duplicated genes with higher evolutionary rates can act as a mechanism of generating novel functions in secondary metabolism. In this study, we explored duplication as a potential factor governing the expression heterogeneity and gene architecture of Primary Metabolic Genes (PMGs) and Secondary Metabolic Genes (SMGs) of Arabidopsis thaliana. It is remarkable that different types of duplication processes controlled gene expression and tissue specificity differently in PMGs and SMGs. A complex relationship exists between gene architecture and expression patterns of primary and secondary metabolic genes. Our study reflects, expression heterogeneity and gene structure variation of primary and secondary metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana are partly results of duplication events of different origins. Our study suggests that duplication has differential effect on PMGs and SMGs regarding expression pattern by controlling gene structure, epigenetic modifications, multifunctionality and subcellular compartmentalization. This study provides an insight into the evolution of metabolism in plants in the light of gene and genome scale duplication. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-022-01188-2.
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- Dola Mukherjee
- Bioinformatics Centre, Bose Institute, P 1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata, 700 054 India
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- Bioinformatics Centre, Bose Institute, P 1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata, 700 054 India
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- Bioinformatics Centre, Bose Institute, P 1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata, 700 054 India
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- Department of Botany, Vivekananda College, 269, Diamond Harbour Road, Thakurpukur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700063 India
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- Bioinformatics Centre, Bose Institute, P 1/12, C.I.T. Scheme VII M, Kolkata, 700 054 India
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Sun L, Song R, Wang Y, Wang X, Peng J, Nevo E, Ren X, Sun D. New insights into the evolution of CAF1 family and utilization of TaCAF1Ia1 specificity to reveal the origin of the maternal progenitor for common wheat. J Adv Res 2022; 42:135-148. [PMID: 36513409 PMCID: PMC9788937 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2022.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Until now, the most likely direct maternal progenitor (AABB) for common wheat (AABBDD) has yet to be identified. Here, we try to solve this particular problem with the specificity of a novel gene family in wheat and by using large population of rare germplasm resources. OBJECTIVES Dissect the novelty of TaCAF1Ia subfamily in wheat. Exploit the conservative and specific characteristics of TaCAF1Ia1 to reveal the origin of the maternal progenitor for common wheat. METHODS Phylogenetic and collinear analysis of TaCAF1 genes were performed to identify the evolutionary specificity of TaCAF1Ia subfamily. The large-scale expression patterns and interaction patterns analysis of CCR4-NOT complex were used to clarify the expressed and structural specificity of TaCAF1Ia subfamily in wheat. The population resequencing and phylogeny analysis of the TaCAF1Ia1 were utilized for the traceability analysis to understand gene-pool exchanges during the transferring and subsequent development from tetraploid to hexaploidy wheat. RESULTS TaCAF1Ia is a novel non-typical CAF1 subfamily without DEDD (Asp-Glu-Asp-Asp) domain, whose members were extensively duplicated in wheat genome. The replication events had started and constantly evolved from ancestor species. Specifically, it was found that a key member CAF1Ia1 was highly specialized and only existed in the subB genome and S genome. Unlike CAF1s reported in other plants, TaCAF1Ia genes may be new factors for anther development. These atypical TaCAF1s could also form CCR4-NOT complex in wheat but with new interaction sites. Utilizing the particular but conserved characteristics of the TaCAF1Ia1 gene, the comparative analysis of haplotypes composition for TaCAF1Ia1 were identified among wheat populations with different ploidy levels. Based on this, the dual-lineages origin model of maternal progenitor for common wheat and potential three-lineages domestication model for cultivated tetraploid wheat were proposed. CONCLUSION This study brings fresh insights for revealing the origin of wheat and the function of CAF1 in plants.
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- Longqing Sun
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China,Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Germplasm Enhancement Department, Huazhi Biotech Institute, Changsa, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China,Corresponding authors.
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, College of Plant Science & Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China,Corresponding authors.
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Identification of the Wheat (Triticum aestivum) IQD Gene Family and an Expression Analysis of Candidate Genes Associated with Seed Dormancy and Germination. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23084093. [PMID: 35456910 PMCID: PMC9025732 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23084093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The IQ67 Domain (IQD) gene family plays important roles in plant developmental processes and stress responses. Although IQDs have been characterized in model plants, little is known about their functions in wheat (Triticum aestivum), especially their roles in the regulation of seed dormancy and germination. Here, we identified 73 members of the IQD gene family from the wheat genome and phylogenetically separated them into six major groups. Gene structure and conserved domain analyses suggested that most members of each group had similar structures. A chromosome positional analysis showed that TaIQDs were unevenly located on 18 wheat chromosomes. A synteny analysis indicated that segmental duplications played significant roles in TaIQD expansion, and that the IQD gene family underwent strong purifying selection during evolution. Furthermore, a large number of hormone, light, and abiotic stress response elements were discovered in the promoters of TaIQDs, implying their functional diversity. Microarray data for 50 TaIQDs showed different expression levels in 13 wheat tissues. Transcriptome data and a quantitative real-time PCR analysis of wheat varieties with contrasting seed dormancy and germination phenotypes further revealed that seven genes (TaIQD4/-28/-32/-58/-64/-69/-71) likely participated in seed dormancy and germination through the abscisic acid-signaling pathway. The study results provide valuable information for cloning and a functional investigation of candidate genes controlling wheat seed dormancy and germination; consequently, they increase our understanding of the complex regulatory networks affecting these two traits.
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High-throughput SNP markers for authentication of Korean wheat cultivars based on seven complete plastomes and the nuclear genome. Food Sci Biotechnol 2022; 31:423-431. [PMID: 35464241 PMCID: PMC8994797 DOI: 10.1007/s10068-022-01043-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum) has diverse uses in the food industry, and different cultivars have unique properties; therefore, it is important to select the optimal cultivar for the intended end use. Here, to establish an identification system for Korean wheat cultivars, we obtained the complete plastome sequences of seven major Korean cultivars. Additionally, the open access database CerealsDB was queried to discover single-copy genomic single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the hexaploid wheat genome. Ten SNPs were developed into allele-specific PCR (ASP) markers, and eight of the SNPs used for ASP markers were converted into TaqMan high-throughput genotyping markers. Phylogenetic analysis using SNP genotypes revealed the genetic diversity and relationships among 137 wheat lines from around the world, including 35 Korean cultivars. This research thus presents a high-throughput authentication system for Korean wheat cultivars that may promote food industry uses of Korean wheat. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10068-022-01043-w.
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Hu J, Xiao G, Jiang P, Zhao Y, Zhang G, Ma X, Yao J, Xue L, Su P, Bao Y. QTL detection for bread wheat processing quality in a nested association mapping population of semi-wild and domesticated wheat varieties. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:129. [PMID: 35313801 PMCID: PMC8935700 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03523-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Wheat processing quality is an important factor in evaluating overall wheat quality, and dough characteristics are important when assessing the processing quality of wheat. As a notable germplasm resource, semi-wild wheat has a key role in the study of wheat processing quality. RESULTS In this study, four dough rheological characteristics were collected in four environments using a nested association mapping (NAM) population consisting of semi-wild and domesticated wheat varieties to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for wheat processing quality. A total of 49 QTL for wheat processing quality were detected, explaining 0.36-10.82% of the phenotypic variation. These QTL were located on all wheat chromosomes except for 2D, 3A, 3D, 6B, 6D and 7D. Compared to previous studies, 29 QTL were newly identified. Four novel QTL, QMlPH-1B.4, QMlPH-3B.4, QWdEm-1B.2 and QWdEm-3B.2, were stably identified in three or more environments, among which QMlPH-3B.4 was a major QTL. Moreover, eight important genetic regions for wheat processing quality were identified on chromosomes 1B, 3B and 4D, which showed pleiotropy for dough characteristics. In addition, out of 49 QTL, 15 favorable alleles came from three semi-wild parents, suggesting that the QTL alleles provided by the semi-wild parent were not utilized in domesticated varieties. CONCLUSIONS The results show that semi-wild wheat varieties can enrich the existing wheat gene pool and provide broader variation resources for wheat genetic research.
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- Junmei Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 The People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 The People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 The People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 The People’s Republic of China
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- Lianyungang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lianyungang, 222000 The People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 The People’s Republic of China
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- Yantai Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Shandong Province, Yantai, 265500 The People’s Republic of China
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- Agricultural Technology Station, Sunwu Sub-district Office, Huimin County, Shandong Province 251700 Binzhou, The People’s Republic of China
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- College of Agriculture, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252059 The People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 The People’s Republic of China
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Borowska-Zuchowska N, Senderowicz M, Trunova D, Kolano B. Tracing the Evolution of the Angiosperm Genome from the Cytogenetic Point of View. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11060784. [PMID: 35336666 PMCID: PMC8953110 DOI: 10.3390/plants11060784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Cytogenetics constitutes a branch of genetics that is focused on the cellular components, especially chromosomes, in relation to heredity and genome structure, function and evolution. The use of modern cytogenetic approaches and the latest microscopes with image acquisition and processing systems enables the simultaneous two- or three-dimensional, multicolour visualisation of both single-copy and highly-repetitive sequences in the plant genome. The data that is gathered using the cytogenetic methods in the phylogenetic background enable tracing the evolution of the plant genome that involve changes in: (i) genome sizes; (ii) chromosome numbers and morphology; (iii) the content of repetitive sequences and (iv) ploidy level. Modern cytogenetic approaches such as FISH using chromosome- and genome-specific probes have been widely used in studies of the evolution of diploids and the consequences of polyploidy. Nowadays, modern cytogenetics complements analyses in other fields of cell biology and constitutes the linkage between genetics, molecular biology and genomics.
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Cheng X, Gao C, Liu X, Xu D, Pan X, Gao W, Yan S, Yao H, Cao J, Min X, Lu J, Chang C, Zhang H, Ma C. Characterization of the wheat VQ protein family and expression of candidate genes associated with seed dormancy and germination. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:119. [PMID: 35291943 PMCID: PMC8925178 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03430-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Seed dormancy and germination determine wheat resistance to pre-harvest sprouting and thereby affect grain yield and quality. Arabidopsis VQ genes have been shown to influence seed germination; however, the functions of wheat VQ genes have not been characterized. RESULTS We identified 65 TaVQ genes in common wheat and named them TaVQ1-65. We identified 48 paralogous pairs, 37 of which had Ka/Ks values greater than 1, suggesting that most TaVQ genes have experienced positive selection. Chromosome locations, gene structures, promoter element analysis, and gene ontology annotations of the TaVQs showed that their structures determined their functions and that structural changes reflected functional diversity. Transcriptome-based expression analysis of 62 TaVQ genes and microarray analysis of 11 TaVQ genes indicated that they played important roles in diverse biological processes. We compared TaVQ gene expression and seed germination index values among wheat varieties with contrasting seed dormancy and germination phenotypes and identified 21 TaVQ genes that may be involved in seed dormancy and germination. CONCLUSIONS Sixty-five TaVQ proteins were identified for the first time in common wheat, and bioinformatics analyses were used to investigate their phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary divergence. qRT-PCR data showed that 21 TaVQ candidate genes were potentially involved in seed dormancy and germination. These findings provide useful information for further cloning and functional analysis of TaVQ genes and introduce useful candidate genes for the improvement of PHS resistance in wheat.
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- Xinran Cheng
- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
- National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering Research Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement On Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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Dong Y, Xu D, Xu X, Ren Y, Gao F, Song J, Jia A, Hao Y, He Z, Xia X. Fine mapping of QPm.caas-3BS, a stable QTL for adult-plant resistance to powdery mildew in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:1083-1099. [PMID: 35006334 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-04019-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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A stable QTL QPm.caas-3BS for adult-plant resistance to powdery mildew was mapped in an interval of 431 kb, and candidate genes were predicted based on gene sequences and expression profiles. Powdery mildew is a devastating foliar disease occurring in most wheat-growing areas. Characterization and fine mapping of genes for powdery mildew resistance can benefit marker-assisted breeding. We previously identified a stable quantitative trait locus (QTL) QPm.caas-3BS for adult-plant resistance to powdery mildew in a recombinant inbred line population of Zhou8425B/Chinese Spring by phenotyping across four environments. Using 11 heterozygous recombinants and high-density molecular markers, QPm.caas-3BS was delimited in a physical interval of approximately 3.91 Mb. Based on re-sequenced data and expression profiles, three genes TraesCS3B02G014800, TraesCS3B02G016800 and TraesCS3B02G019900 were associated with the powdery mildew resistance locus. Three gene-specific kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) markers were developed from these genes and validated in the Zhou8425B derivatives and Zhou8425B/Chinese Spring population in which the resistance gene was mapped to a 0.3 cM interval flanked by KASP14800 and snp_50465, corresponding to a 431 kb region at the distal end of chromosome 3BS. Within the interval, TraesCS3B02G014800 was the most likely candidate gene for QPm.caas-3BS, but TraesCS3B02G016300 and TraesCS3B02G016400 were less likely candidates based on gene annotations and sequence variation between the parents. These results not only offer high-throughput KASP markers for improvement of powdery mildew resistance but also pave the way to map-based cloning of the resistance gene.
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- Yan Dong
- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Dryland Farming Technology, College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, Shandong, China
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- College of Agronomy, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, 63 Agricultural Road, Zhengzhou, 450002, Henan, China
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) China Office, c/o CAAS, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China.
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Li L, Shi F, Wang G, Guan Y, Zhang Y, Chen M, Chang J, Yang G, He G, Wang Y, Li Y. Conservation and Divergence of SQUAMOSA-PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE ( SPL) Gene Family between Wheat and Rice. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:2099. [PMID: 35216210 PMCID: PMC8874652 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The SQUAMOSA-PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) gene family affects plant architecture, panicle structure, and grain development, representing key genes for crop improvements. The objective of the present study is to utilize the well characterized SPLs' functions in rice to facilitate the functional genomics of TaSPL genes. To achieve these goals, we combined several approaches, including genome-wide analysis of TaSPLs, comparative genomic analysis, expression profiling, and functional study of TaSPL3 in rice. We established the orthologous relationships of 56 TaSPL genes with the corresponding OsSPLs, laying a foundation for the comparison of known SPL functions between wheat and rice. Some TaSPLs exhibited different spatial-temporal expression patterns when compared to their rice orthologs, thus implicating functional divergence. TaSPL2/6/8/10 were identified to respond to different abiotic stresses through the combination of RNA-seq and qPCR expression analysis. Additionally, ectopic expression of TaSPL3 in rice promotes heading dates, affects leaf and stem development, and leads to smaller panicles and decreased yields per panicle. In conclusion, our work provides useful information toward cataloging of the functions of TaSPLs, emphasized the conservation and divergence between TaSPLs and OsSPLs, and identified the important SPL genes for wheat improvement.
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- The Genetic Engineering International Cooperation Base of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Chinese Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (L.L.); (F.S.); (G.W.); (Y.G.); (Y.Z.); (M.C.); (J.C.); (G.Y.) ; (G.H.)
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- The Genetic Engineering International Cooperation Base of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Chinese Ministry of Education, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; (L.L.); (F.S.); (G.W.); (Y.G.); (Y.Z.); (M.C.); (J.C.); (G.Y.) ; (G.H.)
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Thakur RK, Prasad P, Bhardwaj SC, Gangwar OP, Kumar S. Epigenetics of wheat-rust interaction: an update. PLANTA 2022; 255:50. [PMID: 35084577 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-022-03829-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The outcome of different host-pathogen interactions is influenced by both genetic and epigenetic systems, which determine the response of plants to pathogens and vice versa. This review highlights key molecular mechanisms and conceptual advances involved in epigenetic research and the progress made in epigenetics of wheat-rust interactions. Epigenetics implies the heritable changes in the way of gene expression as a consequence of the modification of DNA bases, histone proteins, and/or non-coding-RNA biogenesis without disturbing the underlying nucleotide sequence. The changes occurring between DNA and its surrounding chromatin without altering its DNA sequence and leading to significant changes in the genome of any organism are called epigenetic changes. Epigenetics has already been used successfully to explain the mechanism of human pathogens and in the identification of pathogen-induced modifications within various host plants. Wheat rusts are one of the most vital fungal diseases throughout the major wheat-growing areas of the world. The epigenome in plant pathogens causing diseases such as wheat rusts is mysterious. The investigations of host and pathogen epigenetics in the wheat rusts system can offer a piece of suitable evidence for elucidation of the molecular basis of host-pathogen interaction. Besides, the information on the epigenetic regulation of the genes involved in resistance or pathogenicity will provide better insights into the complex resistance signaling pathways and could provide answers to certain key questions, such as whether epigenetic regulation of certain genes is imparting resistance to host in response of certain pathogen elicitors or not. In the last few years, there has been an upsurge in research on the host as well as pathogen epigenetics and its outcome in plant-pathogen interactions. This review summarizes the progress made in the areas related to the epigenetic control of host-pathogen interaction with particular emphasis on wheat rusts.
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- Rajni Kant Thakur
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171002, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171002, India.
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171002, India.
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171002, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Regional Station, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171002, India
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Raza Q, Riaz A, Atif RM, Hussain B, Rana IA, Ali Z, Budak H, Alaraidh IA. Genome-Wide Diversity of MADS-Box Genes in Bread Wheat is Associated with its Rapid Global Adaptability. Front Genet 2022; 12:818880. [PMID: 35111207 PMCID: PMC8801776 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.818880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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MADS-box gene family members play multifarious roles in regulating the growth and development of crop plants and hold enormous promise for bolstering grain yield potential under changing global environments. Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a key stable food crop around the globe. Until now, the available information concerning MADS-box genes in the wheat genome has been insufficient. Here, a comprehensive genome-wide analysis identified 300 high confidence MADS-box genes from the publicly available reference genome of wheat. Comparative phylogenetic analyses with Arabidopsis and rice MADS-box genes classified the wheat genes into 16 distinct subfamilies. Gene duplications were mainly identified in subfamilies containing unbalanced homeologs, pointing towards a potential mechanism for gene family expansion. Moreover, a more rapid evolution was inferred for M-type genes, as compared with MIKC-type genes, indicating their significance in understanding the evolutionary history of the wheat genome. We speculate that subfamily-specific distal telomeric duplications in unbalanced homeologs facilitate the rapid adaptation of wheat to changing environments. Furthermore, our in-silico expression data strongly proposed MADS-box genes as active guardians of plants against pathogen insurgency and harsh environmental conditions. In conclusion, we provide an entire complement of MADS-box genes identified in the wheat genome that could accelerate functional genomics efforts and possibly facilitate bridging gaps between genotype-to-phenotype relationships through fine-tuning of agronomically important traits.
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- Qasim Raza
- Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Rice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan
- *Correspondence: Qasim Raza, ; Ibrahim A. Alaraidh,
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- Molecular Breeding Laboratory, Rice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Centre for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Precision Agriculture and Analytics Lab, National Centre for Big Data and Cloud Computing, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
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- Montana BioAgriculture, Inc., Missoula, MT, United States
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- *Correspondence: Qasim Raza, ; Ibrahim A. Alaraidh,
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Crane CF, Nemacheck JA, Subramanyam S, Williams CE, Goodwin SB. SLAG: A Program for Seeded Local Assembly of Genes in Complex Genomes. Mol Ecol Resour 2022; 22:1999-2017. [PMID: 34995394 PMCID: PMC9303413 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Although finished genomes have become more common, there is still a need for assemblies of individual genes or chromosomal regions when only unassembled reads are available. slag (Seeded Local Assembly of Genes) fulfils this need by performing iterative local assembly based on cycles of matching‐read retrieval with blast and assembly with cap3, phrap, spades, canu or unicycler. The target sequence can be nucleotide or protein. Read fragmentation allows slag to use phrap or cap3 to assemble long reads at lower coverage (e.g., 5×) than is possible with canu or unicycler. In simple, nonrepetitive genomes, a slag assembly can cover a whole chromosome, but in complex genomes the growth of target‐matching contigs is limited as additional reads are consumed by consensus contigs consisting of repetitive elements. Apart from genomic complexity, contig length and correctness depend on read length and accuracy. With pyrosequencing or Illumina reads, slag‐assembled contigs are accurate enough to allow design of PCR primers, while contigs assembled from Oxford Nanopore or pre‐HiFi Pacific Biosciences long reads are generally only accurate enough to design baiting sequences for further targeted sequencing. In an application with real reads, slag successfully extended sequences for four wheat genes, which were verified by cloning and Sanger sequencing of overlapping amplicons. slag is a robust alternative to atram2 for local assemblies, especially for read sets with less than 20× coverage. slag is freely available at https://github.com/cfcrane/SLAG.
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- Charles F Crane
- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Crop Production & Pest Control Research Unit, Purdue University campus, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2054, USA.,Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2054, USA
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Crop Production & Pest Control Research Unit, Purdue University campus, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2054, USA.,Department of Entomology, Purdue University, 901 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Crop Production & Pest Control Research Unit, Purdue University campus, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2054, USA.,Department of Entomology, Purdue University, 901 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Crop Production & Pest Control Research Unit, Purdue University campus, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2054, USA
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Crop Production & Pest Control Research Unit, Purdue University campus, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907-2054, USA.,Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University, 915 W. State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2054, USA
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Blasio F, Prieto P, Pradillo M, Naranjo T. Genomic and Meiotic Changes Accompanying Polyploidization. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11010125. [PMID: 35009128 PMCID: PMC8747196 DOI: 10.3390/plants11010125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Hybridization and polyploidy have been considered as significant evolutionary forces in adaptation and speciation, especially among plants. Interspecific gene flow generates novel genetic variants adaptable to different environments, but it is also a gene introgression mechanism in crops to increase their agronomical yield. An estimate of 9% of interspecific hybridization has been reported although the frequency varies among taxa. Homoploid hybrid speciation is rare compared to allopolyploidy. Chromosome doubling after hybridization is the result of cellular defects produced mainly during meiosis. Unreduced gametes, which are formed at an average frequency of 2.52% across species, are the result of altered spindle organization or orientation, disturbed kinetochore functioning, abnormal cytokinesis, or loss of any meiotic division. Meiotic changes and their genetic basis, leading to the cytological diploidization of allopolyploids, are just beginning to be understood especially in wheat. However, the nature and mode of action of homoeologous recombination suppressor genes are poorly understood in other allopolyploids. The merger of two independent genomes causes a deep modification of their architecture, gene expression, and molecular interactions leading to the phenotype. We provide an overview of genomic changes and transcriptomic modifications that particularly occur at the early stages of allopolyploid formation.
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- Francesco Blasio
- Departamento de Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (F.B.); (M.P.)
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- Plant Breeding Department, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Alameda del Obispo s/n, Apartado 4048, 14080 Cordova, Spain;
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- Departamento de Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (F.B.); (M.P.)
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- Departamento de Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (F.B.); (M.P.)
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Maryenti T, Kato N, Ichikawa M, Okamoto T. In Vitro Fertilization System Using Wheat Gametes by Electric Fusion. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2484:259-273. [PMID: 35461457 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2253-7_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In vitro fertilization (IVF) systems using isolated gametes have been used to dissect post-fertilization events in angiosperms, as female plant gametophytes are deeply embedded within the ovaries. In addition, hybrid and polyploid zygotes can be produced by using IVF systems. Complete IVF systems of maize and rice, two out of three major energy-providing crops, have been established in order to acquire detailed knowledge of mechanisms of fertilization and early embryogenesis. Following in the footsteps of previous success, a wheat IVF system was developed to introduce the advantages of this technology to wheat research. Fusion of gametes was performed via a modified electrofusion method, and the zygote formed a cell wall and two nucleoli. The zygotes divided into symmetric two-celled embryos, globular-like embryos and multicellular club-shaped embryos which are mostly consistent with those in the embryos in planta. IVF-produced club-shaped embryos developed into compact embryonic calli and subsequently regenerated into fertile plants. In this chapter, we provide a detailed description of wheat IVF system that might become an important technique for generating new genotypes of wheat and/or new hybrids as well as for investigating fertilization-induced events in wheat.
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- Tety Maryenti
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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- Agri-Bio Research Center, KANEKA Corp., Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
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Cheng X, Yao H, Cheng Z, Tian B, Gao C, Gao W, Yan S, Cao J, Pan X, Lu J, Ma C, Chang C, Zhang H. The Wheat Gene TaVQ14 Confers Salt and Drought Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:870586. [PMID: 35620700 PMCID: PMC9127792 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.870586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Wheat is one of the most widely cultivated food crops worldwide, and the safe production of wheat is essential to ensure food security. Soil salinization and drought have severely affected the yield and quality of wheat. Valine-glutamine genes play important roles in abiotic stress response. This study assessed the effect of the gene TaVQ14 on drought and salt stresses resistance. Sequence analysis showed that TaVQ14 encoded a basic unstable hydrophobic protein with 262 amino acids. Subcellular localization showed that TaVQ14 was localized in the nucleus. TaVQ14 was upregulated in wheat seeds under drought and salt stress. Under NaCl and mannitol treatments, the percentage of seed germination was higher in Arabidopsis lines overexpressing TaVQ14 than in wild-type lines, whereas the germination rate was significantly lower in plants with a mutation in the atvq15 gene (a TaVQ14 homolog) than in WT controls, suggesting that TaVQ14 increases resistance to salt and drought stress in Arabidopsis seeds. Moreover, under salt and drought stress, Arabidopsis lines overexpressing TaVQ14 had higher catalase, superoxide dismutase, and proline levels and lower malondialdehyde concentrations than WT controls, suggesting that TaVQ14 improves salt and drought resistance in Arabidopsis by scavenging reactive oxygen species. Expression analysis showed that several genes responsive to salt and drought stress were upregulated in Arabidopsis plants overexpressing TaVQ14. Particularly, salt treatment increased the expression of AtCDPK2 in these plants. Moreover, salt treatment increased Ca2+ concentrations in plants overexpressing TaVQ14, suggesting that TaVQ14 enhances salt resistance in Arabidopsis seeds through calcium signaling. In summary, this study demonstrated that the heterologous expression of TaVQ14 increases the resistance of Arabidopsis seeds to salt and drought stress.
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- Xinran Cheng
- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
- National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering Research Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
- *Correspondence: Cheng Chang,
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow and Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, China
- Haiping Zhang,
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Zsögön A, Peres LEP, Xiao Y, Yan J, Fernie AR. Enhancing crop diversity for food security in the face of climate uncertainty. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 109:402-414. [PMID: 34882870 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Global agriculture is dominated by a handful of species that currently supply a huge proportion of our food and feed. It additionally faces the massive challenge of providing food for 10 billion people by 2050, despite increasing environmental deterioration. One way to better plan production in the face of current and continuing climate change is to better understand how our domestication of these crops included their adaptation to environments that were highly distinct from those of their centre of origin. There are many prominent examples of this, including the development of temperate Zea mays (maize) and the alteration of day-length requirements in Solanum tuberosum (potato). Despite the pre-eminence of some 15 crops, more than 50 000 species are edible, with 7000 of these considered semi-cultivated. Opportunities afforded by next-generation sequencing technologies alongside other methods, including metabolomics and high-throughput phenotyping, are starting to contribute to a better characterization of a handful of these species. Moreover, the first examples of de novo domestication have appeared, whereby key target genes are modified in a wild species in order to confer predictable traits of agronomic value. Here, we review the scale of the challenge, drawing extensively on the characterization of past agriculture to suggest informed strategies upon which the breeding of future climate-resilient crops can be based.
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- Agustin Zsögön
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CEP 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Plant Developmental Genetics, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, CP 09, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Langlands-Perry C, Cuenin M, Bergez C, Krima SB, Gélisse S, Sourdille P, Valade R, Marcel TC. Resistance of the Wheat Cultivar ‘Renan’ to Septoria Leaf Blotch Explained by a Combination of Strain Specific and Strain Non-Specific QTL Mapped on an Ultra-Dense Genetic Map. Genes (Basel) 2021; 13:genes13010100. [PMID: 35052440 PMCID: PMC8774678 DOI: 10.3390/genes13010100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Quantitative resistance is considered more durable than qualitative resistance as it does not involve major resistance genes that can be easily overcome by pathogen populations, but rather a combination of genes with a lower individual effect. This durability means that quantitative resistance could be an interesting tool for breeding crops that would not systematically require phytosanitary products. Quantitative resistance has yet to reveal all of its intricacies. Here, we delve into the case of the wheat/Septoria tritici blotch (STB) pathosystem. Using a population resulting from a cross between French cultivar Renan, generally resistant to STB, and Chinese Spring, a cultivar susceptible to the disease, we built an ultra-dense genetic map that carries 148,820 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. Phenotyping the interaction was done with two different Zymoseptoria tritici strains with contrasted pathogenicities on Renan. A linkage analysis led to the detection of three quantitative trait loci (QTL) related to resistance in Renan. These QTL, on chromosomes 7B, 1D, and 5D, present with an interesting diversity as that on 7B was detected with both fungal strains, while those on 1D and 5D were strain-specific. The resistance on 7B was located in the region of Stb8 and the resistance on 1D colocalized with Stb19. However, the resistance on 5D was new, so further designated Stb20q. Several wall-associated kinases (WAK), nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich repeats (NB-LRR) type, and kinase domain carrying genes were present in the QTL regions, and some of them were expressed during the infection. These results advocate for a role of Stb genes in quantitative resistance and for resistance in the wheat/STB pathosystem being as a whole quantitative and polygenic.
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- Camilla Langlands-Perry
- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
- ARVALIS Institut du Végétal, 91720 Boigneville, France;
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
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- Université Clermont–Auvergne, INRAE, UMR GDEC, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France;
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- ARVALIS Institut du Végétal, 91720 Boigneville, France;
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- Université Paris Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France; (C.L.-P.); (M.C.); (C.B.); (S.B.K.); (S.G.)
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Zhang L, He J, He H, Wu J, Li M. Genome-wide unbalanced expression bias and expression level dominance toward Brassica oleracea in artificially synthesized intergeneric hybrids of Raphanobrassica. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2021; 8:246. [PMID: 34848691 PMCID: PMC8633066 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-021-00672-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Raphanobrassica (RrRrCrCr, 2n = 4x = 36), which is generated by distant hybridization between the maternal parent Raphanus sativus (RsRs, 2n = 2x = 18) and the paternal parent Brassica oleracea (C°C°, 2n = 2x = 18), displays intermediate silique phenotypes compared to diploid progenitors. However, the hybrid shares much more similarities in silique phenotypes with those of B. oleracea than those of R. sativus. Strikingly, the silique of Raphanobrassica is obviously split into two parts. To investigate the gene expression patterns behind these phenomena, transcriptome analysis was performed on the upper, middle, and lower sections of pods (RCsiu, RCsim, and RCsil), seeds in the upper and lower sections of siliques (RCseu and RCsel) from Raphanobrassica, whole pods (Rsi and Csi) and all seeds in the siliques (Rse and Cse) from R. sativus and B. oleracea. Transcriptome shock was observed in all five aforementioned tissues of Raphanobrassica. Genome-wide unbalanced biased expression and expression level dominance were also discovered, and both of them were toward B. oleracea in Raphanobrassica, which is consistent with the observed phenotypes. The present results reveal the global gene expression patterns of different sections of siliques of Raphanobrassica, pods, and seeds of B. oleracea and R. sativus, unraveling the tight correlation between global gene expression patterns and phenotypes of the hybrid and its parents.
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- Libin Zhang
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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Cheng X, Tian B, Gao C, Gao W, Yan S, Yao H, Wang X, Jiang Y, Hu L, Pan X, Cao J, Lu J, Ma C, Chang C, Zhang H. Identification and expression analysis of candidate genes related to seed dormancy and germination in the wheat GATA family. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 169:343-359. [PMID: 34837867 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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GATA transcription factors have been reported to function in plant growth and development and during various biotic/abiotic stresses in Arabidopsis and rice. However, the functions of wheat GATAs, particularly in the regulation of seed dormancy and germination, remain unclear. Here, we identified 78 TaGATAs in wheat and divided them into five subfamilies. Sixty-four paralogous pairs and 52 orthologous pairs were obtained, and Ka/Ks ratios showed that the TaGATAs had undergone strong purifying election during the evolutionary process. Triplet analysis indicated that a high homologue retention rate could explain the large number of TaGATAs in wheat. Gene structure analysis revealed that most members of the same subfamily had similar structures, and subcellular localization prediction indicated that most TaGATAs were located in the nucleus. Gene ontology annotation results showed that most TaGATAs had molecular functions in DNA and zinc binding, and promoter analysis suggested that they may play important roles in growth, development, and biotic/abiotic stress response. We combined three microarray datasets with qRT-PCR expression data from wheat varieties of contrasting dormancy and pre-harvest sprouting resistance levels during imbibition in order to identify ten candidate genes (TaGATA17/-25/-34/-37/-40/-46/-48/-51/-72/-73) that may be involved in the regulation of seed dormancy and germination in wheat. These findings provide valuable information for further dissection of TaGATA functions in the regulation of seed dormancy and germination, thereby enabling the improvement of wheat pre-harvest sprouting resistance by gene pyramiding.
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- Xinran Cheng
- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China; National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering Research Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Wheat Biology and Genetic Improvement on Southern Yellow & Huai River Valley, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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Zeeshan M, Qiu CW, Naz S, Cao F, Wu F. Genome-Wide Discovery of miRNAs with Differential Expression Patterns in Responses to Salinity in the Two Contrasting Wheat Cultivars. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212556. [PMID: 34830438 PMCID: PMC8621374 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Salinity is a serious environmental issue. It has a substantial effect on crop yield, as many crop species are sensitive to salinity due to climate change, and it impact is continuing to increase. Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) contribute to salinity stress response in bread wheat. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms by which miRNAs confer salt tolerance in wheat are unclear. We conducted a genome-wide discovery study using Illumina high throughput sequencing and comprehensive in silico analysis to obtain insight into the underlying mechanisms by which small RNAs confer tolerance to salinity in roots of two contrasting wheat cvv., namely Suntop (salt-tolerant) and Sunmate (salt-sensitive). A total of 191 microRNAs were identified in both cultivars, consisting of 110 known miRNAs and 81 novel miRNAs; 181 miRNAs were shared between the two cultivars. The known miRNAs belonged to 35 families consisted of 23 conserved and 12 unique families. Salinity stress induced 43 and 75 miRNAs in Suntop and Sunmate, respectively. Among them, 14 and 29 known and novel miRNAs were expressed in Suntop and 37 and 38 in Sunmate. In silico analysis revealed 861 putative target mRNAs for the 75 known miRNAs and 52 putative target mRNAs for the 15 candidate novel miRNAs. Furthermore, seven miRNAs including tae-miR156, tae-miR160, tae-miR171a-b, tae-miR319, tae-miR159a-b, tae-miR9657 and novel-mir59 that regulate auxin responsive-factor, SPL, SCL6, PCF5, R2R3 MYB, and CBL-CIPK, respectively, were predicted to contribute to salt tolerance in Suntop. This information helps further our understanding of how the molecular mechanisms of salt tolerance are mediated by miRNAs and may facilitate the genetic improvement of wheat cultivars.
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- Muhammad Zeeshan
- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (M.Z.); (C.-W.Q.); (S.N.); (F.C.)
- Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, Agricultural College of Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (M.Z.); (C.-W.Q.); (S.N.); (F.C.)
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (M.Z.); (C.-W.Q.); (S.N.); (F.C.)
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (M.Z.); (C.-W.Q.); (S.N.); (F.C.)
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (M.Z.); (C.-W.Q.); (S.N.); (F.C.)
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Correspondence: ; Tel./Fax: +86-571-8898-2827
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Zhou Z, Guan H, Liu C, Zhang Z, Geng S, Qin M, Li W, Shi X, Dai Z, Lei Z, Wu Z, Tian B, Hou J. Identification of genomic regions affecting grain peroxidase activity in bread wheat using genome-wide association study. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:523. [PMID: 34758752 PMCID: PMC8579651 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03299-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Peroxidase (POD) activity plays an important role in flour-based product quality, which is mainly associated with browning and bleaching effects of flour. Here, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on POD activity using an association population consisted with 207 wheat world-wide collected varieties. Our study also provide basis for the genetic improvement of flour color-based quality in wheat. RESULTS Twenty quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were detected associated with POD activity, explaining 5.59-12.67% of phenotypic variation. Superior alleles were positively correlated with POD activity. In addition, two SNPs were successfully developed to KASP (Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR) markers. Two POD genes, TraesCS2B02G615700 and TraesCS2D02G583000, were aligned near the QTLs flanking genomic regions, but only TraesCS2D02G583000 displayed significant divergent expression levels (P < 0.001) between high and low POD activity varieties in the investigated association population. Therefore, it was deduced to be a candidate gene. The expression level of TraesCS2D02G583000 was assigned as a phenotype for expression GWAS (eGWAS) to screen regulatory elements. In total, 505 significant SNPs on 20 chromosomes (excluding 4D) were detected, and 9 of them located within 1 Mb interval of TraesCS2D02G583000. CONCLUSIONS To identify genetic loci affecting POD activity in wheat grain, we conducted GWAS on POD activity and the candidate gene TraesCS2D02G583000 expression. Finally, 20 QTLs were detected for POD activity, whereas two QTLs associated SNPs were converted to KASP markers that could be used for marker-assisted breeding. Both cis- and trans-acting elements were revealed by eGWAS of TraesCS2D02G583000 expression. The present study provides genetic loci for improving POD activity across wide genetic backgrounds and largely improved the selection efficiency for breeding in wheat.
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- Zhengfu Zhou
- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
- Agronomy college, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
- Agronomy college, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
- Agronomy college, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
- Agronomy college, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
- Agronomy college, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
- Agronomy college, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001 China
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- Henan Institute of Crop Molecular Breeding, Postgraduate T & R Base of Zhengzhou University, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002 China
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Sharma P, Gupta OP, Gupta V, Singh G, Singh GP. Differential expression profiling of microRNAs and their target genes during wheat- Bipolaris sorokiniana pathosystem. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 27:2567-2577. [PMID: 34924711 PMCID: PMC8639899 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-01092-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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UNLABELLED Wheat spot blotch, caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana, is a serious constraint to wheat production, reducing grain yield and consequently having severe economic impact. Several plant miRNAs have recently been discovered as regulators of gene expression involved in cellular and metabolic functions. So far reports on the roles of miRNAs in B. sorokiniana infection response of wheat are scanty. To further understand the defence mechanism of miRNAs- regulated cellular functions, we examined the expression patterns of 17 miRNAs and their targets involved in the interaction between wheat and B. sorokiniana in two contrasting wheat genotypes, Chiriya-1 and WH-147. All of the miRNAs and target genes were shown to be expressed differentially in both genotypes after B. sorokiniana infection. Seven and nine miRNAs were observed as up-regulated in the resistant genotype Chiriya-1 and the susceptible genotype WH147, respectively. Among the up-regulated miRNAs, ptc-miR901 (~ 10.21 times) accumulated the most in Chiriya-1 followed by ptc-miR1450 (~ 7.6 times) in WH-147. Furthermore, only two miRNAs, tae-miR156 and ptc-miR482c showed a complete inverse relation with their target genes, SPL and NBS-LRR, respectively. This research sheds light on the temporal differential regulation of miRNAs and their targets, which may play a role in wheat adaptation to B. sorokiniana infection. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-021-01092-1.
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- Pradeep Sharma
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001 Haryana India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001 Haryana India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001 Haryana India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001 Haryana India
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Semagn K, Iqbal M, Chen H, Perez-Lara E, Bemister DH, Xiang R, Zou J, Asif M, Kamran A, N'Diaye A, Randhawa H, Beres BL, Pozniak C, Spaner D. Physical mapping of QTL associated with agronomic and end-use quality traits in spring wheat under conventional and organic management systems. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:3699-3719. [PMID: 34333664 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03923-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Using phenotypic data of four biparental spring wheat populations evaluated at multiple environments under two management systems, we discovered 152 QTL and 22 QTL hotspots, of which two QTL accounted for up to 37% and 58% of the phenotypic variance, consistently detected in all environments, and fell within genomic regions harboring known genes. Identification of the physical positions of quantitative trait loci (QTL) would be highly useful for developing functional markers and comparing QTL results across multiple independent studies. The objectives of the present study were to map and characterize QTL associated with nine agronomic and end-use quality traits (tillering ability, plant height, lodging, grain yield, grain protein content, thousand kernel weight, test weight, sedimentation volume, and falling number) in hard red spring wheat recombinant inbred lines (RILs) using the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) RefSeq v2.0 physical map. We evaluated a total of 698 RILs from four populations derived from crosses involving seven parents at 3-8 conventionally (high N) and organically (low N) managed field environments. Using the phenotypic data combined across all environments per management, and the physical map between 1058 and 6526 markers per population, we identified 152 QTL associated with the nine traits, of which 29 had moderate and 2 with major effects. Forty-nine of the 152 QTL mapped across 22 QTL hotspot regions with each region coincident to 2-6 traits. Some of the QTL hotspots were physically located close to known genes. QSv.dms-1A and QPht.dms-4B.1 individually explained up to 37% and 58% of the variation in sedimentation volume and plant height, respectively, and had very large LOD scores that varied from 19.0 to 35.7 and from 16.7 to 55.9, respectively. We consistently detected both QTL in the combined and all individual environments, laying solid ground for further characterization and possibly for cloning.
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- Kassa Semagn
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
- Department of Agronomy, School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, 59 Qinglong Road, Mianyang, 621010, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
- Department of Agronomy, 2004 Throckmorton Plant Science Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
- Heartland Plant Innovations, Kansas Wheat Innovation Center, 1990 Kimball Avenue, Manhattan, KS, 66502, USA
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada
- Department of Botany, Seed Centre, The University of Punjab, New Campus, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan
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- Crop Development Centre and Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Agriculture, and Agri-Food Canada, 5403-1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Agriculture, and Agri-Food Canada, 5403-1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Crop Development Centre and Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 4-10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada.
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Alternative Splicing of TaGS3 Differentially Regulates Grain Weight and Size in Bread Wheat. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222111692. [PMID: 34769129 PMCID: PMC8584009 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Revised: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The heterotrimeric G-protein mediates growth and development by perceiving and transmitting signals in multiple organisms. Alternative splicing (AS), a vital process for regulating gene expression at the post-transcriptional level, plays a significant role in plant adaptation and evolution. Here, we identified five splicing variants of Gγ subunit gene TaGS3 (TaGS3.1 to TaGS3.5), which showed expression divergence during wheat polyploidization, and differential function in grain weight and size determination. TaGS3.1 overexpression significantly reduced grain weight by 5.89% and grain length by 5.04%, while TaGS3.2–3.4 overexpression did not significantly alter grain size compared to wild type. Overexpressing TaGS3.5 significantly increased the grain weight by 5.70% and grain length by 4.30%. Biochemical assays revealed that TaGS3 isoforms (TaGS3.1–3.4) with an intact OSR domain interact with WGB1 to form active Gβγ heterodimers that further interact with WGA1 to form inactive Gαβγ heterotrimers. Truncated isoforms TaGS3.2–3.4 , which lack the C-terminal Cys-rich region but have enhanced binding affinity to WGB1, antagonistically compete with TaGS3.1 to bind WGB1, while TaGS3.5 with an incomplete OSR domain does not interact with WGB1. Taking these observations together, we proposed that TaGS3 differentially regulates grain size via AS, providing a strategy by which the grain size is fine-tuned and regulated at the post-transcriptional level.
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Liu H, Sun Z, Hu L, Li C, Wang X, Yue Z, Han Y, Yang G, Ma K, Yin G. Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Male Sterile Anthers Induced by High Temperature in Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:727966. [PMID: 34759937 PMCID: PMC8573241 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.727966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Global warming will have a negative effect on agricultural production as high temperature (HT) stress can seriously threaten plant growth and reproduction. Male sterility caused by HT may be exploited by the creation of a male-sterile line, which has great potential for application in crop heterosis. Therefore, it is important to understand the molecular mechanisms of anther abortion induced by HT in wheat, which remain unclear at present. In this study, we performed phenotype improve language in the abstract and comparative transcriptome analysis of the male sterile anthers induced by HT in wheat. Compared with Normal anthers, the cytological analysis indicated that HT-induced male sterile anthers were smaller and had no starch accumulation in pollen grains, which is consistent with the results observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The 9601 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) identified by transcriptome sequencing compared with the Normal anthers were noticeably involved in the following pathways: starch and sucrose metabolism, phosphatidylinositol (PI) signaling system, peroxidase activity and response to oxidative stress, and heme binding. In addition, TUNEL assays were performed and the results further confirmed the excessive accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in sterile anthers. Moreover, a total of 38 hub genes were obtained from the protein-protein interaction network analysis of these pathways, including genes, for example, heat shock protein 90 (HSP90), thioredoxin-like protein 1, peroxidase (POD), calreticulin, UDP glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGPase), sucrose synthase, phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-Kinase (PIP5K), cytochrome c, and Cystathionine beta-synthase X6-like (CBSX6-like). These findings provide insights for predicting the functions of the candidate genes, and the comprehensive analysis of our results is helpful for studying the abortive interaction mechanism induced by HT in wheat.
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- Hongzhan Liu
- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- Zhoukou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhoukou, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- Zhoukou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhoukou, China
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- Zhoukou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhoukou, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, China
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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Lv G, Tian Q, Zhang F, Chen J, Niaz M, Liu C, Hu H, Sun C, Chen F. Reduced expression of lipoxygenase genes improves flour processing quality in soft wheat. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:6247-6259. [PMID: 34097731 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Lipoxygenases (Loxs) are dioxygenases that play an important role in plant growth and defense. Loxs affect flour processing quality in common wheat (Triticum aestivum). We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) that identified 306 significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to Lox activity in Chinese wheat accessions. Among them, a novel lipoxygenase-encoding (Lpx) gene, TaLpx-B4, was detected on chromosome 3B in a biparental population. Analysis of mutant wheat lines induced using ethyl methanesulfonate confirmed the role of TaLpx-B4 in modulating Lox activity. A phylogenetic tree of various plant Lpx genes indicated the predominance of the 9-Lpx type in common wheat. Further analysis revealed conserved intron number, exon length, and motif number in the TaLpx gene family. GWAS, linkage mapping, and gene annotation collectively showed that 14 out of 29 annotated TaLpx genes played a critical role in regulating Lox activity in the Chinese wheat accessions. Transgenic wheat grains with knockdown of Lpx family genes by RNAi showed significantly lower Lox activity than the wild type. One TaLpx-RNAi line had significantly reduced starch content and dough stability, and thus possessed relatively superior biscuit quality in soft wheat. Further analysis of the transcriptome, lipid components, and other metabolites revealed that knockdown of TaLpx genes significantly increased biscuit quality via changes in unsaturated fatty acid content as well as in starch, sucrose, and galactose metabolism. Our results provide new insights into the role of the TaLpx gene family that will be beneficial in improving soft wheat flour quality.
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- Guoguo Lv
- CIMMYT-China Joint Center of Wheat and Maize Improvement / National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science / Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- CIMMYT-China Joint Center of Wheat and Maize Improvement / National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science / Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- CIMMYT-China Joint Center of Wheat and Maize Improvement / National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science / Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- CIMMYT-China Joint Center of Wheat and Maize Improvement / National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science / Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- CIMMYT-China Joint Center of Wheat and Maize Improvement / National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science / Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- CIMMYT-China Joint Center of Wheat and Maize Improvement / National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science / Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- CIMMYT-China Joint Center of Wheat and Maize Improvement / National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science / Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- CIMMYT-China Joint Center of Wheat and Maize Improvement / National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science / Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- CIMMYT-China Joint Center of Wheat and Maize Improvement / National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science / Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of the Cystatin Gene Family in Bread Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910264. [PMID: 34638605 PMCID: PMC8508539 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Cystatins, as reversible inhibitors of papain-like and legumain proteases, have been identified in several plant species. Although the cystatin family plays crucial roles in plant development and defense responses to various stresses, this family in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is still poorly understood. In this study, 55 wheat cystatins (TaCystatins) were identified. All TaCystatins were divided into three groups and both the conserved gene structures and peptide motifs were relatively conserved within each group. Homoeolog analysis suggested that both homoeolog retention percentage and gene duplications contributed to the abundance of the TaCystatin family. Analysis of duplication events confirmed that segmental duplications played an important role in the duplication patterns. The results of codon usage pattern analysis showed that TaCystatins had evident codon usage bias, which was mainly affected by mutation pressure. TaCystatins may be regulated by cis-acting elements, especially abscisic acid and methyl jasmonate responsive elements. In addition, the expression of all selected TaCystatins was significantly changed following viral infection and cold stress, suggesting potential roles in response to biotic and abiotic challenges. Overall, our work provides new insights into TaCystatins during wheat evolution and will help further research to decipher the roles of TaCystatins under diverse stress conditions.
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Finkers R, van Kaauwen M, Ament K, Burger-Meijer K, Egging R, Huits H, Kodde L, Kroon L, Shigyo M, Sato S, Vosman B, van Workum W, Scholten O. Insights from the first genome assembly of Onion (Allium cepa). G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2021; 11. [PMID: 34544132 DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.05.434149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Onion is an important vegetable crop with an estimated genome size of 16 Gb. We describe the de novo assembly and ab initio annotation of the genome of a doubled haploid onion line DHCU066619, which resulted in a final assembly of 14.9 Gb with an N50 of 464 Kb. Of this, 2.4 Gb was ordered into eight pseudomolecules using four genetic linkage maps. The remainder of the genome is available in 89.6 K scaffolds. Only 72.4% of the genome could be identified as repetitive sequences and consist, to a large extent, of (retro) transposons. In addition, an estimated 20% of the putative (retro) transposons had accumulated a large number of mutations, hampering their identification, but facilitating their assembly. These elements are probably already quite old. The ab initio gene prediction indicated 540,925 putative gene models, which is far more than expected, possibly due to the presence of pseudogenes. Of these models, 47,066 showed RNASeq support. No gene rich regions were found, genes are uniformly distributed over the genome. Analysis of synteny with Allium sativum (garlic) showed collinearity but also major rearrangements between both species. This assembly is the first high-quality genome sequence available for the study of onion and will be a valuable resource for further research.
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- Richard Finkers
- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bejo Zaden B.V., 1749 CZ Warmerhuizen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bejo Zaden B.V., 1749 CZ Warmerhuizen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bejo Zaden B.V., 1749 CZ Warmerhuizen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Vegetable Crop Science, College of Agriculture, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Finkers R, van Kaauwen M, Ament K, Burger-Meijer K, Egging R, Huits H, Kodde L, Kroon L, Shigyo M, Sato S, Vosman B, van Workum W, Scholten O. Insights from the first genome assembly of Onion (Allium cepa). G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2021; 11:jkab243. [PMID: 34544132 PMCID: PMC8496297 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Onion is an important vegetable crop with an estimated genome size of 16 Gb. We describe the de novo assembly and ab initio annotation of the genome of a doubled haploid onion line DHCU066619, which resulted in a final assembly of 14.9 Gb with an N50 of 464 Kb. Of this, 2.4 Gb was ordered into eight pseudomolecules using four genetic linkage maps. The remainder of the genome is available in 89.6 K scaffolds. Only 72.4% of the genome could be identified as repetitive sequences and consist, to a large extent, of (retro) transposons. In addition, an estimated 20% of the putative (retro) transposons had accumulated a large number of mutations, hampering their identification, but facilitating their assembly. These elements are probably already quite old. The ab initio gene prediction indicated 540,925 putative gene models, which is far more than expected, possibly due to the presence of pseudogenes. Of these models, 47,066 showed RNASeq support. No gene rich regions were found, genes are uniformly distributed over the genome. Analysis of synteny with Allium sativum (garlic) showed collinearity but also major rearrangements between both species. This assembly is the first high-quality genome sequence available for the study of onion and will be a valuable resource for further research.
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- Richard Finkers
- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bejo Zaden B.V., 1749 CZ Warmerhuizen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bejo Zaden B.V., 1749 CZ Warmerhuizen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bejo Zaden B.V., 1749 CZ Warmerhuizen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Vegetable Crop Science, College of Agriculture, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Seed dressing with mefenpyr-diethyl as a safener for mesosulfuron-methyl application in wheat: The evaluation and mechanisms. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256884. [PMID: 34460856 PMCID: PMC8405001 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Mesosulfuron-methyl is always applied by foliar spraying in combination with the safener mefenpyr-diethyl to avoid phytotoxicity on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars. However, it was observed that the tolerance of Tausch’s goatgrass (Aegilops tauschii Coss.) to mesosulfuron-methyl significantly increased in the presence of mefenpyr-diethyl by performing bioassay. This confirmed phenomenon may lead to overuse of mesosulfuron-methyl and weed resistance evolution in field conditions. Therefore, we tested the effect of wheat seed dressing with mefenpyr-diethyl as a possible alternative and disclosed the underlying mechanisms by herbicide dissipation study, enzymatic analysis and transcriptome profiling. The results suggest that increase of ALS activity, enhancement of metabolic processes, and other stress responses are crucial for the regulation of herbicide detoxification induced by mefenpyr-diethyl. Additionally, transcription factors such as AP2/ERF-ERF, bHLH, NAC, and MYB, and protein kinase such as RLK-Pelle_DLSV might play vital regulatory roles. The current study has important implications for mesosulfuron-methyl application in wheat field to control Tausch’s goatgrass and provides a comprehensive understanding of the protective effect of mefenpyr-diethyl.
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Shi L, Wang K, Du L, Song Y, Li H, Ye X. Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Profiling Analysis of WOX Family Protein-Encoded Genes in Triticeae Species. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22179325. [PMID: 34502234 PMCID: PMC8431079 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The WOX family is a group of plant-specific transcription factors which regulate plant growth and development, cell division and differentiation. From the available genome sequence databases of nine Triticeae species, 199 putative WOX genes were identified. Most of the identified WOX genes were distributed on the chromosomes of homeologous groups 1 to 5 and originated via the orthologous evolution approach. Parts of WOX genes in Triticum aestivum were confirmed by the specific PCR markers using a set of Triticum. durum-T. aestivum genome D substitution lines. All of these identified WOX proteins could be grouped into three clades, similar to those in rice and Arabidopsis. WOX family members were conserved among these Triticeae plants; all of them contained the HOX DNA-binding homeodomain, and WUS clade members contained the characteristic WUS-box motif, while only WUS and WOX9 contained the EAR motif. The RNA-seq and qPCR analysis revealed that the TaWOX genes had tissue-specific expression feature. From the expression patterns of TaWOX genes during immature embryo callus production, TaWOX9 is likely closely related with the regulation of regeneration process in T. aestivum. The findings in this study could provide a basis for evolution and functional investigation and practical application of the WOX family genes in Triticeae species.
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- Lei Shi
- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (L.S.); (K.W.); (L.D.)
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology of Ningxia, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan 750002, China;
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (L.S.); (K.W.); (L.D.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (L.S.); (K.W.); (L.D.)
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology of Ningxia, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan 750002, China;
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (L.S.); (K.W.); (L.D.)
- Correspondence: (H.L.); (X.Y.)
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China; (L.S.); (K.W.); (L.D.)
- National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- Correspondence: (H.L.); (X.Y.)
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Zhang S, Ghatak A, Bazargani MM, Bajaj P, Varshney RK, Chaturvedi P, Jiang D, Weckwerth W. Spatial distribution of proteins and metabolites in developing wheat grain and their differential regulatory response during the grain filling process. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 107:669-687. [PMID: 34227164 PMCID: PMC9291999 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 06/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Grain filling and grain development are essential biological processes in the plant's life cycle, eventually contributing to the final seed yield and quality in all cereal crops. Studies of how the different wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain components contribute to the overall development of the seed are very scarce. We performed a proteomics and metabolomics analysis in four different developing components of the wheat grain (seed coat, embryo, endosperm, and cavity fluid) to characterize molecular processes during early and late grain development. In-gel shotgun proteomics analysis at 12, 15, 20, and 26 days after anthesis (DAA) revealed 15 484 identified and quantified proteins, out of which 410 differentially expressed proteins were identified in the seed coat, 815 in the embryo, 372 in the endosperm, and 492 in the cavity fluid. The abundance of selected protein candidates revealed spatially and temporally resolved protein functions associated with development and grain filling. Multiple wheat protein isoforms involved in starch synthesis such as sucrose synthases, starch phosphorylase, granule-bound and soluble starch synthase, pyruvate phosphate dikinase, 14-3-3 proteins as well as sugar precursors undergo a major tissue-dependent change in abundance during wheat grain development suggesting an intimate interplay of starch biosynthesis control. Different isoforms of the protein disulfide isomerase family as well as glutamine levels, both involved in the glutenin macropolymer pattern, showed distinct spatial and temporal abundance, revealing their specific role as indicators of wheat gluten quality. Proteins binned into the functional category of cell growth/division and protein synthesis/degradation were more abundant in the early stages (12 and 15 DAA). At the metabolome level all tissues and especially the cavity fluid showed highly distinct metabolite profiles. The tissue-specific data are integrated with biochemical networks to generate a comprehensive map of molecular processes during grain filling and developmental processes.
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- Shuang Zhang
- Department of Functional and Evolutionary EcologyMolecular Systems Biology Lab (MOSYS)University of ViennaAlthanstrasse 14ViennaA‐1090Austria
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- Department of Functional and Evolutionary EcologyMolecular Systems Biology Lab (MOSYS)University of ViennaAlthanstrasse 14ViennaA‐1090Austria
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- Centre of Excellence in Genomics and Systems BiologyInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi‐Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)Hyderabad502324India
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- Centre of Excellence in Genomics and Systems BiologyInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi‐Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)Hyderabad502324India
- State Agricultural Biotechnology CentreCentre for Crop and Food InnovationMurdoch UniversityMurdochWA6150Australia
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- Department of Functional and Evolutionary EcologyMolecular Systems Biology Lab (MOSYS)University of ViennaAlthanstrasse 14ViennaA‐1090Austria
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- National Technique Innovation Center for Regional Wheat Production/Key Laboratory of Crop EcophysiologyMinistry of Agriculture/Nanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjing210095China
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- Department of Functional and Evolutionary EcologyMolecular Systems Biology Lab (MOSYS)University of ViennaAlthanstrasse 14ViennaA‐1090Austria
- Vienna Metabolomics Center (VIME)University of ViennaAlthanstrasse 14ViennaA‐1090Austria
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Xing L, Yuan L, Lv Z, Wang Q, Yin C, Huang Z, Liu J, Cao S, Zhang R, Chen P, Karafiátová M, Vrána J, Bartoš J, Doležel J, Cao A. Long-range assembly of sequences helps to unravel the genome structure and small variation of the wheat-Haynaldia villosa translocated chromosome 6VS.6AL. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2021; 19:1567-1578. [PMID: 33606347 PMCID: PMC8384597 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Genomics studies in wild species of wheat have been limited due to the lack of references; however, new technologies and bioinformatics tools have much potential to promote genomic research. The wheat-Haynaldia villosa translocation line T6VS·6AL has been widely used as a backbone parent of wheat breeding in China. Therefore, revealing the genome structure of translocation chromosome 6VS·6AL will clarify how this chromosome formed and will help to determine how it affects agronomic traits. In this study, chromosome flow sorting, NGS sequencing and Chicago long-range linkage assembly were innovatively used to produce the assembled sequences of 6VS·6AL, and gene prediction and genome structure characterization at the molecular level were effectively performed. The analysis discovered that the short arm of 6VS·6AL was actually composed of a large distal segment of 6VS, a small proximal segment of 6AS and the centromere of 6A, while the collinear region in 6VS corresponding to 230-260 Mb of 6AS-Ta was deleted when the recombination between 6VS and 6AS occurred. In addition to the molecular mechanism of the increased grain weight and enhanced spike length produced by the translocation chromosome, it may be correlated with missing GW2-V and an evolved NRT-V cluster. Moreover, a fine physical bin map of 6VS was constructed by the high-throughput developed 6VS-specific InDel markers and a series of newly identified small fragment translocation lines involving 6VS. This study will provide essential information for mining of new alien genes carried by the 6VS·6AL translocation chromosome.
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- Liping Xing
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of SciencesCentre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural ResearchOlomoucCzech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of SciencesCentre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural ResearchOlomoucCzech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of SciencesCentre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural ResearchOlomoucCzech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of SciencesCentre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural ResearchOlomoucCzech Republic
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm EnhancementCytogenetics InstituteNanjing Agricultural University/JCIC‐MCPNanjingChina
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Singh M, Albertsen MC, Cigan AM. Male Fertility Genes in Bread Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) and Their Utilization for Hybrid Seed Production. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22158157. [PMID: 34360921 PMCID: PMC8348041 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22158157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hybrid varieties can provide the boost needed to increase stagnant wheat yields through heterosis. The lack of an efficient hybridization system, which can lower the cost of goods of hybrid seed production, has been a major impediment to commercialization of hybrid wheat varieties. In this review, we discuss the progress made in characterization of nuclear genetic male sterility (NGMS) in wheat and its advantages over two widely referenced hybridization systems, i.e., chemical hybridizing agents (CHAs) and cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS). We have characterized four wheat genes, i.e., Ms1, Ms5, TaMs26 and TaMs45, that sporophytically contribute to male fertility and yield recessive male sterility when mutated. While Ms1 and Ms5 are Triticeae specific genes, analysis of TaMs26 and TaMs45 demonstrated conservation of function across plant species. The main features of each of these genes is discussed with respect to the functional contribution of three sub-genomes and requirements for complementation of their respective mutants. Three seed production systems based on three genes, MS1, TaMS26 and TaMS45, were developed and a proof of concept was demonstrated for each system. The Tams26 and ms1 mutants were maintained through a TDNA cassette in a Seed Production Technology-like system, whereas Tams45 male sterility was maintained through creation of a telosome addition line. These genes represent different options for hybridization systems utilizing NGMS in wheat, which can potentially be utilized for commercial-scale hybrid seed production.
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- Manjit Singh
- Corteva Agriscience, 7250 NW 62ND Avenue, P.O. Box 552, Johnston, IA 50131-0552, USA;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-515-535-7899
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- Corteva Agriscience, 7250 NW 62ND Avenue, P.O. Box 552, Johnston, IA 50131-0552, USA;
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- Genus plc, 1525 River Road, DeForest, WI 53532, USA;
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Li S, Zhang C, Li J, Yan L, Wang N, Xia L. Present and future prospects for wheat improvement through genome editing and advanced technologies. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2021; 2:100211. [PMID: 34327324 PMCID: PMC8299080 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2021.100211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum, 2n = 6x = 42, AABBDD) is one of the most important staple food crops in the world. Despite the fact that wheat production has significantly increased over the past decades, future wheat production will face unprecedented challenges from global climate change, increasing world population, and water shortages in arid and semi-arid lands. Furthermore, excessive applications of diverse fertilizers and pesticides are exacerbating environmental pollution and ecological deterioration. To ensure global food and ecosystem security, it is essential to enhance the resilience of wheat production while minimizing environmental pollution through the use of cutting-edge technologies. However, the hexaploid genome and gene redundancy complicate advances in genetic research and precision gene modifications for wheat improvement, thus impeding the breeding of elite wheat cultivars. In this review, we first introduce state-of-the-art genome-editing technologies in crop plants, especially wheat, for both functional genomics and genetic improvement. We then outline applications of other technologies, such as GWAS, high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping, speed breeding, and synthetic biology, in wheat. Finally, we discuss existing challenges in wheat genome editing and future prospects for precision gene modifications using advanced genome-editing technologies. We conclude that the combination of genome editing and other molecular breeding strategies will greatly facilitate genetic improvement of wheat for sustainable global production.
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- Shaoya Li
- Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100081, China
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Rabbi SMHA, Kumar A, Mohajeri Naraghi S, Simsek S, Sapkota S, Solanki S, Alamri MS, Elias EM, Kianian S, Missaoui A, Mergoum M. Genome-Wide Association Mapping for Yield and Related Traits Under Drought Stressed and Non-stressed Environments in Wheat. Front Genet 2021; 12:649988. [PMID: 34239537 PMCID: PMC8258415 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.649988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Understanding the genetics of drought tolerance in hard red spring wheat (HRSW) in northern USA is a prerequisite for developing drought-tolerant cultivars for this region. An association mapping (AM) study for drought tolerance in spring wheat in northern USA was undertaken using 361 wheat genotypes and Infinium 90K single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) assay. The genotypes were evaluated in nine different locations of North Dakota (ND) for plant height (PH), days to heading (DH), yield (YLD), test weight (TW), and thousand kernel weight (TKW) under rain-fed conditions. Rainfall data and soil type of the locations were used to assess drought conditions. A mixed linear model (MLM), which accounts for population structure and kinship (PC+K), was used for marker–trait association. A total of 69 consistent QTL involved with drought tolerance-related traits were identified, with p ≤ 0.001. Chromosomes 1A, 3A, 3B, 4B, 4D, 5B, 6A, and 6B were identified to harbor major QTL for drought tolerance. Six potential novel QTL were identified on chromosomes 3D, 4A, 5B, 7A, and 7B. The novel QTL were identified for DH, PH, and TKW. The findings of this study can be used in marker-assisted selection (MAS) for drought-tolerance breeding in spring wheat.
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- S M Hisam A Rabbi
- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, United States
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- United States Department of Agriculture-The Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Cereal Disease Laboratory, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States.,Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States
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- Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States.,Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA, United States
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Hermans W, Mutlu S, Michalski A, Langenaeken NA, Courtin CM. The Contribution of Sub-Aleurone Cells to Wheat Endosperm Protein Content and Gradient Is Dependent on Cultivar and N-Fertilization Level. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:6444-6454. [PMID: 34100602 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c01279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The proteins in the starchy endosperm of wheat determine wheat quality and exhibit a quantitative gradient decreasing from the outer to inner endosperm. Here, we investigate how protein-rich sub-aleurone cells contribute to the protein content and gradient by studying three cultivars, each cultivated at three levels of nitrogen (N)-fertilization. The observed increased protein content with increased N-fertilization was cultivar-dependent. Image analysis showed that the underlying protein gradient could be described by a declining biexponential curve, with protein contents up to 32.0% in the sub-aleurone. Cultivars did not differ in protein content in the center of the cheeks and only differed in the outer endosperm when N-fertilization is applied. N-Fertilization resulted in relatively higher increases in protein content in the outer compared to inner endosperm. Hence, sub-aleurone cells could affect the classification of cultivars by baking quality. Cultivar selection and N-fertilization could furthermore be promising techniques to produce protein-rich miller's bran.
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- Wisse Hermans
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, ul. Grunwaldzka 53, 50-357 Wrocław, Poland
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Liu H, Li C, Qiao L, Hu L, Wang X, Wang J, Ruan X, Yang G, Yin G, Wang C, Sun Z, Ma K, Li L. The Sugar Transporter family in wheat ( Triticum aestivum. L): genome-wide identification, classification, and expression profiling during stress in seedlings. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11371. [PMID: 33987032 PMCID: PMC8103919 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The sugar transporter protein (STP) plays a crucial role in regulating plant growth and stress tolerance. We performed genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the STP gene family to investigate the STPSs’ potential roles in the growth of wheat seedlings under stress. Here, a total of 81 TaSTP genes containing the Sugar_tr conserved motif were identified within the wheat genome. Bioinformatic studies including phylogenetic tree, chromosome position, and tandem repeat were performed to analyze the identified genes. The 81 TaSTP genes can be classified into five main groups according to their structural and phylogenetic features, with several subgroups, which were located separately on chromosomes A, B, and D. Moreover, six gene clusters were formed with more than three genes each. The results of three comparative syntenic maps of wheat associated with three representative species suggested that STP genes have strong relationships in monocots. qRT-PCR analysis confirmed that most TaSTP genes displayed different expression profiles after seedlings were subjected to six days of different stress (10% PEG6000, 150 mM NaCl, and their combination, respectively), suggesting that these genes may be involved in regulating plant growth and stress tolerance. In conclusion, 81 TaSTP genes were identified and their expressions changed under stress, indicating TaSTP’s potential roles in wheat growth monosaccharide distribution is regulated.
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- Hongzhan Liu
- Zhoukou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhoukou, Henan, China.,College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- Zhoukou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- College of Agronomy, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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- College of Life Science and Agronomy, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China.,Key Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Molecular Breeding, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, Henan, China
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Konstantinov DK, Zubairova US, Ermakov AA, Doroshkov AV. Comparative transcriptome profiling of a resistant vs susceptible bread wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) cultivar in response to water deficit and cold stress. PeerJ 2021; 9:e11428. [PMID: 34026365 PMCID: PMC8123233 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important agricultural plants wearing abiotic stresses, such as water deficit and cold, that cause its productivity reduction. Since resistance to abiotic factors is a multigenic trait, therefore modern genome-wide approaches can help to involve various genetic material in breeding. One technique is full transcriptome analysis that reveals groups of stress response genes serving marker-assisted selection markers. Comparing transcriptome profiles of the same genetic material under several stresses is essential and makes the whole picture. Here, we addressed this by studying the transcriptomic response to water deficit and cold stress for two evolutionarily distant bread wheat varieties: stress-resistant cv. Saratovskaya 29 (S29) and stress-sensitive cv. Yanetzkis Probat (YP). For the first time, transcriptomes for these cultivars grown under abiotic stress conditions were obtained using Illumina based MACE technology. We identified groups of genes involved in response to cold and water deficiency stresses, including responses to each stress factor and both factors simultaneously that may be candidates for resistance genes. We discovered a core group of genes that have a similar pattern of stress-induced expression changes. The particular expression pattern was revealed not only for the studied varieties but also for the published transcriptomic data on cv. Jing 411 and cv. Fielder. Comparative transcriptome profiling of cv. S29 and cv. YP in response to water deficit and cold stress confirmed the hypothesis that stress-induced expression change is unequal within a homeologous gene group. As a rule, at least one changed significantly while the others had a relatively lower expression. Also, we found several SNPs distributed throughout the genomes of cv. S29 and cv. YP and distinguished the studied varieties from each other and the reference cv. Chinese Spring. Our results provide new data for genomics-assisted breeding of stress-tolerant wheat cultivars.
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- Dmitrii K Konstantinov
- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.,Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.,Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation.,Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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Singh P, Mukhopadhyay K. Comprehensive molecular dissection of TIFY Transcription factors reveal their dynamic responses to biotic and abiotic stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Sci Rep 2021; 11:9739. [PMID: 33958607 PMCID: PMC8102568 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87722-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The plant specific TIFY (previously known as ZIM) transcription factor (TF) family plays crucial roles in cross talk between Jasmonic Acid and other phytohormones like gibberellins, salicylic acid, abscisic acid, auxin, and ethylene signaling pathways. Wheat yield is severely affected by rust diseases and many abiotic stresses, where different phytohormone signaling pathways are involved. TIFYs have been studied in many plants yet reports describing their molecular structure and function in wheat are lacking. In the present study, we have identified 23 novel TIFY genes in wheat genome using in silico approaches. The identified proteins were characterized based on their conserved domains and phylogenetically classified into nine subfamilies. Chromosomal localization of the identified TIFY genes showed arbitrary distribution. Forty cis-acting elements including phytohormone, stress and light receptive elements were detected in the upstream regions of TIFY genes. Seventeen wheat microRNAs targeted the identified wheat TIFY genes. Gene ontological studies revealed their major contribution in defense response and phytohormone signaling. Secondary structure of TIFY proteins displayed the characteristic alpha-alpha-beta fold. Synteny analyses indicated all wheat TIFY genes had orthologous sequences in sorghum, rice, maize, barley and Brachypodium indicating presence of similar TIFY domains in monocot plants. Six TIFY genes had been cloned from wheat genomic and cDNA. Sequence characterization revealed similar characteristics as the in silico identified novel TIFY genes. Tertiary structures predicted the active sites in these proteins to play critical roles in DNA binding. Expression profiling of TIFY genes showed their contribution during incompatible and compatible leaf rust infestation. TIFY genes were also highly expressed during the initial hours of phytohormone induced stress. This study furnishes fundamental information on characterization and putative functions of TIFY genes in wheat.
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- Poonam Singh
- Department of Bio-Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, 835215, Jharkhand, India
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- Department of Bio-Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, 835215, Jharkhand, India.
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Li GZ, Liu J, Chen SJ, Wang PF, Liu HT, Dong J, Zheng YX, Xie YX, Wang CY, Guo TC, Kang GZ. Melatonin promotes potassium deficiency tolerance by regulating HAK1 transporter and its upstream transcription factor NAC71 in wheat. J Pineal Res 2021; 70:e12727. [PMID: 33666955 DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Melatonin (MT) is involved in various physiological processes and stress responses in animals and plants. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms by which MT regulates potassium deficiency (DK) tolerance in crops. In this study, an appropriate concentration (50 μmol/L) was found to enhance the tolerance of wheat plants against DK. RNA-seq analysis showed that a total of 6253 and 5873 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were separately identified in root and leaf tissues of the DK + MT-treated wheat plants. They functionally involved biological processes of secondary metabolite, signal transduction, and transport or catabolism. Of these, an upregulated high-affinity K transporter 1 (TaHAK1) gene was next characterized. TaHAK1 overexpression markedly enhanced the K absorption, while its transient silencing exhibited the opposite effect, suggesting its important role in MT-mediated DK tolerance. Moreover, yeast one-hybrid (Y1H) was used to screen the upstream regulators of TaHAK1 gene and the transcription factor TaNAC71 was identified. The binding between TaNAC71 and TaHAK1 promoter was evidenced by using Y1H, LUC, and EMSA assays. Transient overexpression of TaNAC71 in wheat protoplasts activated the TaHAK1 expression, whereas its transient silencing inhibited the TaHAK1 expression and aggravated the sensitivity to DK. Exogenous MT application greatly upregulated the expression of TaHAK1 in both transient overexpression and silencing systems. Our findings revealed some molecular mechanisms underlying MT-mediated DK tolerance and helped broaden its practical application in agriculture.
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- Ge-Zi Li
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Wheat, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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