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Gu C, Han R, Liu C, Fang G, Yuan Q, Zheng Z, Yu Q, Jiang J, Liu S, Xie L, Wei H, Zhang Q, Liu G. Heritable epigenetic modification of BpPIN1 is associated with leaf shapes in Betula pendula. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 43:1811-1824. [PMID: 37406032 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpad085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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The new variety Betula pendula 'Dalecarlica', selected from Betula pendula, shows high ornamental value owing to its lobed leaf shape. In this study, to identify the genetic components of leaf shape formation, we performed bulked segregant analysis and molecular marker-based fine mapping to identify the causal gene responsible for lobed leaves in B. pendula 'Dalecarlica'. The most significant variations associated with leaf shape were identified within the gene BpPIN1 encoding a member of the PIN-FORMED family, responsible for the auxin efflux carrier. We further confirmed the hypomethylation at the promoter region promoting the expression level of BpPIN1, which causes stronger and longer veins and lobed leaf shape in B. pendula 'Dalecarlica'. These results indicated that DNA methylation at the BpPIN1 promoter region is associated with leaf shapes in B. pendula. Our findings revealed an epigenetic mechanism of BpPIN1 in the regulation of leaf shape in Betula Linn. (birch), which could help in the molecular breeding of ornamental traits.
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- Chenrui Gu
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, No. 51, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, No. 51, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, No. 51, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, No. 51, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, No. 51, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, No. 51, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL 33580, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, No. 51, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Throckmorton Center, 116 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-5502, USA
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, No. 26, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI 49931, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, No. 51, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, No. 26, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, No. 51, Hexing Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, China
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Jiang P, Fan X, Zhang G, Wu L, He Y, Li C, Zhang X. Cost-effective duplex Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR markers for homologous genes facilitating wheat breeding. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:119. [PMID: 36855097 PMCID: PMC9976436 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04116-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Owing to successful cloning of wheat functional genes in recent years, more traits can be selected by diagnostic markers, and consequently, effective molecular markers will be powerful tools in wheat breeding programs. RESULTS The present study proposed a cost-effective duplex Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (dKASP) marker system that combined multiplex PCR and KASP™ technology to yield twice the efficiency at half the cost compared with the common KASP™ markers and provide great assistance in breeding selection. Three dKASP markers for the major genes controlling plant height (Rht-B1/Rht-D1), grain hardness (Pina-D1/Pinb-D1), and high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits (Glu-A1/Glu-D1) were successfully developed and applied in approved wheat varieties growing in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and advanced lines from our breeding program. Three markers were used to test six loci with high efficiency. In the approved wheat varieties, Rht-B1b was the most important dwarfing allele, and the number of accessions carrying Pinb-D1b was much greater than that of the accessions carrying Pina-D1b. Moreover, the number of accessions carrying favorable alleles for weak-gluten wheat (Null/Dx2) was much greater than that of the accessions carrying favorable alleles for strong-gluten wheat (Ax1 or Ax2*/Dx5). In the advanced lines, Rht-B1b and Pinb-D1b showed a significant increase compared with the approved varieties, and the strong-gluten (Ax1 or Ax2*/Dx5) and weak-gluten (Null/Dx2) types also increased. CONCLUSION A cost-effective dKASP marker system that combined multiplex PCR and KASP™ technology was proposed to achieve double the efficiency at half the cost compared with the common KASP™ markers. Three dKASP markers for the major genes controlling PH (Rht-B1/Rht-D1), GH (Pina-D1/Pinb-D1), and HMW-GS (Glu-A1/Glu-D1) were successfully developed, which would greatly improve the efficiency of marker-assisted selection of wheat.
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- Peng Jiang
- CIMMYT-JAAS Joint Center for Wheat Diseases, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, Jiangsu, China
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- CIMMYT-JAAS Joint Center for Wheat Diseases, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, Jiangsu, China
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- Lianyungang Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Lianyungang, 222000, Jiangsu, China
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- CIMMYT-JAAS Joint Center for Wheat Diseases, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, Jiangsu, China
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- CIMMYT-JAAS Joint Center for Wheat Diseases, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, Jiangsu, China
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- CIMMYT-JAAS Joint Center for Wheat Diseases, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, Jiangsu, China
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- CIMMYT-JAAS Joint Center for Wheat Diseases, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, Jiangsu, China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production co-sponsored by Province and Ministry, Nanjing, 210095, Jiangsu, China.
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Li L, Liu J, Gong H, Zhao Y, Luo J, Sun Z, Li T. A dominant gene Ihrl1 is tightly linked to and inhibits the gene Ndhrl1 mediating nitrogen-dependent hypersensitive reaction-like phenotype in wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:3563-3570. [PMID: 36030437 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04200-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Identification and mapping of an inhibitor of Ndhrl1 mediating nitrogen-dependent hypersensitive reaction-like phenotype in wheat. Hypersensitive reaction-like (HRL) traits are characteristic of spontaneous lesions including yellowish spots, brown spots or white-stripe that appeared randomly and dispersedly on all the leaves in the absence of plant pathogens. Our previous studies have shown that the wheat line P7001 showed an HRL trait at low nitrogen supply, and this trait was controlled by the gene Ndhrl1 (Nitrogen-dependent hypersensitive reaction-like 1). In order to investigate the robustness of the trait expression mediated by Ndhrl1 under different genetic backgrounds, seven genetic populations, with P7001 being the common female parent, were constructed and analyzed. F1 plants from six of the seven combinations showed HRL trait and Ndhrl1 segregated in a dominant way of HRL: non-HRL = 3:1 in the six populations (F2). Exceptionally, the F1 plants of P7001/Fielder combination showed non-HRL trait and HRL trait in the F2 population showed a contrasting recessive segregation ratio of HRL: non-HRL = 1:3, suggesting Fielder may have another HRL-related gene. Using 55 K SNP array and PCR-based markers, the HRL-related gene in Fielder was mapped to an interval of 5.63-12.91 Mb on the short arm of chromosome 2B with the flanking markers Yzu660R075552 and Yzu660F075941. A recombinant with genomic region of Fielder at Ndhrl1 locus showing HRL trait demonstrated that Fielder also harbored Ndhrl1 same as P7001. Thus, Fielder carries a single dominant suppressor of Ndhrl1, designated as Ihrl1 (Inhibitor of hypersensitive reaction-like). Interestingly, Ihrl1 is tightly linked to Ndhrl1 and may be also involved in nitrogen metabolic and (or) signaling pathways.
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- Lei Li
- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou, China.
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, China.
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A Heterozygous Genotype-Dependent Branched-Spike Wheat and the Potential Genetic Mechanism Revealed by Transcriptome Sequencing. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10050437. [PMID: 34068944 PMCID: PMC8157103 DOI: 10.3390/biology10050437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Simple Summary This paper reported a novel type of branched spike wheat from a natural mutation event. The branched spike was controlled by a heterozygous genotype. The genetic patterns showed that gametophytic male sterility probably contributed to the heterozygous genotype responsible for the branched spike trait. Expressional levels and Wheat FRIZZY PANICLE (WFZP) sequencing between the mutant with the branched spike and the wild-type with the normal spike showed that WFZP was not the causal gene for the branched spike. Data from transcriptome sequencing indicated that carbohydrate metabolism might be involved in the formation of the branched spike trait. Abstract Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) spike architecture is an important trait associated with spike development and grain yield. Here, we report a naturally occurring wheat mutant with branched spikelets (BSL) from its wild-type YD-16, which has a normal spike trait and confers a moderate level of resistance to wheat Fusarium head blight (FHB). The lateral meristems positioned at the basal parts of the rachis node of the BSL mutant develop into ramified spikelets characterized as multiple spikelets. The BSL mutant shows three to four-day longer growth period but less 1000-grain weight than the wild type, and it becomes highly susceptible to FHB infection, indicating that the locus controlling the BSL trait may have undergone an intensively artificial and/or natural selection in modern breeding process. The self-pollinated descendants of the lines with the BSL trait consistently segregated with an equal ratio of branched and normal spikelets (NSL) wheat, and homozygotes with the BSL trait could not be achieved even after nine cycles of self-pollination. Distinct segregation patterns both from the self-pollinated progenies of the BSL plants and from the reciprocal crosses between the BSL plants with their sister NSL plants suggested that gametophytic male sterility was probably associated with the heterozygosity for the BSL trait. Transcriptome sequencing of the RNA bulks contrasting in the two types of spike trait at the heading stage indicated that the genes on chromosome 2DS may be critical for the BSL trait formation since 329 out of 2540 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were located on that chromosome, and most of them were down-regulated. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis showed that carbohydrate metabolism may be involved in the BSL trait expression. This work provides valuable clues into understanding development and domestication of wheat spike as well as the association of the BSL trait with FHB susceptibility.
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He H, Du H, Liu R, Liu T, Yang L, Gong S, Tang Z, Du H, Liu C, Han R, Sun W, Wang L, Zhu S. Characterization of a new gene for resistance to wheat powdery mildew on chromosome 1RL of wild rye Secale sylvestre. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:887-896. [PMID: 33388886 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-020-03739-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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PmSESY, a new wheat powdery mildew resistance gene was characterized and genetically mapped to the terminal region of chromosome 1RL of wild rye Secale sylvestre. The genus Secale is an important resource for wheat improvement. The Secale species are usually considered as non-adapted hosts of Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt) that causes wheat powdery mildew. However, as a wild species of cultivated rye, S. sylvestre is rarely studied. Here, we reported that 25 S. sylvestre accessions were susceptible to isolate BgtYZ01, whereas the other five confer effective resistance to all the tested isolates of Bgt. A population was then constructed by crossing the resistant accession SESY-01 with the susceptible accession SESY-11. Genetic analysis showed that the resistance in SESY-01 was controlled by a single dominant gene, temporarily designated as PmSESY. Subsequently, combining bulked segregant RNA-Seq (BSR-Seq) analysis with molecular analysis, PmSESY was mapped into a 1.88 cM genetic interval in the terminus of the long arm of 1R, which was closely flanked by markers Xss06 and Xss09 with genetic distances of 0.87 cM and 1.01 cM, respectively. Comparative mapping demonstrated that the corresponding physical region of the PmSESY locus was about 3.81 Mb in rye cv. Lo7 genome, where 30 disease resistance-related genes were annotated, including five NLR-type disease resistance genes, three kinase family protein genes, three leucine-rich repeat receptor-like protein kinase genes and so on. This study gives a new insight into S. sylvestre that shows divergence in response to Bgt and reports a new powdery mildew resistance gene that has potential to be used for resistance improvement in wheat.
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- Huagang He
- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.
- School of Environment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430064, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection and Soil Science, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430064, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Crop Research Institution, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China
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- Crop Research Institution, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250100, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
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- INDEL Biological Technology Corporation, Nanjing, 210000, China
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- School of Environment, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.
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Wang D, Yu K, Jin D, Sun L, Chu J, Wu W, Xin P, Gregová E, Li X, Sun J, Yang W, Zhan K, Zhang A, Liu D. Natural variations in the promoter of Awn Length Inhibitor 1 (ALI-1) are associated with awn elongation and grain length in common wheat. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 101:1075-1090. [PMID: 31628879 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Wheat awn plays a vital role in photosynthesis, grain production, and drought tolerance. However, the systematic identification or cloning of genes controlling wheat awn development is seldom reported. Here, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) with 364 wheat accessions and identified 26 loci involved in awn length development, including previously characterized B1, B2, Hd, and several rice homologs. The dominant awn suppressor B1 was fine mapped to a 125-kb physical interval, and a C2 H2 zinc finger protein Awn Length Inhibitor 1 (ALI-1) was confirmed to be the underlying gene of the B1 locus through the functional complimentary test with native awnless allele. ALI-1 expresses predominantly in the developing spike of awnless individuals, transcriptionally suppressing downstream genes. ALI-1 reduces cytokinin content and simultaneously restrains cytokinin signal transduction, leading to a stagnation of cell proliferation and reduction of cell numbers during awn development. Polymorphisms of four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in ALI-1 promoter region are diagnostic for the B1/b1 genotypes, and these SNPs are associated with awn length (AL), grain length (GL) and thousand-grain weight (TGW). More importantly, ali-1 was observed to increase grain length in wheat, which is a valuable attribute of awn on grain weight, aside from photosynthesis. Therefore, ALI-1 pleiotropically regulates awn and grain development, providing an alternative for grain yield improvement and addressing future climate changes.
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- Dongzhi Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- BGI Institute of Applied Agriculture, BGI-Agro, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- College of Agronomy/The Collaborative Innovation Center of Grain Crops in Henan, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- National Centre for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
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- National Centre for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- National Agricultural and Food centre, Research Institute of Plant Production, Bratislavská cesta 122, 921 68, Piešťany, Slovakia
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- College of Agronomy/The Collaborative Innovation Center of Grain Crops in Henan, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- Biology and Agriculture Research Center, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100024, China
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Rychel S, Książkiewicz M. Development of gene-based molecular markers tagging low alkaloid pauper locus in white lupin (Lupinus albus L.). J Appl Genet 2019; 60:269-281. [PMID: 31410824 PMCID: PMC6803572 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-019-00508-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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White lupin (Lupinus albus L.) is a legume grain crop cultivated since ancient Greece and Egypt. Modern white lupin cultivars are appreciated as a source of protein with positive nutraceutical impact. However, white lupins produce anti-nutritional compounds, quinolizidine alkaloids, which provide bitter taste and have a negative influence on human health. During domestication of this species, several recessive alleles at unlinked loci controlling low alkaloid content were selected. One of these loci, pauper, was exploited worldwide providing numerous low-alkaloid cultivars. However, molecular tracking of pauper has been hampered due to the lack of diagnostic markers. In the present study, the synteny-based approach was harnessed to target pauper locus. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms flanking pauper locus on white lupin linkage map as well as candidate gene sequences elucidated from the narrow-leafed lupin (L. angustifolius L.) chromosome segment syntenic to the pauper linkage group region were transformed to PCR-based molecular markers. These markers were analyzed both in the mapping population and world germplasm collection. From fourteen markers screened, eleven were localized at a distance below 1.5 cM from this locus, including five co-segregating with pauper. The linkage of these markers was confirmed by high LOD values (up to 58.4). Validation performed in the set of 127 bitter and 23 sweet accessions evidenced high applicability of one marker, LAGI01_35805_F1_R1, for pauper locus selection, highlighted by the low ratio of false-positive scores (2.5%). LAGI01_35805 represents a homolog of L. angustifolius acyltransferase-like (LaAT) gene which might hypothetically participate in the alkaloid biosynthesis process in lupins.
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- Sandra Rychel
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland.
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