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Atsbeha G, Mekonnen T, Kebede M, Haileselassie T, Goodwin SB, Tesfaye K. Genetic architecture of adult-plant resistance to stripe rust in bread wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) association panel. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1256770. [PMID: 38130484 PMCID: PMC10733515 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1256770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, is a severe disease in wheat worldwide, including Ethiopia, causing up to 100% wheat yield loss in the worst season. The use of resistant cultivars is considered to be the most effective and durable management technique for controlling the disease. Therefore, the present study targeted the genetic architecture of adult plant resistance to yellow rust in 178 wheat association panels. The panel was phenotyped for yellow rust adult-plant resistance at three locations. Phonological, yield, yield-related, and agro-morphological traits were recorded. The association panel was fingerprinted using the genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) platform, and a total of 6,788 polymorphic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used for genome-wide association analysis to identify effective yellow rust resistance genes. The marker-trait association analysis was conducted using the Genome Association and Prediction Integrated Tool (GAPIT). The broad-sense heritability for the considered traits ranged from 74.52% to 88.64%, implying the presence of promising yellow rust resistance alleles in the association panel that could be deployed to improve wheat resistance to the disease. The overall linkage disequilibrium (LD) declined within an average physical distance of 31.44 Mbp at r2 = 0.2. Marker-trait association (MTA) analysis identified 148 loci significantly (p = 0.001) associated with yellow rust adult-plant resistance. Most of the detected resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were located on the same chromosomes as previously reported QTLs for yellow rust resistance and mapped on chromosomes 1A, 1B, 1D, 2A, 2B, 2D, 3A, 3B, 3D, 4A, 4B, 4D, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, 7A, and 7D. However, 12 of the discovered MTAs were not previously documented in the wheat literature, suggesting that they could represent novel loci for stripe rust resistance. Zooming into the QTL regions in IWGSC RefSeq Annotation v1 identified crucial disease resistance-associated genes that are key in plants' defense mechanisms against pathogen infections. The detected QTLs will be helpful for marker-assisted breeding of wheat to increase resistance to stripe rust. Generally, the present study identified putative QTLs for field resistance to yellow rust and some important agronomic traits. Most of the discovered QTLs have been reported previously, indicating the potential to improve wheat resistance to yellow rust by deploying the QTLs discovered by marker-assisted selection.
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- Genet Atsbeha
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Applied Natural Science, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Bio and Emerging Technology Institute. Affiliated with the Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa, University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Deblieck M, Ordon F, Serfling A. Mapping of prehaustorial resistance against wheat leaf rust in einkorn ( Triticum monococcum), a progenitor of wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1252123. [PMID: 37936932 PMCID: PMC10626456 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1252123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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Wheat leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) is one of the most significant fungal diseases of wheat, causing substantial yield losses worldwide. Infestation is currently being reduced by fungicide treatments and mostly vertical resistance. However, these measures often break down when the fungal virulence pattern changes, resulting in a breakdown of vertical resistances. In contrast, the prehaustorial resistance (phr) that occurs in the einkorn-wheat leaf rust interaction is race-independent, characterized by an early defense response of plants during the prehaustorial phase of infestation. Einkorn (Triticum monococcum) is closely related to Triticum urartu as a progenitor of wheat and generally shows a high level of resistance against leaf rust of wheat. Hence, einkorn can serve as a valuable source to improve the level of resistance to the pathogen in future wheat lines. In particular, einkorn accession PI272560 is known to exhibit a hypersensitive prehaustorial effector triggered immune reaction, preventing the infection of P. triticina. Remarkably, this effector-triggered immune reaction turned out to be atypical as it is non-race-specific (horizontal). To genetically dissect the prehaustorial resistance (phr) in PI272560, a biparental F2 population of 182 plants was established after crossing PI272560 with the susceptible T. boeoticum accession 36554. Three genetic maps comprising 2,465 DArT-seq markers were constructed, and a major QTL was detected on chromosome 5A. To locate underlying candidate genes, marker sequences flanking the respective QTL were aligned to the T. urartu reference genome and transcriptome data available from the parental accessions were used. Within the QTL interval of approximately 16.13 million base pairs, the expression of genes under inoculated and non-inoculated conditions was analyzed via a massive analysis of cDNA (MACE). Remarkably, a single gene located 3.4 Mbp from the peak marker within the major QTL was upregulated (20- to 95-fold) after the inoculation in the resistant accession in comparison to the susceptible T. boeoticum accession. This gene belongs to a berberine bridge enzyme-like protein that is suspected to interact on the plant surface with glycoside hydrolases (GH) secreted by the fungus and to induce a hypersensitive defense reaction in the plant after fungal infections.
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Xu S, Lyu Z, Zhang N, Li M, Wei X, Gao Y, Cheng X, Ge W, Li X, Bao Y, Yang Z, Ma X, Wang H, Kong L. Genetic mapping of the wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr19 and development of translocation lines to break its linkage with yellow pigment. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:200. [PMID: 37639002 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04425-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE The leaf rust resistance gene Lr19, which is present on the long arm of chromosome 7E1 in Thinopyrum ponticum, was mapped within a 0.3-cM genetic interval, and translocation lines were developed to break its linkage with yellow pigmentation The leaf rust resistance locus Lr19, which was transferred to wheat (Triticum aestivum) from its relative Thinopyrum ponticum in 1966, still confers broad resistance to most known races of the leaf rust pathogen Puccinia triticina (Pt) worldwide. However, this gene has not previously been fine-mapped, and its tight linkage with a gene causing yellow pigmentation has limited its application in bread wheat breeding. In this study, we genetically mapped Lr19 using a bi-parental population from a cross of two wheat-Th. ponticum substitution lines, the Lr19-carrying line 7E1(7D) and the leaf rust-susceptible line 7E2(7D). Genetic analysis of the F2 population and the F2:3 families showed that Lr19 was a single dominant gene. Genetic markers allowed the gene to be mapped within a 0.3-cM interval on the long arm of Th. ponticum chromosome 7E1, flanked by markers XsdauK3734 and XsdauK2839. To reduce the size of the Th. ponticum chromosome segment carrying Lr19, the Chinese Spring Ph1b mutant was employed to promote recombination between the homoeologous chromosomes of the wheat chromosome 7D and the Th. ponticum chromosome 7E1. Two translocation lines with short Th. ponticum chromosome fragments carrying Lr19 were identified using the genetic markers closely linked to Lr19. Both translocation lines were resistant to 16 Pt races collected throughout China. Importantly, the linkage between Lr19 and yellow pigment content was broken in one of the lines. Thus, the Lr19 linked markers and translocation lines developed in this study are valuable resources in marker-assisted selection as part of common wheat breeding programs.
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- Shoushen Xu
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Plant Protection, Technological Innovation Center for Biological Control Crop Diseases and Insect Pests of Hebei Province, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, Hebei, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Informational Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, Sichun, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, Shandong Key Laboratory of Wheat Improvement, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, 271018, Shandong, People's Republic of China.
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Hou W, Lu Q, Ma L, Sun X, Wang L, Nie J, Guo P, Liu T, Li Z, Sun C, Ren Y, Wang X, Yang J, Chen F. Mapping of quantitative trait loci for leaf rust resistance in the wheat population 'Xinmai 26/Zhoumai 22'. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2023; 74:3019-3032. [PMID: 36879436 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Leaf rust, caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia triticina (Pt), is one of the major and dangerous diseases of wheat, and has caused serious yield loss of wheat worldwide. Here, we investigated adult-plant resistance (APR) to leaf rust in a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from 'Xinmai 26' and 'Zhoumai 22' over 3 years. Linkage mapping for APR to leaf rust revealed four quantitative trait loci (QTL) in this RIL population. Two QTL, QLr.hnau-2BS and QLr.hnau-3BS were contributed by 'Zhoumai22', whereas QLr.hnau-2DS and QLr.hnau-5AL were contributed by 'Xinmai 26'. The QLr.hnau-2BS covering a race-specific resistance gene Lr13 showed the most stable APR to leaf rust. Overexpression of Lr13 significantly increased APR to leaf rust. Interestingly, we found that a CNL(coiled coil-nucleotide-binding site-leucine-rich repeat)-like gene, TaCN, in QLr.hnau-2BS completely co-segregated with leaf rust resistance. The resistant haplotype TaCN-R possessed half the sequence of the coiled-coil domain of TaCN protein. Lr13 strongly interacted with TaCN-R, but did not interact with the full-length TaCN (TaCN-S). In addition, TaCN-R was significantly induced after Pt inoculation and changed the sub-cellular localization of Lr13 after interaction. Therefore, we hypothesized that TaCN-R mediated leaf rust resistance possibly by interacting with Lr13. This study provides important QTL for APR to leaf rust, and new insights into understanding how a CNL gene modulates disease resistance in common wheat.
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- Weixiu Hou
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/ CIMMYT-China Wheat and Maize Joint Research Center/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agroproducts, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of MOA of China and Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/ CIMMYT-China Wheat and Maize Joint Research Center/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/ CIMMYT-China Wheat and Maize Joint Research Center/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/ CIMMYT-China Wheat and Maize Joint Research Center/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/ CIMMYT-China Wheat and Maize Joint Research Center/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/ CIMMYT-China Wheat and Maize Joint Research Center/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/ CIMMYT-China Wheat and Maize Joint Research Center/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/ CIMMYT-China Wheat and Maize Joint Research Center/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/ CIMMYT-China Wheat and Maize Joint Research Center/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Plant Protection, State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agroproducts, Key Laboratory of Biotechnology in Plant Protection of MOA of China and Institute of Plant Virology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science/ CIMMYT-China Wheat and Maize Joint Research Center/Agronomy College, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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Talebi R, Mahboubi M, Naji AM, Mehrabi R. Physiological specialization of Puccinia triticina and genome-wide association mapping provide insights into the genetics of wheat leaf rust resistance in Iran. Sci Rep 2023; 13:4398. [PMID: 36927878 PMCID: PMC10020449 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31559-y] [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: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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Leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina Erikss. (Pt) is the most widely distributed and important wheat disease worldwide. The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency of Iranian Pt races, their virulence to key resistance genes and map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for resistance to different Pt races from 185 globally diverse wheat genotypes using a genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach. The virulence pattern of the 33 Pt isolates from various wheat-growing areas of Iran on 55 wheat differentials showed that the FKTPS and FKTTS were relatively frequent pathotypes among the 18 identified races. The weighted average frequency of virulence on the resistance genes Lrb, Lr3bg, Lr14b, Lr16, Lr24, Lr3ka, Lr11 and Lr20 were high (> 90%). However, low virulence on the resistant genes Lr2a, Lr9, Lr19, Lr25, Lr28 and Lr29 indicates that these genes are still effective against the pathogen population in Iran at present. GWAS on a panel of 185 wheat genotypes against 10 Pt races resulted into 62 significant marker-trait associations (MTAs) belonged to 34 quantitative trait loci (QTL) across 16 chromosomes. Among them, 10 QTLs on chromosomes 1A, 1B, 3B, 3D, 4A, 6D, 7A and 7D were identified as potential novel QTLs, of which four QTLs (QLr.iau-3B-2, QLr.iau-7A-2, QLr.iau-7A-3 and QLr.iau-7D-2) are more interesting, as they are associated with resistance to two or more Pt races. The known and novel QTLs associated with different Pt races found here, can be used in future wheat breeding programs to recombine different loci for durable resistance against leaf rust races.
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- Reza Talebi
- Department of Plant Breeding, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Sanandaj, Iran. .,Keygene N.V, Agro Business Park 90, 6708 PW, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, PO Box 8415683111, Isfahan, Iran. .,Keygene N.V, Agro Business Park 90, 6708 PW, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Yuan G, Sun K, Yu W, Jiang Z, Jiang C, Liu D, Wen L, Si H, Wu F, Meng H, Cheng L, Yang A, Wang Y. Development of a MAGIC population and high-resolution quantitative trait mapping for nicotine content in tobacco. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 13:1086950. [PMID: 36704165 PMCID: PMC9871594 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1086950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Multiparent Advanced Generation Inter-Cross (MAGIC) population is an ideal genetic and breeding material for quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping and molecular breeding. In this study, a MAGIC population derived from eight tobacco parents was developed. Eight parents and 560 homozygous lines were genotyped by a 430K single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chip assay and phenotyped for nicotine content under different conditions. Four QTLs associated with nicotine content were detected by genome-wide association mapping (GWAS), and one major QTL, named qNIC7-1, was mapped repeatedly under different conditions. Furthermore, by combining forward mapping, bioinformatics analysis and gene editing, we identified an ethylene response factor (ERF) transcription factor as a candidate gene underlying the major QTL qNIC7-1 for nicotine content in tobacco. A presence/absence variation (PAV) at qNIC7-1 confers changes in nicotine content. Overall, the large size of this MAGIC population, diverse genetic composition, balanced parental contributions and high levels of recombination all contribute to its value as a genetic and breeding resource. The application of the tobacco MAGIC population for QTL mapping and detecting rare allelic variation was demonstrated using nicotine content as a proof of principle.
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- *Correspondence: Lirui Cheng, ; Aiguo Yang, ; Yuanying Wang,
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- *Correspondence: Lirui Cheng, ; Aiguo Yang, ; Yuanying Wang,
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- *Correspondence: Lirui Cheng, ; Aiguo Yang, ; Yuanying Wang,
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Lisker A, Maurer A, Schmutzer T, Kazman E, Cöster H, Holzapfel J, Ebmeyer E, Alqudah AM, Sannemann W, Pillen K. A Haplotype-Based GWAS Identified Trait-Improving QTL Alleles Controlling Agronomic Traits under Contrasting Nitrogen Fertilization Treatments in the MAGIC Wheat Population WM-800. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:3508. [PMID: 36559621 PMCID: PMC9784842 DOI: 10.3390/plants11243508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 11/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The multi-parent-advanced-generation-intercross (MAGIC) population WM-800 was developed by intercrossing eight modern winter wheat cultivars to enhance the genetic diversity present in breeding populations. We cultivated WM-800 during two seasons in seven environments under two contrasting nitrogen fertilization treatments. WM-800 lines exhibited highly significant differences between treatments, as well as high heritabilities among the seven agronomic traits studied. The highest-yielding WM-line achieved an average yield increase of 4.40 dt/ha (5.2%) compared to the best founder cultivar Tobak. The subsequent genome-wide-association-study (GWAS), which was based on haplotypes, located QTL for seven agronomic traits including grain yield. In total, 40, 51, and 46 QTL were detected under low, high, and across nitrogen treatments, respectively. For example, the effect of QYLD_3A could be associated with the haplotype allele of cultivar Julius increasing yield by an average of 4.47 dt/ha (5.2%). A novel QTL on chromosome 2B exhibited pleiotropic effects, acting simultaneously on three-grain yield components (ears-per-square-meter, grains-per-ear, and thousand-grain-weight) and plant-height. These effects may be explained by a member of the nitrate-transporter-1 (NRT1)/peptide-family, TaNPF5.34, located 1.05 Mb apart. The WM-800 lines and favorable QTL haplotypes, associated with yield improvements, are currently implemented in wheat breeding programs to develop advanced nitrogen-use efficient wheat cultivars.
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- Antonia Lisker
- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 3, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 3, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 3, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Syngenta Seeds GmbH, Kroppenstedter Str. 4, 39387 Oschersleben, Germany
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- Secobra Saatzucht GmbH, Feldkirchen 3, 85368 Moosburg an der Isar, Germany
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- KWS Lochow GMBH, Ferdinand-Lochow-Str. 5, 29303 Bergen, Germany
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- Biological Science Program, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Art and Science, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 3, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Betty-Heimann-Str. 3, 06120 Halle, Germany
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El Gataa Z, Samir K, Tadesse W. Genetic Dissection of Drought Tolerance of Elite Bread Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes Using Genome Wide Association Study in Morocco. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11202705. [PMID: 36297729 PMCID: PMC9611990 DOI: 10.3390/plants11202705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Drought is one of the most important yield-limiting factors in Morocco. Identification and deployment of drought-tolerant wheat varieties are important to cope with the challenge of terminal moisture stress and increase wheat productivity. A panel composed of 200 elite spring bread wheat genotypes was phenotyped for yield and agronomic traits for 2 years (2020 and 2021) in Morocco under rainfed and irrigated environments. The panel was genotyped using 20K SNPs and, after filtration, a total of 15,735 SNP markers were used for a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using a mixed linear model (MLM) to identify marker-trait associations (MTA) and putative genes associated with grain yield and yield-related traits under rainfed and irrigated conditions. Significant differences were observed among the elite genotypes for grain yield and yield-related traits. Grain yield performance ranged from 0.97 to 6.16 t/ha under rainfed conditions at Sidi Al-Aidi station and from 3.31 to 9.38 t/h under irrigated conditions at Sidi Al-Aidi station, while Grain yield at Merchouch station ranged from 2.32 to 6.16 t/h under rainfed condition. A total of 159 MTAs (p < 0.001) and 46 genes were discovered, with 67 MTAs recorded under rainfed conditions and 37 MTAs recorded under irrigated conditions at the Sidi Al-Aidi station, while 55 MTAs were recorded under rainfed conditions at Merchouch station. The marker ‘BobWhite_c2988_493’ on chromosome 2B was significantly correlated with grain yield under rainfed conditions. Under irrigated conditions, the marker ‘AX-94653560’ on chromosome 2D was significantly correlated with grain yield at Sidi Al-Aidi station. The maker ‘RAC875_c17918_321’ located on chromosome 4A, associated with grain yield was linked with the gene TraesCS4A02G322700, which encodes for F-box domain-containing protein. The markers and candidate genes discovered in this study should be further validated for their potential use in marker-assisted selection to generate high-yielding wheat genotypes with drought tolerance.
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- Zakaria El Gataa
- The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat 10080, Morocco
- Faculty of Sciences Ben M’sick, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Casablanca 7955, Morocco
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- Faculty of Sciences Ben M’sick, University Hassan II of Casablanca, Casablanca 7955, Morocco
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- The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat 10080, Morocco
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Genievskaya Y, Pecchioni N, Laidò G, Anuarbek S, Rsaliyev A, Chudinov V, Zatybekov A, Turuspekov Y, Abugalieva S. Genome-Wide Association Study of Leaf Rust and Stem Rust Seedling and Adult Resistances in Tetraploid Wheat Accessions Harvested in Kazakhstan. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11151904. [PMID: 35893608 PMCID: PMC9329756 DOI: 10.3390/plants11151904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Leaf rust (LR) and stem rust (SR) are diseases increasingly impacting wheat production worldwide. Fungal pathogens producing rust diseases in wheat may cause yield losses of up to 50−60%. One of the most effective methods for preventing such losses is the development of resistant cultivars with high yield potential. This goal can be achieved through complex breeding studies, including the identification of key genetic factors controlling rust disease resistance. The objective of this study was to identify sources of tetraploid wheat resistance to LR and SR races, both at the seedling growth stage in the greenhouse and at the adult plant stage in field experiments, under the conditions of the North Kazakhstan region. A panel consisting of 193 tetraploid wheat accessions was used in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for the identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with LR and SR resistance, using 16,425 polymorphic single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers in the seedling and adult stages of plant development. The investigated panel consisted of seven tetraploid subspecies (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum, ssp. turanicum, ssp. turgidum, ssp. polonicum, ssp. carthlicum, ssp. dicoccum, and ssp. dicoccoides). The GWAS, based on the phenotypic evaluation of the tetraploid collection’s reaction to the two rust species at the seedling (in the greenhouse) and adult (in the field) stages, revealed 38 QTLs (p < 0.001), comprising 17 for LR resistance and 21 for SR resistance. Ten QTLs were associated with the reaction to LR at the seedling stage, while six QTLs were at the adult plant stage and one QTL was at both the seedling and adult stages. Eleven QTLs were associated with SR response at the seedling stage, while nine QTLs were at the adult plant stage and one QTL was at both the seedling and adult stages. A comparison of these results with previous LR and SR studies indicated that 11 of the 38 QTLs are presumably novel loci. The QTLs identified in this work can potentially be used for marker-assisted selection of tetraploid and hexaploid wheat for the breeding of new LR- and SR-resistant cultivars.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yuliya Genievskaya
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan; (Y.G.); (S.A.); (A.Z.); (Y.T.)
- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan
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- Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 71122 Foggia, Italy; (N.P.); (G.L.)
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- Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, 71122 Foggia, Italy; (N.P.); (G.L.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan; (Y.G.); (S.A.); (A.Z.); (Y.T.)
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- Laboratory of Phytosanitary Safety, Research Institute of Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeisky 080409, Kazakhstan;
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- Breeding Department, Karabalyk Agricultural Experimental Station, Nauchnoe 110908, Kazakhstan;
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan; (Y.G.); (S.A.); (A.Z.); (Y.T.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan; (Y.G.); (S.A.); (A.Z.); (Y.T.)
- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan; (Y.G.); (S.A.); (A.Z.); (Y.T.)
- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-727-394-8006
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Mourad AMI, Draz IS, Omar GE, Börner A, Esmail SM. Genome-Wide Screening of Broad-Spectrum Resistance to Leaf Rust ( Puccinia triticina Eriks) in Spring Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:921230. [PMID: 35812968 PMCID: PMC9258335 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.921230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Wheat leaf rust (LR) causes significant yield losses worldwide. In Egypt, resistant cultivars began to lose their efficiency in leaf rust resistance. Therefore, a diverse spring wheat panel was evaluated at the seedling stage to identify new sources of broad-spectrum seedling resistance against the Egyptian Puccinia triticina (Pt) races. In three different experiments, seedling evaluation was done using Pt spores collected from different fields and growing seasons. Highly significant differences were found among experiments confirming the presence of different races population in each experiment. Highly significant differences were found among the tested genotypes confirming the ability to select superior genotypes. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted for each experiment and a set of 87 markers located within 48 gene models were identified. The identified gene models were associated with disease resistance in wheat. Five gene models were identified to resist all Pt races in at least two experiments and could be identified as stable genes under Egyptian conditions. Ten genotypes from five different countries were stable against all the tested Pt races but showed different degrees of resistance.
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- Amira M. I. Mourad
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Wheat Disease Research Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
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- Wheat Disease Research Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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- Wheat Disease Research Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
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Discovery of Resistance Genes in Rye by Targeted Long-Read Sequencing and Association Genetics. Cells 2022; 11:cells11081273. [PMID: 35455953 PMCID: PMC9032263 DOI: 10.3390/cells11081273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The majority of released rye cultivars are susceptible to leaf rust because of a low level of resistance in the predominant hybrid rye-breeding gene pools Petkus and Carsten. To discover new sources of leaf rust resistance, we phenotyped a diverse panel of inbred lines from the less prevalent Gülzow germplasm using six distinct isolates of Puccinia recondita f. sp. secalis and found that 55 out of 92 lines were resistant to all isolates. By performing a genome-wide association study using 261,406 informative SNP markers, we identified five resistance-associated QTLs on chromosome arms 1RS, 1RL, 2RL, 5RL and 7RS. To identify candidate Puccinia recondita (Pr) resistance genes in these QTLs, we sequenced the rye nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) intracellular immune receptor complement using a Triticeae NLR bait-library and PacBio® long-read single-molecule high-fidelity (HiFi) sequencing. Trait-genotype correlations across 10 resistant and 10 susceptible lines identified four candidate NLR-encoding Pr genes. One of these physically co-localized with molecular markers delimiting Pr3 on chromosome arm 1RS and the top-most resistance-associated QTL in the panel.
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Zatybekov A, Genievskaya Y, Rsaliyev A, Maulenbay A, Yskakova G, Savin T, Turuspekov Y, Abugalieva S. Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci for Leaf Rust and Stem Rust Seedling Resistance in Bread Wheat Using a Genome-Wide Association Study. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:plants11010074. [PMID: 35009078 PMCID: PMC8747073 DOI: 10.3390/plants11010074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In recent years, leaf rust (LR) and stem rust (SR) have become a serious threat to bread wheat production in Kazakhstan. Most local cultivars are susceptible to these rusts, which has affected their yield and quality. The development of new cultivars with high productivity and LR and SR disease resistance, including using marker-assisted selection, is becoming an important priority in local breeding projects. Therefore, the search for key genetic factors controlling resistance in all plant stages, including the seedling stage, is of great significance. In this work, we applied a genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach using 212 local bread wheat accessions that were phenotyped for resistance to specific races of Puccinia triticina Eriks. (Pt) and Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) at the seedling stages. The collection was genotyped using a 20 K Illumina iSelect SNP assay, and 11,150 polymorphic SNP markers were selected for the association mapping. Using a mixed linear model, we identified 11 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for five out of six specific races of Pt and Pgt. The comparison of the results from this GWAS with those from previously published work showed that nine out of eleven QTLs for LR and SR resistance had been previously reported in a GWAS study at the adult plant stages of wheat growth. Therefore, it was assumed that these nine common identified QTLs were effective for all-stage resistance to LR and SR, and the two other QTLs appear to be novel QTLs. In addition, five out of these nine QTLs that had been identified earlier were found to be associated with yield components, suggesting that they may directly influence the field performance of bread wheat. The identified QTLs, including novel QTLs found in this study, may play an essential role in the breeding process for improving wheat resistance to LR and SR.
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- Alibek Zatybekov
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan; (A.Z.); (Y.G.); (Y.T.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan; (A.Z.); (Y.G.); (Y.T.)
- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050038, Kazakhstan
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- Laboratory of Phytosanitary Safety, Research Institute of Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeisky 080409, Kazakhstan; (A.R.); (A.M.); (G.Y.)
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- Laboratory of Phytosanitary Safety, Research Institute of Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeisky 080409, Kazakhstan; (A.R.); (A.M.); (G.Y.)
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- Laboratory of Phytosanitary Safety, Research Institute of Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeisky 080409, Kazakhstan; (A.R.); (A.M.); (G.Y.)
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- Department of Science, S. Seifullin Kazakh Agro Technical University, Nur-Sultan 010011, Kazakhstan;
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan; (A.Z.); (Y.G.); (Y.T.)
- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050038, Kazakhstan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan; (A.Z.); (Y.G.); (Y.T.)
- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty 050038, Kazakhstan
- Correspondence:
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Discovery of a Novel Leaf Rust ( Puccinia recondita) Resistance Gene in Rye ( Secale cereale L.) Using Association Genomics. Cells 2021; 11:cells11010064. [PMID: 35011626 PMCID: PMC8750363 DOI: 10.3390/cells11010064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Leaf rust constitutes one of the most important foliar diseases in rye (Secale cereale L.). To discover new sources of resistance, we phenotyped 180 lines belonging to a less well-characterized Gülzow germplasm at three field trial locations in Denmark and Northern Germany in 2018 and 2019. We observed lines with high leaf rust resistance efficacy at all locations in both years. A genome-wide association study using 261,406 informative single-nucleotide polymorphisms revealed two genomic regions associated with resistance on chromosome arms 1RS and 7RS, respectively. The most resistance-associated marker on chromosome arm 1RS physically co-localized with molecular markers delimiting Pr3. In the reference genomes Lo7 and Weining, the genomic region associated with resistance on chromosome arm 7RS contained a large number of nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) genes. Residing in close proximity to the most resistance-associated marker, we identified a cluster of NLRs exhibiting close protein sequence similarity with the wheat leaf rust Lr1 gene situated on chromosome arm 5DL in wheat, which is syntenic to chromosome arm 7RS in rye. Due to the close proximity to the most resistance-associated marker, our findings suggest that the considered leaf rust R gene, provisionally denoted Pr6, could be a Lr1 ortholog in rye.
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Rollar S, Geyer M, Hartl L, Mohler V, Ordon F, Serfling A. Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping of Adult Plant and Seedling Resistance to Stripe Rust ( Puccinia striiformis Westend.) in a Multiparent Advanced Generation Intercross Wheat Population. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:684671. [PMID: 35003147 PMCID: PMC8733622 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.684671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Stripe rust caused by the biotrophic fungus Puccinia striiformis Westend. is one of the most important diseases of wheat worldwide, causing high yield and quality losses. Growing resistant cultivars is the most efficient way to control stripe rust, both economically and ecologically. Known resistance genes are already present in numerous cultivars worldwide. However, their effectiveness is limited to certain races within a rust population and the emergence of stripe rust races being virulent against common resistance genes forces the demand for new sources of resistance. Multiparent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) populations have proven to be a powerful tool to carry out genetic studies on economically important traits. In this study, interval mapping was performed to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for stripe rust resistance in the Bavarian MAGIC wheat population, comprising 394 F6 : 8 recombinant inbred lines (RILs). Phenotypic evaluation of the RILs was carried out for adult plant resistance in field trials at three locations across three years and for seedling resistance in a growth chamber. In total, 21 QTL for stripe rust resistance corresponding to 13 distinct chromosomal regions were detected, of which two may represent putatively new QTL located on wheat chromosomes 3D and 7D.
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- Sandra Rollar
- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Freising, Germany
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- Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Freising, Germany
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- Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Freising, Germany
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Quedlinburg, Germany
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Characterization and Use in Wheat Breeding of Leaf Rust Resistance Genes from Durable Varieties. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10111168. [PMID: 34827161 PMCID: PMC8615195 DOI: 10.3390/biology10111168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Simple Summary Wheat leaf rust is one of the most significant diseases worldwide, incited by a parasitic fungus which infects leaves, affecting grain yield. This pathogen is spread by the wind over large areas through microscopic spores. This huge number of spores favors the selection of virulent forms; therefore, there is a continuous need for new resistance genes to control this disease without fungicides. These resistant genes are naturally found in resistant wheat varieties and can be introduced by standard crosses. In this work, seven resistant genes were introduced into several commercial susceptible varieties. The selection of resistance genes was assisted by DNA markers that are close to these genes on the chromosome. Additionally, the selection of desirable traits from the commercial variety was also assisted by DNA markers to accelerate the process. In field testing, the varieties developed here were resistant to leaf rust, and suitable for commercial use. Abstract Leaf rust is one of the most significant diseases of wheat worldwide. In Argentina, it is one of the main reasons for variety replacement that becomes susceptible after large-scale use. Some varieties showed durable resistance to this disease, including Buck Manantial and Sinvalocho MA. RILs (Recombinant Inbred Lines) were developed for each of these varieties and used in genetics studies to identify components of resistance, both in greenhouse inoculations using leaf rust races, and in field evaluations under natural population infections. In Buck Manantial, the APR gene LrBMP1 was associated with resistance in field tests. In crosses involving Sinvalocho MA, four genes were previously identified and associated with resistance in field testing: APR (Adult Plant Resistance) gene LrSV1, the APR genetic system LrSV2 + LrcSV2 and the ASR (All Stage Resistance) gene LrG6. Using backcrosses, LrBMP1 was introgressed in four commercial susceptible varieties and LrSV1, LrSV2 + LrcSV2 and LrG6 were simultaneously introgressed in three susceptible commercial varieties. The use of molecular markers for recurrent parent background selection allowed us to select resistant lines with more than 80% similarity to commercial varieties. Additionally, progress towards positional cloning of the genetic system LrSV2 + LrcSV2 for leaf rust APR is reported.
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Messina FJ, Lish AM, Gompert Z. Disparate genetic variants associated with distinct components of cowpea resistance to the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:2749-2766. [PMID: 34117909 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03856-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polygenic genome-wide association mapping identified two regions of the cowpea genome associated with different components of resistance to its major post-harvest pest, the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus. Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an important grain and fodder crop in arid and semi-arid regions of Africa, Asia, and South America, where the cowpea seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus, is a serious post-harvest pest. Development of cultivars resistant to C. maculatus population growth in storage could increase grain yield and quality and reduce reliance on insecticides. Here, we use a MAGIC (multi-parent, advanced-generation intercross) population of cowpea consisting of 305 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) to identify genetic variants associated with resistance to seed beetles. Because inferences regarding the genetic basis of resistance may depend on the source of the pest or the assay protocol, we used two divergent geographic populations of C. maculatus and two complementary assays to measure several aspects of resistance. Using polygenic genome-wide association mapping models, we found that the cowpea RILs harbor substantial additive-genetic variation for most resistance measures. Variation in several components of resistance, including larval development time and survival, was largely explained by one or several linked loci on chromosome 5. A second region on chromosome 8 explained increased seed resistance via the induction of early-exiting larvae. Neither of these regions contained genes previously associated with resistance to insects that infest grain legumes. We found some evidence of gene-gene interactions affecting resistance, but epistasis did not contribute substantially to resistance variation in this mapping population. The combination of mostly high heritabilities and a relatively consistent and simple genetic architecture increases the feasibility of breeding for enhanced resistance to C. maculatus.
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- Frank J Messina
- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA
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- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322, USA.
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Beukert U, Pfeiffer N, Ebmeyer E, Hinterberger V, Lueck S, Serfling A, Ordon F, Schulthess AW, Reif JC. Efficiency of a Seedling Phenotyping Strategy to Support European Wheat Breeding Focusing on Leaf Rust Resistance. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:628. [PMID: 34356483 PMCID: PMC8301088 DOI: 10.3390/biology10070628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Leaf rust resistance is of high importance for a sustainable European wheat production. The expression of known resistance genes starts at different developmental stages of wheat. Breeding for resistance can be supported by a fast, precise, and resource-saving phenotyping. The examination of detached leaf assays of juvenile plants inoculated under controlled conditions and phenotyped by a robotic- and computer-based, high-throughput system is a promising approach in this respect. Within this study, the validation of the phenotyping workflow was conducted based on a winter wheat set derived from Central Europe and examined at different plant developmental stages. Moderate Pearson correlations of 0.38-0.45 comparing leaf rust resistance of juvenile and adult plants were calculated and may be mainly due to different environmental conditions. Specially, the infection under controlled conditions was limited by the application of a single rust race at only one time point. Our results suggest that the diversification with respect to the applied rust race spectrum is promising to increase the consistency of detached leaf assays and the transferability of its results to the field.
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- Ulrike Beukert
- Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kuehn-Institute (JKI), 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany; (U.B.); (A.S.); (F.O.)
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- KWS LOCHOW GmbH, 29303 Bergen, Germany; (N.P.); (E.E.)
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- Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Gatersleben, Germany; (V.H.); (S.L.); (A.W.S.)
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- Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Gatersleben, Germany; (V.H.); (S.L.); (A.W.S.)
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- Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kuehn-Institute (JKI), 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany; (U.B.); (A.S.); (F.O.)
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- Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kuehn-Institute (JKI), 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany; (U.B.); (A.S.); (F.O.)
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- Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Gatersleben, Germany; (V.H.); (S.L.); (A.W.S.)
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- Department of Breeding Research, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Gatersleben, Germany; (V.H.); (S.L.); (A.W.S.)
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