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Wu H, Zhao S, Wang X, Duan A, Zhang J. Mating pattern and pollen dispersal in an advanced generation seed orchard of Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1042290. [PMID: 36388519 PMCID: PMC9646989 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1042290] [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: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Seed orchards represent the link between forest breeding and conifer production forests, and their mating patterns determine the genetic quality of seed orchard crops to a large extent. We genotyped the parental clones and their open pollination offspring in the third-generation seed orchard of Chinese fir using microsatellite markers and observed the synchronization of florescence in the seed orchard to understand the genetic diversity and mating structure of the seed orchard population. Genetic coancestry among parental clones was detected in the third generation seed orchard of Chinese fir, and the genetic diversity of the open-pollinated offspring was slightly higher than that of the parental clones. The external pollen contamination rate ranged from 10.1% to 33.7%, 80% of the offspring were produced by 44% of the parental clones in the orchard, and no evidence of selfing was found. We found that 68.1% of the effective pollination occurred within 50 m, and 19.9% of the effective pollination occurred in the nearest neighbors. We also found that successful mating requires about 30% of florescence overlap between males and females, and there was a significant positive correlation between male reproductive energy and male parental contribution. Our results provide a valuable reference for the management and design of advanced generation seed orchards.
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- Hanbin Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding & Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- State-owned Forestry Farm of Weimin, Shaowu, China
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- State-owned Forestry Farm of Weimin, Shaowu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding & Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding & Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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Brünjes L, Link W. Paternal outcrossing success differs among faba bean genotypes and impacts breeding of synthetic cultivars. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:2411-2427. [PMID: 33961063 PMCID: PMC8277637 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03832-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Faba bean genotypes showed significant and marked genetic differences in their success as pollen donors to cross-fertilized seeds. The findings may improve exploitation of heterosis in synthetic cultivars. In partially allogamous crops such as faba bean (Vicia faba L.), increasing the share of heterosis in a synthetic cultivar can improve yield and yield stability. The share of heterosis in such synthetic cultivars is increased by higher degrees of cross-fertilization. This trait is defined as percentage of cross-fertilized seeds among all seeds and is a crucial parameter in breeders' yield predictions. Current approaches use degree of cross-fertilization to predict inbreeding and share of heterosis, they even consider genotype-specific degrees; yet, all genotypes are assumed to contribute equally to the cross-fertilized seeds. Here, we expect faba bean genotypes to differ in their success rates as pollen donors, i.e. in paternal outcrossing success. To quantify the variation of both, the degree of cross-fertilization and the paternal outcrossing success, we assessed these parameters in inbred lines and F1 hybrids, grown in four polycrosses composed of eight genotypes each. We identified the paternal genotype of 500 to 800 seeds per genotype and polycross using SNP markers. In both traits, we found marked and significant variation among inbred lines and among F1 hybrids, as well as between inbred lines and F1. Based on our findings, we discuss how differential paternal outcrossing success influences the amount of inbreeding in synthetic cultivars. Our findings offer the potential for a better management and exploitation of heterotic yield increase in faba bean.
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- Lisa Brünjes
- Plant Breeding Methodology, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Carl-Sprengel-Weg 1, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Plant Breeding Methodology, Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Carl-Sprengel-Weg 1, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Hall D, Zhao W, Wennström U, Andersson Gull B, Wang XR. Parentage and relatedness reconstruction in Pinus sylvestris using genotyping-by-sequencing. Heredity (Edinb) 2020; 124:633-646. [PMID: 32123330 PMCID: PMC7171117 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-020-0302-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Estimating kinship is fundamental for studies of evolution, conservation, and breeding. Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) and other restriction based genotyping methods have become widely applied in these applications in non-model organisms. However, sequencing errors, depth, and reproducibility between library preps could potentially hinder accurate genetic inferences. In this study, we tested different sets of parameters in data filtering, different reference populations and eight estimation methods to obtain a robust procedure for relatedness estimation in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). We used a seed orchard as our study system, where candidate parents are known and pedigree reconstruction can be compared with theoretical expectations. We found that relatedness estimates were lower than expected for all categories of kinship estimated if the proportion of shared SNPs was low. However, estimates reached expected values if loci showing an excess of heterozygotes were removed and genotyping error rates were considered. The genetic variance-covariance matrix (G-matrix) estimation, however, performed poorly in kinship estimation. The reduced relatedness estimates are likely due to false heterozygosity calls. We analyzed the mating structure in the seed orchard and identified a selfing rate of 3% (including crosses between clone mates) and external pollen contamination of 33.6%. Little genetic structure was observed in the sampled Scots pine natural populations, and the degree of inbreeding in the orchard seed crop is comparable to natural stands. We illustrate that under our optimized data processing procedure, relatedness, and genetic composition, including level of pollen contamination within a seed orchard crop, can be established consistently by different estimators.
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- David Hall
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, UPSC, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, UPSC, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design; College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, UPSC, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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Sankar Narayan K, Esack ER, Radhapriya P, Gopal VB, Muthu S, Perumal P. Impact of geography on adaptation of Phyllanthus amarus seeds. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:217. [PMID: 29651382 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1236-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The present study was aimed to evaluate adaptive mechanism in terms of seed characters of Phyllanthus amarus collected from ten different locations of Tamil Nadu, India. The adaptive variations among the collected populations were assessed based on the sink and float percentages of the seeds in water, the percentage of seed germination, total protein, carbohydrates and their seedling's growth ability such as shoot and root lengths. From this, we observed that the population had a significantly higher germination percentage of sinking seeds that were attributed to its relatively higher carbohydrate and protein contents than the floating seeds. A comparison of the seed population by cluster analysis and principal coordinate analysis showed that the Chennai population constituted a single clade that was very distinct from the other nine populations, which were further grouped into two sub-clusters. They exhibited a trend consistent with their geographical proximity. Standardised Mantel's t tests had revealed that the adaptive diversity of the P. amarus population was significantly affected by the geographic distance (r = 0.78, t = 2.68, P > 0.001), altitude (r = 0.35, t = 21.53, P > 0.05), minimum temperature (r = 0.43, t = 1.49, P > 0.01) and maximum temperature (r = 0.49, t = 1.67, P > 0.001). Seed's characteristics and geographical conditions were correlated along with 19 bioclimatic variables. In dry season, the seedling's rooting ability showed positive correlation, while its protein content exhibited a negative correlation. It is clearly evident from this study that the geographical variables significantly influence the adaptive ability of the P. amarus.
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- Karthik Sankar Narayan
- 1Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600025 India
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- 2Plant Physiology and Biotechnology Division, UPASI Tea Research Foundation, Tea Research Institute, Valparai, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 642127 India
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- 1Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600025 India
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- 1Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600025 India
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- 1Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600025 India
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- 1Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600025 India
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Nakahara T, Fukano Y, Hirota SK, Yahara T. Size advantage for male function and size-dependent sex allocation in Ambrosia artemisiifolia, a wind-pollinated plant. Ecol Evol 2017; 8:1159-1170. [PMID: 29375787 PMCID: PMC5773293 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 11/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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In wind‐pollinated plants, male‐biased sex allocation is often positively associated with plant size and height. However, effects of size (biomass or reproductive investment) and height were not separated in most previous studies. Here, using experimental populations of monoecious plants, Ambrosia altemisiifolia, we examined (1) how male and female reproductive investments (MRI and FRI) change with biomass and height, (2) how MRI and height affect male reproductive success (MRS) and pollen dispersal, and (3) how height affects seed production. Pollen dispersal kernel and selection gradients on MRS were estimated by 2,102 seeds using six microsatellite markers. First, MRI increased with height, but FRI did not, suggesting that sex allocation is more male‐biased with increasing plant height. On the other hand, both MRI and FRI increased with biomass but often more greatly for FRI, and consequently, sex allocation was often female‐biased with biomass. Second, MRS increased with both height and MRI, the latter having the same or larger effect on MRS. Estimated pollen dispersal kernel was fat‐tailed, with the maximum distance between mates tending to increase with MRI but not with height. Third, the number of seeds did not increase with height. Those findings showed that the male‐biased sex allocation in taller plants of A. artemisiifolia is explained by a direct effect of height on MRS.
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- Toru Nakahara
- Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan
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- Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan.,Present address: Kawatabi Field Science Center Graduate School of Agricultural Science Tohoku University Miyagi Japan
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- Department of Biology Faculty of Science Kyushu University Fukuoka Japan
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Lagache L, Klein EK, Ducousso A, Petit RJ. Distinct male reproductive strategies in two closely related oak species. Mol Ecol 2014; 23:4331-43. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Lélia Lagache
- INRA; UMR 1202 Biogeco; F-33610 Cestas France
- Univ. Bordeaux; UMR1202 Biogeco; F-33400 Talence France
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- Biostatistique et Processus Spatiaux (BioSP); INRA; UR546; F-84914 Avignon France
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- INRA; UMR 1202 Biogeco; F-33610 Cestas France
- Univ. Bordeaux; UMR1202 Biogeco; F-33400 Talence France
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- INRA; UMR 1202 Biogeco; F-33610 Cestas France
- Univ. Bordeaux; UMR1202 Biogeco; F-33400 Talence France
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De Cauwer I, Arnaud JF, Klein EK, Dufay M. Disentangling the causes of heterogeneity in male fecundity in gynodioecious Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2012; 195:676-687. [PMID: 22691102 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04191.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Variation among individuals in reproductive success is advocated as a major process driving evolution of sexual polymorphisms in plants, such as gynodioecy where females and hermaphrodites coexist. In gynodioecious Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima, sex determination involves cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) genes and nuclear restorers of male fertility. Both restored CMS and non-CMS hermaphrodites co-occur. Genotype-specific differences in male fitness are theoretically expected to explain the maintenance of cytonuclear polymorphism. Using genotypic information on seedlings and flowering plants within two metapopulations, we investigated whether male fecundity was influenced by ecological, phenotypic and genetic factors, while taking into account the shape and scale of pollen dispersal. Along with spatially restricted pollen flow, we showed that male fecundity was affected by flowering synchrony, investment in reproduction, pollen production and cytoplasmic identity of potential fathers. Siring success of non-CMS hermaphrodites was higher than that of restored CMS hermaphrodites. However, the magnitude of the difference in fecundity depended on the likelihood of carrying restorer alleles for non-CMS hermaphrodites. Our results suggest the occurrence of a cost of silent restorers, a condition supported by scarce empirical evidence, but theoretically required to maintain a stable sexual polymorphism in gynodioecious species.
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- I De Cauwer
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Évolution des Populations Végétales, UMR CNRS 8198, Bâtiment SN2, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
- Present address: Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Laboratoire de Génétique et Évolution des Populations Végétales, UMR CNRS 8198, Bâtiment SN2, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- INRA, UR 546, Biostatistique et Processus Spatiaux, Domaine St Paul, Site Agroparc, F-84914 Avignon Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique et Évolution des Populations Végétales, UMR CNRS 8198, Bâtiment SN2, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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