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Qi T, Tang T, Zhou Q, Yang W, Hassan MJ, Cheng B, Nie G, Li Z, Peng Y. Optimization of Protocols for the Induction of Callus and Plant Regeneration in White Clover ( Trifolium repens L.). Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11260. [PMID: 37511020 PMCID: PMC10378747 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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White clover is a widely grown temperate legume forage with high nutritional value. Research on the functional genomics of white clover requires a stable and efficient transformation system. In this study, we successfully induced calluses from the cotyledons and leaves of 10 different white clover varieties. The results showed that the callus formation rate in the cotyledons did not vary significantly among the varieties, but the highest callus formation rate was observed in 'Koala' leaves. Subsequently, different concentrations of antioxidants and hormones were tested on the browning rate and differentiation ability of the calluses, respectively. The results showed that the browning rate was the lowest on MS supplemented with 20 mg L-1 AgNO3 and 25 mg L-1 VC, respectively, and the differentiation rate was highest on MS supplemented with 1 mg L-1 6-BA, 1 mg L-1 KT and 0.5 mg L-1 NAA. In addition, the transformation system for Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of 4-day-old leaves was optimized to some extent and obtained a positive callus rate of 8.9% using green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a marker gene. According to our data, by following this optimized protocol, the transformation efficiency could reach 2.38%. The results of this study will provide the foundation for regenerating multiple transgenic white clover from a single genetic background.
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- Tiangang Qi
- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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Yang Z, Nie G, Feng G, Xu X, Li D, Wang X, Huang L, Zhang X. Genome-wide identification of MADS-box gene family in orchardgrass and the positive role of DgMADS114 and DgMADS115 under different abiotic stress. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 223:129-142. [PMID: 36356860 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.027] [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: 09/02/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Abiotic stress, a major factor limit growth and productivity of major crops. Orchardgrass is one of the most important cool-season forage grasses in the world, and it is highly tolerant to abiotic stress. The MADS-box transcription factor family is one of the largest families in plants, and it plays vital roles in multiple biological processes. However, MADS-box transcription factors in orchardgrass, especially those involved in abiotic stress, have not yet been elucidated. Here, 123 DgMADS-box members were identified in orchardgrass and a detailed overview has been presented. Syntenic analysis indicated that the expansion of the DgMADS-box genes in orchardgrass is mainly dependent on tandem duplication events. Some DgMADS-box genes were induced by multiple abiotic stresses, indicating that these genes may play critical regulatory roles in orchardgrass response to various abiotic stresses. Heterologous expression showed that DgMADS114 and DgMADS115 could enhance stress tolerance of transgenic Arabidopsis, as revealed by longer root length or higher survival rates under PEG, NaCl, ABA, and heat stress. The results of this study provide a scientific basis for clarifying the functional characterization of MADS-box genes in orchardgrass in response to environmental stress can be further used to improve forages and crops via breeding programs.
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- Zhongfu Yang
- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China.
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Saeidnia F, Majidi MM, Mirlohi A, Ahmadi B. Association analysis revealed loci linked to post-drought recovery and traits related to persistence of smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis). PLoS One 2022; 17:e0278687. [PMID: 36477736 PMCID: PMC9728867 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Association analysis has been proven as a powerful tool for the genetic dissection of complex traits. This study was conducted to identify association of recovery, persistence, and summer dormancy with sequence related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) markers in 36 smooth bromegrass genotypes under two moisture conditions and find stable associations. In this study, a diverse panel of polycross-derived progenies of smooth bromegrass was phenotyped under normal and water deficit regimes for three consecutive years. Under water deficit, dry matter yield of cut 1 was approximately reduced by 36, 39, and 37% during 2013, 2014, and 2015, respectively, compared with the normal regime. For dry matter yield of cut 2, these reductions were approximately 38, 60, and 56% in the same three consecutive years relative to normal regime. Moreover, water deficit decreased the RY and PER of the genotypes by 35 and 28%, respectively. Thirty primer combinations were screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). From these, 541 polymorphic bands were developed and subjected to association analysis using the mixed linear model (MLM). Population structure analysis identified five main subpopulations possessing significant genetic differences. Association analysis identified 69 and 46 marker-trait associations under normal and water deficit regimes, respectively. Some of these markers were associated with more than one trait; which can be attributed to pleiotropic effects or tightly linked genes affecting several traits. In normal and water-deficit regimes, these markers could potentially be incorporated into marker-assisted selection and targeted trait introgression for the improvement of drought tolerance of smooth bromegrass.
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- Fatemeh Saeidnia
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Horticultural Science Research Department, Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
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Zhang F, Qu L, Gu Y, Xu ZH, Xue HW. Resequencing and genome-wide association studies of autotetraploid potato. MOLECULAR HORTICULTURE 2022; 2:6. [PMID: 37789415 PMCID: PMC10515019 DOI: 10.1186/s43897-022-00027-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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Potato is the fourth most important food crop in the world. Although with a long history for breeding approaches, genomic information and association between genes and agronomic traits remain largely unknown particularly in autotetraploid potato cultivars, which limit the molecular breeding progression. By resequencing the genome of 108 main cultivar potato accessions with rich genetic diversity and population structure from International Potato Center, with approximate 20-fold coverage, we revealed more than 27 million Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and ~ 3 million Insertion and Deletions with high quality and accuracy. Domestication analysis and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identified candidate loci related to photoperiodic flowering time and temperature sensitivity as well as disease resistance, providing informative insights into the selection and domestication of cultivar potato. In addition, GWAS with GWASploy for 25 agronomic traits identified candidate loci by association signals, especially those related to tuber size, small-sized tuber weight and tuber thickness that was also validated by transcriptome analysis. Our study provides a valuable resource that facilitates the elucidation of domestication process as well as the genetic studies and agronomic improvement of autotetraploid potato.
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- Feng Zhang
- College of Agronomy, Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement & Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Shanghai OEbiotech, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Saeidnia F, Majidi MM, Mirlohi A. Marker-trait association analysis for drought tolerance in smooth bromegrass. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:116. [PMID: 33632123 PMCID: PMC7908751 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-02891-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little information is available on the application of marker-trait association (MTA) analysis for traits related to drought tolerance in smooth bromegrass. The objectives of this study were to identify marker loci associated with important agronomic traits and drought tolerance indices as well as fining stable associations in a diverse panel of polycross derived genotypes of smooth bromegrass. Phenotypic evaluations were performed at two irrigation regimes (normal and deficit irrigation) during 2 years; and association analysis was done with 626 SRAP markers. RESULTS The results of population structure analysis identified three main subpopulations possessing significant genetic differences. Under normal irrigation, 68 and 57 marker-trait associations were identified using general linear model (GLM) and mixed linear mode1 (MLM), respectively. While under deficit irrigation, 61 and 54 markers were associated with the genes controlling the studied traits, based on these two models, respectively. Some of the markers were associated with more than one trait. It was revealed that markers Me1/Em5-11, Me1/Em3-15, and Me5/Em4-7 were consistently linked with drought-tolerance indices. CONCLUSION Following marker validation, the MTAs reported in this panel could be useful tools to initiate marker-assisted selection (MAS) and targeted trait introgression of smooth bromegrass under normal and deficit irrigation regimes, and possibly fine mapping and cloning of the underlying genes and QTLs.
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- F. Saeidnia
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111 Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111 Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 84156-83111 Iran
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Yang X, Luo Z, Todd J, Sood S, Wang J. Genome-wide association study of multiple yield traits in a diversity panel of polyploid sugarcane (Saccharum spp.). THE PLANT GENOME 2020; 13:e20006. [PMID: 33016641 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) is an important economic crop, contributing up to 80% of sugar and approximately 60% of biofuel globally. To meet the increased demand for sugar and biofuel supplies, it is critical to breed sugarcane cultivars with robust performance in yield traits. Therefore, dissection of causal DNA sequence variants is of great importance, as it provides genetic resources and fundamental information for crop improvement. In this study, we analyzed nine yield traits in a sugarcane diversity panel consisting of 308 accessions primarily selected from the World Collection of Sugarcane and Related Grasses. By genotyping the diversity panel via target enrichment sequencing, we identified a large number of sequence variants. Genome-wide association studies between the markers and traits were conducted, taking dosages and gene actions into consideration. In total, 217 nonredundant markers and 225 candidate genes were identified to be significantly associated with the yield traits, which can serve as a comprehensive genetic resource database for future gene identification, characterization, and selection for sugarcane improvement. We further investigated runs of homozygosity (ROH) in the sugarcane diversity panel. We characterized 282 ROHs and found that the occurrence of ROHs in the genome were nonrandom and probably under selection. The ROHs were associated with total weight and dry weight, and high ROHs resulted in a decrease in the two traits. This study suggests that genomic inbreeding has led to negative impacts on sugarcane yield.
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- Xiping Yang
- Guangxi Key Lab for Sugarcane Biology, Guangxi Univ., Nanning, Guangxi, 530005, China
- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Sugarcane Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Houma, LA, 70360, USA
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- Sugarcane Field Station, USDA, ARS, Canal Point, FL, 33438, USA
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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Guo H, Wang Y, Zhang B, Li D, Chen J, Zong J, Li J, Liu J, Jiang Y. Association of candidate genes with drought tolerance traits in zoysiagrass germplasm. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 237:61-71. [PMID: 31026777 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2019.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Drought stress negatively influences the growth and physiology of perennial grasses. The objective of this study was to identify associations of candidate genes with drought tolerance traits in 96 zoysiagrass (Zoysia Willd.) accessions. Germplasm varied largely in leaf wilting, canopy and air temperature difference (CAD), leaf water content (LWC), chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm), leaf dry weight (LDW), stolon dry weight (SDW), rhizome dry weight (RZW), and root dry weight (RDW) under drought stress across the two experiments in 2014 and 2015 in a greenhouse. The population exhibited three subgroups based on molecular marker analysis and had minimum relative kinship. Associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in BADH encoding betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase, DREB1 encoding DREB-like protein 1, Ndhf encoding NADH dehydrogenase subunit F, CAT encoding catalase, and VP1 encoding H+-pyrophosphatase were analyzed with trait under drought stress (D) and relative values compared to the control (R). Twenty-seven mark and trait associations were detected in year 2014, 2015, and a two-year combination across four genes, including 13 associations in 7 SNP loci in BADH, 9 associations in 5 SNP loci in DREB1, 3 associations in one SNP locus in Ndhf, and 2 associations in one SNP locus in CAT. Of them, one SNP in BADH was associated with D-RDW or D-SDW, three SNPs in DREB1 were associated with D-RZW, D-RDW, R-LWC, and D-CAD, and one SNP in CAT was associated with D-SDW. Nucleotide changes in these SNP loci caused non-synonymous amino acid substitutions. The results indicated that allelic diversity in genes involved in antioxidant metabolism, osmotic homeostasis, and dehydration responsive transcription factor could contribute to growth and physiological variations in zoysiagrass under drought stress.
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- Hailin Guo
- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
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