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Li G, Xu Z, Wang J, Mu C, Zhou Z, Li M, Hao Z, Zhang D, Yong H, Han J, Li X, Zhao J, Weng J. Gene pyramiding of ZmGLK36 and ZmGDIα-hel for rough dwarf disease resistance in maize. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2024; 44:25. [PMID: 38516203 PMCID: PMC10951195 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-024-01466-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
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Maize rough dwarf disease (MRDD) caused by pathogenic viruses in the genus Fijivirus in the family Reoviridae is one of the most destructive diseases in maize. The pyramiding of effective resistance genes into maize varieties is a potential approach to reduce the damage resulting from the disease. Two major quantitative trait loci (QTLs) (qMrdd2 and qMrdd8) have been previously identified. The resistance genes ZmGLK36 and ZmGDIα-hel have also been cloned with the functional markers Indel-26 and IDP25K, respectively. In this study, ZmGLK36 and ZmGDIα-hel were introgressed to improve MRDD resistance of maize lines (Zheng58, Chang7-2, B73, Mo17, and their derived hybrids Zhengdan958 and B73 × Mo17) via marker-assisted selection (MAS). The converted lines and their derived hybrids, carrying one or two genes, were evaluated for MRDD resistance using artificial inoculation methods. The double-gene pyramiding lines and their derived hybrids exhibited increased resistance to MRDD compared to the monogenic lines and the respective hybrids. The genetic backgrounds of the converted lines were highly similar (90.85-98.58%) to the recurrent parents. In addition, agronomic trait evaluation demonstrated that pyramiding lines with one or two genes and their derived hybrids were not significantly different from the recurrent parents and their hybrids under nonpathogenic stress, including period traits (tasseling, pollen shedding, and silking), yield traits (ear length, grain weight per ear and 100-kernel weight) and quality traits (protein and starch content). There were differences in plant architecture traits between the improved lines and their hybrids. This study illustrated the successful development of gene pyramiding for improving MRDD resistance by advancing the breeding process. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-024-01466-9.
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- Gongjian Li
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular & Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai, 264000 Shandong China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Corn Research Institute, Shanxi Agricultural University, Xinzhou, 030031 Shanxi China
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- Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, 250000 Shandong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081 China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular & Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Yantai University, Yantai, 264000 Shandong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081 China
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Peng P, Jiang H, Luo L, Ye C, Xiao Y. Pyramiding of Multiple Genes to Improve Rice Blast Resistance of Photo-Thermo Sensitive Male Sterile Line, without Yield Penalty in Hybrid Rice Production. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1389. [PMID: 36987076 PMCID: PMC10058063 DOI: 10.3390/plants12061389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Rice blast caused by pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most serious diseases in rice. The pyramiding of effective resistance genes into rice varieties is a potential approach to reduce the damage of blast disease. In this study, combinations of three resistance genes, Pigm, Pi48 and Pi49, were introduced into a thermo-sensitive genic male sterile (PTGMS) line Chuang5S through marker-assisted selection. The results showed that the blast resistance of improved lines increased significantly compared with Chuang5S, and the three gene pyramiding lines (Pigm + Pi48 + Pi49) had higher rice blast resistance level than monogenic line and digenic lines (Pigm +Pi48, Pigm + Pi49). The genetic backgrounds of the improved lines were highly similar (>90%) to the recurrent parent Chuang5S by using the RICE10K SNP chip. In addition, agronomic traits evaluation also showed pyramiding lines with two or three genes similar to Chuang5S. The yields of the hybrids developed from improved PTGMS lines and Chuang5S are not significantly different. The newly developed PTGMS lines can be practically used for the breeding of parental lines and hybrid varieties with broad spectrum blast resistance.
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- Pei Peng
- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Huazhi Biotech Co., Ltd., Changsha 410125, China
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- College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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Zhang B, Ma L, Wu B, Xing Y, Qiu X. Introgression Lines: Valuable Resources for Functional Genomics Research and Breeding in Rice ( Oryza sativa L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:863789. [PMID: 35557720 PMCID: PMC9087921 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.863789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The narrow base of genetic diversity of modern rice varieties is mainly attributed to the overuse of the common backbone parents that leads to the lack of varied favorable alleles in the process of breeding new varieties. Introgression lines (ILs) developed by a backcross strategy combined with marker-assisted selection (MAS) are powerful prebreeding tools for broadening the genetic base of existing cultivars. They have high power for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) either with major or minor effects, and are used for precisely evaluating the genetic effects of QTLs and detecting the gene-by-gene or gene-by-environment interactions due to their low genetic background noise. ILs developed from multiple donors in a fixed background can be used as an IL platform to identify the best alleles or allele combinations for breeding by design. In the present paper, we reviewed the recent achievements from ILs in rice functional genomics research and breeding, including the genetic dissection of complex traits, identification of elite alleles and background-independent and epistatic QTLs, analysis of genetic interaction, and genetic improvement of single and multiple target traits. We also discussed how to develop ILs for further identification of new elite alleles, and how to utilize IL platforms for rice genetic improvement.
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- Bo Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Center of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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Xiong Y, Zhang C, Zhou H, Sun W, Wang P, Wang D, Qiu X, Ali J, Yu S. Identification of Heterotic Loci with Desirable Allelic Interaction to Increase Yield in Rice. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 14:97. [PMID: 34826005 PMCID: PMC8626550 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-021-00539-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Heterosis denotes the superiority of a hybrid plant over its parents. The use of heterosis has contributed significantly to yield improvement in crops. However, the genetic and molecular bases on heterosis are not fully understood. A large number of heterotic loci were identified for 12 yield-related traits in one parental population of chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs) and two test populations, which were interconnected by CSSLs derived from two rice genome-sequenced cultivars, Nipponbare and Zhenshan 97. Seventy-five heterotic loci were identified in both homozygous background of Zhenshan 97 and heterogeneous background of an elite hybrid cultivar Shanyou 63. Among the detected loci, at least 11 were colocalized in the same regions encompassing previously reported heterosis-associated genes. Furthermore, a heterotic locus Ghd8NIP for yield advantage was verified using transgenic experiments. Various allelic interaction at Ghd8 exhibited different heterosis levels in hetero-allelic combinations of five near-isogenic lines that contain a particular allele. The significant overdominance effects from some hetero-allelic combinations were found to improve yield heterosis in hybrid cultivars. Our findings support the role of allelic interaction at heterotic loci in the improvement of yield potential, which will be helpful for dissecting the genetic basis of heterosis and provide an optional strategy for the allele replacement in molecular breeding programs in hybrid rice.
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- Yin Xiong
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Liu Z, Zhu Y, Shi H, Qiu J, Ding X, Kou Y. Recent Progress in Rice Broad-Spectrum Disease Resistance. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11658. [PMID: 34769087 PMCID: PMC8584176 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Rice is one of the most important food crops in the world. However, stable rice production is constrained by various diseases, in particular rice blast, sheath blight, bacterial blight, and virus diseases. Breeding and cultivation of resistant rice varieties is the most effective method to control the infection of pathogens. Exploitation and utilization of the genetic determinants of broad-spectrum resistance represent a desired way to improve the resistance of susceptible rice varieties. Recently, researchers have focused on the identification of rice broad-spectrum disease resistance genes, which include R genes, defense-regulator genes, and quantitative trait loci (QTL) against two or more pathogen species or many isolates of the same pathogen species. The cloning of broad-spectrum disease resistance genes and understanding their underlying mechanisms not only provide new genetic resources for breeding broad-spectrum rice varieties, but also promote the development of new disease resistance breeding strategies, such as editing susceptibility and executor R genes. In this review, the most recent advances in the identification of broad-spectrum disease resistance genes in rice and their application in crop improvement through biotechnology approaches during the past 10 years are summarized.
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- Zhiquan Liu
- State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China; (Z.L.); (Y.Z.); (H.S.); (J.Q.)
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- State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China; (Z.L.); (Y.Z.); (H.S.); (J.Q.)
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- State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China; (Z.L.); (Y.Z.); (H.S.); (J.Q.)
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- State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China; (Z.L.); (Y.Z.); (H.S.); (J.Q.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China;
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- State Key Lab of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China; (Z.L.); (Y.Z.); (H.S.); (J.Q.)
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Kaur B, Bhatia D, Mavi GS. Eighty years of gene-for-gene relationship and its applications in identification and utilization of R genes. J Genet 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12041-021-01300-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mores A, Borrelli GM, Laidò G, Petruzzino G, Pecchioni N, Amoroso LGM, Desiderio F, Mazzucotelli E, Mastrangelo AM, Marone D. Genomic Approaches to Identify Molecular Bases of Crop Resistance to Diseases and to Develop Future Breeding Strategies. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:5423. [PMID: 34063853 PMCID: PMC8196592 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22115423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Plant diseases are responsible for substantial crop losses each year and affect food security and agricultural sustainability. The improvement of crop resistance to pathogens through breeding represents an environmentally sound method for managing disease and minimizing these losses. The challenge is to breed varieties with a stable and broad-spectrum resistance. Different approaches, from markers to recent genomic and 'post-genomic era' technologies, will be reviewed in order to contribute to a better understanding of the complexity of host-pathogen interactions and genes, including those with small phenotypic effects and mechanisms that underlie resistance. An efficient combination of these approaches is herein proposed as the basis to develop a successful breeding strategy to obtain resistant crop varieties that yield higher in increasing disease scenarios.
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- Antonia Mores
- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, S.S. 673, Km 25,200, 71122 Foggia, Italy; (A.M.); (G.M.B.); (G.L.); (G.P.); (N.P.); (A.M.M.)
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, S.S. 673, Km 25,200, 71122 Foggia, Italy; (A.M.); (G.M.B.); (G.L.); (G.P.); (N.P.); (A.M.M.)
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, S.S. 673, Km 25,200, 71122 Foggia, Italy; (A.M.); (G.M.B.); (G.L.); (G.P.); (N.P.); (A.M.M.)
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, S.S. 673, Km 25,200, 71122 Foggia, Italy; (A.M.); (G.M.B.); (G.L.); (G.P.); (N.P.); (A.M.M.)
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, S.S. 673, Km 25,200, 71122 Foggia, Italy; (A.M.); (G.M.B.); (G.L.); (G.P.); (N.P.); (A.M.M.)
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Center, Via San Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy; (F.D.); (E.M.)
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Center, Via San Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy; (F.D.); (E.M.)
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, S.S. 673, Km 25,200, 71122 Foggia, Italy; (A.M.); (G.M.B.); (G.L.); (G.P.); (N.P.); (A.M.M.)
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, S.S. 673, Km 25,200, 71122 Foggia, Italy; (A.M.); (G.M.B.); (G.L.); (G.P.); (N.P.); (A.M.M.)
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Zhou Y, Lei F, Wang Q, He W, Yuan B, Yuan W. Identification of Novel Alleles of the Rice Blast-Resistance Gene Pi9 through Sequence-Based Allele Mining. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 13:80. [PMID: 33284383 PMCID: PMC7721961 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-020-00442-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND As rice (Oryza sativa) is the staple food of more than half the world's population, rice production contributes greatly to global food security. Rice blast caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (M. oryzae) is a devastating disease that affects rice yields and grain quality, resulting in substantial economic losses annually. Because the fungus evolves rapidly, the resistance conferred by most the single blast-resistance genes is broken after a few years of intensive agricultural use. Therefore, effective resistance breeding in rice requires continual enrichment of the reservoir of resistance genes, alleles, or QTLs. Seed banks represent a rich source of genetic diversity; however, they have not been extensively used to identify novel genes and alleles. RESULTS We carried out a large-scale screen for novel blast-resistance alleles in 1883 rice varieties from major rice-producing areas across China. Of these, 361 varieties showed at least moderate resistance to natural infection by rice blast at rice blast nurseries in Enshi and Yichang, Hubei Province. We used sequence-based allele mining to amplify and sequence the allelic variants of the major rice blast-resistance genes at the Pi2/Pi9 locus of chromosome 6 from the 361 blast-resistant varieties, and the full-length coding region of this gene could be amplified from 107 varieties. Thirteen novel Pi9 alleles (named Pi9-Type1 to Pi9-Type13) were identified in these 107 varieties based on comparison to the Pi9 referenced sequence. Based on the sequencing results, the Pi2/Pi9 locus of the 107 varieties was divided into 15 genotypes (including three different genotypes of Pi9-Type5). Fifteen varieties, each representing one genotype, were evaluated for resistance to 34 M. oryzae isolates. The alleles from seven varieties with the highest resistance and widest resistance spectra were selected for transformation into the susceptible variety J23B to construct near-isogenic lines (NILs). These NILs showed resistance in a field test in Enshi and Yichang, indicating that the seven novel rice blast-resistance tandem-repeat regions at the Pi2/Pi9 locus of chromosome 6 could potentially serve as a genetic resource for molecular breeding of resistance to rice blast. CONCLUSIONS The thirteen novel Pi9 alleles identified in this study expand the list of available of blast-resistance alleles. Seven tandem-repeat regions of the Pi2/Pi9 locus from different donors were characterized as broad-spectrum rice blast-resistance fragments; these donors enrich the genetic resources available for rice blast-resistance breeding programs.
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- Ying Zhou
- College of Life Science and Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065 People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Model Animal of Wuhan University, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Life Science and Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Life Science and Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065 People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crops of Central China, Ministry of Agriculture, Wuhan, 430064 People’s Republic of China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Crop Disease, Insect Pests and Weeds Control, Wuhan, 430064 People’s Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062 People’s Republic of China
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Xiao G, Yang J, Zhu X, Wu J, Zhou B. Prevalence of Ineffective Haplotypes at the Rice Blast Resistance (R) Gene Loci in Chinese Elite Hybrid Rice Varieties Revealed by Sequence-Based Molecular Diagnosis. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 13:6. [PMID: 32002696 PMCID: PMC6990218 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-020-0367-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Multiple haplotypes at the same rice blast R-gene locus share extremely high sequence similarity, which makes the gene diagnostic method using molecular markers less effective in differentiation from one another. The composition and distribution pattern of deployed R genes/haplotypes in elite rice varieties has not been extensively analyzed. In this study, we employed PCR amplification and sequencing approach for the diagnosis of R-gene haplotypes in 54 Chinese elite rice varieties. A varied number of functional and nonfunctional haplotypes of 4 target major R-gene loci, i.e., Pi2/9, Pi5, Pik, and Pib, were deduced by referring to the reference sequences of known R genes. Functional haplotypes accounted for relatively low frequencies for the Pi2/9 (15%) and Pik (9%) loci but for relatively high frequencies for the Pi5 (50%) and Pib (54%) loci. Intriguingly, significant frequencies of 33%, 39%, 46% of non-functional haplotypes at the Pi2/9, Pik, and Pib loci, respectively, with traceable original donors were identified, suggesting that they were most likely unintentionally spread by using undesirable donors in various breeding programs. In the case of Pi5 locus, only a single haplotype, i.e., Pi5 was identified. The reactions of 54 rice varieties to the differential isolates were evaluated, which showed a good correlation to the frequency of cognate avirulence (Avr) genes or haplotypes in the differential isolates. Four R genes, i.e., Pi2, Piz-t, Pi50, and Pikm were found to contribute significantly to the resistance of the elite rice varieties. Other two genes, Pi9 and Pikh, which were not utilized in rice varieties, showed promising values in breeding durable resistance due to their high resistance frequencies to the contemporary rice blast population. The sequence-based molecular diagnosis provided a promising approach for the identification and verification of haplotypes in different R-gene loci and effective R genes valuable for breeding durable rice resistance to rice blast.
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- Gui Xiao
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, Hunan China
- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640 Guangdong China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640 Guangdong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, Hunan China
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Xiao W, Yang Q, Huang M, Guo T, Liu Y, Wang J, Yang G, Zhou J, Yang J, Zhu X, Chen Z, Wang H. Improvement of rice blast resistance by developing monogenic lines, two-gene pyramids and three-gene pyramid through MAS. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 12:78. [PMID: 31686256 PMCID: PMC6828908 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-019-0336-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae (M. oryzae) is one of the most destructive diseases in rice production. Development of resistant varieties through pyramiding of resistant (R) genes is considered as an effective strategy to cope with the disease. However, is it really essential to pyramid more R genes in a specific ecological regions? To answer this question, a set of rice improved lines were developed in this study. Afterwards, the blast disease resistance and agronomic traits of the recurrent parent (RP), donor parents (DPs) and improved lines were investigated. RESULTS We developed seven improved lines, comprising three monogenic lines, three two-gene pyramids and one three-gene pyramid, by introgression of R gene(s) into a common genetic background using marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB). Based on 302 SSR markers, the recurrent genome of the seven improved lines reached a range of 89.1 to 95.5%, with the average genome recovery of 92.9%. The pathogenicity assays inoculated with 32 different blast isolates under artificial conditions showed that the resistance spectrum of all the improved lines was significantly broadened. The assays further showed that the two-gene pyramids and the three-gene pyramid exhibited wider resistance spectrum than the monogenic lines. At natural nurseries, the three monogenic lines still showed high ratios of infected panicles, whereas the two-gene pyramids and the three-gene pyramid showed high level of panicle blast resistance. However, the two-gene pyramid R504 reached the similar resistance effect of the three-gene pyramid R507 considering resistance spectrum under artificial conditions and panicle blast resistance under field conditions. Generally, the improved lines showed comparable agronomic traits compared with the recurrent parent (RP), but the three-gene pyramid showed reduced grain yield per plant. CONCLUSIONS All the improved lines conferred wider resistance spectrum compared with the RP. Yet, the three monogenic lines did not work under field conditions of the two nurseries. Given the similar performances on the main agronomic traits as the RP, the two-gene pyramids have achieved the breeding goals of broad resistance spectrum and effective panicle blast resistance. Whereas, the three-gene pyramid harboring Pi2, Pi46 and Pita seems superfluous considering its reduced yield, although it also showed displayed high level of blast resistance. Thus, rational use of R genes rather than stacking more R genes is recommended to control the disease.
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- Wuming Xiao
- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China.
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangzhou, 510640, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China
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- Guangdong Agricultural Technology Extension Station, Guangzhou, 510520, People's Republic of China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangzhou, 510640, People's Republic of China
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- Plant Protection Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of High Technology for Plant Protection, Guangzhou, 510640, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, People's Republic of China.
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Wang H, Gao Y, Mao F, Xiong L, Mou T. Directional upgrading of brown planthopper resistance in an elite rice cultivar by precise introgression of two resistance genes using genomics-based breeding. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 288:110211. [PMID: 31521227 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
Brown planthopper (BPH) is a devastating pest that threatens the food security of rice-producing countries. At present, most cultivars planted in farmers' paddies lack effective BPH resistance, which constitutes a potential threat to rice yield. Moreover, developing BPH-resistant rice varieties using traditional breeding approaches is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and unpredictable. In this study, we successfully enhanced BPH resistance of the elite rice cultivar Wushansimiao by introgressing the resistance genes BPH14 and BPH15 through positive selection, negative selection, and whole genome background selection. Through backcrossing, the introgression fragments were reduced to 428.3 kb for BPH14 and 413.1 kb for BPH15. Except for these two fragments, the residual genetic background of the selected near-isogenic lines (NILs) was nearly identical to that of the recurrent parent, with a genetic background recovery rate of 99.78%. As a result, the selected NILs exhibited much stronger BPH resistance at the seedling and adult stages compared to the recurrent parent. Moreover, field tests showed that grain yield, major agronomic traits, and grain quality of the five selected NILs were statistically indistinguishable from those of the recurrent parent. Our results provide an effective approach for directionally upgrading the target traits and will inform and facilitate rice breeding.
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- Hongbo Wang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Yang D, Tang J, Yang D, Chen Y, Ali J, Mou T. Improving rice blast resistance of Feng39S through molecular marker-assisted backcrossing. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 12:70. [PMID: 31502096 PMCID: PMC6733936 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-019-0329-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rice blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is one of the most widespread biotic constraints that threaten rice production. Using major resistance genes for rice blast resistance improvement is considered to be an efficient and technically feasible approach to achieve optimal grain yield. RESULTS We report here the introgression of the broad-spectrum blast resistance gene Pi2 into the genetic background of an elite PTGMS line, Feng39S, for enhancing it and its derived hybrid blast resistance through marker-assisted backcrossing (MABC) coupled with genomics-based background selection. Two PTGMS lines, designated as DB16206-34 and DB16206-38, stacking homozygous Pi2 were selected, and their genetic background had recurrent parent genome recovery of 99.67% detected by the SNP array RICE6K. DB16206-34 and DB16206-38 had high resistance frequency, with an average of 94.7%, when infected with 57 blast isolates over 2 years, and the resistance frequency of their derived hybrids ranged from 68.2% to 95.5% under inoculation of 22 blast isolates. The evaluation of results under natural blast epidemic field conditions showed that the selected PTGMS lines and their derived hybrids were resistant against leaf and neck blast. The characterizations of the critical temperature point of fertility-sterility alternation of the selected PTGMS lines, yield, main agronomic traits, and rice quality of the selected PTGMS lines and their hybrids were identical to those of the recurrent parent and its hybrids. DB16206-34/9311 or DB16206-38/9311 can be used as a blast-resistant version to replace the popular hybrid Fengliangyou 4. Likewise, DB16206-34/FXH No.1 or DB16206-38/FXH No.1 can also be used as a blast-resistant version to replace another popular hybrid Fengliangyou Xiang 1. CONCLUSIONS Our evaluation is the first successful case to apply MABC with genomics-based background selection to improve the blast resistance of PTGMS lines for two-line hybrid rice breeding.
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- Dabing Yang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement and National Centre of Plant Gene Research (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Divya D, Madhavi KR, Dass MA, Maku RV, Mallikarjuna G, Sundaram RM, Laha GS, Padmakumari AP, Patel HK, Prasad MS, Sonti RV, Bentur JS. Expression Profile of Defense Genes in Rice Lines Pyramided with Resistance Genes Against Bacterial Blight, Fungal Blast and Insect Gall Midge. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 11:40. [PMID: 30006850 PMCID: PMC6045563 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-018-0231-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rice, a major food crop of the world, endures many major biotic stresses like bacterial blight (BB), fungal blast (BL) and the insect Asian rice gall midge (GM) that cause significant yield losses. Progress in tagging, mapping and cloning of several resistance (R) genes against aforesaid stresses has led to marker assisted multigene introgression into elite cultivars for multiple and durable resistance. However, no detailed study has been made on possible interactions among these genes when expressed simultaneously under combined stresses. RESULTS Our studies monitored expression profiles of 14 defense related genes in 11 rice breeding lines derived from an elite cultivar with different combination of R genes against BB, BL and GM under single and multiple challenge. Four of the genes found implicated earlier under combined GM and BB stress were confirmed to be induced (≥ 2 fold) in stem tissue following GM infestation; while one of these, cytochrome P450 family protein, was also induced in leaf in plants challenged by either BB or BL but not together. Three of the genes highlighted earlier in plants challenged by both BB and BL were also found induced in stem under GM challenge. Pi54 the target R gene against BL was also found induced when challenged by GM. Though expression of some genes was noted to be inhibited under combined pest challenge, such effects did not result in compromise in resistance against any of the target pests. CONCLUSION While R genes generally tended to respond to specific pest challenge, several of the downstream defense genes responded to multiple pest challenge either single, sequential or simultaneous, without any distinct antagonism in expression of resistance to the target pests in two of the pyramided lines RPNF05 and RPNF08.
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- CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007 India
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- CSIR- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007 India
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