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Leng Y, Zhao M, Wang R, Steffenson BJ, Brueggeman RS, Zhong S. The gene conferring susceptibility to spot blotch caused by Cochliobolus sativus is located at the Mla locus in barley cultivar Bowman. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2018; 131:1531-1539. [PMID: 29663053 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3095-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 04/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We identified, fine mapped, and physically anchored a dominant spot blotch susceptibility gene Scs6 to a 125 kb genomic region containing the Mla locus on barley chromosome 1H. Spot blotch caused by Cochliobolus sativus is an important disease of barley, but the molecular mechanisms underlying resistance and susceptibility to the disease are not well understood. In this study, we identified and mapped a gene conferring susceptibility to spot blotch caused by the pathotype 2 isolate (ND90Pr) of C. sativus in barley cultivar Bowman. Genetic analysis of F1 and F2 progeny as well as F3 families from a cross between Bowman and ND 5883 indicated that a single dominant gene (designated as Scs6) conferred spot blotch susceptibility in Bowman. Using a doubled haploid (DH) population derived from a cross between Calicuchima-sib (resistant) and Bowman-BC (susceptible), we confirmed that Scs6, contributed by Bowman-BC, was localized at the same locus as the previously identified spot blotch resistance allele Rcs6, which was contributed by Calicuchima-sib and mapped on the short arm of chromosome 1H. Using a genome-wide putative linear gene index of barley (Genome Zipper), 13 cleaved amplified polymorphism markers were developed from 11 flcDNA and two EST sequences and mapped to the Scs6/Rcs6 region on a linkage map constructed with the DH population. Further fine mapping with markers developed from barley genome sequences and F2 recombinants derived from Bowman × ND 5883 and Bowman × ND B112 crosses delimited Scs6 in a 125 kb genomic interval harboring the Mla locus on the reference genome of barley cv. Morex. This study provides a foundational step for further cloning of Scs6 using a map-based approach.
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- Yueqiang Leng
- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108-6050, USA.
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Ghannam A, Alek H, Doumani S, Mansour D, Arabi MIE. Deciphering the transcriptional regulation and spatiotemporal distribution of immunity response in barley to Pyrenophora graminea fungal invasion. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:256. [PMID: 27004551 PMCID: PMC4804540 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2573-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Barley leaf stripe disease, caused by the fungus Pyrenophora graminea (Pg), is a worldwide crop disease that results in significant loss of barley yield. The purpose of the present work was to use transcriptomic profiling to highlight barley genes and metabolic pathways affected or altered in response to Pg infection and consequently elucidate their involvement and contribution in resistance to leaf stripe. RESULTS Our study examined and compared the transcriptomes of two barley genotypes using an established differential display reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (DDRT-PCR) strategy at 14 and 20 days post-inoculation (dpi). A total of 54 significantly modulated expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were identified. The analysis of gene expression changes during the course of infection with Pg suggested the involvement of 15 upregulated genes during the immunity response. By using network-based analyses, we could establish a significant correlation between genes expressed in response to Pg invasion. Microscopic analysis and quantitative PCR (qPCR) profiling of callose synthase and cellulose synthases revealed a direct involvement of cell wall reinforcement and callose deposition in the Pg-resistant phenotype. CONCLUSIONS We have identified a number of candidate genes possibly involved in the host-pathogen interactions between barley and Pg fungus, 15 of which are specifically expressed in Pg-resistant plants. Collectively, our results suggest that the resistance to leaf stripe in barley proceeds through callose deposition and different oxidation processes.
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- Ahmed Ghannam
- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Division of Plant Pathology, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS), P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria.
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Division of Plant Pathology, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS), P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Division of Plant Pathology, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS), P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Division of Plant Pathology, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS), P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria
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- Laboratory Plant Disease, Division of Plant Pathology, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, AECS, P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria
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Silvar C, Perovic D, Nussbaumer T, Spannagl M, Usadel B, Casas A, Igartua E, Ordon F. Towards positional isolation of three quantitative trait loci conferring resistance to powdery mildew in two Spanish barley landraces. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67336. [PMID: 23826271 PMCID: PMC3691219 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Three quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring broad spectrum resistance to powdery mildew, caused by the fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei, were previously identified on chromosomes 7HS, 7HL and 6HL in the Spanish barley landrace-derived lines SBCC097 and SBCC145. In the present work, a genome-wide putative linear gene index of barley (Genome Zipper) and the first draft of the physical, genetic and functional sequence of the barley genome were used to go one step further in the shortening and explicit demarcation on the barley genome of these regions conferring resistance to powdery mildew as well as in the identification of candidate genes. First, a comparative analysis of the target regions to the barley Genome Zippers of chromosomes 7H and 6H allowed the development of 25 new gene-based molecular markers, which slightly better delimit the QTL intervals. These new markers provided the framework for anchoring of genetic and physical maps, figuring out the outline of the barley genome at the target regions in SBCC097 and SBCC145. The outermost flanking markers of QTLs on 7HS, 7HL and 6HL defined a physical area of 4 Mb, 3.7 Mb and 3.2 Mb, respectively. In total, 21, 10 and 16 genes on 7HS, 7HL and 6HL, respectively, could be interpreted as potential candidates to explain the resistance to powdery mildew, as they encode proteins of related functions with respect to the known pathogen defense-related processes. The majority of these were annotated as belonging to the NBS-LRR class or protein kinase family.
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- Cristina Silvar
- Department of Ecology, Plant and Animal Biology, University of Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
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Biselli C, Urso S, Tacconi G, Steuernagel B, Schulte D, Gianinetti A, Bagnaresi P, Stein N, Cattivelli L, Valè G. Haplotype variability and identification of new functional alleles at the Rdg2a leaf stripe resistance gene locus. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2013; 126:1575-1586. [PMID: 23494394 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2075-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2012] [Accepted: 02/23/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The barley Rdg2a locus confers resistance to the leaf stripe pathogen Pyrenophora graminea and, in the barley genotype Thibaut, it is composed of a gene family with three highly similar paralogs. Only one member of the gene family (called as Rdg2a) encoding for a CC-NB-LRR protein is able to confer resistance to the leaf stripe isolate Dg2. To study the genome evolution and diversity at the Rdg2a locus, sequences spanning the Rdg2a gene were compared in two barley cultivars, Thibaut and Morex, respectively, resistant and susceptible to leaf stripe. An overall high level of sequence conservation interrupted by several rearrangements that included three main deletions was observed in the Morex contig. The main deletion of 13,692 bp was most likely derived from unequal crossing over between Rdg2a paralogs leading to the generation of a chimeric Morex rdg2a gene which was not associated to detectable level of resistance toward leaf stripe. PCR-based analyses of genic and intergenic regions at the Rdg2a locus in 29 H. vulgare lines and one H. vulgare ssp. spontaneum accession indicated large haplotype variability in the cultivated barley gene pool suggesting rapid and recent divergence at this locus. Barley genotypes showing the same haplotype as Thibaut at the Rdg2a locus were selected for a Rdg2a allele mining through allele re-sequencing and two lines with polymorphic nucleotides leading to amino acid changes in the CC-NB and LRR encoding domains, respectively, were identified. Analysis of nucleotide diversity of the Rdg2a alleles revealed that the polymorphic sites were subjected to positive selection. Moreover, strong positively selected sites were located in the LRR encoding domain suggesting that both positive selection and divergence at homologous loci are possibly representing the molecular mechanism for the generation of high diversity at the Rdg2a locus in the barley gene pool.
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- Chiara Biselli
- Genomics Research Centre, CRA-Consiglio per la ricerca e la sperimentazione in agricoltura, Via S Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Piacenza, Italy
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Silvar C, Perovic D, Scholz U, Casas AM, Igartua E, Ordon F. Fine mapping and comparative genomics integration of two quantitative trait loci controlling resistance to powdery mildew in a Spanish barley landrace. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2012; 124:49-62. [PMID: 21901548 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1686-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2011] [Accepted: 08/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The intervals containing two major quantitative trait loci (QTL) from a Spanish barley landrace conferring broad spectrum resistance to Blumeria graminis were subjected to marker saturation. First, all the available information on recently developed marker resources for barley was exploited. Then, a comparative genomic analysis of the QTL regions with other sequenced grass model species was performed. As a result of the first step, 32 new markers were added to the previous map and new flanking markers closer to both QTL were identified. Next, syntenic integration revealed that the barley target regions showed homology with regions on chromosome 6 of rice (Oryza sativa), chromosome 10 of Sorghum bicolor and chromosome 1 of Brachypodium distachyon. A nested insertion of ancestral syntenic blocks on Brachypodium chromosome 1 was confirmed. Based on sequence information of the most likely candidate orthologous genes, 23 new barley unigene-derived markers were developed and mapped within the barley target regions. The assessment of colinearity revealed an inversion on chromosome 7HL of barley compared to the other three grass species, and nearly perfect colinearity on chromosome 7HS. This two-step marker enrichment allowed for the refinement of the two QTL into much smaller intervals. Inspection of all predicted proteins for the barley unigenes identified within the QTL intervals did not reveal the presence of resistance gene candidates. This study demonstrates the usefulness of sequenced genomes for fine mapping and paves the way for the use of these two loci in barley breeding programs.
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- Cristina Silvar
- Department of Genetics and Plant Production, Aula Dei Experimental Station, CSIC, Avda Montañana 1005, 50059, Zaragoza, Spain
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Silvar C, Casas AM, Igartua E, Ponce-Molina LJ, Gracia MP, Schweizer G, Herz M, Flath K, Waugh R, Kopahnke D, Ordon F. Resistance to powdery mildew in Spanish barley landraces is controlled by different sets of quantitative trait loci. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2011; 123:1019-1028. [PMID: 21739139 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1644-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Twenty-two landrace-derived inbred lines from the Spanish Barley Core Collection (SBCC) were found to display high levels of resistance to a panel of 27 isolates of the fungus Blumeria graminis that exhibit a wide variety of virulences. Among these lines, SBCC145 showed high overall resistance and a distinctive spectrum of resistance compared with the other lines. Against this background, the main goal of the present work was to investigate the genetic basis underlying such resistance using a doubled haploid population derived from a cross between SBCC145 and the elite spring cultivar Beatrix. The population was genotyped with the 1,536-SNP Illumina GoldenGate Oligonucleotide Pool Assay (Barley OPA-1 or BOPA1 for short), whereas phenotypic analysis was performed using two B. graminis isolates. A major quantitative trait locus (QTL) for resistance to both isolates was identified on the long arm of chromosome 6H (6HL) and accounted for ca. 60% of the phenotypic variance. Depending on the B. graminis isolate tested, three other minor QTLs were detected on chromosomes 2H and 7H, which explained less than 5% of the phenotypic variation each. In all cases, the alleles for resistance derived from the Spanish parent SBCC145. The position, the magnitude of the effect observed and the proportion of phenotypic variation accounted for by the QTL on 6HL suggest this is a newly identified locus for broad-based resistance to powdery mildew.
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- C Silvar
- Department of Genetics and Plant Production, Aula Dei Experimental Station, EEAD-CSIC, Avda Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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Silvar C, Perovic D, Scholz U, Casas AM, Igartua E, Ordon F. Fine mapping and comparative genomics integration of two quantitative trait loci controlling resistance to powdery mildew in a Spanish barley landrace. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2011. [PMID: 21901548 DOI: 10.1007/s00122‐011‐1686‐5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The intervals containing two major quantitative trait loci (QTL) from a Spanish barley landrace conferring broad spectrum resistance to Blumeria graminis were subjected to marker saturation. First, all the available information on recently developed marker resources for barley was exploited. Then, a comparative genomic analysis of the QTL regions with other sequenced grass model species was performed. As a result of the first step, 32 new markers were added to the previous map and new flanking markers closer to both QTL were identified. Next, syntenic integration revealed that the barley target regions showed homology with regions on chromosome 6 of rice (Oryza sativa), chromosome 10 of Sorghum bicolor and chromosome 1 of Brachypodium distachyon. A nested insertion of ancestral syntenic blocks on Brachypodium chromosome 1 was confirmed. Based on sequence information of the most likely candidate orthologous genes, 23 new barley unigene-derived markers were developed and mapped within the barley target regions. The assessment of colinearity revealed an inversion on chromosome 7HL of barley compared to the other three grass species, and nearly perfect colinearity on chromosome 7HS. This two-step marker enrichment allowed for the refinement of the two QTL into much smaller intervals. Inspection of all predicted proteins for the barley unigenes identified within the QTL intervals did not reveal the presence of resistance gene candidates. This study demonstrates the usefulness of sequenced genomes for fine mapping and paves the way for the use of these two loci in barley breeding programs.
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- Cristina Silvar
- Department of Genetics and Plant Production, Aula Dei Experimental Station, CSIC, Avda Montañana 1005, 50059, Zaragoza, Spain
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Resistance to powdery mildew in Spanish barley landraces is controlled by different sets of quantitative trait loci. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2011. [PMID: 21739139 DOI: 10.1007/s00122‐011‐1644‐2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2022]
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Twenty-two landrace-derived inbred lines from the Spanish Barley Core Collection (SBCC) were found to display high levels of resistance to a panel of 27 isolates of the fungus Blumeria graminis that exhibit a wide variety of virulences. Among these lines, SBCC145 showed high overall resistance and a distinctive spectrum of resistance compared with the other lines. Against this background, the main goal of the present work was to investigate the genetic basis underlying such resistance using a doubled haploid population derived from a cross between SBCC145 and the elite spring cultivar Beatrix. The population was genotyped with the 1,536-SNP Illumina GoldenGate Oligonucleotide Pool Assay (Barley OPA-1 or BOPA1 for short), whereas phenotypic analysis was performed using two B. graminis isolates. A major quantitative trait locus (QTL) for resistance to both isolates was identified on the long arm of chromosome 6H (6HL) and accounted for ca. 60% of the phenotypic variance. Depending on the B. graminis isolate tested, three other minor QTLs were detected on chromosomes 2H and 7H, which explained less than 5% of the phenotypic variation each. In all cases, the alleles for resistance derived from the Spanish parent SBCC145. The position, the magnitude of the effect observed and the proportion of phenotypic variation accounted for by the QTL on 6HL suggest this is a newly identified locus for broad-based resistance to powdery mildew.
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Saintenac C, Faure S, Remay A, Choulet F, Ravel C, Paux E, Balfourier F, Feuillet C, Sourdille P. Variation in crossover rates across a 3-Mb contig of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) reveals the presence of a meiotic recombination hotspot. Chromosoma 2010; 120:185-98. [PMID: 21161258 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-010-0302-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2010] [Revised: 10/27/2010] [Accepted: 11/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), initial studies using deletion lines indicated that crossover (CO) events occur mainly in the telomeric regions of the chromosomes with a possible correlation with the presence of genes. However, little is known about the distribution of COs at the sequence level. To investigate this, we studied in detail the pattern of COs along a contig of 3.110 Mb using two F2 segregating populations (Chinese Spring × Renan (F2-CsRe) and Chinese Spring × Courtot (F2-CsCt)) each containing ~2,000 individuals. The availability of the sequence of the contig from Cs enabled the development of 318 markers among which 23 co-dominant polymorphic markers (11 SSRs and 12 SNPs) were selected for CO distribution analyses. The distribution of CO events was not homogeneous throughout the contig, ranging from 0.05 to 2.77 cM/Mb, but was conserved between the two populations despite very different contig recombination rate averages (0.82 cM/Mb in F2-CsRe vs 0.35 cM/Mb in F2-CsCt). The CO frequency was correlated with the percentage of coding sequence in Cs and with the polymorphism rate between Cs and Re or Ct in both populations, indicating an impact of these two factors on CO distribution. At a finer scale, COs were found in a region covering 2.38 kb, spanning a gene coding for a glycosyl transferase (Hga3), suggesting the presence of a CO hotspot. A non-crossover event covering at least 453 bp was also identified in the same interval. From these results, we can conclude that gene content could be one of the factors driving recombination in bread wheat.
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- Cyrille Saintenac
- UMR 1095, Genetics, Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals, INRA-UBP, Domaine de Crouël, 234 Avenue du Brézet, Clermont-Ferrand, 63100, France
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The CC-NB-LRR-type Rdg2a resistance gene confers immunity to the seed-borne barley leaf stripe pathogen in the absence of hypersensitive cell death. PLoS One 2010; 5. [PMID: 20844752 PMCID: PMC2937021 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2010] [Accepted: 08/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background Leaf stripe disease on barley (Hordeum vulgare) is caused by the seed-transmitted hemi-biotrophic fungus Pyrenophora graminea. Race-specific resistance to leaf stripe is controlled by two known Rdg (Resistance to Drechslera graminea) genes: the H. spontaneum-derived Rdg1a and Rdg2a, identified in H. vulgare. The aim of the present work was to isolate the Rdg2a leaf stripe resistance gene, to characterize the Rdg2a locus organization and evolution and to elucidate the histological bases of Rdg2a-based leaf stripe resistance. Principal Findings We describe here the positional cloning and functional characterization of the leaf stripe resistance gene Rdg2a. At the Rdg2a locus, three sequence-related coiled-coil, nucleotide-binding site, and leucine-rich repeat (CC-NB-LRR) encoding genes were identified. Sequence comparisons suggested that paralogs of this resistance locus evolved through recent gene duplication, and were subjected to frequent sequence exchange. Transformation of the leaf stripe susceptible cv. Golden Promise with two Rdg2a-candidates under the control of their native 5′ regulatory sequences identified a member of the CC-NB-LRR gene family that conferred resistance against the Dg2 leaf stripe isolate, against which the Rdg2a-gene is effective. Histological analysis demonstrated that Rdg2a-mediated leaf stripe resistance involves autofluorescing cells and prevents pathogen colonization in the embryos without any detectable hypersensitive cell death response, supporting a cell wall reinforcement-based resistance mechanism. Conclusions This work reports about the cloning of a resistance gene effective against a seed borne disease. We observed that Rdg2a was subjected to diversifying selection which is consistent with a model in which the R gene co-evolves with a pathogen effector(s) gene. We propose that inducible responses giving rise to physical and chemical barriers to infection in the cell walls and intercellular spaces of the barley embryo tissues represent mechanisms by which the CC-NB-LRR-encoding Rdg2a gene mediates resistance to leaf stripe in the absence of hypersensitive cell death.
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Biselli C, Urso S, Bernardo L, Tondelli A, Tacconi G, Martino V, Grando S, Valè G. Identification and mapping of the leaf stripe resistance gene Rdg1a in Hordeum spontaneum. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2010; 120:1207-1218. [PMID: 20041226 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1248-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2009] [Accepted: 12/12/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Leaf stripe of barley, caused by Pyrenophora graminea, is an important seed-borne disease in organically grown as well as in conventionally grown Nordic and Mediterranean barley districts. Two barley segregating populations represented by 103 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of the cross L94 (susceptible) x Vada (resistant) and 194 RILs of the cross Arta (susceptible) x Hordeum spontaneum 41-1 (resistant) were analysed with two highly virulent leaf stripe isolates, Dg2 and Dg5, to identify loci for P. graminea resistance. A major gene with its positive allele contributed by Vada and H. spontaneum 41-1 was detected in both populations and for both pathogen isolates on chromosome 2HL explaining 44.1 and 91.8% R (2), respectively for Dg2 and Dg5 in L94 x Vada and 97.8 and 96.1% R (2), respectively for Dg2 and Dg5 in Arta x H. spontaneum 41-1. Common markers in the gene region of the two populations enabled map comparison and highlighted an overlapping for the region of the resistance locus. Since the map position of the resistance locus identified in this report is the same as that for the leaf stripe resistance gene Rdg1a, mapped earlier in Alf and derived from the 'botanical' barley line H. laevigatum, we propose that leaf stripe resistance in Vada and H. spontaneum 41-1 is governed by the same gene, namely by Rdg1a, and that Rdg1a resistance could be traced back to H. spontaneum, the progenitor of cultivated barley. PCR-based molecular markers that can be used for marker-assisted selection (MAS) of Rdg1a were identified. An Rdg1a syntenic interval with the rice chromosome arm 4L was identified on the basis of rice orthologs of EST-based barley markers. Analysis of the rice genes annotated into the syntenic interval did not reveal sequences strictly belonging to the major class (nucleotide-binding site plus leucine-rich repeat) of the resistance genes. Nonetheless, four genes coding for domains that are present in the major disease-resistance genes, namely receptor-like protein kinase and ATP/GTP-binding proteins, were identified together with a homolog of the barley powdery mildew resistance gene mlo. Three (out of five) homologs of these genes were mapped in the Rdg1a region in barley and the mlo homolog map position was tightly associated with the LOD score peak in both populations.
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- Chiara Biselli
- CRA-GPG Genomic Research Centre, Via S. Protaso 302, 29017, Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy
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Drader T, Johnson K, Brueggeman R, Kudrna D, Kleinhofs A. Genetic and physical mapping of a high recombination region on chromosome 7H(1) in barley. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2009; 118:811-820. [PMID: 19139841 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0941-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2008] [Accepted: 11/21/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Approaches utilizing microlinearity between related species allow for the identification of syntenous regions and orthologous genes. Within the barley Chromosome 7H(1) is a region of high recombination flanked by molecular markers cMWG703 and MWG836. We present the constructed physical contigs linked to molecular markers across this region using bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC) from the cultivar Morex. Barley expressed sequence tags (EST), identified by homology to rice chromosome 6 between the rice molecular markers C425A and S1434, corresponded to the barley syntenous region of Chromosome 7H(1) Bins 2-5 between molecular markers cMWG703-MWG836. Two hundred and thirteen ESTs were genetically mapped yielding 267 loci of which 101 were within the target high recombination region while 166 loci mapped elsewhere. The 101 loci were joined by 43 other genetic markers resulting in a highly saturated genetic map. In order to develop a physical map of the region, ESTs and all other molecular markers were used to identify Morex BAC clones. Seventy-four BAC contigs were formed containing 2-102 clones each with an average of 19 and a median of 13 BAC clones per contig. Comparison of the BAC contigs, generated here, with the Barley Physical Mapping Database contigs, resulted in additional overlaps and a reduction of the contig number to 56. Within cMWG703-MWG836 are 24 agriculturally important traits including the seedling spot blotch resistance locus, Rcs5. Genetic and physical analysis of this region and comparison to rice indicated an inversion distal of the Rcs5 locus. Three BAC clone contigs spanning the Rcs5 locus were identified.
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- Tom Drader
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
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Genetic and physical mapping of a high recombination region on chromosome 7H(1) in barley. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2009. [PMID: 19139841 DOI: 10.1007/s00122‐008‐0941‐x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2022]
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Approaches utilizing microlinearity between related species allow for the identification of syntenous regions and orthologous genes. Within the barley Chromosome 7H(1) is a region of high recombination flanked by molecular markers cMWG703 and MWG836. We present the constructed physical contigs linked to molecular markers across this region using bacterial artificial chromosomes (BAC) from the cultivar Morex. Barley expressed sequence tags (EST), identified by homology to rice chromosome 6 between the rice molecular markers C425A and S1434, corresponded to the barley syntenous region of Chromosome 7H(1) Bins 2-5 between molecular markers cMWG703-MWG836. Two hundred and thirteen ESTs were genetically mapped yielding 267 loci of which 101 were within the target high recombination region while 166 loci mapped elsewhere. The 101 loci were joined by 43 other genetic markers resulting in a highly saturated genetic map. In order to develop a physical map of the region, ESTs and all other molecular markers were used to identify Morex BAC clones. Seventy-four BAC contigs were formed containing 2-102 clones each with an average of 19 and a median of 13 BAC clones per contig. Comparison of the BAC contigs, generated here, with the Barley Physical Mapping Database contigs, resulted in additional overlaps and a reduction of the contig number to 56. Within cMWG703-MWG836 are 24 agriculturally important traits including the seedling spot blotch resistance locus, Rcs5. Genetic and physical analysis of this region and comparison to rice indicated an inversion distal of the Rcs5 locus. Three BAC clone contigs spanning the Rcs5 locus were identified.
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Lehmensiek A, Sutherland MW, McNamara RB. The use of high resolution melting (HRM) to map single nucleotide polymorphism markers linked to a covered smut resistance gene in barley. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2008; 117:721-8. [PMID: 18553067 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0813-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2008] [Accepted: 05/22/2008] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Using an established genetic map, a single gene conditioning covered smut resistance, Ruh.7H, was mapped to the telomere region of chromosome 7HS in an Alexis/Sloop doubled haploid barley population. The closest marker to Ruh.7H, abg704 was 7.5 cM away. Thirteen loci on the distal end of 7HS with potential to contain single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified by applying a comparative genomics approach using rice sequence data. Of these, one locus produced polymorphic co-dominant bands of different size while two further loci contained SNPs that were identified using the recently developed high resolution melting (HRM) technique. Two of these markers flanked Ruh.7H with the proximal marker located 3.8 cM and the distal marker 2.7 cM away. This is the first report on the application of the HRM technique to SNP detection and to rapid scoring of known cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) markers in plants. This simple, precise post-PCR technique should find widespread use in the fine-mapping of genetic regions of interest in complex cereal and other plant genomes.
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- Anke Lehmensiek
- Centre for Systems Biology, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba QLD 4350, Australia.
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HAEGI ANITA, BONARDI VERA, DALL’AGLIO ELENA, GLISSANT DAVID, TUMINO GIORGIO, COLLINS NICHOLASC, BULGARELLI DAVIDE, INFANTINO ALESSANDRO, STANCA AMICHELE, DELLEDONNE MASSIMO, VALÈ GIAMPIERO. Histological and molecular analysis of Rdg2a barley resistance to leaf stripe. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2008; 9:463-78. [PMID: 18705861 PMCID: PMC6640343 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2008.00479.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) leaf stripe is caused by the seed-borne fungus Pyrenophora graminea. We investigated microscopically and molecularly the reaction of barley embryos to leaf stripe inoculation. In the resistant genotype NIL3876-Rdg2a, fungal growth ceased at the scutellar node of the embryo, while in the susceptible near-isogenic line (NIL) Mirco-rdg2a fungal growth continued past the scutellar node and into the embryo. Pathogen-challenged embryos of resistant and susceptible NILs showed different levels of UV autofluorescence and toluidine blue staining, indicating differential accumulation of phenolic compounds. Suppression subtractive hybridization and cDNA amplified fragment-length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses of embryos identified P. graminea-induced and P. graminea-repressed barley genes. In addition, cDNA-AFLP analysis identified six pathogenicity-associated fungal genes expressed during barley infection but at low to undetectable levels during growth on artificial media. Microarrays representing the entire set of differentially expressed cDNA-AFLP fragments and 100 barley homologues of previously described defence-related genes were used to study gene expression changes at 7 and 14 days after inoculation in the resistant and susceptible NILs. A total of 171 significantly modulated barley genes were identified and assigned to four groups based on timing and genotype dependence of expression. Analysis of the changes in gene expression during the barley resistance response to leaf stripe suggests that the Rdg2a-mediated response includes cell-wall reinforcement, signal transduction, generation of reactive oxygen species, cell protection, jasmonate signalling and expression of plant effector genes. The identification of genes showing leaf stripe inoculation or resistance-dependent expression sets the stage for further dissection of the resistance response of barley embryo cells to leaf stripe.
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- ANITA HAEGI
- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di Ricerca per la Patologia Vegetale, 00156 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Università degli Studi di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
- Present address:
Department of BiologyCoker Hall 108, CB 3280University of North CarolinaChapel Hill NC27599‐3280USA
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di Ricerca per la Genomica e la Postgenomica Animale e Vegetale, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Università degli Studi di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di Ricerca per la Genomica e la Postgenomica Animale e Vegetale, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy
- Present address:
Università degli Studi di MilanoDipartimento di BiologiaSezione di Fisiologia Vegetale–Fotosintesi20133 MilanoItaly
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- Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond SA 5064, Australia
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di Ricerca per la Genomica e la Postgenomica Animale e Vegetale, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di Ricerca per la Patologia Vegetale, 00156 Roma, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di Ricerca per la Genomica e la Postgenomica Animale e Vegetale, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy
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- Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Università degli Studi di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di Ricerca per la Genomica e la Postgenomica Animale e Vegetale, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy
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Terzi V, Morcia C, Faccioli P, Valè G, Tacconi G, Malnati M. In vitro antifungal activity of the tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) essential oil and its major components against plant pathogens. Lett Appl Microbiol 2007; 44:613-8. [PMID: 17576222 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2007.02128.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS The aim of this study was to examine the effect of Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil (TTO) and its principal components on four cereal-pathogenic fungi. METHODS AND RESULTS The antimycotic properties of TTO and of terpinen-4-ol, gamma-terpinen and 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol) were evaluated in vitro on Fusarium graminearum, Fusarium culmorum and Pyrenophora graminea. Moreover, barley leaves infected with Blumeria graminis were treated with whole TTO. All the tested fungi were susceptible to TTO and its components. CONCLUSIONS TTO exerted a wide spectrum of antimycotic activity. Single TTO purified components were more active than the whole oil in reducing in vitro growth of fungal mycelium and, among the tested compounds, terpinen-4-ol was the most effective. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY TTO and its components can be considered potential alternative natural fungicides.
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- V Terzi
- Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, C.R.A., Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy.
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Many studies have demonstrated that the distribution of meiotic crossover events along chromosomes is non-random in plants and other species with sexual reproduction. Large differences in recombination frequencies appear at several scales. On a large scale, regions of high and low rates of crossover have been found to alternate along the chromosomes in all plant species studied. High crossover rates have been reported to be correlated with several chromosome features (e.g. gene density and distance to the centromeres). However, most of these correlations cannot be extended to all plant species. Only a few plant species have been studied on a finer scale. Hotspots of meiotic recombination (i.e. DNA fragments of a few kilobases in length with a higher rate of recombination than the surrounding DNA) have been identified in maize and rice. Most of these hotspots are intragenic. In Arabidopsis thaliana, we have identified several DNA fragments (less than 5 kb in size) with genetic recombination rates at least 5 times higher than the whole-chromosome average [4.6 cM (centimorgan)/Mb], which are therefore probable hotspots for meiotic recombination. Most crossover breakpoints lie in intergenic or non-coding regions. Major efforts should be devoted to characterizing meiotic recombination at the molecular level, which should help to clarify the role of this process in genome evolution.
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- C Mézard
- Station de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, route de Saint-Cyr, 78026 Versailles cedex, France.
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Mago R, Miah H, Lawrence GJ, Wellings CR, Spielmeyer W, Bariana HS, McIntosh RA, Pryor AJ, Ellis JG. High-resolution mapping and mutation analysis separate the rust resistance genes Sr31, Lr26 and Yr9 on the short arm of rye chromosome 1. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2005; 112:41-50. [PMID: 16283230 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-005-0098-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2005] [Accepted: 08/20/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The stem, leaf and stripe rust resistance genes Sr31, Lr26 and Yr9, located on the short arm of rye chromosome 1, have been widely used in wheat by means of wheat-rye translocation chromosomes. Previous studies have suggested that these resistance specificities are encoded by either closely-linked genes, or by a single gene capable of recognizing all three rust species. To investigate these issues, two 1BL.1RS wheat lines, one with and one without Sr31, Lr26 and Yr9, were used as parents for a high-resolution F2 mapping family. Thirty-six recombinants were identified between two PCR markers 2.3 cM apart that flanked the resistance locus. In one recombinant, Lr26 was separated from Sr31 and Yr9. Mutation studies recovered mutants that separated all three rust resistance genes. Thus, together, the recombination and mutation studies suggest that Sr31, Lr26 and Yr9 are separate closely-linked genes. An additional 16 DNA markers were mapped in this region. Multiple RFLP markers, identified using part of the barley Mla powdery mildew resistance gene as probe, co-segregated with Sr31 and Yr9. One deletion mutant that had lost Sr31, Lr26 and Yr9 retained all Mla markers, suggesting that the family of genes on 1RS identified by the Mla probe does not contain the Sr31, Lr26 or Yr9 genes. The genetic stocks and DNA markers generated from this study should facilitate the future cloning of Sr31, Lr26 and Yr9.
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- R Mago
- CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600, 2601 Canberra, ACT, Australia.
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