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Bajgain P, Stoll H, Anderson JA. Improving complex agronomic and domestication traits in the perennial grain crop intermediate wheatgrass with genetic mapping and genomic prediction. THE PLANT GENOME 2024:e20498. [PMID: 39198233 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2024] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/12/2024] [Indexed: 09/01/2024]
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The perennial grass Thinopyrum intermedium (intermediate wheatgrass [IWG]) is being domesticated as a food crop. With a deep root system and high biomass, IWG can help reduce soil and water erosion and limit nutrient runoff. As a novel grain crop undergoing domestication, IWG lags in yield, seed size, and other agronomic traits compared to annual grains. Better characterization of trait variation and identification of genetic markers associated with loci controlling the traits could help in further improving this crop. The University of Minnesota's Cycle 5 IWG breeding population of 595 spaced plants was evaluated at two locations in 2021 and 2022 for agronomic traits plant height, grain yield, and spike weight, and domestication traits shatter resistance, free grain threshing, and seed size. Pairwise trait correlations were weak to moderate with the highest correlation observed between seed size and height (0.41). Broad-sense trait heritabilities were high (0.68-0.77) except for spike weight (0.49) and yield (0.44). Association mapping using 24,284 genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism markers identified 30 main quantitative trait loci (QTLs) across all environments and 32 QTL-by-environment interactions (QTE) at each environment. The genomic prediction model significantly improved predictions when parents were used in the training set and significant QTLs and QTEs used as covariates. Seed size was the best predicted trait with model predictive ability (r) of 0.72; yield was predicted moderately well (r = 0.45). We expect this discovery of significant genomic loci and mostly high trait predictions from genomic prediction models to help improve future IWG breeding populations.
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- Prabin Bajgain
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Mora-Márquez F, Nuño JC, Soto Á, López de Heredia U. Missing genotype imputation in non-model species using self-organizing maps. Mol Ecol Resour 2024:e13992. [PMID: 38970328 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
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Current methodologies of genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping produce large amounts of missing data that may affect statistical inference and bias the outcome of experiments. Genotype imputation is routinely used in well-studied species to buffer the impact in downstream analysis, and several algorithms are available to fill in missing genotypes. The lack of reference haplotype panels precludes the use of these methods in genomic studies on non-model organisms. As an alternative, machine learning algorithms are employed to explore the genotype data and to estimate the missing genotypes. Here, we propose an imputation method based on self-organizing maps (SOM), a widely used neural networks formed by spatially distributed neurons that cluster similar inputs into close neurons. The method explores genotype datasets to select SNP loci to build binary vectors from the genotypes, and initializes and trains neural networks for each query missing SNP genotype. The SOM-derived clustering is then used to impute the best genotype. To automate the imputation process, we have implemented gtImputation, an open-source application programmed in Python3 and with a user-friendly GUI to facilitate the whole process. The method performance was validated by comparing its accuracy, precision and sensitivity on several benchmark genotype datasets with other available imputation algorithms. Our approach produced highly accurate and precise genotype imputations even for SNPs with alleles at low frequency and outperformed other algorithms, especially for datasets from mixed populations with unrelated individuals.
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- Fernando Mora-Márquez
- GI en Especies Leñosas (WooSp), Dpto. Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, ETSI Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
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- GI en Especies Leñosas (WooSp), Dpto. Matemática Aplicada, ETSI Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
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- GI en Especies Leñosas (WooSp), Dpto. Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, ETSI Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
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- GI en Especies Leñosas (WooSp), Dpto. Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, ETSI Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain
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Amouzoune M, Rehman S, Benkirane R, Udupa S, Mamidi S, Kehel Z, Al-Jaboobi M, Amri A. Genome wide association study of seedling and adult plant leaf rust resistance in two subsets of barley genetic resources. Sci Rep 2024; 14:15428. [PMID: 38965257 PMCID: PMC11224298 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53149-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
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Leaf rust (LR) caused by Puccinia hordei is a serious disease of barley worldwide, causing significant yield losses and reduced grain quality. Discovery and incorporation of new sources of resistance from gene bank accessions into barley breeding programs is essential for the development of leaf rust resistant varieties. To identify Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) conferring LR resistance in the two barley subsets, the Generation Challenge Program (GCP) reference set of 142 accessions and the leaf rust subset constructed using the Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy (FIGS) of 76 barley accessions, were genotyped to conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS). The results revealed a total of 59 QTL in the 218 accessions phenotyped against barley leaf rust at the seedling stage using two P. hordei isolates (ISO-SAT and ISO-MRC), and at the adult plant stage in four environments in Morocco. Out of these 59 QTL, 10 QTL were associated with the seedling resistance (SR) and 49 QTL were associated with the adult plant resistance (APR). Four QTL showed stable effects in at least two environments for APR, whereas two common QTL associated with SR and APR were detected on chromosomes 2H and 7H. Furthermore, 39 QTL identified in this study were potentially novel. Interestingly, the sequences of 27 SNP markers encoded the candidate genes (CGs) with predicted protein functions in plant disease resistance. These results will provide new perspectives on the diversity of leaf rust resistance loci for fine mapping, isolation of resistance genes, and for marker-assisted selection for the LR resistance in barley breeding programs worldwide.
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- Mariam Amouzoune
- Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail, 14000, Kenitra, Morocco.
- Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 10100, Rabat, Morocco.
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- Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 10100, Rabat, Morocco
- Field Crop Development Center, The Olds College, Lacombe, AB, T4L 1W8, Canada
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- Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Tofail, 14000, Kenitra, Morocco
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- Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 10100, Rabat, Morocco
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- Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, 601 Genome Way Northwest, Huntsville, AL, 35806, USA
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- Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 10100, Rabat, Morocco
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- Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 10100, Rabat, Morocco
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- Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), 10100, Rabat, Morocco
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Joukhadar R, Li Y, Thistlethwaite R, Forrest KL, Tibbits JF, Trethowan R, Hayden MJ. Optimising desired gain indices to maximise selection response. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1337388. [PMID: 38978519 PMCID: PMC11228337 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1337388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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Introduction In plant breeding, we often aim to improve multiple traits at once. However, without knowing the economic value of each trait, it is hard to decide which traits to focus on. This is where "desired gain selection indices" come in handy, which can yield optimal gains in each trait based on the breeder's prioritisation of desired improvements when economic weights are not available. However, they lack the ability to maximise the selection response and determine the correlation between the index and net genetic merit. Methods Here, we report the development of an iterative desired gain selection index method that optimises the sampling of the desired gain values to achieve a targeted or a user-specified selection response for multiple traits. This targeted selection response can be constrained or unconstrained for either a subset or all the studied traits. Results We tested the method using genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) for seven traits in a bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) reference breeding population comprising 3,331 lines and achieved prediction accuracies ranging between 0.29 and 0.47 across the seven traits. The indices were validated using 3,005 double haploid lines that were derived from crosses between parents selected from the reference population. We tested three user-specified response scenarios: a constrained equal weight (INDEX1), a constrained yield dominant weight (INDEX2), and an unconstrained weight (INDEX3). Our method achieved an equivalent response to the user-specified selection response when constraining a set of traits, and this response was much better than the response of the traditional desired gain selection indices method without iteration. Interestingly, when using unconstrained weight, our iterative method maximised the selection response and shifted the average GEBVs of the selection candidates towards the desired direction. Discussion Our results show that the method is an optimal choice not only when economic weights are unavailable, but also when constraining the selection response is an unfavourable option.
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- Reem Joukhadar
- Agriculture Victoria, Centre for AgriBioscience, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Centre for AgriBioscience, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Plant Breeding Institute, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Narrabri, NSW, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Centre for AgriBioscience, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Centre for AgriBioscience, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Plant Breeding Institute, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Narrabri, NSW, Australia
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Plant Breeding Institute, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, Centre for AgriBioscience, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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Zhao H, Khansefid M, Lin Z, Hayden MJ. Genetic Gain and Inbreeding in Different Simulated Genomic Selection Schemes for Grain Yield and Oil Content in Safflower. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:1577. [PMID: 38891385 PMCID: PMC11174797 DOI: 10.3390/plants13111577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 05/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a multipurpose minor crop consumed by developed and developing nations around the world with limited research funding and genetic resources. Genomic selection (GS) is an effective modern breeding tool that can help to fast-track the genetic diversity preserved in genebank collections to facilitate rapid and efficient germplasm improvement and variety development. In the present study, we simulated four GS strategies to compare genetic gains and inbreeding during breeding cycles in a safflower recurrent selection breeding program targeting grain yield (GY) and seed oil content (OL). We observed positive genetic gains over cycles in all four GS strategies, where the first cycle delivered the largest genetic gain. Single-trait GS strategies had the greatest gain for the target trait but had very limited genetic improvement for the other trait. Simultaneous selection for GY and OL via indices indicated higher gains for both traits than crossing between the two single-trait independent culling strategies. The multi-trait GS strategy with mating relationship control (GS_GY + OL + Rel) resulted in a lower inbreeding coefficeint but a similar gain compared to that of the GS_GY + OL (without inbreeding control) strategy after a few cycles. Our findings lay the foundation for future safflower GS breeding.
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- Huanhuan Zhao
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia;
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia;
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- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia;
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia;
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia;
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- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia;
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia;
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Dhakal A, Poland J, Adhikari L, Faryna E, Fiedler J, Rutkoski JE, Arbelaez JD. Implementing multi-trait genomic selection to improve grain milling quality in oats (Avena sativa L.). THE PLANT GENOME 2024; 17:e20457. [PMID: 38764287 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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Oats (Avena sativa L.) provide unique nutritional benefits and contribute to sustainable agricultural systems. Breeding high-value oat varieties that meet milling industry standards is crucial for satisfying the demand for oat-based food products. Test weight, thins, and groat percentage are primary traits that define oat milling quality and the final price of food-grade oats. Conventional selection for milling quality is costly and burdensome. Multi-trait genomic selection (MTGS) combines information from genome-wide markers and secondary traits genetically correlated with primary traits to predict breeding values of primary traits on candidate breeding lines. MTGS can improve prediction accuracy and significantly accelerate the rate of genetic gain. In this study, we evaluated different MTGS models that used morphometric grain traits to improve prediction accuracy for primary grain quality traits within the constraints of a breeding program. We evaluated 558 breeding lines from the University of Illinois Oat Breeding Program across 2 years for primary milling traits, test weight, thins, and groat percentage, and secondary grain morphometric traits derived from kernel and groat images. Kernel morphometric traits were genetically correlated with test weight and thins percentage but were uncorrelated with groat percentage. For test weight and thins percentage, the MTGS model that included the kernel morphometric traits in both training and candidate sets outperformed single-trait models by 52% and 59%, respectively. In contrast, MTGS models for groat percentage were not significantly better than the single-trait model. We found that incorporating kernel morphometric traits can improve the genomic selection for test weight and thins percentage.
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- Anup Dhakal
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Illinois, Urbana, USA
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Center for Desert Agriculture, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Kansas, Manhattan, USA
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- USDA-ARS Biosciences Research Laboratory, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Illinois, Urbana, USA
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Kaur N, Lozada DN, Bhatta M, Barchenger DW, Khokhar ES, Nourbakhsh SS, Sanogo S. Insights into the genetic architecture of Phytophthora capsici root rot resistance in chile pepper (Capsicum spp.) from multi-locus genome-wide association study. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:416. [PMID: 38760676 PMCID: PMC11100198 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05097-2] [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: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
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BACKGROUND Phytophthora root rot, a major constraint in chile pepper production worldwide, is caused by the soil-borne oomycete, Phytophthora capsici. This study aimed to detect significant regions in the Capsicum genome linked to Phytophthora root rot resistance using a panel consisting of 157 Capsicum spp. genotypes. Multi-locus genome wide association study (GWAS) was conducted using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers derived from genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). Individual plants were separately inoculated with P. capsici isolates, 'PWB-185', 'PWB-186', and '6347', at the 4-8 leaf stage and were scored for disease symptoms up to 14-days post-inoculation. Disease scores were used to calculate disease parameters including disease severity index percentage, percent of resistant plants, area under disease progress curve, and estimated marginal means for each genotype. RESULTS Most of the genotypes displayed root rot symptoms, whereas five accessions were completely resistant to all the isolates and displayed no symptoms of infection. A total of 55,117 SNP markers derived from GBS were used to perform multi-locus GWAS which identified 330 significant SNP markers associated with disease resistance. Of these, 56 SNP markers distributed across all the 12 chromosomes were common across the isolates, indicating association with more durable resistance. Candidate genes including nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR), systemic acquired resistance (SAR8.2), and receptor-like kinase (RLKs), were identified within 0.5 Mb of the associated markers. CONCLUSIONS Results will be used to improve resistance to Phytophthora root rot in chile pepper by the development of Kompetitive allele-specific markers (KASP®) for marker validation, genomewide selection, and marker-assisted breeding.
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- Navdeep Kaur
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
- Current address: Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
- Chile Pepper Institute, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
- Department of Extension Plant Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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Toli EA, Kemppainen P, Bounas A, Sotiropoulos K. Genetic insight into a polygenic trait using a novel genome-wide association approach in a wild amphibian population. Mol Ecol 2024; 33:e17344. [PMID: 38597332 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Body size variation is central in the evolution of life-history traits in amphibians, but the underlying genetic architecture of this complex trait is still largely unknown. Herein, we studied the genetic basis of body size and fecundity of the alternative morphotypes in a wild population of the Greek smooth newt (Lissotriton graecus). By combining a genome-wide association approach with linkage disequilibrium network analysis, we were able to identify clusters of highly correlated loci thus maximizing sequence data for downstream analysis. The putatively associated variants explained 12.8% to 44.5% of the total phenotypic variation in body size and were mapped to genes with functional roles in the regulation of gene expression and cell cycle processes. Our study is the first to provide insights into the genetic basis of complex traits in newts and provides a useful tool to identify loci potentially involved in fitness-related traits in small data sets from natural populations in non-model species.
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- Elisavet-Aspasia Toli
- Molecular Ecology & Conservation Genetics Lab, Department of Biological Applications & Technology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Area of Ecology and Biodiversity, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong City, Hong Kong SAR
- Ecological Genetics Research Unit, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Molecular Ecology & Conservation Genetics Lab, Department of Biological Applications & Technology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Molecular Ecology & Conservation Genetics Lab, Department of Biological Applications & Technology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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Song J, Liu Y, Guo R, Pacheco A, Muñoz-Zavala C, Song W, Wang H, Cao S, Hu G, Zheng H, Dhliwayo T, San Vicente F, Prasanna BM, Wang C, Zhang X. Exploiting genomic tools for genetic dissection and improving the resistance to Fusarium stalk rot in tropical maize. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2024; 137:109. [PMID: 38649662 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-024-04597-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE A stable genomic region conferring FSR resistance at ~250 Mb on chromosome 1 was identified by GWAS. Genomic prediction has the potential to improve FSR resistance. Fusarium stalk rot (FSR) is a global destructive disease in maize; the efficiency of phenotypic selection for improving FSR resistance was low. Novel genomic tools of genome-wide association study (GWAS) and genomic prediction (GP) provide an opportunity for genetic dissection and improving FSR resistance. In this study, GWAS and GP analyses were performed on 562 tropical maize inbred lines consisting of two populations. In total, 15 SNPs significantly associated with FSR resistance were identified across two populations and the combinedPOP consisting of all 562 inbred lines, with the P-values ranging from 1.99 × 10-7 to 8.27 × 10-13, and the phenotypic variance explained (PVE) values ranging from 0.94 to 8.30%. The genetic effects of the 15 favorable alleles ranged from -4.29 to -14.21% of the FSR severity. One stable genomic region at ~ 250 Mb on chromosome 1 was detected across all populations, and the PVE values of the SNPs detected in this region ranged from 2.16 to 5.18%. Prediction accuracies of FSR severity estimated with the genome-wide SNPs were moderate and ranged from 0.29 to 0.51. By incorporating genotype-by-environment interaction, prediction accuracies were improved between 0.36 and 0.55 in different breeding scenarios. Considering both the genome coverage and the threshold of the P-value of SNPs to select a subset of molecular markers further improved the prediction accuracies. These findings extend the knowledge of exploiting genomic tools for genetic dissection and improving FSR resistance in tropical maize.
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- Junqiao Song
- Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471000, Henan, China
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
- Anyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, 455000, Henan, China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
- CIMMYT-China Specialty Maize Research Center, Crop Breeding and Cultivation Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200063, China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
- Institute of Cereal and Oil Crops, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Shijiazhuang, 050035, Hebei, China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
- Institute of Cereal and Oil Crops, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Shijiazhuang, 050035, Hebei, China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
- CIMMYT-China Specialty Maize Research Center, Crop Breeding and Cultivation Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200063, China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
- Institute of Maize Research, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, 150070, Heilongjiang, China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
- Institute of Maize Research, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, 150070, Heilongjiang, China
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- CIMMYT-China Specialty Maize Research Center, Crop Breeding and Cultivation Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 200063, China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Village Market, P. O. Box 1041, Nairobi, 00621, Kenya
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- Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, 471000, Henan, China.
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237, Texcoco, Mexico.
- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), CIMMYT-China Office, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China.
- Nanfan Research Institute, CAAS, Sanya, 572024, Hainan, China.
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Fenton S, Jacobs A, Bean CW, Adams CE, Elmer KR. Genomic underpinnings of head and body shape in Arctic charr ecomorph pairs. Mol Ecol 2024; 33:e17305. [PMID: 38421099 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Across its Holarctic range, Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) populations have diverged into distinct trophic specialists across independent replicate lakes. The major aspect of divergence between ecomorphs is in head shape and body shape, which are ecomorphological traits reflecting niche use. However, whether the genomic underpinnings of these parallel divergences are consistent across replicates was unknown but key for resolving the substrate of parallel evolution. We investigated the genomic basis of head shape and body shape morphology across four benthivore-planktivore ecomorph pairs of Arctic charr in Scotland. Through genome-wide association analyses, we found genomic regions associated with head shape (89 SNPs) or body shape (180 SNPs) separately and 50 of these SNPs were strongly associated with both body and head shape morphology. For each trait separately, only a small number of SNPs were shared across all ecomorph pairs (3 SNPs for head shape and 10 SNPs for body shape). Signs of selection on the associated genomic regions varied across pairs, consistent with evolutionary demography differing considerably across lakes. Using a comprehensive database of salmonid QTLs newly augmented and mapped to a charr genome, we found several of the head- and body-shape-associated SNPs were within or near morphology QTLs from other salmonid species, reflecting a shared genetic basis for these phenotypes across species. Overall, our results demonstrate how parallel ecotype divergences can have both population-specific and deeply shared genomic underpinnings across replicates, influenced by differences in their environments and demographic histories.
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- Sam Fenton
- School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- NatureScot, Clydebank, UK
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- School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Aguirre NC, Villalba PV, García MN, Filippi CV, Rivas JG, Martínez MC, Acuña CV, López AJ, López JA, Pathauer P, Palazzini D, Harrand L, Oberschelp J, Marcó MA, Cisneros EF, Carreras R, Martins Alves AM, Rodrigues JC, Hopp HE, Grattapaglia D, Cappa EP, Paniego NB, Marcucci Poltri SN. Comparison of ddRADseq and EUChip60K SNP genotyping systems for population genetics and genomic selection in Eucalyptus dunnii (Maiden). Front Genet 2024; 15:1361418. [PMID: 38606359 PMCID: PMC11008695 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1361418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Eucalyptus dunnii is one of the most important Eucalyptus species for short-fiber pulp production in regions where other species of the genus are affected by poor soil and climatic conditions. In this context, E. dunnii holds promise as a resource to address and adapt to the challenges of climate change. Despite its rapid growth and favorable wood properties for solid wood products, the advancement of its improvement remains in its early stages. In this work, we evaluated the performance of two single nucleotide polymorphism, (SNP), genotyping methods for population genetics analysis and Genomic Selection in E. dunnii. Double digest restriction-site associated DNA sequencing (ddRADseq) was compared with the EUChip60K array in 308 individuals from a provenance-progeny trial. The compared SNP set included 8,011 and 19,008 informative SNPs distributed along the 11 chromosomes, respectively. Although the two datasets differed in the percentage of missing data, genome coverage, minor allele frequency and estimated genetic diversity parameters, they revealed a similar genetic structure, showing two subpopulations with little differentiation between them, and low linkage disequilibrium. GS analyses were performed for eleven traits using Genomic Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (GBLUP) and a conventional pedigree-based model (ABLUP). Regardless of the SNP dataset, the predictive ability (PA) of GBLUP was better than that of ABLUP for six traits (Cellulose content, Total and Ethanolic extractives, Total and Klason lignin content and Syringyl and Guaiacyl lignin monomer ratio). When contrasting the SNP datasets used to estimate PAs, the GBLUP-EUChip60K model gave higher and significant PA values for six traits, meanwhile, the values estimated using ddRADseq gave higher values for three other traits. The PAs correlated positively with narrow sense heritabilities, with the highest correlations shown by the ABLUP and GBLUP-EUChip60K. The two genotyping methods, ddRADseq and EUChip60K, are generally comparable for population genetics and genomic prediction, demonstrating the utility of the former when subjected to rigorous SNP filtering. The results of this study provide a basis for future whole-genome studies using ddRADseq in non-model forest species for which SNP arrays have not yet been developed.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular, UEDD INTA-CONICET, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular, UEDD INTA-CONICET, Hurlingham, Argentina
- Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular, UEDD INTA-CONICET, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular, UEDD INTA-CONICET, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular, UEDD INTA-CONICET, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria de Bella Vista, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Bella Vista, Argentina
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- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria de Bella Vista, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Bella Vista, Argentina
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- Instituto de Recursos Biológicos, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Instituto de Recursos Biológicos, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria de Concordia, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Concordia, Argentina
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- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria de Concordia, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Concordia, Argentina
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- Estación Experimental Agropecuaria de Concordia, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Concordia, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (UNSE), Santiago del Estero, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (UNSE), Santiago del Estero, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais e Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais e Laboratório Associado TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular, UEDD INTA-CONICET, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasilia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Recursos Biológicos, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Hurlingham, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular, UEDD INTA-CONICET, Hurlingham, Argentina
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Wolf ESA, Vela S, Wilker J, Davis A, Robert M, Infante V, Venado RE, Voiniciuc C, Ané JM, Vermerris W. Identification of genetic and environmental factors influencing aerial root traits that support biological nitrogen fixation in sorghum. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2024; 14:jkad285. [PMID: 38096484 PMCID: PMC10917507 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad285] [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: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
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Plant breeding and genetics play a major role in the adaptation of plants to meet human needs. The current requirement to make agriculture more sustainable can be partly met by a greater reliance on biological nitrogen fixation by symbiotic diazotrophic microorganisms that provide crop plants with ammonium. Select accessions of the cereal crop sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) form mucilage-producing aerial roots that harbor nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Breeding programs aimed at developing sorghum varieties that support diazotrophs will benefit from a detailed understanding of the genetic and environmental factors contributing to aerial root formation. A genome-wide association study of the sorghum minicore, a collection of 242 landraces, and 30 accessions from the sorghum association panel was conducted in Florida and Wisconsin and under 2 fertilizer treatments to identify loci associated with the number of nodes with aerial roots and aerial root diameter. Sequence variation in genes encoding transcription factors that control phytohormone signaling and root system architecture showed significant associations with these traits. In addition, the location had a significant effect on the phenotypes. Concurrently, we developed F2 populations from crosses between bioenergy sorghums and a landrace that produced extensive aerial roots to evaluate the mode of inheritance of the loci identified by the genome-wide association study. Furthermore, the mucilage collected from aerial roots contained polysaccharides rich in galactose, arabinose, and fucose, whose composition displayed minimal variation among 10 genotypes and 2 fertilizer treatments. These combined results support the development of sorghums with the ability to acquire nitrogen via biological nitrogen fixation.
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- Emily S A Wolf
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32609, USA
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- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32609, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Independent Junior Research Group–Designer Glycans, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32609, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32609, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
- University of Florida Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Saatoglu D, Lundregan SL, Fetterplace E, Goedert D, Husby A, Niskanen AK, Muff S, Jensen H. The genetic basis of dispersal in a vertebrate metapopulation. Mol Ecol 2024; 33:e17295. [PMID: 38396362 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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Dispersal affects evolutionary processes by changing population size and genetic composition, influencing the viability and persistence of populations. Investigating which mechanisms underlie variation in dispersal phenotypes and whether populations harbour adaptive potential for dispersal is crucial to understanding the eco-evolutionary dynamics of this important trait. Here, we investigate the genetic architecture of dispersal among successfully recruited individuals in an insular metapopulation of house sparrows. We use an extensive long-term individual-based ecological data set and high-density single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotypes for over 2500 individuals. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS), and found a relationship between dispersal probability and a SNP located near genes known to regulate circadian rhythm, glycogenesis and exercise performance, among other functions. However, this SNP only explained 3.8% of variance, suggesting that dispersal is a polygenic trait. We then used an animal model to estimate heritable genetic variation (σA 2 ), which composes 10% of the total variation in dispersal probability. Finally, we investigated differences in σA 2 across populations occupying ecologically relevant habitat types (farm vs. non-farm) using a genetic groups animal model. We found different adaptive potentials across habitats, with higher mean breeding value, σA 2 , and heritability for the habitat presenting lower dispersal rates, suggesting also different roles of environmental variation. Our results suggest a complex genetic architecture of dispersal and demonstrate that adaptive potential may be environment dependent in key eco-evolutionary traits. The eco-evolutionary implications of such environment dependence and consequent spatial variation are likely to become ever more important with the increased fragmentation and loss of suitable habitats for many natural populations.
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- Dilan Saatoglu
- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Evolutionary Biology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Ecology and Genetics Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Cheek RG, McLaughlin JF, Gamboa MP, Marshall CA, Johnson BM, Silver DB, Mauro AA, Ghalambor CK. A lack of genetic diversity and minimal adaptive evolutionary divergence in introduced Mysis shrimp after 50 years. Evol Appl 2024; 17:e13637. [PMID: 38283609 PMCID: PMC10818135 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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The successes of introduced populations in novel habitats often provide powerful examples of evolution and adaptation. In the 1950s, opossum shrimp (Mysis diluviana) individuals from Clearwater Lake in Minnesota, USA were transported and introduced to Twin Lakes in Colorado, USA by fisheries managers to supplement food sources for trout. Mysis were subsequently introduced from Twin Lakes into numerous lakes throughout Colorado. Because managers kept detailed records of the timing of the introductions, we had the opportunity to test for evolutionary divergence within a known time interval. Here, we used reduced representation genomic data to investigate patterns of genetic diversity, test for genetic divergence between populations, and for evidence of adaptive evolution within the introduced populations in Colorado. We found very low levels of genetic diversity across all populations, with evidence for some genetic divergence between the Minnesota source population and the introduced populations in Colorado. There was little differentiation among the Colorado populations, consistent with the known provenance of a single founding population, with the exception of the population from Gross Reservoir, Colorado. Demographic modeling suggests that at least one undocumented introduction from an unknown source population hybridized with the population in Gross Reservoir. Despite the overall low genetic diversity we observed, F ST outlier and environmental association analyses identified multiple loci exhibiting signatures of selection and adaptive variation related to elevation and lake depth. The success of introduced species is thought to be limited by genetic variation, but our results imply that populations with limited genetic variation can become established in a wide range of novel environments. From an applied perspective, the observed patterns of divergence between populations suggest that genetic analysis can be a useful forensic tool to determine likely sources of invasive species.
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- Rebecca G. Cheek
- Department of BiologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
- Graduate Degree Program in EcologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of California BerkeleyBerkeleyCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Organismal Biology and EcologyColorado CollegeColorado SpringsColoradoUSA
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- Department of BiologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
- Council on Science and TechnologyPrinceton UniversityPrincetonNew JerseyUSA
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- Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation BiologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
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- Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation BiologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
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- Department of BiologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
- Graduate Degree Program in EcologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD)Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
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- Department of BiologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
- Graduate Degree Program in EcologyColorado State UniversityFort CollinsColoradoUSA
- Department of Biology, Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD)Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)TrondheimNorway
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Ledesma A, Santana AS, Sales Ribeiro FA, Aguilar FS, Edwards J, Frei U, Lübberstedt T. Genome-wide association analysis of plant architecture traits using doubled haploid lines derived from different cycles of the Iowa Stiff Stalk Synthetic maize population. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1294507. [PMID: 38235209 PMCID: PMC10792766 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1294507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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Selection in the Iowa Stiff Stalk Synthetic (BSSS) maize population for high yield, grain moisture, and root and stalk lodging has indirectly modified plant architecture traits that are important for adaptation to high plant density. In this study, we developed doubled haploid (DH) lines from the BSSS maize population in the earliest cycle of recurrent selection (BSSS), cycle 17 of reciprocal recurrent selection, [BSSS(R)17] and the cross between the two cycles [BSSS/BSSS(R)C17]. We aimed to determine the phenotypic variation and changes in agronomic traits that have occurred through the recurrent selection program in this population and to identify genes or regions in the genome associated with the plant architecture changes observed in the different cycles of selection. We conducted a per se evaluation of DH lines focusing on high heritability traits important for adaptation to high planting density and grain yield. Trends for reducing flowering time, anthesis-silking interval, ear height, and the number of primary tassel branches in BSSS(R)17 DH lines compared to BSSS and BSSS/BSSS(R)C17 DH lines were observed. Additionally, the BSSS(R)C17 DH lines showed more upright flag leaf angles. Using the entire panel of DH lines increased the number of SNP markers identified within candidate genes associated with plant architecture traits. The genomic regions identified for plant architecture traits in this study may help to elucidate the genetic basis of these traits and facilitate future work about marker-assisted selection or map-based cloning in maize breeding programs.
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- Alejandro Ledesma
- National Institute of Forestry, Crop and Livestock Research, Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Agronomy, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Colombian Sugarcane Research Center (Cenicana), Cali, Cauca Valley, Colombia
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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Chambers EA, Bishop AP, Wang IJ. Individual-based landscape genomics for conservation: An analysis pipeline. Mol Ecol Resour 2023. [PMID: 37883295 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Landscape genomics can harness environmental and genetic data to inform conservation decisions by providing essential insights into how landscapes shape biodiversity. The massive increase in genetic data afforded by the genomic era provides exceptional resolution for answering critical conservation genetics questions. The accessibility of genomic data for non-model systems has also enabled a shift away from population-based sampling to individual-based sampling, which now provides accurate and robust estimates of genetic variation that can be used to examine the spatial structure of genomic diversity, population connectivity and the nature of environmental adaptation. Nevertheless, the adoption of individual-based sampling in conservation genetics has been slowed due, in large part, to concerns over how to apply methods developed for population-based sampling to individual-based sampling schemes. Here, we discuss the benefits of individual-based sampling for conservation and describe how landscape genomic methods, paired with individual-based sampling, can answer fundamental conservation questions. We have curated key landscape genomic methods into a user-friendly, open-source workflow, which we provide as a new R package, A Landscape Genomics Analysis Toolkit in R (algatr). The algatr package includes novel added functionality for all of the included methods and extensive vignettes designed with the primary goal of making landscape genomic approaches more accessible and explicitly applicable to conservation biology.
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- E Anne Chambers
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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Khvorykh GV, Sapozhnikov NA, Limborska SA, Khrunin AV. Evaluation of Density-Based Spatial Clustering for Identifying Genomic Loci Associated with Ischemic Stroke in Genome-Wide Data. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:15355. [PMID: 37895035 PMCID: PMC10607504 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242015355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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The genetic architecture of ischemic stroke (IS), which is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, is complex and underexplored. The traditional approach for associative gene mapping is genome-wide association studies (GWASs), testing individual single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the genomes of case and control groups. The purpose of this research is to develop an alternative approach in which groups of SNPs are examined rather than individual ones. We proposed, validated and applied to real data a new workflow consisting of three key stages: grouping SNPs in clusters, inferring the haplotypes in the clusters and testing haplotypes for the association with phenotype. To group SNPs, we applied the clustering algorithms DBSCAN and HDBSCAN to linkage disequilibrium (LD) matrices, representing pairwise r2 values between all genotyped SNPs. These clustering algorithms have never before been applied to genotype data as part of the workflow of associative studies. In total, 883,908 SNPs and insertion/deletion polymorphisms from people of European ancestry (4929 cases and 652 controls) were processed. The subsequent testing for frequencies of haplotypes restored in the clusters of SNPs revealed dozens of genes associated with IS and suggested the complex role that protocadherin molecules play in IS. The developed workflow was validated with the use of a simulated dataset of similar ancestry and the same sample sizes. The results of classic GWASs are also provided and discussed. The considered clustering algorithms can be applied to genotypic data to identify the genomic loci associated with different qualitative traits, using the workflow presented in this research.
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Kurchatov Sq. 2, Moscow 123182, Russia; (G.V.K.); (N.A.S.); (S.A.L.)
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Farooqi MQU, Moody D, Bai G, Bernardo A, St. Amand P, Diggle AJ, Rengel Z. Genetic characterization of root architectural traits in barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.) using SNP markers. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1265925. [PMID: 37860255 PMCID: PMC10582755 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1265925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Increasing attention is paid to providing new tools to breeders for targeted breeding for specific root traits that are beneficial in low-fertility, drying soils; however, such information is not available for barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). A panel of 191 barley accessions (originating from Australia, Europe, and Africa) was phenotyped for 26 root and shoot traits using the semi-hydroponic system and genotyped using 21 062 high-quality single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers generated by genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). The population structure analysis of the barley panel identified six distinct groups. We detected 1199 significant (P<0.001) marker-trait associations (MTAs) with r2 values up to 0.41. The strongest MTAs were found for root diameter in the top 20 cm and the longest root length. Based on the physical locations of these MTAs in the barley reference genome, we identified 37 putative QTLs for the root traits, and three QTLs for shoot traits, with nine QTLs located in the same physical regions. The genomic region 640-653 Mb on chromosome 7H was significant for five root length-related traits, where 440 annotated genes were located. The putative QTLs for various root traits identified in this study may be useful for genetic improvement regarding the adaptation of new barley cultivars to suboptimal environments and abiotic stresses.
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- M. Q. U. Farooqi
- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, WA, Australia
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- UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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Riehl JFL, Cole CT, Morrow CJ, Barker HL, Bernhardsson C, Rubert‐Nason K, Ingvarsson PK, Lindroth RL. Genomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal polygenic architecture for ecologically important traits in aspen ( Populus tremuloides Michx.). Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10541. [PMID: 37780087 PMCID: PMC10534199 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023] Open
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Intraspecific genetic variation in foundation species such as aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) shapes their impact on forest structure and function. Identifying genes underlying ecologically important traits is key to understanding that impact. Previous studies, using single-locus genome-wide association (GWA) analyses to identify candidate genes, have identified fewer genes than anticipated for highly heritable quantitative traits. Mounting evidence suggests that polygenic control of quantitative traits is largely responsible for this "missing heritability" phenomenon. Our research characterized the genetic architecture of 30 ecologically important traits using a common garden of aspen through genomic and transcriptomic analyses. A multilocus association model revealed that most traits displayed a highly polygenic architecture, with most variation explained by loci with small effects (likely below the detection levels of single-locus GWA methods). Consistent with a polygenic architecture, our single-locus GWA analyses found only 38 significant SNPs in 22 genes across 15 traits. Next, we used differential expression analysis on a subset of aspen genets with divergent concentrations of salicinoid phenolic glycosides (key defense traits). This complementary method to traditional GWA discovered 1243 differentially expressed genes for a polygenic trait. Soft clustering analysis revealed three gene clusters (241 candidate genes) involved in secondary metabolite biosynthesis and regulation. Our work reveals that ecologically important traits governing higher-order community- and ecosystem-level attributes of a foundation forest tree species have complex underlying genetic structures and will require methods beyond traditional GWA analyses to unravel.
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- Department of Forest and Wildlife EcologyUniversity of Wisconsin‐MadisonMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of EntomologyUniversity of Wisconsin‐MadisonMadisonWisconsinUSA
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Office of Student SuccessWisconsin Technical College SystemMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental ScienceUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
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Department of Organismal Biology, Center for Evolutionary BiologyUppsala UniversityUppsalaSweden
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- Department of EntomologyUniversity of Wisconsin‐MadisonMadisonWisconsinUSA
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Division of Natural SciencesUniversity of Maine at Fort KentFort KentMaineUSA
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- Department of Plant BiologySwedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala BioCenterUppsalaSweden
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Adak A, Kang M, Anderson SL, Murray SC, Jarquin D, Wong RKW, Katzfuß M. Phenomic data-driven biological prediction of maize through field-based high-throughput phenotyping integration with genomic data. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2023; 74:5307-5326. [PMID: 37279568 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad216] [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: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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High-throughput phenotyping (HTP) has expanded the dimensionality of data in plant research; however, HTP has resulted in few novel biological discoveries to date. Field-based HTP (FHTP), using small unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with imaging sensors, can be deployed routinely to monitor segregating plant population interactions with the environment under biologically meaningful conditions. Here, flowering dates and plant height, important phenological fitness traits, were collected on 520 segregating maize recombinant inbred lines (RILs) in both irrigated and drought stress trials in 2018. Using UAV phenomic, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genomic, as well as combined data, flowering times were predicted using several scenarios. Untested genotypes were predicted with 0.58, 0.59, and 0.41 prediction ability for anthesis, silking, and terminal plant height, respectively, using genomic data, but prediction ability increased to 0.77, 0.76, and 0.58 when phenomic and genomic data were used together. Using the phenomic data in a genome-wide association study, a heat-related candidate gene (GRMZM2G083810; hsp18f) was discovered using temporal reflectance phenotypes belonging to flowering times (both irrigated and drought) trials where heat stress also peaked. Thus, a relationship between plants and abiotic stresses belonging to a specific time of growth was revealed only through use of temporal phenomic data. Overall, this study showed that (i) it is possible to predict complex traits using high dimensional phenomic data between different environments, and (ii) temporal phenomic data can reveal a time-dependent association between genotypes and abiotic stresses, which can help understand mechanisms to develop resilient plants.
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- Alper Adak
- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2474, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2474, USA
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Dinh LT, Ueda Y, Gonzalez D, Tanaka JP, Takanashi H, Wissuwa M. Novel QTL for Lateral Root Density and Length Improve Phosphorus Uptake in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 16:37. [PMID: 37615779 PMCID: PMC10449758 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-023-00654-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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The rice root system consists of two types of lateral roots, indeterminate larger L-types capable of further branching, and determinate, short, unbranched S-types. L-type laterals correspond to the typical lateral roots of cereals whereas S-type laterals are unique to rice. Both types contribute to nutrient and water uptake and genotypic variation for density and length of these laterals could be exploited in rice improvement to enhance adaptations to nutrient and water-limited environments. Our objectives were to determine how best to screen for lateral root density and length and to identify markers linked to genotypic variation for these traits. Using different growing media showed that screening in nutrient solution exposed genotypic variation for S-type and L-type density, but only the lateral roots of soil-grown plants varied for their lengths. A QTL mapping population developed from parents contrasting for lateral root traits was grown in a low-P field, roots were sampled, scanned and density and length of lateral roots measured. One QTL each was detected for L-type density (LDC), S-type density on crown root (SDC), S-type density on L-type (SDL), S-type length on L-type (SLL), and crown root number (RNO). The QTL for LDC on chromosome 5 had a major effect, accounting for 46% of the phenotypic variation. This strong positive effect was confirmed in additional field experiments, showing that lines with the donor parent allele at qLDC5 had 50% higher LDC. Investigating the contribution of lateral root traits to P uptake using stepwise regressions indicated LDC and RNO were most influential, followed by SDL. Simulating effects of root trait differences conferred by the main QTL in a P uptake model confirmed that qLDC5 was most effective in improving P uptake followed by qRNO9 for RNO and qSDL9 for S-type lateral density on L-type laterals. Pyramiding qLDC5 with qRNO9 and qSDL9 would be possible given that trade-offs between traits were not detected. Phenotypic selection for the RNO trait during variety development would be feasible, however, the costs of doing so reliably for lateral root density traits is prohibitive and markers identified here therefore provide the first opportunity to incorporate such traits into a breeding program.
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- Lam Thi Dinh
- Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), 1-1 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8686, Japan
- Department of Applied Biology and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8561, Japan
- Department of Plant protection, Institute of Agricultural Science for Southern Vietnam (IAS), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), 1-1 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8686, Japan
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- Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), 1-1 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8686, Japan
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- Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), 1-1 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8686, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), 1-1 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8686, Japan.
- PhenoRob Cluster and Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Sweet PK, Bernardo R. Reciprocal testcross design for genome-wide prediction of maize single-cross performance. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:184. [PMID: 37555961 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04435-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE A reciprocal testcross design increases the relatedness among single crosses and testcrosses, thereby increasing the effectiveness of genome-wide prediction in maize. A reciprocal testcross design uses parental inbreds in an opposite heterotic group as testers in maize (Zea mays L.) inbred development. In particular, doubled haploids from the A × B cross are testcrossed with inbreds Y and Z, and doubled haploids from Y × Z are testcrossed with inbreds A and B. Our objective was to determine if a reciprocal testcross design is superior to a traditional, non-reciprocal testcross design. A total of 700 Iowa Stiff Stalk Synthetic (BSSS) doubled haploids and 231 non-BSSS doubled haploids were developed from 10 breeding populations and had data on 11,032 single nucleotide polymorphism markers. Each doubled haploid was testcrossed to one to five testers from the opposite heterotic group, and the resulting 1642 testcrosses were evaluated in multilocation yield trials in 2019. Divergent selection for yield/moisture, on the basis of genome-wide predictions according to a reciprocal testcross design, led to significant responses (in 2020) in all 10 populations for yield/moisture and moisture and in three populations for yield. Predictive ability for yield/moisture and moisture was 0.11 to 0.26 higher with a reciprocal testcross design than with a testcross design. This higher predictive ability was attributed to a stronger relatedness between the training and test populations. No significant difference in predictive ability was found for yield, for which predictive ability was lower. Differences among genetic models that included and excluded specific combining ability were small. Overall, the empirical results supported the usefulness of a reciprocal testcross design in maize breeding.
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA.
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Mora-Poblete F, Maldonado C, Henrique L, Uhdre R, Scapim CA, Mangolim CA. Multi-trait and multi-environment genomic prediction for flowering traits in maize: a deep learning approach. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1153040. [PMID: 37593046 PMCID: PMC10428628 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1153040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Maize (Zea mays L.), the third most widely cultivated cereal crop in the world, plays a critical role in global food security. To improve the efficiency of selecting superior genotypes in breeding programs, researchers have aimed to identify key genomic regions that impact agronomic traits. In this study, the performance of multi-trait, multi-environment deep learning models was compared to that of Bayesian models (Markov Chain Monte Carlo generalized linear mixed models (MCMCglmm), Bayesian Genomic Genotype-Environment Interaction (BGGE), and Bayesian Multi-Trait and Multi-Environment (BMTME)) in terms of the prediction accuracy of flowering-related traits (Anthesis-Silking Interval: ASI, Female Flowering: FF, and Male Flowering: MF). A tropical maize panel of 258 inbred lines from Brazil was evaluated in three sites (Cambira-2018, Sabaudia-2018, and Iguatemi-2020 and 2021) using approximately 290,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The results demonstrated a 14.4% increase in prediction accuracy when employing multi-trait models compared to the use of a single trait in a single environment approach. The accuracy of predictions also improved by 6.4% when using a single trait in a multi-environment scheme compared to using multi-trait analysis. Additionally, deep learning models consistently outperformed Bayesian models in both single and multiple trait and environment approaches. A complementary genome-wide association study identified associations with 26 candidate genes related to flowering time traits, and 31 marker-trait associations were identified, accounting for 37%, 37%, and 22% of the phenotypic variation of ASI, FF and MF, respectively. In conclusion, our findings suggest that deep learning models have the potential to significantly improve the accuracy of predictions, regardless of the approach used and provide support for the efficacy of this method in genomic selection for flowering-related traits in tropical maize.
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- Centro de Genómica y Bioinformática, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Agronomy, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Agronomy, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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Peters Haugrud AR, Shi G, Seneviratne S, Running KLD, Zhang Z, Singh G, Szabo-Hever A, Acharya K, Friesen TL, Liu Z, Faris JD. Genome-wide association mapping of resistance to the foliar diseases septoria nodorum blotch and tan spot in a global winter wheat collection. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2023; 43:54. [PMID: 37337566 PMCID: PMC10276793 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-023-01400-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) and tan spot, caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogens Parastagonospora nodorum and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, respectively, often occur together as a leaf spotting disease complex on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Both pathogens produce necrotrophic effectors (NEs) that contribute to the development of disease. Here, genome-wide association analysis of a diverse panel of 264 winter wheat lines revealed novel loci on chromosomes 5A and 5B associated with sensitivity to the NEs SnTox3 and SnTox5 in addition to the known sensitivity genes for NEs Ptr/SnToxA, SnTox1, SnTox3, and SnTox5. Sensitivity loci for SnTox267 and Ptr ToxB were not detected. Evaluation of the panel with five P. nodorum isolates for SNB development indicated the Snn3-SnTox3 and Tsn1-SnToxA interactions played significant roles in disease development along with additional QTL on chromosomes 2A and 2D, which may correspond to the Snn7-SnTox267 interaction. For tan spot, the Tsc1-Ptr ToxC interaction was associated with disease caused by two isolates, and a novel QTL on chromosome 7D was associated with a third isolate. The Tsn1-ToxA interaction was associated with SNB but not tan spot. Therefore some, but not all, of the previously characterized host gene-NE interactions in these pathosystems play significant roles in disease development in winter wheat. Based on these results, breeders should prioritize the selection of resistance alleles at the Tsc1, Tsn1, Snn3, and Snn7 loci as well as the 2A and 7D QTL to obtain good levels of resistance to SNB and tan spot in winter wheat. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-023-01400-5.
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- Amanda R. Peters Haugrud
- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, , Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, , Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, , Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, , Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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- Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, , Fargo, ND 58102 USA
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Nazareno ES, Fiedler JD, Ardayfio NK, Miller ME, Figueroa M, Kianian SF. Genetic Analysis and Physical Mapping of Oat Adult Plant Resistance Loci Against Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:1307-1316. [PMID: 36721375 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-10-22-0395-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Six quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for adult plant resistance against oat crown rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae) were identified from mapping three recombinant inbred populations. Using genotyping-by-sequencing with markers called against the OT3098 v1 reference genome, the QTLs were mapped on six different chromosomes: Chr1D, Chr4D, Chr5A, Chr5D, Chr7A, and Chr7C. Composite interval mapping with marker cofactor selection showed that the phenotypic variance explained by all identified QTLs for coefficient of infection range from 12.2 to 46.9%, whereas heritability estimates ranged from 0.11 to 0.38. The significant regions were narrowed down to intervals of 3.9 to 25 cM, equivalent to physical distances of 11 to 133 Mb. At least two flanking single-nucleotide polymorphism markers were identified within 10 cM of each QTL that could be used in marker-assisted introgression, pyramiding, and selection. The additive effects of the QTLs in each population were determined using single-nucleotide polymorphism haplotype data, which showed a significantly lower coefficient of infection in lines homozygous for the resistant alleles. Analysis of pairwise linkage disequilibrium also revealed high correlation of markers and presence of linkage blocks in the significant regions. To further facilitate marker-assisted breeding, polymerase chain reaction allelic competitive extension (PACE) markers for the adult plant resistance loci were developed. Putative candidate genes were also identified in each of the significant regions, which include resistance gene analogs that encode for kinases, ligases, and predicted receptors of avirulence proteins from pathogens.
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- Eric S Nazareno
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo, ND, U.S.A
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo, ND, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A
- Pairwise Plants, LLC, 807 East Main Street, Suite 4-100, Durham, NC, U.S.A
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A
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Cabral AL, Ruan Y, Cuthbert RD, Li L, Zhang W, Boyle K, Berraies S, Henriquez MA, Burt A, Kumar S, Fobert P, Piche I, Bokore FE, Meyer B, Sangha J, Knox RE. Multi-locus genome-wide association study of fusarium head blight in relation to days to anthesis and plant height in a spring wheat association panel. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1166282. [PMID: 37457352 PMCID: PMC10346453 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1166282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a highly destructive fungal disease of wheat to which host resistance is quantitatively inherited and largely influenced by the environment. Resistance to FHB has been associated with taller height and later maturity; however, a further understanding of these relationships is needed. An association mapping panel (AMP) of 192 predominantly Canadian spring wheat was genotyped with the wheat 90K single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array. The AMP was assessed for FHB incidence (INC), severity (SEV) and index (IND), days to anthesis (DTA), and plant height (PLHT) between 2015 and 2017 at three Canadian FHB-inoculated nurseries. Seven multi-environment trial (MET) datasets were deployed in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using a single-locus mixed linear model (MLM) and a multi-locus random SNP-effect mixed linear model (mrMLM). MLM detected four quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) for INC on chromosomes 2D and 3D and for SEV and IND on chromosome 3B. Further, mrMLM identified 291 QTNs: 50 (INC), 72 (SEV), 90 (IND), 41 (DTA), and 38 (PLHT). At two or more environments, 17 QTNs for FHB, DTA, and PLHT were detected. Of these 17, 12 QTNs were pleiotropic for FHB traits, DTA, and PLHT on chromosomes 1A, 1D, 2D, 3B, 5A, 6B, 7A, and 7B; two QTNs for DTA were detected on chromosomes 1B and 7A; and three PLHT QTNs were located on chromosomes 4B and 6B. The 1B DTA QTN and the three pleiotropic QTNs on chromosomes 1A, 3B, and 6B are potentially identical to corresponding quantitative trait loci (QTLs) in durum wheat. Further, the 3B pleiotropic QTN for FHB INC, SEV, and IND co-locates with TraesCS3B02G024900 within the Fhb1 region on chromosome 3B and is ~3 Mb from a cloned Fhb1 candidate gene TaHRC. While the PLHT QTN on chromosome 6B is putatively novel, the 1B DTA QTN co-locates with a disease resistance protein located ~10 Mb from a Flowering Locus T1-like gene TaFT3-B1, and the 7A DTA QTN is ~5 Mb away from a maturity QTL QMat.dms-7A.3 of another study. GWAS and QTN candidate genes enabled the characterization of FHB resistance in relation to DTA and PLHT. This approach should eventually generate additional and reliable trait-specific markers for breeding selection, in addition to providing useful information for FHB trait discovery.
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- Adrian L. Cabral
- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
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- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
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- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
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- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
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- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
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- Morden Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, MB, Canada
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- Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Brandon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon, MB, Canada
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- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
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- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
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- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
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- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
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- Swift Current Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada
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Arifuzzaman M, Jost M, Wang M, Chen X, Perovic D, Park RF, Rouse M, Forrest K, Hayden M, Khan GA, Dracatos PM. Mining the Australian Grains Gene Bank for Rust Resistance in Barley. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10860. [PMID: 37446042 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Global barley production is threatened by plant pathogens, especially the rusts. In this study we used a targeted genotype-by-sequencing (GBS) assisted GWAS approach to identify rust resistance alleles in a collection of 287 genetically distinct diverse barley landraces and historical cultivars available in the Australian Grains Genebank (AGG) and originally sourced from Eastern Europe. The accessions were challenged with seven US-derived cereal rust pathogen races including Puccinia hordei (Ph-leaf rust) race 17VA12C, P. coronata var. hordei (Pch-crown rust) race 91NE9305 and five pathogenically diverse races of P. striiformis f. sp. hordei (Psh-stripe rust) (PSH-33, PSH-48, PSH-54, PSH-72 and PSH-100) and phenotyped quantitatively at the seedling stage. Novel resistance factors were identified on chromosomes 1H, 2H, 4H and 5H in response to Pch, whereas a race-specific QTL on 7HS was identified that was effective only to Psh isolates PSH-72 and PSH-100. A major effect QTL on chromosome 5HL conferred resistance to all Psh races including PSH-72, which is virulent on all 12 stripe rust differential tester lines. The same major effect QTL was also identified in response to leaf rust (17VA12C) suggesting this locus contains several pathogen specific rust resistance genes or the same gene is responsible for both leaf rust and stripe rust resistance. Twelve accessions were highly resistant to both leaf and stripe rust diseases and also carried the 5HL QTL. We subsequently surveyed the physical region at the 5HL locus for across the barley pan genome variation in the presence of known resistance gene candidates and identified a rich source of high confidence protein kinase and antifungal genes in the QTL region.
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- Md Arifuzzaman
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh
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- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6430, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6430, USA
- Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture Wheat Health, Genetics and Quality Research Unit, Pullman, WA 99164-6430, USA
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kuehn-Institute, Erwin-Baur-Strasse 27, 06484 Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW 2570, Australia
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- USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Agriculture Victoria Research, AgriBio, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria Research, AgriBio, Melbourne, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University, AgriBio, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
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Galić V, Anđelković V, Kravić N, Grčić N, Ledenčan T, Jambrović A, Zdunić Z, Nicolas S, Charcosset A, Šatović Z, Šimić D. Genetic diversity and selection signatures in a gene bank panel of maize inbred lines from Southeast Europe compared with two West European panels. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:315. [PMID: 37316827 PMCID: PMC10265872 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04336-2] [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: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Southeast Europe (SEE) is a very important maize-growing region, comparable to the Corn belt region of the United States, with similar dent germplasm (dent by dent hybrids). Historically, this region has undergone several genetic material swaps, following the trends in the US, with one of the most significant swaps related to US aid programs after WWII. The imported accessions used to make double-cross hybrids were also mixed with previously adapted germplasm originating from several more distant OPVs, supporting the transition to single cross-breeding. Many of these materials were deposited at the Maize Gene Bank of the Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje (MRIZP) between the 1960s and 1980s. A part of this Gene Bank (572 inbreds) was genotyped with Affymetrix Axiom Maize Genotyping Array with 616,201 polymorphic variants. Data were merged with two other genotyping datasets with mostly European flint (TUM dataset) and dent (DROPS dataset) germplasm. The final pan-European dataset consisted of 974 inbreds and 460,243 markers. Admixture analysis showed seven ancestral populations representing European flint, B73/B14, Lancaster, B37, Wf9/Oh07, A374, and Iodent pools. Subpanel of inbreds with SEE origin showed a lack of Iodent germplasm, marking its historical context. Several signatures of selection were identified at chromosomes 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The regions under selection were mined for protein-coding genes and were used for gene ontology (GO) analysis, showing a highly significant overrepresentation of genes involved in response to stress. Our results suggest the accumulation of favorable allelic diversity, especially in the context of changing climate in the genetic resources of SEE.
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- Vlatko Galić
- Agricultural Institute Osijek, Južno predgrađe 17, Osijek, HR31000, Croatia.
- Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding (CroP-BioDiv), Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, HR10000, Croatia.
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- Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje, Slobodana Bajića 1, Belgrade, 11185, Serbia
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- Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje, Slobodana Bajića 1, Belgrade, 11185, Serbia
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- Maize Research Institute Zemun Polje, Slobodana Bajića 1, Belgrade, 11185, Serbia
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- Agricultural Institute Osijek, Južno predgrađe 17, Osijek, HR31000, Croatia
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- Agricultural Institute Osijek, Južno predgrađe 17, Osijek, HR31000, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding (CroP-BioDiv), Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, HR10000, Croatia
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- Agricultural Institute Osijek, Južno predgrađe 17, Osijek, HR31000, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding (CroP-BioDiv), Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, HR10000, Croatia
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- GQE ‑ Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris‑Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif‑sur‑Yvette, 91190, France
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- GQE ‑ Le Moulon, INRAE, Univ. Paris‑Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif‑sur‑Yvette, 91190, France
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- Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding (CroP-BioDiv), Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, HR10000, Croatia
- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, HR10000, Croatia
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- Agricultural Institute Osijek, Južno predgrađe 17, Osijek, HR31000, Croatia
- Centre of Excellence for Biodiversity and Molecular Plant Breeding (CroP-BioDiv), Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, HR10000, Croatia
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Singh L, Pruthi R, Chapagain S, Subudhi PK. Genome-Wide Association Study Identified Candidate Genes for Alkalinity Tolerance in Rice. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:plants12112206. [PMID: 37299185 DOI: 10.3390/plants12112206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Alkalinity stress is a major hindrance to enhancing rice production globally due to its damaging effect on plants' growth and development compared with salinity stress. However, understanding of the physiological and molecular mechanisms of alkalinity tolerance is limited. Therefore, a panel of indica and japonica rice genotypes was evaluated for alkalinity tolerance at the seedling stage in a genome-wide association study to identify tolerant genotypes and candidate genes. Principal component analysis revealed that traits such as alkalinity tolerance score, shoot dry weight, and shoot fresh weight had the highest contribution to variations in tolerance, while shoot Na+ concentration, shoot Na+:K+ ratio, and root-to-shoot ratio had moderate contributions. Phenotypic clustering and population structure analysis grouped the genotypes into five subgroups. Several salt-susceptible genotypes such as IR29, Cocodrie, and Cheniere placed in the highly tolerant cluster suggesting different underlying tolerance mechanisms for salinity and alkalinity tolerance. Twenty-nine significant SNPs associated with alkalinity tolerance were identified. In addition to three alkalinity tolerance QTLs, qSNK4, qSNC9, and qSKC10, which co-localized with the earlier reported QTLs, a novel QTL, qSNC7, was identified. Six candidate genes that were differentially expressed between tolerant and susceptible genotypes were selected: LOC_Os04g50090 (Helix-loop-helix DNA-binding protein), LOC_Os08g23440 (amino acid permease family protein), LOC_Os09g32972 (MYB protein), LOC_Os08g25480 (Cytochrome P450), LOC_Os08g25390 (Bifunctional homoserine dehydrogenase), and LOC_Os09g38340 (C2H2 zinc finger protein). The genomic and genetic resources such as tolerant genotypes and candidate genes would be valuable for investigating the alkalinity tolerance mechanisms and for marker-assisted pyramiding of the favorable alleles for improving alkalinity tolerance at the seedling stage in rice.
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- Lovepreet Singh
- School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Montesinos-López OA, Bentley AR, Pierre CS, Crespo-Herrera L, Rebollar-Ruellas L, Valladares-Celis PE, Lillemo M, Montesinos-López A, Crossa J. Efficacy of plant breeding using genomic information. THE PLANT GENOME 2023:e20346. [PMID: 37139645 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Genomic selection (GS) proposed by Meuwissen et al. more than 20 years ago, is revolutionizing plant and animal breeding. Although GS has been widely accepted and applied to plant and animal breeding, there are many factors affecting its efficacy. We studied 14 real datasets to respond to the practical question of whether the accuracy of genomic prediction increases when considering genomic as compared with not using genomic. We found across traits, environments, datasets, and metrics, that the average gain in prediction accuracy when genomic information is considered was 26.31%, while only in terms of Pearson's correlation the gain was of 46.1%, while only in terms of normalized root mean squared error the gain was of 6.6%. If the quality of the makers and relatedness of the individuals increase, major gains in prediction accuracy can be obtained, but if these two factors decrease, a lower increase is possible. Finally, our findings reinforce genomic is vital for improving the prediction accuracy and, therefore, the realized genetic gain in genomic assisted plant breeding programs.
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Estado de México, México
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías (CUCEI), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Estado de México, México
- Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillos, Estado de México, México
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Montesinos-López OA, Montesinos-López A. Two simple methods to improve the accuracy of the genomic selection methodology. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:220. [PMID: 37101112 PMCID: PMC10131336 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09294-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Genomic selection (GS) is revolutionizing plant and animal breeding. However, still its practical implementation is challenging since it is affected by many factors that when they are not under control make this methodology not effective. Also, due to the fact that it is formulated as a regression problem in general has low sensitivity to select the best candidate individuals since a top percentage is selected according to a ranking of predicted breeding values. RESULTS For this reason, in this paper we propose two methods to improve the prediction accuracy of this methodology. One of the methods consist in reformulating the GS (nowadays formulated as a regression problem) methodology as a binary classification problem. The other consists only in a postprocessing step that adjust the threshold used for classification of the lines predicted in its original scale (continues scale) to guarantee similar sensitivity and specificity. The postprocessing method is applied for the resulting predictions after obtaining the predictions using the conventional regression model. Both methods assume that we defined with anticipation a threshold, to divide the training data as top lines and not top lines, and this threshold can be decided in terms of a quantile (for example 80%, 90%, etc.) or as the average (or maximum) of the performance of the checks. In the reformulation method it is required to label as one those lines in the training set that are equal or larger than the specified threshold and as zero otherwise. Then we train a binary classification model with the conventional inputs, but using the binary response variable in place of the continuous response variable. The training of the binary classification should be done to guarantee a more similar sensitivity and specificity, to guarantee a reasonable probability of classification of the top lines. CONCLUSIONS We evaluated the proposed models in seven data sets and we found that the two proposed methods outperformed by large margin the conventional regression model (by 402.9% in terms of sensitivity, by 110.04% in terms of F1 score and by 70.96% in terms of Kappa coefficient, with the postprocessing methods). However, between the two proposed methods the postprocessing method was better than the reformulation as binary classification model. The simple postprocessing method to improve the accuracy of the conventional genomic regression models avoid the need to reformulate the conventional regression models as binary classification models with similar or better performance, that significantly improve the selection of the top best candidate lines. In general both proposed methods are simple and can easily be adopted for use in practical breeding programs, with the guarantee that will improve significantly the selection of the top best candidates lines.
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- Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías (CUCEI), Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, 44430, Guadalajara, México.
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Taylor KL, Wade EJ, Wells MM, Henry CS. Genomic regions underlying the species-specific mating songs of green lacewings. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 32:79-85. [PMID: 36281633 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12815] [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: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Rapid species radiations provide insight into the process of speciation and diversification. The radiation of Chrysoperla carnea-group lacewings seems to be driven, at least in part, by their species-specific pre-mating vibrational duets. We associated genetic markers from across the genome with courtship song period in the offspring of a laboratory cross between Chrysoperla plorabunda and Chrysoperla adamsi, two species primarily differentiated by their mating songs. Two genomic regions were strongly associated with the song period phenotype. Large regions of chromosomes one and two were associated with song phenotype, as fewer recombination events occurred on these chromosomes relative to the other autosomes. Candidate genes were identified by functional annotation of proteins from the C. carnea reference genome. The majority of genes that are associated with vibrational courtship signals in other insects were found within QTL for lacewing song phenotype. Together these findings suggest that decreased recombination may be acting to keep together loci important to reproductive isolation between these species. Using wild-caught individuals from both species, we identified signals of genomic divergence across the genome. We identified several candidate genes both in song-associated regions and near divergence outliers including nonA, fruitless, paralytic, period, and doublesex. Together these findings bring us one step closer to identifying the genomic basis of a mating song trait critical to the maintenance of species boundaries in green lacewings.
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- Katherine L Taylor
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
- Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
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Zhao H, Lin Z, Khansefid M, Tibbits JF, Hayden MJ. Genomic prediction and selection response for grain yield in safflower. Front Genet 2023; 14:1129433. [PMID: 37051598 PMCID: PMC10083426 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1129433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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In plant breeding programs, multiple traits are recorded in each trial, and the traits are often correlated. Correlated traits can be incorporated into genomic selection models, especially for traits with low heritability, to improve prediction accuracy. In this study, we investigated the genetic correlation between important agronomic traits in safflower. We observed the moderate genetic correlations between grain yield (GY) and plant height (PH, 0.272–0.531), and low correlations between grain yield and days to flowering (DF, −0.157–0.201). A 4%–20% prediction accuracy improvement for grain yield was achieved when plant height was included in both training and validation sets with multivariate models. We further explored the selection responses for grain yield by selecting the top 20% of lines based on different selection indices. Selection responses for grain yield varied across sites. Simultaneous selection for grain yield and seed oil content (OL) showed positive gains across all sites with equal weights for both grain yield and oil content. Combining g×E interaction into genomic selection (GS) led to more balanced selection responses across sites. In conclusion, genomic selection is a valuable breeding tool for breeding high grain yield, oil content, and highly adaptable safflower varieties.
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- Huanhuan Zhao
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- *Correspondence: Huanhuan Zhao,
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
- Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Bundoora, VIC, Australia
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Hernandez CO, Labate J, Reitsma K, Fabrizio J, Bao K, Fei Z, Grumet R, Mazourek M. Characterization of the USDA Cucurbita pepo, C. moschata, and C. maxima germplasm collections. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1130814. [PMID: 36993863 PMCID: PMC10040574 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1130814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The Cucurbita genus is home to a number of economically and culturally important species. We present the analysis of genotype data generated through genotyping-by-sequencing of the USDA germplasm collections of Cucurbita pepo, C. moschata, and C. maxima. These collections include a mixture of wild, landrace, and cultivated specimens from all over the world. Roughly 1,500 - 32,000 high-quality single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were called in each of the collections, which ranged in size from 314 to 829 accessions. Genomic analyses were conducted to characterize the diversity in each of the species. Analysis revealed extensive structure corresponding to a combination of geographical origin and morphotype/market class. Genome-wide associate studies (GWAS) were conducted using both historical and contemporary data. Signals were observed for several traits, but the strongest was for the bush (Bu) gene in C. pepo. Analysis of genomic heritability, together with population structure and GWAS results, was used to demonstrate a close alignment of seed size in C. pepo, maturity in C. moschata, and plant habit in C. maxima with genetic subgroups. These data represent a large, valuable collection of sequenced Cucurbita that can be used to direct the maintenance of genetic diversity, for developing breeding resources, and to help prioritize whole-genome re-sequencing.
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- Christopher O. Hernandez
- Department of Agriculture Nutrition and Food Systems, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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- Plant Genetic Resource Conservation Unit, United States Department of Agricultural Research Service, Geneva, NY, United States
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- North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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Brodführer S, Mohler V, Stadlmeier M, Okoń S, Beuch S, Mascher M, Tinker NA, Bekele WA, Hackauf B, Herrmann MH. Genetic mapping of the powdery mildew resistance gene Pm7 on oat chromosome 5D. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:53. [PMID: 36913008 PMCID: PMC10011287 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04288-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Three independent experiments with different genetic backgrounds mapped the resistance gene Pm7 in the oat genome to the distal part of the long arm of chromosome 5D. Resistance of oat to Blumeria graminis DC. f. sp. avenae is an important breeding goal in Central and Western Europe. In this study, the position of the effective and widely used resistance gene Pm7 in the oat genome was determined based on three independent experiments with different genetic backgrounds: genome-wide association mapping in a diverse set of inbred oat lines and binary phenotype mapping in two bi-parental populations. Powdery mildew resistance was assessed in the field as well as by detached leaf tests in the laboratory. Genotyping-by-sequencing was conducted to establish comprehensive genetic fingerprints for subsequent genetic mapping experiments. All three mapping approaches located the gene to the distal part of the long arm of chromosome 5D in the hexaploid oat genome sequences of OT3098 and 'Sang.' Markers from this region were homologous to a region of chromosome 2Ce of the C-genome species, Avena eriantha, the donor of Pm7, which appears to be the ancestral source of a translocated region on the hexaploid chromosome 5D.
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- Sophie Brodführer
- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops, Julius Kuehn Institute (JKI), Rudolf-Schick-Platz 3a, OT Gross Lüsewitz, 18190, Sanitz, Germany
- I.G. Saatzucht GmbH & Co KG, Am Park 3, 18276, Gülzow-Prüzen OT Boldebuck, Germany
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- Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Am Gereuth 6, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Am Gereuth 6, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Akademicka 15, 20-950, Lublin, Poland
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- Nordsaat Saatzucht GmbH, Saatzucht Granskevitz, Granskevitz 3, 18569, Schaprode, Germany
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- Research Group Domestication Genomics, Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Corrensstraße 3, Stadt Seeland OT, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops, Julius Kuehn Institute (JKI), Rudolf-Schick-Platz 3a, OT Gross Lüsewitz, 18190, Sanitz, Germany
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops, Julius Kuehn Institute (JKI), Rudolf-Schick-Platz 3a, OT Gross Lüsewitz, 18190, Sanitz, Germany.
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Malmberg MM, Smith C, Thakur P, Drayton MC, Wilson J, Shinozuka M, Clayton W, Inch C, Spangenberg GC, Smith KF, Cogan NOI, Pembleton LW. Developing an integrated genomic selection approach beyond biomass for varietal protection and nutritive traits in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:44. [PMID: 36897387 PMCID: PMC10006259 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04263-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Breeding target traits can be broadened to include nutritive value and plant breeder's rights traits in perennial ryegrass by using in-field regression-based spectroscopy phenotyping and genomic selection. Perennial ryegrass breeding has focused on biomass yield, but expansion into a broader set of traits is needed to benefit livestock industries whilst also providing support for intellectual property protection of cultivars. Numerous breeding objectives can be targeted simultaneously with the development of sensor-based phenomics and genomic selection (GS). Of particular interest are nutritive value (NV), which has been difficult and expensive to measure using traditional phenotyping methods, resulting in limited genetic improvement to date, and traits required to obtain varietal protection, known as plant breeder's rights (PBR) traits. In order to assess phenotyping requirements for NV improvement and potential for genetic improvement, in-field reflectance-based spectroscopy was assessed and GS evaluated in a single population for three key NV traits, captured across four timepoints. Using three prediction approaches, the possibility of targeting PBR traits using GS was evaluated for five traits recorded across three years of a breeding program. Prediction accuracy was generally low to moderate for NV traits and moderate to high for PBR traits, with heritability highly correlated with GS accuracy. NV did not show significant or consistent correlation between timepoints highlighting the need to incorporate seasonal NV into selection indexes and the value of being able to regularly monitor NV across seasons. This study has demonstrated the ability to implement GS for both NV and PBR traits in perennial ryegrass, facilitating the expansion of ryegrass breeding targets to agronomically relevant traits while ensuring necessary varietal protection is achieved.
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- M M Malmberg
- AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Agriculture Victoria Research, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia.
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- Hamilton Centre, Agriculture Victoria Research, Hamilton, VIC, 3300, Australia
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Agriculture Victoria Research, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia
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- AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Agriculture Victoria Research, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia
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- AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Agriculture Victoria Research, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia
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- AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Agriculture Victoria Research, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia
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- Barenbrug New Zealand, 2547 Old West Coast Road, Christchurch, 7671, New Zealand
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- Barenbrug New Zealand, 2547 Old West Coast Road, Christchurch, 7671, New Zealand
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- AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Agriculture Victoria Research, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Hamilton Centre, Agriculture Victoria Research, Hamilton, VIC, 3300, Australia
- Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Agriculture Victoria Research, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia
- School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- AgriBio, Centre for AgriBioscience, Agriculture Victoria Research, Bundoora, VIC, 3083, Australia
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Chamarthi SK, Kaler AS, Abdel-Haleem H, Fritschi FB, Gillman JD, Ray JD, Smith JR, Purcell LC. Identification of genomic regions associated with the plasticity of carbon 13 ratio in soybean. THE PLANT GENOME 2023; 16:e20284. [PMID: 36411598 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Improving water use efficiency (WUE) for soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] through selection for high carbon isotope (C13) ratio may increase drought tolerance, but increased WUE may limit growth in productive environments. An ideal genotype would be plastic for C13 ratio; that is, be able to alter C13 ratio in response to the environment. Our objective was to identify genomic regions associated with C13 ratio plasticity, C13 ratio stability, and overall C13 ratio in two panels of diverse Maturity Group IV soybean accessions. A second objective was to identify accessions that differed in their C13 ratio plasticity. Panel 1 (205 accessions) was evaluated in seven irrigated and four drought environments, and Panel 2 (373 accessions) was evaluated in four environments. Plasticity was quantified as the slope from regressing C13 ratio of individual genotypes against an environmental index calculated based on the mean within and across environments. The regression intercept was considered a measure of C13 ratio over all environments, and the root mean square error was considered a measure of stability. Combined over both panels, genome-wide association mapping (GWAM) identified 19 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for plasticity, 39 SNPs for C13 ratio, and 16 SNPs for stability. Among these SNPs, 71 candidate genes had annotations associated with transpiration or water conservation and transport, root development, root hair elongation, and stomatal complex morphogenesis. The genomic regions associated with plasticity and stability identified in the current study will be a useful resource for implementing genomic selection for improving drought tolerance in soybean.
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- Siva K Chamarthi
- Dep. of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- Dep. of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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- USDA-ARS, United States Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, AZ, USA
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- Division of Plant Science & Technology, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Plant Genetic Research Unit, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Crop Genetics Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Crop Genetics Research Unit, Stoneville, MS, USA
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- Dep. of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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Montesinos-López OA, Mosqueda-González BA, Salinas-Ruiz J, Montesinos-López A, Crossa J. Sparse multi-trait genomic prediction under balanced incomplete block design. THE PLANT GENOME 2023:e20305. [PMID: 36815225 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Sparse testing is essential to increase the efficiency of the genomic selection methodology, as the same efficiency (in this case prediction power) can be obtained while using less genotypes evaluated in the fields. For this reason, it is important to evaluate the existing methods for performing the allocation of lines to environments. With this goal, four methods (M1-M4) to allocate lines to environments were evaluated under the context of a multi-trait genomic prediction problem: M1 denotes the allocation of a fraction (subset) of lines in all locations, M2 denotes the allocation of a fraction of lines with some shared lines in locations but not arranged based on the balanced incomplete block design (BIBD) principle, M3 denotes the random allocation of a subset of lines to locations, and M4 denotes the allocation of a subset of lines to locations using the BIBD principle. The evaluation was done using seven real multi-environment data sets common in plant breeding programs. We found that the best method was M4 and the worst was M1, while no important differences were found between M3 and M4. We concluded that M4 and M3 are efficient in the context of sparse testing for multi-trait prediction.
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- Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías (CUCEI), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Edo. de México, Mexico
- Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillos, Mexico
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Clare SJ, Çelik Oğuz A, Effertz K, Karakaya A, Azamparsa MR, Brueggeman RS. Wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum) and landraces (Hordeum vulgare) from Turkey contain an abundance of novel Rhynchosporium commune resistance loci. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:15. [PMID: 36662256 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04245-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Rhynchosporium commune is a globally devastating pathogen of barley. Wild and landrace barley are underutilized, however, contain an abundance of loci that can be used as potential sources of resistance. Rhynchosporium commune, the causal agent of the disease scald or leaf blotch of barley, is a hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen of global importance, responsible for yield losses ranging from 30 to 40% on susceptible varieties. To date, over 150 resistance loci have been characterized in barley. However, due to the suspected location of the R. commune host jump in Europe, European germplasm has been the primary source used to screen for R. commune resistance leaving wild (Hordeum spontaneum) and landrace (H. vulgare) barley populations from the center of origin largely underutilized. A diverse population consisting of 94 wild and 188 barley landraces from Turkey were genotyped using PCR-GBS amplicon sequencing and screened with six Turkish R. commune isolates. The isolates were collected from distinct geographic regions of Turkey with two from the Aegean region, two from central Turkey and two from the Fertile Crescent region. The data set was utilized for association mapping analysis with a total of 21 loci identified, of which 12 were novel, indicating that these diverse primary barley gene pools contain an abundance of novel R. commune resistances that could be utilized for resistance breeding.
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- Shaun J Clare
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99163, USA
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Dışkapı, 06110, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99163, USA
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Dışkapı, 06110, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99163, USA.
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University, Johnson Hall Rm. 115, PO Box 646420, Pullman, WA, 99164-6420, USA.
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Lhamo D, Sun Q, Zhang Q, Li X, Fiedler JD, Xia G, Faris JD, Gu YQ, Gill U, Cai X, Acevedo M, Xu SS. Genome-wide association analyses of leaf rust resistance in cultivated emmer wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:20. [PMID: 36683081 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04281-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Fifteen and eleven loci, with most loci being novel, were identified to associate with seedling and adult resistances, respectively, to the durum-specific races of leaf rust pathogen in cultivated emmer. Leaf rust, caused by Puccinia triticina (Pt), constantly threatens durum (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum) and bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) production worldwide. A Pt race BBBQD detected in California in 2009 poses a potential threat to durum production in North America because resistance source to this race is rare in durum germplasm. To find new resistance sources, we assessed a panel of 180 cultivated emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccum) accessions for seedling resistance to BBBQD and for adult resistance to a mixture of durum-specific races BBBQJ, CCMSS, and MCDSS in the field, and genotyped the panel using genotype-by-sequencing (GBS) and the 9 K SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism) Infinium array. The results showed 24 and nine accessions consistently exhibited seedling and adult resistance, respectively, with two accessions providing resistance at both stages. We performed genome-wide association studies using 46,383 GBS and 4,331 9 K SNP markers and identified 15 quantitative trait loci (QTL) for seedling resistance located mostly on chromosomes 2B and 6B, and 11 QTL for adult resistance on 2B, 3B and 6A. Of these QTL, one might be associated with leaf rust resistance (Lr) gene Lr53, and two with the QTL previously reported in durum or hexaploid wheat. The remaining QTL are potentially associated with new Lr genes. Further linkage analysis and gene cloning are necessary to identify the causal genes underlying these QTL. The emmer accessions with high levels of resistance will be useful for developing mapping populations and adapted durum germplasm and varieties with resistance to the durum-specific races.
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- Dhondup Lhamo
- USDA-ARS, Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, 94710, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- USDA-ARS, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, 94710, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Wheat, Sorghum and Forage Research Unit, and Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA
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- Department of Global Development, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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- USDA-ARS, Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, 94710, USA.
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Kamruzzaman M, Beyene MA, Siddiqui MN, Ballvora A, Léon J, Naz AA. Pinpointing genomic loci for drought-induced proline and hydrogen peroxide accumulation in bread wheat under field conditions. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:584. [PMID: 36513990 PMCID: PMC9746221 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03943-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Proline (Pro) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) play a critical role in plants during drought adaptation. Genetic mapping for drought-induced Pro and H2O2 production under field conditions is very limited in crop plants since their phenotyping with large populations is labor-intensive. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) of a diversity panel comprised of 184 bread wheat cultivars grown in natural field (control) and rain-out shelter (drought) environments was performed to identify candidate loci and genes regulating Pro and H2O2 accumulation induced by drought. RESULTS The GWAS identified top significant marker-trait associations (MTAs) on 1A and 2A chromosomes, respectively for Pro and H2O2 in response to drought. Similarly, MTAs for stress tolerance index (STI) of Pro and H2O2 were identified on 5B and 1B chromosomes, respectively. Total 143 significant MTAs were identified including 36 and 71 were linked to drought and 2 and 34 were linked to STI for Pro and H2O2, respectively. Next, linkage disequilibrium analysis revealed minor alleles of significant single-markers and haplotypes were associated with higher Pro and H2O2 accumulation under drought. Several putative candidate genes for Pro and H2O2 content encode proteins with kinase, transporter or protein-binding activities. CONCLUSIONS The identified genetic factors associated with Pro and H2O2 biosynthesis underlying drought adaptation lay a fundamental basis for functional studies and future marker-assisted breeding programs.
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- Mohammad Kamruzzaman
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)-Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)-Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)-Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)-Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)-Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Field Lab Campus Klein-Altendorf, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES)-Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
- Department of Plant Breeding, University of Applied Sciences, Osnabrueck, Osnabrueck, Germany.
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Negash T, Edae EA, Tilahun L, Anderson JA, Rouse MN, Bajgain P. Genome-wide association mapping for field and seedling resistance to the emerging Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici race TTRTF in wheat. THE PLANT GENOME 2022; 15:e20274. [PMID: 36263894 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Stem rust of wheat (Triticum spp.), caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), is one of the most impactful wheat diseases because of its threat to global wheat production. While disease mitigation has primarily been achieved through the deployment of resistant wheat varieties, emerging new virulent races continue to pose risks to the crop. For example, races such as Ug99 (TTKSK), TKTTF, and TTRTF have caused epidemics in different wheat growing regions of the world in recent years. A continual search for new and effective sources of resistance is therefore necessary to safeguard wheat production. This study assessed a breeding panel from the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) wheat breeding program for seedling and field plant resistance to TTRTF and reports genomic regions conferring resistance to TTRTF. Trait correlations (r) were medium to strong (range = .38-.71) and heritabilities were moderate (.32-.56). Association analysis for resistance to TTRTF resulted in detection of 20 markers in 11 chromosomes; the marker S1B_175439851 was associated with resistance at both seedling and adult plant stages. Models with two to four QTL combinations reduced seedling and field disease severity by 12-48 and 9-17%, respectively. Genomic prediction for TTRTF resistance resulted in low to moderately-high predictions (mean correlations of .25-.47). Identification of resistant lines and QTL in the EIAR population is expected to assist in selection toward improved resistance to TTRTF. Specifically, the application of genomic selection (GS) in identifying resistant lines in future related breeding populations will further assist breeding efforts against this new stem rust pathogen race.
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- Tamrat Negash
- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Kulumsa, Ethiopia
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- Dep. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Kulumsa, Ethiopia
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- Dep. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Dep. of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
- USDA-ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Dep. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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Runge J, König B, Lindholm AK, Bendesky A. Parent-offspring inference in inbred populations. Mol Ecol Resour 2022; 22:2981-2993. [PMID: 35770342 PMCID: PMC9796703 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Genealogical relationships are fundamental components of genetic studies. However, it is often challenging to infer correct and complete pedigrees even when genome-wide information is available. For example, inbreeding can obscure genetic differences between individuals, making it difficult to even distinguish first-degree relatives such as parent-offspring from full siblings. Similarly, genotyping errors can interfere with the detection of genetic similarity between parents and their offspring. Inbreeding is common in natural, domesticated, and experimental populations and genotyping of these populations often has more errors than in human data sets, so efficient methods for building pedigrees under these conditions are necessary. Here, we present a new method for parent-offspring inference in inbred pedigrees called specific parent-offspring relationship estimation (spore). spore is vastly superior to existing pedigree-inference methods at detecting parent-offspring relationships, in particular when inbreeding is high or in the presence of genotyping errors, or both. spore therefore fills an important void in the arsenal of pedigree inference tools.
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- Jan‐Niklas Runge
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior InstituteColumbia UniversityNew YorkNYUSA,Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior InstituteColumbia UniversityNew YorkNYUSA
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Iqbal M, Semagn K, Jarquin D, Randhawa H, McCallum BD, Howard R, Aboukhaddour R, Ciechanowska I, Strenzke K, Crossa J, Céron-Rojas JJ, N’Diaye A, Pozniak C, Spaner D. Identification of Disease Resistance Parents and Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Resistance in Spring Wheat. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:2905. [PMID: 36365358 PMCID: PMC9658635 DOI: 10.3390/plants11212905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The likelihood of success in developing modern cultivars depend on multiple factors, including the identification of suitable parents to initiate new crosses, and characterizations of genomic regions associated with target traits. The objectives of the present study were to (a) determine the best economic weights of four major wheat diseases (leaf spot, common bunt, leaf rust, and stripe rust) and grain yield for multi-trait restrictive linear phenotypic selection index (RLPSI), (b) select the top 10% cultivars and lines (hereafter referred as genotypes) with better resistance to combinations of the four diseases and acceptable grain yield as potential parents, and (c) map genomic regions associated with resistance to each disease using genome-wide association study (GWAS). A diversity panel of 196 spring wheat genotypes was evaluated for their reaction to stripe rust at eight environments, leaf rust at four environments, leaf spot at three environments, common bunt at two environments, and grain yield at five environments. The panel was genotyped with the Wheat 90K SNP array and a few KASP SNPs of which we used 23,342 markers for statistical analyses. The RLPSI analysis performed by restricting the expected genetic gain for yield displayed significant (p < 0.05) differences among the 3125 economic weights. Using the best four economic weights, a subset of 22 of the 196 genotypes were selected as potential parents with resistance to the four diseases and acceptable grain yield. GWAS identified 37 genomic regions, which included 12 for common bunt, 13 for leaf rust, 5 for stripe rust, and 7 for leaf spot. Each genomic region explained from 6.6 to 16.9% and together accounted for 39.4% of the stripe rust, 49.1% of the leaf spot, 94.0% of the leaf rust, and 97.9% of the common bunt phenotypic variance combined across all environments. Results from this study provide valuable information for wheat breeders selecting parental combinations for new crosses to develop improved germplasm with enhanced resistance to the four diseases as well as the physical positions of genomic regions that confer resistance, which facilitates direct comparisons for independent mapping studies in the future.
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- Muhammad Iqbal
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4–10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4–10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Morden Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 101 Route 100, Morden, MB R6M 1Y5, Canada
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- Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4–10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4–10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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- Biometrics and Statistics Unit, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km 45 Carretera, Veracruz 52640, Mexico
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- Biometrics and Statistics Unit, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km 45 Carretera, Veracruz 52640, Mexico
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- Crop Development Centre and Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Crop Development Centre and Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4–10 Agriculture-Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada
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Ranaivo HN, Lam DT, Ueda Y, Pariasca Tanaka J, Takanashi H, Ramanankaja L, Razafimbelo T, Wissuwa M. QTL mapping for early root and shoot vigor of upland rice ( Oryza sativa L.) under P deficient field conditions in Japan and Madagascar. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1017419. [PMID: 36352889 PMCID: PMC9637880 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1017419] [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: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Upland rice production is limited by the low phosphorus (P) availability of many highly weathered tropical soils and P deficiency is likely to become increasingly limiting in future drier climates because P mobility decreases sharply with soil moisture. Good seedling root development will be crucial to cope with the combined effects of low P and water availability. Upland rice genebank accession DJ123 was used as a donor for P efficiency and root vigor traits in a cross with inefficient local variety Nerica4 and a set of backcross lines were used to characterize the seedling stage response of upland rice to low P availability and to identify associated QTL in field trials in Japan and Madagascar. Ten QTL were detected for crown root number, root, shoot and total dry weight per plant in a highly P deficient field in Japan using the BC1F3 generation. Of these, qPef9 on chromosome 9 affected multiple traits, increasing root number, root weight and total biomass, whereas a neighboring QTL on chromosome 9 (qPef9-2) increased shoot biomass. Field trials with derived BC1F5 lines in a low-P field in Madagascar confirmed a highly influential region on chromosome 9. However, qPef9-2 appeared more influential than qPef9, as the shoot and root biomass contrast between lines carrying DJ123 or Nerica4 alleles at qPef9-2 was +23.8% and +13.5% compared to +19.2% and +14.4% at qPef9. This advantage increased further during the growing season, leading to 46% higher shoot biomass at the late vegetative stage. Results suggest an introgression between 8.0 and 12.9 Mb on chromosome 9 from P efficient donor DJ123 can improve plant performance under P-limited conditions. The QTL identified here have practical relevance because they were confirmed in the target genetic background of the local variety Nerica4 and can therefore be applied directly to improve its performance.
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- Harisoa Nicole Ranaivo
- Rice Research Department, National Center for Applied Research on Rural Development (FOFIFA), Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan
- Institute of Agricultural Science for Southern Vietnam (IAS), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Radioisotopes, University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Crop, Livestock and Environment Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan
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Ariyoshi C, Sant’ana GC, Felicio MS, Sera GH, Nogueira LM, Rodrigues LMR, Ferreira RV, da Silva BSR, de Resende MLV, Destéfano SAL, Domingues DS, Pereira LFP. Genome-wide association study for resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae in Coffea arabica. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:989847. [PMID: 36330243 PMCID: PMC9624508 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.989847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Bacteria halo blight (BHB), a coffee plant disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. garcae, has been gaining importance in producing mountain regions and mild temperatures areas as well as in coffee nurseries. Most Coffea arabica cultivars are susceptible to this disease. In contrast, a great source of genetic diversity and resistance to BHB are found in C. arabica Ethiopian accessions. Aiming to identify quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) associated with resistance to BHB and the influence of these genomic regions during the domestication of C. arabica, we conducted an analysis of population structure and a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS). For this, we used genotyping by sequencing (GBS) and phenotyping for resistance to BHB of a panel with 120 C. arabica Ethiopian accessions from a historical FAO collection, 11 C. arabica cultivars, and the BA-10 genotype. Population structure analysis based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) markers showed that the 132 accessions are divided into 3 clusters: most wild Ethiopian accessions, domesticated Ethiopian accessions, and cultivars. GWAS, using the single-locus model MLM and the multi-locus models mrMLM, FASTmrMLM, FASTmrEMMA, and ISIS EM-BLASSO, identified 11 QTNs associated with resistance to BHB. Among these QTNs, the four with the highest values of association for resistance to BHB are linked to g000 (Chr_0_434_435) and g010741 genes, which are predicted to encode a serine/threonine-kinase protein and a nucleotide binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR), respectively. These genes displayed a similar transcriptional downregulation profile in a C. arabica susceptible cultivar and in a C. arabica cultivar with quantitative resistance, when infected with P. syringae pv. garcae. However, peaks of upregulation were observed in a C. arabica cultivar with qualitative resistance, for both genes. Our results provide SNPs that have potential for application in Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) and expand our understanding about the complex genetic control of the resistance to BHB in C. arabica. In addition, the findings contribute to increasing understanding of the C. arabica domestication history.
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- Caroline Ariyoshi
- Programa de pós-graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Centro de Ciâncias Biológicas, Londrina, Brazil
- Área de Melhoramento Genético e Propagação Vegetal, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná (IDR-Paraná), Londrina, Brazil
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- Área de Melhoramento Genético e Propagação Vegetal, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná (IDR-Paraná), Londrina, Brazil
- Programa de pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Genética), Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho“ (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Campus de Botucatu, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Área de Melhoramento Genético e Propagação Vegetal, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná (IDR-Paraná), Londrina, Brazil
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- Programa de pós-graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Centro de Ciâncias Biológicas, Londrina, Brazil
- Área de Melhoramento Genético e Propagação Vegetal, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná (IDR-Paraná), Londrina, Brazil
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- Programa de pós-graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Centro de Ciâncias Biológicas, Londrina, Brazil
- Área de Melhoramento Genético e Propagação Vegetal, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná (IDR-Paraná), Londrina, Brazil
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- Programa de pós-graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Centro de Ciâncias Biológicas, Londrina, Brazil
- Área de Melhoramento Genético e Propagação Vegetal, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná (IDR-Paraná), Londrina, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Programa de pós-graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Centro de Ciâncias Biológicas, Londrina, Brazil
- Área de Melhoramento Genético e Propagação Vegetal, Instituto de Desenvolvimento Rural do Paraná (IDR-Paraná), Londrina, Brazil
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA-Café), Brasília, Brazil
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Nazareno ES, Fiedler J, Miller ME, Figueroa M, Kianian SF. A reference-anchored oat linkage map reveals quantitative trait loci conferring adult plant resistance to crown rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:3307-3321. [PMID: 36029319 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-022-04128-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We mapped three adult plant resistance (APR) loci on oat chromosomes 4D and 6C and developed flanking KASP/PACE markers for marker-assisted selection and gene pyramiding. Using sequence orthology search and the available oat genomic and transcriptomic data, we surveyed these genomic regions for genes that may control disease resistance. Sources of durable disease resistance are needed to minimize yield losses in cultivated oat caused by crown rust (Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae). In this study, we developed five oat recombinant inbred line mapping populations to identify sources of adult plant resistance from crosses between five APR donors and Otana, a susceptible variety. The preliminary bulk segregant mapping based on allele frequencies showed two regions in linkage group Mrg21 (Chr4D) that are associated with the APR phenotype in all five populations. Six markers from these regions in Chr4D were converted to high-throughput allele specific PCR assays and were used to genotype all individuals in each population. Simple interval mapping showed two peaks in Chr4D, named QPc.APR-4D.1 and QPc.APR-4D.2, which were detected in the OtanaA/CI4706-2 and OtanaA/CI9416-2 and in the Otana/PI189733, OtanaD/PI260616, and OtanaA/CI8000-4 populations, respectively. These results were validated by mapping two entire populations, Otana/PI189733 and OtanaA/CI9416, genotyped using Illumina HiSeq, in which polymorphisms were called against the OT3098 oat reference genome. Composite interval mapping results confirmed the presence of the two quantitative trait loci (QTL) located on oat chromosome 4D and an additional QTL with a smaller effect located on chromosome 6C. This mapping approach also narrowed down the physical intervals to between 5 and 19 Mb, and indicated that QPc.APR-4D.1, QPc.APR-4D.2, and QPc.APR-6C explained 43.4%, 38.5%, and 21.5% of the phenotypic variation, respectively. In a survey of the gene content of each QTL, several clusters of disease resistance genes that may contribute to APR were found. The allele specific PCR markers developed for these QTL regions would be beneficial for marker-assisted breeding, gene pyramiding, and future cloning of resistance genes from oat.
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- Eric S Nazareno
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Fargo, ND, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
- Pairwise Plants, LLC. 807 East Main Street, Suite 4-100, Durham, NC, USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, USA.
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Zuffo LT, DeLima RO, Lübberstedt T. Combining datasets for maize root seedling traits increases the power of GWAS and genomic prediction accuracies. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:5460-5473. [PMID: 35608947 PMCID: PMC9467658 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The identification of genomic regions associated with root traits and the genomic prediction of untested genotypes can increase the rate of genetic gain in maize breeding programs targeting roots traits. Here, we combined two maize association panels with different genetic backgrounds to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with root traits, and used a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and to assess the potential of genomic prediction for these traits in maize. For this, we evaluated 377 lines from the Ames panel and 302 from the Backcrossed Germplasm Enhancement of Maize (BGEM) panel in a combined panel of 679 lines. The lines were genotyped with 232 460 SNPs, and four root traits were collected from 14-day-old seedlings. We identified 30 SNPs significantly associated with root traits in the combined panel, whereas only two and six SNPs were detected in the Ames and BGEM panels, respectively. Those 38 SNPs were in linkage disequilibrium with 35 candidate genes. In addition, we found higher prediction accuracy in the combined panel than in the Ames or BGEM panel. We conclude that combining association panels appears to be a useful strategy to identify candidate genes associated with root traits in maize and improve the efficiency of genomic prediction.
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- Leandro Tonello Zuffo
- Corteva Agriscience, Rio Verde, GO, Brazil
- Department of Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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Montesinos-López OA, Montesinos-López A, Bernal Sandoval DA, Mosqueda-Gonzalez BA, Valenzo-Jiménez MA, Crossa J. Multi-trait genome prediction of new environments with partial least squares. Front Genet 2022; 13:966775. [PMID: 36134027 PMCID: PMC9483856 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.966775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The genomic selection (GS) methodology proposed over 20 years ago by Meuwissen et al. (Genetics, 2001) has revolutionized plant breeding. A predictive methodology that trains statistical machine learning algorithms with phenotypic and genotypic data of a reference population and makes predictions for genotyped candidate lines, GS saves significant resources in the selection of candidate individuals. However, its practical implementation is still challenging when the plant breeder is interested in the prediction of future seasons or new locations and/or environments, which is called the “leave one environment out” issue. Furthermore, because the distributions of the training and testing set do not match, most statistical machine learning methods struggle to produce moderate or reasonable prediction accuracies. For this reason, the main objective of this study was to explore the use of the multi-trait partial least square (MT-PLS) regression methodology for this specific task, benchmarking its performance with the Bayesian Multi-trait Genomic Best Linear Unbiased Predictor (MT-GBLUP) method. The benchmarking process was performed with five actual data sets. We found that in all data sets the MT-PLS method outperformed the popular MT-GBLUP method by 349.8% (under predictor E + G), 484.4% (under predictor E + G + GE; where E denotes environments, G genotypes and GE the genotype by environment interaction) and 15.9% (under predictor G + GE) across traits. Our results provide empirical evidence of the power of the MT-PLS methodology for the prediction of future seasons or new environments. Furthermore, the comparison between single univariate-trait (UT) versus MT for GBLUP and PLS gave an increase in prediction accuracy of MT-GBLUP versus UT-GBLUP, but not for MT-PLS versus UT-PLS.
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- Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías (CUCEI), Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Abelardo Montesinos-López, , José Crossa,
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- Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Avenida Francisco J. Mujica S/N Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, MC, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Texcoco, Edo. de Mexico, Mexico
- Colegio de Porstgraduados, Montecillos, Edo. de Mexico, Mexico
- *Correspondence: Abelardo Montesinos-López, , José Crossa,
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Montesinos-López OA, Gonzalez HN, Montesinos-López A, Daza-Torres M, Lillemo M, Montesinos-López JC, Crossa J. Comparing gradient boosting machine and Bayesian threshold BLUP for genome-based prediction of categorical traits in wheat breeding. THE PLANT GENOME 2022; 15:e20214. [PMID: 35535459 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Genomic selection (GS) is a predictive methodology that is changing plant breeding. Genomic selection trains a statistical machine-learning model using available phenotypic and genotypic data with which predictions are performed for individuals that were only genotyped. For this reason, some statistical machine-learning methods are being implemented in GS, but in order to improve the selection of new genotypes early in the prediction process, the exploration of new statistical machine-learning algorithms must continue. In this paper, we performed a benchmarking study between the Bayesian threshold genomic best linear unbiased predictor model (TGBLUP; popular in GS) and the gradient boosting machine (GBM). This comparison was done using four real wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) data sets with categorical traits measured in terms of two metrics: the proportion of cases correctly classified (PCCC) and the Kappa coefficient in the testing set. Under 10 random partitions with four different sizes of testing proportions (20, 40, 60, and 80%), we compared the two algorithms and found that in three of the four data sets, the GBM outperformed the TGBLUP model in terms of both metrics (PCCC and Kappa coefficient). In the larger data sets (Data Sets 3 and 4), the gain in terms of prediction accuracy of the GBM was considerably significant. For this reason, we encourage more research using the GBM in GS to evaluate its virtues in terms of prediction performance in the context of GS.
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- Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías (CUCEI), Univ. de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, 44430, México
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- Dep. of Public Health Sciences, Univ. of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Dep. of Plant Sciences, Norwegian Univ. of Life Sciences, IHA/CIGENE, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432, Ås, Norway
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- Colegio de Postgraduados, Montecillos, Edo. de México, 56230, México
- Biometrics and Statistics Unit, Genetic Resources Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km 45, Carretera, México-Veracruz, 52640, México
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