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Wang Z, Zhang Y, Huai D, Chen Y, Wang X, Kang Y, Yan L, Jiang H, Liu K, Lei Y, Liao B. Detection of two homologous major QTLs and development of diagnostic molecular markers for sucrose content in peanut. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2024; 137:61. [PMID: 38411751 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-024-04549-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE We identified two stable and homologous major QTLs for sucrose content in peanut, and developed breeder-friendly molecular markers for marker-assisted selection breeding. Sucrose content is a crucial quality trait for edible peanuts, and increasing sucrose content is a key breeding objective. However, the genetic basis of sucrose content in peanut remains unclear, and major quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for sucrose content have yet to be identified. In this study, a high-density genetic map was constructed based on whole-genome re-sequencing data from a peanut RIL population. This map consisted of 2,042 bins and 24,142 SNP markers, making it one of the most comprehensive maps to date in terms of marker density. Two major QTLs (qSCA06.2 and qSCB06.2) were identified, explaining 31.41% and 24.13% of the phenotypic variance, respectively. Notably, these two QTLs were located in homologous genomic regions between the A and B subgenomes. The elite allele of qSCA06.2 was exclusive to Valencia-type, while the elite allele of qSCB06.2 existed in other peanut types. Importantly, the distribution of alleles from two homologous QTLs in the RIL population and diverse germplasm accessions consistently demonstrated that only the combination of elite allelic genotypes from both QTLs/genes resulted in a significantly dominant phenotype, accompanied by a substantial increase in sucrose content. The newly developed diagnostic markers for these QTLs were confirmed to be reliable and could facilitate future breeding efforts to enhance sucrose content using marker-assisted selection techniques. Overall, this study highlights the co-regulation of sucrose content by two major homologous QTLs/genes and provides valuable insights into the genetic basis of sucrose in peanuts.
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- Zhihui Wang
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan, 430062, China
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Crop Molecular Breeding Technology, National Center of Oil Crop Improvement (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan, 430062, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Crop Molecular Breeding Technology, National Center of Oil Crop Improvement (Wuhan), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan, 430062, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Wuhan, 430062, China.
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Hu P, Zhang J, Song Y, Zhao X, Jin X, Su Q, Yang Y, Wang J. Identification of Putative Quantitative Trait Loci for Improved Seed Oil Quality in Peanuts. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:75. [PMID: 38254964 PMCID: PMC10815147 DOI: 10.3390/genes15010075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Improving seed oil quality in peanut (Arachis hypogaea) has long been an aim of breeding programs worldwide. The genetic resources to achieve this goal are limited. We used an advanced recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from JH5 × KX01-6 to explore quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting peanut oil quality and their additive effects, epistatic effects, and QTL × environment interactions. Gas chromatography (GC) analysis suggested seven fatty acids components were obviously detected in both parents and analyzed in a follow-up QTL analysis. The major components, palmitic acid (C16:0), oleic acid (C18:1), and linoleic acid (C18:2), exhibited considerable phenotypic variation and fit the two major gene and minor gene mixed-inheritance model. Seventeen QTL explained 2.57-38.72% of the phenotypic variation in these major components, with LOD values of 4.12-37.56 in six environments, and thirty-five QTL explained 0.94-32.21% of the phenotypic variation, with LOD values of 5.99-150.38 in multiple environments. Sixteen of these QTL were detected in both individual and multiple environments. Among these, qFA_08_1 was a novel QTL with stable, valuable and major effect. Two other major-effect QTL, qFA_09_2 and qFA_19_3, share the same physical position as FAD2A and FAD2B, respectively. Eleven stable epistatic QTL involving nine loci explained 1.30-34.97% of the phenotypic variation, with epistatic effects ranging from 0.09 to 6.13. These QTL could be valuable for breeding varieties with improved oil quality.
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- The Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Breeding of Hebei, Institute of Cereal and Oil Crops, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050035, China; (P.H.); (J.Z.); (Y.S.); (X.Z.); (X.J.); (Q.S.)
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- The Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Breeding of Hebei, Institute of Cereal and Oil Crops, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050035, China; (P.H.); (J.Z.); (Y.S.); (X.Z.); (X.J.); (Q.S.)
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Zhao S, Sun J, Sun J, Zhang X, Zhao C, Pan J, Hou L, Tian R, Wang X. Insights into the Novel FAD2 Gene Regulating Oleic Acid Accumulation in Peanut Seeds with Different Maturity. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:2076. [PMID: 36360313 PMCID: PMC9691258 DOI: 10.3390/genes13112076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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AhFAD2 is a key enzyme catalyzing the conversion of oleic acid into linoleic acid. The high oleic acid characteristic of peanut mainly comes from the homozygous recessive mutation of AhFAD2A and AhFAD2B genes (aabb). However, even in high-oleic-acid varieties with the aabb genotype, the oleic acid content of seeds with different maturity varies significantly. Therefore, in addition to AhFAD2A and AhFAD2B, other FAD2 members or regulators may be involved in this process. Which FAD2 genes are involved in the regulatory processes associated with seed maturity is still unclear. In this study, four stable lines with different genotypes (AABB, aaBB, AAbb, and aabb) were used to analyze the contents of oleic acid and linoleic acid at different stages of seed development in peanut. Three new AhFAD2 genes (AhFAD2-7, AhFAD2-8, and AhFAD2-9) were cloned based on the whole-genome sequencing results of cultivated peanuts. All peanut FAD2 genes showed tissue preference in expression; however, only the expression level of AhFAD2-7 was positively correlated with the linoleic acid concentration in peanut seeds. These findings provide new insights into the regulation of oleic acid accumulation by maturity, and AhFAD2-7 plays an important role in the maturity dependent accumulation of oleic acid and linoleic acid in peanut.
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- Shuzhen Zhao
- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan 250100, China
- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan 250100, China
- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan 250100, China
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan 250100, China
- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan 250100, China
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan 250100, China
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan 250100, China
- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan 250100, China
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- Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ecology and Physiology, Jinan 250100, China
- College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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Li W, Yoo E, Lee S, Sung J, Noh HJ, Hwang SJ, Desta KT, Lee GA. Seed Weight and Genotype Influence the Total Oil Content and Fatty Acid Composition of Peanut Seeds. Foods 2022; 11:foods11213463. [PMID: 36360076 PMCID: PMC9653625 DOI: 10.3390/foods11213463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Peanut, an important oilseed crop cultivated worldwide as a dietary food, is a good food source with health benefits. To explore the potential benefits of peanuts as a food resource, 301 peanut accessions were evaluated to determine the effect of seed weight and genotype on total oil content and fatty acid composition. Total oil was extracted using the Soxhlet method and fatty acids were analyzed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Wide variations in the 100-seed weight, total oil content, and fatty acid profile were observed among genotypes and accession types. An effect of seed weight on the fatty acid composition of peanut seeds was observed. Increases in the oleic acid content and decreases in the linoleic acid content occurred in association with increases in the 100-seed weight. Moreover, the 100-seed weight, total oil content, and individual and total fatty acid contents, except arachidic acid, differed significantly (p < 0.001 or 0.05) among the accession types of landrace, cultivar, breeding line, and unknown. The discovery of this high diversity could contribute to further studies of peanut domestication and evolutionary classification. Our findings are important for the selection of peanut seeds with health benefits and development of new varieties of peanut with health benefits.
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- Weilan Li
- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea
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- International Technology Cooperation Center, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54875, Korea
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama 1888, Ethiopia
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- National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Korea
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-63-238-4813
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Tang Y, Qiu X, Hu C, Li J, Wu L, Wang W, Li X, Li X, Zhu H, Sui J, Wang J, Qiao L. Breeding of a new variety of peanut with high-oleic-acid content and high-yield by marker-assisted backcrossing. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2022; 42:42. [PMID: 37313504 PMCID: PMC10248636 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-022-01313-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important crop used for oil production, and oleic acid is a major factor in determining oil quality. Alterations in the oleic acid content can improve the nutritional quality and oxidative stability and prolong the shelf life of peanut products. The objective of this study was to develop a peanut variety with a high-oleic-acid content and high yield. One elite variety, "huayu22," was hybridized with the high-oleic-acid "KN176" donor and backcrossed for four generations as the recurrent parent using fad2 marker-assisted backcross selection. Based on the Kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) screening of fad2 markers, the oleic acid content of advanced generations derived by selfing was assessed by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy and gas chromatography. The genetic background recovery rate of four BC4F4 lines showed an average of 92.34% and was confirmed by genotyping using the Axiom_Arachis 58 K SNP array. Across these superior lines in BC4F6 generations, one line with a high-oleic-acid content and high yield was detected and named "YH61." In particular, yield comparison experiments showed that YH61 exhibited high and stable yield at three different locations and was moderately resistant to leaf spot disease. The distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) testing for two consecutive years suggested that YH61 reached the standard for variety rights application. The use of the peanut variety YH61 contributed to the expansion of the cultivation area due to its high value in the oleic acid market and the proven economic benefits in China. This study demonstrated that the marker-assisted backcross strategy based on a cost-effective KASP assay and SNP array for the detection of mutations in fad2 and genetic background evaluation can be used to create efficient peanut breeding programs and contribute to oil quality and high-yield stability. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-022-01313-9.
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- Yanyan Tang
- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- Qingdao Seed Station, Qingdao, 266071 China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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- College of Agronomy, Qingdao Agricultural University, Dry-Land Farming Technology Laboratory of Shandong Province, Key Laboratory of Qingdao Major Crop Germplasm Resource Innovation and Application, Qingdao, 266109 China
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Application of CRISPR/Cas9 System for Efficient Gene Editing in Peanut. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11101361. [PMID: 35631786 PMCID: PMC9144340 DOI: 10.3390/plants11101361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Peanuts are an economically important crop cultivated worldwide. However, several limitations restrained its productivity, including biotic/abiotic stresses. CRISPR/Cas9-based gene-editing technology holds a promising approach to developing new crops with improved agronomic and nutritional traits. Its application has been successful in many important crops. However, the application of this technology in peanut research is limited, probably due to the lack of suitable constructs and protocols. In this study, two different constructs were generated to induce insertion/deletion mutations in the targeted gene for a loss of function study. The first construct harbors the regular gRNA scaffold, while the second construct has the extended scaffold plus terminator. The designed gRNA targeting the coding sequence of the FAD2 genes was cloned into both constructs, and their functionality and efficiency were validated using the hairy root transformation system. Both constructs displayed insertions and deletions as the types of edits. The construct harboring the extended plus gRNA terminator showed a higher editing efficiency than the regular scaffold for monoallelic and biallelic mutations. These two constructs can be used for gene editing in peanuts and could provide tools for improving peanut lines for the benefit of peanut breeders, farmers, and industry.
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Otyama PI, Chamberlin K, Ozias-Akins P, Graham MA, Cannon EKS, Cannon SB, MacDonald GE, Anglin NL. Genome-wide approaches delineate the additive, epistatic, and pleiotropic nature of variants controlling fatty acid composition in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2022; 12:jkab382. [PMID: 34751378 PMCID: PMC8728033 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The fatty acid composition of seed oil is a major determinant of the flavor, shelf-life, and nutritional quality of peanuts. Major QTLs controlling high oil content, high oleic content, and low linoleic content have been characterized in several seed oil crop species. Here, we employ genome-wide association approaches on a recently genotyped collection of 787 plant introduction accessions in the USDA peanut core collection, plus selected improved cultivars, to discover markers associated with the natural variation in fatty acid composition, and to explain the genetic control of fatty acid composition in seed oils. Overall, 251 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) had significant trait associations with the measured fatty acid components. Twelve SNPs were associated with two or three different traits. Of these loci with apparent pleiotropic effects, 10 were associated with both oleic (C18:1) and linoleic acid (C18:2) content at different positions in the genome. In all 10 cases, the favorable allele had an opposite effect-increasing and lowering the concentration, respectively, of oleic and linoleic acid. The other traits with pleiotropic variant control were palmitic (C16:0), behenic (C22:0), lignoceric (C24:0), gadoleic (C20:1), total saturated, and total unsaturated fatty acid content. One hundred (100) of the significantly associated SNPs were located within 1000 kbp of 55 genes with fatty acid biosynthesis functional annotations. These genes encoded, among others: ACCase carboxyl transferase subunits, and several fatty acid synthase II enzymes. With the exception of gadoleic (C20:1) and lignoceric (C24:0) acid content, which occur at relatively low abundance in cultivated peanuts, all traits had significant SNP interactions exceeding a stringent Bonferroni threshold (α = 1%). We detected 7682 pairwise SNP interactions affecting the relative abundance of fatty acid components in the seed oil. Of these, 627 SNP pairs had at least one SNP within 1000 kbp of a gene with fatty acid biosynthesis functional annotation. We evaluated 168 candidate genes underlying these SNP interactions. Functional enrichment and protein-to-protein interactions supported significant interactions (P-value < 1.0E-16) among the genes evaluated. These results show the complex nature of the biology and genes underlying the variation in seed oil fatty acid composition and contribute to an improved genotype-to-phenotype map for fatty acid variation in peanut seed oil.
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- Paul I Otyama
- Interdepartmental Genetics and Genomics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
- Agronomy Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- USDA—Agricultural Research Service, Stillwater, OK 740752714, USA
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- Genetics, and Genomics and Department of Horticulture, Institute of Plant Breeding, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793-5766, USA
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- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA—Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA—Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, USDA—Agricultural Research Service, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- USDA-ARS Small Grains and Potato Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, ID 83210, USA
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Identification of novel QTLs for late leaf spot resistance and validation of a major rust QTL in peanut ( Arachis hypogaea L.). 3 Biotech 2020; 10:458. [PMID: 33088655 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-02446-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Co-occurrence of two devastating foliar-fungal diseases of peanut, viz., late leaf spot (LLS), and rust may cause heavy yield loss besides adversely affecting the quality of kernel and fodder. This study reports the mapping of seven novel stress-related candidate EST-SSRs in a region having major QTLs for LLS and rust diseases using an F2 mapping population (GJG17 × GPBD4) consisting of 328 individuals. The parental polymorphism using 1311 SSRs revealed 84 SSRs (6.4%) as polymorphic and of these 70 SSRs could be mapped on 14 linkage groups (LG). QTL analysis has identified a common QTL (LLSQTL1/RustQTL) for LLS and rust diseases in the map interval of 1.41 cM on A03 chromosome, explaining 47.45% and 70.52% phenotypic variations, respectively. Another major QTL for LLS (LLSQTL1), explaining a 29.06% phenotypic variation was also found on LG_A03. A major rust QTL has been validated which was found harboring R-gene and resistance-related genes having a role in inducing hypersensitive response (HR). Further, 23 linked SSRs including seven novel EST-SSRs were also validated in 177 diverse Indian groundnut genotypes. Twelve genotypes resistant to both LLS and rust were found carrying the common (rust and LLS) QTL region, LLS QTL region, and surrounding regions. These identified and validated candidate EST-SSR markers would be of great use for the peanut breeding groups working for the improvement of foliar-fungal disease resistance.
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Unraveling the mechanisms of resistance to Sclerotium rolfsii in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) using comparative RNA-Seq analysis of resistant and susceptible genotypes. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0236823. [PMID: 32745143 PMCID: PMC7398544 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Stem rot, a devastating fungal disease of peanut, is caused by Sclerotium rolfsii. RNA-sequencing approaches have been used to unravel the mechanisms of resistance to stem rot in peanut over the course of fungal infection in resistant (NRCG-CS85) and susceptible (TG37A) genotypes under control conditions and during the course of infection. Out of about 290 million reads, nearly 251 million (92.22%) high-quality reads were obtained and aligned to the Arachis duranensis and Arachis ipaensis genomes with the average mapping of 78.91% and 78.61%, respectively. In total, about 48.6% of genes were commonly regulated, while approximately 21.8% and 29.6% of uniquely regulated genes from A. duranensis and A. ipaensis genomes, respectively, were identified. Several annotated transcripts, such as receptor-like kinases, jasmonic acid pathway enzymes, and transcription factors (TFs), including WRKY, Zinc finger protein, and C2-H2 zinc finger, showed higher expression in resistant genotypes upon infection. These transcripts have a known role in channelizing the downstream of pathogen perception. The higher expression of WRKY transcripts might have induced the systemic acquired resistance (SAR) by the activation of the jasmonic acid defense signaling pathway. Furthermore, a set of 30 transcripts involved in the defense mechanisms were validated with quantitative real-time PCR. This study suggested PAMP-triggered immunity as a probable mechanism of resistance, while the jasmonic acid signaling pathway was identified as a possible defense mechanism in peanut. The information generated is of immense importance in developing more effective ways to combat the stem rot disease in peanut.
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Ojiewo CO, Janila P, Bhatnagar-Mathur P, Pandey MK, Desmae H, Okori P, Mwololo J, Ajeigbe H, Njuguna-Mungai E, Muricho G, Akpo E, Gichohi-Wainaina WN, Variath MT, Radhakrishnan T, Dobariya KL, Bera SK, Rathnakumar AL, Manivannan N, Vasanthi RP, Kumar MVN, Varshney RK. Advances in Crop Improvement and Delivery Research for Nutritional Quality and Health Benefits of Groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:29. [PMID: 32153601 PMCID: PMC7046547 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Groundnut is an important global food and oil crop that underpins agriculture-dependent livelihood strategies meeting food, nutrition, and income security. Aflatoxins, pose a major challenge to increased competitiveness of groundnut limiting access to lucrative markets and affecting populations that consume it. Other drivers of low competitiveness include allergens and limited shelf life occasioned by low oleic acid profile in the oil. Thus grain off-takers such as consumers, domestic, and export markets as well as processors need solutions to increase profitability of the grain. There are some technological solutions to these challenges and this review paper highlights advances in crop improvement to enhance groundnut grain quality and nutrient profile for food, nutrition, and economic benefits. Significant advances have been made in setting the stage for marker-assisted allele pyramiding for different aflatoxin resistance mechanisms-in vitro seed colonization, pre-harvest aflatoxin contamination, and aflatoxin production-which, together with pre- and post-harvest management practices, will go a long way in mitigating the aflatoxin menace. A breakthrough in aflatoxin control is in sight with overexpression of antifungal plant defensins, and through host-induced gene silencing in the aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway. Similarly, genomic and biochemical approaches to allergen control are in good progress, with the identification of homologs of the allergen encoding genes and development of monoclonal antibody based ELISA protocol to screen for and quantify major allergens. Double mutation of the allotetraploid homeologous genes, FAD2A and FAD2B, has shown potential for achieving >75% oleic acid as demonstrated among introgression lines. Significant advances have been made in seed systems research to bridge the gap between trait discovery, deployment, and delivery through innovative partnerships and action learning.
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- Chris O. Ojiewo
- Research Program – Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Research Program – Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- Research Program – Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- Research Program – Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- Research Program – West and Central Africa, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Bamako, Mali
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- Research Program – Eastern and Southern Africa, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Research Program – Eastern and Southern Africa, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Research Program – West and Central Africa, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Kano, Nigeria
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- Research Program – Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Research Program – Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Research Program – Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Research Program – Eastern and Southern Africa, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Lilongwe, Malawi
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- Research Program – Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR-DGR), Junagadh, India
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- Main Oilseeds Research Station, Junagadh Agricultural University (JAU), Junagadh, India
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- Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR-DGR), Junagadh, India
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- National Pulses Research Center, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Pudukkottai, India
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- Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Tirupati, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU), Hyderabad, India
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- Research Program – Genetic Gains, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India
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Steady expression of high oleic acid in peanut bred by marker-assisted backcrossing for fatty acid desaturase mutant alleles and its effect on seed germination along with other seedling traits. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226252. [PMID: 31830093 PMCID: PMC6910123 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an important nutrient-rich food legume and valued for its good quality cooking oil. The fatty acid content is the major determinant of the quality of the edible oil. The oils containing higher monounsaturated fatty acid are preferred for improved shelf life and potential health benefits. Therefore, a high oleic/linoleic fatty acid ratio is the target trait in an advanced breeding program. The two mutant alleles, ahFAD2A (on linkage group a09) and ahFAD2B (on linkage group b09) control fatty acid composition for higher oleic/linoleic ratio in peanut. In the present study, marker-assisted backcrossing was employed for the introgression of two FAD2 mutant alleles from SunOleic95R into the chromosome of ICGV06100, a high oil content peanut breeding line. In the marker-assisted backcrossing-introgression lines, a 97% increase in oleic acid, and a 92% reduction in linoleic acid content was observed in comparison to the recurrent parent. Besides, the oleic/linoleic ratio was increased to 25 with respect to the recurrent parent, which was only 1.2. The most significant outcome was the stable expression of oil-content, oleic acid, linoleic acid, and palmitic acid in the marker-assisted backcrossing-introgression lines over the locations. No significant difference was observed between high oleic and normal oleic in peanuts for seedling traits except germination percentage. In addition, marker-assisted backcrossing-introgression lines exhibited higher yield and resistance to foliar fungal diseases, i.e., late leaf spot and rust.
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Huang B, Qi F, Sun Z, Miao L, Zhang Z, Liu H, Fang Y, Dong W, Tang F, Zheng Z, Zhang X. Marker-assisted backcrossing to improve seed oleic acid content in four elite and popular peanut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) cultivars with high oil content. BREEDING SCIENCE 2019; 69:234-243. [PMID: 31481832 PMCID: PMC6711728 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.18107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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High oleic acid composition is an important determinant of seed quality in peanut (Arachis hypogaea) in regard to its nutritional benefits for human health and prolonged shelf-life for peanut products. To improve the oleic acid content of popular peanut cultivars in China, four peanut cultivars of different market types were hybridized with high-oleic-acid donors and backcrossed for four generations as recurrent parents using fad2 marker-assisted backcross selection. Seed quality traits in advanced generations derived by selfing were assessed using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy for detection of oleic acid and Kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) screening of fad2 mutant markers. Twenty-four high-oleic-acid lines of BC4F4 and BC4F5 populations, with morphological features and agronomic traits similar to those of the recurrent parents, were obtained within 5 years. The genetic backgrounds of BC4F5 lines were estimated using the KASP assay, which revealed the genetic background recovery rate was 79.49%-92.31%. The superior lines raised are undergoing a multi-location test for cultivar registration and release. To our knowledge, this is the first application of single nucleotide polymorphism markers based on the high-throughput and cost-effective KASP assay for detection of fad2 mutations and genetic background evaluation in a peanut breeding program.
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- Bingyan Huang
- Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huanghuaihai Plains, Industrial Crops Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huanghuaihai Plains, Industrial Crops Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
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- Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crops Improvement,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huanghuaihai Plains, Industrial Crops Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huanghuaihai Plains, Industrial Crops Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
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- Henan Provincial Key Laboratory for Oil Crops Improvement,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huanghuaihai Plains, Industrial Crops Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huanghuaihai Plains, Industrial Crops Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huanghuaihai Plains, Industrial Crops Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huanghuaihai Plains, Industrial Crops Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
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- Key Laboratory of Oil Crops in Huanghuaihai Plains, Industrial Crops Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
116 Huayuan Road, 450002, Zhengzhou,
China
- Corresponding author (e-mail: )
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Nawade B, Mishra GP, Radhakrishnan T, Sangh C, Dobariya JR, Kundu R. Development of high oleic peanut lines through marker-assisted introgression of mutant ahFAD2 alleles and its fatty acid profiles under open-field and controlled conditions. 3 Biotech 2019; 9:243. [PMID: 31168436 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1774-9] [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: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Peanut is one of the most important oilseed crops grown worldwide. In this study, the mutant ahFAD2 alleles conferring high oleic (HO) content are introgressed into an elite Indian cultivar GPBD4 which is also resistant to the foliar fungal diseases like rust and late leaf spot (LLS). The allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR) and cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences (CAPS) assays were used for the marker-assisted backcross (MABC) approach and 64 HO introgression lines (ILs) were generated. These ILs were tested for the FA compositions under the glasshouse and field conditions. The oleic acid and linoleic acid contents in the ILs were recorded to be between 68.94-82.33% and 1.74-10.87%, respectively, under glasshouse and 67.04-81.71% and 2.00-15.66%, respectively, under field conditions. The increase in the oleic acid content of the ILs over its recurrent parent (RP) was recorded to the tune of 28.78-53.80% and 33.70-62.96% under glasshouse and field conditions, respectively, indicating the stable expression of ahFAD2B gene in two different environments. On the contrary, linoleic acid showed 56.47-93.03% and 40.02-92.34% reduction in the ILs over its RP under glasshouse and field conditions, respectively. These ILs with a healthy FA profile can meet not only the nutritional requirements of a health-conscious society but also the industrial demands for better shelf life of oil and its products.
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- Bhagwat Nawade
- 1Department of Biotechnology, Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India
- 2Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, 360005 India
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- 1Department of Biotechnology, Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India
- 3Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi, 110012 India
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- 1Department of Biotechnology, Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India
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- 1Department of Biotechnology, Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India
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- 1Department of Biotechnology, Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India
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- 2Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, 360005 India
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Yuan M, Zhu J, Gong L, He L, Lee C, Han S, Chen C, He G. Mutagenesis of FAD2 genes in peanut with CRISPR/Cas9 based gene editing. BMC Biotechnol 2019; 19:24. [PMID: 31035982 PMCID: PMC6489235 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-019-0516-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Increasing the content of oleic acid in peanut seeds is one of the major goals in peanut breeding due to consumer and industry benefits, such as anti-oxidation and long shelf-life. Homeologous ahFAD2A and ahFAD2B genes encode fatty acid desaturases, which are the key enzymes for converting oleic acid to linoleic acid that oxidizes readily. To date, all high oleic acid peanut varieties result from natural mutations occurred in both genes. A method to induce mutations in the genes of other elite cultivars could speed introgression of this valuable trait. The gene-editing approach utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 technology was employed to induce de novo mutations in the ahFAD2 genes using peanut protoplasts and hairy root cultures as models. Results The hot spot of natural mutation in these genes was selected as the target region. Appropriate sgRNAs were designed and cloned into a CRISPR/Cas9 expression plasmid. As a result of CRISPR/Cas9 activity, three mutations were identified - G448A in ahFAD2A, and 441_442insA and G451T in ahFAD2B. The G448A and 441_442insA mutations are the same as those seen in existing high oleate varieties and the G451T is new mutation. Because natural mutations appear more often in the ahFAD2A gene than in the ahFAD2B gene in subspecies A. hypogaea var. hypogaea, the mutations induced in ahFAD2B by gene editing may be useful in developing high oleate lines with many genetic backgrounds after validation of oleic acid content in the transformed lines. The appearance of the G448A mutation in ahFAD2A is a further benefit for high oleic acid oil content. Conclusions Overall, these results showed that mutations were, for the first time, induced by CRISPR-based gene editing approach in peanut. This research demonstrated the potential application of gene editing for mutagenesis in peanut and suggested that CRISPR/Cas9 technology may be useful in the peanut breeding programs. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12896-019-0516-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Mei Yuan
- Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, 36088, USA.,Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, China
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- Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, 36088, USA.,Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China
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- Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, 36088, USA
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- Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, 36088, USA.,Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, 530007, China
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- Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, 36088, USA
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- Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, 36088, USA.
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Nawade B, Mishra GP, Radhakrishnan T, Dodia SM, Ahmad S, Kumar A, Kumar A, Kundu R. High oleic peanut breeding: Achievements, perspectives, and prospects. Trends Food Sci Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2018.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Patel KG, Thankappan R, Mishra GP, Mandaliya VB, Kumar A, Dobaria JR. Transgenic Peanut ( Arachis hypogaea L.) Overexpressing mtlD Gene Showed Improved Photosynthetic, Physio-Biochemical, and Yield-Parameters under Soil-Moisture Deficit Stress in Lysimeter System. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1881. [PMID: 29163606 PMCID: PMC5675886 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Peanut, an important oilseed crop, frequently encounters drought stress (DS) during its life cycle. In this study, four previously developed mtlD transgenic (T) peanut lines were used for detailed characterization under DS, at the reproductive stage using lysimeter system under controlled greenhouse conditions. In dry-down experiments, T lines maintained better photosynthetic machinery, such as, photosynthesis rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, and SPAD (Soil-Plant Analyses Development) values, and had lower oxidative damage, including lipid membrane peroxidation and hydrogen peroxide and superoxide radical accumulation than WT, when exposed to 24 days of DS. WT plants had a more negative water potential (WP; up to -3.22 MPa) than T lines did (-2.56 to -2.71 MPa) at day 24 of DS treatment. During recovery, T lines recovered easily whereas 67% of WT plants failed to recover. In T lines, the rate of photosynthesis strongly and positively correlated with the transpiration rate (r = 0.92), RWC (r = 0.90), WP (r = 0.86), and total chlorophyll content (r = 0.75), suggesting its strong correlation with water retention-related parameters. Furthermore, yield parameters such as, pod weight and harvest index of T lines were up to 2.19 and 1.38 times more than those of WT plants, respectively. Thus, the significantly better performance of mtlD T peanut lines than of WT plants under DS could be attributed to the accumulation of mannitol, which in turn helped in maintaining the osmoregulation and ROS scavenging activity of mannitol and ultimately conferred water-economizing capacity and higher yield in T lines than in WT plants.
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- Kirankumar G. Patel
- Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Junagadh, India
- Department of Biological Sciences, P. D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Changa, India
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- Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Junagadh, India
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- Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Junagadh, India
- Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, India
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- Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Junagadh, India
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