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Kumar P, Singh J, Kaur G, Adunola PM, Biswas A, Bazzer S, Kaur H, Kaur I, Kaur H, Sandhu KS, Vemula S, Kaur B, Singh V, Tseng TM. OMICS in Fodder Crops: Applications, Challenges, and Prospects. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2022; 44:5440-5473. [PMID: 36354681 PMCID: PMC9688858 DOI: 10.3390/cimb44110369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 09/08/2024] Open
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Biomass yield and quality are the primary targets in forage crop improvement programs worldwide. Low-quality fodder reduces the quality of dairy products and affects cattle's health. In multipurpose crops, such as maize, sorghum, cowpea, alfalfa, and oat, a plethora of morphological and biochemical/nutritional quality studies have been conducted. However, the overall growth in fodder quality improvement is not on par with cereals or major food crops. The use of advanced technologies, such as multi-omics, has increased crop improvement programs manyfold. Traits such as stay-green, the number of tillers per plant, total biomass, and tolerance to biotic and/or abiotic stresses can be targeted in fodder crop improvement programs. Omic technologies, namely genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and phenomics, provide an efficient way to develop better cultivars. There is an abundance of scope for fodder quality improvement by improving the forage nutrition quality, edible quality, and digestibility. The present review includes a brief description of the established omics technologies for five major fodder crops, i.e., sorghum, cowpea, maize, oats, and alfalfa. Additionally, current improvements and future perspectives have been highlighted.
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- Pawan Kumar
- Agrotechnology Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur 176061, India
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar 125004, India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
- Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, Barnala 148107, India
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, WA 57007, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88001, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 37209, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163, USA
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- Agronomy Department, UF/IFAS Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, FL 33430, USA
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- Department of Entomology, UF/IFAS Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, FL 33430, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39759, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39759, USA
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Hanley SJ, Pellny TK, de Vega JJ, Castiblanco V, Arango J, Eastmond PJ, Heslop-Harrison JS(P, Mitchell RAC. Allele mining in diverse accessions of tropical grasses to improve forage quality and reduce environmental impact. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2021; 128:627-637. [PMID: 34320174 PMCID: PMC8422886 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcab101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The C4Urochloa species (syn. Brachiaria) and Megathyrsus maximus (syn. Panicum maximum) are used as pasture for cattle across vast areas in tropical agriculture systems in Africa and South America. A key target for variety improvement is forage quality: enhanced digestibility could decrease the amount of land required per unit production, and enhanced lipid content could decrease methane emissions from cattle. For these traits, loss-of-function (LOF) alleles in known gene targets are predicted to improve them, making a reverse genetics approach of allele mining feasible. We therefore set out to look for such alleles in diverse accessions of Urochloa species and Megathyrsus maximus from the genebank collection held at the CIAT. METHODS We studied allelic diversity of 20 target genes (11 for digestibility, nine for lipid content) in 104 accessions selected to represent genetic diversity and ploidy levels of U. brizantha, U. decumbens, U. humidicola, U. ruziziensis and M. maximum. We used RNA sequencing and then bait capture DNA sequencing to improve gene models in a U. ruziziensis reference genome to assign polymorphisms with high confidence. KEY RESULTS We found 953 non-synonymous polymorphisms across all genes and accessions; within these, we identified seven putative LOF alleles with high confidence, including those in the non-redundant SDP1 and BAHD01 genes present in diploid and tetraploid accessions. These LOF alleles could respectively confer increased lipid content and digestibility if incorporated into a breeding programme. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated a novel, effective approach to allele discovery in diverse accessions using a draft reference genome from a single species. We used this to find gene variants in a collection of tropical grasses that could help reduce the environmental impact of cattle production.
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- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia
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A comparison of shared patterns of differential gene expression and gene ontologies in response to water-stress in roots and leaves of four diverse genotypes of Lolium and Festuca spp. temperate pasture grasses. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0249636. [PMID: 33831050 PMCID: PMC8031407 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Ryegrasses (Lolium spp.) and fescues (Festuca spp.) are closely related and widely cultivated perennial forage grasses. As such, resilience in the face of abiotic stresses is an important component of their traits. We have compared patterns of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in roots and leaves of two perennial ryegrass genotypes and a single genotype of each of a festulolium (predominantly Italian ryegrass) and meadow fescue with the onset of water stress, focussing on overall patterns of DEGs and gene ontology terms (GOs) shared by all four genotypes. Plants were established in a growing medium of vermiculite watered with nutrient solution. Leaf and root material were sampled at 35% (saturation) and, as the medium dried, at 15%, 5% and 1% estimated water contents (EWCs) and RNA extracted. Differential gene expression was evaluated comparing the EWC sampling points from RNAseq data using a combination of analysis methods. For all genotypes, the greatest numbers of DEGs were identified in the 35/1 and 5/1 comparisons in both leaves and roots. In total, 566 leaf and 643 root DEGs were common to all 4 genotypes, though a third of these leaf DEGs were not regulated in the same up/down direction in all 4 genotypes. For roots, the equivalent figure was 1% of the DEGs. GO terms shared by all four genotypes were often enriched by both up- and down-regulated DEGs in the leaf, whereas generally, only by either up- or down-regulated DEGs in the root. Overall, up-regulated leaf DEGs tended to be more genotype-specific than down-regulated leaf DEGs or root DEGs and were also associated with fewer GOs. On average, only 5–15% of the DEGs enriching common GO terms were shared by all 4 genotypes, suggesting considerable variation in DEGs between related genotypes in enacting similar biological processes.
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Herridge R, Brownfield L, Macknight R. Identification and Characterization of Perennial Ryegrass ( Lolium perenne) Vernalization Genes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:640324. [PMID: 33747020 PMCID: PMC7973463 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.640324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) is a temperate grass species commonly used as pasture for livestock. Flowering (heading) of ryegrass impacts metabolizable energy content and seed yield, therefore this trait is important for both farmers and seed producers. In related grass species, the VRN genes (VRN1-3) have been largely implicated in the determination of vernalization response and are responsible for much of the intra-species variation in this trait. Many other important flowering-time regulators have been cataloged in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon; however, in several cases, such as VRN2, their ryegrass homologs have not been well-characterized. Here, ryegrass homologs of important flowering time genes from B. distachyon were identified through available synteny data and sequence similarity. Phylogenetic analysis of VRN3/FT-like and VRN2-like genes was performed to elucidate these families further. The expression patterns of these genes were assessed during vernalization. This confirmed the key roles played by LpVRN1 and LpFT3 in the promotion of flowering. Furthermore, two orthologs of VRN2 identified here, as well as an ortholog of CO9, were expressed prior to vernalization, and were repressed in flowering plants, suggesting a role in floral repression. Significant variability in expression of these flowering pathway genes in diverse genotypes was detected and may underlie variation in flowering time and vernalization response.
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Blanco-Pastor JL, Barre P, Keep T, Ledauphin T, Escobar-Gutiérrez A, Roschanski AM, Willner E, Dehmer KJ, Hegarty M, Muylle H, Veeckman E, Vandepoele K, Ruttink T, Roldán-Ruiz I, Manel S, Sampoux JP. Canonical correlations reveal adaptive loci and phenotypic responses to climate in perennial ryegrass. Mol Ecol Resour 2020; 21:849-870. [PMID: 33098268 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Germplasm from perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) natural populations is useful for breeding because of its adaptation to a wide range of climates. Climate-adaptive genes can be detected from associations between genotype, phenotype and climate but an integrated framework for the analysis of these three sources of information is lacking. We used two approaches to identify adaptive loci in perennial ryegrass and their effect on phenotypic traits. First, we combined Genome-Environment Association (GEA) and GWAS analyses. Then, we implemented a new test based on a Canonical Correlation Analysis (CANCOR) to detect adaptive loci. Furthermore, we improved the previous perennial ryegrass gene set by de novo gene prediction and functional annotation of 39,967 genes. GEA-GWAS revealed eight outlier loci associated with both environmental variables and phenotypic traits. CANCOR retrieved 633 outlier loci associated with two climatic gradients, characterized by cold-dry winter versus mild-wet winter and long rainy season versus long summer, and pointed out traits putatively conferring adaptation at the extremes of these gradients. Our CANCOR test also revealed the presence of both polygenic and oligogenic climatic adaptations. Our gene annotation revealed that 374 of the CANCOR outlier loci were positioned within or close to a gene. Co-association networks of outlier loci revealed a potential utility of CANCOR for investigating the interaction of genes involved in polygenic adaptations. The CANCOR test provides an integrated framework to analyse adaptive genomic diversity and phenotypic responses to environmental selection pressures that could be used to facilitate the adaptation of plant species to climate change.
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- INRAE, Centre Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Poitiers, Lusignan, France
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- INRAE, Centre Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Poitiers, Lusignan, France
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Malchow/Poel, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Malchow/Poel, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Malchow/Poel, Germany
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) - Plant Sciences Unit, Melle, Belgium
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- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) - Plant Sciences Unit, Melle, Belgium.,Bioinformatics Institute Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) - Plant Sciences Unit, Melle, Belgium.,Bioinformatics Institute Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) - Plant Sciences Unit, Melle, Belgium
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- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) - Plant Sciences Unit, Melle, Belgium.,Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- CEFE, University of Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE-PSL University, IRD, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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QTG-Finder2: A Generalized Machine-Learning Algorithm for Prioritizing QTL Causal Genes in Plants. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:2411-2421. [PMID: 32430305 PMCID: PMC7341141 DOI: 10.1534/g3.120.401122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Linkage mapping has been widely used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) in many plants and usually requires a time-consuming and labor-intensive fine mapping process to find the causal gene underlying the QTL. Previously, we described QTG-Finder, a machine-learning algorithm to rationally prioritize candidate causal genes in QTLs. While it showed good performance, QTG-Finder could only be used in Arabidopsis and rice because of the limited number of known causal genes in other species. Here we tested the feasibility of enabling QTG-Finder to work on species that have few or no known causal genes by using orthologs of known causal genes as the training set. The model trained with orthologs could recall about 64% of Arabidopsis and 83% of rice causal genes when the top 20% ranked genes were considered, which is similar to the performance of models trained with known causal genes. The average precision was 0.027 for Arabidopsis and 0.029 for rice. We further extended the algorithm to include polymorphisms in conserved non-coding sequences and gene presence/absence variation as additional features. Using this algorithm, QTG-Finder2, we trained and cross-validated Sorghum bicolor and Setaria viridis models. The S. bicolor model was validated by causal genes curated from the literature and could recall 70% of causal genes when the top 20% ranked genes were considered. In addition, we applied the S. viridis model and public transcriptome data to prioritize a plant height QTL and identified 13 candidate genes. QTL-Finder2 can accelerate the discovery of causal genes in any plant species and facilitate agricultural trait improvement.
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Shi D, Wu J, Tang H, Yin H, Wang H, Wang R, Wang R, Qian M, Wu J, Qi K, Xie Z, Wang Z, Zhao X, Zhang S. Single-pollen-cell sequencing for gamete-based phased diploid genome assembly in plants. Genome Res 2019; 29:1889-1899. [PMID: 31649061 PMCID: PMC6836740 DOI: 10.1101/gr.251033.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Genome assemblies from diploid organisms create mosaic sequences alternating between parental alleles, which can create erroneous gene models and other problems. In animals, a popular strategy to generate haploid genome-resolved assemblies has been the sampling of (haploid) gametes, and the advent of single-cell sequencing has further advanced such methods. However, several challenges for the isolation and amplification of DNA from plant gametes have limited such approaches in plants. Here, we combined a new approach for pollen protoplast isolation with a single-cell DNA amplification technique and then used a “barcoding” bioinformatics strategy to incorporate haploid-specific sequence data from 12 pollen cells, ultimately enabling the efficient and accurate phasing of the pear genome into its A and B haploid genomes. Beyond revealing that 8.12% of the genes in the pear reference genome feature mosaic assemblies and enabling a previously impossible analysis of allelic affects in pear gene expression, our new haploid genome assemblies provide high-resolution information about recombination during meiosis in pollen. Considering that outcrossing pear is an angiosperm species featuring very high heterozygosity, our method for rapidly phasing genome assemblies is potentially applicable to several yet-unsequenced outcrossing angiosperm species in nature.
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- Dongqing Shi
- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian Province, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- School of Life Science, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
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- College of Agriculture, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Centre of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Harper J, De Vega J, Swain S, Heavens D, Gasior D, Thomas A, Evans C, Lovatt A, Lister S, Thorogood D, Skøt L, Hegarty M, Blackmore T, Kudrna D, Byrne S, Asp T, Powell W, Fernandez-Fuentes N, Armstead I. Integrating a newly developed BAC-based physical mapping resource for Lolium perenne with a genome-wide association study across a L. perenne European ecotype collection identifies genomic contexts associated with agriculturally important traits. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2019; 123:977-992. [PMID: 30715119 PMCID: PMC6589518 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) is the most widely cultivated forage and amenity grass species in temperate areas worldwide and there is a need to understand the genetic architectures of key agricultural traits and crop characteristics that deliver wider environmental services. Our aim was to identify genomic regions associated with agriculturally important traits by integrating a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-based physical map with a genome-wide association study (GWAS). METHODS BAC-based physical maps for L. perenne were constructed from ~212 000 high-information-content fingerprints using Fingerprint Contig and Linear Topology Contig software. BAC clones were associated with both BAC-end sequences and a partial minimum tiling path sequence. A panel of 716 L. perenne diploid genotypes from 90 European accessions was assessed in the field over 2 years, and genotyped using a Lolium Infinium SNP array. The GWAS was carried out using a linear mixed model implemented in TASSEL, and extended genomic regions associated with significant markers were identified through integration with the physical map. KEY RESULTS Between ~3600 and 7500 physical map contigs were derived, depending on the software and probability thresholds used, and integrated with ~35 k sequenced BAC clones to develop a resource predicted to span the majority of the L. perenne genome. From the GWAS, eight different loci were significantly associated with heading date, plant width, plant biomass and water-soluble carbohydrate accumulation, seven of which could be associated with physical map contigs. This allowed the identification of a number of candidate genes. CONCLUSIONS Combining the physical mapping resource with the GWAS has allowed us to extend the search for candidate genes across larger regions of the L. perenne genome and identified a number of interesting gene model annotations. These physical maps will aid in validating future sequence-based assemblies of the L. perenne genome.
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- J Harper
- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Teagasc, Department of Crop Science, Carlow, Ireland
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Crop Genetics and Biotechnology, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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Guo H, Wang Y, Zhang B, Li D, Chen J, Zong J, Li J, Liu J, Jiang Y. Association of candidate genes with drought tolerance traits in zoysiagrass germplasm. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 237:61-71. [PMID: 31026777 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2019.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Drought stress negatively influences the growth and physiology of perennial grasses. The objective of this study was to identify associations of candidate genes with drought tolerance traits in 96 zoysiagrass (Zoysia Willd.) accessions. Germplasm varied largely in leaf wilting, canopy and air temperature difference (CAD), leaf water content (LWC), chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm), leaf dry weight (LDW), stolon dry weight (SDW), rhizome dry weight (RZW), and root dry weight (RDW) under drought stress across the two experiments in 2014 and 2015 in a greenhouse. The population exhibited three subgroups based on molecular marker analysis and had minimum relative kinship. Associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in BADH encoding betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase, DREB1 encoding DREB-like protein 1, Ndhf encoding NADH dehydrogenase subunit F, CAT encoding catalase, and VP1 encoding H+-pyrophosphatase were analyzed with trait under drought stress (D) and relative values compared to the control (R). Twenty-seven mark and trait associations were detected in year 2014, 2015, and a two-year combination across four genes, including 13 associations in 7 SNP loci in BADH, 9 associations in 5 SNP loci in DREB1, 3 associations in one SNP locus in Ndhf, and 2 associations in one SNP locus in CAT. Of them, one SNP in BADH was associated with D-RDW or D-SDW, three SNPs in DREB1 were associated with D-RZW, D-RDW, R-LWC, and D-CAD, and one SNP in CAT was associated with D-SDW. Nucleotide changes in these SNP loci caused non-synonymous amino acid substitutions. The results indicated that allelic diversity in genes involved in antioxidant metabolism, osmotic homeostasis, and dehydration responsive transcription factor could contribute to growth and physiological variations in zoysiagrass under drought stress.
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- Hailin Guo
- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
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Kang J, Zhang T, Guo T, Ding W, Long R, Yang Q, Wang Z. Isolation and Functional Characterization of MsFTa, a FLOWERING LOCUS T Homolog from Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa). Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20081968. [PMID: 31013631 PMCID: PMC6514984 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20081968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The production of hay and seeds of alfalfa, an important legume forage for the diary industry worldwide, is highly related to flowering time, which has been widely reported to be integrated by FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT). However, the function of FT(s) in alfalfa is largely unknown. Here, we identified MsFTa, an FT ortholog in alfalfa, and characterized its role in flowering regulation. MsFTa shares the conserved exon/intron structure of FTs, and the deduced MsFTa is 98% identical to MtFTa1 in Medicago trucatula. MsFTa was diurnally regulated with a peak before the dark period, and was preferentially expressed in leaves and floral buds. Transient expression of MsFTa-GFP fusion protein demonstrated its localization in the nucleus and cytoplasm. When ectopically expressed, MsFTa rescued the late-flowering phenotype of ft mutants from Arabidopsis and M. trucatula. MsFTa over-expression plants of both Arabidopsis and M. truncatula flowered significantly earlier than the non-transgenic controls under long day conditions, indicating that exogenous MsFTa strongly accelerated flowering. Hence, MsFTa functions positively in flowering promotion, suggesting that MsFTa may encode a florigen that acts as a key regulator in the flowering pathway. This study provides an effective candidate gene for optimizing alfalfa flowering time by genetically manipulating the expression of MsFTa.
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- Junmei Kang
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China.
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Veeckman E, Van Glabeke S, Haegeman A, Muylle H, van Parijs FRD, Byrne SL, Asp T, Studer B, Rohde A, Roldán-Ruiz I, Vandepoele K, Ruttink T. Overcoming challenges in variant calling: exploring sequence diversity in candidate genes for plant development in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne). DNA Res 2019; 26:1-12. [PMID: 30325414 PMCID: PMC6379033 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsy033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Revealing DNA sequence variation within the Lolium perenne genepool is important for genetic analysis and development of breeding applications. We reviewed current literature on plant development to select candidate genes in pathways that control agronomic traits, and identified 503 orthologues in L. perenne. Using targeted resequencing, we constructed a comprehensive catalogue of genomic variation for a L. perenne germplasm collection of 736 genotypes derived from current cultivars, breeding material and wild accessions. To overcome challenges of variant calling in heterogeneous outbreeding species, we used two complementary strategies to explore sequence diversity. First, four variant calling pipelines were integrated with the VariantMetaCaller to reach maximal sensitivity. Additional multiplex amplicon sequencing was used to empirically estimate an appropriate precision threshold. Second, a de novo assembly strategy was used to reconstruct divergent alleles for each gene. The advantage of this approach was illustrated by discovery of 28 novel alleles of LpSDUF247, a polymorphic gene co-segregating with the S-locus of the grass self-incompatibility system. Our approach is applicable to other genetically diverse outbreeding species. The resulting collection of functionally annotated variants can be mined for variants causing phenotypic variation, either through genetic association studies, or by selecting carriers of rare defective alleles for physiological analyses.
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- Elisabeth Veeckman
- ILVO, Plant Sciences Unit, B Melle, Belgium.,Bioinformatics Institute Ghent, Ghent University, B Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Center Flakkebjerg Aarhus University, DK Slagelse, Denmark
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- Molecular Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, CH Zurich, Switzerland
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- ILVO, Plant Sciences Unit, B Melle, Belgium.,Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B Ghent, Belgium
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- Bioinformatics Institute Ghent, Ghent University, B Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, B Ghent, Belgium.,Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B Ghent, Belgium
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- ILVO, Plant Sciences Unit, B Melle, Belgium.,Bioinformatics Institute Ghent, Ghent University, B Ghent, Belgium
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Taylor CM, Kamphuis LG, Zhang W, Garg G, Berger JD, Mousavi‐Derazmahalleh M, Bayer PE, Edwards D, Singh KB, Cowling WA, Nelson MN. INDEL variation in the regulatory region of the major flowering time gene LanFTc1 is associated with vernalization response and flowering time in narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.). PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:174-187. [PMID: 29677403 PMCID: PMC7379684 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) cultivation was transformed by 2 dominant vernalization-insensitive, early flowering time loci known as Ku and Julius (Jul), which allowed expansion into shorter season environments. However, reliance on these loci has limited genetic and phenotypic diversity for environmental adaptation in cultivated lupin. We recently predicted that a 1,423-bp deletion in the cis-regulatory region of LanFTc1, a FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) homologue, derepressed expression of LanFTc1 and was the underlying cause of the Ku phenotype. Here, we surveyed diverse germplasm for LanFTc1 cis-regulatory variation and identified 2 further deletions of 1,208 and 5,162 bp in the 5' regulatory region, which overlap the 1,423-bp deletion. Additionally, we confirmed that no other polymorphisms were perfectly associated with vernalization responsiveness. Phenotyping and gene expression analyses revealed that Jul accessions possessed the 5,162-bp deletion and that the Jul and Ku deletions were equally capable of removing vernalization requirement and up-regulating gene expression. The 1,208-bp deletion was associated with intermediate phenology, vernalization responsiveness, and gene expression and therefore may be useful for expanding agronomic adaptation of lupin. This insertion/deletion series may also help resolve how the vernalization response is mediated at the molecular level in legumes.
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- Candy M. Taylor
- UWA School of Agriculture and EnvironmentThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
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- Agriculture and FoodCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationFloreatWestern Australia6014Australia
- Centre for Crop and Disease ManagementCurtin UniversityBentleyWestern Australia6102Australia
- The UWA Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture and EnvironmentThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
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- Agriculture and FoodCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationFloreatWestern Australia6014Australia
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- Agriculture and FoodCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationFloreatWestern Australia6014Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture and EnvironmentThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
- The UWA Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
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- Agriculture and FoodCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationFloreatWestern Australia6014Australia
- Centre for Crop and Disease ManagementCurtin UniversityBentleyWestern Australia6102Australia
- The UWA Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture and EnvironmentThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
- The UWA Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture and EnvironmentThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
- The UWA Institute of AgricultureThe University of Western AustraliaPerthWestern Australia6009Australia
- Natural Capital and Plant HealthRoyal Botanic Gardens, KewArdinglyWest SussexRH17 6TNUK
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Tyagi S, Mazumdar PA, Mayee P, Shivaraj SM, Anand S, Singh A, Madhurantakam C, Sharma P, Das S, Kumar A, Singh A. Natural variation in Brassica FT homeologs influences multiple agronomic traits including flowering time, silique shape, oil profile, stomatal morphology and plant height in B. juncea. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 277:251-266. [PMID: 30466591 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Natural structural variants of regulatory proteins causing quantitative phenotypic consequences have not been reported in plants. Herein, we show that 28 natural structural variants of FT homeologs, isolated from 6 species of Brassica, differ with respect to amino-acid substitutions in regions critical for interactions with FD and represent two evolutionarily distinct categories. Analysis of structural models of selected candidates from Brassica juncea (BjuFT_AAMF1) and Brassica napus (BnaFT_CCLF) predicted stronger binding between BjuFT and Arabidopsis thaliana FD. Over-expression of BjuFT and BnaFT in wild type and ft-10 mutant backgrounds of Arabidopsis validated higher potency of BjuFT in triggering floral transition. Analysis of gain-of-function and artificial miRNA mediated silenced lines of B. juncea implicated Brassica FT in multiple agronomic traits beyond flowering, consistent with a pleiotropic effect. Several dependent and independent traits such as lateral branching, silique shape, seed size, oil-profile, stomatal morphology and plant height were found altered in mutant lines. Enhanced FT levels caused early flowering, which in turn was positively correlated to a higher proportion of desirable fatty acids (PUFA). However, higher FT levels also resulted in altered silique shape and reduced seed size, suggesting trait trade-offs. Modulation of FT levels for achieving optimal balance of trait values and parsing pair-wise interactions among a reportoire of regulatory protein homeologs in polyploid genomes are indeed future areas of crop research.
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- Shikha Tyagi
- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India; Department of Research, Ankur Seeds Pvt. Ltd., 27, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440018, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India; Departement de Phytologie, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India
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- Department of Energy and Environment, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- National Phytotron Facility, IARI, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India.
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Taylor M, Tornqvist CE, Zhao X, Grabowski P, Doerge R, Ma J, Volenec J, Evans J, Ramstein GP, Sanciangco MD, Buell CR, Casler MD, Jiang Y. Genome-Wide Association Study in Pseudo-F 2 Populations of Switchgrass Identifies Genetic Loci Affecting Heading and Anthesis Dates. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1250. [PMID: 30271414 PMCID: PMC6146286 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is a native prairie grass and valuable bio-energy crop. The physiological change from juvenile to reproductive adult can draw important resources away from growth into producing reproductive structures, thereby limiting the growth potential of early flowering plants. Delaying the flowering of switchgrass is one approach by which to increase total biomass. The objective of this research was to identify genetic variants and candidate genes for controlling heading and anthesis in segregating switchgrass populations. Four pseudo-F2 populations (two pairs of reciprocal crosses) were developed from lowland (late flowering) and upland (early flowering) ecotypes, and heading and anthesis dates of these populations were collected in Lafayette, IN and DeKalb, IL in 2015 and 2016. Across 2 years, there was a 34- and 73-day difference in heading and a 52- and 75-day difference in anthesis at the Lafayette and DeKalb locations, respectively. A total of 37,901 single nucleotide polymorphisms obtained by exome capture sequencing of the populations were used in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) that identified five significant signals at three loci for heading and two loci for anthesis. Among them, a homolog of FLOWERING LOCUS T on chromosome 5b associated with heading date was identified at the Lafayette location across 2 years. A homolog of ARABIDOPSIS PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR 5, a light modulator in the circadian clock associated with heading date was detected on chromosome 8a across locations and years. These results demonstrate that genetic variants related to floral development could lend themselves to a long-term goal of developing late flowering varieties of switchgrass with high biomass yield.
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- Megan Taylor
- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
- Department of Biology and Department of Statistics, Mellon College of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center and Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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Capstaff NM, Miller AJ. Improving the Yield and Nutritional Quality of Forage Crops. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:535. [PMID: 29740468 PMCID: PMC5928394 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Despite being some of the most important crops globally, there has been limited research on forages when compared with cereals, fruits, and vegetables. This review summarizes the literature highlighting the significance of forage crops, the current improvements and some of future directions for improving yield and nutritional quality. We make the point that the knowledge obtained from model plant and grain crops can be applied to forage crops. The timely development of genomics and bioinformatics together with genome editing techniques offer great scope to improve forage crops. Given the social, environmental and economic importance of forage across the globe and especially in poorer countries, this opportunity has enormous potential to improve food security and political stability.
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Gill GP, Bryant CJ, Fokin M, Huege J, Fraser K, Jones C, Cao M, Faville MJ. Low pyrrolizidine alkaloid levels in perennial ryegrass is associated with the absence of a homospermidine synthase gene. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 18:56. [PMID: 29625552 PMCID: PMC5889531 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1269-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are a class of secondary metabolites that function as feeding deterrents in a range of different plant species. In perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) the only PAs that have been identified are the thesinine-rhamnoside group, which displays significant genetic variation. Homospermidine synthase (HSS) has evolved from deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS) and catalyses the first step in the PA pathway, making it a key candidate for the investigation of genes influencing observed PA trait variation. RESULTS During PCR amplification and sequence analysis of DHS we identified two putative HSS genes in perennial ryegrass. One of the genes (LpHSS1) was absent in some perennial ryegrass plants. Thesinine-rhamnoside levels were measured using liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry in a diverse association mapping population, consisting of 693 plants free of fungal endophytic symbionts. Association tests that accounted for population structure identified a significant association of absence of the LpHSS1 gene with lower levels of thesinine-rhamnoside PAs. HSS-like gene sequences were identified for other grass species of the Poaceae, including tall fescue, wheat, maize and sorghum. CONCLUSION HSS is situated at the crucial first step in the PA pathway making it an important candidate gene for investigation of involvement in PA phenotypic variation. In this study, PA level in perennial ryegrass was strongly associated with the presence or absence of the LpHSS1 gene. A genetic marker, developed for the presence/absence of LpHSS1, may be used for marker-assisted breeding to either lower or increase PAs in breeding populations of perennial or Italian ryegrass to investigate a potential role in the deterrence of herbivore pests. The presence of HSS-like genes in several other Poaceae species suggests that PA biosynthesis may occur in plant family members beyond perennial ryegrass and tall fescue and identifies a potential route for manipulating PA levels.
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- Geoffrey P. Gill
- Pastoral Genomics, c/o AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, 4442 New Zealand
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- Pastoral Genomics, c/o AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, 4442 New Zealand
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- Pastoral Genomics, c/o AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, 4442 New Zealand
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- AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, 4442 New Zealand
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- AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, 4442 New Zealand
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- AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, 4442 New Zealand
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- AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, 4442 New Zealand
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- AgResearch Grasslands Research Centre, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, 4442 New Zealand
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Zhao X, Bushman BS, Zhang X, Robbins MD, Larson SR, Robins JG, Thomas A. Association of candidate genes with heading date in a diverse Dactylis glomerata population. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 265:146-153. [PMID: 29223336 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Flowering occurs in response to cues from both temperature and photoperiod elicitors in cool-season, long-day forage grasses, and genes involved in sensing the elicitors and inducing downstream flowering responses have been associated with heading date and flowering time in perennial forage grasses as well as cereal grasses. In this study we test for association between orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) heading date and polymorphisms in the CONSTANS (DgCO1), FLOWERING TIME (DgFT1), a VRN1 like MADS-box (DgMADS), and PHOTOPERIOD (DgPPD1-like) containing genes. A diverse population of 150 genotypes was measured for heading date across three years, genotyped, and candidate genes sequenced. Although pairwise population kinship values were generally low, the genotypes fit into a two-group structure model. Linkage disequilibrium decayed rapidly, reaching r2 levels below 0.2 within the 500bp of each gene. SNPs significantly associated with heading date were detected in equal-dose and tetraploid dosage models. The DgCO1 gene had the most significant polymorphisms and those with the largest effects, while DgMADS had several significant polymorphisms in its first intron with smaller effects. These polymorphisms can be used for further validation, selection, and development of breeding lines of orchardgrass.
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- Xinxin Zhao
- USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory, 695 North 1100 East, Logan, UT 84322-6300, USA; Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory, 695 North 1100 East, Logan, UT 84322-6300, USA.
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- Department of Grassland Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory, 695 North 1100 East, Logan, UT 84322-6300, USA
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- USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory, 695 North 1100 East, Logan, UT 84322-6300, USA
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- USDA-ARS Forage and Range Research Laboratory, 695 North 1100 East, Logan, UT 84322-6300, USA
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- Utah State University, Center for Integrated Biosystems, Logan, UT, USA
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Paina C, Byrne SL, Studer B, Rognli OA, Asp T. Using a Candidate Gene-Based Genetic Linkage Map to Identify QTL for Winter Survival in Perennial Ryegrass. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152004. [PMID: 27010567 PMCID: PMC4807000 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Important agronomical traits in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) breeding programs such as winter survival and heading date, are quantitative traits that are generally controlled by multiple loci. Individually, these loci have relatively small effects. The aim of this study was to develop a candidate gene based Illumina GoldenGate 1,536-plex assay, containing single nucleotide polymorphism markers designed from transcripts involved in response to cold acclimation, vernalization, and induction of flowering. The assay was used to genotype a mapping population that we have also phenotyped for winter survival to complement the heading date trait previously mapped in this population. A positive correlation was observed between strong vernalization requirement and winter survival, and some QTL for winter survival and heading date overlapped on the genetic map. Candidate genes were located in clusters along the genetic map, some of which co-localized with QTL for winter survival and heading date. These clusters of candidate genes may be used in candidate gene based association studies to identify alleles associated with winter survival and heading date.
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- Cristiana Paina
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science and Technology, Aarhus University, Slagelse, Denmark
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Grinberg NF, Lovatt A, Hegarty M, Lovatt A, Skøt KP, Kelly R, Blackmore T, Thorogood D, King RD, Armstead I, Powell W, Skøt L. Implementation of Genomic Prediction in Lolium perenne (L.) Breeding Populations. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:133. [PMID: 26904088 PMCID: PMC4751346 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) is one of the most widely grown forage grasses in temperate agriculture. In order to maintain and increase its usage as forage in livestock agriculture, there is a continued need for improvement in biomass yield, quality, disease resistance, and seed yield. Genetic gain for traits such as biomass yield has been relatively modest. This has been attributed to its long breeding cycle, and the necessity to use population based breeding methods. Thanks to recent advances in genotyping techniques there is increasing interest in genomic selection from which genomically estimated breeding values are derived. In this paper we compare the classical RRBLUP model with state-of-the-art machine learning techniques that should yield themselves easily to use in GS and demonstrate their application to predicting quantitative traits in a breeding population of L. perenne. Prediction accuracies varied from 0 to 0.59 depending on trait, prediction model and composition of the training population. The BLUP model produced the highest prediction accuracies for most traits and training populations. Forage quality traits had the highest accuracies compared to yield related traits. There appeared to be no clear pattern to the effect of the training population composition on the prediction accuracies. The heritability of the forage quality traits was generally higher than for the yield related traits, and could partly explain the difference in accuracy. Some population structure was evident in the breeding populations, and probably contributed to the varying effects of training population on the predictions. The average linkage disequilibrium between adjacent markers ranged from 0.121 to 0.215. Higher marker density and larger training population closely related with the test population are likely to improve the prediction accuracy.
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of ManchesterManchester, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
- CGIAR Consortium, CGIAR Consortium OfficeMontpellier, France
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth, UK
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Fè D, Cericola F, Byrne S, Lenk I, Ashraf BH, Pedersen MG, Roulund N, Asp T, Janss L, Jensen CS, Jensen J. Genomic dissection and prediction of heading date in perennial ryegrass. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:921. [PMID: 26559662 PMCID: PMC4642674 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2163-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Genomic selection (GS) has become a commonly used technology in animal breeding. In crops, it is expected to significantly improve the genetic gains per unit of time. So far, its implementation in plant breeding has been mainly investigated in species farmed as homogeneous varieties. Concerning crops farmed in family pools, only a few theoretical studies are currently available. Here, we test the opportunity to implement GS in breeding of perennial ryegrass, using real data from a forage breeding program. Heading date was chosen as a model trait, due to its high heritability and ease of assessment. Genome Wide Association analysis was performed to uncover the genetic architecture of the trait. Then, Genomic Prediction (GP) models were tested and prediction accuracy was compared to the one obtained in traditional Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) methods. RESULTS Several markers were significantly associated with heading date, some locating within or proximal to genes with a well-established role in floral regulation. GP models gave very high accuracies, which were significantly better than those obtained through traditional MAS. Accuracies were higher when predictions were made from related families and from larger training populations, whereas predicting from unrelated families caused the variance of the estimated breeding values to be biased downwards. CONCLUSIONS We have demonstrated that there are good perspectives for GS implementation in perennial ryegrass breeding, and that problems resulting from low linkage disequilibrium (LD) can be reduced by the presence of structure and related families in the breeding population. While comprehensive Genome Wide Association analysis is difficult in species with extremely low LD, we did identify variants proximal to genes with a known role in flowering time (e.g. CONSTANS and Phytochrome C).
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- Dario Fè
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830, Tjele, Denmark. .,DLF A/S, Research Division, Højerupvej 31, 4660, Store Heddinge, Denmark.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830, Tjele, Denmark.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Crop Genetics and Biotechnology, Aarhus University, Forsøgsvej 1, 4200, Slagelse, Denmark.
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- DLF A/S, Research Division, Højerupvej 31, 4660, Store Heddinge, Denmark.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830, Tjele, Denmark.
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- DLF A/S, Research Division, Højerupvej 31, 4660, Store Heddinge, Denmark.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Crop Genetics and Biotechnology, Aarhus University, Forsøgsvej 1, 4200, Slagelse, Denmark.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830, Tjele, Denmark.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830, Tjele, Denmark.
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Yu X, Pijut PM, Byrne S, Asp T, Bai G, Jiang Y. Candidate gene association mapping for winter survival and spring regrowth in perennial ryegrass. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 235:37-45. [PMID: 25900564 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) is a widely cultivated cool-season grass species because of its high quality for forage and turf. Susceptibility to freezing damage limits its further use in temperate zones. The objective of this study was to identify candidate genes significantly associated with winter survival and spring regrowth in a global collection of 192 perennial ryegrass accessions. Significant differences in winter survival (WS), percentage of canopy green cover (CGC), chlorophyll index (Chl), and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) were found among accessions. After controlling population structure, LpLEA3 encoding a late embryogenesis abundant group 3 protein and LpCAT encoding a catalase were associated with CGC and Chl, while LpMnSOD encoding a magnesium superoxide dismutase and LpChl Cu-ZnSOD encoding a chlorophyll copper-zinc superoxide dismutase were associated with NDVI or Chl. Significant association was also discovered between C-repeat binding factor LpCBF1b and WS. Three sequence variations identified in LpCAT, LpMnSOD, and LpChl Cu-ZnSOD were synonymous substitutions, whereas one pair of adjacent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in LpLEA3 and one SNP in LpCBF1b resulted in amino acid change. The results demonstrated that allelic variation in LpLEA3 and LpCBF1b was closely related to winter survival and spring regrowth in perennial ryegrass.
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- Xiaoqing Yu
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Centre Flakkebjerg, Aarhus University, Forsøgsvej 1, Slagelse 4200, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Research Centre Flakkebjerg, Aarhus University, Forsøgsvej 1, Slagelse 4200, Denmark
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- USDA-ARS Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054, USA.
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Wysocki WP, Clark LG, Attigala L, Ruiz-Sanchez E, Duvall MR. Evolution of the bamboos (Bambusoideae; Poaceae): a full plastome phylogenomic analysis. BMC Evol Biol 2015. [PMID: 25887467 DOI: 10.1186/s12862‐015‐0321‐5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bambusoideae (Poaceae) comprise three distinct and well-supported lineages: tropical woody bamboos (Bambuseae), temperate woody bamboos (Arundinarieae) and herbaceous bamboos (Olyreae). Phylogenetic studies using chloroplast markers have generally supported a sister relationship between Bambuseae and Olyreae. This suggests either at least two origins of the woody bamboo syndrome in this subfamily or its loss in Olyreae. RESULTS Here a full chloroplast genome (plastome) phylogenomic study is presented using the coding and noncoding regions of 13 complete plastomes from the Bambuseae, eight from Olyreae and 10 from Arundinarieae. Trees generated using full plastome sequences support the previously recovered monophyletic relationship between Bambuseae and Olyreae. In addition to these relationships, several unique plastome features are uncovered including the first mitogenome-to-plastome horizontal gene transfer observed in monocots. CONCLUSIONS Phylogenomic agreement with previous published phylogenies reinforces the validity of these studies. Additionally, this study presents the first published plastomes from Neotropical woody bamboos and the first full plastome phylogenomic study performed within the herbaceous bamboos. Although the phylogenomic tree presented in this study is largely robust, additional studies using nuclear genes support monophyly in woody bamboos as well as hybridization among previous woody bamboo lineages. The evolutionary history of the Bambusoideae could be further clarified using transcriptomic techniques to increase sampling among nuclear orthologues and investigate the molecular genetics underlying the development of woody and floral tissues.
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- William P Wysocki
- Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, 60115-2861, IL, USA.
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- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 251 Bessey Hall, Ames, 50011-1020, IA, USA.
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- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 251 Bessey Hall, Ames, 50011-1020, IA, USA.
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- Instituto de Ecología AC, Centro Regional del Bajío, Biodiversidad y Sistemática, Av. Lázaro Cárdenas 253, Pátzcuaro, 61600, Michoacán, Mexico.
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- Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, 60115-2861, IL, USA.
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Wysocki WP, Clark LG, Attigala L, Ruiz-Sanchez E, Duvall MR. Evolution of the bamboos (Bambusoideae; Poaceae): a full plastome phylogenomic analysis. BMC Evol Biol 2015; 15:50. [PMID: 25887467 PMCID: PMC4389303 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0321-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bambusoideae (Poaceae) comprise three distinct and well-supported lineages: tropical woody bamboos (Bambuseae), temperate woody bamboos (Arundinarieae) and herbaceous bamboos (Olyreae). Phylogenetic studies using chloroplast markers have generally supported a sister relationship between Bambuseae and Olyreae. This suggests either at least two origins of the woody bamboo syndrome in this subfamily or its loss in Olyreae. RESULTS Here a full chloroplast genome (plastome) phylogenomic study is presented using the coding and noncoding regions of 13 complete plastomes from the Bambuseae, eight from Olyreae and 10 from Arundinarieae. Trees generated using full plastome sequences support the previously recovered monophyletic relationship between Bambuseae and Olyreae. In addition to these relationships, several unique plastome features are uncovered including the first mitogenome-to-plastome horizontal gene transfer observed in monocots. CONCLUSIONS Phylogenomic agreement with previous published phylogenies reinforces the validity of these studies. Additionally, this study presents the first published plastomes from Neotropical woody bamboos and the first full plastome phylogenomic study performed within the herbaceous bamboos. Although the phylogenomic tree presented in this study is largely robust, additional studies using nuclear genes support monophyly in woody bamboos as well as hybridization among previous woody bamboo lineages. The evolutionary history of the Bambusoideae could be further clarified using transcriptomic techniques to increase sampling among nuclear orthologues and investigate the molecular genetics underlying the development of woody and floral tissues.
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- William P Wysocki
- Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, 60115-2861, IL, USA.
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- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 251 Bessey Hall, Ames, 50011-1020, IA, USA.
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- Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 251 Bessey Hall, Ames, 50011-1020, IA, USA.
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- Instituto de Ecología AC, Centro Regional del Bajío, Biodiversidad y Sistemática, Av. Lázaro Cárdenas 253, Pátzcuaro, 61600, Michoacán, Mexico.
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- Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 1425 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, 60115-2861, IL, USA.
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Fjellheim S, Boden S, Trevaskis B. The role of seasonal flowering responses in adaptation of grasses to temperate climates. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:431. [PMID: 25221560 PMCID: PMC4148898 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Grasses of the subfamily Pooideae, including important cereal crops and pasture grasses, are widespread in temperate zones. Seasonal regulation of developmental transitions coordinates the life cycles of Pooideae with the passing seasons so that flowering and seed production coincide with favorable conditions in spring. This review examines the molecular pathways that control the seasonal flowering responses of Pooideae and how variation in the activity of genes controlling these pathways can adapt cereals or grasses to different climates and geographical regions. The possible evolutionary origins of the seasonal flowering responses of the Pooideae are discussed and key questions for future research highlighted. These include the need to develop a better understanding of the molecular basis for seasonal flowering in perennial Pooideae and in temperate grasses outside the core Pooideae group.
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- Siri Fjellheim
- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås Norway
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- Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, ACT Australia
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- Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, ACT Australia
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Baldwin S, Revanna R, Pither-Joyce M, Shaw M, Wright K, Thomson S, Moya L, Lee R, Macknight R, McCallum J. Genetic analyses of bolting in bulb onion (Allium cepa L.). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2014; 127:535-547. [PMID: 24247236 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2232-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/31/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We present the first evidence for a QTL conditioning an adaptive trait in bulb onion, and the first linkage and population genetics analyses of candidate genes involved in photoperiod and vernalization physiology. Economic production of bulb onion (Allium cepa L.) requires adaptation to photoperiod and temperature such that a bulb is formed in the first year and a flowering umbel in the second. 'Bolting', or premature flowering before bulb maturation, is an undesirable trait strongly selected against by breeders during adaptation of germplasm. To identify genome regions associated with adaptive traits we conducted linkage mapping and population genetic analyses of candidate genes, and QTL analysis of bolting using a low-density linkage map. We performed tagged amplicon sequencing of ten candidate genes, including the FT-like gene family, in eight diverse populations to identify polymorphisms and seek evidence of differentiation. Low nucleotide diversity and negative estimates of Tajima's D were observed for most genes, consistent with purifying selection. Significant population differentiation was observed only in AcFT2 and AcSOC1. Selective genotyping in a large 'Nasik Red × CUDH2150' F2 family revealed genome regions on chromosomes 1, 3 and 6 associated (LOD > 3) with bolting. Validation genotyping of two F2 families grown in two environments confirmed that a QTL on chromosome 1, which we designate AcBlt1, consistently conditions bolting susceptibility in this cross. The chromosome 3 region, which coincides with a functionally characterised acid invertase, was not associated with bolting in other environments, but showed significant association with bulb sucrose content in this and other mapping pedigrees. These putative QTL and candidate genes were placed on the onion map, enabling future comparative studies of adaptive traits.
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- Samantha Baldwin
- New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Private Bag, 4704, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Shinozuka H, Hand ML, Cogan NOI, Spangenberg GC, Forster JW. Nucleotide diversity of vernalization and flowering-time-related genes in a germplasm collection of meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds. syn. Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh.). Ecol Evol 2013; 3:4415-26. [PMID: 24340183 PMCID: PMC3856742 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In plant species, control of flowering time is an important factor for adaptation to local natural environments. The Vrn1,CO,FT1 and CK2α genes are key components in the flowering-specific signaling pathway of grass species. Meadow fescue is an agronomically important forage grass species, which is naturally distributed across Europe and Western Asia. In this study, meadow fescue flowering-time-related genes were resequenced to assess nucleotide diversity in European and Western Asian subpopulations. Identified sequence polymorphisms were then converted into PCR-based molecular genetic markers, and a meadow fescue germplasm collection was genotyped to investigate global allelic variation. Lower nucleotide diversities were observed for the Vrn1 and CO orthologs, while relatively higher values were observed for the FT1 and casein kinase II α-subunit (CK2α) orthologs. The nucleotide diversity for FT1 orthologs in the Western Asian subpopulation was significantly higher than those of the European subpopulation. Similarly, significant differences in nucleotide diversity for the remaining genes were observed between several combinations of subpopulation. The global allele distribution pattern was consistent with observed level of nucleotide diversity. These results suggested that the degree of purifying selection acting on the genes differs according to geographical location. As previously shown for model plant species, functional specificities of flowering-time-related genes may also vary according to environmental conditions.
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- Hiroshi Shinozuka
- Biosciences Research Division, Department of Environment and Primary Industries, AgriBio, The Centre for AgriBioscience 5 Ring Road, La Trobe University Research and Development Park, Bundoora, Victoria, 3083, Australia ; Dairy Futures Cooperative Research Centre Bundoora, Victoria, 3086, Australia
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Tang J, Yu X, Luo N, Xiao F, Camberato JJ, Jiang Y. Natural variation of salinity response, population structure and candidate genes associated with salinity tolerance in perennial ryegrass accessions. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2013; 36:2021-2033. [PMID: 23566156 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2012] [Revised: 03/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Natural variation in salinity response, effects of population structure on growth and physiological traits and gene-trait association were examined in 56 global collections of diverse perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) accessions. Three population structure groups were identified with 66 simple sequence repeat markers, which on average accounted for 9 and 11% of phenotypic variation for the control and salinity treatment at 300 mm NaCl. Group 1 (10 accessions) had greater plant height, leaf dry weight and water content, chlorophyll index, K(+) concentration and K(+) /Na(+) than group 2 (39 accessions) and group 3 (7 accessions) under salinity stress, while group 3 had higher Na(+) than groups 1 and 2. Eighty-seven single nucleotide polymorphisms were detected from four partial candidate genes encoding aquaporin and Na(+) /H(+) antiporter in both plasma and tonoplast membranes. Overall, rapid decay of linkage disequilibrium was observed within 500 bp. Significant associations were found between the putative LpTIP1 and Na(+) for the control and between the putative LpNHX1 and K(+) /Na(+) under the control and salinity treatments after controlling population structure. These results indicate that population structure influenced phenotypic traits, and allelic variation in LpNHX1 may affect salinity tolerance of perennial ryegrass.
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- Jinchi Tang
- Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Resources Innovation and Utilization, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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Yu X, Bai G, Liu S, Luo N, Wang Y, Richmond DS, Pijut PM, Jackson SA, Yu J, Jiang Y. Association of candidate genes with drought tolerance traits in diverse perennial ryegrass accessions. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:1537-51. [PMID: 23386684 PMCID: PMC3617828 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Drought is a major environmental stress limiting growth of perennial grasses in temperate regions. Plant drought tolerance is a complex trait that is controlled by multiple genes. Candidate gene association mapping provides a powerful tool for dissection of complex traits. Candidate gene association mapping of drought tolerance traits was conducted in 192 diverse perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) accessions from 43 countries. The panel showed significant variations in leaf wilting, leaf water content, canopy and air temperature difference, and chlorophyll fluorescence under well-watered and drought conditions across six environments. Analysis of 109 simple sequence repeat markers revealed five population structures in the mapping panel. A total of 2520 expression-based sequence readings were obtained for a set of candidate genes involved in antioxidant metabolism, dehydration, water movement across membranes, and signal transduction, from which 346 single nucleotide polymorphisms were identified. Significant associations were identified between a putative LpLEA3 encoding late embryogenesis abundant group 3 protein and a putative LpFeSOD encoding iron superoxide dismutase and leaf water content, as well as between a putative LpCyt Cu-ZnSOD encoding cytosolic copper-zinc superoxide dismutase and chlorophyll fluorescence under drought conditions. Four of these identified significantly associated single nucleotide polymorphisms from these three genes were also translated to amino acid substitutions in different genotypes. These results indicate that allelic variation in these genes may affect whole-plant response to drought stress in perennial ryegrass.
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- Xiaoqing Yu
- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- USDA-ARS Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- USDA-Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Anderson JT, Lee CR, Rushworth CA, Colautti RI, Mitchell-Olds T. Genetic trade-offs and conditional neutrality contribute to local adaptation. Mol Ecol 2012; 22:699-708. [PMID: 22420446 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05522.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Divergent natural selection promotes local adaptation and can lead to reproductive isolation of populations in contrasting environments; however, the genetic basis of local adaptation remains largely unresolved in natural populations. Local adaptation might result from antagonistic pleiotropy, where alternate alleles are favoured in distinct habitats, and polymorphism is maintained by selection. Alternatively, under conditional neutrality some alleles may be favoured in one environment but neutral at other locations. Antagonistic pleiotropy maintains genetic variation across the landscape; however, there is a systematic bias against discovery of antagonistic pleiotropy because the fitness benefits of local alleles need to be significant in at least two environments. Here, we develop a generally applicable method to investigate polygenic local adaptation and identify loci that are the targets of selection. This approach evaluates allele frequency changes after selection at loci across the genome to distinguish antagonistic pleiotropy from conditional neutrality and deleterious variation. We investigate local adaptation at the qualitative trait loci (QTL) level in field experiments, in which we expose 177 F(6) recombinant inbred lines and parental lines of Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae) to their parental environments over two seasons. We demonstrate polygenic selection for native alleles in both environments, with 2.8% of the genome exhibiting antagonistic pleiotropy and 8% displaying conditional neutrality. Our study strongly supports antagonistic pleiotropy at one large-effect flowering phenology QTL (nFT): native homozygotes had significantly greater probabilities of flowering than foreign homozygotes in both parental environments. Such large-scale field studies are essential to elucidate the genetic basis of adaptation in natural populations.
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- Jill T Anderson
- Department of Biology, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Brazauskas G, Lenk I, Pedersen MG, Studer B, Lübberstedt T. Genetic variation, population structure, and linkage disequilibrium in European elite germplasm of perennial ryegrass. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 181:412-420. [PMID: 21889047 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2011] [Revised: 06/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/30/2011] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) is a highly valued temperate climate grass species grown as forage crop and for amenity uses. Due to its outbreeding nature and recent domestication, a high degree of genetic diversity is expected among cultivars. The aim of this study was to assess the extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) within European elite germplasm and to evaluate the appropriate methodology for genetic association mapping in perennial ryegrass. A high level of genetic diversity was observed in a set of 380 perennial ryegrass elite genotypes when genotyped with 40 SSRs and 2 STS markers. A Bayesian structure analysis identified two subpopulations, which were confirmed by principal coordinate analysis (PCoA). One subpopulation consisted mainly of genotypes originating from the UK, while germplasm mostly from Continental Europe was grouped into the second subpopulation. LD (r(2)) decay was rapid and occurred within 0.4cM across European varieties, when population structure was taken into consideration. However, an extended LD of up to 6.6cM was detected within the variety Aberdart. High genetic diversity and rapid LD decay provide means for high resolution association mapping in elite materials of perennial ryegrass. However, different strategies need to be applied depending on the material used. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) with several hundred markers can be applied within synthetic varieties to identify large (up to 10cM) genomic regions affecting trait variation. A combination of available and novel DNA markers is needed to achieve resolution required for GWAS in elite breeding materials. An even higher marker density of several million SNPs might be needed for GWAS in diverse ecotype collections, potentially resulting in quantitative trait polymorphism (QTP) identification.
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- Gintaras Brazauskas
- Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute of Agriculture, Instituto a. 1, Akademija, Kedainiai, Lithuania.
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Jarillo JA, Piñeiro M. Timing is everything in plant development. The central role of floral repressors. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 181:364-78. [PMID: 21889042 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2011] [Revised: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Progress in understanding the molecular basis of flowering time control has revealed that floral repressors play a central role in modulating the floral transition and are essential to prevent the precocious onset of flowering. A number of cellular processes including chromatin remodeling, selective protein degradation, and transcriptional regulation mediated by transcription factors are involved in repressing the initiation of flowering. Floral repressors interact at different levels with floral inductive pathways and prevent the premature onset of flowering that could impact negatively on the reproductive success of plants. Despite recent advances, further studies will be needed to understand how the interactions between floral repressors and the regulatory networks involved in the control of flowering time have evolved in different species. Recent data suggest that a diversity of regulatory proteins act as central floral repressors in different plants, and even in those species where regulatory modules are conserved new elements that modulate the function of these pathways have been recruited to mediate specific adaptive responses. The development of genomic tools and predictive models that can integrate large datasets related to the flowering behavior of plant species will facilitate the characterization of the repressor mechanisms underlying flowering responses, a trait with implications in the yield of crop species. In a scenario of global climate change, an in depth understanding of these gene circuits will be essential for the development of crop varieties with improved yield.
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- Jose A Jarillo
- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, INIA-UPM, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Campus de Montegancedo, Madrid, Spain
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Anderson JT, Willis JH, Mitchell-Olds T. Evolutionary genetics of plant adaptation. Trends Genet 2011; 27:258-66. [PMID: 21550682 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2011.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Revised: 04/11/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Plants provide unique opportunities to study the mechanistic basis and evolutionary processes of adaptation to diverse environmental conditions. Complementary laboratory and field experiments are important for testing hypotheses reflecting long-term ecological and evolutionary history. For example, these approaches can infer whether local adaptation results from genetic tradeoffs (antagonistic pleiotropy), where native alleles are best adapted to local conditions, or if local adaptation is caused by conditional neutrality at many loci, where alleles show fitness differences in one environment, but not in a contrasting environment. Ecological genetics in natural populations of perennial or outcrossing plants can also differ substantially from model systems. In this review of the evolutionary genetics of plant adaptation, we emphasize the importance of field studies for understanding the evolutionary dynamics of model and nonmodel systems, highlight a key life history trait (flowering time) and discuss emerging conservation issues.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jill T Anderson
- Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Department of Biology, Duke University, P.O. Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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