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Advanced Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance in Poplar. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11152032. [PMID: 35956510 PMCID: PMC9370193 DOI: 10.3390/plants11152032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Poplar is one of the most important forest trees because of its high economic value. Thanks to the fast-growing rate, easy vegetative propagation and transformation, and availability of genomic resources, poplar has been considered the model species for forest genetics, genomics, and breeding. Being a field-growing tree, poplar is exposed to environmental threats, including biotic stresses that are becoming more intense and diffused because of global warming. Current poplar farming is mainly based on monocultures of a few elite clones and the expensive and long-term conventional breeding programmes of perennial tree species cannot face current climate-change challenges. Consequently, new tools and methods are necessary to reduce the limits of traditional breeding related to the long generation time and to discover new sources of resistance. Recent advances in genomics, marker-assisted selection, genomic prediction, and genome editing offer powerful tools to efficiently exploit the Populus genetic diversity and allow enabling molecular breeding to support accurate early selection, increasing the efficiency, and reducing the time and costs of poplar breeding, that, in turn, will improve our capacity to face or prevent the emergence of new diseases or pests.
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Cui Y, Fan B, Xu X, Sheng S, Xu Y, Wang X. A High-Density Genetic Map Enables Genome Synteny and QTL Mapping of Vegetative Growth and Leaf Traits in Gardenia. Front Genet 2022; 12:802738. [PMID: 35132310 PMCID: PMC8817757 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.802738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The gardenia is a traditional medicinal horticultural plant in China, but its molecular genetic research has been largely hysteretic. Here, we constructed an F1 population with 200 true hybrid individuals. Using the genotyping-by-sequencing method, a high-density sex-average genetic map was generated that contained 4,249 SNPs with a total length of 1956.28 cM and an average genetic distance of 0.46 cM. We developed 17 SNP-based Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR markers and found that 15 SNPs were successfully genotyped, of which 13 single-nucleotide polymorphism genotypings of 96 F1 individuals showed genotypes consistent with GBS-mined genotypes. A genomic collinearity analysis between gardenia and the Rubiaceae species Coffea arabica, Coffea canephora and Ophiorrhiza pumila showed the relativity strong conservation of LG11 with NC_039,919.1, HG974438.1 and Bliw01000011.1, respectively. Lastly, a quantitative trait loci analysis at three phenotyping time points (2019, 2020, and 2021) yielded 18 QTLs for growth-related traits and 31 QTLs for leaf-related traits, of which qBSBN7-1, qCD8 and qLNP2-1 could be repeatably detected. Five QTL regions (qCD8 and qSBD8, qBSBN7 and qSI7, qCD4-1 and qLLLS4, qLNP10 and qSLWS10-2, qSBD10 and qLLLS10) with potential pleiotropic effects were also observed. This study provides novel insight into molecular genetic research and could be helpful for further gene cloning and marker-assisted selection for early growth and development traits in the gardenia.
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- Yang Cui
- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Ethnic Minority Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China
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- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Ethnic Minority Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China
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- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Ethnic Minority Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China
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- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Ethnic Minority Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China
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- Adsen Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Urumchi, China
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- Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Ethnic Minority Medicine, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China
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Fabre F, Burie J, Ducrot A, Lion S, Richard Q, Djidjou‐Demasse R. An epi-evolutionary model for predicting the adaptation of spore-producing pathogens to quantitative resistance in heterogeneous environments. Evol Appl 2022; 15:95-110. [PMID: 35126650 PMCID: PMC8792485 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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We have modeled the evolutionary epidemiology of spore-producing plant pathogens in heterogeneous environments sown with several cultivars carrying quantitative resistances. The model explicitly tracks the infection-age structure and genetic composition of the pathogen population. Each strain is characterized by pathogenicity traits determining its infection efficiency and a time-varying sporulation curve taking into account lesion aging. We first derived a general expression of the basic reproduction number R 0 for fungal pathogens in heterogeneous environments. We show that the evolutionary attractors of the model coincide with local maxima of R 0 only if the infection efficiency is the same on all host types. We then studied the contribution of three basic resistance characteristics (the pathogenicity trait targeted, resistance effectiveness, and adaptation cost), in interaction with the deployment strategy (proportion of fields sown with a resistant cultivar), to (i) pathogen diversification at equilibrium and (ii) the shaping of transient dynamics from evolutionary and epidemiological perspectives. We show that quantitative resistance affecting only the sporulation curve will always lead to a monomorphic population, whereas dimorphism (i.e., pathogen diversification) can occur if resistance alters infection efficiency, notably with high adaptation costs and proportions of the resistant cultivar. Accordingly, the choice of the quantitative resistance genes operated by plant breeders is a driver of pathogen diversification. From an evolutionary perspective, the time to emergence of the evolutionary attractor best adapted to the resistant cultivar tends to be shorter when resistance affects infection efficiency than when it affects sporulation. Conversely, from an epidemiological perspective, epidemiological control is always greater when the resistance affects infection efficiency. This highlights the difficulty of defining deployment strategies for quantitative resistance simultaneously maximizing epidemiological and evolutionary outcomes.
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- Frédéric Fabre
- INRAEBordeaux Sciences AgroISVVSAVEVillenave d’OrnonFrance
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- CEFECNRSUniv. MontpellierEPHEIRDUniv. Montpellier 3 Paul‐ValéryMontpellierFrance
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Guevara-Escudero M, Osorio AN, Cortés AJ. Integrative Pre-Breeding for Biotic Resistance in Forest Trees. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:plants10102022. [PMID: 34685832 PMCID: PMC8541610 DOI: 10.3390/plants10102022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Climate change is unleashing novel biotic antagonistic interactions for forest trees that may jeopardize populations' persistence. Therefore, this review article envisions highlighting major opportunities from ecological evolutionary genomics to assist the identification, conservation, and breeding of biotic resistance in forest tree species. Specifically, we first discuss how assessing the genomic architecture of biotic stress resistance enables us to recognize a more polygenic nature for a trait typically regarded Mendelian, an expectation from the Fisherian runaway pathogen-host concerted arms-race evolutionary model. Secondly, we outline innovative pipelines to capture and harness natural tree pre-adaptations to biotic stresses by merging tools from the ecology, phylo-geography, and omnigenetics fields within a predictive breeding platform. Promoting integrative ecological genomic studies promises a better understanding of antagonistic co-evolutionary interactions, as well as more efficient breeding utilization of resistant phenotypes.
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- Melisa Guevara-Escudero
- Department de Ciencias Forestales, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Medellín 050034, Colombia; (M.G.-E.); (A.N.O.)
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- Department de Ciencias Forestales, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Medellín 050034, Colombia; (M.G.-E.); (A.N.O.)
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- Department de Ciencias Forestales, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Medellín 050034, Colombia; (M.G.-E.); (A.N.O.)
- Main Address: Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria AGROSAVIA, C.I. La Selva, Km 7 Vía Rionegro, Las Palmas, Rionegro 054048, Colombia
- Correspondence:
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Hessenauer P, Feau N, Gill U, Schwessinger B, Brar GS, Hamelin RC. Evolution and Adaptation of Forest and Crop Pathogens in the Anthropocene. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:49-67. [PMID: 33200962 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-08-20-0358-fi] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Anthropocene marks the era when human activity is making a significant impact on earth, its ecological and biogeographical systems. The domestication and intensification of agricultural and forest production systems have had a large impact on plant and tree health. Some pathogens benefitted from these human activities and have evolved and adapted in response to the expansion of crop and forest systems, resulting in global outbreaks. Global pathogen genomics data including population genomics and high-quality reference assemblies are crucial for understanding the evolution and adaptation of pathogens. Crops and forest trees have remarkably different characteristics, such as reproductive time and the level of domestication. They also have different production systems for disease management with more intensive management in crops than forest trees. By comparing and contrasting results from pathogen population genomic studies done on widely different agricultural and forest production systems, we can improve our understanding of pathogen evolution and adaptation to different selection pressures. We find that in spite of these differences, similar processes such as hybridization, host jumps, selection, specialization, and clonal expansion are shaping the pathogen populations in both crops and forest trees. We propose some solutions to reduce these impacts and lower the probability of global pathogen outbreaks so that we can envision better management strategies to sustain global food production as well as ecosystem services.
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- Pauline Hessenauer
- Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, G1V 0A6 Canada
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- Faculty of Forestry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102, U.S.A
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, G1V 0A6 Canada
- Faculty of Forestry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada
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Bartholomé J, Brachi B, Marçais B, Mougou-Hamdane A, Bodénès C, Plomion C, Robin C, Desprez-Loustau ML. The genetics of exapted resistance to two exotic pathogens in pedunculate oak. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:1088-1103. [PMID: 31711257 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Exotic pathogens cause severe damage in natural populations in the absence of coevolutionary dynamics with their hosts. However, some resistance to such pathogens may occur in naive populations. The objective of this study was to investigate the genetics of this so-called 'exapted' resistance to two pathogens of Asian origin (Erysiphe alphitoides and Phytophthora cinnamomi) in European oak. Host-pathogen compatibility was assessed by recording infection success and pathogen growth in a full-sib family of Quercus robur under controlled and natural conditions. Two high-resolution genetic maps anchored on the reference genome were used to study the genetic architecture of resistance and to identify positional candidate genes. Two genomic regions, each containing six strong and stable quantitative trait loci (QTLs) accounting for 12-19% of the phenotypic variation, were mainly associated with E. alphitoides infection. Candidate genes, especially genes encoding receptor-like-kinases and galactinol synthases, were identified in these regions. The three QTLs associated with P. cinnamomi infection did not colocate with QTLs found for E. alphitoides. These findings provide evidence that exapted resistance to E. alphitoides and P. cinnamomi is present in Q. robur and suggest that the underlying molecular mechanisms involve genes encoding proteins with extracellular signaling functions.
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- Jérôme Bartholomé
- BIOGECO, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 69 route d'Arcachon, Cestas, 33610, France
- AGAP, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, 34398, France
- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, TA A-108 / 03 - Avenue Agropolis, Montpellier, 34398, France
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- BIOGECO, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 69 route d'Arcachon, Cestas, 33610, France
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- IAM, INRA, Université de Lorraine, Champenoux, Nancy, 54000, France
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- BIOGECO, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 69 route d'Arcachon, Cestas, 33610, France
- Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie, Université de Carthage, 43 avenue Charles Nicolle Cité el Mahrajène, Tunis, 1082, Tunisia
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- BIOGECO, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 69 route d'Arcachon, Cestas, 33610, France
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- BIOGECO, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 69 route d'Arcachon, Cestas, 33610, France
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- BIOGECO, INRA, Université de Bordeaux, 69 route d'Arcachon, Cestas, 33610, France
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Nvsvrot T, Xia W, Xiao Z, Zhan C, Liu M, Yang X, Zhang Y, Wang N. Combining QTL Mapping with Genome Resequencing Identifies an Indel in an R Gene that is Associated with Variation in Leaf Rust Disease Resistance in Poplar. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 110:900-906. [PMID: 31958037 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-10-19-0402-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Poplar trees (Populus spp.) are important and are widely grown worldwide. However, the extensive occurrence of leaf rust disease caused by Melampsora spp. seriously inhibits their growth and reduces their biomass. In our previous study, a high-quality genetic map was constructed for the poplar F1 population I-69 × XYY by using next-generation sequencing-based genotyping-by-sequencing. Here, we collected phenotypic data on leaf rust disease resistance on three different dates for all 300 progenies of the F1 population. Combining a high-quality genetic map and phenotypic data, we were able to detect 11 major quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for leaf rust disease resistance. Among these 11 QTLs, two pairs were detected on at least two dates. In the corresponding genomic sequence, we found that resistance (R) gene clusters were located in these two QTL regions. By using genome resequencing, PCR confirmation and statistical analysis, a 611-bp deletion within an R gene in one QTL region was found to be associated with variation in leaf rust disease resistance. A PCR-based examination of this 611-bp deletion was performed. This 611-bp deletion was also found to affect mRNA splicing and form a new protein with the loss of some key protein domains. Based on this study, we were able to determine the genetic architecture of variation in poplar leaf rust disease resistance, and the 611-bp deletion in the R gene could be used as a diagnostic marker for future poplar molecular breeding.
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- Tashbek Nvsvrot
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Logistics Service Group, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Wei S, Wu H, Li X, Chen Y, Yang Y, Dai M, Yin T. Identification of Genes Underlying the Resistance to Melampsora larici-populina in an R Gene Supercluster of the Populus deltoides Genome. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:1133-1143. [PMID: 32049587 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-19-1699-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Identification of the particular genes in an R genes supercluster underlying resistance to the rust fungus Melampsora larici-populina in poplar genome remains challenging. Based on the de novo assembly of the Populus deltoides genome, all of the detected major genetic loci conferring resistance to M. larici-populina were confined to a 3.5-Mb region on chromosome 19. The transcriptomes of the resistant and susceptible genotypes were sequenced for a timespan from 0 to 168 hours postinoculation. By mapping the differentially expressed genes to the target genomic region, we identified two constitutive expression R genes and one inducible expression R gene that might confer resistance to M. larici-populina. Nucleotide variations were predicted based on the reconstructed haplotypes for each allele of the candidate genes. We also confirmed that salicylic acid was the phytohormone mediating signal transduction pathways, and PR-1 was identified as a key gene inhibiting rust reproduction. Finally, quantitative reverse transcription PCR assay revealed consistent expressions with the RNA-sequencing data for the detected key genes. This study presents an efficient approach for the identification of particular genes underlying phenotype of interest by the combination of genetic mapping, transcriptome profiling, and candidate gene sequences dissection. The identified key genes would be useful for host resistance diagnosis and for molecular breeding of elite poplar cultivars exhibiting resistance to M. larici-populina infection. The detected R genes are also valuable for testing whether the combination of individual R genes can induce durable quantitative resistance.
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- Suyun Wei
- The Key Laboratory for Poplar Breeding and Germplasm Improvement, The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
- College of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- The Key Laboratory for Poplar Breeding and Germplasm Improvement, The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- The Key Laboratory for Poplar Breeding and Germplasm Improvement, The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- The Key Laboratory for Poplar Breeding and Germplasm Improvement, The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- The Key Laboratory for Poplar Breeding and Germplasm Improvement, The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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- The Key Laboratory for Poplar Breeding and Germplasm Improvement, The Southern Modern Forestry Collaborative Innovation Center, College of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
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Précigout PA, Claessen D, Makowski D, Robert C. Does the Latent Period of Leaf Fungal Pathogens Reflect Their Trophic Type? A Meta-Analysis of Biotrophs, Hemibiotrophs, and Necrotrophs. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 110:345-361. [PMID: 31577162 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-04-19-0144-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We performed a meta-analysis to search for a relation between the trophic type and latent period of fungal pathogens. The pathogen incubation period and the level of resistance of the hosts were also investigated. This ecological knowledge would help us to more efficiently regulate crop epidemics for different types of pathogens. We gathered latent period data from 103 studies dealing with 51 fungal pathogens of the three major trophic types (25 biotrophs, 15 hemibiotrophs, and 11 necrotrophs), representing 2,542 mean latent periods. We show that these three trophic types display significantly different latent periods. Necrotrophs exhibited the shortest latent periods (<100 degree-days [DD]), biotrophs had intermediate ones (between 100 and 200 DD), and hemibiotrophs had the longest latent periods (>200 DD). We argue that this relation between trophic type and latent period points to two opposing host exploitation strategies: necrotrophs mount a rapid destructive attack on the host tissue, whereas biotrophs and hemibiotrophs avoid or delay the damaging phase. We query the definition of hemibiotrophic pathogens and discuss whether the length of the latent period is determined by the physiological limits inherent to each trophic type or by the adaptation of pathogens of different trophic types to the contrasting conditions experienced in their interaction with the host.
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- Pierre-Antoine Précigout
- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS-ENS-INSERM UMR8197, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France
- UMR EcoSys, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS-ENS-INSERM UMR8197, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 75005 Paris, France
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- UMR Agronomie, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- UMR EcoSys, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), AgroParisTech, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Hallingbäck HR, Berlin S, Nordh NE, Weih M, Rönnberg-Wästljung AC. Genome Wide Associations of Growth, Phenology, and Plasticity Traits in Willow [ Salix viminalis (L.)]. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:753. [PMID: 31249579 PMCID: PMC6582754 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The short rotation biomass crop willow (Salix genera) has been of interest for bioenergy but recently also for biofuel production. For a faster development of new varieties molecular markers could be used as selection tool in an early stage of the breeding cycle. To identify markers associated with growth traits, genome-wide association mapping was conducted using a population of 291 Salix viminalis accessions collected across Europe and Russia and a large set of genotyping-by-sequencing markers. The accessions were vegetatively propagated and planted in replicated field experiments, one in Southern Sweden and one in Central Sweden. Phenology data, including bud burst and leaf senescence, as well as different growth traits were collected and measured repeatedly between 2010 and 2017 at both field environments. A value of the plasticity for each accession was calculated for all traits that were measured the same year in both environments as the normalized accession value in one environment subtracted by the corresponding value in the other environment. Broad-sense accession heritabilities and narrow-sense chip heritabilities ranged from 0.68 to 0.95 and 0.45 to 0.99, respectively for phenology traits and from 0.56 to 0.85 and 0.24 to 0.97 for growth traits indicating a considerable genetic component for most traits. Population structure and kinship between accessions were taken into account in the association analyses. In total, 39 marker-trait associations were found where four were specifically connected to plasticity and interestingly one particular marker was associated to several different plasticity growth traits. Otherwise association consistency was poor, possibly due to accession by environment interactions which were demonstrated by the low structure adjusted accession correlations across environments (ranging from 0.40 to 0.58). However, one marker association with biomass fresh weight was repeatedly observed in the same environment over two harvest years. For some traits where several associations were found, the markers jointly explained over 20% of the accession variation. The result from this study using a population of unrelated accessions has given useful information about marker-trait associations especially highlighting marker-plasticity associations and genotype-by-environment interactions as important factors to take account of in future strategies of Salix breeding.
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- Henrik R. Hallingbäck
- Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Linnean Centre for Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Linnean Centre for Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Linnean Centre for Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Crop Production Ecology, Linnean Centre for Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Linnean Centre for Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Bonito G, Benucci GMN, Hameed K, Weighill D, Jones P, Chen KH, Jacobson D, Schadt C, Vilgalys R. Fungal-Bacterial Networks in the Populus Rhizobiome Are Impacted by Soil Properties and Host Genotype. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:481. [PMID: 30984119 PMCID: PMC6450171 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Plant root-associated microbial symbionts comprise the plant rhizobiome. These microbes function in provisioning nutrients and water to their hosts, impacting plant health and disease. The plant microbiome is shaped by plant species, plant genotype, soil and environmental conditions, but the contributions of these variables are hard to disentangle from each other in natural systems. We used bioassay common garden experiments to decouple plant genotype and soil property impacts on fungal and bacterial community structure in the Populus rhizobiome. High throughput amplification and sequencing of 16S, ITS, 28S and 18S rDNA was accomplished through 454 pyrosequencing. Co-association patterns of fungal and bacterial taxa were assessed with 16S and ITS datasets. Community bipartite fungal-bacterial networks and PERMANOVA results attribute significant difference in fungal or bacterial communities to soil origin, soil chemical properties and plant genotype. Indicator species analysis identified a common set of root bacteria as well as endophytic and ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Populus in different soils. However, no single taxon, or consortium of microbes, was indicative of a particular Populus genotype. Fungal-bacterial networks were over-represented in arbuscular mycorrhizal, endophytic, and ectomycorrhizal fungi, as well as bacteria belonging to the orders Rhizobiales, Chitinophagales, Cytophagales, and Burkholderiales. These results demonstrate the importance of soil and plant genotype on fungal-bacterial networks in the belowground plant microbiome.
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- Gregory Bonito
- Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.,Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.,Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States.,The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States.,The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Department of Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, Quincy, FL, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States.,The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Mewalal R, Yin H, Hu R, Jawdy S, Vion P, Tuskan GA, Le Tacon F, Labbé JL, Yang X. Identification of Populus Small RNAs Responsive to Mutualistic Interactions With Mycorrhizal Fungi, Laccaria bicolor and Rhizophagus irregularis. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:515. [PMID: 30936859 PMCID: PMC6431645 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Ecto- and endo-mycorrhizal colonization of Populus roots have a positive impact on the overall tree health and growth. A complete molecular understanding of these interactions will have important implications for increasing agricultural or forestry sustainability using plant:microbe-based strategies. These beneficial associations entail extensive morphological changes orchestrated by the genetic reprogramming in both organisms. In this study, we performed a comparative analysis of two Populus species (Populus deltoides and P. trichocarpa) that were colonized by either an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AmF), Rhizophagus irregularis or an ectomycorrhizal fungus (EmF), Laccaria bicolor, to describe the small RNA (sRNA) landscape including small open reading frames (sORFs) and micro RNAs (miRNAs) involved in these mutualistic interactions. We identified differential expression of sRNAs that were, to a large extent, (1) within the genomic regions lacking annotated genes in the Populus genome and (2) distinct for each fungal interaction. These sRNAs may be a source of novel sORFs within a genome, and in this regard, we identified potential sORFs encoded by the sRNAs. We predicted a higher number of differentially-expressed miRNAs in P. trichocarpa (4 times more) than in P. deltoides (conserved and novel). In addition, 44 miRNAs were common in P. trichocarpa between the EmF and AmF treatments, and only 4 miRNAs were common in P. deltoides between the treatments. Root colonization by either fungus was more effective in P. trichocarpa than in P. deltoides, thus the relatively few differentially-expressed miRNAs predicted in P. deltoides might reflect the extent of the symbiosis. Finally, we predicted several genes targets for the plant miRNAs identified here, including potential fungal gene targets. Our findings shed light on additional molecular tiers with a role in Populus-fungal mutualistic associations and provides a set of potential molecular targets for future enhancement.
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- Ritesh Mewalal
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Fuyang, China
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- INRA, UMR 1136 INRA-University of Lorraine, Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Laboratory of Excellence ARBRE, INRA-Nancy, VandIJuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- INRA, UMR 1136 INRA-University of Lorraine, Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Laboratory of Excellence ARBRE, INRA-Nancy, VandIJuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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Bonito G, Benucci GMN, Hameed K, Weighill D, Jones P, Chen KH, Jacobson D, Schadt C, Vilgalys R. Fungal-Bacterial Networks in the Populus Rhizobiome Are Impacted by Soil Properties and Host Genotype. Front Microbiol 2019. [PMID: 30984119 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00481/full] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/21/2023] Open
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Plant root-associated microbial symbionts comprise the plant rhizobiome. These microbes function in provisioning nutrients and water to their hosts, impacting plant health and disease. The plant microbiome is shaped by plant species, plant genotype, soil and environmental conditions, but the contributions of these variables are hard to disentangle from each other in natural systems. We used bioassay common garden experiments to decouple plant genotype and soil property impacts on fungal and bacterial community structure in the Populus rhizobiome. High throughput amplification and sequencing of 16S, ITS, 28S and 18S rDNA was accomplished through 454 pyrosequencing. Co-association patterns of fungal and bacterial taxa were assessed with 16S and ITS datasets. Community bipartite fungal-bacterial networks and PERMANOVA results attribute significant difference in fungal or bacterial communities to soil origin, soil chemical properties and plant genotype. Indicator species analysis identified a common set of root bacteria as well as endophytic and ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Populus in different soils. However, no single taxon, or consortium of microbes, was indicative of a particular Populus genotype. Fungal-bacterial networks were over-represented in arbuscular mycorrhizal, endophytic, and ectomycorrhizal fungi, as well as bacteria belonging to the orders Rhizobiales, Chitinophagales, Cytophagales, and Burkholderiales. These results demonstrate the importance of soil and plant genotype on fungal-bacterial networks in the belowground plant microbiome.
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- Gregory Bonito
- Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
- The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
- The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Department of Soil and Water Sciences, University of Florida, Quincy, FL, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
- The Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
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Pilet-Nayel ML, Moury B, Caffier V, Montarry J, Kerlan MC, Fournet S, Durel CE, Delourme R. Quantitative Resistance to Plant Pathogens in Pyramiding Strategies for Durable Crop Protection. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1838. [PMID: 29163575 PMCID: PMC5664368 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Quantitative resistance has gained interest in plant breeding for pathogen control in low-input cropping systems. Although quantitative resistance frequently has only a partial effect and is difficult to select, it is considered more durable than major resistance (R) genes. With the exponential development of molecular markers over the past 20 years, resistance QTL have been more accurately detected and better integrated into breeding strategies for resistant varieties with increased potential for durability. This review summarizes current knowledge on the genetic inheritance, molecular basis, and durability of quantitative resistance. Based on this knowledge, we discuss how strategies that combine major R genes and QTL in crops can maintain the effectiveness of plant resistance to pathogens. Combining resistance QTL with complementary modes of action appears to be an interesting strategy for breeding effective and potentially durable resistance. Combining quantitative resistance with major R genes has proven to be a valuable approach for extending the effectiveness of major genes. In the plant genomics era, improved tools and methods are becoming available to better integrate quantitative resistance into breeding strategies. Nevertheless, optimal combinations of resistance loci will still have to be identified to preserve resistance effectiveness over time for durable crop protection.
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- Marie-Laure Pilet-Nayel
- Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (INRA), UMR 1349, Leu Rheu, France
- PISOM, UMT INRA-Terres Inovia, Le Rheu, France
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- Research Institute of Horticulture and Seeds (INRA), UMR 1345, Beaucouzé, France
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- Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (INRA), UMR 1349, Leu Rheu, France
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- Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (INRA), UMR 1349, Leu Rheu, France
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- Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (INRA), UMR 1349, Leu Rheu, France
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- Research Institute of Horticulture and Seeds (INRA), UMR 1345, Beaucouzé, France
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- Institute for Genetics, Environment and Plant Protection (INRA), UMR 1349, Leu Rheu, France
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Lavaud C, Baviere M, Le Roy G, Hervé MR, Moussart A, Delourme R, Pilet-Nayel ML. Single and multiple resistance QTL delay symptom appearance and slow down root colonization by Aphanomyces euteiches in pea near isogenic lines. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 16:166. [PMID: 27465043 PMCID: PMC4964060 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-016-0822-4] [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: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Understanding the effects of resistance QTL on pathogen development cycle is an important issue for the creation of QTL combination strategies to durably increase disease resistance in plants. The oomycete pathogen Aphanomyces euteiches, causing root rot disease, is one of the major factors limiting the pea crop in the main producing countries. No commercial resistant varieties are currently available in Europe. Resistance alleles at seven main QTL were recently identified and introgressed into pea agronomic lines, resulting in the creation of Near Isogenic Lines (NILs) at the QTL. This study aimed to determine the effect of main A. euteiches resistance QTL in NILs on different steps of the pathogen life cycle. RESULTS NILs carrying resistance alleles at main QTL in susceptible genetic backgrounds were evaluated in a destructive test under controlled conditions. The development of root rot disease severity and pathogen DNA levels in the roots was measured during ten days after inoculation. Significant effects of several resistance alleles at the two major QTL Ae-Ps7.6 and Ae-Ps4.5 were observed on symptom appearance and root colonization by A. euteiches. Some resistance alleles at three other minor-effect QTL (Ae-Ps2.2, Ae-Ps3.1 and Ae-Ps5.1) significantly decreased root colonization. The combination of resistance alleles at two or three QTL including the major QTL Ae-Ps7.6 (Ae-Ps5.1/Ae-Ps7.6 or Ae-Ps2.2/Ae-Ps3.1/Ae-Ps7.6) had an increased effect on delaying symptom appearance and/or slowing down root colonization by A. euteiches and on plant resistance levels, compared to the effects of individual or no resistance alleles. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated the effects of single or multiple resistance QTL on delaying symptom appearance and/or slowing down colonization by A. euteiches in pea roots, using original plant material and a precise pathogen quantification method. Our findings suggest that single resistance QTL can act on multiple or specific steps of the disease development cycle and that their actions could be pyramided to increase partial resistance in future pea varieties. Further studies are needed to investigate QTL effects on different steps of the pathogen life cycle, as well as the efficiency and durability of pyramiding strategies using QTL which appear to act on the same stage of the pathogen cycle.
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- C Lavaud
- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
- PISOM, UMT INRA/Terres Inovia, UMR IGEPP 1349, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
- PISOM, UMT INRA/Terres Inovia, UMR IGEPP 1349, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
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- PISOM, UMT INRA/Terres Inovia, UMR IGEPP 1349, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
- Terres Inovia, 11 rue de Monceau, CS 60003, 75378, Paris cedex 08, France
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- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR IGEPP 1349, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France.
- PISOM, UMT INRA/Terres Inovia, UMR IGEPP 1349, Domaine de la Motte au Vicomte, BP 35327, 35653, Le Rheu cedex, France.
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Carletti G, Carra A, Allegro G, Vietto L, Desiderio F, Bagnaresi P, Gianinetti A, Cattivelli L, Valè G, Nervo G. QTLs for Woolly Poplar Aphid (Phloeomyzus passerinii L.) Resistance Detected in an Inter-Specific Populus deltoides x P. nigra Mapping Population. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152569. [PMID: 27022954 PMCID: PMC4811529 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152569] [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: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The genus Populus represents one of the most economically important groups of forest trees. It is composed by approximately 30 species used for wood and non-wood products, phytoremediation and biomass. Poplar is subjected to several biological and environmental threats although, compared to annual crops, we know far less about the genetic bases of biotic stress resistance. Woolly poplar aphid (Phloeomyzus passerinii) is considered a main pest of cultivated poplars in European and American countries. In this work we present two high density linkage maps in poplar obtained by a genotyping by sequencing (GBS) approach and the identification of QTLs involved in Ph. passerinii resistance. A total of 5,667 polymorphic markers (5,606 SNPs and 61 SSRs) identified on expressed sequences have been used to genotype 131 plants of an F1 population P ×canadensis obtained by an interspecific mate between Populus deltoides (resistant to woolly poplar aphid) and Populus nigra (susceptible to woolly poplar aphid). The two linkage maps, obtained following the two-way pseudo-testcross mapping strategy, have been used to investigate the genetic bases of woolly poplar aphid resistance. One major QTL and two QTLs with minor effects (mapped on LGV, LGXVI and LG XIX) explaining the 65.8% of the genetic variance observed in the progeny in response to Ph. passerinii attack were found. The high density coverage of functional markers allowed the identification of three genes belonging to disease resistance pathway as putative candidates for P. deltoides resistance to woolly poplar aphid. This work is the first report on genetic of woolly poplar aphid genetic resistance and the resistant loci associated markers identified represent a valuable tool in resistance poplar breeding programs.
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- Giorgia Carletti
- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Research Unit for Intensive Wood Production, Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Research Unit for Intensive Wood Production, Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Research Unit for Intensive Wood Production, Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Research Unit for Intensive Wood Production, Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Genomics Research Centre, Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Genomics Research Centre, Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Genomics Research Centre, Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Genomics Research Centre, Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Genomics Research Centre, Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy
- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Rice Research Unit, Vercelli, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Research Unit for Intensive Wood Production, Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy
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Beltramo C, Valentini N, Portis E, Torello Marinoni D, Boccacci P, Sandoval Prando MA, Botta R. Genetic mapping and QTL analysis in European hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.). MOLECULAR BREEDING 2016; 36:27. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-016-0450-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Allwright MR, Taylor G. Molecular Breeding for Improved Second Generation Bioenergy Crops. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 21:43-54. [PMID: 26541073 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 09/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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There is increasing urgency to develop and deploy sustainable sources of energy to reduce our global dependency on finite, high-carbon fossil fuels. Lignocellulosic feedstocks, used in power and liquid fuel generation, are valuable sources of non-food plant biomass. They are cultivated with minimal inputs on marginal or degraded lands to prevent competition with arable agriculture and offer significant potential for sustainable intensification (the improvement of yield without the necessity for additional inputs) through advanced molecular breeding. This article explores progress made in next generation sequencing, advanced genotyping, association genetics, and genetic modification in second generation bioenergy production. Using poplar as an exemplar where most progress has been made, a suite of target traits is also identified giving insight into possible routes for crop improvement and deployment in the immediate future.
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- Mike R Allwright
- Centre for Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ Southampton, UK
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- Centre for Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ Southampton, UK.
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Niks RE, Qi X, Marcel TC. Quantitative resistance to biotrophic filamentous plant pathogens: concepts, misconceptions, and mechanisms. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2015; 53:445-70. [PMID: 26047563 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080614-115928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Quantitative resistance (QR) refers to a resistance that is phenotypically incomplete and is based on the joined effect of several genes, each contributing quantitatively to the level of plant defense. Often, QR remains durably effective, which is the primary driver behind the interest in it. The various terms that are used to refer to QR, such as field resistance, adult plant resistance, and basal resistance, reflect the many properties attributed to it. In this article, we discuss aspects connected to those attributions, in particular the hypothesis that much of the QR to biotrophic filamentous pathogens is basal resistance, i.e., poor suppression of PAMP-triggered defense by effectors. We discuss what role effectors play in suppressing defense or improving access to nutrients. Based on the functions of the few plant proteins identified as involved in QR, vesicle trafficking and protein/metabolite transportation are likely to be common physiological processes relevant to QR.
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- Rients E Niks
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands;
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Pernaci M, De Mita S, Andrieux A, Pétrowski J, Halkett F, Duplessis S, Frey P. Genome-wide patterns of segregation and linkage disequilibrium: the construction of a linkage genetic map of the poplar rust fungus Melampsora larici-populina. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:454. [PMID: 25309554 PMCID: PMC4159982 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The poplar rust fungus Melampsora larici-populina causes significant yield reduction and severe economic losses in commercial poplar plantations. After several decades of breeding for qualitative resistance and subsequent breakdown of the released resistance genes, breeders now focus on quantitative resistance, perceived to be more durable. But quantitative resistance also can be challenged by an increase of aggressiveness in the pathogen. Thus, it is of primary importance to better understand the genetic architecture of aggressiveness traits. To this aim, our goal is to build a genetic linkage map for M. larici-populina in order to map quantitative trait loci related to aggressiveness. First, a large progeny of M. larici-populina was generated through selfing of the reference strain 98AG31 (which genome sequence is available) on larch plants, the alternate host of the poplar rust fungus. The progeny's meiotic origin was validated through a segregation analysis of 115 offspring with 14 polymorphic microsatellite markers, of which 12 segregated in the expected 1:2:1 Mendelian ratio. A microsatellite-based linkage disequilibrium analysis allowed us to identify one potential linkage group comprising two scaffolds. The whole genome of a subset of 47 offspring was resequenced using the Illumina HiSeq 2000 technology at a mean sequencing depth of 6X. The reads were mapped onto the reference genome of the parental strain and 144,566 SNPs were identified across the genome. Analysis of distribution and polymorphism of the SNPs along the genome led to the identification of 2580 recombination blocks. A second linkage disequilibrium analysis, using the recombination blocks as markers, allowed us to group 81 scaffolds into 23 potential linkage groups. These preliminary results showed that a high-density linkage map could be constructed by using high-quality SNPs based on low-coverage resequencing of a larger number of M. larici-populina offspring.
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- Michaël Pernaci
- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, UMR1136Champenoux, France
- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Université de Lorraine, UMR1136Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, UMR1136Champenoux, France
- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Université de Lorraine, UMR1136Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, UMR1136Champenoux, France
- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Université de Lorraine, UMR1136Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, UMR1136Champenoux, France
- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Université de Lorraine, UMR1136Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, UMR1136Champenoux, France
- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Université de Lorraine, UMR1136Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, UMR1136Champenoux, France
- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Université de Lorraine, UMR1136Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, UMR1136Champenoux, France
- Interactions Arbres - Micro organismes, Université de Lorraine, UMR1136Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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Lind M, Källman T, Chen J, Ma XF, Bousquet J, Morgante M, Zaina G, Karlsson B, Elfstrand M, Lascoux M, Stenlid J. A Picea abies linkage map based on SNP markers identifies QTLs for four aspects of resistance to Heterobasidion parviporum infection. PLoS One 2014; 9:e101049. [PMID: 25036209 PMCID: PMC4103950 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A consensus linkage map of Picea abies, an economically important conifer, was constructed based on the segregation of 686 SNP markers in a F1 progeny population consisting of 247 individuals. The total length of 1889.2 cM covered 96.5% of the estimated genome length and comprised 12 large linkage groups, corresponding to the number of haploid P. abies chromosomes. The sizes of the groups (from 5.9 to 9.9% of the total map length) correlated well with previous estimates of chromosome sizes (from 5.8 to 10.8% of total genome size). Any locus in the genome has a 97% probability to be within 10 cM from a mapped marker, which makes the map suited for QTL mapping. Infecting the progeny trees with the root rot pathogen Heterobasidion parviporum allowed for mapping of four different resistance traits: lesion length at the inoculation site, fungal spread within the sapwood, exclusion of the pathogen from the host after initial infection, and ability to prevent the infection from establishing at all. These four traits were associated with two, four, four and three QTL regions respectively of which none overlapped between the traits. Each QTL explained between 4.6 and 10.1% of the respective traits phenotypic variation. Although the QTL regions contain many more genes than the ones represented by the SNP markers, at least four markers within the confidence intervals originated from genes with known function in conifer defence; a leucoanthocyanidine reductase, which has previously been shown to upregulate during H. parviporum infection, and three intermediates of the lignification process; a hydroxycinnamoyl CoA shikimate/quinate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase, a 4-coumarate CoA ligase, and a R2R3-MYB transcription factor.
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- Mårten Lind
- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institute for Systems and Integrative Biology, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Universita di Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Universita di Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Van den Berg F, Lannou C, Gilligan CA, van de Bosch F. Quantitative resistance can lead to evolutionary changes in traits not targeted by the resistance QTLs. Evol Appl 2014; 7:370-80. [PMID: 24665339 PMCID: PMC3962297 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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This paper addresses the general concern in plant pathology that the introduction of quantitative resistance in the landscape can lead to increased pathogenicity. Hereto, we study the hypothetical case of a quantitative trait loci (QTL) acting on pathogen spore production per unit lesion area. To regain its original fitness, the pathogen can break the QTL, restoring its spore production capacity leading to an increased spore production per lesion. Or alternatively, it can increase its lesion size, also leading to an increased spore production per lesion. A data analysis shows that spore production per lesion (affected by the resistance QTL) and lesion size (not targeted by the QTL) are positively correlated traits, suggesting that a change in magnitude of a trait not targeted by the QTL (lesion size) might indirectly affect the targeted trait (spore production per lesion). Secondly, we model the effect of pathogen adaptation towards increased lesion size and analyse its consequences for spore production per lesion. The model calculations show that when the pathogen is unable to overcome the resistance associated QTL, it may compensate for its reduced fitness by indirect selection for increased pathogenicity on both the resistant and susceptible cultivar, but whereby the QTLs remain effective.
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- Femke Van den Berg
- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, Rothamsted Research Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, Rothamsted Research Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
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Perdereau AC, Douglas GC, Hodkinson TR, Kelleher CT. High levels of variation in Salix lignocellulose genes revealed using poplar genomic resources. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2013; 6:114. [PMID: 23924375 PMCID: PMC3750764 DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-6-114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the levels of variation in lignin or other wood related genes in Salix, a genus that is being increasingly used for biomass and biofuel production. The lignin biosynthesis pathway is well characterized in a number of species, including the model tree Populus. We aimed to transfer the genomic resources already available in Populus to its sister genus Salix to assess levels of variation within genes involved in wood formation. RESULTS Amplification trials for 27 gene regions were undertaken in 40 Salix taxa. Twelve of these regions were sequenced. Alignment searches of the resulting sequences against reference databases, combined with phylogenetic analyses, showed the close similarity of these Salix sequences to Populus, confirming homology of the primer regions and indicating a high level of conservation within the wood formation genes. However, all sequences were found to vary considerably among Salix species, mainly as SNPs with a smaller number of insertions-deletions. Between 25 and 176 SNPs per kbp per gene region (in predicted exons) were discovered within Salix. CONCLUSIONS The variation found is sizeable but not unexpected as it is based on interspecific and not intraspecific comparison; it is comparable to interspecific variation in Populus. The characterisation of genetic variation is a key process in pre-breeding and for the conservation and exploitation of genetic resources in Salix. This study characterises the variation in several lignocellulose gene markers for such purposes.
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- Aude C Perdereau
- Teagasc, Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Kinsealy Research Centre, Malahide Road, Dublin, D17, Ireland
- Botany Building, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D2, Ireland
- Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D2, Ireland
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- Teagasc, Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Kinsealy Research Centre, Malahide Road, Dublin, D17, Ireland
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- Botany Building, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D2, Ireland
- Trinity Centre for Biodiversity Research, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D2, Ireland
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- DBN Plant Molecular Laboratory, National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, D9, Ireland
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Fernàndez-Martínez J, Zacchini M, Elena G, Fernández-Marín B, Fleck I. Effect of environmental stress factors on ecophysiological traits and susceptibility to pathogens of five Populus clones throughout the growing season. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 33:618-627. [PMID: 23824242 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The variability of ecophysiological traits associated with productivity (e.g., water relations, leaf structure, photosynthesis and nitrogen (N) content) and susceptibility to fungal and insect infection were investigated in five poplar clones (Populus deltoides Batr.-Lux clone; Populus nigra L.-58-861 clone and Populus × canadensis Mönch.-Luisa Avanzo, I-214 and Adige clones) during their growing season. The objective of the study was to determine their physiological responses under summer constraints (characteristic of the Mediterranean climate) and to propose clone candidates for environmental restoration activities such as phytoremediation. Relative water content, the radiometric water index and (13)C isotope discrimination (Δ(13)C) results reflected improved water relations in Adige and Lux during summer drought. Leaf structural parameters such as leaf area, leaf mass per area, density (D) and thickness (T) indicated poorer structural adaptations to summer drought in clone 58-861. Nitrogen content and Δ(13)C results pointed to a stomatal component as the main limitant of photosynthesis in all clones. Adige and Lux showed enhanced photoprotection as indicated by the size and the de-epoxidation index of the xanthophyll-cycle pool, and also improved antioxidant defence displayed by higher ascorbate, reduced glutathione, total phenolics and α-tocopherol levels. Photoprotective and antioxidative responses allowed all clones to maintain a high maximum quantum yield of PSII (Fv/Fm) with the exception of Luisa Avanzo and 58-861 which experienced slight photoinhibition in late spring. The study of susceptibility to rust (Melampsora sp.) and lace bug (Monosteira unicostata Muls. and Rey) infections showed Adige and Lux to be the most tolerant. Overall, these two clones presented high adaptability to summer conditions and improved resistance to abiotic and biotic stress, thereby making them highly commendable clones for use in environmental remediation programmes.
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- Jordi Fernàndez-Martínez
- Facultat de Biologia, Unitat de Fisiologia Vegetal, Departament de Biologia Vegetal, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 643, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Poplar genetic engineering: promoting desirable wood characteristics and pest resistance. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:5669-79. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4940-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Van AL, Caffier V, Lasserre-Zuber P, Chauveau A, Brunel D, Le Cam B, Durel CE. Differential selection pressures exerted by host resistance quantitative trait loci on a pathogen population: a case study in an apple × Venturia inaequalis pathosystem. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2013; 197:899-908. [PMID: 23278324 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2012] [Accepted: 10/29/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Understanding how pathogens evolve according to pressures exerted by their plant hosts is essential for the derivation of strategies aimed at the durable management of resistant cultivars. The spectrum of action of the resistance factors in the partially resistant cultivars is thought to be an important determinant of resistance durability. However, it has not yet been demonstrated whether the pressures exerted by quantitative resistance are different according to their spectrum of action. To investigate selection pressures exerted by apple genotypes harbouring various resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) on a mixed inoculum of the scab disease agent, Venturia inaequalis, we monitored V. inaequalis isolate proportions on diseased apple leaves of an F1 progeny using quantitative pyrosequencing technology and QTL mapping. Broad-spectrum resistances did not exert any differential selection pressures on the mixed inoculum, whereas narrow-spectrum resistances decreased the frequencies of some isolates in the mixture relative to the susceptible host genotypes. Our results suggest that the management of resistant cultivars should be different according to the spectrum of action of their resistance factors. The pyramiding of broad-spectrum factors or the use of a mixture of apple genotypes that carry narrow-spectrum resistance factors are two possible strategies for the minimization of resistance erosion.
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- Amandine Lê Van
- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071, Beaucouzé Cedex, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071, Beaucouzé Cedex, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071, Beaucouzé Cedex, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
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- INRA, US1279 Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux - EPGV, Centre National de Génotypage, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, F-91057, Évry Cedex, France
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- INRA, US1279 Etude du Polymorphisme des Génomes Végétaux - EPGV, Centre National de Génotypage, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, F-91057, Évry Cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071, Beaucouzé Cedex, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
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- INRA, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, SFR 4207 QUASAV, PRES L'UNAM, 42 rue Georges Morel, F-49071, Beaucouzé Cedex, France
- AgroCampus-Ouest, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
- Université d'Angers, UMR1345 Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences - IRHS, F-49045, Angers, France
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González AM, Marcel TC, Niks RE. Evidence for a minor gene-for-minor gene interaction explaining nonhypersensitive polygenic partial disease resistance. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2012; 102:1086-93. [PMID: 22835013 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-03-12-0056-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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ABSTRACT Partial resistance is a quantitative type of resistance that, by definition of Parlevliet, is not based on hypersensitivity. It is largely pathotype nonspecific, although some minor isolate-specific responses have been reported. In order to elucidate the isolate specificity of individual genes for partial resistance, three barley recombinant inbred line mapping populations were analyzed for resistance to the leaf rust fungus Puccinia hordei. The mapping populations were inoculated with one isolate avirulent and two isolates virulent to resistance gene Rph7g. Six significant quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were detected. Of these, two (Rphq3 and Rphq11) were detected with only the avirulent isolate (1.2.1.) and one (Rphq18) only with both virulent isolates (CO-04 and 28.1). The effectiveness of these QTLs was tested with 14 isolates, using a tester set of genotypes containing alleles for resistance or susceptibility for these QTLs. QTL Rphq18 was effective to only two isolates, CO-04 and 28.1, whereas Rphq3 and Rphq11 were ineffective to CO-04 and 28.1 but effective to all other isolates, except one. This resulted in a significant Person's differential interaction, which is a hallmark of a gene-for-gene interaction. The minor gene-for-minor gene interaction is not based on hypersensitivity and there is no evidence that the resistance is based on genes belonging to the nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat class.
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- Ana M González
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR), 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Monclus R, Leplé JC, Bastien C, Bert PF, Villar M, Marron N, Brignolas F, Jorge V. Integrating genome annotation and QTL position to identify candidate genes for productivity, architecture and water-use efficiency in Populus spp. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2012. [PMID: 23013168 DOI: 10.15454/easuqv] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hybrid poplars species are candidates for biomass production but breeding efforts are needed to combine productivity and water use efficiency in improved cultivars. The understanding of the genetic architecture of growth in poplar by a Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) approach can help us to elucidate the molecular basis of such integrative traits but identifying candidate genes underlying these QTLs remains difficult. Nevertheless, the increase of genomic information together with the accessibility to a reference genome sequence (Populus trichocarpa Nisqually-1) allow to bridge QTL information on genetic maps and physical location of candidate genes on the genome. The objective of the study is to identify QTLs controlling productivity, architecture and leaf traits in a P. deltoides x P. trichocarpa F1 progeny and to identify candidate genes underlying QTLs based on the anchoring of genetic maps on the genome and the gene ontology information linked to genome annotation. The strategy to explore genome annotation was to use Gene Ontology enrichment tools to test if some functional categories are statistically over-represented in QTL regions. RESULTS Four leaf traits and 7 growth traits were measured on 330 F1 P. deltoides x P. trichocarpa progeny. A total of 77 QTLs controlling 11 traits were identified explaining from 1.8 to 17.2% of the variation of traits. For 58 QTLs, confidence intervals could be projected on the genome. An extended functional annotation was built based on data retrieved from the plant genome database Phytozome and from an inference of function using homology between Populus and the model plant Arabidopsis. Genes located within QTL confidence intervals were retrieved and enrichments in gene ontology (GO) terms were determined using different methods. Significant enrichments were found for all traits. Particularly relevant biological processes GO terms were identified for QTLs controlling number of sylleptic branches: intervals were enriched in GO terms of biological process like 'ripening' and 'adventitious roots development'. CONCLUSION Beyond the simple identification of QTLs, this study is the first to use a global approach of GO terms enrichment analysis to fully explore gene function under QTLs confidence intervals in plants. This global approach may lead to identification of new candidate genes for traits of interest.
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- Romain Monclus
- UFR-Faculté des Sciences, UPRES EA 1207 Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures, Université d'Orléans, F-45067, Orléans, France
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Monclus R, Leplé JC, Bastien C, Bert PF, Villar M, Marron N, Brignolas F, Jorge V. Integrating genome annotation and QTL position to identify candidate genes for productivity, architecture and water-use efficiency in Populus spp. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 12:173. [PMID: 23013168 PMCID: PMC3520807 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Accepted: 09/22/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hybrid poplars species are candidates for biomass production but breeding efforts are needed to combine productivity and water use efficiency in improved cultivars. The understanding of the genetic architecture of growth in poplar by a Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) approach can help us to elucidate the molecular basis of such integrative traits but identifying candidate genes underlying these QTLs remains difficult. Nevertheless, the increase of genomic information together with the accessibility to a reference genome sequence (Populus trichocarpa Nisqually-1) allow to bridge QTL information on genetic maps and physical location of candidate genes on the genome. The objective of the study is to identify QTLs controlling productivity, architecture and leaf traits in a P. deltoides x P. trichocarpa F1 progeny and to identify candidate genes underlying QTLs based on the anchoring of genetic maps on the genome and the gene ontology information linked to genome annotation. The strategy to explore genome annotation was to use Gene Ontology enrichment tools to test if some functional categories are statistically over-represented in QTL regions. RESULTS Four leaf traits and 7 growth traits were measured on 330 F1 P. deltoides x P. trichocarpa progeny. A total of 77 QTLs controlling 11 traits were identified explaining from 1.8 to 17.2% of the variation of traits. For 58 QTLs, confidence intervals could be projected on the genome. An extended functional annotation was built based on data retrieved from the plant genome database Phytozome and from an inference of function using homology between Populus and the model plant Arabidopsis. Genes located within QTL confidence intervals were retrieved and enrichments in gene ontology (GO) terms were determined using different methods. Significant enrichments were found for all traits. Particularly relevant biological processes GO terms were identified for QTLs controlling number of sylleptic branches: intervals were enriched in GO terms of biological process like 'ripening' and 'adventitious roots development'. CONCLUSION Beyond the simple identification of QTLs, this study is the first to use a global approach of GO terms enrichment analysis to fully explore gene function under QTLs confidence intervals in plants. This global approach may lead to identification of new candidate genes for traits of interest.
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- Romain Monclus
- UFR-Faculté des Sciences, UPRES EA 1207 Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures (LBLGC), Université d'Orléans, F-45067, Orléans, France
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- INRA, UR0588 Amélioration Génétique et Physiologie Forestières (AGPF), F-45075, Orléans, France
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- INRA, UR0588 Amélioration Génétique et Physiologie Forestières (AGPF), F-45075, Orléans, France
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- INRA, UR0588 Amélioration Génétique et Physiologie Forestières (AGPF), F-45075, Orléans, France
- Present address: INRA, UMR1287 Ecophysiologie et Génomique Fonctionnelle de la Vigne, F-33882, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- INRA, UR0588 Amélioration Génétique et Physiologie Forestières (AGPF), F-45075, Orléans, France
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- INRA, UMR1137 Écologie et Écophysiologie Forestières (EEF), F-54280, Champenoux, France
- Université de Lorraine, UMR 1137, Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestières (EEF), Faculté des Sciences, F-54500, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- UFR-Faculté des Sciences, UPRES EA 1207 Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures (LBLGC), Université d'Orléans, F-45067, Orléans, France
- INRA, USC1328 Arbres et Réponses aux Contraintes Hydriques et Environnementales (ARCHE), F-45067, Orléans, France
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- INRA, UR0588 Amélioration Génétique et Physiologie Forestières (AGPF), F-45075, Orléans, France
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Bresson A, Jorge V, Dowkiw A, Guerin V, Bourgait I, Tuskan GA, Schmutz J, Chalhoub B, Bastien C, Faivre Rampant P. Qualitative and quantitative resistances to leaf rust finely mapped within two nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR)-rich genomic regions of chromosome 19 in poplar. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 192:151-163. [PMID: 21658182 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03786.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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• R(US) is a major dominant gene controlling quantitative resistance, inherited from Populus trichocarpa, whereas R(1) is a gene governing qualitative resistance, inherited from P. deltoides. • Here, we report a reiterative process of concomitant fine-scale genetic and physical mapping guided by the P. trichocarpa genome sequence. The high-resolution linkage maps were developed using a P. deltoides × P. trichocarpa progeny of 1415 individuals. R(US) and R(1) were mapped in a peritelomeric region of chromosome 19. Markers closely linked to R(US) were used to screen a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library constructed from the P. trichocarpa parent, heterozygous at the locus R(US) . • Two local physical maps were developed, one encompassing the R(US) allele and the other spanning r(US) . The alignment of the two haplophysical maps showed structural differences between haplotypes. The genetic and physical maps were anchored to the genome sequence, revealing genome sequence misassembly. Finally, the R(US) locus was localized within a 0.8-cM interval, whereas R(1) was localized upstream of R(US) within a 1.1-cM interval. • The alignment of the genetic and physical maps with the local reorder of the chromosome 19 sequence indicated that R(US) and R(1) belonged to a genomic region rich in nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) and serine threonine kinase (STK) genes.
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- Aloïs Bresson
- INRA, UMR1165, UMR INRA/Université de Evry: Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, Centre de Recherche de Versailles-Grignon, Evry Cedex, 91057, France
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- INRA, UR0588, Unité de Recherche Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie Forestières, Centre de Recherche d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2, 45075, France
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- INRA, UR0588, Unité de Recherche Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie Forestières, Centre de Recherche d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2, 45075, France
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- INRA, UR0588, Unité de Recherche Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie Forestières, Centre de Recherche d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2, 45075, France
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- INRA, UR0588, Unité de Recherche Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie Forestières, Centre de Recherche d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2, 45075, France
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, MS-6422, Bldg. 1062, Rm 215, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6422, USA
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- Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, 601 Genome Way, Huntsville, AL 3508-2908, USA
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- INRA, UMR1165, UMR INRA/Université de Evry: Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, Centre de Recherche de Versailles-Grignon, Evry Cedex, 91057, France
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- INRA, UR0588, Unité de Recherche Amélioration, Génétique et Physiologie Forestières, Centre de Recherche d'Orléans, Orléans Cedex 2, 45075, France
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- INRA, UMR1165, UMR INRA/Université de Evry: Unité de Recherche en Génomique Végétale, Centre de Recherche de Versailles-Grignon, Evry Cedex, 91057, France
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Rohde A, Bastien C, Boerjan W. Temperature signals contribute to the timing of photoperiodic growth cessation and bud set in poplar. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 31:472-82. [PMID: 21636689 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Bud set, the cornerstone delimiting the seasonal growth period in trees, is the dynamic net result of the often photoperiod-controlled growth cessation and the subsequent bud formation. Here, we show that in hybrid poplar, the critical day length for growth cessation and the duration of bud formation each vary with local climatic conditions in identical genotypes. The detailed dissection of bud set suggests temperature as one additional environmental factor that modifies the sensitivity to day-length signals at growth cessation and influences the duration of bud formation in poplar. The ability of perennial plants to integrate additional environmental signals with photoperiod signaling may add to short-term acclimatization to the predicted longer growing seasons in future climates.
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- Antje Rohde
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium.
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Over the past two decades, research in forest tree genomics has lagged behind that of model and agricultural systems. However, genomic research in forest trees is poised to enter into an important and productive phase owing to the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies, the enormous genetic diversity in forest trees and the need to mitigate the effects of climate change. Research on long-lived woody perennials is extending our molecular knowledge of complex life histories and adaptations to the environment - enriching a field that has traditionally drawn biological inference from a few short-lived herbaceous species.
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- David B Neale
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
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Karp A, Hanley SJ, Trybush SO, Macalpine W, Pei M, Shield I. Genetic improvement of willow for bioenergy and biofuels. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 53:151-65. [PMID: 21205181 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.01015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Willows (Salix spp.) are a very diverse group of catkin-bearing trees and shrubs that are widely distributed across temperate regions of the globe. Some species respond well to being grown in short rotation coppice (SRC) cycles, which are much shorter than conventional forestry. Coppicing reinvigorates growth and the biomass rapidly accumulated can be used as a source of renewable carbon for bioenergy and biofuels. As SRC willows re-distribute nutrients during the perennial cycle they require only minimal nitrogen fertilizer for growth. This results in fuel chains with potentially high greenhouse gas reductions. To exploit their potential for renewable energy, willows need to be kept free of pests and diseases and yields need to be improved without significantly increasing the requirements for fertilizers and water. The biomass composition needs to be optimized for different end-uses. Yields also need to be sustainable on land less productive for food crops to reduce conflicts over land use. Advances in understanding the physiology and growth of willow, and in the identification of genes underlying key traits, are now at the stage where they can start to be used in breeding programs to help achieve these goals.
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- Angela Karp
- Centre for Bioenergy and Climate Change, Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK.
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Rohde A, Storme V, Jorge V, Gaudet M, Vitacolonna N, Fabbrini F, Ruttink T, Zaina G, Marron N, Dillen S, Steenackers M, Sabatti M, Morgante M, Boerjan W, Bastien C. Bud set in poplar--genetic dissection of a complex trait in natural and hybrid populations. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2011; 189:106-21. [PMID: 21039557 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03469.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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• The seasonal timing of growth events is crucial to tree distribution and conservation. The seasonal growth cycle is strongly adapted to the local climate that is changing because of global warming. We studied bud set as one cornerstone of the seasonal growth cycle in an integrative approach. • Bud set was dissected at the phenotypic level into several components, and phenotypic components with most genetic variation were identified. While phenotypic variation resided in the timing of growth cessation, and even so more in the duration from growth cessation to bud set, the timing of growth cessation had a stronger genetic component in both natural and hybrid populations. • Quantitative trait loci (QTL) were identified for the most discriminative phenotypic bud-set components across four poplar pedigrees. The QTL from different pedigrees were recurrently detected in six regions of the poplar genome. • These regions of 1.83-4.25 Mbp in size, containing between 202 and 394 genes, form the basis for further molecular-genetic dissection of bud set.
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- Antje Rohde
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Gent, Belgium.
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Courty PE, Labbé J, Kohler A, Marçais B, Bastien C, Churin JL, Garbaye J, Le Tacon F. Effect of poplar genotypes on mycorrhizal infection and secreted enzyme activities in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal roots. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:249-60. [PMID: 20881013 PMCID: PMC2993916 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2010] [Revised: 07/24/2010] [Accepted: 08/03/2010] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The impact of ectomycorrhiza formation on the secretion of exoenzymes by the host plant and the symbiont is unknown. Thirty-eight F(1) individuals from an interspecific Populus deltoides (Bartr.)×Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & A. Gray) controlled cross were inoculated with the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor. The colonization of poplar roots by L. bicolor dramatically modified their ability to secrete enzymes involved in organic matter breakdown or organic phosphorus mobilization, such as N-acetylglucosaminidase, β-glucuronidase, cellobiohydrolase, β-glucosidase, β-xylosidase, laccase, and acid phosphatase. The expression of genes coding for laccase, N-acetylglucosaminidase, and acid phosphatase was studied in mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal root tips. Depending on the genes, their expression was regulated upon symbiosis development. Moreover, it appears that poplar laccases or phosphatases contribute poorly to ectomycorrhiza metabolic activity. Enzymes secreted by poplar roots were added to or substituted by enzymes secreted by L. bicolor. The enzymatic activities expressed in mycorrhizal roots differed significantly between the two parents, while it did not differ in non-mycorrhizal roots. Significant differences were found between poplar genotypes for all enzymatic activities measured on ectomycorrhizas except for laccases activity. In contrast, no significant differences were found between poplar genotypes for enzymatic activities of non-mycorrhizal root tips except for acid phosphatase activity. The level of enzymes secreted by the ectomycorrhizal root tips is under the genetic control of the host. Moreover, poplar heterosis was expressed through the enzymatic activities of the fungal partner.
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- P E Courty
- UMR 1136 INRA-Nancy Université, Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, INRA-Nancy, 54280 Champenoux, France.
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Kubisiak TL, Anderson CL, Amerson HV, Smith JA, Davis JM, Nelson CD. A genomic map enriched for markers linked to Avr1 in Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme. Fungal Genet Biol 2010; 48:266-74. [PMID: 20888926 DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2010.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2010] [Revised: 09/24/2010] [Accepted: 09/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A novel approach is presented to map avirulence gene Avr1 in the basidiomycete Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme, the causal agent of fusiform rust disease in pines. DNA markers tightly linked to resistance gene Fr1 in loblolly pine tree 10-5 were used to classify 10-5 seedling progeny as either resistant or susceptible. A single dikaryotic isolate (P2) heterozygous at the corresponding Avr1 gene was developed by crossing Fr1 avirulent isolate SC20-21 with Fr1 virulent isolate NC2-40. Bulk basidiospore inoculum derived from isolate P2 was used to challenge the pine progeny. The ability to unambiguously marker classify 10-5 progeny as resistant (selecting for virulence) or susceptible (non-selecting) permitted the genetic mapping of the corresponding Avr1 gene by bulked segregant analysis. Using this approach, 14 genetic markers significantly linked to Avr1 were identified and placed within the context of a genome-wide linkage map produced for isolate P2 using samples from susceptible seedlings.
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- Thomas L Kubisiak
- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Southern Institute of Forest Genetics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 23332 Success Road, Saucier, MS 39574, USA.
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Zhang S, Lu S, Xu X, Korpelainen H, Li C. Changes in antioxidant enzyme activities and isozyme profiles in leaves of male and female Populus cathayana infected with Melampsora larici-populina. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 30:116-28. [PMID: 19917640 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Populus cathayana Rehd., a dioecious tree species, is widely distributed in the northern, central and southwestern regions of China. In poplars, Melampsora larici-populina Kleb. is mainly responsible for rust disease, which is considered to be the world's most important disease of poplars. Yet, little is known about sex-related responses to rust disease in poplars. The purpose of this work was to determine whether sexually different responses occur in the antioxidant system of poplars after infection by rust disease. Three-month-old male and female P. cathayana individuals were inoculated with M. larici-populina in a greenhouse. After 12 days of incubation, we investigated the changes in physiology, biochemistry, enzyme activities and isozyme profiles. It was discovered that (i) leaf rust disease inhibited photosynthesis, caused oxidative stress and cellular membrane damage and changed antioxidant enzyme activities and isozyme profiles in poplar leaves; (ii) male poplars suffered from lower infection levels and less negative effects of leaf rust disease than did females; (iii) males showed higher antioxidant activities and less H(2)O(2) accumulation than did females after being infected by leaf rust. Thus, our results indicate that leaf rust disease is more severe in female poplars, and they suffer from greater negative effects than do males. This is the first report about sexually different responses of poplars in the antioxidant reactions to rust disease. It offers some useful information about the effect of leaf rust on dioecious plants, especially on dioecious woody plants.
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- Sheng Zhang
- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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Rowe HC, Kliebenstein DJ. Complex genetics control natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana resistance to Botrytis cinerea. Genetics 2008; 180:2237-50. [PMID: 18845849 PMCID: PMC2600955 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.091439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2008] [Accepted: 10/07/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The genetic architecture of plant defense against microbial pathogens may be influenced by pathogen lifestyle. While plant interactions with biotrophic pathogens are frequently controlled by the action of large-effect resistance genes that follow classic Mendelian inheritance, our study suggests that plant defense against the necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis cinerea is primarily quantitative and genetically complex. Few studies of quantitative resistance to necrotrophic pathogens have used large plant mapping populations to dissect the genetic structure of resistance. Using a large structured mapping population of Arabidopsis thaliana, we identified quantitative trait loci influencing plant response to B. cinerea, measured as expansion of necrotic lesions on leaves and accumulation of the antimicrobial compound camalexin. Testing multiple B. cinerea isolates, we identified 23 separate QTL in this population, ranging in isolate-specificity from being identified with a single isolate to controlling resistance against all isolates tested. We identified a set of QTL controlling accumulation of camalexin in response to pathogen infection that largely colocalized with lesion QTL. The identified resistance QTL appear to function in epistatic networks involving three or more loci. Detection of multilocus connections suggests that natural variation in specific signaling or response networks may control A. thaliana-B. cinerea interaction in this population.
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- Heather C Rowe
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Resistance toMelampsora larici-epitea leaf rust inSalix: analyses of quantitative trait loci. J Appl Genet 2008; 49:321-31. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03195630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Soufflet-Freslon V, Gianfranceschi L, Patocchi A, Durel CE. Inheritance studies of apple scab resistance and identification of Rvi14, a new major gene that acts together with other broad-spectrum QTL. Genome 2008; 51:657-67. [PMID: 18650955 DOI: 10.1139/g08-046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Scab, caused by the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis, is the most common disease of cultivated apple (Malus xdomestica). The fungal races 6 and 7 have now overcome the major resistance gene Vf, which is widely used in apple breeding programmes. New breeding strategies to achieve durable resistance are thus necessary. The aim of this study was to determine the genetic basis of quantitative resistance of the apple cultivar 'Dülmener Rosenapfel', known to be scab resistant under different environmental conditions. An F1 progeny derived from the cross between the susceptible cultivar 'Gala' and 'Dülmener Rosenapfel' was tested in a greenhouse with a multi-isolate inoculum of V. inaequalis. Rvi14, a new major gene that conditions a chlorotic-type reaction, was mapped on linkage group (LG) 6 in a genomic region not known to be involved in disease resistance. A further three quantitative trait loci (QTL) for resistance were identified. One co-localized with Rvi14 on LG6, whereas the remaining two were detected on LG11 and LG17, in genomic regions already reported to carry broad-spectrum QTL in other genetic backgrounds. Since a selective genotyping approach was used to detect QTL, an expectation-maximization (EM) computation was used to estimate the corrected QTL contributions to phenotypic variation and was validated by entire progeny genotyping.
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Whitham TG, Difazio SP, Schweitzer JA, Shuster SM, Allan GJ, Bailey JK, Woolbright SA. Extending genomics to natural communities and ecosystems. Science 2008; 320:492-5. [PMID: 18436780 DOI: 10.1126/science.1153918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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An important step in the integration of ecology and genomics is the progression from molecular studies of relatively simple model systems to complex field systems. The recent availability of sequenced genomes from key plants is leading to a new understanding of the molecular drivers of community composition and ecosystem processes. As genome sequences accumulate for species that form intimate associations in nature, a detailed view may emerge as to how these associations cause changes among species at the nucleotide level. This advance could dramatically alter views about the structure and evolution of communities and ecosystems.
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- Thomas G Whitham
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.
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Kohler A, Rinaldi C, Duplessis S, Baucher M, Geelen D, Duchaussoy F, Meyers BC, Boerjan W, Martin F. Genome-wide identification of NBS resistance genes in Populus trichocarpa. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 66:619-36. [PMID: 18247136 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9293-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2007] [Accepted: 01/11/2008] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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As the largest class of disease resistance R genes, the genes encoding nucleotide binding site and leucine-rich repeat proteins ("NBS-LRR genes") play a critical role in defending plants from a multitude of pathogens and pests. The diversity of NBS-LRR genes was examined in the Populus trichocarpa draft genome sequence. The NBS class of genes in this perennial tree is large and diverse, comprised of approximately 400 genes, at least twice the complement of Arabidopsis. The NBS family can be divided into multiple subfamilies with distinct domain organizations. It includes 119 Coiled-Coil-NBS-LRR genes, 64 TIR-NBS-LRR genes, 34 BED-finger-NBS-LRR, and both truncated and unusual NBS- and NBS-LRR-containing genes. The transcripts of only 34 NBS-LRR genes were detected in rust-infected and non-infected leaves using a whole-genome oligoarray. None showed an altered expression two days post inoculation.
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- Annegret Kohler
- Unité Mixte de Recherche INRA/UHP 1136 Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Recherches de Nancy, 54280 Champenoux, France.
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Marcel TC, Gorguet B, Ta MT, Kohutova Z, Vels A, Niks RE. Isolate specificity of quantitative trait loci for partial resistance of barley to Puccinia hordei confirmed in mapping populations and near-isogenic lines. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2008; 177:743-755. [PMID: 18069952 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02298.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Partial resistance is considered race-nonspecific and durable, consistent with the concept of 'horizontal' resistance. However, detailed observations of partial resistance to leaf rust (Puccinia hordei) in barley (Hordeum vulgare) revealed small cultivar x isolate interactions, suggesting a minor-gene-for-minor-gene interaction model, similar to so-called 'vertical' resistance. Three consistent quantitative trait loci (QTLs), labelled Rphq2, Rphq3 and Rphq4, that were detected in the cross susceptible L94 x partially resistant Vada have been incorporated into the L94 background to obtain near-isogenic lines (NILs). Three isolates were used to map QTLs on seedlings of the L94 x Vada population and to evaluate the effect of each QTL on adult plants of the respective NILs under field conditions. Rphq2 had a strong effect in seedlings but almost no effect in adult plants, while Rphq3 was effective in seedlings and in adult plants against all three isolates. However, Rphq4 was effective in seedlings and in adult plants against two isolates but ineffective in both development stages against the third, demonstrating a clear and reproducible isolate-specific effect. The resistance governed by the three QTLs was not associated with a hypersensitive reaction. Those results confirm the minor-gene-for-minor-gene model suggesting specific interactions between QTLs for partial resistance and P. hordei isolates.
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- Thierry C Marcel
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Graduate School for Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Graduate School for Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Graduate School for Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Nature Resourses, Czech University of Agriculture, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Graduate School for Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Graduate School for Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Freeman JS, Potts BM, Vaillancourt RE. Few Mendelian genes underlie the quantitative response of a forest tree, Eucalyptus globulus, to a natural fungal epidemic. Genetics 2008; 178:563-71. [PMID: 18202395 PMCID: PMC2206102 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.081414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Accepted: 11/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Foliar fungal pathogens from the genus Mycosphaerella affect eucalyptus in natural forests and plantations worldwide. QTL analysis was conducted to dissect the genetic control of resistance in Eucalyptus globulus to a natural infection by Mycosphaerella leaf disease, using a clonally replicated outbred F2 family (112 genotypes) planted in a field trial. Two major QTL, with high LOD support (20.2 and 10.9) and high genomewide significance, explained a large proportion (52%) of the phenotypic variance in the severity of damage by Mycosphaerella cryptica, which may be indicative of oligogenic control. Both QTL were validated in a second F2 family and one was validated in a third F2 family. The mean values of different genotype classes at both major QTL argue for Mendelian inheritance with resistance dominant over susceptibility. There were strong correlations between the levels of Mycosphaerella damage in related genetic material planted in three widely separated locations in Tasmania. These findings together provide evidence that the genes controlling resistance to Mycosphaerella damage are stable in different genetic backgrounds and across different environments.
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- Jules S Freeman
- School of Plant Science and Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
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Feau N, Joly DL, Hamelin RC. Poplar leaf rusts: model pathogens for a model treeThis minireview is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Issue on Poplar Research in Canada. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1139/b07-102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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With the availability of the entire genome of the model tree Populus trichocarpa Torr. & A. Gray and the current genome sequencing project of its rust pathogen Melampsora larici-populina Kleb., rust–poplar interaction research has entered the genomic era. Recent genomics research on poplars has attempted to connect the genetic localizations of loci for qualitative and quantitative disease resistance with putative genes encoding resistance or signalling proteins. The interactions between these putative resistance genes and rust effectors remain unknown. Genomic resources developed for Melampsora spp. promise to contribute to our understanding of the molecular basis of pathogenicity by facilitating the isolation of pathogenicity genes. A multifaceted approach for the identification of such genes that relies largely on trimming and sequence data analysis has been developed. The strategy takes advantage of the resources available and combines EST libraries, bioinformatics data mining for extracellularly expressed secreted proteins, intra- and inter-specific comparative genomics, and testing for the presence of positive selection. It has resulted in the discovery of several putative candidate genes. In silico evidence for candidate genes will be further validated by robust experimental evidence through functional analyses.
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- Nicolas Feau
- Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du PEPS, P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC G1V 4C7, Canada
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- Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du PEPS, P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC G1V 4C7, Canada
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- Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du PEPS, P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, QC G1V 4C7, Canada
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Rinaldi C, Kohler A, Frey P, Duchaussoy F, Ningre N, Couloux A, Wincker P, Le Thiec D, Fluch S, Martin F, Duplessis S. Transcript profiling of poplar leaves upon infection with compatible and incompatible strains of the foliar rust Melampsora larici-populina. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 144:347-66. [PMID: 17400708 PMCID: PMC1913798 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.094987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2006] [Accepted: 03/20/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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To understand key processes governing defense mechanisms in poplar (Populus spp.) upon infection with the rust fungus Melampsora larici-populina, we used combined histological and molecular techniques to describe the infection of Populus trichocarpa x Populus deltoides 'Beaupré' leaves by compatible and incompatible fungal strains. Striking differences in host-tissue infection were observed after 48-h postinoculation (hpi) between compatible and incompatible interactions. No reactive oxygen species production could be detected at infection sites, while a strong accumulation of monolignols occurred in the incompatible interaction after 48 hpi, indicating a late plant response once the fungus already penetrated host cells to form haustorial infection structures. P. trichocarpa whole-genome expression oligoarrays and sequencing of cDNAs were used to determine changes in gene expression in both interactions at 48 hpi. Temporal expression profiling of infection-regulated transcripts was further compared by cDNA arrays and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Among 1,730 significantly differentially expressed transcripts in the incompatible interaction, 150 showed an increase in concentration > or =3-fold, whereas 62 were decreased by > or =3-fold. Regulated transcripts corresponded to known genes targeted by R genes in plant pathosystems, such as inositol-3-P synthase, glutathione S-transferases, and pathogenesis-related proteins. However, the transcript showing the highest rust-induced up-regulation encodes a putative secreted protein with no known function. In contrast, only a few transcripts showed an altered expression in the compatible interaction, suggesting a delay in defense response between incompatible and compatible interactions in poplar. This comprehensive analysis of early molecular responses of poplar to M. larici-populina infection identified key genes that likely contain the fungus proliferation in planta. Sequences from the SSH library described in this article can be retrieved in GenBank under accession numbers CT 027996 to CT 029994 and CT 033829.
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- Cécile Rinaldi
- Unité Mixte de Recherche 1136 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, and UMR 1137 INRA/Nancy Université Ecophysiologie et Ecologie Forestières, Centre INRA de Nancy, F-54280 Champenoux, France
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Le Guen V, Garcia D, Mattos CRR, Doaré F, Lespinasse D, Seguin M. Bypassing of a polygenic Microcyclus ulei resistance in rubber tree, analyzed by QTL detection. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2007; 173:335-45. [PMID: 17204080 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01911.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Genetic resistance components of the Hevea brasiliensis x H. benthamiana RO 38 cultivar to Microcyclus ulei disease were investigated by inoculating isolates which succeeded in partially or completely infecting genotypes of a mapping population. Progeny of a cross between RO 38 and a susceptible cultivar was inoculated under controlled conditions with three isolates and scored for two resistance traits. Interval mapping and a nonparametric test were used to detect resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Eight significant QTLs were detected, all of them inherited from the interspecific parent. Among these QTLs, only one contributed to the partial resistance against a highly pathogenic isolate, and no QTL was detected for resistance against the most pathogenic isolate. As an unexpected result, a single isolate can thus completely bypass this polygenic resistance. This complex situation, where no clear relationship can be established between number of resistance factors and qualitative vs quantitative or partial vs complete resistance, is discussed and suggestions as to the detection of new and sustainable resistance sources are proposed.
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- V Le Guen
- UMR-1096 Polymorphisme d'Intérêt Agronomique, CIRAD, Avenue Agropolis, TA 80/03, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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With the completion of the Populus trichocarpa genome sequence and the development of various genetic, genomic, and biochemical tools, Populus now offers many possibilities to study questions that cannot be as easily addressed in Arabidopsis and rice, the two prime model systems of plant biology and genomics. Tree-specific traits such as wood formation, long-term perennial growth, and seasonality are obvious areas of research, but research in other areas such as control of flowering, biotic interactions, and evolution of adaptive traits is enriched by adding a tree to the suite of model systems. Furthermore, the reproductive biology of Populus (a dioeceous wind-pollinated long-lived tree) offers both new possibilities and challenges in the study and analysis of natural genetic and phenotypic variation. The relatively close phylogenetic relationship of Populus to Arabidopsis in the Eurosid clade of Eudicotyledonous plants aids in comparative functional studies and comparative genomics, and has the potential to greatly facilitate studies on genome and gene family evolution in eudicots.
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- Stefan Jansson
- Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Center, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
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Brunner AM, DiFazio SP, Groover AT. Forest genomics grows up and branches out. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2007; 174:710-713. [PMID: 17504453 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02083.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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- Amy M Brunner
- Department of Forestry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Institute of Forest Genetics, Pacific South-west Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Gérard PR, Husson C, Pinon J, Frey P. Comparison of Genetic and Virulence Diversity of Melampsora larici-populina Populations on Wild and Cultivated Poplar and Influence of the Alternate Host. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2006; 96:1027-1036. [PMID: 18944059 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-96-1027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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ABSTRACT The aims of this study were, first, to compare the genetic and virulence diversity between populations of the rust fungus Melampsora larici-populina on wild and cultivated poplar stands and, second, to investigate the influence of the presence of the alternate host of the pathogen, larch, on which its sexual reproduction occurs, on these diversities. Nine French M. larici-populina populations collected from poplar trees in autumn and four populations collected from larch trees during the following spring were analyzed using both virulence factors and neutral markers. In all, 30 pathotypes were identified within the 13 populations studied. The pathotypic structure clearly distinguished the cultivated stands with high richness and complexity from the wild stands with low richness and complexity. High linkage disequilibria between virulences indicated preferential virulence associations, probably due to selection by the host. In all, 19 random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used, which revealed a very high genetic diversity in the 743 isolates analyzed. The nine populations from poplar appeared moderately differentiated, indicating long-distance gene flow, and no isolation by distance was found. Linkage disequilibria between RAPD markers generally were low, indicating frequent recombination, but they were not lower in populations located near larch, probably due to long-distance dispersal.
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