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Wang R, Li K, Zhang W, Liu H, Tao Y, Liu Y, Ding G, Yang G, Zhou Y, Wang J, Wu L, Liu B, Mu F. QTL-seq analysis identified the genomic regions of plant height and days to heading in high-latitude rice. Front Genet 2024; 15:1305681. [PMID: 38419784 PMCID: PMC10899491 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1305681] [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: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Introduction: Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most extensive crops in the world. China's Heilongjiang Province is the northernmost rice-growing region in the world. However, rice cultivars suitable for growth in low-latitude regions may not mature normally due to their distinct climate and short frost-free period. It is necessary to precisely determine the frost-free period for each region to make the best use of the rice growth stage so as to ensure the maturity and yield of different rice cultivars in Heilongjiang Province. The time span of the heading stage is a key parameter for evaluating the adaptability of a rice cultivar to a specific rice-growing region. Given the above facts, it is of high importance to study the associated genes and sites controlling days to heading (DH) and plant height (PH) of rice in Heilongjiang Province. Bulked segregant analysis (BSA) combined with high-throughput sequencing can effectively exclude interferences from background genomic differences, making it suitable for analyzing the associated sites of complex agronomic traits in early generations. Methods: In this study, an F3 segregating population was obtained by crossing two main cultivars that are grown under different temperatures and day-light conditions in Heilongjiang. Two pools of extreme phenotypes were built for the DH and PH of the population. For SNP and InDel variants obtained from whole-genome resequencing in the pools, an association analysis was performed using the Euclidean distance (ED) algorithm and the SNP/InDel index algorithm. Results: The intersection of SNP and InDel regions associated with the phenotypes was considered to obtain the final associated sites. After excluding interferences from the cloned genes on chromosomes 2 and 7, a total length of 6.34 Mb on chromosomes 1, 3, and 10 and 3.16 Mb on chromosomes 1 and 10 were left associated with PH and DH, respectively. Then, we performed a gene annotation analysis for candidate genes in the remaining regions using multiple genome annotation databases. Our research provides basic data for subsequent gene mapping and cloning. Discussion: By mining more genetic loci associated with the days to heading and plant height of rice, we may provide abundant genetic resources for refined molecular breeding in Heilongjiang Province.
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- Rongsheng Wang
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Laboratory of Crop and Livestock Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Heilongjiang Engineering and Technology Research Center of Rice Molecular Breeding, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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Rengasamy B, Manna M, Thajuddin NB, Sathiyabama M, Sinha AK. Breeding rice for yield improvement through CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing method: current technologies and examples. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 30:185-198. [PMID: 38623165 PMCID: PMC11016042 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-024-01423-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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The impending climate change is threatening the rice productivity of the Asian subcontinent as instances of crop failures due to adverse abiotic and biotic stress factors are becoming common occurrences. CRISPR-Cas9 mediated genome editing offers a potential solution for improving rice yield as well as its stress adaptation. This technology allows modification of plant's genetic elements and is not dependent on foreign DNA/gene insertion for incorporating a particular trait. In this review, we have discussed various CRISPR-Cas9 mediated genome editing tools for gene knockout, gene knock-in, simultaneously disrupting multiple genes by multiplexing, base editing and prime editing the genes. The review here also presents how these genome editing technologies have been employed to improve rice productivity by directly targeting the yield related genes or by indirectly manipulating various abiotic and biotic stress responsive genes. Lately, many countries treat genome-edited crops as non-GMOs because of the absence of foreign DNA in the final product. Thus, genome edited rice plants with improved yield attributes and stress resilience are expected to be accepted by the public and solve food crisis of a major portion of the globe. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-024-01423-y.
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- Balakrishnan Rengasamy
- Department of Botany, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620024 India
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067 India
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- P. G. and Research Department of Biotechnology, Jamal Mohamed College, Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620024 India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067 India
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Maeda AE, Nakamichi N. Plant clock modifications for adapting flowering time to local environments. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 190:952-967. [PMID: 35266545 PMCID: PMC9516756 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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During and after the domestication of crops from ancestral wild plants, humans selected cultivars that could change their flowering time in response to seasonal daylength. Continuous selection of this trait eventually allowed the introduction of crops into higher or lower latitudes and different climates from the original regions where domestication initiated. In the past two decades, numerous studies have found the causal genes or alleles that change flowering time and have assisted in adapting crop species such as barley (Hordeum vulgare), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), rice (Oryza sativa L.), pea (Pisum sativum L.), maize (Zea mays spp. mays), and soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) to new environments. This updated review summarizes the genes or alleles that contributed to crop adaptation in different climatic areas. Many of these genes are putative orthologs of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) core clock genes. We also discuss how knowledge of the clock's molecular functioning can facilitate molecular breeding in the future.
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- Akari E Maeda
- Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Tomita M, Tokuyama R. Isogenic Japonica Rice Koshihikari Integrated with Late Flowering Gene Hd16 and Semidwarfing Gene sd1 to Prevent High Temperature Maturation and Lodging by Typhoon. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:1237. [PMID: 36013416 PMCID: PMC9409911 DOI: 10.3390/life12081237] [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: 07/12/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023] Open
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We developed semidwarf and late-maturing isogenics of Koshihikari to stabilize high yield and avoid high temperature maturation. Whole-genome analysis (WGS) was conducted to examine the transitional changes in the entire genome, the size of DNA fragments integrated with the target gene, and genes accompanying the target gene owing to the progress of backcrossing. In both Koshihikari Hd16 (BC7F4) and Koshihikari sd1Hd16 (BC8F2), an SNP from adenine to guanine was detected in Hd16 at 32,996,608 bp on chromosome 3, which is known to be a causative mutation of Hd16 in Nipponbare. In Koshihikari sd1Hd16 (BC8F2), an SNP from thymine to guanine was detected in sd1 at 38,267,510 bp on chromosome 1. From BC7 to BC8, the size of the DNA fragment integrated with Hd16 decreased by 5871 bp. Koshihikari sd1Hd16 flowered 12.1 days later than Koshishikari or Koshihikari sd1 did and was 14.2 cm (15%) shorter than Koshihikari. The yield in Koshishikari sd1Hd16 (63.2 kg/a) was 7.0% higher than that of Koshihikari. This is a new germplasm designed to avoid heat damage at ripening during high-temperature summer periods by late maturation owing to Hd16 as well as to avoid lodging by autumn typhoons by semidwarfness owing to sd1.
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Fjellheim S, Young DA, Paliocha M, Johnsen SS, Schubert M, Preston JC. Major niche transitions in Pooideae correlate with variation in photoperiodic flowering and evolution of CCT domain genes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:4079-4093. [PMID: 35394528 PMCID: PMC9232202 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The external cues that trigger timely flowering vary greatly across tropical and temperate plant taxa, the latter relying on predictable seasonal fluctuations in temperature and photoperiod. In the grass family (Poaceae) for example, species of the subfamily Pooideae have become specialists of the northern temperate hemisphere, generating the hypothesis that their progenitor evolved a flowering response to long days from a short-day or day-neutral ancestor. Sampling across the Pooideae, we found support for this hypothesis, and identified several secondary shifts to day-neutral flowering and one to short-day flowering in a tropical highland clade. To explain the proximate mechanisms for the secondary transition back to short-day-regulated flowering, we investigated the expression of CCT domain genes, some of which are known to repress flowering in cereal grasses under specific photoperiods. We found a shift in CONSTANS 1 and CONSTANS 9 expression that coincides with the derived short-day photoperiodism of our exemplar species Nassella pubiflora. This sets up the testable hypothesis that trans- or cis-regulatory elements of these CCT domain genes were the targets of selection for major niche shifts in Pooideae grasses.
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- Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Department of Plant Biology, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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Whole-Genome Sequencing and RNA-Seq Reveal Differences in Genetic Mechanism for Flowering Response between Weedy Rice and Cultivated Rice. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23031608. [PMID: 35163531 PMCID: PMC8836195 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Flowering is a key agronomic trait that influences adaptation and productivity. Previous studies have indicated the genetic complexity associated with the flowering response in a photoinsensitive weedy rice accession PSRR-1 despite the presence of a photosensitive allele of a key flowering gene Hd1. In this study, we used whole-genome and RNA sequencing data from both cultivated and weedy rice to add further insights. The de novo assembly of unaligned sequences predicted 225 genes, in which 45 were specific to PSRR-1, including two genes associated with flowering. Comparison of the variants in PSRR-1 with the 3K rice genome (RG) dataset identified unique variants within the heading date QTLs. Analyses of the RNA-Seq result under both short-day (SD) and long-day (LD) conditions revealed that many differentially expressed genes (DEGs) colocalized with the flowering QTLs, and some DEGs such as Hd1, OsMADS56, Hd3a, and RFT1 had unique variants in PSRR-1. Ehd1, Hd1, OsMADS15, and OsMADS56 showed different alternate splicing (AS) events between genotypes and day length conditions. OsMADS56 was expressed in PSRR-1 but not in Cypress under both LD and SD conditions. Based on variations in both sequence and expression, the unique flowering response in PSRR-1 may be due to the high-impact variants of flowering genes, and OsMADS56 is proposed as a key regulator for its day-neutral flowering response.
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Whole-Genome Sequencing Revealed a Late-Maturing Isogenic Rice Koshihikari Integrated with Hd16 Gene Derived from an Ise Shrine Mutant. Int J Genomics 2022; 2022:4565977. [PMID: 35036423 PMCID: PMC8758330 DOI: 10.1155/2022/4565977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 07/24/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We identified the key genes controlling the late maturation of the Japonica cultivar Isehikari, which was found at Ise Jingu Shrine and matures 6 days later than Koshihikari. We conducted a genetics-based approach through this study. First, the latest mature plants, which flowered later than Isehikari, were segregated in the F2 and F3 generations of Koshihikari×Isehikari. Next, the linkage relationship of a single late-maturing gene with the SSR markers on the long arm of chromosome 3 was inferred by using late-maturing homozygous F2 segregants. Moreover, genetic analyses of late maturity were conducted through the process of six times of continuous backcross with Koshihikari as a recurrent parent by using the late-maturing homozygous F3 line as a nonrecurrent parent, thus developing a late-maturing isogenic Koshihikari (BC6F2). As a result, we elucidated a single late-maturing gene with incomplete dominance that caused the 14-day maturation delay of Koshihikari. The whole-genome sequencing was conducted on both of Koshihikari and the late-maturing isogenic Koshihikari. Then, the SNP call was conducted as the reference genome of Koshihikari. Finally, a single SNP was identified in the key gene Hd16 of the late-maturing isogenic Koshihikari.
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Takai T, Lumanglas P, Fujita D, Sasaki K, Rakotoarisoa NM, Tsujimoto Y, Kobayashi N, Simon EV. Development and evaluation of pyramiding lines carrying early or late heading QTLs in the indica rice cultivar 'IR64'. BREEDING SCIENCE 2021; 71:615-621. [PMID: 35087326 PMCID: PMC8784346 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.21045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The heading date is an important trait for determining regional and climatic adaptability in rice. To expand the adaptability of the indica rice cultivar 'IR64', we pyramided multiple early or late heading quantitative trait locus (QTLs) in the 'IR64' genetic background by crossing previously developed near-isogenic lines (NILs) with a single QTL for early or late heading. The effects of pyramiding QTLs were observed in three different climatic zones of the Philippines, Madagascar, and Japan. The early heading pyramiding lines (PYLs) headed 6.2 to 12.8 days earlier than 'IR64' while the late heading PYLs headed 18.8 to 27.1 days later than 'IR64'. The PYLs tended to produce low grain yield compared to 'IR64'. The low yield was not improved by combining SPIKE, which is a QTL that increases the number of spikelets per panicle. Conversely, 'IR64-PYL(7+10)' carrying Hd5 and Hd1 headed earlier, produced more tillers, and more panicles per m2 than 'IR64', and mitigated the yield decrease in early heading. These results suggest that the effects of pyramided QTLs on heading date were consistent across various environments and PYLs could be used to enhance the adaptation of 'IR64' in other rice growing environments.
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- Toshiyuki Takai
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8686, Japan
- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8686, Japan
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- Rice Research Department, National Center of Applied Research on Rural Development, Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo BP1690, Madagascar
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8686, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518, Japan
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Hirakawa H, Toyoda A, Itoh T, Suzuki Y, Nagano AJ, Sugiyama S, Onodera Y. A spinach genome assembly with remarkable completeness, and its use for rapid identification of candidate genes for agronomic traits. DNA Res 2021; 28:6303609. [PMID: 34142133 PMCID: PMC8231376 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsab004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is grown as a nutritious leafy vegetable worldwide. To accelerate spinach breeding efficiency, a high-quality reference genome sequence with great completeness and continuity is needed as a basic infrastructure. Here, we used long-read and linked-read technologies to construct a de novo spinach genome assembly, designated SOL_r1.1, which was comprised of 287 scaffolds (total size: 935.7 Mb; N50 = 11.3 Mb) with a low proportion of undetermined nucleotides (Ns = 0.34%) and with high gene completeness (BUSCO complete 96.9%). A genome-wide survey of resistance gene analogues identified 695 genes encoding nucleotide-binding site domains, receptor-like protein kinases, receptor-like proteins and transmembrane-coiled coil domains. Based on a high-density double-digest restriction-site associated DNA sequencing-based linkage map, the genome assembly was anchored to six pseudomolecules representing ∼73.5% of the whole genome assembly. In addition, we used SOL_r1.1 to identify quantitative trait loci for bolting timing and fruit/seed shape, which harbour biologically plausible candidate genes, such as homologues of the FLOWERING LOCUS T and EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR-LIKE genes. The new genome assembly, SOL_r1.1, will serve as a useful resource for identifying loci associated with important agronomic traits and for developing molecular markers for spinach breeding/selection programs.
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- Hideki Hirakawa
- The Department of Technology Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan
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- Department of Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- The Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8568, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Shiga 520-2194, Japan
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- School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- The Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Manechini JRV, Santos PHDS, Romanel E, Brito MDS, Scarpari MS, Jackson S, Pinto LR, Vicentini R. Transcriptomic Analysis of Changes in Gene Expression During Flowering Induction in Sugarcane Under Controlled Photoperiodic Conditions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:635784. [PMID: 34211482 PMCID: PMC8239368 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.635784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Flowering is of utmost relevance for the agricultural productivity of the sugarcane bioeconomy, but data and knowledge of the genetic mechanisms underlying its photoperiodic induction are still scarce. An understanding of the molecular mechanisms that regulate the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth in sugarcane could provide better control of flowering for breeding. This study aimed to investigate the transcriptome of +1 mature leaves of a sugarcane cultivar subjected to florally inductive and non-inductive photoperiodic treatments to identify gene expression patterns and molecular regulatory modules. We identified 7,083 differentially expressed (DE) genes, of which 5,623 showed significant identity to other plant genes. Functional group analysis showed differential regulation of important metabolic pathways involved in plant development, such as plant hormones (i.e., cytokinin, gibberellin, and abscisic acid), light reactions, and photorespiration. Gene ontology enrichment analysis revealed evidence of upregulated processes and functions related to the response to abiotic stress, photoprotection, photosynthesis, light harvesting, and pigment biosynthesis, whereas important categories related to growth and vegetative development of plants, such as plant organ morphogenesis, shoot system development, macromolecule metabolic process, and lignin biosynthesis, were downregulated. Also, out of 76 sugarcane transcripts considered putative orthologs to flowering genes from other plants (such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa, and Sorghum bicolor), 21 transcripts were DE. Nine DE genes related to flowering and response to photoperiod were analyzed either at mature or spindle leaves at two development stages corresponding to the early stage of induction and inflorescence primordia formation. Finally, we report a set of flowering-induced long non-coding RNAs and describe their level of conservation to other crops, many of which showed expression patterns correlated against those in the functionally grouped gene network.
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- João Ricardo Vieira Manechini
- Laboratório de Biologia de Sistemas, Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Melhoramento de Plantas, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo (UNESP), Jaboticabal, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Genômica de Plantas e Bioenergia (PGEMBL), Departamento de Biotecnologia, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Lorena, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São José dos Campos, Brazil
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- School of Life Sciences, The University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Departamento de Genética e Melhoramento de Plantas, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo (UNESP), Jaboticabal, Brazil
- Centro de Cana, Instituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia de Sistemas, Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
- *Correspondence: Renato Vicentini,
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Li MW, Lam HM. The Modification of Circadian Clock Components in Soybean During Domestication and Improvement. Front Genet 2020; 11:571188. [PMID: 33193673 PMCID: PMC7554537 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.571188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Agricultural production is greatly dependent on daylength, which is determined by latitude. Living organisms align their physiology to daylength through the circadian clock, which is made up of input sensors, core and peripheral clock components, and output. The light/dark cycle is the major input signal, moderated by temperature fluctuations and metabolic changes. The core clock in plants functions mainly through a number of transcription feedback loops. It is known that the circadian clock is not essential for survival. However, alterations in the clock components can lead to substantial changes in physiology. Thus, these clock components have become the de facto targets of artificial selection for crop improvement during domestication. Soybean was domesticated around 5,000 years ago. Although the circadian clock itself is not of particular interest to soybean breeders, specific alleles of the circadian clock components that affect agronomic traits, such as plant architecture, sensitivity to light/dark cycle, flowering time, maturation time, and yield, are. Consequently, compared to their wild relatives, cultivated soybeans have been bred to be more adaptive and productive at different latitudes and habitats for acreage expansion, even though the selection processes were made without any prior knowledge of the circadian clock. Now with the advances in comparative genomics, known modifications in the circadian clock component genes in cultivated soybean have been found, supporting the hypothesis that modifications of the clock are important for crop improvement. In this review, we will summarize the known modifications in soybean circadian clock components as a result of domestication and improvement. In addition to the well-studied effects on developmental timing, we will also discuss the potential of circadian clock modifications for improving other aspects of soybean productivity.
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- Man-Wah Li
- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
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Preston JC, Fjellheim S. Understanding Past, and Predicting Future, Niche Transitions based on Grass Flowering Time Variation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 183:822-839. [PMID: 32404414 PMCID: PMC7333695 DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Since their origin in the early Cretaceous, grasses have diversified across every continent on Earth, with a handful of species (rice [Oryza sativa], maize [Zea mays], and wheat [Triticum aestivum]) providing most of the caloric intake of contemporary humans and their livestock. The ecological dominance of grasses can be attributed to a number of physiological innovations, many of which contributed to shifts from closed to open habitats that incur daily (e.g. tropical mountains) and/or seasonal extremes in temperature (e.g. temperate/continental regions) and precipitation (e.g. tropical savannas). In addition to strategies that allow them to tolerate or resist periodically stressful environments, plants can adopt escape behaviors by modifying the relative timing of distinct development phases. Flowering time is one of these behaviors that can also act as a postzygotic barrier to reproduction and allow temporal partitioning of resources to promote coexistence. In this review, we explore what is known about the phylogenetic pattern of flowering control in grasses, and how this relates to broad- and fine-scale niche transitions within the family. We then synthesize recent findings on the genetic basis of flowering time evolution as a way to begin deciphering why certain aspects of flowering are seemingly so conserved, and what the implications of this are for future adaptation under climate change.
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- Jill C Preston
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1430 Ås, Norway
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Dynamic effects of interacting genes underlying rice flowering-time phenotypic plasticity and global adaptation. Genome Res 2020; 30:673-683. [PMID: 32299830 PMCID: PMC7263186 DOI: 10.1101/gr.255703.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The phenotypic variation of living organisms is shaped by genetics, environment, and their interaction. Understanding phenotypic plasticity under natural conditions is hindered by the apparently complex environment and the interacting genes and pathways. Herein, we report findings from the dissection of rice flowering-time plasticity in a genetic mapping population grown in natural long-day field environments. Genetic loci harboring four genes originally discovered for their photoperiodic effects (Hd1, Hd2, Hd5, and Hd6) were found to differentially respond to temperature at the early growth stage to jointly determine flowering time. The effects of these plasticity genes were revealed with multiple reaction norms along the temperature gradient. By coupling genomic selection and the environmental index, accurate performance predictions were obtained. Next, we examined the allelic variation in the four flowering-time genes across the diverse accessions from the 3000 Rice Genomes Project and constructed haplotypes at both individual-gene and multigene levels. The geographic distribution of haplotypes revealed their preferential adaptation to different temperature zones. Regions with lower temperatures were dominated by haplotypes sensitive to temperature changes, whereas the equatorial region had a majority of haplotypes that are less responsive to temperature. By integrating knowledge from genomics, gene cloning and functional characterization, and environment quantification, we propose a conceptual model with multiple levels of reaction norms to help bridge the gaps among individual gene discovery, field-level phenotypic plasticity, and genomic diversity and adaptation.
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The contradiction between "high yielding" and "early maturing" hampers further improvement of annual rice yield. Here we report the positional cloning of a major maturity duration regulatory gene, Early flowering-completely dominant (Ef-cd), and demonstrate that natural variation in Ef-cd could be used to overcome the above contradictory. The Ef-cd locus gives rise to a long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) antisense transcript overlapping the OsSOC1 gene. Ef-cd lncRNA expression positively correlates with the expression of OsSOC1 and H3K36me3 deposition. Field test comparisons of early maturing Ef-cd near-isogenic lines with their wild types as well as of the derivative early maturing hybrids with their wild-type hybrids conducted under different latitudes determined that the early maturing Ef-cd allele shortens maturity duration (ranging from 7 to 20 d) without a concomitant yield penalty. Ef-cd facilitates nitrogen utilization and also improves the photosynthesis rate. Analysis of 1,439 elite hybrid rice varieties revealed that the 16 homozygotes and 299 heterozygotes possessing Ef-cd matured significantly earlier. Therefore, Ef-cd could be a vital contributor of elite early maturing hybrid varieties in balancing grain yield with maturity duration.
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Kang YJ, Lee BM, Nam M, Oh KW, Lee MH, Kim TH, Jo SH, Lee JH. Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with flowering time in perilla using genotyping-by-sequencing. Mol Biol Rep 2019; 46:4397-4407. [PMID: 31152338 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-019-04894-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Understanding the transition to the reproductive period is important for crop breeding. This information can facilitate the production of novel varieties that are better adapted to local environments or changing climatic conditions. Here, we report the development of a high-density linkage map based on genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) for the genus perilla. Through GBS library construction and Illumina sequencing of an F2 population, a total of 9607 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers were developed. The ten-group linkage map of 1309.39 cM contained 2518 markers, with an average marker density of 0.56 cM per linkage group (LG). Using this map, a total of six QTLs were identified. These quantitative trait loci (QTLs) are associated with three traits related to flowering time: days to visible flower bud, days to flowering, and days to maturity. Ortholog analysis conducted with known genes involved in the regulation of flowering time among different crop species identified GI, CO and ELF4 as putative perilla orthologs that are closely linked to the QTL regions associated with flowering time. These results provide a foundation that will be useful for future studies of flowering time in perilla using fine mapping, and marker-assisted selection for the development of new varieties of perilla.
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- SEEDERS Inc., Daejeon, 34912, Republic of Korea
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- SEEDERS Inc., Daejeon, 34912, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Miryang, 50424, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Crop Science, RDA, Miryang, 50424, Republic of Korea
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- National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Wanju, 55365, Republic of Korea
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- SEEDERS Inc., Daejeon, 34912, Republic of Korea.
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Nonoue Y, Hori K, Ono N, Shibaya T, Ogiso-Tanaka E, Mizobuchi R, Fukuoka S, Yano M. Detection of heading date QTLs in advanced-backcross populations of an elite indica rice cultivar, IR64. BREEDING SCIENCE 2019; 69:352-358. [PMID: 31481845 PMCID: PMC6711732 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.18172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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IR64 is one of the world's most popular rice cultivars. To collect genetic factors involved in controlling its heading date, we developed 70 reciprocal advanced-backcross populations with a total of 6284 individuals at the BC4F2 generation from crosses between Koshihikari and IR64. We detected 29 QTLs associated with heading date on chromosomes 3, 5-8, 10, and 12. Twenty QTLs were located in the same chromosome regions as previously isolated heading date genes (Hd1, Hd6, Hd16, Ghd7, DTH8, Hd17, and Hd18). The rest were located in other chromosome regions. We found more number of QTLs than previous studies using mapping populations of IR64. Fine mapping in additional advanced-backcross populations clearly revealed that QTLs on the long arm of chromosome 7 are overlapping and seem to be a novel genetic factor for heading date because of their different locations from OsPRR37. Our results suggest that the difference in heading date between IR64 and Koshihikari is genetically controlled by many factors, and that a non-functional allele of Hd1 contributes to early heading of IR64 in the genetic background of functional alleles of other heading date QTLs and genes such as Hd6 and Hd16.
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- Yasunori Nonoue
- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Institute of Crop Science,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518,
Japan
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602,
Japan
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- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Institute of Crop Science,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518,
Japan
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602,
Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602,
Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602,
Japan
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- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Institute of Crop Science,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518,
Japan
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602,
Japan
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- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Institute of Crop Science,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518,
Japan
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602,
Japan
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- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Institute of Crop Science,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518,
Japan
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602,
Japan
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- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Institute of Crop Science,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8518,
Japan
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602,
Japan
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Gou J, Tang C, Chen N, Wang H, Debnath S, Sun L, Flanagan A, Tang Y, Jiang Q, Allen RD, Wang ZY. SPL7 and SPL8 represent a novel flowering regulation mechanism in switchgrass. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 222:1610-1623. [PMID: 30688366 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The aging pathway in flowering regulation is controlled mainly by microRNA156 (miR156). Studies in Arabidopsis thaliana reveal that nine miR156-targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING-LIKE (SPL) genes are involved in the control of flowering. However, the roles of SPLs in flowering remain elusive in grasses. Inflorescence development in switchgrass was characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Microarray, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-PCR and EMSA were used to identify regulators of phase transition and flowering. Gene function was characterized by downregulation and overexpression of the target genes. Overexpression of SPL7 and SPL8 promotes flowering, whereas downregulation of individual genes moderately delays flowering. Simultaneous downregulation of SPL7/SPL8 results in extremely delayed or nonflowering plants. Furthermore, downregulation of both genes leads to a vegetative-to-reproductive reversion in the inflorescence, a phenomenon that has not been reported in any other grasses. Detailed analyses demonstrate that SPL7 and SPL8 induce phase transition and flowering in grasses by directly upregulating SEPALLATA3 (SEP3) and MADS32. Thus, the SPL7/8 pathway represents a novel regulatory mechanism in grasses that is largely different from that in Arabidopsis. Additionally, genetic modification of SPL7 and SPL8 results in much taller plants with significantly increased biomass yield and sugar release.
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- Jiqing Gou
- Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
- BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
- Hainan University, Haiko, 570228, China
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- Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
- BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
- BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
- BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Institute for Agricultural Biosciences, Oklahoma State University, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
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- Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
- BioEnergy Science Center (BESC), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
- Grassland Agri-Husbandry Research Center, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China
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Itoh H, Tanaka Y, Izawa T. Genetic Relationship Between Phytochromes and OsELF3-1 Reveals the Mode of Regulation for the Suppression of Phytochrome Signaling in Rice. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:549-561. [PMID: 30476313 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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EARLY FLOWERING3 (ELF3) functions as a night-time repressor required for sustaining circadian rhythms and co-ordinating growth and development in various plant species. The rice genome carries two ELF3 homologs, namely OsELF3-1 and OsELF3-2. Previous studies have suggested that OsELF3-1 has a predominant role in controlling rice photoperiodic flowering, while also contributing to the transcriptional regulation of rice floral regulators expressed in the morning. However, OsELF3-1 has not been functionally characterized. Here, we observed that the oself3-1 mutation suppresses the photoperiod-insensitive early flowering of photoperiod sensitivity5 (se5), which is a chromophore-deficient rice mutant. Detailed analyses of the se5oself3-1 double mutant revealed the recovery of the phytochrome-dependent expression of Grain number, plant height, and heading date7 (Ghd7), a floral repressor, and Light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding protein (Lhcb) genes. Although the oself3-1 mutation recovered Ghd7 expression in the se5 background, there was a lack of Ghd7 expression in the phyAphyBphyC triple mutant background. These observations suggest that OsELF3-1 represses Ghd7 expression by inhibiting the phytochrome signaling pathway. Comparative genome analyses indicated that OsELF3-1 was produced via gene duplication events in Oryza species, and that it is expressed throughout the day. A comparison between the oself3-1 mutant and transgenic rice lines in which OsELF3-1 and OsELF3-2 are simultaneously silenced uncovered a role for OsELF3-1 in addition to the canonical ELF3 function as an evolutionarily conserved role for a night-time repressor that regulates the rice circadian clock. Our study confirmed that an ELF3 paralog, OsELF3-1, had a unique role involving the suppression of phytochrome signaling.
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- Hironori Itoh
- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Institute of Crop Science, NARO (NICS), Kannondai 2-1-2, Tsukuba, Japan
- Functional Plant Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Kannondai, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Functional Plant Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Kannondai, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Functional Plant Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Kannondai, Tsukuba, Japan
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture, Bunkyo-ku, Yayoi 1-1-1, Tokyo, Japan
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Stephenson E, Estrada S, Meng X, Ourada J, Muszynski MG, Habben JE, Danilevskaya ON. Over-expression of the photoperiod response regulator ZmCCT10 modifies plant architecture, flowering time and inflorescence morphology in maize. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0203728. [PMID: 30726207 PMCID: PMC6364868 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Maize originated as a tropical plant that required short days to transition from vegetative to reproductive development. ZmCCT10 [CO, CONSTANS, CO-LIKE and TIMING OF CAB1 (CCT) transcription factor family] is a regulator of photoperiod response and was identified as a major QTL controlling photoperiod sensitivity in maize. We modulated expression of ZmCCT10 in transgenic maize using two constitutive promoters with different expression levels. Transgenic plants over expressing ZmCCT10 with either promoter were delayed in their transition from vegetative to reproductive development but were not affected in their switch from juvenile-to-adult vegetative growth. Strikingly, transgenic plants containing the stronger expressing construct had a prolonged period of vegetative growth accompanied with dramatic modifications to plant architecture that impacted both vegetative and reproductive traits. These plants did not produce ears, but tassels were heavily branched. In more than half of the transgenic plants, tassels were converted into a branched leafy structure resembling phyllody, often composed of vegetative plantlets. Analysis of expression modules controlling the floral transition and meristem identity linked these networks to photoperiod dependent regulation, whereas phase change modules appeared to be photoperiod independent. Results from this study clarified the influence of the photoperiod pathway on vegetative and reproductive development and allowed for the fine-tuning of the maize flowering time model.
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- Elizabeth Stephenson
- CORTEVA Agrisciences, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont; Johnston, Iowa, United States of America
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- CORTEVA Agrisciences, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont; Johnston, Iowa, United States of America
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- CORTEVA Agrisciences, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont; Johnston, Iowa, United States of America
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- CORTEVA Agrisciences, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont; Johnston, Iowa, United States of America
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- University of Hawaii at Manoa, Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii; United States of America
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- CORTEVA Agrisciences, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont; Johnston, Iowa, United States of America
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- CORTEVA Agrisciences, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont; Johnston, Iowa, United States of America
- * E-mail:
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Wang R, Jiang G, Feng X, Nan J, Zhang X, Yuan Q, Lin S. Updating the Genome of the Elite Rice Variety Kongyu131 to Expand Its Ecological Adaptation Region. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:288. [PMID: 30930921 PMCID: PMC6424915 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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As an elite rice variety cultivated in the third accumulative temperature belt in Heilongjiang province, China, Kongyu131 has many excellent traits, such as high quality, high stability, early maturation and cold resistance. However, as with other crop varieties, Kongyu131 has regional restrictions, exhibiting decreased yields when grown at low latitudes. To address these problems, two populations were constructed from cross between japonica and indica varieties. QTL analyses were performed with these two populations to detect regional adaptation related quantitative trait locus. Results in a BC1F6 backcross inbred line population with 168 lines derived from cross between Kongyu131 and GKMP showed a large pleiotropic QTL near 9 Mb on chromosome 7, which significantly delayed the HD of Kongyu131 and increased the plant height (PH), length of main panicle (LMP), number of primary branches (NPB) and grain number of main panicles (GNP). We also found a similar QTL in the population BC3F2 derived from Kongyu131 and GKLPL. Based on the QTL, we developed a gene module named mRA7 with 5 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers around the QTL. Through a foreground and background selection based on 197 SNP markers evenly distributed over the 12 chromosomes, we obtained a new plant (a single point substitution line, SPSL) with a new Kongyu131 genome, carrying only a small chromosomal fragment less than 800 kb from GKLPL. The background recovery ratio of the SPSL was 99.8%. Compared with Kongyu131, the SPSL exhibited a significant HD delay of approximately 31 days and increased PH, LMP and GNP values when planted in Heilongjiang province. When cultivated in Guangdong province, HD of SPSL showed only 16 days delay, and less increase in PH, LMP and GNP than in Heilongjiang province. Phenotypic evaluation showed that the SPSL could be moved to south by more than 3 latitude units and cultivated in low-latitude regions. This study exemplifies the feasibility of expanding the regions of cultivation of elite rice varieties via similar methods.
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- Rongsheng Wang
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Center for Genome Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Center for Genome Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Center for Genome Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Center for Genome Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Center for Genome Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Center for Genome Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Center for Genome Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Shaoyang Lin,
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Zhang S, Jiao Z, Liu L, Wang K, Zhong D, Li S, Zhao T, Xu X, Cui X. Enhancer-Promoter Interaction of SELF PRUNING 5G Shapes Photoperiod Adaptation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 178:1631-1642. [PMID: 30305372 PMCID: PMC6288745 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.01137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a major vegetable fruit grown and consumed worldwide. Modern cultivated tomatoes are derived from their wild relative, Solanum pimpinellifolium, a short-day plant that originated from the Andean region of South America. The molecular underpinnings of the regional adaptation and expansion of domesticated tomato remain largely unclear. In this study, we examined flowering time in wild and cultivated tomatoes under both long-day and short-day conditions. Using quantitative trait locus mapping in a recombinant inbred line population, we identified SELF PRUNING 5G (SP5G) as a major locus influencing daylength adaptation in tomato. Genetic diversity analysis revealed that the genomic region harboring SP5G shows signatures of a domestication sweep. We found that a 52-bp sequence within the 3' untranslated region of SP5G is essential for the enhanced expression of this gene, leading to delayed flowering time in tomatoes through a promoter-enhancer interaction that occurs only under long-day conditions. We further demonstrate that the absence of the 52-bp sequence attenuates the promoter-enhancer interaction and reduces SP5G expression in cultivated tomatoes, making their flowering time insensitive to daylength. Our findings demonstrate that cis-regulatory variation at the enhancer region of the SP5G 3' untranslated region confers reduced photoperiodic response in cultivated tomatoes, uncovering a regulatory mechanism that could potentially be used to manipulate flowering time in tomato through novel biotechnological approaches.
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- Shuaibin Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- Agricultural Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Agricultural Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
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- Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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- Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops of the Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
- Sino-Dutch Joint Laboratory of Horticultural Genomics, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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Gene diagnosis and targeted breeding for blast-resistant Kongyu 131 without changing regional adaptability. J Genet Genomics 2018; 45:539-547. [PMID: 30391410 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The fungus Magnaporthe oryzae threatens the rice production of Kongyu 131 (KY131), a leading japonica variety in Northeast China. In this study, two rice lines, KP1 and KP2-Hd1, were obtained by introgressing the blast resistance genes Pi1 and Pi2 into KY131, respectively. However, both lines headed later than KY131. RICE60K SNP array analysis showed that Hd1 closely linked to Pi2 was introgressed into KP2-Hd1, and the linkage drag of Hd1 was broken by recombination. On the other hand, no known flowering genes were introgressed into KP1. Gene diagnosis by resequencing six flowering genes showed that KP1 carried functional Hd16 and Ghd8 alleles. Due to its suppression role in heading under long-day conditions, Ghd8 was chosen as the target for gene editing to disrupt its function. Four sgRNAs targeting different sites within Ghd8 were utilized to induce large-deletion mutations, which were easy to detect via agarose gel electrophoresis. All the ghd8-mutated KP1 lines were resistant to rice blast disease and headed earlier than the control KP1, even than KY131, under natural long-day conditions, which ensures its growth in Northeast China. This study confirmed that a combination of gene diagnosis and targeted gene editing is a highly efficient way to quickly eliminate undesired traits in a breeding line.
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Nemoto Y, Hori K, Izawa T. Fine-tuning of the setting of critical day length by two casein kinases in rice photoperiodic flowering. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:553-565. [PMID: 29237079 PMCID: PMC5853454 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Many short-day plants have a critical day length that fixes the schedule for flowering time, limiting the range of natural growth habitats (or growth and cultivation areas). Thus, fine-tuning of the critical day-length setting in photoperiodic flowering determines ecological niches within latitudinal clines; however, little is known about the molecular mechanisms controlling the fine-tuning of the critical day-length setting in plants. Previously, we determined that florigen genes are regulated by day length, and identified several key genes involved in setting the critical day length in rice. Using a set of chromosomal segment substitution lines with the genetic background of an elite temperate japonica cultivar, we performed a series of expression analyses of flowering-time genes to identify those responsible for setting the critical day-length in rice. Here, we identified two casein kinase genes, Hd16 and Hd6, which modulate the expression of florigen genes within certain restricted ranges of photoperiod, thereby fine-tuning the critical day length. In addition, we determined that Hd16 functions as an enhancer of the bifunctional action of Hd1 (the Arabidopsis CONSTANS ortholog) in rice. Utilization of the natural variation in Hd16 and Hd6 was only found among temperate japonica cultivars adapted to northern areas. Therefore, this fine-tuning of the setting of the critical day length may contribute to the potential northward expansion of rice cultivation areas.
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- Yasue Nemoto
- Functional Plant Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Rice Applied Genomics Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Functional Plant Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan
- University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture, Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Inukai T. Differential Regulation of Starch-synthetic Gene Expression in Endosperm Between Indica and Japonica Rice Cultivars. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2017; 10:7. [PMID: 28243987 PMCID: PMC5328889 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-017-0146-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Grain filling rates (GFRs) of indica rice cultivars are often higher than those of japonica cultivars. Although GFR is mainly determined by the starch accumulation rate (SAR) in endosperm, the genetic basis for SAR during the ripening period has not been well studied in rice. To elucidate the factors influencing the differing SARs between typical indica and japonica cultivars, we focused on differences in sink potentials, especially on starch synthesis in the endosperm. RESULTS SAR in indica rice cultivar IR36 was significantly higher than in japonica cultivar T65. Although enzymes for both amylose and amylopectin syntheses had higher activity in IR36, amylopectin synthesis was seemingly more important for accelerating SAR because an elevation of amylose synthesis ability alone in the T65 genetic background did not result in the same level of SAR as IR36. In IR36, most starch-synthetic genes (SSGs) in the endosperm were more highly expressed during ripening than in T65. In panicle culture experiments, the SSGs in rice endosperm were regulated in either sucrose-dependent or -independent manners, or both. All SSGs except SSI and BEIIa were responsive to sucrose in both cultivars, and GBSSI, AGPS2b and PUL were more responsive to sucrose in IR36. Interestingly, the GBSSI gene (Wx a ) in IR36 was highly activated by sucrose, but the GBSSI gene (Wx b ) in T65 was insensitive. In sucrose-independent regulation, AGPL2, SSIIIa, BEI, BEIIb and ISA1 genes in IR36 were upregulated 1.5 to 2 times more than those in T65. Additionally, at least SSI and BEIIa might be regulated by unknown signals; that regulation pathway should be more activated in IR36 than T65. CONCLUSIONS In this study, at least three regulatory pathways seem to be involved in SSG expression in rice endosperm, and all pathways were more active in IR36. One of the factors leading to the high SAR of IR36 seemed to be an increase in the sink potential.
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- Tsuyoshi Inukai
- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan.
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Hori K, Yamamoto T, Yano M. Genetic dissection of agronomically important traits in closely related temperate japonica rice cultivars. BREEDING SCIENCE 2017; 67:427-434. [PMID: 29398936 PMCID: PMC5790047 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.17053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Many quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for agronomically important traits such as grain yield, disease resistance, and stress tolerance of rice (Oryza sativa L.) have been detected by using segregating populations derived from crosses between indica and japonica subspecies or with wild relatives. However, the QTLs involved in the control of natural variation in agronomic traits among closely related cultivars are still unclear. Decoding the whole genome sequences of Nipponbare and other temperate japonica rice cultivars has accelerated the collection of a huge number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). These SNPs are good resource for developing polymorphic DNA markers and for detecting QTLs distributed across all rice chromosomes. The temperate japonica rice cultivar Koshihikari has remained the top cultivar for about 40 years since 1979 in Japan. Unraveling the genetic factors in Koshihikari will provide important insights into improving agronomic traits in temperate japonica rice cultivars. Here we describe recent progress in our studies as an example of genetic analysis in closely related cultivars.
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Wu W, Zheng XM, Chen D, Zhang Y, Ma W, Zhang H, Sun L, Yang Z, Zhao C, Zhan X, Shen X, Yu P, Fu Y, Zhu S, Cao L, Cheng S. OsCOL16, encoding a CONSTANS-like protein, represses flowering by up-regulating Ghd7 expression in rice. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 260:60-69. [PMID: 28554475 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Revised: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Flowering time is an important agronomic trait that coordinates the plant life cycle with regional adaptability and thereby impacts yield potentials for cereal crops. The CONSTANS (CO)-like gene family plays vital roles in the regulation of flowering time. CO-like proteins are typically divided into four phylogenetic groups in rice. Several genes from groups I, III, and IV have been functionally characterized, though little is known about the genes of group II in rice. We report the functional characterization in rice of a constitutive floral inhibitor, OsCOL16, encoding a group-II CO-like protein that delays flowering time and increases plant height and grain yield. Overexpression of OsCOL16 resulted in late heading under both long-day and short-day conditions. OsCOL16 expression exhibits a diurnal oscillation and serves as a transcription factor with transcriptional activation activity. We determined that OsCOL16 up-regulates the expression of the floral repressor Ghd7, leading to down-regulation of the expression of Ehd1, Hd3a, and RFT1. Moreover, genetic diversity and evolutionary analyses suggest that remarkable differences in flowering times correlate with two major alleles of OsCOL16. Our combined molecular biology and phylogeographic analyses revealed that OsCOL16 plays an important role in regulating rice photoperiodic flowering, allowing for environmental adaptation of rice.
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- Weixun Wu
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, PR China
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China.
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- Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Super Rice Research and State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, PR China.
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Li X, Zhou W, Ren Y, Tian X, Lv T, Wang Z, Fang J, Chu C, Yang J, Bu Q. High-efficiency breeding of early-maturing rice cultivars via CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing. J Genet Genomics 2017; 44:175-178. [PMID: 28291639 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2016] [Revised: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Xiufeng Li
- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China; Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China; Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China; Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China.
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Shibaya T, Hori K, Ogiso-Tanaka E, Yamanouchi U, Shu K, Kitazawa N, Shomura A, Ando T, Ebana K, Wu J, Yamazaki T, Yano M. Hd18, Encoding Histone Acetylase Related to Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS D, is Involved in the Control of Flowering Time in Rice. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 57:1828-38. [PMID: 27318280 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcw105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Flowering time is one of the most important agronomic traits in rice (Oryza sativa L.), because it defines harvest seasons and cultivation areas, and affects yields. We used a map-based strategy to clone Heading date 18 (Hd18). The difference in flowering time between the Japanese rice cultivars Koshihikari and Hayamasari was due to a single nucleotide polymorphism within the Hd18 gene, which encodes an amine oxidase domain-containing protein and is homologous to Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS D (FLD). The Hayamasari Hd18 allele and knockdown of Hd18 gene expression delayed the flowering time of rice plants regardless of the day-length condition. Structural modeling of the Hd18 protein suggested that the non-synonymous substitution changed protein stability and function due to differences in interdomain hydrogen bond formation. Compared with those in Koshihikari, the expression levels of the flowering-time genes Early heading date 1 (Ehd1), Heading date 3a (Hd3a) and Rice flowering locus T1 (RFT1) were lower in a near-isogenic line with the Hayamasari Hd18 allele in a Koshihikari genetic background. We revealed that Hd18 acts as an accelerator in the rice flowering pathway under both short- and long-day conditions by elevating transcription levels of Ehd1 Gene expression analysis also suggested the involvement of MADS-box genes such as OsMADS50, OsMADS51 and OsMADS56 in the Hd18-associated regulation of Ehd1 These results suggest that, like FLD, its rice homolog accelerates flowering time but is involved in rice flowering pathways that differ from the autonomous pathways in Arabidopsis.
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- Taeko Shibaya
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan These authors contributed equally to this work
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan These authors contributed equally to this work.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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Yano K, Yamamoto E, Aya K, Takeuchi H, Lo PC, Hu L, Yamasaki M, Yoshida S, Kitano H, Hirano K, Matsuoka M. Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing rapidly identifies new genes influencing agronomic traits in rice. Nat Genet 2016. [PMID: 27322545 DOI: 10.1038/ng3596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2023]
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A genome-wide association study (GWAS) can be a powerful tool for the identification of genes associated with agronomic traits in crop species, but it is often hindered by population structure and the large extent of linkage disequilibrium. In this study, we identified agronomically important genes in rice using GWAS based on whole-genome sequencing, followed by the screening of candidate genes based on the estimated effect of nucleotide polymorphisms. Using this approach, we identified four new genes associated with agronomic traits. Some genes were undetectable by standard SNP analysis, but we detected them using gene-based association analysis. This study provides fundamental insights relevant to the rapid identification of genes associated with agronomic traits using GWAS and will accelerate future efforts aimed at crop improvement.
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- Kenji Yano
- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- NARO Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science, Tsu, Japan
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Food Resources Education and Research Center, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kasai, Hyogo, Japan
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- Hyogo Prefectural Research Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kasai, Hyogo, Japan
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing rapidly identifies new genes influencing agronomic traits in rice. Nat Genet 2016; 48:927-34. [PMID: 27322545 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A genome-wide association study (GWAS) can be a powerful tool for the identification of genes associated with agronomic traits in crop species, but it is often hindered by population structure and the large extent of linkage disequilibrium. In this study, we identified agronomically important genes in rice using GWAS based on whole-genome sequencing, followed by the screening of candidate genes based on the estimated effect of nucleotide polymorphisms. Using this approach, we identified four new genes associated with agronomic traits. Some genes were undetectable by standard SNP analysis, but we detected them using gene-based association analysis. This study provides fundamental insights relevant to the rapid identification of genes associated with agronomic traits using GWAS and will accelerate future efforts aimed at crop improvement.
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Xu Y. Envirotyping for deciphering environmental impacts on crop plants. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2016; 129:653-673. [PMID: 26932121 PMCID: PMC4799247 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2691-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Global climate change imposes increasing impacts on our environments and crop production. To decipher environmental impacts on crop plants, the concept "envirotyping" is proposed, as a third "typing" technology, complementing with genotyping and phenotyping. Environmental factors can be collected through multiple environmental trials, geographic and soil information systems, measurement of soil and canopy properties, and evaluation of companion organisms. Envirotyping contributes to crop modeling and phenotype prediction through its functional components, including genotype-by-environment interaction (GEI), genes responsive to environmental signals, biotic and abiotic stresses, and integrative phenotyping. Envirotyping, driven by information and support systems, has a wide range of applications, including environmental characterization, GEI analysis, phenotype prediction, near-iso-environment construction, agronomic genomics, precision agriculture and breeding, and development of a four-dimensional profile of crop science involving genotype (G), phenotype (P), envirotype (E) and time (T) (developmental stage). In the future, envirotyping needs to zoom into specific experimental plots and individual plants, along with the development of high-throughput and precision envirotyping platforms, to integrate genotypic, phenotypic and envirotypic information for establishing a high-efficient precision breeding and sustainable crop production system based on deciphered environmental impacts.
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- Yunbi Xu
- Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 100081, Beijing, China.
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), El Batan, Texcoco, CP 56130, Mexico.
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Onogi A, Watanabe M, Mochizuki T, Hayashi T, Nakagawa H, Hasegawa T, Iwata H. Toward integration of genomic selection with crop modelling: the development of an integrated approach to predicting rice heading dates. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2016; 129:805-817. [PMID: 26791836 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2667-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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It is suggested that accuracy in predicting plant phenotypes can be improved by integrating genomic prediction with crop modelling in a single hierarchical model. Accurate prediction of phenotypes is important for plant breeding and management. Although genomic prediction/selection aims to predict phenotypes on the basis of whole-genome marker information, it is often difficult to predict phenotypes of complex traits in diverse environments, because plant phenotypes are often influenced by genotype-environment interaction. A possible remedy is to integrate genomic prediction with crop/ecophysiological modelling, which enables us to predict plant phenotypes using environmental and management information. To this end, in the present study, we developed a novel method for integrating genomic prediction with phenological modelling of Asian rice (Oryza sativa, L.), allowing the heading date of untested genotypes in untested environments to be predicted. The method simultaneously infers the phenological model parameters and whole-genome marker effects on the parameters in a Bayesian framework. By cultivating backcross inbred lines of Koshihikari × Kasalath in nine environments, we evaluated the potential of the proposed method in comparison with conventional genomic prediction, phenological modelling, and two-step methods that applied genomic prediction to phenological model parameters inferred from Nelder-Mead or Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms. In predicting heading dates of untested lines in untested environments, the proposed and two-step methods tended to provide more accurate predictions than the conventional genomic prediction methods, particularly in environments where phenotypes from environments similar to the target environment were unavailable for training genomic prediction. The proposed method showed greater accuracy in prediction than the two-step methods in all cross-validation schemes tested, suggesting the potential of the integrated approach in the prediction of phenotypes of plants.
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- Akio Onogi
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Agricultural Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8666, Japan
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- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Agricultural Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8666, Japan
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- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8604, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
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Barabaschi D, Tondelli A, Desiderio F, Volante A, Vaccino P, Valè G, Cattivelli L. Next generation breeding. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 242:3-13. [PMID: 26566820 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Revised: 07/10/2015] [Accepted: 07/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The genomic revolution of the past decade has greatly improved our understanding of the genetic make-up of living organisms. The sequencing of crop genomes has completely changed our vision and interpretation of genome organization and evolution. Re-sequencing allows the identification of an unlimited number of markers as well as the analysis of germplasm allelic diversity based on allele mining approaches. High throughput marker technologies coupled with advanced phenotyping platforms provide new opportunities for discovering marker-trait associations which can sustain genomic-assisted breeding. The availability of genome sequencing information is enabling genome editing (site-specific mutagenesis), to obtain gene sequences desired by breeders. This review illustrates how next generation sequencing-derived information can be used to tailor genomic tools for different breeders' needs to revolutionize crop improvement.
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- Delfina Barabaschi
- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Genomics Research Centre, Via San Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Genomics Research Centre, Via San Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Genomics Research Centre, Via San Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Rice Research Unit, SS 11 to Torino Km 2.5, 13100 Vercelli, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Research Unit for Cereal Selection in Continental areas, via R. Forlani, e, 26866 S. Angelo Lodigiano, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Rice Research Unit, SS 11 to Torino Km 2.5, 13100 Vercelli, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Genomics Research Centre, Via San Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy.
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Li X, Liu H, Wang M, Liu H, Tian X, Zhou W, Lü T, Wang Z, Chu C, Fang J, Bu Q. Combinations of Hd2 and Hd4 genes determine rice adaptability to Heilongjiang Province, northern limit of China. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 57:698-707. [PMID: 25557147 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Heading date is a key trait in rice domestication and adaption, and a number of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) have been identified. The rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars in the Heilongjiang Province, the northernmost region of China, have to flower extremely early to fulfill their life cycle. However, the critical genes or different gene combinations controlling early flowering in this region have not been determined. QTL and candidate gene analysis revealed that Hd2/Ghd7.1/OsPRR37 plays a major role in controlling rice distribution in Heilongjiang. Further association analysis with a collection of rice cultivars demonstrated that another three major QTL genes (Hd4/Ghd7, Hd5/DTH8/Ghd8, and Hd1) also participate in regulating heading date under natural long day (LD) conditions. Hd2/Ghd7.1/OsPRR37 and Hd4/Ghd7 are two major QTLs and function additively. With the northward rice cultivation, the Hd2/Ghd7.1/OsPRR37 and Hd4/Ghd7 haplotypes became non-functional alleles. Hd1 might be non-functional in most Heilongjiang rice varieties, implying that recessive hd1 were selected during local rice breeding. Non-functional Hd5/DTH8/Ghd8 is very rare, but constitutes a potential target for breeding extremely early flowering cultivars. Our results indicated that diverse genetic combinations of Hd1, Hd2, Hd4, and Hd5 determined the different distribution of rice varieties in this northernmost province of China.
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- Xiufeng Li
- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, 150081, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, 150081, China
- Rice Research Institute, Heilongjiang Academy of Land Reclamation Sciences, Jiamusi, 154007, China
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- Beidahuang Kenfeng Seed Co. Ltd., Harbin, 150090, China
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- College of Agriculture, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, 150081, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, 150081, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, 150081, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, 150081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, 150081, China
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Hori K, Nonoue Y, Ono N, Shibaya T, Ebana K, Matsubara K, Ogiso-Tanaka E, Tanabata T, Sugimoto K, Taguchi-Shiobara F, Yonemaru JI, Mizobuchi R, Uga Y, Fukuda A, Ueda T, Yamamoto SI, Yamanouchi U, Takai T, Ikka T, Kondo K, Hoshino T, Yamamoto E, Adachi S, Nagasaki H, Shomura A, Shimizu T, Kono I, Ito S, Mizubayashi T, Kitazawa N, Nagata K, Ando T, Fukuoka S, Yamamoto T, Yano M. Genetic architecture of variation in heading date among Asian rice accessions. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 15:115. [PMID: 25953146 PMCID: PMC4424449 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0501-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Heading date, a crucial factor determining regional and seasonal adaptation in rice (Oryza sativa L.), has been a major selection target in breeding programs. Although considerable progress has been made in our understanding of the molecular regulation of heading date in rice during last two decades, the previously isolated genes and identified quantitative trait loci (QTLs) cannot fully explain the natural variation for heading date in diverse rice accessions. RESULTS To genetically dissect naturally occurring variation in rice heading date, we collected QTLs in advanced-backcross populations derived from multiple crosses of the japonica rice accession Koshihikari (as a common parental line) with 11 diverse rice accessions (5 indica, 3 aus, and 3 japonica) that originate from various regions of Asia. QTL analyses of over 14,000 backcrossed individuals revealed 255 QTLs distributed widely across the rice genome. Among the detected QTLs, 128 QTLs corresponded to genomic positions of heading date genes identified by previous studies, such as Hd1, Hd6, Hd3a, Ghd7, DTH8, and RFT1. The other 127 QTLs were detected in different chromosomal regions than heading date genes. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that advanced-backcross progeny allowed us to detect and confirm QTLs with relatively small additive effects, and the natural variation in rice heading date could result from combinations of large- and small-effect QTLs. We also found differences in the genetic architecture of heading date (flowering time) among maize, Arabidopsis, and rice.
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- Kiyosumi Hori
- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
- Institute of the Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 446-1 Ippaizuka, Kamiyokoba, 305-0854, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- Institute of the Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 446-1 Ippaizuka, Kamiyokoba, 305-0854, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
- Institute of the Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 446-1 Ippaizuka, Kamiyokoba, 305-0854, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
- Institute of the Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 446-1 Ippaizuka, Kamiyokoba, 305-0854, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- Institute of the Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 446-1 Ippaizuka, Kamiyokoba, 305-0854, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- Institute of the Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 446-1 Ippaizuka, Kamiyokoba, 305-0854, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
- Institute of the Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 446-1 Ippaizuka, Kamiyokoba, 305-0854, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
- Institute of the Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 446-1 Ippaizuka, Kamiyokoba, 305-0854, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, 305-8602, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Billoud B, Jouanno É, Nehr Z, Carton B, Rolland É, Chenivesse S, Charrier B. Localization of causal locus in the genome of the brown macroalga Ectocarpus: NGS-based mapping and positional cloning approaches. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:68. [PMID: 25745426 PMCID: PMC4333798 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Mutagenesis is the only process by which unpredicted biological gene function can be identified. Despite that several macroalgal developmental mutants have been generated, their causal mutation was never identified, because experimental conditions were not gathered at that time. Today, progresses in macroalgal genomics and judicious choices of suitable genetic models make mutated gene identification possible. This article presents a comparative study of two methods aiming at identifying a genetic locus in the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus: positional cloning and Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)-based mapping. Once necessary preliminary experimental tools were gathered, we tested both analyses on an Ectocarpus morphogenetic mutant. We show how a narrower localization results from the combination of the two methods. Advantages and drawbacks of these two approaches as well as potential transfer to other macroalgae are discussed.
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- Bernard Billoud
- Sorbonne Université, UPMC University Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de RoscoffCS 90074, F-29688, Roscoff cedex, France
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Blümel M, Dally N, Jung C. Flowering time regulation in crops—what did we learn from Arabidopsis? Curr Opin Biotechnol 2014; 32:121-129. [PMID: 25553537 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2014.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Accepted: 11/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The change from vegetative to reproductive growth is a key developmental switch in flowering plants. In agriculture, flowering is a prerequisite for crop production whenever seeds or fruits are harvested. An intricate network with various (epi-) genetic regulators responding to environmental and endogenous triggers controls the timely onset of flowering. Changes in the expression of a single flowering time (FTi) regulator can suffice to drastically alter FTi. FTi regulation is of utmost importance for genetic improvement of crops. We summarize recent discoveries on FTi regulators in crop species emphasizing crop-specific genes lacking homologs in Arabidopsis thaliana. We highlight pleiotropic effects on agronomically important characters, impact on adaptation to new geographical/climate conditions and future perspectives for crop improvement.
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- Martina Blümel
- Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, D-24118 Kiel, Germany.
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Dolferus R. To grow or not to grow: a stressful decision for plants. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 229:247-261. [PMID: 25443851 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Revised: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Progress in improving abiotic stress tolerance of crop plants using classic breeding and selection approaches has been slow. This has generally been blamed on the lack of reliable traits and phenotyping methods for stress tolerance. In crops, abiotic stress tolerance is most often measured in terms of yield-capacity under adverse weather conditions. "Yield" is a complex trait and is determined by growth and developmental processes which are controlled by environmental signals throughout the life cycle of the plant. The use of model systems has allowed us to gradually unravel how plants grow and develop, but our understanding of the flexibility and opportunistic nature of plant development and its capacity to adapt growth to environmental cues is still evolving. There is genetic variability for the capacity to maintain yield and productivity under abiotic stress conditions in crop plants such as cereals. Technological progress in various domains has made it increasingly possible to mine that genetic variability and develop a better understanding about the basic mechanism of plant growth and abiotic stress tolerance. The aim of this paper is not to give a detailed account of all current research progress, but instead to highlight some of the current research trends that may ultimately lead to strategies for stress-proofing crop species. The focus will be on abiotic stresses that are most often associated with climate change (drought, heat and cold) and those crops that are most important for human nutrition, the cereals.
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- Rudy Dolferus
- CSIRO, Agriculture Flagship, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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