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Ahadi P, Balasundaram B, Borrero JS, Chen C. Development and optimization of expected cross value for mate selection problems. Heredity (Edinb) 2024; 133:113-125. [PMID: 38956397 PMCID: PMC11286873 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-024-00697-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
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In this study, we address the mate selection problem in the hybridization stage of a breeding pipeline, which constitutes the multi-objective breeding goal key to the performance of a variety development program. The solution framework we formulate seeks to ensure that individuals with the most desirable genomic characteristics are selected to cross in order to maximize the likelihood of the inheritance of desirable genetic materials to the progeny. Unlike approaches that use phenotypic values for parental selection and evaluate individuals separately, we use a criterion that relies on the genetic architecture of traits and evaluates combinations of genomic information of the pairs of individuals. We introduce the expected cross value (ECV) criterion that measures the expected number of desirable alleles for gametes produced by pairs of individuals sampled from a population of potential parents. We use the ECV criterion to develop an integer linear programming formulation for the parental selection problem. The formulation is capable of controlling the inbreeding level between selected mates. We evaluate the approach or two applications: (i) improving multiple target traits simultaneously, and (ii) finding a multi-parental solution to design crossing blocks. We evaluate the performance of the ECV criterion using a simulation study. Finally, we discuss how the ECV criterion and the proposed integer linear programming techniques can be applied to improve breeding efficiency while maintaining genetic diversity in a breeding program.
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- Pouya Ahadi
- H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
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Liu W, Wei JW, Shan Q, Liu M, Xu J, Gong B. Genetic engineering of drought- and salt-tolerant tomato via Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase S-nitrosylation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 195:1038-1052. [PMID: 38478428 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
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Drought and soil salinization substantially impact agriculture. While proline's role in enhancing stress tolerance is known, the exact molecular mechanism by which plants process stress signals and control proline synthesis under stress is still not fully understood. In tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), drought and salt stress stimulate nitric oxide (NO) production, which boosts proline synthesis by activating Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (SlP5CS) and Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase (SlP5CR) genes and the P5CR enzyme. The crucial factor is stress-triggered NO production, which regulates the S-nitrosylation of SlP5CR at Cys-5, thereby increasing its NAD(P)H affinity and enzymatic activity. S-nitrosylation of SlP5CR enables tomato plants to better adapt to changing NAD(P)H levels, boosting both SlP5CR activity and proline synthesis during stress. By comparing tomato lines genetically modified to express different forms of SlP5CR, including a variant mimicking S-nitrosylation (SlP5CRC5W), we found that SlP5CRC5W plants show superior growth and stress tolerance. This is attributed to better P5CR activity, proline production, water use efficiency, reactive oxygen species scavenging, and sodium excretion. Overall, this study demonstrates that tomato engineered to mimic S-nitrosylated SlP5CR exhibits enhanced growth and yield under drought and salt stress conditions, highlighting a promising approach for stress-tolerant tomato cultivation.
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- Wei Liu
- College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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Hamazaki K, Iwata H. AI-assisted selection of mating pairs through simulation-based optimized progeny allocation strategies in plant breeding. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1361894. [PMID: 38817943 PMCID: PMC11138345 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1361894] [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: 12/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Emerging technologies such as genomic selection have been applied to modern plant and animal breeding to increase the speed and efficiency of variety release. However, breeding requires decisions regarding parent selection and mating pairs, which significantly impact the ultimate genetic gain of a breeding scheme. The selection of appropriate parents and mating pairs to increase genetic gain while maintaining genetic diversity is still an urgent need that breeders are facing. This study aimed to determine the best progeny allocation strategies by combining future-oriented simulations and numerical black-box optimization for an improved selection of parents and mating pairs. In this study, we focused on optimizing the allocation of progenies, and the breeding process was regarded as a black-box function whose input is a set of parameters related to the progeny allocation strategies and whose output is the ultimate genetic gain of breeding schemes. The allocation of progenies to each mating pair was parameterized according to a softmax function, whose input is a weighted sum of multiple features for the allocation, including expected genetic variance of progenies and selection criteria such as different types of breeding values, to balance genetic gains and genetic diversity optimally. The weighting parameters were then optimized by the black-box optimization algorithm called StoSOO via future-oriented breeding simulations. Simulation studies to evaluate the potential of our novel method revealed that the breeding strategy based on optimized weights attained almost 10% higher genetic gain than that with an equal allocation of progenies to all mating pairs within just four generations. Among the optimized strategies, those considering the expected genetic variance of progenies could maintain the genetic diversity throughout the breeding process, leading to a higher ultimate genetic gain than those without considering it. These results suggest that our novel method can significantly improve the speed and efficiency of variety development through optimized decisions regarding the selection of parents and mating pairs. In addition, by changing simulation settings, our future-oriented optimization framework for progeny allocation strategies can be easily implemented into general breeding schemes, contributing to accelerated plant and animal breeding with high efficiency.
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- Laboratory of Biometry and Bioinformatics, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Danguy des Déserts A, Durand N, Servin B, Goudemand-Dugué E, Alliot JM, Ruiz D, Charmet G, Elsen JM, Bouchet S. Comparison of genomic-enabled cross selection criteria for the improvement of inbred line breeding populations. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2023; 13:jkad195. [PMID: 37625792 PMCID: PMC10627264 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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A crucial step in inbred plant breeding is the choice of mating design to derive high-performing inbred varieties while also maintaining a competitive breeding population to secure sufficient genetic gain in future generations. In practice, the mating design usually relies on crosses involving the best parental inbred lines to ensure high mean progeny performance. This excludes crosses involving lower performing but more complementary parents in terms of favorable alleles. We predicted the ability of crosses to produce putative outstanding progenies (high mean and high variance progeny distribution) using genomic prediction models. This study compared the benefits and drawbacks of 7 genomic cross selection criteria (CSC) in terms of genetic gain for 1 trait and genetic diversity in the next generation. Six CSC were already published, and we propose an improved CSC that can estimate the proportion of progeny above a threshold defined for the whole mating plan. We simulated mating designs optimized using different CSC. The 835 elite parents came from a real breeding program and were evaluated between 2000 and 2016. We applied constraints on parental contributions and genetic similarities between selected parents according to usual breeder practices. Our results showed that CSC based on progeny variance estimation increased the genetic value of superior progenies by up to 5% in the next generation compared to CSC based on the progeny mean estimation (i.e. parental genetic values) alone. It also increased the genetic gain (up to 4%) and/or maintained more genetic diversity at QTLs (up to 4% more genic variance when the marker effects were perfectly estimated).
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- Alice Danguy des Déserts
- INRAE-Université Clermont-Auvergne, UMR1095, GDEC, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, Puy de Dôme, Auvergne, France
- INRAE-Université de Toulouse, UMR1388, GenPhySE, 31320 Castanet-Tolosan, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France
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- ENAC-Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile, 31000 Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France
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- INRAE-Université de Toulouse, UMR1388, GenPhySE, 31320 Castanet-Tolosan, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France
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- Florimond-Desprez Veuve & Fils SAS, 59242 Cappelle-en-Pévèle, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France
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- IRIT-APO, Institut de recherche en informatique de Toulouse - Algorithmes Parallèles et Optimisation, 31000 Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France
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- INPT-ENSEEIHT, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, École Nationale Supérieure d'Électrotechnique, d'Électronique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique et des Télécommunications, 31000 Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France
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- INRAE-Université Clermont-Auvergne, UMR1095, GDEC, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, Puy de Dôme, Auvergne, France
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- INRAE-Université de Toulouse, UMR1388, GenPhySE, 31320 Castanet-Tolosan, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France
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- INRAE-Université Clermont-Auvergne, UMR1095, GDEC, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, Puy de Dôme, Auvergne, France
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Trentin HU, Krause MD, Zunjare RU, Almeida VC, Peterlini E, Rotarenco V, Frei UK, Beavis WD, Lübberstedt T. Genetic basis of maize maternal haploid induction beyond MATRILINEAL and ZmDMP. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1218042. [PMID: 37860246 PMCID: PMC10582762 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1218042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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In maize, doubled haploid (DH) lines are created in vivo through crosses with maternal haploid inducers. Their induction ability, usually expressed as haploid induction rate (HIR), is known to be under polygenic control. Although two major genes (MTL and ZmDMP) affecting this trait were recently described, many others remain unknown. To identify them, we designed and performed a SNP based (~9007) genome-wide association study using a large and diverse panel of 159 maternal haploid inducers. Our analyses identified a major gene near MTL, which is present in all inducers and necessary to disrupt haploid induction. We also found a significant quantitative trait loci (QTL) on chromosome 10 using a case-control mapping approach, in which 793 noninducers were used as controls. This QTL harbors a kokopelli ortholog, whose role in maternal haploid induction was recently described in Arabidopsis. QTL with smaller effects were identified on six of the ten maize chromosomes, confirming the polygenic nature of this trait. These QTL could be incorporated into inducer breeding programs through marker-assisted selection approaches. Further improving HIR is important to reduce the cost of DH line production.
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- Henrique Uliana Trentin
- Bayer Crop Science, Coxilha, RS, Brazil
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
- Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
- Department of Agronomy, State University of Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
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Zheng X, Wang T, Niu Q, Wu J, Zhao Z, Gao H, Li J, Xu L. Evaluation of Linear Programming and Optimal Contribution Selection Approaches for Long-Term Selection on Beef Cattle Breeding. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:1157. [PMID: 37759557 PMCID: PMC10525978 DOI: 10.3390/biology12091157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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The optimized selection method can maximize the genetic gain in offspring under the premise of controlling the inbreeding level of the population. At present, genetic gain has been largely improved by using genomic selection in multiple farm animals. However, the design of the optimal selection method and assessment of its effects during long-term selection in beef cattle breeding are yet to be fully explored. In this study, a simulated beef cattle population was constructed, and 15 generations of simulated breeding were carried out using the linear programming breeding strategy (LP) and optimal contribution selection strategy (OCS), respectively. The truncation selection strategy (TS-I and TS-II) was used as the control. During the breeding process, genetic parameters including genetic gain, average kinship coefficient, QTL effect variance, and average observed heterozygosity were calculated and compared across generations. Our results showed that the LP method can significantly improve the genetic gain in the population, especially the genetic performance of the traits with high heritability and the traits with high weight in the breeding process, but the inbreeding level of the population is higher under LP strategy. Although the genetic gain in the population under the OCS strategy is lower than the TS-II strategy, this method can effectively control the inbreeding level of the population. Our findings also suggest that the LP and OCS method can be used as an effective means to improve genetic gain, while the OCS method is a more ideal method to obtain sustainable genetic gain during long-term selection.
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (X.Z.); (T.W.); (Q.N.); (J.W.); (Z.Z.); (H.G.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (X.Z.); (T.W.); (Q.N.); (J.W.); (Z.Z.); (H.G.)
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Nagpal S, Sirari A, Sharma P, Singh S, Mandahal KS, Singh H, Singh S. Marker trait association for biological nitrogen fixation traits in an interspecific cross of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum × Cicer reticulatum). PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 29:1005-1018. [PMID: 37649881 PMCID: PMC10462594 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-023-01335-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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A set of 165 Recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from an interspecific cross of chickpea was used to identify QTLs for key biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) traits. The phenotyping of BNF and related traits was done at two different agroclimatic zones viz., Central plain zone (Ludhiana) and Sub-Mountainous undulating zone (Gurdaspur) for 2 consecutive rabi seasons (2018-2020). Wild parent C. reticulatum ILWC292 showed significantly high performance in terms of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) traits over the cultivated C. arietinum GPF-2. The triple interaction of genotypes × locations × years was significant (p 0.05) for all BNF traits in parental lines. Highly significant positive correlation was obtained between grain yield and key growth and symbiotic parameters at both the sites. Phenotypic analysis revealed nodule dry weight and leghaemoglobin content as key traits for BNF efficiency and contrasting DNA bulks were constituted on the basis of these traits. Out of 535 SSR markers, 139 exhibited polymorphism between the parental lines on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A total of 30 SSR markers showed polymorphism between the higher and lower bulks for nodule dry weight and leghaemoglobin content. Out of these, 20 SSRs did not show any segregation distortion in RIL population as determined by chi square analysis (p < 0.05) and were used for quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis. Using QTL cartographer, markers- CAGM02697, CAGM09835, CAGM09777, CAGM09227, CAGM09021, CAGM08679 were found linked with QTLs for BNF. These markers can be validated further for identification of genes for BNF traits and marker assisted selection in chickpea. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report on identification of genomic regions associated with key BNF traits in chickpea across different agro-climatic zones. Supplementary information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-023-01335-3.
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- Sharon Nagpal
- Department of Microbiology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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- Regional Research Station, Punjab Agricultural University, Gurdaspur, 143521 India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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Zhao F, Zhang P, Wang X, Akdemir D, Garrick D, He J, Wang L. Genetic gain and inbreeding from simulation of different genomic mating schemes for pig improvement. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2023; 14:87. [PMID: 37309010 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-023-00872-x] [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: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Genomic selection involves choosing as parents those elite individuals with the higher genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) to accelerate the speed of genetic improvement in domestic animals. But after multi-generation selection, the rate of inbreeding and the occurrence of homozygous harmful alleles might increase, which would reduce performance and genetic diversity. To mitigate the above problems, we can utilize genomic mating (GM) based upon optimal mate allocation to construct the best genotypic combinations in the next generation. In this study, we used stochastic simulation to investigate the impact of various factors on the efficiencies of GM to optimize pairing combinations after genomic selection of candidates in a pig population. These factors included: the algorithm used to derive inbreeding coefficients; the trait heritability (0.1, 0.3 or 0.5); the kind of GM scheme (focused average GEBV or inbreeding); the approach for computing the genomic relationship matrix (by SNP or runs of homozygosity (ROH)). The outcomes were compared to three traditional mating schemes (random, positive assortative or negative assortative matings). In addition, the performance of the GM approach was tested on real datasets obtained from a Large White pig breeding population. RESULTS Genomic mating outperforms other approaches in limiting the inbreeding accumulation for the same expected genetic gain. The use of ROH-based genealogical relatedness in GM achieved faster genetic gains than using relatedness based on individual SNPs. The GROH-based GM schemes with the maximum genetic gain resulted in 0.9%-2.6% higher rates of genetic gain ΔG, and 13%-83.3% lower ΔF than positive assortative mating regardless of heritability. The rates of inbreeding were always the fastest with positive assortative mating. Results from a purebred Large White pig population, confirmed that GM with ROH-based GRM was more efficient than traditional mating schemes. CONCLUSION Compared with traditional mating schemes, genomic mating can not only achieve sustainable genetic progress but also effectively control the rates of inbreeding accumulation in the population. Our findings demonstrated that breeders should consider using genomic mating for genetic improvement of pigs.
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- Fuping Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (Poultry) of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (Poultry) of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (Poultry) of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Center for Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- AL Rae Centre for Genetics and Breeding, Massey University, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
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- College of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Hunnan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (Poultry) of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Zhao H, Lin Z, Khansefid M, Tibbits JF, Hayden MJ. Genomic prediction and selection response for grain yield in safflower. Front Genet 2023; 14:1129433. [PMID: 37051598 PMCID: PMC10083426 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1129433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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In plant breeding programs, multiple traits are recorded in each trial, and the traits are often correlated. Correlated traits can be incorporated into genomic selection models, especially for traits with low heritability, to improve prediction accuracy. In this study, we investigated the genetic correlation between important agronomic traits in safflower. We observed the moderate genetic correlations between grain yield (GY) and plant height (PH, 0.272–0.531), and low correlations between grain yield and days to flowering (DF, −0.157–0.201). A 4%–20% prediction accuracy improvement for grain yield was achieved when plant height was included in both training and validation sets with multivariate models. We further explored the selection responses for grain yield by selecting the top 20% of lines based on different selection indices. Selection responses for grain yield varied across sites. Simultaneous selection for grain yield and seed oil content (OL) showed positive gains across all sites with equal weights for both grain yield and oil content. Combining g×E interaction into genomic selection (GS) led to more balanced selection responses across sites. In conclusion, genomic selection is a valuable breeding tool for breeding high grain yield, oil content, and highly adaptable safflower varieties.
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- Huanhuan Zhao
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- *Correspondence: Huanhuan Zhao,
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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Castro-Urrea FA, Urricariet MP, Stefanova KT, Li L, Moss WM, Guzzomi AL, Sass O, Siddique KHM, Cowling WA. Accuracy of Selection in Early Generations of Field Pea Breeding Increases by Exploiting the Information Contained in Correlated Traits. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1141. [PMID: 36903999 PMCID: PMC10005560 DOI: 10.3390/plants12051141] [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: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Accuracy of predicted breeding values (PBV) for low heritability traits may be increased in early generations by exploiting the information available in correlated traits. We compared the accuracy of PBV for 10 correlated traits with low to medium narrow-sense heritability (h2) in a genetically diverse field pea (Pisum sativum L.) population after univariate or multivariate linear mixed model (MLMM) analysis with pedigree information. In the contra-season, we crossed and selfed S1 parent plants, and in the main season we evaluated spaced plants of S0 cross progeny and S2+ (S2 or higher) self progeny of parent plants for the 10 traits. Stem strength traits included stem buckling (SB) (h2 = 0.05), compressed stem thickness (CST) (h2 = 0.12), internode length (IL) (h2 = 0.61) and angle of the main stem above horizontal at first flower (EAngle) (h2 = 0.46). Significant genetic correlations of the additive effects occurred between SB and CST (0.61), IL and EAngle (-0.90) and IL and CST (-0.36). The average accuracy of PBVs in S0 progeny increased from 0.799 to 0.841 and in S2+ progeny increased from 0.835 to 0.875 in univariate vs MLMM, respectively. An optimized mating design was constructed with optimal contribution selection based on an index of PBV for the 10 traits, and predicted genetic gain in the next cycle ranged from 1.4% (SB), 5.0% (CST), 10.5% (EAngle) and -10.5% (IL), with low achieved parental coancestry of 0.12. MLMM improved the potential genetic gain in annual cycles of early generation selection in field pea by increasing the accuracy of PBV.
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- Felipe A. Castro-Urrea
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- General Genetics Unit, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires C1107AAZ, Argentina
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- SAGI West, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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- Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
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- Centre for Engineering Innovation: Agriculture & Ecological Restoration, The University of Western Australia, Shenton Park, WA 6008, Australia
- School of Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- Centre for Engineering Innovation: Agriculture & Ecological Restoration, The University of Western Australia, Shenton Park, WA 6008, Australia
- School of Engineering, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG, Hohenlieth-Hof 1, 24363 Holtsee, Germany
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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Senger E, Osorio S, Olbricht K, Shaw P, Denoyes B, Davik J, Predieri S, Karhu S, Raubach S, Lippi N, Höfer M, Cockerton H, Pradal C, Kafkas E, Litthauer S, Amaya I, Usadel B, Mezzetti B. Towards smart and sustainable development of modern berry cultivars in Europe. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 111:1238-1251. [PMID: 35751152 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Fresh berries are a popular and important component of the human diet. The demand for high-quality berries and sustainable production methods is increasing globally, challenging breeders to develop modern berry cultivars that fulfill all desired characteristics. Since 1994, research projects have characterized genetic resources, developed modern tools for high-throughput screening, and published data in publicly available repositories. However, the key findings of different disciplines are rarely linked together, and only a limited range of traits and genotypes has been investigated. The Horizon2020 project BreedingValue will address these challenges by studying a broader panel of strawberry, raspberry and blueberry genotypes in detail, in order to recover the lost genetic diversity that has limited the aroma and flavor intensity of recent cultivars. We will combine metabolic analysis with sensory panel tests and surveys to identify the key components of taste, flavor and aroma in berries across Europe, leading to a high-resolution map of quality requirements for future berry cultivars. Traits linked to berry yields and the effect of environmental stress will be investigated using modern image analysis methods and modeling. We will also use genetic analysis to determine the genetic basis of complex traits for the development and optimization of modern breeding technologies, such as molecular marker arrays, genomic selection and genome-wide association studies. Finally, the results, raw data and metadata will be made publicly available on the open platform Germinate in order to meet FAIR data principles and provide the basis for sustainable research in the future.
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- Elisa Senger
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-4 Bioinformatics, BioSC, CEPLAS, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea 'La Mayora', Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus de Teatinos, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Information and Computational Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Scotland, UK
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- Université de Bordeaux, UMR BFP, INRAE, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Department of Molecular Plant Biology, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
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- Bio-Agrofood Department, Institute for Bioeconomy, IBE-CNR, Italian National Research Council, Bologna, Italy
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Turku, Finland
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- Department of Information and Computational Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Scotland, UK
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- Bio-Agrofood Department, Institute for Bioeconomy, IBE-CNR, Italian National Research Council, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Breeding Research on Fruit Crops, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Dresden, Germany
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- Genetics, Genomics and Breeding Department, NIAB, East Malling, UK
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- CIRAD and UMR AGAP Institute, Montpellier, France
- INRIA and LIRMM, University Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Çukurova University, Balcalı, Adana, Turkey
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- Unidad Asociada deI + D + i IFAPA-CSIC Biotecnología y Mejora en Fresa, Málaga, Spain
- Laboratorio de Genómica y Biotecnología, Centro IFAPA de Málaga, Instituto Andaluz de Investigación y Formación Agraria y Pesquera, Málaga, Spain
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-4 Bioinformatics, BioSC, CEPLAS, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
- Institute for Biological Data Science, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Lalejini A, Dolson E, Vostinar AE, Zaman L. Artificial selection methods from evolutionary computing show promise for directed evolution of microbes. eLife 2022; 11:79665. [PMID: 35916365 PMCID: PMC9444240 DOI: 10.7554/elife.79665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Directed microbial evolution harnesses evolutionary processes in the laboratory to construct microorganisms with enhanced or novel functional traits. Attempting to direct evolutionary processes for applied goals is fundamental to evolutionary computation, which harnesses the principles of Darwinian evolution as a general-purpose search engine for solutions to challenging computational problems. Despite their overlapping approaches, artificial selection methods from evolutionary computing are not commonly applied to living systems in the laboratory. In this work, we ask whether parent selection algorithms—procedures for choosing promising progenitors—from evolutionary computation might be useful for directing the evolution of microbial populations when selecting for multiple functional traits. To do so, we introduce an agent-based model of directed microbial evolution, which we used to evaluate how well three selection algorithms from evolutionary computing (tournament selection, lexicase selection, and non-dominated elite selection) performed relative to methods commonly used in the laboratory (elite and top 10% selection). We found that multiobjective selection techniques from evolutionary computing (lexicase and non-dominated elite) generally outperformed the commonly used directed evolution approaches when selecting for multiple traits of interest. Our results motivate ongoing work transferring these multiobjective selection procedures into the laboratory and a continued evaluation of more sophisticated artificial selection methods. Humans have long known how to co-opt evolutionary processes for their own benefit. Carefully choosing which individuals to breed so that beneficial traits would take hold, they have domesticated dogs, wheat, cows and many other species to fulfil their needs. Biologists have recently refined these ‘artificial selection’ approaches to focus on microorganisms. The hope is to obtain microbes equipped with desirable features, such as the ability to degrade plastic or to produce valuable molecules. However, existing ways of using artificial selection on microbes are limited and sometimes not effective. Computer scientists have also harnessed evolutionary principles for their own purposes, developing highly effective artificial selection protocols that are used to find solutions to challenging computational problems. Yet because of limited communication between the two fields, sophisticated selection protocols honed over decades in evolutionary computing have yet to be evaluated for use in biological populations. In their work, Lalejini et al. compared popular artificial selection protocols developed for either evolutionary computing or work with microorganisms. Two computing selection methods showed promise for improving directed evolution in the laboratory. Crucially, these selection protocols differed from conventionally used methods by selecting for both diversity and performance, rather than performance alone. These promising approaches are now being tested in the laboratory, with potentially far-reaching benefits for medical, biotech, and agricultural applications. While evolutionary computing owes its origins to our understanding of biological processes, it has much to offer in return to help us harness those same mechanisms. The results by Lalejini et al. help to bridge the gap between computational and biological communities who could both benefit from increased collaboration.
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States
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- Computer Science Department, Carleton College, Northfield, United States
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- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States
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Genome-wide association study reveals the genetic basis of growth trait in yellow catfish with sexual size dimorphism. Genomics 2022; 114:110380. [PMID: 35533968 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Sexual size dimorphism has been widely observed in a large number of animals including fish species. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is a powerful tool to dissect the genetic basis of complex traits, whereas the sex-differences in the genomics of animal complex traits have been ignored in the GWAS analysis. Yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) is an important aquaculture fish in China with significant sexual size dimorphism. In this study, GWAS was conducted to identify candidate SNPs and genes related to body length (BL) and body weight (BW) in 125 female yellow catfish from a breeding population. In total, one BL-related SNP and three BW-related SNPs were identified to be significantly associated with the traits. Besides, one of these SNPs (Chr15:19195072) was shared in both the BW and BL traits in female yellow catfish, which was further validated in 185 male individuals and located on the exon of stat5b gene. Transgenic yellow catfish and zebrafish that expressed yellow catfish stat5b showed increased growth rate and reduction of sexual size dimorphism. These results not only reveal the genetic basis of growth trait and sexual size dimorphism in fish species, but also provide useful information for the marker-assisted breeding in yellow catfish.
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Lara LADC, Pocrnic I, Oliveira TDP, Gaynor RC, Gorjanc G. Temporal and genomic analysis of additive genetic variance in breeding programmes. Heredity (Edinb) 2022; 128:21-32. [PMID: 34912044 PMCID: PMC8733024 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-021-00485-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Genetic variance is a central parameter in quantitative genetics and breeding. Assessing changes in genetic variance over time as well as the genome is therefore of high interest. Here, we extend a previously proposed framework for temporal analysis of genetic variance using the pedigree-based model, to a new framework for temporal and genomic analysis of genetic variance using marker-based models. To this end, we describe the theory of partitioning genetic variance into genic variance and within-chromosome and between-chromosome linkage-disequilibrium, and how to estimate these variance components from a marker-based model fitted to observed phenotype and marker data. The new framework involves three steps: (i) fitting a marker-based model to data, (ii) sampling realisations of marker effects from the fitted model and for each sample calculating realisations of genetic values and (iii) calculating the variance of sampled genetic values by time and genome partitions. Analysing time partitions indicates breeding programme sustainability, while analysing genome partitions indicates contributions from chromosomes and chromosome pairs and linkage-disequilibrium. We demonstrate the framework with a simulated breeding programme involving a complex trait. Results show good concordance between simulated and estimated variances, provided that the fitted model is capturing genetic complexity of a trait. We observe a reduction of genetic variance due to selection and drift changing allele frequencies, and due to selection inducing negative linkage-disequilibrium.
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- Letícia A de C Lara
- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Juma RU, Bartholomé J, Thathapalli Prakash P, Hussain W, Platten JD, Lopena V, Verdeprado H, Murori R, Ndayiragije A, Katiyar SK, Islam MR, Biswas PS, Rutkoski JE, Arbelaez JD, Mbute FN, Miano DW, Cobb JN. Identification of an Elite Core Panel as a Key Breeding Resource to Accelerate the Rate of Genetic Improvement for Irrigated Rice. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 14:92. [PMID: 34773509 PMCID: PMC8590642 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-021-00533-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Rice genetic improvement is a key component of achieving and maintaining food security in Asia and Africa in the face of growing populations and climate change. In this effort, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) continues to play a critical role in creating and disseminating rice varieties with higher productivity. Due to increasing demand for rice, especially in Africa, there is a strong need to accelerate the rate of genetic improvement for grain yield. In an effort to identify and characterize the elite breeding pool of IRRI's irrigated rice breeding program, we analyzed 102 historical yield trials conducted in the Philippines during the period 2012-2016 and representing 15,286 breeding lines (including released varieties). A mixed model approach based on the pedigree relationship matrix was used to estimate breeding values for grain yield, which ranged from 2.12 to 6.27 t·ha-1. The rate of genetic gain for grain yield was estimated at 8.75 kg·ha-1 year-1 (0.23%) for crosses made in the period from 1964 to 2014. Reducing the data to only IRRI released varieties, the rate doubled to 17.36 kg·ha-1 year-1 (0.46%). Regressed against breeding cycle the rate of gain for grain yield was 185 kg·ha-1 cycle-1 (4.95%). We selected 72 top performing lines based on breeding values for grain yield to create an elite core panel (ECP) representing the genetic diversity in the breeding program with the highest heritable yield values from which new products can be derived. The ECP closely aligns with the indica 1B sub-group of Oryza sativa that includes most modern varieties for irrigated systems. Agronomic performance of the ECP under multiple environments in Asia and Africa confirmed its high yield potential. We found that the rate of genetic gain for grain yield found in this study was limited primarily by long cycle times and the direct introduction of non-improved material into the elite pool. Consequently, the current breeding scheme for irrigated rice at IRRI is based on rapid recurrent selection among highly elite lines. In this context, the ECP constitutes an important resource for IRRI and NAREs breeders to carefully characterize and manage that elite diversity.
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- Roselyne U Juma
- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, 50100-169, Kakamega, Kenya
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines.
- AGAP Institut, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) C/O ILRI, Old Naivasha Road, PO Box 30709, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- Institiuto de Investigação de Moçambique (IIAM), Av. das FPLM nr 2698, Recinto do IIAM, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- International Rice Research Institute, South Asia Hub, ICRISAT, Hyderabad, 502324, India
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- Bangladesh Office, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA, Illinois
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA, Illinois
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- Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, PO Box 29053, 00625, Kangemi, Kenya
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- Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, PO Box 29053, 00625, Kangemi, Kenya
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- Rice Breeding Innovations Platform, International Rice Research Institute, 1301 Los Baños, Metro, DAPO Box 7777, Manila, Philippines.
- RiceTec. Inc, PO Box 1305, Alvin, TX, 77512, USA.
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Wolfe MD, Chan AW, Kulakow P, Rabbi I, Jannink JL. Genomic mating in outbred species: predicting cross usefulness with additive and total genetic covariance matrices. Genetics 2021; 219:6363799. [PMID: 34740244 PMCID: PMC8570794 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab122] [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: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Diverse crops are both outbred and clonally propagated. Breeders typically use truncation selection of parents and invest significant time, land, and money evaluating the progeny of crosses to find exceptional genotypes. We developed and tested genomic mate selection criteria suitable for organisms of arbitrary homozygosity level where the full-sibling progeny are of direct interest as future parents and/or cultivars. We extended cross variance and covariance variance prediction to include dominance effects and predicted the multivariate selection index genetic variance of crosses based on haplotypes of proposed parents, marker effects, and recombination frequencies. We combined the predicted mean and variance into usefulness criteria for parent and variety development. We present an empirical study of cassava (Manihot esculenta), a staple tropical root crop. We assessed the potential to predict the multivariate genetic distribution (means, variances, and trait covariances) of 462 cassava families in terms of additive and total value using cross-validation. Most variance (89%) and covariance (70%) prediction accuracy estimates were greater than zero. The usefulness of crosses was accurately predicted with good correspondence between the predicted and the actual mean performance of family members breeders selected for advancement as new parents and candidate varieties. We also used a directional dominance model to quantify significant inbreeding depression for most traits. We predicted 47,083 possible crosses of 306 parents and contrasted them to those previously tested to show how mate selection can reveal the new potential within the germplasm. We enable breeders to consider the potential of crosses to produce future parents (progeny with top breeding values) and varieties (progeny with top own performance).
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- Marnin D Wolfe
- Section on Plant Breeding and Genetics, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Section on Plant Breeding and Genetics, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Section on Plant Breeding and Genetics, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.,USDA-ARS, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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Tiret M, Pégard M, Sánchez L. How to achieve a higher selection plateau in forest tree breeding? Fostering heterozygote × homozygote relationships in optimal contribution selection in the case study of Populus nigra. Evol Appl 2021; 14:2635-2646. [PMID: 34815744 PMCID: PMC8591327 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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In breeding, optimal contribution selection (OCS) is one of the most effective strategies to balance short- and long-term genetic responses, by maximizing genetic gain and minimizing global coancestry. Considering genetic diversity in the selection dynamic-through coancestry-is undoubtedly the reason for the success of OCS, as it avoids preliminary loss of favorable alleles. Originally formulated with the pedigree relationship matrix, global coancestry can nowadays be assessed with one of the possible formulations of the realized genomic relationship matrix. Most formulations were optimized for genomic evaluation, but few for the management of coancestry. We introduce here an alternative formulation specifically developed for genomic OCS (GOCS), intended to better control heterozygous loci, and thus better account for Mendelian sampling. We simulated a multigeneration breeding program with mate allocation and under GOCS for twenty generations, solved with quadratic programming. With the case study of Populus nigra, we have shown that, although the dynamic was mainly determined by the trade-off between genetic gain and genetic diversity, better formulations of the genomic relationship matrix, especially those fostering individuals carrying multiple heterozygous loci, can lead to better short-term genetic gain and a higher selection plateau.
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- Mathieu Tiret
- BioForA, INRAE, ONFOrléansFrance
- Department of Ecology and GeneticsEvolutionary Biology CentreUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- BioForA, INRAE, ONFOrléansFrance
- INRAE, BIOGECOUniv. BordeauxCestasFrance
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Sharma S, Pinson SRM, Gealy DR, Edwards JD. Genomic prediction and QTL mapping of root system architecture and above-ground agronomic traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.) with a multitrait index and Bayesian networks. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2021; 11:jkab178. [PMID: 34568907 PMCID: PMC8496310 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Root system architecture (RSA) is a crucial factor in resource acquisition and plant productivity. Roots are difficult to phenotype in the field, thus new tools for predicting phenotype from genotype are particularly valuable for plant breeders aiming to improve RSA. This study identifies quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for RSA and agronomic traits in a rice (Oryza sativa) recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from parents with contrasting RSA traits (PI312777 × Katy). The lines were phenotyped for agronomic traits in the field, and separately grown as seedlings on agar plates which were imaged to extract RSA trait measurements. QTLs were discovered from conventional linkage analysis and from a machine learning approach using a Bayesian network (BN) consisting of genome-wide SNP data and phenotypic data. The genomic prediction abilities (GPAs) of multi-QTL models and the BN analysis were compared with the several standard genomic prediction (GP) methods. We found GPAs were improved using multitrait (BN) compared to single trait GP in traits with low to moderate heritability. Two groups of individuals were selected based on GPs and a modified rank sum index (GSRI) indicating their divergence across multiple RSA traits. Selections made on GPs did result in differences between the group means for numerous RSA. The ranking accuracy across RSA traits among the individual selected RILs ranged from 0.14 for root volume to 0.59 for lateral root tips. We conclude that the multitrait GP model using BN can in some cases improve the GPA of RSA and agronomic traits, and the GSRI approach is useful to simultaneously select for a desired set of RSA traits in a segregating population.
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- Santosh Sharma
- Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Stuttgart, AR 72160, USA
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- Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Stuttgart, AR 72160, USA
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- Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Stuttgart, AR 72160, USA
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- Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Stuttgart, AR 72160, USA
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Ramasubramanian V, Beavis WD. Strategies to Assure Optimal Trade-Offs Among Competing Objectives for the Genetic Improvement of Soybean. Front Genet 2021; 12:675500. [PMID: 34630507 PMCID: PMC8497982 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.675500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Plant breeding is a decision-making discipline based on understanding project objectives. Genetic improvement projects can have two competing objectives: maximize the rate of genetic improvement and minimize the loss of useful genetic variance. For commercial plant breeders, competition in the marketplace forces greater emphasis on maximizing immediate genetic improvements. In contrast, public plant breeders have an opportunity, perhaps an obligation, to place greater emphasis on minimizing the loss of useful genetic variance while realizing genetic improvements. Considerable research indicates that short-term genetic gains from genomic selection are much greater than phenotypic selection, while phenotypic selection provides better long-term genetic gains because it retains useful genetic diversity during the early cycles of selection. With limited resources, must a soybean breeder choose between the two extreme responses provided by genomic selection or phenotypic selection? Or is it possible to develop novel breeding strategies that will provide a desirable compromise between the competing objectives? To address these questions, we decomposed breeding strategies into decisions about selection methods, mating designs, and whether the breeding population should be organized as family islands. For breeding populations organized into islands, decisions about possible migration rules among family islands were included. From among 60 possible strategies, genetic improvement is maximized for the first five to 10 cycles using genomic selection and a hub network mating design, where the hub parents with the largest selection metric make large parental contributions. It also requires that the breeding populations be organized as fully connected family islands, where every island is connected to every other island, and migration rules allow the exchange of two lines among islands every other cycle of selection. If the objectives are to maximize both short-term and long-term gains, then the best compromise strategy is similar except that the mating design could be hub network, chain rule, or a multi-objective optimization method-based mating design. Weighted genomic selection applied to centralized populations also resulted in the realization of the greatest proportion of the genetic potential of the founders but required more cycles than the best compromise strategy.
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- Vishnu Ramasubramanian
- George F. Sprague Population Genetics Group, Department of Agronomy, Ames, IA, United States
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- George F. Sprague Population Genetics Group, Department of Agronomy, Ames, IA, United States
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Tradeoffs among plant traits help maintain relative fitness under unpredictable conditions and maximize reproductive success. However, modifying tradeoffs is a breeding challenge since many genes of minor effect are involved. The intensive crosstalk and fine-tuning between growth and defense responsive phytohormones via transcription factors optimizes growth, reproduction, and stress tolerance. There are regulating genes in grain crops that deploy diverse functions to overcome tradeoffs, e.g., miR-156-IPA1 regulates crosstalk between growth and defense to achieve high disease resistance and yield, while OsALDH2B1 loss of function causes imbalance among defense, growth, and reproduction in rice. GNI-A1 regulates seed number and weight in wheat by suppressing distal florets and altering assimilate distribution of proximal seeds in spikelets. Knocking out ABA-induced transcription repressors (AITRs) enhances abiotic stress adaptation without fitness cost in Arabidopsis. Deploying AITRs homologs in grain crops may facilitate breeding. This knowledge suggests overcoming tradeoffs through breeding may expose new ones.
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- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Alnarp, Sweden
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Isidro y Sánchez J, Akdemir D. Training Set Optimization for Sparse Phenotyping in Genomic Selection: A Conceptual Overview. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:715910. [PMID: 34589099 PMCID: PMC8475495 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.715910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Genomic selection (GS) is becoming an essential tool in breeding programs due to its role in increasing genetic gain per unit time. The design of the training set (TRS) in GS is one of the key steps in the implementation of GS in plant and animal breeding programs mainly because (i) TRS optimization is critical for the efficiency and effectiveness of GS, (ii) breeders test genotypes in multi-year and multi-location trials to select the best-performing ones. In this framework, TRS optimization can help to decrease the number of genotypes to be tested and, therefore, reduce phenotyping cost and time, and (iii) we can obtain better prediction accuracies from optimally selected TRS than an arbitrary TRS. Here, we concentrate the efforts on reviewing the lessons learned from TRS optimization studies and their impact on crop breeding and discuss important features for the success of TRS optimization under different scenarios. In this article, we review the lessons learned from training population optimization in plants and the major challenges associated with the optimization of GS including population size, the relationship between training and test set (TS), update of TRS, and the use of different packages and algorithms for TRS implementation in GS. Finally, we describe general guidelines to improving the rate of genetic improvement by maximizing the use of the TRS optimization in the GS framework.
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- Julio Isidro y Sánchez
- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genómica de Plantas, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Madrid, Spain
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- Animal and Crop Science Division, Agriculture and Food Science Centre, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Mansour MMF, Emam MM, Salama KHA, Morsy AA. Sorghum under saline conditions: responses, tolerance mechanisms, and management strategies. PLANTA 2021; 254:24. [PMID: 34224010 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03671-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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An overview is presented of recent advances in our knowledge of responses and mechanisms rendering adaptation to saline conditions in sorghum. Different strategies deployed to enhance salinity stress tolerance in sorghum are also pointed out. Salinity stress is a growing problem worldwide. Sorghum is the fifth key crop among cereals. Understanding responses and tolerance strategies in sorghum would be therefore helpful effort for providing biomarkers for designing greatest salinity-tolerant sorghum genotypes. When sorghum exposed to salinity, salinity-tolerant genotypes most probably reprogram their gene expression to activate adaptive biochemical and physiological responses for survival. The review thus discusses the possible physiological and biochemical responses that confer salinity tolerance to sorghum under saline conditions. Although it is not characterized in sorghum, salinity perceiving and transmitting signals to downstream responses via signaling transduction pathways most likely are essential strategy for sorghum adaptation to salinity stress. Sorghum has also shown to withstand moderate saline environments and retain the germination, growth, and photosynthetic activities. Salinity-tolerant sorghum genotypes show the ability to exclude excessive Na+ from reaching shoots and induce ion homeostasis. Osmotic homeostasis and ROS detoxification are also evident as salinity tolerance strategies in sorghum. These above mechanisms lead to re-establishment of cellular ionic, osmotic, and redox homeostasis as well as photosynthesis efficiency. It is noteworthy that these mechanisms act individually or co-operatively to minimize the salinity hazards and enhance acclimation in sorghum. We conclude, however, that although these responses contribute to sorghum tolerance to salinity stress, they seem to be not adequate at higher concentrations of salinity, which agrees with sorghum ranking as moderately salinity-tolerant crop. Also, some of these tolerance strategies reported in other crops are not well studied and documented in sorghum, but most probably have roles in sorghum. Further improvement in sorghum salinity tolerance using different approaches is definitely necessary to meet the requirements of its harsh production environments, and therefore, these approaches are addressed.
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11566, Egypt
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11566, Egypt
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Anders S, Cowling W, Pareek A, Gupta KJ, Singla-Pareek SL, Foyer CH. Gaining Acceptance of Novel Plant Breeding Technologies. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 26:575-587. [PMID: 33893048 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Ensuring the sustainability of agriculture under climate change has led to a surge in alternative strategies for crop improvement. Advances in integrated crop breeding, social acceptance, and farm-level adoption are crucial to address future challenges to food security. Societal acceptance can be slow when consumers do not see the need for innovation or immediate benefits. We consider how best to address the issue of social licence and harmonised governance for novel gene technologies in plant breeding. In addition, we highlight optimised breeding strategies that will enable long-term genetic gains to be achieved. Promoted by harmonised global policy change, innovative plant breeding can realise high and sustainable productivity together with enhanced nutritional traits.
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- Sven Anders
- Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1, Canada
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture and UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture and UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia; Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Stress Biology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, UK.
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Long-term comparison between index selection and optimal independent culling in plant breeding programs with genomic prediction. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0235554. [PMID: 33970915 PMCID: PMC8109766 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In the context of genomic selection, we evaluated and compared breeding programs using either index selection or independent culling for recurrent selection of parents. We simulated a clonally propagated crop breeding program for 20 cycles using either independent culling or an economic index with two unfavourably correlated traits under selection. Cycle time from crossing to selection of parents was kept the same for both strategies. Both methods led to increasingly unfavourable genetic correlations between traits and, compared to independent culling, index selection led to larger changes in the genetic correlation between the two traits. When linkage disequilibrium was not considered, the two methods had similar losses of genetic diversity. Two independent culling approaches were evaluated, one using optimal culling levels and one using the same selection intensity for both traits. Optimal culling levels outperformed the same selection intensity even when traits had the same economic importance. Therefore, accurately estimating optimal culling levels is essential for maximizing gains when independent culling is performed. Once optimal culling levels are achieved, independent culling and index selection lead to comparable genetic gains.
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Akdemir D, Rio S, Isidro y Sánchez J. TrainSel: An R Package for Selection of Training Populations. Front Genet 2021; 12:655287. [PMID: 34025720 PMCID: PMC8138169 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.655287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A major barrier to the wider use of supervised learning in emerging applications, such as genomic selection, is the lack of sufficient and representative labeled data to train prediction models. The amount and quality of labeled training data in many applications is usually limited and therefore careful selection of the training examples to be labeled can be useful for improving the accuracies in predictive learning tasks. In this paper, we present an R package, TrainSel, which provides flexible, efficient, and easy-to-use tools that can be used for the selection of training populations (STP). We illustrate its use, performance, and potentials in four different supervised learning applications within and outside of the plant breeding area.
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- Deniz Akdemir
- Agriculture & Food Science Centre, Animal and Crop Science Division, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA), Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnologia y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA), Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
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Michel S, Löschenberger F, Ametz C, Bürstmayr H. Genotyping crossing parents and family bulks can facilitate cost-efficient genomic prediction strategies in small-scale line breeding programs. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:1575-1586. [PMID: 33638651 PMCID: PMC8081688 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03794-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Genomic relationship matrices based on mid-parent and family bulk genotypes represent cost-efficient alternatives to full genomic prediction approaches with individually genotyped early generation selection candidates. The routine usage of genomic selection for improving line varieties has gained an increasing popularity in recent years. Harnessing the benefits of this approach can, however, be too costly for many small-scale breeding programs, as in most genomic breeding strategies several hundred or even thousands of lines have to be genotyped each year. The aim of this study was thus to compare a full genomic prediction strategy using individually genotyped selection candidates with genomic predictions based on genotypes obtained from pooled DNA of progeny families as well as genotypes inferred from crossing parents. A population of 722 wheat lines representing 63 families tested in more than 100 multi-environment trials during 2010-2019 was for this purpose employed to conduct an empirical study, which was supplemented by a simulation with genotypic data from further 3855 lines. A similar or higher prediction ability was achieved for grain yield, protein yield, and the protein content when using mid-parent or family bulk genotypes in comparison with pedigree selection in the empirical across family prediction scenario. The difference of these methods with a full genomic prediction strategy became furthermore marginal if pre-existing phenotypic data of the selection candidates was already available. Similar observations were made in the simulation, where the usage of individually genotyped lines or family bulks was generally preferable with smaller family sizes. The proposed methods can thus be regarded as alternatives to full genomic or pedigree selection strategies, especially when pedigree information is limited like in the exchange of germplasm between breeding programs.
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- Sebastian Michel
- Department of Agrobiotechnology, IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 20, 3430, Tulln, Austria.
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- Saatzucht Donau GesmbH. & CoKG, Saatzuchtstrasse 11, 2301, Probstdorf, Austria
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- Department of Agrobiotechnology, IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 20, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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Identification of Genomic Regions for Carcass Quality Traits within the American Simmental Association Carcass Merit Program. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:ani11020471. [PMID: 33579007 PMCID: PMC7916785 DOI: 10.3390/ani11020471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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USDA quality and yield grade are primary driving forces for carcass value in the United States. Carcass improvements can be achieved by making selection decisions based on the results of genetic evaluations in the form of expected progeny differences (EPD), real-time ultrasound imaging, and physical evaluation of candidate breeding animals. In an effort to advance their ability to accurately predict the breeding value of potential sires for carcass traits, the American Simmental Association launched the Carcass Merit Program as a means to collect progeny sire group carcass information. All records were extracted from the American Simmental Association database. Progeny data were organized by sire family and progeny performance phenotypes were constructed. Sire genotypes were filtered, and a multi-locus mixed linear model was used to perform an association analysis on the genotype data, while correcting for cryptic relatedness and pedigree structure. Three chromosomes were found to have genome-wide significance and this conservative approach identified putative QTL in those regions. Three hundred ninety-three novel regions were identified across all traits, as well as 290 novel positional candidate genes. Correlations between carcass characteristics and maternal traits were less unfavorable than those previously reported.
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Oliveira GF, Nascimento ACC, Nascimento M, Sant'Anna IDC, Romero JV, Azevedo CF, Bhering LL, Moura ETC. Quantile regression in genomic selection for oligogenic traits in autogamous plants: A simulation study. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0243666. [PMID: 33400704 PMCID: PMC7785117 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study assessed the efficiency of Genomic selection (GS) or genome-wide selection (GWS), based on Regularized Quantile Regression (RQR), in the selection of genotypes to breed autogamous plant populations with oligogenic traits. To this end, simulated data of an F2 population were used, with traits with different heritability levels (0.10, 0.20 and 0.40), controlled by four genes. The generations were advanced (up to F6) at two selection intensities (10% and 20%). The genomic genetic value was computed by RQR for different quantiles (0.10, 0.50 and 0.90), and by the traditional GWS methods, specifically RR-BLUP and BLASSO. A second objective was to find the statistical methodology that allows the fastest fixation of favorable alleles. In general, the results of the RQR model were better than or equal to those of traditional GWS methodologies, achieving the fixation of favorable alleles in most of the evaluated scenarios. At a heritability level of 0.40 and a selection intensity of 10%, RQR (0.50) was the only methodology that fixed the alleles quickly, i.e., in the fourth generation. Thus, it was concluded that the application of RQR in plant breeding, to simulated autogamous plant populations with oligogenic traits, could reduce time and consequently costs, due to the reduction of selfing generations to fix alleles in the evaluated scenarios.
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- Department of Statistics, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- AGROSAVIA, The Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation, Mosquera, Colômbia
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- Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Tessema BB, Liu H, Sørensen AC, Andersen JR, Jensen J. Strategies Using Genomic Selection to Increase Genetic Gain in Breeding Programs for Wheat. Front Genet 2020; 11:578123. [PMID: 33343626 PMCID: PMC7748061 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.578123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Conventional wheat-breeding programs involve crossing parental lines and subsequent selfing of the offspring for several generations to obtain inbred lines. Such a breeding program takes more than 8 years to develop a variety. Although wheat-breeding programs have been running for many years, genetic gain has been limited. However, the use of genomic information as selection criterion can increase selection accuracy and that would contribute to increased genetic gain. The main objective of this study was to quantify the increase in genetic gain by implementing genomic selection in traditional wheat-breeding programs. In addition, we investigated the effect of genetic correlation between different traits on genetic gain. A stochastic simulation was used to evaluate wheat-breeding programs that run simultaneously for 25 years with phenotypic or genomic selection. Genetic gain and genetic variance of wheat-breeding program based on phenotypes was compared to the one with genomic selection. Genetic gain from the wheat-breeding program based on genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) has tripled compared to phenotypic selection. Genomic selection is a promising strategy for improving genetic gain in wheat-breeding programs.
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- Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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- Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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Adoption and Optimization of Genomic Selection To Sustain Breeding for Apricot Fruit Quality. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:4513-4529. [PMID: 33067307 PMCID: PMC7718743 DOI: 10.1534/g3.120.401452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Genomic selection (GS) is a breeding approach which exploits genome-wide information and whose unprecedented success has shaped several animal and plant breeding schemes through delivering their genetic progress. This is the first study assessing the potential of GS in apricot (Prunus armeniaca) to enhance postharvest fruit quality attributes. Genomic predictions were based on a F1 pseudo-testcross population, comprising 153 individuals with contrasting fruit quality traits. They were phenotyped for physical and biochemical fruit metrics in contrasting climatic conditions over two years. Prediction accuracy (PA) varied from 0.31 for glucose content with the Bayesian LASSO (BL) to 0.78 for ethylene production with RR-BLUP, which yielded the most accurate predictions in comparison to Bayesian models and only 10% out of 61,030 SNPs were sufficient to reach accurate predictions. Useful insights were provided on the genetic architecture of apricot fruit quality whose integration in prediction models improved their performance, notably for traits governed by major QTL. Furthermore, multivariate modeling yielded promising outcomes in terms of PA within training partitions partially phenotyped for target traits. This provides a useful framework for the implementation of indirect selection based on easy-to-measure traits. Thus, we highlighted the main levers to take into account for the implementation of GS for fruit quality in apricot, but also to improve the genetic gain in perennial species.
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Stetter MG. Limits and constraints to crop domestication. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2020; 107:1617-1621. [PMID: 33325038 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- Markus G Stetter
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Climate change is one of the processes that have already overstepped the safe planetary boundaries, together with the rate of biodiversity loss and human interference with the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles. The three processes are related to agriculture and, as such, to both food safety and food security, and ultimately to human health. Adaptation to climate change is a difficult breeding objective because of its complexity, its unpredictability, and its location specificity. However, one strategy exists, which is based on a more dynamic use of agrobiodiversity in agriculture through the cultivation of evolutionary populations. In this review, we show how the translation into agricultural practice of nearly 100 years of research on evolutionary populations and mixtures is able to address the complexity of climate change while stabilizing yield, decreasing the use of most agrochemicals, thus reducing emissions and producing healthy food.
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- Independent Consultant, Corso Mazzini 256, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy
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Toomey L, Lecocq T, Bokor Z, Espinat L, Ferincz Á, Goulon C, Vesala S, Baratçabal M, Barry MD, Gouret M, Gouron C, Staszny Á, Mauduit E, Mean V, Muller I, Schlick N, Speder K, Thumerel R, Piatti C, Pasquet A, Fontaine P. Comparison of single- and multi-trait approaches to identify best wild candidates for aquaculture shows that the simple way fails. Sci Rep 2020; 10:11564. [PMID: 32665568 PMCID: PMC7360571 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68315-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In agriculture, diversifying production implies picking up, in the wild biodiversity, species or populations that can be domesticated and fruitfully produced. Two alternative approaches are available to highlight wild candidate(s) with high suitability for aquaculture: the single-trait (i.e. considering a single phenotypic trait and, thus, a single biological function) and multi-trait (i.e. considering multiple phenotypic traits involved in several biological functions) approaches. Although the former is the traditional and the simplest method, the latter could be theoretically more efficient. However, an explicit comparison of advantages and pitfalls between these approaches is lacking to date in aquaculture. Here, we compared the two approaches to identify best candidate(s) between four wild allopatric populations of Perca fluviatilis in standardised aquaculture conditions. Our results showed that the single-trait approach can (1) miss key divergences between populations and (2) highlight different best candidate(s) depending on the trait considered. In contrast, the multi-trait approach allowed identifying the population with the highest domestication potential thanks to several congruent lines of evidence. Nevertheless, such an integrative assessment is achieved with a far more time-consuming and expensive study. Therefore, improvements and rationalisations will be needed to make the multi-trait approach a promising way in the aquaculture development.
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- Lola Toomey
- University of Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, 54000, Nancy, France.
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- University of Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, 54000, Nancy, France
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- Department of Aquaculture, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, INRAE, UMR CARRTEL, 75 bis Avenue de Corzent, CS 50511, 74200, Thonon-les-Bains cedex, France
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- Department of Aquaculture, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Université Savoie Mont Blanc, INRAE, UMR CARRTEL, 75 bis Avenue de Corzent, CS 50511, 74200, Thonon-les-Bains cedex, France
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland, Helsinki, Finland
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- University of Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, 54000, Nancy, France
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- University of Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, 54000, Nancy, France
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- Department of Aquaculture, Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- University of Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, 54000, Nancy, France
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- University of Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, 54000, Nancy, France
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- University of Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, 54000, Nancy, France
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- University of Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, 54000, Nancy, France
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- University of Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, 54000, Nancy, France
- CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Paris, France
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- University of Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, 54000, Nancy, France.
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Falk KG, Jubery TZ, O'Rourke JA, Singh A, Sarkar S, Ganapathysubramanian B, Singh AK. Soybean Root System Architecture Trait Study through Genotypic, Phenotypic, and Shape-Based Clusters. PLANT PHENOMICS (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2020; 2020:1925495. [PMID: 33313543 PMCID: PMC7706349 DOI: 10.34133/2020/1925495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report a root system architecture (RSA) traits examination of a larger scale soybean accession set to study trait genetic diversity. Suffering from the limitation of scale, scope, and susceptibility to measurement variation, RSA traits are tedious to phenotype. Combining 35,448 SNPs with an imaging phenotyping platform, 292 accessions (replications = 14) were studied for RSA traits to decipher the genetic diversity. Based on literature search for root shape and morphology parameters, we used an ideotype-based approach to develop informative root (iRoot) categories using root traits. The RSA traits displayed genetic variability for root shape, length, number, mass, and angle. Soybean accessions clustered into eight genotype- and phenotype-based clusters and displayed similarity. Genotype-based clusters correlated with geographical origins. SNP profiles indicated that much of US origin genotypes lack genetic diversity for RSA traits, while diverse accession could infuse useful genetic variation for these traits. Shape-based clusters were created by integrating convolution neural net and Fourier transformation methods, enabling trait cataloging for breeding and research applications. The combination of genetic and phenotypic analyses in conjunction with machine learning and mathematical models provides opportunities for targeted root trait breeding efforts to maximize the beneficial genetic diversity for future genetic gains.
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- Kevin G. Falk
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
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Multi-trait Genomic Selection Methods for Crop Improvement. Genetics 2020; 215:931-945. [PMID: 32482640 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.120.303305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Plant breeders make selection decisions based on multiple traits, such as yield, plant height, flowering time, and disease resistance. A commonly used approach in multi-trait genomic selection is index selection, which assigns weights to different traits relative to their economic importance. However, classical index selection only optimizes genetic gain in the next generation, requires some experimentation to find weights that lead to desired outcomes, and has difficulty optimizing nonlinear breeding objectives. Multi-objective optimization has also been used to identify the Pareto frontier of selection decisions, which represents different trade-offs across multiple traits. We propose a new approach, which maximizes certain traits while keeping others within desirable ranges. Optimal selection decisions are made using a new version of the look-ahead selection (LAS) algorithm, which was recently proposed for single-trait genomic selection, and achieved superior performance with respect to other state-of-the-art selection methods. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the new method, a case study is developed using a realistic data set where our method is compared with conventional index selection. Results suggest that the multi-trait LAS is more effective at balancing multiple traits compared with index selection.
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Allier A, Teyssèdre S, Lehermeier C, Moreau L, Charcosset A. Optimized breeding strategies to harness genetic resources with different performance levels. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:349. [PMID: 32393177 PMCID: PMC7216646 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6756-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The narrow genetic base of elite germplasm compromises long-term genetic gain and increases the vulnerability to biotic and abiotic stresses in unpredictable environmental conditions. Therefore, an efficient strategy is required to broaden the genetic base of commercial breeding programs while not compromising short-term variety release. Optimal cross selection aims at identifying the optimal set of crosses that balances the expected genetic value and diversity. We propose to consider genomic selection and optimal cross selection to recurrently improve genetic resources (i.e. pre-breeding), to bridge the improved genetic resources with elites (i.e. bridging), and to manage introductions into the elite breeding population. Optimal cross selection is particularly adapted to jointly identify bridging, introduction and elite crosses to ensure an overall consistency of the genetic base broadening strategy. Results We compared simulated breeding programs introducing donors with different performance levels, directly or indirectly after bridging. We also evaluated the effect of the training set composition on the success of introductions. We observed that with recurrent introductions of improved donors, it is possible to maintain the genetic diversity and increase mid- and long-term performances with only limited penalty at short-term. Considering a bridging step yielded significantly higher mid- and long-term genetic gain when introducing low performing donors. The results also suggested to consider marker effects estimated with a broad training population including donor by elite and elite by elite progeny to identify bridging, introduction and elite crosses. Conclusion Results of this study provide guidelines on how to harness polygenic variation present in genetic resources to broaden elite germplasm.
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- Antoine Allier
- GQE - Le Moulon, INRAE, University Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. .,RAGT2n, Statistical Genetics Unit, 12510, Druelle, France.
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- GQE - Le Moulon, INRAE, University Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- GQE - Le Moulon, INRAE, University Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Assefa T, Zhang J, Chowda-Reddy RV, Moran Lauter AN, Singh A, O’Rourke JA, Graham MA, Singh AK. Deconstructing the genetic architecture of iron deficiency chlorosis in soybean using genome-wide approaches. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 20:42. [PMID: 31992198 PMCID: PMC6988307 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-2237-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for plant growth and development. Iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC), caused by calcareous soils or high soil pH, can limit iron availability, negatively affecting soybean (Glycine max) yield. This study leverages genome-wide association study (GWAS) and a genome-wide epistatic study (GWES) with previous gene expression studies to identify regions of the soybean genome important in iron deficiency tolerance. RESULTS A GWAS and a GWES were performed using 460 diverse soybean PI lines from 27 countries, in field and hydroponic iron stress conditions, using more than 36,000 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. Combining this approach with available RNA-sequencing data identified significant markers, genomic regions, and novel genes associated with or responding to iron deficiency. Sixty-nine genomic regions associated with IDC tolerance were identified across 19 chromosomes via the GWAS, including the major-effect quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome Gm03. Cluster analysis of significant SNPs in this region deconstructed this historically prominent QTL into four distinct linkage blocks, enabling the identification of multiple candidate genes for iron chlorosis tolerance. The complementary GWES identified SNPs in this region interacting with nine other genomic regions, providing the first evidence of epistatic interactions impacting iron deficiency tolerance. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that integrating cutting edge genome wide association (GWA), genome wide epistasis (GWE), and gene expression studies is a powerful strategy to identify novel iron tolerance QTL and candidate loci from diverse germplasm. Crops, unlike model species, have undergone selection for thousands of years, constraining and/or enhancing stress responses. Leveraging genomics-enabled approaches to study these adaptations is essential for future crop improvement.
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- Teshale Assefa
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit and Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit and Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit and Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA USA
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Parmley KA, Higgins RH, Ganapathysubramanian B, Sarkar S, Singh AK. Machine Learning Approach for Prescriptive Plant Breeding. Sci Rep 2019; 9:17132. [PMID: 31748577 PMCID: PMC6868245 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53451-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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We explored the capability of fusing high dimensional phenotypic trait (phenomic) data with a machine learning (ML) approach to provide plant breeders the tools to do both in-season seed yield (SY) prediction and prescriptive cultivar development for targeted agro-management practices (e.g., row spacing and seeding density). We phenotyped 32 SoyNAM parent genotypes in two independent studies each with contrasting agro-management treatments (two row spacing, three seeding densities). Phenotypic trait data (canopy temperature, chlorophyll content, hyperspectral reflectance, leaf area index, and light interception) were generated using an array of sensors at three growth stages during the growing season and seed yield (SY) determined by machine harvest. Random forest (RF) was used to train models for SY prediction using phenotypic traits (predictor variables) to identify the optimal temporal combination of variables to maximize accuracy and resource allocation. RF models were trained using data from both experiments and individually for each agro-management treatment. We report the most important traits agnostic of agro-management practices. Several predictor variables showed conditional importance dependent on the agro-management system. We assembled predictive models to enable in-season SY prediction, enabling the development of a framework to integrate phenomics information with powerful ML for prediction enabled prescriptive plant breeding.
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- Kyle A Parmley
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
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Allier A, Lehermeier C, Charcosset A, Moreau L, Teyssèdre S. Improving Short- and Long-Term Genetic Gain by Accounting for Within-Family Variance in Optimal Cross-Selection. Front Genet 2019; 10:1006. [PMID: 31737033 PMCID: PMC6828944 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The implementation of genomic selection in recurrent breeding programs raises the concern that a higher inbreeding rate could compromise the long-term genetic gain. An optimized mating strategy that maximizes the performance in progeny and maintains diversity for long-term genetic gain is therefore essential. The optimal cross-selection approach aims at identifying the optimal set of crosses that maximizes the expected genetic value in the progeny under a constraint on genetic diversity in the progeny. Optimal cross-selection usually does not account for within-family selection, i.e., the fact that only a selected fraction of each family is used as parents of the next generation. In this study, we consider within-family variance accounting for linkage disequilibrium between quantitative trait loci to predict the expected mean performance and the expected genetic diversity in the selected progeny of a set of crosses. These predictions rely on the usefulness criterion parental contribution (UCPC) method. We compared UCPC-based optimal cross-selection and the optimal cross-selection approach in a long-term simulated recurrent genomic selection breeding program considering overlapping generations. UCPC-based optimal cross-selection proved to be more efficient to convert the genetic diversity into short- and long-term genetic gains than optimal cross-selection. We also showed that, using the UCPC-based optimal cross-selection, the long-term genetic gain can be increased with only a limited reduction of the short-term commercial genetic gain.
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- Antoine Allier
- GQE-Le Moulon, INRA, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Genetics and Analytics Unit, RAGT2n, Druelle, France
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- GQE-Le Moulon, INRA, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- GQE-Le Moulon, INRA, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Neyhart JL, Lorenz AJ, Smith KP. Multi-trait Improvement by Predicting Genetic Correlations in Breeding Crosses. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2019; 9:3153-3165. [PMID: 31358561 PMCID: PMC6778794 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The many quantitative traits of interest to plant breeders are often genetically correlated, which can complicate progress from selection. Improving multiple traits may be enhanced by identifying parent combinations - an important breeding step - that will deliver more favorable genetic correlations (rG ). Modeling the segregation of genomewide markers with estimated effects may be one method of predicting rG in a cross, but this approach remains untested. Our objectives were to: (i) use simulations to assess the accuracy of genomewide predictions of rG and the long-term response to selection when selecting crosses on the basis of such predictions; and (ii) empirically measure the ability to predict genetic correlations using data from a barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) breeding program. Using simulations, we found that the accuracy to predict rG was generally moderate and influenced by trait heritability, population size, and genetic correlation architecture (i.e., pleiotropy or linkage disequilibrium). Among 26 barley breeding populations, the empirical prediction accuracy of rG was low (-0.012) to moderate (0.42), depending on trait complexity. Within a simulated plant breeding program employing indirect selection, choosing crosses based on predicted rG increased multi-trait genetic gain by 11-27% compared to selection on the predicted cross mean. Importantly, when the starting genetic correlation was negative, such cross selection mitigated or prevented an unfavorable response in the trait under indirect selection. Prioritizing crosses based on predicted genetic correlation can be a feasible and effective method of improving unfavorably correlated traits in breeding programs.
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- Jeffrey L Neyhart
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
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Optimizing Selection and Mating in Genomic Selection with a Look-Ahead Approach: An Operations Research Framework. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2019; 9:2123-2133. [PMID: 31109922 PMCID: PMC6643893 DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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New genotyping technologies have made large amounts of genotypic data available for plant breeders to use in their efforts to accelerate the rate of genetic gain. Genomic selection (GS) techniques allow breeders to use genotypic data to identify and select, for example, plants predicted to exhibit drought tolerance, thereby saving expensive and limited field-testing resources relative to phenotyping all plants within a population. A major limitation of existing GS approaches is the trade-off between short-term genetic gain and long-term potential. Some approaches focus on achieving short-term genetic gain at the cost of reduced genetic diversity necessary for long-term gains. In contrast, others compromise short-term progress to preserve long-term potential without consideration of the time and resources required to achieve it. Our contribution is to define a new “look-ahead” metric for assessing selection decisions, which evaluates the probability of achieving high genetic gains by a specific time with limited resources. Moreover, we propose a heuristic algorithm to identify optimal selection decisions that maximize the look-ahead metric. Simulation results demonstrate that look-ahead selection outperforms other published selection methods.
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Michel S, Löschenberger F, Ametz C, Pachler B, Sparry E, Bürstmayr H. Simultaneous selection for grain yield and protein content in genomics-assisted wheat breeding. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2019; 132:1745-1760. [PMID: 30810763 PMCID: PMC6531418 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03312-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Large genetic improvement can be achieved by simultaneous genomic selection for grain yield and protein content when combining different breeding strategies in the form of selection indices. Genomic selection has been implemented in many national and international breeding programmes in recent years. Numerous studies have shown the potential of this new breeding tool; few have, however, taken the simultaneous selection for multiple traits into account that is though common practice in breeding programmes. The simultaneous improvement in grain yield and protein content is thereby a major challenge in wheat breeding due to a severe negative trade-off. Accordingly, the potential and limits of multi-trait selection for this particular trait complex utilizing the vast phenotypic and genomic data collected in an applied wheat breeding programme were investigated in this study. Two breeding strategies based on various genomic-selection indices were compared, which (1) aimed to select high-protein genotypes with acceptable yield potential and (2) develop high-yielding varieties, while maintaining protein content. The prediction accuracy of preliminary yield trials could be strongly improved when combining phenotypic and genomic information in a genomics-assisted selection approach, which surpassed both genomics-based and classical phenotypic selection methods both for single trait predictions and in genomic index selection across years. The employed genomic selection indices mitigated furthermore the negative trade-off between grain yield and protein content leading to a substantial selection response for protein yield, i.e. total seed nitrogen content, which suggested that it is feasible to develop varieties that combine a superior yield potential with comparably high protein content, thus utilizing available nitrogen resources more efficiently.
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- Sebastian Michel
- Department of Agrobiotechnology, IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 20, 3430, Tulln, Austria.
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- Saatzucht Donau GesmbH & CoKG, Saatzuchtstrasse 11, 2301, Probstdorf, Austria
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- Saatzucht Donau GesmbH & CoKG, Saatzuchtstrasse 11, 2301, Probstdorf, Austria
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- C&M Seeds, 6180 5th Line, Palmerston, ON, N0G 2P0, Canada
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- Department of Agrobiotechnology, IFA-Tulln, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Konrad-Lorenz-Str. 20, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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Usefulness Criterion and Post-selection Parental Contributions in Multi-parental Crosses: Application to Polygenic Trait Introgression. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2019; 9:1469-1479. [PMID: 30819823 PMCID: PMC6505154 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Predicting the usefulness of crosses in terms of expected genetic gain and genetic diversity is of interest to secure performance in the progeny and to maintain long-term genetic gain in plant breeding. A wide range of crossing schemes are possible including large biparental crosses, backcrosses, four-way crosses, and synthetic populations. In silico progeny simulations together with genome-based prediction of quantitative traits can be used to guide mating decisions. However, the large number of multi-parental combinations can hinder the use of simulations in practice. Analytical solutions have been proposed recently to predict the distribution of a quantitative trait in the progeny of biparental crosses using information of recombination frequency and linkage disequilibrium between loci. Here, we extend this approach to obtain the progeny distribution of more complex crosses including two to four parents. Considering agronomic traits and parental genome contribution as jointly multivariate normally distributed traits, the usefulness criterion parental contribution (UCPC) enables to (i) evaluate the expected genetic gain for agronomic traits, and at the same time (ii) evaluate parental genome contributions to the selected fraction of progeny. We validate and illustrate UCPC in the context of multiple allele introgression from a donor into one or several elite recipients in maize (Zea mays L.). Recommendations regarding the interest of two-way, three-way, and backcrosses were derived depending on the donor performance. We believe that the computationally efficient UCPC approach can be useful for mate selection and allocation in many plant and animal breeding contexts.
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Allier A, Teyssèdre S, Lehermeier C, Claustres B, Maltese S, Melkior S, Moreau L, Charcosset A. Assessment of breeding programs sustainability: application of phenotypic and genomic indicators to a North European grain maize program. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2019; 132:1321-1334. [PMID: 30666392 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03280-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We review and propose easily implemented and affordable indicators to assess the genetic diversity and the potential of a breeding population and propose solutions for its long-term management. Successful plant breeding programs rely on balanced efforts between short-term goals to develop competitive cultivars and long-term goals to improve and maintain diversity in the genetic pool. Indicators of the sustainability of response to selection in breeding pools are of key importance in this context. We reviewed and proposed sets of indicators based on temporal phenotypic and genotypic data and applied them on an early maize grain program implying two breeding pools (Dent and Flint) selected in a reciprocal manner. Both breeding populations showed a significant positive genetic gain summing up to 1.43 qx/ha/year but contrasted evolutions of genetic variance. Advances in high-throughput genotyping permitted the identification of regions of low diversity, mainly localized in pericentromeric regions. Observed changes in genetic diversity were multiple, reflecting a complex breeding system. We estimated the impact of linkage disequilibrium (LD) and of allelic diversity on the additive genetic variance at a genome-wide and chromosome-wide scale. Consistently with theoretical expectation under directional selection, we found a negative contribution of LD to genetic variance, which was unevenly distributed between chromosomes. This suggests different chromosome selection histories and underlines the interest to recombine specific chromosome regions. All three sets of indicators valorize in house data and are easy to implement in the era of genomic selection in every breeding program.
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- Antoine Allier
- GQE ‑ Le Moulon, INRA, Univ. Paris‑Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- RAGT2n, Genetics and Analytics Unit, 12510, Druelle, France
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- GQE ‑ Le Moulon, INRA, Univ. Paris‑Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- GQE ‑ Le Moulon, INRA, Univ. Paris‑Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Andorf C, Beavis WD, Hufford M, Smith S, Suza WP, Wang K, Woodhouse M, Yu J, Lübberstedt T. Technological advances in maize breeding: past, present and future. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2019; 132:817-849. [PMID: 30798332 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03306-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Maize has for many decades been both one of the most important crops worldwide and one of the primary genetic model organisms. More recently, maize breeding has been impacted by rapid technological advances in sequencing and genotyping technology, transformation including genome editing, doubled haploid technology, parallelled by progress in data sciences and the development of novel breeding approaches utilizing genomic information. Herein, we report on past, current and future developments relevant for maize breeding with regard to (1) genome analysis, (2) germplasm diversity characterization and utilization, (3) manipulation of genetic diversity by transformation and genome editing, (4) inbred line development and hybrid seed production, (5) understanding and prediction of hybrid performance, (6) breeding methodology and (7) synthesis of opportunities and challenges for future maize breeding.
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, 50011-1010, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011-1010, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, 50011-1010, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, 50011-1010, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, 50011-1010, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, 50011-1010, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA, 50011-1010, USA.
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Design of training populations for selective phenotyping in genomic prediction. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1446. [PMID: 30723226 PMCID: PMC6363789 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38081-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Phenotyping is the current bottleneck in plant breeding, especially because next-generation sequencing has decreased genotyping cost more than 100.000 fold in the last 20 years. Therefore, the cost of phenotyping needs to be optimized within a breeding program. When designing the implementation of genomic selection scheme into the breeding cycle, breeders need to select the optimal method for (1) selecting training populations that maximize genomic prediction accuracy and (2) to reduce the cost of phenotyping while improving precision. In this article, we compared methods for selecting training populations under two scenarios: Firstly, when the objective is to select a training population set (TRS) to predict the remaining individuals from the same population (Untargeted), and secondly, when a test set (TS) is first defined and genotyped, and then the TRS is optimized specifically around the TS (Targeted). Our results show that optimization methods that include information from the test set (targeted) showed the highest accuracies, indicating that apriori information from the TS improves genomic predictions. In addition, predictive ability enhanced especially when population size was small which is a target to decrease phenotypic cost within breeding programs.
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Parmley K, Nagasubramanian K, Sarkar S, Ganapathysubramanian B, Singh AK. Development of Optimized Phenomic Predictors for Efficient Plant Breeding Decisions Using Phenomic-Assisted Selection in Soybean. PLANT PHENOMICS (WASHINGTON, D.C.) 2019; 2019:5809404. [PMID: 33313530 PMCID: PMC7706298 DOI: 10.34133/2019/5809404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The rate of advancement made in phenomic-assisted breeding methodologies has lagged those of genomic-assisted techniques, which is now a critical component of mainstream cultivar development pipelines. However, advancements made in phenotyping technologies have empowered plant scientists with affordable high-dimensional datasets to optimize the operational efficiencies of breeding programs. Phenomic and seed yield data was collected across six environments for a panel of 292 soybean accessions with varying genetic improvements. Random forest, a machine learning (ML) algorithm, was used to map complex relationships between phenomic traits and seed yield and prediction performance assessed using two cross-validation (CV) scenarios consistent with breeding challenges. To develop a prescriptive sensor package for future high-throughput phenotyping deployment to meet breeding objectives, feature importance in tandem with a genetic algorithm (GA) technique allowed selection of a subset of phenotypic traits, specifically optimal wavebands. The results illuminated the capability of fusing ML and optimization techniques to identify a suite of in-season phenomic traits that will allow breeding programs to decrease the dependence on resource-intensive end-season phenotyping (e.g., seed yield harvest). While we illustrate with soybean, this study establishes a template for deploying multitrait phenomic prediction that is easily amendable to any crop species and any breeding objective.
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- Kyle Parmley
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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