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Li K, Hassan MA, Guo J, Zhao X, Gan Q, Lin C, Ten B, Zhou K, Li M, Shi Y, Ni D, Song F. Analysis of genome-wide association studies of low-temperature germination in Xian and Geng rice. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1404879. [PMID: 39166241 PMCID: PMC11333256 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1404879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 08/22/2024]
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Rice is the leading global staple crop. Low temperatures pose negative impacts on rice's optimal growth and development. Rice cultivars acclimating to low temperatures exhibited improved seedling emergence under direct-seeded sowing conditions, yet little is known about the genes that regulate germination at low temperatures (LTG). In this research investigation, we've performed whole genome sequencing for the 273 rice plant materials. Using the best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) values for each rice material, we identified 7 LTG-related traits and performed the efficient genetic analysis and genome-wide association study (GWAS). As a result of this, 95 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and 1001 candidate genes associated with LTG in rice were identified. Haplotype analysis and functional annotation of the candidate genes resulted in the identification of three promising candidate genes (LOC_Os08g30520 for regulating LTG4 and LTG5, LOC_Os10g02625 for regulating LTG6, LTg7 and LTG8, and LOC_Os12g31460 for regulating LTG7, LTg8 and LTG9) involving in the regulation of LTG in rice. This research provides a solid foundation for addressing the LTG issue in rice and will be valuable in future direct-seeded rice breeding programs.
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- Kang Li
- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, China
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Guo H, Guo Y, Zeng Y, Zou A, Khan NU, Gu Y, Li J, Sun X, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Peng Y, Li H, Wu Z, Yuan P, Li J, Li Z. QTL detection and candidate gene identification of qCTB1 for cold tolerance in the Yunnan plateau landrace rice. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2024; 44:50. [PMID: 39070774 PMCID: PMC11282035 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-024-01488-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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Cold stress is one of the main abiotic stresses that affects rice growth and production worldwide. Dissection of the genetic basis is important for genetic improvement of cold tolerance in rice. In this study, a new source of cold-tolerant accession from the Yunnan plateau, Lijiangxiaoheigu, was used as the donor parent and crossed with a cold-sensitive cultivar, Deyou17, to develop recombinant inbred lines (RILs) for quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis for cold tolerance at the early seedling and booting stages in rice. In total, three QTLs for cold tolerance at the early seedling stage on chromosomes 2 and 7, and four QTLs at the booting stage on chromosomes 1, 3, 5, and 7, were identified. Haplotype and linear regression analyses showed that QTL pyramiding based on the additive effect of these favorable loci has good potential for cold tolerance breeding. Effect assessment in the RIL and BC3F3 populations demonstrated that qCTB1 had a stable effect on cold tolerance at the booting stage in the genetic segregation populations. Under different cold stress conditions, qCTB1 was fine-mapped to a 341-kb interval between markers M3 and M4. Through the combination of parental sequence comparison, candidate gene-based association analysis, and tissue and cold-induced expression analyses, eight important candidate genes for qCTB1 were identified. This study will provide genetic resources for molecular breeding and gene cloning to improve cold tolerance in rice. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-024-01488-3.
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- Haifeng Guo
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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- Institute of Food Crop Research, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650205 China
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- Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650205 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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- Institute of Food Crop Research, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650205 China
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- Institute of Food Crop Research, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650205 China
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- Institute of Food Crop Research, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650205 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193 China
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An Z, Yang Z, Zhou Y, Huo S, Zhang S, Wu D, Shu X, Wang Y. OsJRL negatively regulates rice cold tolerance via interfering phenylalanine metabolism and flavonoid biosynthesis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2024. [PMID: 38884189 DOI: 10.1111/pce.15005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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The identification of new genes involved in regulating cold tolerance in rice is urgent because low temperatures repress plant growth and reduce yields. Cold tolerance is controlled by multiple loci and involves a complex regulatory network. Here, we show that rice jacalin-related lectin (OsJRL) modulates cold tolerance in rice. The loss of OsJRL gene functions increased phenylalanine metabolism and flavonoid biosynthesis under cold stress. The OsJRL knock-out (KO) lines had higher phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activity and greater flavonoid accumulation than the wild-type rice, Nipponbare (NIP), under cold stress. The leaves had lower levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and showed significantly enhanced cold tolerance compared to NIP. In contrast, the OsJRL overexpression (OE) lines had higher levels of ROS accumulation and showed lower cold tolerance than NIP. Additionally, the OsJRL KO lines accumulated more abscisic acid (ABA) and jasmonic acid (JA) under cold stress than NIP. The OsJRL OE lines showed increased sensitivity to ABA compared to NIP. We conclude that OsJRL negatively regulates the cold tolerance of rice via modulation of phenylalanine metabolism and flavonoid biosynthesis.
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- Zengxu An
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Lab of the Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Rural Development, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Lab of the Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute, Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Lab of the Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute, Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Lab of the Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute, Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Lab of the Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Lab of the Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute, Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Key Lab of the Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Hainan Institute, Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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- Institute of Rural Development, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Shahzad N, Nabi HG, Qiao L, Li W. The Molecular Mechanism of Cold-Stress Tolerance: Cold Responsive Genes and Their Mechanisms in Rice ( Oryza sativa L.). BIOLOGY 2024; 13:442. [PMID: 38927322 PMCID: PMC11200503 DOI: 10.3390/biology13060442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) production is highly susceptible to temperature fluctuations, which can significantly reduce plant growth and development at different developmental stages, resulting in a dramatic loss of grain yield. Over the past century, substantial efforts have been undertaken to investigate the physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms of cold stress tolerance in rice. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the recent developments and trends in this field. We summarized the previous advancements and methodologies used for identifying cold-responsive genes and the molecular mechanisms of cold tolerance in rice. Integration of new technologies has significantly improved studies in this era, facilitating the identification of essential genes, QTLs, and molecular modules in rice. These findings have accelerated the molecular breeding of cold-resistant rice varieties. In addition, functional genomics, including the investigation of natural variations in alleles and artificially developed mutants, is emerging as an exciting new approach to investigating cold tolerance. Looking ahead, it is imperative for scientists to evaluate the collective impacts of these novel genes to develop rice cultivars resilient to global climate change.
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- Nida Shahzad
- State Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China; (N.S.); (L.Q.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
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- State Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China; (N.S.); (L.Q.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Crop Stress Resistance and High-Efficiency Production, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China; (N.S.); (L.Q.)
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Li R, Song Y, Wang X, Zheng C, Liu B, Zhang H, Ke J, Wu X, Wu L, Yang R, Jiang M. OsNAC5 orchestrates OsABI5 to fine-tune cold tolerance in rice. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 66:660-682. [PMID: 37968901 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Due to its tropical origins, rice (Oryza sativa) is susceptible to cold stress, which poses severe threats to production. OsNAC5, a NAC-type transcription factor, participates in the cold stress response of rice, but the detailed mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that OsNAC5 positively regulates cold tolerance at germination and in seedlings by directly activating the expression of ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE 5 (OsABI5). Haplotype analysis indicated that single nucleotide polymorphisms in a NAC-binding site in the OsABI5 promoter are strongly associated with cold tolerance. OsNAC5 also enhanced OsABI5 stability, thus regulating the expression of cold-responsive (COR) genes, enabling fine-tuned control of OsABI5 action for rapid, precise plant responses to cold stress. DNA affinity purification sequencing coupled with transcriptome deep sequencing identified several OsABI5 target genes involved in COR expression, including DEHYDRATION-RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING FACTOR 1A (OsDREB1A), OsMYB20, and PEROXIDASE 70 (OsPRX70). In vivo and in vitro analyses suggested that OsABI5 positively regulates COR gene transcription, with marked COR upregulation in OsNAC5-overexpressing lines and downregulation in osnac5 and/or osabi5 knockout mutants. This study extends our understanding of cold tolerance regulation via OsNAC5 through the OsABI5-CORs transcription module, which may be used to ameliorate cold tolerance in rice via advanced breeding.
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- Ruiqing Li
- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- Hainan Institute, Yazhou Bay Sci-Tech City, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
- National Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Advanced Seed Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311225, China
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- Hainan Institute, Yazhou Bay Sci-Tech City, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
- National Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Advanced Seed Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311225, China
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- Hainan Institute, Yazhou Bay Sci-Tech City, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
- National Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Advanced Seed Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311225, China
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- Hainan Institute, Yazhou Bay Sci-Tech City, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
- National Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Advanced Seed Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311225, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Chinese National Center for Rice Improvement, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 311401, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Genetic Improvement of Grain and Oil Crops (Co-Construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Crop Breeding and Cultivation Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201106, China
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- Hainan Institute, Yazhou Bay Sci-Tech City, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572025, China
- National Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Advanced Seed Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 311225, China
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Jan S, Rustgi S, Barmukh R, Shikari AB, Leske B, Bekuma A, Sharma D, Ma W, Kumar U, Kumar U, Bohra A, Varshney RK, Mir RR. Advances and opportunities in unraveling cold-tolerance mechanisms in the world's primary staple food crops. THE PLANT GENOME 2024; 17:e20402. [PMID: 37957947 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Temperatures below or above optimal growth conditions are among the major stressors affecting productivity, end-use quality, and distribution of key staple crops including rice (Oryza sativa), wheat (Triticum aestivum), and maize (Zea mays L.). Among temperature stresses, cold stress induces cellular changes that cause oxidative stress and slowdown metabolism, limit growth, and ultimately reduce crop productivity. Perception of cold stress by plant cells leads to the activation of cold-responsive transcription factors and downstream genes, which ultimately impart cold tolerance. The response triggered in crops to cold stress includes gene expression/suppression, the accumulation of sugars upon chilling, and signaling molecules, among others. Much of the information on the effects of cold stress on perception, signal transduction, gene expression, and plant metabolism are available in the model plant Arabidopsis but somewhat lacking in major crops. Hence, a complete understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which staple crops respond to cold stress remain largely unknown. Here, we make an effort to elaborate on the molecular mechanisms employed in response to low-temperature stress. We summarize the effects of cold stress on the growth and development of these crops, the mechanism of cold perception, and the role of various sensors and transducers in cold signaling. We discuss the progress in cold tolerance research at the genome, transcriptome, proteome, and metabolome levels and highlight how these findings provide opportunities for designing cold-tolerant crops for the future.
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- Sofora Jan
- Division of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore Kashmir, India
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Florence, South Carolina, USA
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- Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
- Centre for Crop & Food Innovation, State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Division of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore Kashmir, India
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop & Food Innovation, State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agriculture University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Plant Science, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Borlaug Institute for South Asia (BISA), Ludhiana, Punjab, India
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- Centre for Crop & Food Innovation, State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Centre for Crop & Food Innovation, State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia
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- Division of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore Kashmir, India
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Yan W, Yuan S, Zu Y, Chang Z, Li Y, Chen Z, Xie G, Chen L, Lu C, Deng XW, Yang C, Xu C, Tang X. Ornithine δ-aminotransferase OsOAT is critical for male fertility and cold tolerance during rice plant development. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 114:1301-1318. [PMID: 36932862 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cold stress is a major factor limiting the production and geographical distribution of rice (Oryza sativa) varieties. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying cold tolerance remain to be elucidated. Here, we report that ornithine δ-aminotransferase (OsOAT) contributes to cold tolerance during the vegetative and reproductive development of rice. osoat mutant was identified as a temperature-sensitive male sterile mutant with deformed floral organs and seedlings sensitive to cold stress. Comparative transcriptome analysis showed that OsOAT mutation and cold treatment of the wild-type plant led to similar changes in the global gene expression profiles in anthers. OsOAT genes in indica rice Huanghuazhan (HHZ) and japonica rice Wuyungeng (WYG) are different in gene structure and response to cold. OsOAT is cold-inducible in WYG but cold-irresponsive in HHZ. Further studies showed that indica varieties carry both WYG-type and HHZ-type OsOAT, whereas japonica varieties mostly carry WYG-type OsOAT. Cultivars carrying HHZ-type OsOAT are mainly distributed in low-latitude regions, whereas varieties carrying WYG-type OsOAT are distributed in both low- and high-latitude regions. Moreover, indica varieties carrying WYG-type OsOAT generally have higher seed-setting rates than those carrying HHZ-type OsOAT under cold stress at reproductive stage, highlighting the favorable selection for WYG-type OsOAT during domestication and breeding to cope with low temperatures.
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- Wei Yan
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, 518107, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, 518107, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, 518107, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, 518107, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, 518107, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, 518107, China
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- Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, 518107, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, 518107, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Molecular Crop Design, Shenzhen, 518107, China
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Yang L, Lei L, Wang J, Zheng H, Xin W, Liu H, Zou D. qCTB7 positively regulates cold tolerance at booting stage in rice. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:135. [PMID: 37222778 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04388-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE LOC_Os07g07690 on qCTB7 is associated with cold tolerance at the booting stage in rice, and analysis of transgenic plants demonstrated that qCTB7 influenced cold tolerance by altering the morphology and cytoarchitecture of anthers and pollen. Cold tolerance at the booting stage (CTB) in rice can significantly affect yield in high-latitude regions. Although several CTB genes have been isolated, their ability to induce cold tolerance is insufficient to ensure adequate rice yields in cold regions at high latitudes. Here, we identified the PHD-finger domain-containing protein gene qCTB7 using QTL-seq and linkage analysis through systematic measurement of CTB differences and the spike fertility of the Longjing31 and Longdao3 cultivars, resulting in the derivation of 1570 F2 progeny under cold stress. We then characterized the function of qCTB7 in rice. It was found that overexpression of qCTB7 promoted CTB and the same yield as Longdao3 under normal growing conditions while the phenotype of qctb7 knockout showed anther and pollen failure under cold stress. When subjected to cold stress, the germination of qctb7 pollen on the stigma was reduced, resulting in lower spike fertility. These findings indicate that qCTB7 regulates the appearance, morphology, and cytoarchitecture of the anthers and pollen. Three SNPs in the promoter region and coding region of qCTB7 were identified as recognition signals for CTB in rice and could assist breeding efforts to improve cold tolerance for rice production in high latitudes.
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- Luomiao Yang
- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Enhancement, Physiology and Ecology of Food Crops in Cold Region, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Institute of Crop Cultivation and Cultivation, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, 150086, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Enhancement, Physiology and Ecology of Food Crops in Cold Region, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Enhancement, Physiology and Ecology of Food Crops in Cold Region, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Enhancement, Physiology and Ecology of Food Crops in Cold Region, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Enhancement, Physiology and Ecology of Food Crops in Cold Region, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Germplasm Enhancement, Physiology and Ecology of Food Crops in Cold Region, Ministry of Education, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China.
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Raj SRG, Nadarajah K. QTL and Candidate Genes: Techniques and Advancement in Abiotic Stress Resistance Breeding of Major Cereals. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 24:6. [PMID: 36613450 PMCID: PMC9820233 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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At least 75% of the world's grain production comes from the three most important cereal crops: rice (Oryza sativa), wheat (Triticum aestivum), and maize (Zea mays). However, abiotic stressors such as heavy metal toxicity, salinity, low temperatures, and drought are all significant hazards to the growth and development of these grains. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) discovery and mapping have enhanced agricultural production and output by enabling plant breeders to better comprehend abiotic stress tolerance processes in cereals. Molecular markers and stable QTL are important for molecular breeding and candidate gene discovery, which may be utilized in transgenic or molecular introgression. Researchers can now study synteny between rice, maize, and wheat to gain a better understanding of the relationships between the QTL or genes that are important for a particular stress adaptation and phenotypic improvement in these cereals from analyzing reports on QTL and candidate genes. An overview of constitutive QTL, adaptive QTL, and significant stable multi-environment and multi-trait QTL is provided in this article as a solid framework for use and knowledge in genetic enhancement. Several QTL, such as DRO1 and Saltol, and other significant success cases are discussed in this review. We have highlighted techniques and advancements for abiotic stress tolerance breeding programs in cereals, the challenges encountered in introgressing beneficial QTL using traditional breeding techniques such as mutation breeding and marker-assisted selection (MAS), and the in roads made by new breeding methods such as genome-wide association studies (GWASs), the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas9 system, and meta-QTL (MQTL) analysis. A combination of these conventional and modern breeding approaches can be used to apply the QTL and candidate gene information in genetic improvement of cereals against abiotic stresses.
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
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Mei E, Tang J, He M, Liu Z, Tian X, Bu Q. OsMKKK70 Negatively Regulates Cold Tolerance at Booting Stage in Rice. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232214472. [PMID: 36430953 PMCID: PMC9697274 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232214472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Cold stress at the booting stage leads to a lower seed setting rate and seriously threatens the production of rice (Oryza sativa L.), which has become a major yield-limiting factor in higher-altitude and -latitude regions. Because cold tolerance at the booting stage (CTB) is a complex trait and is controlled by multiple loci, only a few genes have been reported so far. In this study, a function of OsMKKK70 (Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 70) in response to CTB was characterized. OsMKKK70 expression was rapidly induced by cold stress at the booting stage. OsMKKK70 overexpression (OsMKKK70-OE) plants were more sensitive to cold stress at the booting stage with a lower seed setting and pollen fertility, but there was no significant difference between the osmkkk70 mutant and WT. Considering the effect of functional redundancy, we further tested the CTB response of osmkkk62/70 and osmkkk55/62/70, the double and triple mutants of OsMKKK70 with its closest homologs OsMKKK62 and OsMKKK55, and found that osmkkk62/70 and osmkkk55/62/70 displayed significantly increased CTB with a higher seed setting and pollen fertility, indicating that OsMKKK70 negatively regulates rice CTB. Moreover, under the low-temperature (LT) condition, the osmkkk62/70 mutant had slightly higher Gibberellin (GA) contents, increased expression of GA biosynthesis genes, and lower protein level of OsSLR1 in anthers than those in WT. By contrast, OsMKKK70-OE anther had a lower GA biosynthesis than that of WT. Together, these findings suggest that OsMKKK70 negatively regulates rice CTB by fine-tuning GA levels in anthers.
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- Enyang Mei
- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China
- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
- Correspondence: (X.T.); (Q.B.)
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
- The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- Correspondence: (X.T.); (Q.B.)
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Tang J, Tian X, Mei E, He M, Gao J, Yu J, Xu M, Liu J, Song L, Li X, Wang Z, Guan Q, Zhao Z, Wang C, Bu Q. WRKY53 negatively regulates rice cold tolerance at the booting stage by fine-tuning anther gibberellin levels. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:4495-4515. [PMID: 35972376 PMCID: PMC9614489 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Cold tolerance at the booting (CTB) stage is a major factor limiting rice (Oryza sativa L.) productivity and geographical distribution. A few cold-tolerance genes have been identified, but they either need to be overexpressed to result in CTB or cause yield penalties, limiting their utility for breeding. Here, we characterize the function of the cold-induced transcription factor WRKY53 in rice. The wrky53 mutant displays increased CTB, as determined by higher seed setting. Low temperature is associated with lower gibberellin (GA) contents in anthers in the wild type but not in the wrky53 mutant, which accumulates slightly more GA in its anthers. WRKY53 directly binds to the promoters of GA biosynthesis genes and transcriptionally represses them in anthers. In addition, we uncover a possible mechanism by which GA regulates male fertility: SLENDER RICE1 (SLR1) interacts with and sequesters two critical transcription factors for tapetum development, UNDEVELOPED TAPETUM1 (UDT1), and TAPETUM DEGENERATION RETARDATION (TDR), and GA alleviates the sequestration by SLR1, thus allowing UDT1 and TDR to activate transcription. Finally, knocking out WRKY53 in diverse varieties increases cold tolerance without a yield penalty, leading to a higher yield in rice subjected to cold stress. Together, these findings provide a target for improving CTB in rice.
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- Jiaqi Tang
- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China
- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
- College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Vegetation Ecology Restoration (Northeast Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Harbin 150040, China
- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
- The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Liu Z, Dong X, Cao X, Xu C, Wei J, Zhen G, Wang J, Li H, Fang X, Wang Y, Yan H, Mi C, Zhao C, Mi W. QTL mapping for cold tolerance and higher overwintering survival rate in winter rapeseed (Brassica napus). JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 275:153735. [PMID: 35687944 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2022.153735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The cold tolerance of winter rapeseed (Brassica napus) cultivars is critically important for winter survival and yield formation in northern China. Few studies have examined the genetic mechanism underlying the overwintering survival of B. napus. Here, an F2 population including 174 lines and an F2:3 population including 174 lines were generated to identify the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) related to the cold tolerance of B. napus. A genetic linkage map including 1,017 markers merged into 268 bins covering 793.53 cM was constructed. A total of 16 QTLs for two cold-tolerance indicators related to overwintering success were detected among the two populations. These QTLs were responsible for explaining 0.97%-12.74% of the phenotypic variation. Two major QTLs, qOWRTA07 and qOWRLA07, explaining more than 10% of the phenotypic variation were identified in overlapping regions, and we suspected that these two QTLs might represent the same QTL mapped between the two bins, c07b004 and c07b005, corresponding to the physical interval from 21.4 M to 23.4 M on chromosome A07. One gene, BnaA07G0198300ZS, contained the candidate region for overwintering rate (OWR). RT-qPCR analysis showed that the expression of this gene significantly differed between the two parents (NST57 and CY12), and its expression was higher in NST57 than in CY12. This gene may be involved in the cold-response during overwintering period of B. napus. These results are important for the molecular breeding to improve the cold tolerance and overwintering success of winter oilseed rape.
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- Zigang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- Agricultural Research Institute, Tibet Academy of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- Agricultural Research Institute, Tibet Academy of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of AridLand Crop Sciences, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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Lou Q, Guo H, Li J, Han S, Khan NU, Gu Y, Zhao W, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Li Z, Li J. Cold-adaptive evolution at the reproductive stage in Geng/japonica subspecies reveals the role of OsMAPK3 and OsLEA9. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 111:1032-1051. [PMID: 35706359 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Cold stress at the reproductive stage severely affects the production and geographic distribution of rice. The Geng/japonica subpopulation gradually developed stronger cold adaptation than the Xian/indica subpopulation during the long-term domestication of cultivated rice. However, the evolutionary path and natural alleles underlying the cold adaptability of intra-Geng subspecies remain largely unknown. Here, we identified MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3 (OsMAPK3) and LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN 9 (OsLEA9) as two important regulators for the cold adaptation of Geng subspecies from a combination of transcriptome analysis and genome-wide association study. Transgenic validation showed that OsMAPK3 and OsLEA9 confer cold tolerance at the reproductive stage. Selection and evolution analysis suggested that the Geng version of OsMAPK3 (OsMAPK3Geng ) directly evolved from Chinese Oryza rufipogon III and was largely retained in high-latitude and high-altitude regions with low temperatures during domestication. Later, the functional nucleotide polymorphism (FNP-776) in the Kunmingxiaobaigu and Lijiangxiaoheigu version of the OsLEA9 (OsLEA9KL ) promoter originated from novel variation of intra-Geng was selected and predominantly retained in temperate Geng to improve the adaptation of Geng together with OsMAPK3Geng to colder climatic conditions in high-latitude areas. Breeding potential analysis suggested that pyramiding of OsMAPK3Geng and OsLEA9KL enhanced the cold tolerance of Geng and promotes the expansion of cultivated rice to colder regions. This study not only highlights the evolutionary path taken by the cold-adaptive differentiation of intra-Geng, but also provides new genetic resources for rice molecular breeding in low-temperature areas.
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- Qijin Lou
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Baytar AA, Peynircioğlu C, Sezener V, Frary A, Doğanlar S. Association analysis of germination level cold stress tolerance and candidate gene identification in Upland cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.). PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 28:1049-1060. [PMID: 35722519 PMCID: PMC9203649 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-022-01184-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Cotton originated from ancestors in the Gossypium genus that grew in semi-desert habitats. As a result, it is adversely affected by low temperatures especially during germination and the first weeks of growth. Despite this, there are relatively few molecular studies on cold stress in cotton. This limitation may present a future breeding handicap, as recent years have witnessed increased low temperature damage to cotton production. Cold tolerance is a sustainable approach to obtain good production in case of extreme cold. In the present study, 110 Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) genotypes were evaluated for cold tolerance at the germination stage. We identified vigorous genotypes with cold-related parameters that outperformed the panel's average performance ( x ¯ = 76.9% CG, 83.9% CSI, 167.5 CWVI). Molecular genetic diversity analysis with 101 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers yielding 416 loci was used to select tolerant genotypes that could be important materials for breeding this trait. A total of 16 marker-cold tolerance trait associations (p < 0.005) were identified with 10 of them having major effects (PVE > 10%). Based on the positions of these markers, candidate genes for cold tolerance in the G. hirsutum genome were identified. Three of these markers (BNL0569, CIR081 and CIR202) are important candidates for use in marker-assisted breeding for cold tolerance because they mapped to genes previously associated with cold tolerance in other plant species such as Arabidopsis thaliana, rice and tomato. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-022-01184-6.
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- Asena Akkose Baytar
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey
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- Özaltın Agricultural Enterprises Industry and Commerce Inc., Aydın, Turkey
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- Nazilli Cotton Research Institute, Nazilli, Aydın Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey
- Plant Science and Technology Applied Research Center, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey
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Vinarao R, Proud C, Snell P, Fukai S, Mitchell J. Genomic Regions and Floral Traits Contributing to Low Temperature Tolerance at Young Microspore Stage in a Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) Recombinant Inbred Line Population of Sherpa/IRAT109. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:873677. [PMID: 35574104 PMCID: PMC9100824 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.873677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Aerobic rice production (AP) consumes less water compared to flooded systems. Developing genotypes and identifying genomic regions associated with low temperature (LT) tolerance at the young microspore stage (YMS) is imperative for AP, particularly for temperate regions. Using a recombinant inbred line population derived from the Australian LT tolerant variety Sherpa, experiments were conducted to map and dissect quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with spikelet sterility (SS) after exposure to LT and to investigate floral traits contributing to the development of lower SS. Significant genotypic variation for SS was observed in the population after exposure to LT at YMS. Three genomic regions associated with SS, qYMCT3, qYMCT4, and qYMCT8.1 were identified in chromosomes 3, 4, and 8 respectively, using multiple QTL models explaining 22.4% of the genotypic variation. Introgression of the favorable allele from qYMCT3 was estimated to reduce SS by up to 15.4%. A co-locating genomic region with qYMCT3, qDTHW3.1 was identified as the major QTL affecting days to heading and explained as much as 44.7% of the genotypic variation. Whole-genome sequence and bioinformatic analyses demonstrated OsMADS50 as the candidate gene for qYMCT3/qDTHW3.1 and to our knowledge, this was the first attempt in connecting the role of OsMADS50 in both LT and flowering in rice. Differential sets selected for extreme SS showed LT tolerant genotype group produced higher total pollen per spikelet resulting in a higher number of dehisced anthers and pollen on stigma and eventually, lower SS than THE sensitive group. The relationship between these key floral traits with SS was induced only after exposure to LT and was not observed in warm ideal temperature conditions. Identification of elite germplasm with favorable QTL allele and combinations, gene cloning, and pyramiding with additional high-value QTL for key traits should empower breeders to develop AP adapted genotypes for temperate growing regions, and ultimately produce climate-resilient rice.
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- Ricky Vinarao
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Primary Industries, Yanco Agricultural Institute, Yanco, NSW, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Li J, Zhang Z, Chong K, Xu Y. Chilling tolerance in rice: Past and present. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 268:153576. [PMID: 34875419 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Rice is generally sensitive to chilling stress, which seriously affects growth and yield. Since early in the last century, considerable efforts have been made to understand the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying the response to chilling stress and improve rice chilling tolerance. Here, we review the research trends and advances in this field. The phenotypic and biochemical changes caused by cold stress and the physiological explanations are briefly summarized. Using published data from the past 20 years, we reviewed the past progress and important techniques in the identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL), novel genes, and cellular pathways involved in rice chilling tolerance. The advent of novel technologies has significantly advanced studies of cold tolerance, and the characterization of QTLs, key genes, and molecular modules have sped up molecular design breeding for cold tolerance in rice varieties. In addition to gene function studies based on overexpression or artificially generated mutants, elucidating natural allelic variation in specific backgrounds is emerging as a novel approach for the study of cold tolerance in rice, and the superior alleles identified using this approach can directly facilitate breeding.
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- Junhua Li
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100093, China.
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Li C, Liu J, Bian J, Jin T, Zou B, Liu S, Zhang X, Wang P, Tan J, Wu G, Chen Q, Wang Y, Zhong Q, Huang S, Yang M, Huang T, He H, Bian J. Identification of cold tolerance QTLs at the bud burst stage in 211 rice landraces by GWAS. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:542. [PMID: 34800993 PMCID: PMC8605578 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-03317-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rice is a crop that is very sensitive to low temperature, and its morphological development and production are greatly affected by low temperature. Therefore, understanding the genetic basis of cold tolerance in rice is of great significance for mining favorable genes and cultivating excellent rice varieties. However, there have been limited studies focusing on cold tolerance at the bud burst stage; therefore, considerable attention should be given to the genetic basis of cold tolerance at this stage. RESULTS In this study, a natural population consisting of 211 rice landraces collected from 15 provinces in China and other countries was used for the first time to evaluate cold tolerance at the bud burst stage. Population structure analysis showed that this population was divided into two groups and was rich in genetic diversity. Our evaluation results confirmed that japonica rice was more tolerant to cold at the bud burst stage than indica rice. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed with the phenotypic data of 211 rice landraces and a 36,727 SNP dataset under a mixed linear model. Twelve QTLs (P < 0.0001) were identified for the seedling survival rate (SR) after treatment at 4 °C, in which there were five QTLs (qSR2-2, qSR3-1, qSR3-2, qSR3-3 and qSR9) that were colocalized with those from previous studies and seven QTLs (qSR2-1, qSR3-4, qSR3-5, qSR3-6, qSR3-7, qSR4 and qSR7) that were reported for the first time. Among these QTLs, qSR9, harboring the most significant SNP, explained the most phenotypic variation. Through bioinformatics analysis, five genes (LOC_Os09g12440, LOC_Os09g12470, LOC_Os09g12520, LOC_Os09g12580 and LOC_Os09g12720) were identified as candidates for qSR9. CONCLUSION This natural population consisting of 211 rice landraces combined with high-density SNPs will serve as a better choice for identifying rice QTLs/genes in the future, and the detected QTLs associated with cold tolerance at the bud burst stage in rice will be conducive to further mining favorable genes and breeding rice varieties under cold stress.
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- Caijing Li
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Agricultural Genomics Institute in Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, 518000 Guangdong Province China
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- Peking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Weifang, 261325 Shandong Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology and Genetic Breeding, Nanchang, 330045 Jiangxi Province China
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Yamamori K, Ogasawara K, Ishiguro S, Koide Y, Takamure I, Fujino K, Sato Y, Kishima Y. Revision of the relationship between anther morphology and pollen sterility by cold stress at the booting stage in rice. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2021; 128:559-575. [PMID: 34232290 PMCID: PMC8422894 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcab091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cold stress in rice (Oryza sativa) plants at the reproductive stage prevents normal anther development and causes pollen sterility. Tapetum hypertrophy in anthers has been associated with pollen sterility in response to cold at the booting stage. Here, we re-examined whether the relationships between anther abnormality and pollen sterility caused by cold stress at the booting stage in rice can be explained by a monovalent factor such as tapetum hypertrophy. METHODS After exposing plants to a 4-d cold treatment at the booting stage, we collected and processed anthers for transverse sectioning immediately and at the flowering stage. We anatomically evaluated the effect of cold treatment on anther internal morphologies, pollen fertilities and pollen numbers in the 13 cultivars with various cold sensitivities. KEY RESULTS We observed four types of morphological anther abnormalities at each stage. Pollen sterility was positively correlated with the frequency of undeveloped locules, but not with tapetum hypertrophy as commonly believed. In cold-sensitive cultivars grown at low temperatures, pollen sterility was more frequent than anther morphological abnormalities, and some lines showed remarkably high pollen sterility without any anther morphological alterations. Most morphological anomalies occurred only in specific areas within large and small locules. Anther length tended to shorten in response to cold treatment and was positively correlated with pollen number. One cultivar showed a considerably reduced pollen number, but fertile pollen grains under cold stress. We propose three possible relationships to explain anther structure and pollen sterility and reduction due to cold stress. CONCLUSIONS The pollen sterility caused by cold stress at the booting stage was correlated with the frequency of entire locule-related abnormalities, which might represent a phenotypic consequence, but not a direct cause of pollen abortion. Multivalent factors might underlie the complicated relationships between anther abnormality and pollen sterility in rice.
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- Koichi Yamamori
- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- For correspondence. E-mail
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Jeong BY, Lee Y, Kwon Y, Kim JH, Ham TH, Kwon SW, Lee J. Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals the Genetic Basis of Chilling Tolerance in Rice at the Reproductive Stage. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10081722. [PMID: 34451767 PMCID: PMC8398597 DOI: 10.3390/plants10081722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was used to investigate the genetic basis of chilling tolerance in a collection of 117 rice accessions, including 26 Korean landraces and 29 weedy rices, at the reproductive stage. To assess chilling tolerance at the early young microspore stage, plants were treated at 12 °C for 5 days, and tolerance was evaluated using seed set fertility. GWAS, together with principal component analysis and kinship matrix analysis, revealed five quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with chilling tolerance on chromosomes 3, 6, and 7. The percentage of phenotypic variation explained by the QTLs was 11-19%. The genomic region underlying the QTL on chromosome 3 overlapped with a previously reported QTL associated with spikelet fertility. Subsequent bioinformatic and haplotype analyses suggested three candidate chilling-tolerance genes within the QTL linkage disequilibrium block: Os03g0305700, encoding a protein similar to peptide chain release factor 2; Os06g0495700, encoding a beta tubulin, autoregulation binding-site-domain-containing protein; and Os07g0137800, encoding a protein kinase, core-domain-containing protein. Further analysis of the detected QTLs and the candidate chilling-tolerance genes will facilitate strategies for developing chilling-tolerant rice cultivars in breeding programs.
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- Byeong Yong Jeong
- Department of Crop Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea; (B.Y.J.); (Y.L.); (Y.K.); (J.H.K.); (T.-H.H.)
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- Department of Crop Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea; (B.Y.J.); (Y.L.); (Y.K.); (J.H.K.); (T.-H.H.)
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- Department of Crop Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea; (B.Y.J.); (Y.L.); (Y.K.); (J.H.K.); (T.-H.H.)
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- Department of Crop Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea; (B.Y.J.); (Y.L.); (Y.K.); (J.H.K.); (T.-H.H.)
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- Department of Crop Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea; (B.Y.J.); (Y.L.); (Y.K.); (J.H.K.); (T.-H.H.)
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Miryang 50463, Korea;
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- Department of Crop Science, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea; (B.Y.J.); (Y.L.); (Y.K.); (J.H.K.); (T.-H.H.)
- Correspondence:
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Potential of rice landraces with strong culms as genetic resources for improving lodging resistance against super typhoons. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15780. [PMID: 34349177 PMCID: PMC8339031 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95268-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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It is generally believed that rice landraces with long culms are susceptible to lodging, and have not been utilized for breeding to improve lodging resistance. However, little is known about the structural culm strength of landraces and their beneficial genetic loci. Therefore, in this study, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were performed using a rice population panel including Japanese rice landraces to identify beneficial loci associated with strong culms. As a result, the landraces were found to have higher structural culm strength and greater diversity than the breeding varieties. Genetic loci associated with strong culms were identified, and it was demonstrated that haplotypes with positive effects of those loci were present in a high proportion of these landraces. These results indicated that the utilization of the strong culm-associated loci present in Japanese rice landraces may further improve the lodging resistance of modern breeding varieties that have relied on semi-dwarfism.
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Zhang H, Wu T, Li Z, Huang K, Kim NE, Ma Z, Kwon SW, Jiang W, Du X. OsGATA16, a GATA Transcription Factor, Confers Cold Tolerance by Repressing OsWRKY45-1 at the Seedling Stage in Rice. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 14:42. [PMID: 33982131 PMCID: PMC8116401 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-021-00485-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cold stress is the main abiotic stress in rice, which seriously affects the growth and yield of rice. Identification of cold tolerance genes is of great significance for rice to solve these problems. GATA-family transcription factors involve diverse biological functions, however, their role in cold tolerance in rice remains unclear. RESULTS In this study, a GATA-type zinc finger transcription factor OsGATA16, which can improve cold tolerance, was isolated and characterized from rice. OsGATA16 belongs to OsGATA subfamily-II and contains 11 putative phosphorylation sites, a nuclear localization signal (NLS), and other several conserved domains. OsGATA16 was expressed in all plant tissues, with the strongest in panicles. It was induced by cold and ABA treatments, but was repressed by drought, cytokinin and JA, and acted as a transcriptional suppressor in the nucleus. Overexpression of OsGATA16 improves cold tolerance of rice at seedling stage. Under cold stress treatments, the transcription of four cold-related genes OsWRKY45-1, OsSRFP1, OsCYL4, and OsMYB30 was repressed in OsGATA16-overexpressing (OE) rice compared with wild-type (WT). Interestingly, OsGATA16 bound to the promoter of OsWRKY45-1 and repressed its expression. In addition, haplotype analysis showed that OsGATA16 polarized between the two major rice subspecies japonica and indica, and had a non-synonymous SNP8 (336G) associated with cold tolerance. CONCLUSION OsGATA16 is a GATA transcription factor, which improves cold tolerance at seedling stage in rice. It acts as a positive regulator of cold tolerance by repressing some cold-related genes such as OsWRKY45-1, OsSRFP1, OsCYL4 and OsMYB30. Additionally, OsGATA16 has a non-synonymous SNP8 (336G) associated with cold tolerance on CDS region. This study provides a theoretical basis for elucidating the mechanism of cold tolerance in rice and new germplasm resources for rice breeding.
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- Hongjia Zhang
- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, No. 5333 Xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China
- Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Milyang, 50463, Republic of Korea
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, No. 5333 Xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, No. 5333 Xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, No. 5333 Xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Milyang, 50463, Republic of Korea
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, No. 5333 Xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Pusan National University, Milyang, 50463, Republic of Korea
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, No. 5333 Xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China.
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, No. 5333 Xi'an Road, Changchun, 130062, China.
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Shen C, Chen K, Cui Y, Chen J, Mi X, Zhu S, Zhu Y, Ali J, Ye G, Li Z, Xu J. QTL Mapping and Favorable Allele Mining of Nitrogen Deficiency Tolerance Using an Interconnected Breeding Population in Rice. Front Genet 2021; 12:616428. [PMID: 33889173 PMCID: PMC8056011 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.616428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients for rice growth and development. Breeding of nitrogen deficiency tolerance (NDT) variety is considered to be the most economic measure to solve the constrain of low nitrogen stress on grain yield in rice. An interconnected breeding (IB) population of 497 lines developed using Huanghuazhan (HHZ) as the recurrent parent and eight elite lines as the donor parents were tested for five traits including grain yield, biomass, harvest index, thousand grain weight, and spikelet fertility under two nitrogen treatments in three growing seasons. Association analysis using 7,388 bins generated by sequencing identified a total of 14, 14, and 12 QTLs for the five traits under low nitrogen (LN), normal nitrogen (NN), and LN/NN conditions, respectively, across three seasons. Favorable alleles were dissected for the 40 QTLs at the 10 NDT regions, and OM1723 was considered as the most important parent with the highest frequency of favorable alleles contributing to NDT-related traits. Six superior lines all showed significantly higher GY in LN environments and similar GY under NN environments except for H10. Substitution mapping using near-isogenic introgression lines delimited the qTGW2-1, which was identified on chromosome 2 under LN, NN, and LN/NN conditions into two QTLs, which were located in the two regions of about 200 and 350 kb with different favorable alleles. The bins 16, 1301, 1465, 1486, 3464, and 6249 harbored the QTLs for NDT detected in this study, and the QTLs/genes previously identified for NDT or nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) could be used for enhancing NDT and NUE by marker-assisted selection (MAS).
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- Congcong Shen
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China.,Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.,Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Yang L, Lei L, Li P, Wang J, Wang C, Yang F, Chen J, Liu H, Zheng H, Xin W, Zou D. Identification of Candidate Genes Conferring Cold Tolerance to Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) at the Bud-Bursting Stage Using Bulk Segregant Analysis Sequencing and Linkage Mapping. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:647239. [PMID: 33790929 PMCID: PMC8006307 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.647239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Low-temperature tolerance during the bud-bursting stage is an important characteristic of direct-seeded rice. The identification of cold-tolerance quantitative trait loci (QTL) in species that can stably tolerate cold environments is crucial for the molecular breeding of rice with such traits. In our study, high-throughput QTL-sequencing analyses were performed in a 460-individual F2 : 3 mapping population to identify the major QTL genomic regions governing cold tolerance at the bud-bursting (CTBB) stage in rice. A novel major QTL, qCTBB9, which controls seed survival rate (SR) under low-temperature conditions of 5°C/9 days, was mapped on the 5.40-Mb interval on chromosome 9. Twenty-six non-synonymous single-nucleotide polymorphism (nSNP) markers were designed for the qCTBB9 region based on re-sequencing data and local QTL mapping conducted using traditional linkage analysis. We mapped qCTBB9 to a 483.87-kb region containing 58 annotated genes, among which six predicted genes contained nine nSNP loci. Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed that only Os09g0444200 was strongly induced by cold stress. Haplotype analysis further confirmed that the SNP 1,654,225 bp in the Os09g0444200 coding region plays a key role in regulating the cold tolerance of rice. These results suggest that Os09g0444200 is a potential candidate for qCTBB9. Our results are of great significance to explore the genetic mechanism of rice CTBB and to improve the cold tolerance of rice varieties by marker-assisted selection.
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Yang J, Yang M, Su L, Zhou D, Huang C, Wang H, Guo T, Chen Z. Genome-wide association study reveals novel genetic loci contributing to cold tolerance at the germination stage in indica rice. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 301:110669. [PMID: 33218635 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Low temperature at the germination stage is one of the major abiotic stresses limiting rice (Oryza sativa L.) production, especially in regions where rice seeds are sown directly. However, few relevant genetic loci and genes have been identified. In this study, we report the phenotypic analysis of low temperature germination (LTG) in 200 indica rice varieties and a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of LTG in this collection using 161,657 high-quality SNPs, which were identified via genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) of all the rice varieties. A total of 159 genetic loci were detected, and they were evenly distributed on all 12 chromosomes. Among them, 51 loci were detected more than twice; in particular, 23 loci were detected repeatedly in both the wet and dry seasons, and 569 genes were predicted in the 200-kb genomic region harbouring these 23 loci. Furthermore, 14,742 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified using RNA sequencing. By integrating GWAS and RNA sequencing, 179 candidate DEGs were obtained. Sequence variation in the region of loci 95 was analyzed using 20 varieties with extreme phenotype. The polymorphisms of three DEGs (Os07g0585500, Os07g0585700, Os07g0585900) were associated with their phenotypes. Haplotype analysis of the three genes demonstrated that almost all the varieties with the same haplotype as japonica Nipponbare on the three DEGs showed high LTG ability. These findings provide valuable information for understanding the genetic control of LTG and performing molecular breeding with marker-assisted selection in indica rice.
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- Jing Yang
- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China.
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Guo H, Zeng Y, Li J, Ma X, Zhang Z, Lou Q, Li J, Gu Y, Zhang H, Li J, Li Z. Differentiation, evolution and utilization of natural alleles for cold adaptability at the reproductive stage in rice. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2020; 18:2491-2503. [PMID: 32490579 PMCID: PMC7680545 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Genetic studies on cold tolerance at the reproductive stage in rice could lead to significant reductions in yield losses. However, knowledge about the genetic basis and adaptive differentiation, as well as the evolution and utilization of the underlying natural alleles, remains limited. Here, 580 rice accessions in two association panels were used to perform genome-wide association study, and 156 loci associated with cold tolerance at the reproductive stage were identified. Os01g0923600 and Os01g0923800 were identified as promising candidate genes in qCTB1t, a major associated locus. Through population genetic analyses, 22 and 29 divergent regions controlling cold adaptive differentiation inter-subspecies (Xian/Indica and Geng/Japonica) and intra-Geng, respectively, were identified. Joint analyses of four cloned cold-tolerance genes showed that they had different origins and utilizations under various climatic conditions. bZIP73 and OsAPX1 differentiating inter-subspecies evolved directly from wild rice, whereas the novel mutations CTB4a and Ctb1 arose in Geng during adaptation to colder climates. The cold-tolerant Geng accessions have undergone stronger selection under colder climate conditions than other accessions during the domestication and breeding processes. Additive effects of dominant allelic variants of four identified genes have been important in adaptation to cold in modern rice varieties. Therefore, this study provides valuable information for further gene discovery and pyramiding breeding to improve cold tolerance at the reproductive stage in rice.
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- Haifeng Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Agronomy and BiotechnologyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Resources InstituteYunnan Academy of Agricultural SciencesKunmingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Agronomy and BiotechnologyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyInstitute of BotanyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Agronomy and BiotechnologyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Agronomy and BiotechnologyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Agronomy and BiotechnologyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Agronomy and BiotechnologyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Agronomy and BiotechnologyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Agronomy and BiotechnologyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Agronomy and BiotechnologyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Agronomy and BiotechnologyChina Agricultural UniversityBeijingChina
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Guo Z, Cai L, Chen Z, Wang R, Zhang L, Guan S, Zhang S, Ma W, Liu C, Pan G. Identification of candidate genes controlling chilling tolerance of rice in the cold region at the booting stage by BSA-Seq and RNA-Seq. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2020; 7:201081. [PMID: 33391797 PMCID: PMC7735347 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Rice is sensitive to low temperatures, specifically at the booting stage. Chilling tolerance of rice is a quantitative trait loci that is governed by multiple genes, and thus, its precise identification through the conventional methods is an arduous task. In this study, we investigated the candidate genes related to chilling tolerance at the booting stage of rice. The F2 population was derived from Longjing25 (chilling-tolerant) and Longjing11 (chilling-sensitive) cross. Two bulked segregant analysis pools were constructed. A 0.82 Mb region containing 98 annotated genes on chromosomes 6 and 9 was recognized as the candidate region associated with chilling tolerance of rice at the booting stage. Transcriptomic analysis of Longjing25 and Longjing11 revealed 50 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) on the candidate intervals. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis of DEGs was performed. Nine pathways were found to be enriched, which contained 10 DEGs. A total of four genes had different expression patterns or levels between Longjing25 and Longjing11. Four out of the 10 DEGs were considered as potential candidate genes for chilling tolerance. This study will assist in the cloning of the candidate genes responsible for chilling tolerance and molecular breeding of rice for the development of chilling-tolerant rice varieties.
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- Zhenhua Guo
- Rice Research Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiamusi 154026, People's Republic of China
- National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, People's Republic of China
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- Jiamusi Branch of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiamusi 154007, 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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- Rice Research Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiamusi 154026, People's Republic of China
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- Rice Research Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiamusi 154026, People's Republic of China
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- Rice Research Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiamusi 154026, People's Republic of China
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- Rice Research Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiamusi 154026, People's Republic of China
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- Rice Research Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiamusi 154026, People's Republic of China
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- Rice Research Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiamusi 154026, People's Republic of China
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- Rice Research Institute of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jiamusi 154026, People's Republic of China
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Pan Y, Liang H, Gao L, Dai G, Chen W, Yang X, Qing D, Gao J, Wu H, Huang J, Zhou W, Huang C, Liang Y, Deng G. Transcriptomic profiling of germinating seeds under cold stress and characterization of the cold-tolerant gene LTG5 in rice. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 20:371. [PMID: 32762649 PMCID: PMC7409433 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02569-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Low temperature is a limiting factor of rice productivity and geographical distribution. Wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) is an important germplasm resource for rice improvement. It has superior tolerance to many abiotic stresses, including cold stress, but little is known about the mechanism underlying its resistance to cold. RESULTS This study elucidated the molecular genetic mechanisms of wild rice in tolerating low temperature. Comprehensive transcriptome profiles of two rice genotypes (cold-sensitive ce 253 and cold-tolerant Y12-4) at the germinating stage under cold stress were comparatively analyzed. A total of 42.44-68.71 million readings were obtained, resulting in the alignment of 29,128 and 30,131 genes in genotypes 253 and Y12-4, respectively. Many common and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were analyzed in the cold-sensitive and cold-tolerant genotypes. Results showed more upregulated DEGs in the cold-tolerant genotype than in the cold-sensitive genotype at four stages under cold stress. Gene ontology enrichment analyses based on cellular process, metabolic process, response stimulus, membrane part, and catalytic activity indicated more upregulated genes than downregulated ones in the cold-tolerant genotype than in the cold-sensitive genotype. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was performed on seven randomly selected DEGs to confirm the RNA Sequencing (RNA-seq) data. These genes showed similar expression patterns corresponding with the RNA-Seq method. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) revealed Y12-4 showed more positive genes than 253 under cold stress. We also explored the cold tolerance gene LTG5 (Low Temperature Growth 5) encoding a UDP-glucosyltransferase. The overexpression of the LTG5 gene conferred cold tolerance to indica rice. CONCLUSION Gene resources related to cold stress from wild rice can be valuable for improving the cold tolerance of crops.
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- Yinghua Pan
- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Nanning, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Nanning, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Nanning, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Nanning, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Nanning, China
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- Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Nanning, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Nanning, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Nanning, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rice Genetics and Breeding, Nanning, China
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Shi Y, Phan H, Liu Y, Cao S, Zhang Z, Chu C, Schläppi MR. Glycosyltransferase OsUGT90A1 helps protect the plasma membrane during chilling stress in rice. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:2723-2739. [PMID: 31974553 PMCID: PMC7210772 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Due to its subtropical origins, rice (Oryza sativa) is sensitive to low-temperature stress. In this study, we identify LOC_Os04g24110, annotated to encode the UDP-glycosyltransferase enzyme UGT90A1, as a gene associated with the low-temperature seedling survivability (LTSS) quantitative trait locus qLTSS4-1. Differences between haplotypes in the control region of OsUGT90A1 correlate with chilling tolerance phenotypes, and reflect differential expression between tolerant and sensitive accessions rather than differences in protein sequences. Expression of OsUGT90A1 is initially enhanced by low temperature, and its overexpression helps to maintain membrane integrity during cold stress and promotes leaf growth during stress recovery, which are correlated with reduced levels of reactive oxygen species due to increased activities of antioxidant enzymes. In addition, overexpression of OsUGT90A1 in Arabidopsis improves freezing survival and tolerance to salt stress, again correlated with enhanced activities of antioxidant enzymes. Overexpression of OsUGT90A1 in rice decreases root lengths in 3-week-old seedlings while gene-knockout increases the length, indicating that its differential expression may affect phytohormone activities. We conclude that higher OsUGT90A1 expression in chilling-tolerant accessions helps to maintain cell membrane integrity as an abiotic stress-tolerance mechanism that prepares plants for the resumption of growth and development during subsequent stress recovery.
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- Yao Shi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Present address: The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Levy Building, Biochemistry Department, Rm538, 240 S 40th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- National Sweet Potato Improvement Center, Sweet Potato Research Institute, Xuzhou, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Yu S, Ali J, Zhang C, Li Z, Zhang Q. Genomic Breeding of Green Super Rice Varieties and Their Deployment in Asia and Africa. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2020; 133:1427-1442. [PMID: 31915875 PMCID: PMC7214492 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03516-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE The "Green Super Rice" (GSR) project aims to fundamentally transform crop production techniques and promote the development of green agriculture based on functional genomics and breeding of GSR varieties by whole-genome breeding platforms. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the leading food crops of the world, and the safe production of rice plays a central role in ensuring food security. However, the conflicts between rice production and environmental resources are becoming increasingly acute. For this reason, scientists in China have proposed the concept of Green Super Rice for promoting resource-saving and environment-friendly rice production, while still achieving a yield increase and quality improvement. GSR is becoming one of the major goals for agricultural research and crop improvement worldwide, which aims to mine and use vital genes associated with superior agronomic traits such as high yield, good quality, nutrient efficiency, and resistance against insects and stresses; establish genomic breeding platforms to breed and apply GSR; and set up resource-saving and environment-friendly cultivation management systems. GSR has been introduced into eight African and eight Asian countries and has contributed significantly to rice cultivation and food security in these countries. This article mainly describes the GSR concept and recent research progress, as well as the significant achievements in GSR breeding and its application.
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- Sibin Yu
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, 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, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Najeeb S, Ali J, Mahender A, Pang Y, Zilhas J, Murugaiyan V, Vemireddy LR, Li Z. Identification of main-effect quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for low-temperature stress tolerance germination- and early seedling vigor-related traits in rice ( Oryza sativa L.). MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2020; 40:10. [PMID: 31975784 PMCID: PMC6944268 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-019-1090-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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An attempt was made in the current study to identify the main-effect and co-localized quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for germination and early seedling growth traits under low-temperature stress (LTS) conditions in rice. The plant material used in this study was an early backcross population of 230 introgression lines (ILs) in BCIF7 generation derived from the Weed Tolerant Rice-1 (WTR-1) (as the recipient) and Haoannong (HNG) (as the donor). Genetic analyses of LTS tolerance revealed a total of 27 main-effect quantitative trait loci (M-QTLs) mapped on 12 chromosomes. These QTLs explained more than 10% of phenotypic variance (PV), and average PV of 12.71% while employing 704 high-quality SNP markers. Of these 27 QTLs distributed on 12 chromosomes, 11 were associated with low-temperature germination (LTG), nine with low-temperature germination stress index (LTGS), five with root length stress index (RLSI), and two with biomass stress index (BMSI) QTLs, shoot length stress index (SLSI) and root length stress index (RLSI), seven with seed vigor index (SVI), and single QTL with root length (RL). Among them, five significant major QTLs (qLTG(I) 1 , qLTGS(I) 1-2 , qLTG(I) 5 , qLTGS(I) 5 , and qLTG(I) 7 ) mapped on chromosomes 1, 5, and 7 were associated with LTG and LTGS traits and the PV explained ranged from 16 to 23.3%. The genomic regions of these QTLs were co-localized with two to six QTLs. Most of the QTLs were growth stage-specific and found to harbor QTLs governing multiple traits. Eight chromosomes had more than four QTLs and were clustered together and designated as promising LTS tolerance QTLs (qLTTs), as qLTT 1 , qLTT 2 , qLTT 3 , qLTT 5 , qLTT 6 , qLTT 8 , qLTT 9 , and qLTT 11 . A total of 16 putative candidate genes were identified in the major M-QTLs and co-localized QTL regions distributed on different chromosomes. Overall, these significant genomic regions of M-QTLs are responsible for multiple traits and this suggested that these could serve as the best predictors of LTS tolerance at germination and early seedling growth stages. Furthermore, it is necessary to fine-map these regions and to find functional markers for marker-assisted selection in rice breeding programs for cold tolerance.
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- S. Najeeb
- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), 4031 Los Baños, Laguna Philippines
- Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science & Technology (SKAUST), Khudwani, Kashmir 190025 India
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), 4031 Los Baños, Laguna Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), 4031 Los Baños, Laguna Philippines
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018 People’s Republic of China
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), 4031 Los Baños, Laguna Philippines
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- Rice Breeding Platform, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), 4031 Los Baños, Laguna Philippines
- Plant Nutrition, Institute of Crop Sciences and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, 53012 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517502 India
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, 100081 People’s Republic of China
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Gao J, Dai G, Zhou W, Liang H, Huang J, Qing D, Chen W, Wu H, Yang X, Li D, Gao L, Deng G. Mapping and Identifying a Candidate Gene Plr4, a Recessive Gene Regulating Purple Leaf in Rice, by Using Bulked Segregant and Transcriptome Analysis with Next-Generation Sequencing. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20184335. [PMID: 31487931 PMCID: PMC6769577 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20184335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2019] [Revised: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The anthocyanin biosynthesis of rice is a major concern due to the potential nutritional value. Purple appears in various organs and tissues of rice such as pericarp, flower organs, leaves, leaf sheaths, internodes, ligules, apex, and stigma. At present, there are many studies on the color of rice pericarp, but the gene and mechanism of other organs such as leaves are still unclear, and the gene regulatory network of specific organ coloring has not been systematically understood. In this study, genetic analysis demonstrated that the purple leaf traits of rice were regulated by a recessive gene. The green leaf cultivar Y58S and purple leaf cultivar XianHongB were used to construct the mapping population. A set of near isogenicline (NIL) (BC3F1) was bred via crossing and back-crossing. The generations of BC3F2 appeared to separate four phenotypes, pl1, pl2, pl3, and pl4, due to the occurrence of a purple color in different organs. We constructed three bulked segregant analysis (BSA) pools (pl1-pl2, pl1-pl3, and pl1-pl4) by using the separated generations of BC3F5 and mapped the purple leaf gene plr4 to the vicinity of 27.9-31.1 Mb on chromosome 4. Subsequently, transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) for pl3 and pl2 was used to analyze the differentially expressed genes in the localization interval, where 12 unigenes exhibited differential expression in which two genes (Os04g0577800, Os04g0616400) were downregulated. The two downregulated genes (Os04g0577800 and Os04g0616400) are possible candidate genes because of the recessive genetic characteristics of the purple leaf genes. These results will facilitate the cloning of plr4 and illustrate the molecular mechanisms of the anthocyanin synthesis pathway.
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- Ju Gao
- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China.
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- Guangxi Crop Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology Laboratory, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China.
- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China.
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Liu C, Schläppi MR, Mao B, Wang W, Wang A, Chu C. The bZIP73 transcription factor controls rice cold tolerance at the reproductive stage. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2019; 17:1834-1849. [PMID: 30811812 PMCID: PMC6686130 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Cold temperature during the reproductive stage often causes great yield loss of grain crops in subtropical and temperate regions. Previously we showed that the rice transcription factor bZIP73Jap plays an important role in cold adaptation at the seedling stage. Here we further demonstrate that bZIP73Jap also confers cold stress tolerance at the reproductive stage. bZIP73Jap was up-regulated under cold treatment and predominately expressed in panicles at the early binucleate and flowering stages. bZIP73Jap forms heterodimers with bZIP71, and co-expression of bZIP73Jap and bZIP71 transgenic lines significantly increased seed-setting rate and grain yield under natural cold stress conditions. bZIP73Jap :bZIP71 not only repressed ABA level in anthers, but also enhanced soluble sugar transport from anthers to pollens and improved pollen grain fertility, seed-setting rate, and grain yield. Interestingly, bZIP73Jap :bZIP71 also regulated the expression of qLTG3-1Nip , and qLTG3-1Nip overexpression lines greatly improved rice tolerance to cold stress during the reproductive stage. Therefore, our work establishes a framework for rice cold stress tolerance through the bZIP71-bZIP73Jap -qLTG3-1Nip -sugar transport pathway. Together with our previous work, our results provide a powerful tool for improving rice cold stress tolerance at both the seedling and the reproductive stages.
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- Citao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid RiceChina National Hybrid Rice Research and Development CenterChangshaChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental BiologyChinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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Li C, Wang D, Peng S, Chen Y, Su P, Chen J, Zheng L, Tan X, Liu J, Xiao Y, Kang H, Zhang D, Wang GL, Liu Y. Genome-wide association mapping of resistance against rice blast strains in South China and identification of a new Pik allele. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 12:47. [PMID: 31309315 PMCID: PMC6629727 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-019-0309-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Effective management of rice blast, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, requires an understanding of the genetic architecture of the resistance to the disease in rice. Rice resistance varies with M. oryzae strains, and many quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting rice blast resistance have been mapped using different strains of M. oryzae from different areas. However, little is known about the genetic architecture of rice resistance against the M. oryzae population in Hunan Province, which is a main rice production area in South China. RESULTS In this study, we used three isolates from Hunan Province and the rice diversity panel 1 to perform a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of blast resistance in rice. A total of 56 QTLs were identified. One of the QTLs is localized with the resistance gene Pik locus which confers resistance to all three isolates. Genomic sequence analysis of the resistant cultivars led to the identification of a new Pik allele, which we named Pikx. Yeast two-hybrid and co-immunoprecipitation assays between AvrPiks and Pikx confirmed that Pikx is a new allele at the Pik locus. CONCLUSIONS Our GWAS has identified many new blast resistance QTLs. The identified new Pik allele Pikx will be useful for breeding cultivars with high resistance to blast in Hunan and other South China provinces. Further research on the relationship between AvrPiks and Pikx will provide new insights into the molecular mechanism of rice resistance to M. oryzae.
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- Chenggang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice and Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, Hunan, China
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, Hunan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice and Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice and Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice and Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice and Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice and Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, Hunan, China
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, Hunan, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice and Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China.
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, Hunan, China.
- Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice and Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China.
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QTLian breeding for climate resilience in cereals: progress and prospects. Funct Integr Genomics 2019; 19:685-701. [PMID: 31093800 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-019-00684-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The ever-rising population of the twenty-first century together with the prevailing challenges, such as deteriorating quality of arable land and water, has placed a big challenge for plant breeders to satisfy human needs for food under erratic weather patterns. Rice, wheat, and maize are the major staple crops consumed globally. Drought, waterlogging, heat, salinity, and mineral toxicity are the key abiotic stresses drastically affecting crop yield. Conventional plant breeding approaches towards abiotic stress tolerance have gained success to limited extent, due to the complex (multigenic) nature of these stresses. Progress in breeding climate-resilient crop plants has gained momentum in the last decade, due to improved understanding of the physiochemical and molecular basis of various stresses. A good number of genes have been characterized for adaptation to various stresses. In the era of novel molecular markers, mapping of QTLs has emerged as viable solution for breeding crops tolerant to abiotic stresses. Therefore, molecular breeding-based development and deployment of high-yielding climate-resilient crop cultivars together with climate-smart agricultural practices can pave the path to enhanced crop yields for smallholder farmers in areas vulnerable to the climate change. Advances in fine mapping and expression studies integrated with cheaper prices offer new avenues for the plant breeders engaged in climate-resilient plant breeding, and thereby, hope persists to ensure food security in the era of climate change.
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Liang Y, Meng L, Lin X, Cui Y, Pang Y, Xu J, Li Z. QTL and QTL networks for cold tolerance at the reproductive stage detected using selective introgression in rice. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200846. [PMID: 30222760 PMCID: PMC6141068 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Low temperature stress is one of the major abiotic stresses limiting the productivity of Geng (japonica) rice grown the temperate regions as well as in tropical high lands worldwide. To develop rice varieties with improved cold tolerance (CT) at the reproductive stage, 84 BC2 CT introgression lines (ILs) were developed from five populations through backcross breeding. These CT ILs plus 310 random ILs from the same BC populations were used for dissecting genetic networks underlying CT in rice by detecting QTLs and functional genetic units (FGUs) contributing to CT. Seventeen major QTLs for CT were identified using five selective introgression populations and the method of segregation distortion. Of them, three QTLs were confirmed using the random populations and seven others locate in the regions with previously reported CT QTLs/genes. Using multi-locus probability tests and linkage disequilibrium (LD) analyses, 46 functional genetic units (FGUs) (37 single loci and 9 association groups or AGs) distributed in 37 bins (~20%) across the rice genome for CT were detected. Together, each of the CT loci (bins) was detected in 1.7 populations, including 18 loci detected in two or more populations. Putative genetic networks (multi-locus structures) underlying CT were constructed based on strong non-random associations between or among donor alleles at the unlinked CT loci/FGUs identified in the CT ILs, suggesting the presence of strong epistasis among the detected CT loci. Our results demonstrated the power and usefulness of using selective introgression for simultaneous improvement and genetic dissection of complex traits such as CT in rice.
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- Yuntao Liang
- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jilin, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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Gali KK, Liu Y, Sindhu A, Diapari M, Shunmugam ASK, Arganosa G, Daba K, Caron C, Lachagari RVB, Tar’an B, Warkentin TD. Construction of high-density linkage maps for mapping quantitative trait loci for multiple traits in field pea (Pisum sativum L.). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 18:172. [PMID: 30115030 PMCID: PMC6097431 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1368-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The objective of this research was to map quantitative trait loci (QTLs) of multiple traits of breeding importance in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Three recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations, PR-02 (Orb x CDC Striker), PR-07 (Carerra x CDC Striker) and PR-15 (1-2347-144 x CDC Meadow) were phenotyped for agronomic and seed quality traits under field conditions over multiple environments in Saskatchewan, Canada. The mapping populations were genotyped using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) method for simultaneous single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) discovery and construction of high-density linkage maps. RESULTS After filtering for read depth, segregation distortion, and missing values, 2234, 3389 and 3541 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers identified by GBS in PR-02, PR-07 and PR-15, respectively, were used for construction of genetic linkage maps. Genetic linkage groups were assigned by anchoring to SNP markers previously positioned on these linkage maps. PR-02, PR-07 and PR-15 genetic maps represented 527, 675 and 609 non-redundant loci, and cover map distances of 951.9, 1008.8 and 914.2 cM, respectively. Based on phenotyping of the three mapping populations in multiple environments, 375 QTLs were identified for important traits including days to flowering, days to maturity, lodging resistance, Mycosphaerella blight resistance, seed weight, grain yield, acid and neutral detergent fiber concentration, seed starch concentration, seed shape, seed dimpling, and concentration of seed iron, selenium and zinc. Of all the QTLs identified, the most significant in terms of explained percentage of maximum phenotypic variance (PVmax) and occurrence in multiple environments were the QTLs for days to flowering (PVmax = 47.9%), plant height (PVmax = 65.1%), lodging resistance (PVmax = 35.3%), grain yield (PVmax = 54.2%), seed iron concentration (PVmax = 27.4%), and seed zinc concentration (PVmax = 43.2%). CONCLUSION We have identified highly significant and reproducible QTLs for several agronomic and seed quality traits of breeding importance in pea. The QTLs identified will be the basis for fine mapping candidate genes, while some of the markers linked to the highly significant QTLs are useful for immediate breeding applications.
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- Krishna K. Gali
- Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, 51 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada
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- Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, 51 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada
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- CHS, Inc, 220 Clement Ave., Grandin, ND 58038 USA
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London Research and Development centre, 1391 Sandford Street, London, ON N5V 4T3 Canada
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- National Research Council Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9 Canada
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- Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, 51 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada
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- Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, 51 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada
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- Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, 51 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada
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- AgriGenome Labs Pvt Ltd., BTIC, MN iHub, Genome Valley, Shamirpet, Hyderabad, 500 078 India
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- Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, 51 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada
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- Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, 51 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Canada
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Xiao N, Gao Y, Qian H, Gao Q, Wu Y, Zhang D, Zhang X, Yu L, Li Y, Pan C, Liu G, Zhou C, Jiang M, Huang N, Dai Z, Liang C, Chen Z, Chen J, Li A. Identification of Genes Related to Cold Tolerance and a Functional Allele That Confers Cold Tolerance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 177:1108-1123. [PMID: 29764927 PMCID: PMC6052991 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Cold stress is a major factor limiting rice (Oryza sativa) production worldwide, especially at the seedling and booting stages. The identification of genes associated with cold tolerance (CT) in rice is important for sustainable food production. Here, we report the results of a genome-wide association study to identify the genetic loci associated with CT by using a 1,033-accession diversity panel. We identified five CT-related genetic loci at the booting stage. Accessions carrying multiple cold-tolerant alleles displayed a higher seed-setting rate than did accessions that had no cold-tolerant alleles or carried a single allele. At the seedling stage, eight genetic loci related to CT have been identified. Among these, LOC_Os10g34840 was identified as the candidate gene for the qPSR10 genetic locus that is associated with CT in rice seedlings. A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), SNP2G, at position 343 in LOC_Os10g34840 is responsible for conferring CT at the seedling stage in rice. Further analysis of the haplotype network revealed that SNP2G was present in 80.08% of the temperate japonica accessions but only 3.8% of the indica ones. We used marker-assisted selection to construct a series of BC4F3 near-isogenic lines possessing the cold-tolerant allele SNP2G When subjected to cold stress, plants carrying SNP2G survived better as seedlings and showed higher grain weight than plants carrying the SNP2A allele. The CT-related loci identified here and the functional verification of LOC_Os10g34840 will provide genetic resources for breeding cold-tolerant varieties and for studying the molecular basis of CT in rice.
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- Ning Xiao
- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing 210095, China
- National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratories of Crop Genetics and Physiology and Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops of Jiangsu, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratories of Crop Genetics and Physiology and Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops of Jiangsu, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing 210095, China
- National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratories of Crop Genetics and Physiology and Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops of Jiangsu, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing 210095, China
- National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing 210095, China
- National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing 210095, China
- National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, China
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- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratories of Crop Genetics and Physiology and Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops of Jiangsu, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production, Nanjing 210095, China
- National Rice Industry Technology System of Yangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009, China
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Ali J, Aslam UM, Tariq R, Murugaiyan V, Schnable PS, Li D, Marfori-Nazarea CM, Hernandez JE, Arif M, Xu J, Li Z. Exploiting the Genomic Diversity of Rice ( Oryza sativa L.): SNP-Typing in 11 Early-Backcross Introgression-Breeding Populations. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:849. [PMID: 29988489 PMCID: PMC6024854 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This study demonstrates genotyping-by-sequencing-based single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-typing in 11 early-backcross introgression populations of rice (at BC1F5), comprising a set of 564 diverse introgression lines and 12 parents. Sequencing using 10 Ion Proton runs generated a total of ∼943.4 million raw reads, out of which ∼881.6 million reads remained after trimming for low-quality bases. After alignment, 794,297 polymorphic SNPs were identified, and filtering resulted in LMD50 SNPs (low missing data, with each SNP, genotyped in at least 50% of the samples) for each sub-population. Every data point was supported by actual sequencing data without any imputation, eliminating imputation-induced errors in SNP calling. Genotyping substantiated the impacts of novel breeding strategy revealing: (a) the donor introgression patterns in ILs were characteristic with variable introgression frequency in different genomic regions, attributed mainly to stringent selection under abiotic stress and (b) considerably lower heterozygosity was observed in ILs. Functional annotation revealed 426 non-synonymous deleterious SNPs present in 102 loci with a range of 1-4 SNPs per locus and 120 novel SNPs. SNP-typing this diversity panel will further assist in the development of markers supporting genomic applications in molecular breeding programs.
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- Jauhar Ali
- International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
- Institute of Crop Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
- National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Data2Bio, LLC, Ames, IA, United States
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
- Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Data2Bio, LLC, Ames, IA, United States
- Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
- Institute of Crop Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Philippines
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- Institute of Crop Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Los Baños, Philippines
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- National Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Buti M, Pasquariello M, Ronga D, Milc JA, Pecchioni N, Ho VT, Pucciariello C, Perata P, Francia E. Transcriptome profiling of short-term response to chilling stress in tolerant and sensitive Oryza sativa ssp. Japonica seedlings. Funct Integr Genomics 2018; 18:627-644. [PMID: 29876699 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-018-0615-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Low temperature is a major factor limiting rice growth and yield, and seedling is one of the developmental stages at which sensitivity to chilling stress is higher. Tolerance to chilling is a complex quantitative trait, so one of the most effective approaches to identify genes and pathways involved is to compare the stress-induced expression changes between tolerant and sensitive genotypes. Phenotypic responses to chilling of 13 Japonica cultivars were evaluated, and Thaibonnet and Volano were selected as sensitive and tolerant genotypes, respectively. To thoroughly profile the short-term response of the two cultivars to chilling, RNA-Seq was performed on Thaibonnet and Volano seedlings after 0 (not stressed), 2, and 10 h at 10 °C. Differential expression analysis revealed that the ICE-DREB1/CBF pathway plays a primary role in chilling tolerance, mainly due to some important transcription factors involved (some of which had never been reported before). Moreover, the expression trends of some genes that were radically different between Thaibonnet and Volano (i.e., calcium-dependent protein kinases OsCDPK21 and OsCDPK23, cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CYP76M8, etc.) suggest their involvement in low temperature tolerance too. Density of differentially expressed genes along rice genome was determined and linked to the position of known QTLs: remarkable co-locations were reported, delivering an overview of genomic regions determinant for low temperature response at seedling stage. Our study contributes to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying rice response to chilling and provides a solid background for development of low temperature-tolerant germplasm.
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- Matteo Buti
- BIOGEST-SITEIA, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola, 2 - Pad. Besta, 42122, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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- BIOGEST-SITEIA, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola, 2 - Pad. Besta, 42122, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- BIOGEST-SITEIA, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola, 2 - Pad. Besta, 42122, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Cereal Research Centre, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Foggia, Italy
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- PlantLab, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy
- Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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- BIOGEST-SITEIA, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola, 2 - Pad. Besta, 42122, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Sun J, Yang L, Wang J, Liu H, Zheng H, Xie D, Zhang M, Feng M, Jia Y, Zhao H, Zou D. Identification of a cold-tolerant locus in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using bulked segregant analysis with a next-generation sequencing strategy. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 11:24. [PMID: 29671148 PMCID: PMC5906412 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-018-0218-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cold stress can cause serious abiotic damage that limits the growth, development and yield of rice. Cold tolerance during the booting stage of rice is a key factor that can guarantee a high and stable yield under cold stress. The cold tolerance of rice is controlled by quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Based on the complex genetic basis of cold tolerance in rice, additional efforts are needed to detect reliable QTLs and identify candidate genes. In this study, recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a cross between a cold sensitive variety, Dongnong422, and strongly cold-tolerant variety, Kongyu131, were used to screen for cold-tolerant loci at the booting stage of rice. RESULTS A novel major QTL, qPSST6, controlling the percent seed set under cold water treatment (PSST) under the field conditions of 17 °C cold water irrigation was located on the 28.4 cM interval on chromosome 6. Using the combination of bulked-segregant analysis (BSA) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology (Seq-BSA), a 1.81 Mb region that contains 269 predicted genes on chromosome 6 was identified as the candidate region of qPSST6. Two genes, LOC_Os06g39740 and LOC_Os06g39750, were annotated as "response to cold" by gene ontology (GO) analysis. qRT-PCR analysis revealed that LOC_Os06g39750 was strongly induced by cold stress. Haplotype analysis also demonstrate a key role of LOC_Os06g39750 in regulating the PSST of rice, suggesting that it was the candidate gene of qPSST6. CONCLUSIONS The information obtained in this study is useful for gene cloning of qPSST6 and for breeding cold-tolerant varieties of rice using marker assisted selection (MAS).
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- Jian Sun
- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030 China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030 China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030 China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030 China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030 China
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- The Institute of Industrial Crops of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, 150086 China
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030 China
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030 China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030 China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030 China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030 China
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Feng B, Chen K, Cui Y, Wu Z, Zheng T, Zhu Y, Ali J, Wang B, Xu J, Zhang W, Li Z. Genetic Dissection and Simultaneous Improvement of Drought and Low Nitrogen Tolerances by Designed QTL Pyramiding in Rice. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:306. [PMID: 29593764 PMCID: PMC5855007 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Drought and low nitrogen are the most common abiotic stresses limiting rice productivity in the rainfed rice areas of Asia and Africa. Development and adoption of green super rice (GSR) varieties with greatly improved drought tolerance (DT) and low nitrogen tolerance (LNT) are the most efficient way to resolve this problem. In this study, using three sets of trait-specific introgression lines (ILs) in a Xian (indica) variety Huanghuazhan (HHZ) background, we identified nine DT-QTL and seven LNT-QTL by a segregation distortion approach and a genome-wide association study, respectively. Based on performances of DT and LNT and genotypes at the detected QTL, two ILs M79 and M387 with DT and LNT were selected for cross-making to validate the identified QTL and to develop DT and LNT rice lines by pyramiding two DT-QTL (qDT3.9 and qDT6.3) and two LNT-QTL (qGY1 and qSF8). Using four pairs of kompetitive allele specific PCR (KASP) SNP markers, we selected 66 F2 individuals with different combinations of the target DT- and LNT-QTL favorable alleles and they showed expected improvement in DT and/or LNT, which were further validated by the significant improvement in DT and/or LNT of their F3 progeny testing. Based on evaluation of pyramiding lines in F3 lines under drought, low nitrogen (LN) and normal conditions, four promising pyramiding lines having different QTL favorable alleles were selected, which showed significantly improved tolerances to drought and/or LN than HHZ and their IL parents. Our results demonstrated that trait-specific ILs could effectively connect QTL mapping and QTL pyramiding breeding, and designed QTL pyramiding (DQP) using ILs could be more effective in molecular rice breeding for complex quantitative traits.
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- Bo Feng
- Rice Research Institute, Shenyang Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Northern Japonica Rice Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Breeding and Innovation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Breeding and Innovation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Breeding and Innovation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Shenyang Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Northern Japonica Rice Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Shenyang, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Breeding and Innovation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen, China
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Zhang M, Ye J, Xu Q, Feng Y, Yuan X, Yu H, Wang Y, Wei X, Yang Y. Genome-wide association study of cold tolerance of Chinese indica rice varieties at the bud burst stage. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2018; 37:529-539. [PMID: 29322237 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2247-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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A region containing three genes on chromosome 1 of indica rice was associated with cold tolerance at the bud burst stage; these results may be useful for breeding cold-tolerant lines. Low temperature at the bud burst stage is one of the major abiotic stresses limiting rice growth, especially in regions where rice seeds are sown directly. In this study, we investigated cold tolerance of rice at the bud burst stage and conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) based on the 5K rice array of 249 indica rice varieties widely distributed in China. We improved the method to assess cold tolerance at the bud burst stage in indica rice, and used severity of damage (SD) and seed survival rate (SR) as the cold-tolerant indices. Population structure analysis demonstrated that the Chinese indica panel was divided into three subgroups. In total, 47 significant single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci associated with SD and SR, were detected by association mapping based on mixed linear model. Because some loci overlapped between SD and SR, the loci contained 13 genome intervals and most of them have been reported previously. A major QTL for cold tolerance on chromosome 1 at the position of 31.6 Mb, explaining 13.2% of phenotypic variation, was selected for further analysis. Through LD decay, GO enrichment, RNA-seq data, and gene expression pattern analyses, we identified three genes (LOC_Os01g55510, LOC_Os01g55350 and LOC_Os01g55560) that were differentially expressed between cold-tolerant and cold-sensitive varieties, suggesting they may be candidate genes for cold tolerance. Together, our results provide a new method to assess cold tolerance in indica rice, and establish the foundation for isolating genes related to cold tolerance that could be used in rice breeding.
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- Mengchen Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China.
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Sperotto RA, de Araújo Junior AT, Adamski JM, Cargnelutti D, Ricachenevsky FK, de Oliveira BHN, da Cruz RP, Dos Santos RP, da Silva LP, Fett JP. Deep RNAseq indicates protective mechanisms of cold-tolerant indica rice plants during early vegetative stage. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2018; 37:347-375. [PMID: 29151156 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-017-2234-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Cold-tolerance in rice may be related to increased cellulose deposition in the cell wall, membrane fatty acids unsaturation and differential expression of several newly identified genes. Low temperature exposure during early vegetative stages limits rice plant's growth and development. Most genes previously related to cold tolerance in rice are from the japonica subspecies. To help clarify the mechanisms that regulate cold tolerance in young indica rice plants, comparative transcriptome analysis of 6 h cold-treated (10 °C) leaves from two genotypes, cold-tolerant (CT) and cold-sensitive (CS), was performed. Differentially expressed genes were identified: 831 and 357 sequences more expressed in the tolerant and in the sensitive genotype, respectively. The genes with higher expression in the CT genotype were used in systems biology analyses to identify protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks and nodes (proteins) that are hubs and bottlenecks in the PPI. From the genes more expressed in the tolerant plants, 60% were reported as affected by cold in previous transcriptome experiments and 27% are located within QTLs related to cold tolerance during the vegetative stage. Novel cold-responsive genes were identified. Quantitative RT-PCR confirmed the high-quality of RNAseq libraries. Several genes related to cell wall assembly or reinforcement are cold-induced or constitutively highly expressed in the tolerant genotype. Cold-tolerant plants have increased cellulose deposition under cold. Genes related to lipid metabolism are more expressed in the tolerant genotype, which has higher membrane fatty acids unsaturation, with increasing levels of linoleic acid under cold. The CT genotype seems to have higher photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidant capacity, as well as more effective ethylene, Ca2+ and hormone signaling than the CS. These genes could be useful in future biotechnological approaches aiming to increase cold tolerance in rice.
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- Raul Antonio Sperotto
- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia (PPGBiotec), Universidade do Vale do Taquari-UNIVATES, Lajeado, RS, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul (UFFS), Erechim, RS, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Plantas de Lavoura, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
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Li J, Pan Y, Guo H, Zhou L, Yang S, Zhang Z, Yang J, Zhang H, Li J, Zeng Y, Li Z. Fine mapping of QTL qCTB10-2 that confers cold tolerance at the booting stage in rice. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2018; 131:157-166. [PMID: 29032400 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-017-2992-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The QTL qCTB10 - 2 controlling cold tolerance at the booting stage in rice was delimited to a 132.5 kb region containing 17 candidate genes and 4 genes were cold-inducible. Low temperature at the booting stage is a major abiotic stress-limiting rice production. Although some QTL for cold tolerance in rice have been reported, fine mapping of those QTL effective at the booting stage is few. Here, the near-isogenic line ZL31-2, selected from a BC7F2 population derived from a cross between cold-tolerant variety Kunmingxiaobaigu (KMXBG) and the cold-sensitive variety Towada, was used to map a QTL on chromosome 10 for cold tolerance at the booting stage. Using BC7F3 and BC7F4 populations, we firstly confirmed qCTB10-2 and gained confidence that it could be fine mapped. QTL qCTB10-2 explained 13.9 and 15.9% of the phenotypic variances in those two generations, respectively. Using homozygous recombinants screened from larger BC7F4 and BC7F5 populations, qCTB10-2 was delimited to a 132.5 kb region between markers RM25121 and MM0568. 17 putative predicted genes were located in the region and only 5 were predicted to encode expressed proteins. Expression patterns of these five genes demonstrated that, except for constant expression of LOC_Os10g11820, LOC_Os10g11730, LOC_Os10g11770, and LOC_Os10g11810 were highly induced by cold stress in ZL31-2 compared to Towada, while LOC_Os10g11750 showed little difference. Our results provide a basis for identifying the genes underlying qCTB10-2 and indicate that markers linked to the qCTB10-2 locus can be used to improve the cold tolerance of rice at the booting stage by marker-assisted selection.
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- Jilong Li
- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, 530007, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430064, China
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650205, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650205, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650205, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Zhang Z, Li J, Pan Y, Li J, Zhou L, Shi H, Zeng Y, Guo H, Yang S, Zheng W, Yu J, Sun X, Li G, Ding Y, Ma L, Shen S, Dai L, Zhang H, Yang S, Guo Y, Li Z. Natural variation in CTB4a enhances rice adaptation to cold habitats. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14788. [PMID: 28332574 PMCID: PMC5376651 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Low temperature is a major factor limiting rice productivity and geographical distribution. Improved cold tolerance and expanded cultivation to high-altitude or high-latitude regions would help meet growing rice demand. Here we explored a QTL for cold tolerance and cloned the gene, CTB4a (cold tolerance at booting stage), encoding a conserved leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase. We show that different CTB4a alleles confer distinct levels of cold tolerance and selection for variation in the CTB4a promoter region has occurred on the basis of environmental temperature. The newly generated cold-tolerant haplotype Tej-Hap-KMXBG was retained by artificial selection during temperate japonica evolution in cold habitats for low-temperature acclimation. Moreover, CTB4a interacts with AtpB, a beta subunit of ATP synthase. Upregulation of CTB4a correlates with increased ATP synthase activity, ATP content, enhanced seed setting and improved yield under cold stress conditions. These findings suggest strategies to improve cold tolerance in crop plants. Low temperature is a major factor limiting productivity in rice. Here the authors show that the CTB4a gene confers cold tolerance to japonica varieties adapted to cold habitats at the booting stage of development, and propose that CTB4a acts via an interaction with the beta subunit of ATP synthase.
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- Zhanying Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.,Rice Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.,Hubei Key Laboratory of Food Crop Germplasm and Genetic Improvement, Food Crops Institute, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, China
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization, Ministry of Education/Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Shakiba E, Edwards JD, Jodari F, Duke SE, Baldo AM, Korniliev P, McCouch SR, Eizenga GC. Genetic architecture of cold tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa) determined through high resolution genome-wide analysis. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0172133. [PMID: 28282385 PMCID: PMC5345765 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Cold temperature is an important abiotic stress which negatively affects morphological development and seed production in rice (Oryza sativa L.). At the seedling stage, cold stress causes poor germination, seedling injury and poor stand establishment; and at the reproductive stage cold decreases seed yield. The Rice Diversity Panel 1 (RDP1) is a global collection of over 400 O. sativa accessions representing the five major subpopulations from the INDICA and JAPONICA varietal groups, with a genotypic dataset consisting of 700,000 SNP markers. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the RDP1 accessions for the complex, quantitatively inherited cold tolerance traits at the germination and reproductive stages, and to conduct genome-wide association (GWA) mapping to identify SNPs and candidate genes associated with cold stress at these stages. GWA mapping of the germination index (calculated as percent germination in cold divided by warm treatment) revealed 42 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with cold tolerance at the seedling stage, including 18 in the panel as a whole, seven in temperate japonica, six in tropical japonica, 14 in JAPONICA, and nine in INDICA, with five shared across all subpopulations. Twenty-two of these QTLs co-localized with 32 previously reported cold tolerance QTLs. GWA mapping of cold tolerance at the reproductive stage detected 29 QTLs, including seven associated with percent sterility, ten with seed weight per panicle, 14 with seed weight per plant and one region overlapping for two traits. Fifteen co-localized with previously reported QTLs for cold tolerance or yield components. Candidate gene ontology searches revealed these QTLs were associated with significant enrichment for genes related to with lipid metabolism, response to stimuli, response to biotic stimuli (suggesting cross-talk between biotic and abiotic stresses), and oxygen binding. Overall the JAPONICA accessions were more tolerant to cold stress than INDICA accessions.
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- Ehsan Shakiba
- University of Arkansas, Rice Research and Extension Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America
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- USDA/ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America
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- Rice Experiment Station (RES), Biggs, California, United States of America
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- USDA/ARS Plains Area, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- USDA/ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Plant Breeding and Genetics section, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- USDA/ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, Arkansas, United States of America
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Schläppi MR, Jackson AK, Eizenga GC, Wang A, Chu C, Shi Y, Shimoyama N, Boykin DL. Assessment of Five Chilling Tolerance Traits and GWAS Mapping in Rice Using the USDA Mini-Core Collection. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:957. [PMID: 28642772 PMCID: PMC5463297 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is often exposed to cool temperatures during spring planting in temperate climates. A better understanding of genetic pathways regulating chilling tolerance will enable breeders to develop varieties with improved tolerance during germination and young seedling stages. To dissect chilling tolerance, five assays were developed; one assay for the germination stage, one assay for the germination and seedling stage, and three for the seedling stage. Based on these assays, five chilling tolerance indices were calculated and assessed using 202 O. sativa accessions from the Rice Mini-Core (RMC) collection. Significant differences between RMC accessions made the five indices suitable for genome-wide association study (GWAS) based quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping. For young seedling stage indices, japonica and indica subspecies clustered into chilling tolerant and chilling sensitive accessions, respectively, while both subspecies had similar low temperature germinability distributions. Indica subspecies were shown to have chilling acclimation potential. GWAS mapping uncovered 48 QTL at 39 chromosome regions distributed across all 12 rice chromosomes. Interestingly, there was no overlap between the germination and seedling stage QTL. Also, 18 QTL and 32 QTL were in regions discovered in previously reported bi-parental and GWAS based QTL mapping studies, respectively. Two novel low temperature seedling survivability (LTSS)-QTL, qLTSS3-4 and qLTSS4-1, were not in a previously reported QTL region. QTL with strong effect alleles identified in this study will be useful for marker assisted breeding efforts to improve chilling tolerance in rice cultivars and enhance gene discovery for chilling tolerance.
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- Michael R. Schläppi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, MilwaukeeWI, United States
- *Correspondence: Michael R. Schläppi,
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- Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, StuttgartAR, United States
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- Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, StuttgartAR, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, MilwaukeeWI, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, MilwaukeeWI, United States
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- United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, StonevilleMS, United States
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Jha UC, Bohra A, Jha R. Breeding approaches and genomics technologies to increase crop yield under low-temperature stress. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2017; 36:1-35. [PMID: 27878342 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-2073-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Improved knowledge about plant cold stress tolerance offered by modern omics technologies will greatly inform future crop improvement strategies that aim to breed cultivars yielding substantially high under low-temperature conditions. Alarmingly rising temperature extremities present a substantial impediment to the projected target of 70% more food production by 2050. Low-temperature (LT) stress severely constrains crop production worldwide, thereby demanding an urgent yet sustainable solution. Considerable research progress has been achieved on this front. Here, we review the crucial cellular and metabolic alterations in plants that follow LT stress along with the signal transduction and the regulatory network describing the plant cold tolerance. The significance of plant genetic resources to expand the genetic base of breeding programmes with regard to cold tolerance is highlighted. Also, the genetic architecture of cold tolerance trait as elucidated by conventional QTL mapping and genome-wide association mapping is described. Further, global expression profiling techniques including RNA-Seq along with diverse omics platforms are briefly discussed to better understand the underlying mechanism and prioritize the candidate gene (s) for downstream applications. These latest additions to breeders' toolbox hold immense potential to support plant breeding schemes that seek development of LT-tolerant cultivars. High-yielding cultivars endowed with greater cold tolerance are urgently required to sustain the crop yield under conditions severely challenged by low-temperature.
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- Uday Chand Jha
- Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, 208024, India.
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- Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, 208024, India.
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- Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, 208024, India
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Wang D, Liu J, Li C, Kang H, Wang Y, Tan X, Liu M, Deng Y, Wang Z, Liu Y, Zhang D, Xiao Y, Wang GL. Genome-wide Association Mapping of Cold Tolerance Genes at the Seedling Stage in Rice. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2016; 9:61. [PMID: 27848161 PMCID: PMC5110459 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-016-0133-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Rice is a temperature-sensitive crop and its production is severely affected by low temperature in temperate and sub-tropical regions. To understand the genetic basis of cold tolerance in rice, we evaluated the cold tolerance at the seedling stage (CTS) of 295 rice cultivars in the rice diversity panel 1 (RDP1), these cultivars were collected from 82 countries. RESULTS The evaluations revealed that both temperate and tropical japonica rice cultivars are more tolerant to cold stress than indica and AUS cultivars. Using the cold tolerance phenotypes and 44 K SNP chip dataset of RDP1, we performed genome-wide association mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for CTS. The analysis identified 67 QTLs for CTS that are located on 11 chromosomes. Fifty-six of these QTLs are located in regions without known cold tolerance-related QTLs. CONCLUSION Our study has provided new information on the genetic architecture of rice cold tolerance and has also identified highly cold tolerant cultivars and CTS-associated SNP markers that will be useful rice improvement.
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- Dan Wang
- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
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- Southern Regional Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain and Oil Crops in China and College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, 410128, China.
- Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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Liu H, Soomro A, Zhu Y, Qiu X, Chen K, Zheng T, Yang L, Xing D, Xu J. QTL underlying iron and zinc toxicity tolerances at seedling stage revealed by two sets of reciprocal introgression populations of rice ( Oryza sativa L.). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2016.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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