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Khan H, Krishnappa G, Kumar S, Devate NB, Rathan ND, Kumar S, Mishra CN, Ram S, Tiwari R, Parkash O, Ahlawat OP, Mamrutha HM, Singh GP, Singh G. Genome-wide association study identifies novel loci and candidate genes for rust resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:411. [PMID: 38760694 PMCID: PMC11100168 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05124-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024]
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BACKGROUND Wheat rusts are important biotic stresses, development of rust resistant cultivars through molecular approaches is both economical and sustainable. Extensive phenotyping of large mapping populations under diverse production conditions and high-density genotyping would be the ideal strategy to identify major genomic regions for rust resistance in wheat. The genome-wide association study (GWAS) population of 280 genotypes was genotyped using a 35 K Axiom single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array and phenotyped at eight, 10, and, 10 environments, respectively for stem/black rust (SR), stripe/yellow rust (YR), and leaf/brown rust (LR). RESULTS Forty-one Bonferroni corrected marker-trait associations (MTAs) were identified, including 17 for SR and 24 for YR. Ten stable MTAs and their best combinations were also identified. For YR, AX-94990952 on 1A + AX-95203560 on 4A + AX-94723806 on 3D + AX-95172478 on 1A showed the best combination with an average co-efficient of infection (ACI) score of 1.36. Similarly, for SR, AX-94883961 on 7B + AX-94843704 on 1B and AX-94883961 on 7B + AX-94580041 on 3D + AX-94843704 on 1B showed the best combination with an ACI score of around 9.0. The genotype PBW827 have the best MTA combinations for both YR and SR resistance. In silico study identifies key prospective candidate genes that are located within MTA regions. Further, the expression analysis revealed that 18 transcripts were upregulated to the tune of more than 1.5 folds including 19.36 folds (TraesCS3D02G519600) and 7.23 folds (TraesCS2D02G038900) under stress conditions compared to the control conditions. Furthermore, highly expressed genes in silico under stress conditions were analyzed to find out the potential links to the rust phenotype, and all four genes were found to be associated with the rust phenotype. CONCLUSION The identified novel MTAs, particularly stable and highly expressed MTAs are valuable for further validation and subsequent application in wheat rust resistance breeding. The genotypes with favorable MTA combinations can be used as prospective donors to develop elite cultivars with YR and SR resistance.
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- Hanif Khan
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India.
- ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, 641007, India.
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India
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- International Centre for Agriculture Research in the Dry Area - Food Legume Research Platform, Amlaha, MP, 466113, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India
- ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, 132001, India
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Atsbeha G, Mekonnen T, Kebede M, Haileselassie T, Goodwin SB, Tesfaye K. Genetic architecture of adult-plant resistance to stripe rust in bread wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) association panel. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1256770. [PMID: 38130484 PMCID: PMC10733515 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1256770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, is a severe disease in wheat worldwide, including Ethiopia, causing up to 100% wheat yield loss in the worst season. The use of resistant cultivars is considered to be the most effective and durable management technique for controlling the disease. Therefore, the present study targeted the genetic architecture of adult plant resistance to yellow rust in 178 wheat association panels. The panel was phenotyped for yellow rust adult-plant resistance at three locations. Phonological, yield, yield-related, and agro-morphological traits were recorded. The association panel was fingerprinted using the genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) platform, and a total of 6,788 polymorphic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were used for genome-wide association analysis to identify effective yellow rust resistance genes. The marker-trait association analysis was conducted using the Genome Association and Prediction Integrated Tool (GAPIT). The broad-sense heritability for the considered traits ranged from 74.52% to 88.64%, implying the presence of promising yellow rust resistance alleles in the association panel that could be deployed to improve wheat resistance to the disease. The overall linkage disequilibrium (LD) declined within an average physical distance of 31.44 Mbp at r2 = 0.2. Marker-trait association (MTA) analysis identified 148 loci significantly (p = 0.001) associated with yellow rust adult-plant resistance. Most of the detected resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were located on the same chromosomes as previously reported QTLs for yellow rust resistance and mapped on chromosomes 1A, 1B, 1D, 2A, 2B, 2D, 3A, 3B, 3D, 4A, 4B, 4D, 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, 7A, and 7D. However, 12 of the discovered MTAs were not previously documented in the wheat literature, suggesting that they could represent novel loci for stripe rust resistance. Zooming into the QTL regions in IWGSC RefSeq Annotation v1 identified crucial disease resistance-associated genes that are key in plants' defense mechanisms against pathogen infections. The detected QTLs will be helpful for marker-assisted breeding of wheat to increase resistance to stripe rust. Generally, the present study identified putative QTLs for field resistance to yellow rust and some important agronomic traits. Most of the discovered QTLs have been reported previously, indicating the potential to improve wheat resistance to yellow rust by deploying the QTLs discovered by marker-assisted selection.
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- Genet Atsbeha
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Applied Natural Science, Adama Science and Technology University, Adama, Ethiopia
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Bio and Emerging Technology Institute. Affiliated with the Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa, University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Lin M, Dieseth JA, Alsheikh M, Yang E, Holzapfel J, Schürmann F, Morales L, Michel S, Buerstmayr H, Bhavani S, Lillemo M. A major yellow rust resistance QTL on chromosome 6A shows increased frequency in recent Norwegian spring wheat cultivars and breeding lines. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2023; 136:164. [PMID: 37392221 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-023-04397-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE A major yellow rust resistance QTL, QYr.nmbu.6A, contributed consistent adult plant resistance in field trials across Europe, China, Kenya and Mexico. Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, causing wheat yellow rust (YR), is one of the most devastating biotrophic pathogens affecting global wheat yields. Owing to the recent epidemic of the PstS10 race group in Europe, yellow rust has become a reoccurring disease in Norway since 2014. As all stage resistances (ASR) (or seedling resistances) are usually easily overcome by pathogen evolution, deployment of durable adult plant resistance (APR) is crucial for yellow rust resistance breeding. In this study, we assessed a Nordic spring wheat association mapping panel (n = 301) for yellow rust field resistance in seventeen field trials from 2015 to 2021, including nine locations in six countries across four different continents. Nine consistent QTL were identified across continents by genome-wide association studies (GWAS). One robust QTL on the long arm of chromosome 6A, QYr.nmbu.6A, was consistently detected in nine out of the seventeen trials. Haplotype analysis of QYr.nmbu.6A confirmed significant QTL effects in all tested environments and the effect was also validated using an independent panel of new Norwegian breeding lines. Increased frequency of the resistant haplotype was found in new varieties and breeding lines in comparison to older varieties and landraces, implying that the resistance might have been selected for due to the recent changes in the yellow rust pathogen population in Europe.
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- Min Lin
- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, 1432, Ås, Norway
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- Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610066, Sichuan, China
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- Secobra Saatzucht GmbH, Lagesche Str. 250, 32657, Lemgo, Germany
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- Institute of Biotechnology in Plant Production, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology in Plant Production, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology in Plant Production, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56237 El Batan, Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, 1432, Ås, Norway.
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Harnessing adult-plant resistance genes to deploy durable disease resistance in crops. Essays Biochem 2022; 66:571-580. [PMID: 35912968 PMCID: PMC9528086 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20210096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Adult-plant resistance (APR) is a type of genetic resistance in cereals that is effective during the later growth stages and can protect plants from a range of disease-causing pathogens. Our understanding of the functions of APR-associated genes stems from the well-studied wheat-rust pathosystem. Genes conferring APR can offer pathogen-specific resistance or multi-pathogen resistance, whereby resistance is activated following a molecular recognition event. The breeding community prefers APR to other types of resistance because it offers broad-spectrum protection that has proven to be more durable. In practice, however, deployment of new cultivars incorporating APR is challenging because there is a lack of well-characterised APRs in elite germplasm and multiple loci must be combined to achieve high levels of resistance. Genebanks provide an excellent source of genetic diversity that can be used to diversify resistance factors, but introgression of novel alleles into elite germplasm is a lengthy and challenging process. To overcome this bottleneck, new tools in breeding for resistance must be integrated to fast-track the discovery, introgression and pyramiding of APR genes. This review highlights recent advances in understanding the functions of APR genes in the well-studied wheat-rust pathosystem, the opportunities to adopt APR genes in other crops and the technology that can speed up the utilisation of new sources of APR in genebank accessions.
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Zhou X, Li X, Han D, Yang S, Kang Z, Ren R. Genome-Wide QTL Mapping for Stripe Rust Resistance in Winter Wheat Pindong 34 Using a 90K SNP Array. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:932762. [PMID: 35873978 PMCID: PMC9296828 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.932762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Winter wheat cultivar Pindong 34 has both adult-plant resistance (APR) and all-stage resistance (ASR) to stripe rust, which is caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst). To map the quantitative trait loci (QTL) for stripe rust resistance, an F6-10 recombinant inbred line (RIL) population from a cross of Mingxian 169 × Pingdong 34 was phenotyped for stripe rust response over multiple years in fields under natural infection conditions and with selected Pst races under controlled greenhouse conditions, and genotyping was performed with a 90K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array chip. Inclusive composite interval mapping (ICIM) identified 12 APR resistance QTLs and 3 ASR resistance QTLs. Among the 12 APR resistance QTLs, QYrpd.swust-1BL (explaining 9.24-13.33% of the phenotypic variation), QYrpd.swust-3AL.1 (11.41-14.80%), QYrpd.swust-3AL.2 (11.55-16.10%), QYrpd.swust-6BL (9.39-12.78%), QYrpd.swust-6DL (9.52-16.36%), QYrpd.swust-7AL (9.09-17.0%), and QYrpd.swust-7DL (8.87-11.38%) were more abundant than in the five tested environments and QYrpd.swust-1AS (11.05-12.72%), QYrpd.swust-1DL (9.81-13.05%), QYrpd.swust-2BL.1 (9.69-10.57%), QYrpd.swust-2BL.2 (10.36-12.97%), and QYrpd.swust-2BL.3 (9.54-13.15%) were significant in some of the tests. The three ASR resistance QTLs QYrpd.swust-2AS (9.69-13.58%), QYrpd.swust-2BL.4 (9.49-12.07%), and QYrpd.swust-7AS (16.16%) were detected based on the reactions in the seedlings tested with the CYR34 Pst race. Among the 15 QTLs detected in Pindong 34, the ASR resistance gene QYrpd.swust-7AS mapped on the short arm of chromosome 7A was likely similar to the previously reported QTL Yr61 in the region. The QTLs identified in the present study and their closely linked molecular markers could be useful for developing wheat cultivars with durable resistance to stripe rust.
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- Xinli Zhou
- School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Wheat Research Institute, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Wheat Research Institute, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Engineering, Wheat Research Institute, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- Excellence and Innovation Center, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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Jiang Y, Duan L, Guan F, Yao F, Long L, Wang Y, Zhao X, Li H, Li W, Xu Q, Jiang Q, Wang J, Wei Y, Ma J, Kang H, Qi P, Deng M, Zheng Y, Chen G. Exome Sequencing from Bulked Segregant Analysis Identifies a Gene for All-Stage Resistance to Stripe Rust on Chromosome 1AL in Chinese Wheat Landrace 'Xiaohemai'. PLANT DISEASE 2022; 106:1209-1215. [PMID: 34818919 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-21-1618-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat. Identifying novel resistance genes applicable for developing disease-resistant cultivars is important for the sustainable control of wheat stripe rust. Chinese wheat landrace 'Xiaohemai' ('XHM') is an elite germplasm line with all-stage resistance (ASR) effective against predominant Chinese P. striiformis f. sp. tritici races. In this study, we performed a bulked segregant analysis coupled with exome capture sequencing (BSE-seq) to identify a candidate genomic region strongly associated with stripe rust resistance on chromosome 1AL in 173 F2:3 lines derived from the cross 'XHM' × 'Avocet S'. The gene, designated as YrXH-1AL, was validated by a conventional quantitative trait locus analysis using newly developed Kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) markers, explaining up to 48.50% of the phenotypic variance. By testing a secondary mapping population comprising 144 lines from the same cross at the seedling stage with prevalent P. striiformis f. sp. tritici race CYR34, YrXH-1AL was identified as a single Mendelian factor in a 1.5-cM interval flanked by KASP markers KP1A_484.33 and KP1A_490.09. This region corresponded to a 5.76-Mb genomic interval on 'Chinese Spring' chromosome 1AL. Furthermore, two cosegregating KASP markers showed high polymorphisms among 130 Chinese wheat cultivars and could be used for marker-assisted selection. Because no other Yr genes for ASR that originated from common wheat have been detected on chromosome 1AL, YrXH-1AL is likely a novel gene that can be incorporated into modern breeding materials to develop wheat cultivars with enhanced stripe rust resistance.
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- Yunfeng Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P.R. China
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Mahmood Z, Ali M, Mirza JI, Fayyaz M, Majeed K, Naeem MK, Aziz A, Trethowan R, Ogbonnaya FC, Poland J, Quraishi UM, Hickey LT, Rasheed A, He Z. Genome-Wide Association and Genomic Prediction for Stripe Rust Resistance in Synthetic-Derived Wheats. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:788593. [PMID: 35283883 PMCID: PMC8908430 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.788593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Stripe rust caused by Puccnina striiformis (Pst) is an economically important disease attacking wheat all over the world. Identifying and deploying new genes for Pst resistance is an economical and long-term strategy for controlling Pst. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and functional haplotypes were used to identify loci associated with stripe rust resistance in synthetic-derived (SYN-DER) wheats in four environments. In total, 92 quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) distributed over 65 different loci were associated with resistance to Pst at seedling and adult plant stages. Nine additional loci were discovered by the linkage disequilibrium-based haplotype-GWAS approach. The durable rust-resistant gene Lr34/Yr18 provided resistance in all four environments, and against all the five Pst races used in this study. The analysis identified several SYN-DER accessions that carried major genes: either Yr24/Yr26 or Yr32. New loci were also identified on chr2B, chr5B, and chr7D, and 14 QTNs and three haplotypes identified on the D-genome possibly carry new alleles of the known genes contributed by the Ae. tauschii founders. We also evaluated eleven different models for genomic prediction of Pst resistance, and a prediction accuracy up to 0.85 was achieved for an adult plant resistance, however, genomic prediction for seedling resistance remained very low. A meta-analysis based on a large number of existing GWAS would enhance the identification of new genes and loci for stripe rust resistance in wheat. The genetic framework elucidated here for stripe rust resistance in SYN-DER identified the novel loci for resistance to Pst assembled in adapted genetic backgrounds.
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- Zahid Mahmood
- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Crop Sciences Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, CIMMYT-China office, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Genomics and Advanced Biotechnology (NIGAB), National Agriculture Research Center (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Plant Breeding Institute, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Institute of Crop Sciences, CIMMYT-China office, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, CIMMYT-China office, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China
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Saini DK, Chopra Y, Singh J, Sandhu KS, Kumar A, Bazzer S, Srivastava P. Comprehensive evaluation of mapping complex traits in wheat using genome-wide association studies. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2022; 42:1. [PMID: 37309486 PMCID: PMC10248672 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-021-01272-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are effectively applied to detect the marker trait associations (MTAs) using whole genome-wide variants for complex quantitative traits in different crop species. GWAS has been applied in wheat for different quality, biotic and abiotic stresses, and agronomic and yield-related traits. Predictions for marker-trait associations are controlled with the development of better statistical models taking population structure and familial relatedness into account. In this review, we have provided a detailed overview of the importance of association mapping, population design, high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping platforms, advancements in statistical models and multiple threshold comparisons, and recent GWA studies conducted in wheat. The information about MTAs utilized for gene characterization and adopted in breeding programs is also provided. In the literature that we surveyed, as many as 86,122 wheat lines have been studied under various GWA studies reporting 46,940 loci. However, further utilization of these is largely limited. The future breakthroughs in area of genomic selection, multi-omics-based approaches, machine, and deep learning models in wheat breeding after exploring the complex genetic structure with the GWAS are also discussed. This is a most comprehensive study of a large number of reports on wheat GWAS and gives a comparison and timeline of technological developments in this area. This will be useful to new researchers or groups who wish to invest in GWAS.
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- Dinesh K. Saini
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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- College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012 India
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163 USA
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, 202002 India
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- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 India
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Liu S, Wang X, Zhang Y, Jin Y, Xia Z, Xiang M, Huang S, Qiao L, Zheng W, Zeng Q, Wang Q, Yu R, Singh RP, Bhavani S, Kang Z, Han D, Wang C, Wu J. Enhanced stripe rust resistance obtained by combining Yr30 with a widely dispersed, consistent QTL on chromosome arm 4BL. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:351-365. [PMID: 34665265 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03970-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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YrFDC12 and PbcFDC, co-segregated in chromosome 4BL, and significantly interacted with Yr30/Pbc1 to enhance stripe rust resistance and to promote pseudo-black chaff development. Cultivars with durable resistance are the most popular means to control wheat stripe rust. Durable resistance can be achieved by stacking multiple adult plant resistance (APR) genes that individually have relatively small effect. Chinese wheat cultivars Ruihua 520 (RH520) and Fengdecun 12 (FDC12) confer partial APR to stripe rust across environments. One hundred and seventy recombinant inbred lines from the cross RH520 × FDC12 were used to determine the genetic basis of resistance and identify genomic regions associated with stripe rust resistance. Genotyping was carried out using 55 K SNP array, and eight quantitative trait loci (QTL) were detected on chromosome arms 2AL, 2DS, 3BS, 4BL, 5BL (2), and 7BL (2) by inclusive composite interval mapping. Only QYr.nwafu-3BS from RH520 and QYr.nwafu-4BL.2 (named YrFDC12 for convenience) from FDC12 were consistent across the four testing environments. QYr.nwafu-3BS is likely the pleiotropic resistance gene Sr2/Yr30. YrFDC12 was mapped in a 2.1-cM interval corresponding to 12 Mb and flanked by SNP markers AX-111121224 and AX-89518393. Lines harboring both Yr30 and YrFDC12 displayed higher resistance than the parents and expressed pseudo-black chaff (PBC) controlled by loci Pbc1 and PbcFDC12, which co-segregated with Yr30 and YrFDC12, respectively. Both marker-based and pedigree-based kinship analyses revealed that YrFDC12 was inherited from founder parent Zhou 8425B. Fifty-four other wheat cultivars shared the YrFDC12 haplotype. These results suggest an effective pyramiding strategy to acquire highly effective, durable stripe rust resistance in breeding.
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- Shengjie Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Ruihua Agricultural Science and Technology Co. Ltd, Suqian, 223800, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Ruihua Agricultural Science and Technology Co. Ltd, Suqian, 223800, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Molecular Improvement, College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan, 030031, Shanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), El Batan, 56237, Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), El Batan, 56237, Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
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Draz IS, Serfling A, Muqaddasi QH, Röder MS. Quantitative trait loci for yellow rust resistance in spring wheat doubled haploid populations developed from the German Federal ex situ genebank genetic resources. THE PLANT GENOME 2021; 14:e20142. [PMID: 34498808 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Novel resistance sources to the pathogen Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, which causes yellow rust (stripe rust), a widespread devastating foliar disease in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), are in demand. Here, we tested two doubled haploid (DH) spring wheat populations derived from the genetic resources for resistance to yellow rust in field trials in Germany and Egypt. Additionally, we performed tests for all-stage resistance (seedling resistance). We performed linkage mapping based on 15k Infinium SNP chip genotyping data that resulted in 3,567 and 3,457 polymorphic markers for DH Population 1 (103 genotypes) and DH Population 2 (148 genotypes), respectively. In DH Population 1, we identified a major and consistent quantitative trait locus (QTL) on chromosome 1B that explained up to 28 and 39% of the phenotypic variation in the field and seedling tests, respectively. The favorable allele was contributed by the line 'TRI-5645', a landrace from Iran, and is most probably the yellow rust resistance (Yr) gene Yr10. In DH Population 2, the favorable allele of a major QTL on chromosome 6B was contributed by the line 'TRI-5310', representing the variety 'Eureke' from France. This QTL was mainly effective in the German environments and explained up to 36% of the phenotypic variation. In Egypt, however, only a moderate resistance QTL was identified in the field tests and no resistance QTL was observed in the seedling tests. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of genetic resources to identify novel sources of resistance to yellow rust, including the "Warrior" race PstS10.
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- Ibrahim S Draz
- Wheat Disease Research Dep., Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, 9 Gamaa Street, Giza, 12619, Egypt
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- Julius Kühn Institute-Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Erwin Baur Straße 27, Quedlinburg, 06484, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstraße 3, 06466, Stadt Seeland OT, Gatersleben, Germany
- Present address: European Wheat Breeding Center, BASF Agricultural Solutions GmbH, Am Schwabeplan 8, 06466, Stadt Seeland OT, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Corrensstraße 3, 06466, Stadt Seeland OT, Gatersleben, Germany
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Wang Y, Liang F, Guan F, Yao F, Long L, Zhao X, Duan L, Wu Y, Li H, Li W, Jiang Q, Wei Y, Ma J, Qi P, Deng M, Zheng Y, Kang H, Jiang Y, Chen G. Molecular Mapping and Analysis of an Excellent Quantitative Trait Loci Conferring Adult-Plant Resistance to Stripe Rust in Chinese Wheat Landrace Gaoxianguangtoumai. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:756557. [PMID: 34858460 PMCID: PMC8631748 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.756557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The Chinese wheat landrace "Gaoxianguangtoumai" (GX) has exhibited a high level of adult-plant resistance (APR) to stripe rust in the field for more than a decade. To reveal the genetic background for APR to stripe rust in GX, a set of 249 F6:8 (F6, F7, and F8) recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was developed from a cross between GX and the susceptible cultivar "Taichung 29." The parents and RILs were evaluated for disease severity at the adult-plant stage in the field by artificial inoculation with the currently predominant Chinese Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici races during three cropping seasons and genotyped using the Wheat 55K single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array to construct a genetic map with 1,871 SNP markers finally. Two stable APR quantitative trait loci (QTL), QYr.GX-2AS and QYr.GX-7DS in GX, were detected on chromosomes 2AS and 7DS, which explained 15.5-27.0% and 11.5-13.5% of the total phenotypic variation, respectively. Compared with published Yr genes and QTL, QYr.GX-7DS and Yr18 may be the same, whereas QYr.GX-2AS is likely to be novel. Haplotype analysis revealed that QYr.GX-2AS is likely to be rare which presents in 5.3% of the 325 surveyed Chinese wheat landraces. By analyzing a heterogeneous inbred family (HIF) population from a residual heterozygous plant in an F8 generation of RIL, QYr.GX-2AS was further flanked by KP2A_36.85 and KP2A_38.22 with a physical distance of about 1.37Mb and co-segregated with the KP2A_37.09. Furthermore, three tightly linked Kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASP) markers were highly polymorphic among 109 Chinese wheat cultivars. The results of this study can be used in wheat breeding for improving resistance to stripe rust.
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- Yuqi Wang
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Cui L, Ren Y, Bao Y, Nan H, Tang Z, Guo Q, Niu Y, Yan W, Sun Y, Li H. Assessment of Resistance to Cereal Cyst Nematode, Stripe Rust, and Powdery Mildew in Wheat- Thinopyrum intermedium Derivatives and Their Chromosome Composition. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:2898-2906. [PMID: 33829861 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-10-20-2141-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Wide hybridization between wheat and wild relatives such as Thinopyrum intermedium is important for broadening genetic diversity and improving disease resistance in wheat. We developed 30 wheat-Th. intermedium derivatives. Here, we report assessments of their resistance to different pathogens including cereal cyst nematode (CCN; Heterodera spp.), Puccinia striiformis f. tritici Erikss. causing stripe rust, and Blumeria graminis f. tritici (DC.) Speer inciting powdery mildew. Under natural field infection, all the wheat-Th. intermedium lines were resistant to at least one of the pathogens, and four lines were resistant to multiple pathogens. Twenty-nine of 30 tested lines exhibited resistance to H. avenae, a dominant CCN species in wheat fields. Twenty-four lines were resistant to H. filipjevi, an emerging threat to wheat production. Tests of phenotypic responses in the naturally infected field nurseries identified six stripe rust-resistant lines and 13 powdery mildew-resistant lines. Mitotic observation demonstrated that these newly developed wheat-Th. intermedium derivatives included not only octoploid but also chromosome addition, substitution, and translocation lines. Chromosome compositions of the four lines resistant to multiple pathogens were analyzed by genomic in situ hybridization and fluorescence in situ hybridization. The octoploid lines Zhong 10-68 and Zhong 10-117 carried both intact Th. intermedium chromosomes and translocated chromosomes. Line Zhong 10-149 had 42 wheat chromosomes and two wheat ditelosomes plus a pair of T3BS·J translocated chromosomes. Line Zhong 10-160 carried 41 wheat chromosomes plus one pair of the J genome chromosomes of Th. intermedium. The multiple disease-resistant wheat-Th. intermedium derivatives, especially lines with chromosome counts close to that of common wheat, provide valuable materials for wheat resistance breeding programs.
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- Lei Cui
- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
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- Tianshui Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Tianshui 741200, China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taiyuan 030031, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Crop Molecular Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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Mekonnen T, Sneller CH, Haileselassie T, Ziyomo C, Abeyo BG, Goodwin SB, Lule D, Tesfaye K. Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Novel Genetic Loci for Quantitative Resistance to Septoria Tritici Blotch in Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:671323. [PMID: 34630445 PMCID: PMC8500178 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.671323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Septoria tritici blotch, caused by the fungus Zymoseptoria titici, poses serious and persistent challenges to wheat cultivation in Ethiopia and worldwide. Deploying resistant cultivars is a major component of controlling septoria tritici blotch (STB). Thus, the objective of this study was to elucidate the genomic architecture of STB resistance in an association panel of 178 bread wheat genotypes. The association panel was phenotyped for STB resistance, phenology, yield, and yield-related traits in three locations for 2 years. The panel was also genotyped for single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers using the genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) method, and a total of 7,776 polymorphic SNPs were used in the subsequent analyses. Marker-trait associations were also computed using a genome association and prediction integrated tool (GAPIT). The study then found that the broad-sense heritability for STB resistance ranged from 0.58 to 0.97 and 0.72 to 0.81 at the individual and across-environment levels, respectively, indicating the presence of STB resistance alleles in the association panel. Population structure and principal component analyses detected two sub-groups with greater degrees of admixture. A linkage disequilibrium (LD) analysis in 338,125 marker pairs also detected the existence of significant (p ≤ 0.01) linkage in 27.6% of the marker pairs. Specifically, in all chromosomes, the LD between SNPs declined within 2.26-105.62 Mbp, with an overall mean of 31.44 Mbp. Furthermore, the association analysis identified 53 loci that were significantly (false discovery rate, FDR, <0.05) associated with STB resistance, further pointing to 33 putative quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Most of these shared similar chromosomes with already published Septoria resistance genes, which were distributed across chromosomes 1B, 1D, 2A, 2B, 2D, 3A,3 B, 3D, 4A, 5A, 5B, 6A, 7A, 7B, and 7D. However, five of the putative QTLs identified on chromosomes 1A, 5D, and 6B appeared to be novel. Dissecting the detected loci on IWGSC RefSeq Annotation v2.1 revealed the existence of disease resistance-associated genes in the identified QTL regions that are involved in plant defense responses. These putative QTLs explained 2.7-13.2% of the total phenotypic variation. Seven of the QTLs (R 2 = 2.7-10.8%) for STB resistance also co-localized with marker-trait associations (MTAs) for agronomic traits. Overall, this analysis reported on putative QTLs for adult plant resistance to STB and some important agronomic traits. The reported and novel QTLs have been identified previously, indicating the potential to improve STB resistance by pyramiding QTLs by marker-assisted selection.
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- Tilahun Mekonnen
- Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa (BecA), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa (BecA), Nairobi, Kenya
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center- CIMMYT (Ethiopia), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Agricultural Research Service, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Oromia Agricultural Research Institute (OARI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Biotechnology Institute (EBTi), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Long L, Yao F, Guan F, Cheng Y, Duan L, Zhao X, Li H, Pu Z, Li W, Jiang Q, Wei Y, Ma J, Kang H, Dai S, Qi P, Xu Q, Deng M, Zheng Y, Jiang Y, Chen G. A Stable Quantitative Trait Locus on Chromosome 5BL Combined with Yr18 Conferring High-Level Adult Plant Resistance to Stripe Rust in Chinese Wheat Landrace Anyuehong. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2021; 111:1594-1601. [PMID: 33599530 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-10-20-0465-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Chinese wheat landrace Anyuehong (AYH) has displayed high levels of stable adult plant resistance (APR) to stripe rust for >15 years. To identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for stripe rust resistance in AYH, a set of 110 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was developed from a cross between AYH and susceptible cultivar Taichung 29. The parents and RILs were evaluated for final disease severity (FDS) in six field tests with a mixture of predominant Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici races at the adult plant stage and genotyped via the wheat 55K single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array to construct a genetic map with 1,143 SNP markers. Three QTLs, designated as QYr.AYH-1AS, QYr.AYH-5BL, and QYr.AYH-7DS, were mapped on chromosome 1AS, 5BL, and 7DS, respectively. RILs combining three QTLs showed significantly lower FDS compared with the lines in other combinations. Of them, QYr.AYH-5BL and QYr.AYH-7DS were stably detected in all environments, explaining 13.6 to 21.4% and 17.6 to 33.6% of phenotypic variation, respectively. Compared with previous studies, QYr.AYH-5BL may be a new QTL, whereas QYr.AYH-7DS may be Yr18. Haplotype analysis revealed that QYr.AYH-5BL is probably present in 6.2% of the 323 surveyed Chinese wheat landraces. The kompetitive allele specific PCR (KASP) markers for QYr.AYH-5BL were developed by the linked SNP markers to successfully confirm the effects of the QTL in a validation population derived from a residual heterozygous line and were further assessed in 38 Chinese wheat landraces and 92 cultivars. Our results indicated that QYr.AYH-5BL with linked KASP markers has potential value for marker-assisted selection to improve stripe rust resistance in breeding programs.
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- Li Long
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, P.R. China
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Liu S, Huang S, Zeng Q, Wang X, Yu R, Wang Q, Singh RP, Bhavani S, Kang Z, Wu J, Han D. Refined mapping of stripe rust resistance gene YrP10090 within a desirable haplotype for wheat improvement on chromosome 6A. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:2005-2021. [PMID: 33683400 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03801-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A large genomic region spanning over 300 Mb on chromosome 6A under intense artificial selection harbors multiple loci associated with favorable traits including stripe rust resistance in wheat. The development of resistance cultivars can be an optimal strategy for controlling wheat stripe rust disease. Although loci for stripe rust resistance have been identified on chromosome 6A in previous studies, it is unclear whether these loci span a common genetic interval, and few studies have attempted to analyze the haplotype changes that have accompanied wheat improvement over the period of modern breeding. In this study, we used F2:3 families and F6:7 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from a cross between a resistant CIMMYT wheat accession P10090 and the susceptible landrace Mingxian 169 to improve the resolution of the QTL on chromosome 6A. The co-located QTL, designated as YrP10090, was flanked by SNP markers AX-94460938 and AX-110585473 with a genetic interval of 3.5 cM, however, corresponding to a large physical distance of over 300 Mb in RefSeq v.1.0 (positions 107.1-446.5 Mb). More than 1,300 SNP markers in this genetic region were extracted for haplotype analysis in a panel of 1,461 worldwide common wheat accessions, and three major haplotypes (Hap1, Hap2, and Hap3) were identified. The favorable haplotype Hap1 associated with stripe rust resistance exhibited a large degree of linkage disequilibrium. Selective sweep analyses were performed between different haplotype groups, revealing specific genomic regions with strong artificial selection signals. These regions harbored multiple desirable traits associated with resilience to environmental stress, different yield components, and quality characteristics. P10090 and its derivatives that carry the desirable haplotype can provide a concrete foundation for bread wheat improvement including the genomic selection.
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- Shengjie Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), El Batan, 56237, Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), El Batan, 56237, Texcoco, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China.
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Wu Y, Wang Y, Yao F, Long L, Li J, Li H, Pu Z, Li W, Jiang Q, Wang J, Wei Y, Ma J, Kang H, Qi P, Dai S, Deng M, Zheng Y, Jiang Y, Chen G. Molecular Mapping of a Novel Quantitative Trait Locus Conferring Adult Plant Resistance to Stripe Rust in Chinese Wheat Landrace Guangtoumai. PLANT DISEASE 2021; 105:1919-1925. [PMID: 32990521 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-20-1544-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Stripe rust (yellow rust), caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat worldwide. Chinese wheat landrace Guangtoumai (GTM) exhibited a high level of resistance against predominant P. striiformis f. sp. tritici races in China at the adult plant stage. The objective of this research was to identify and map the major locus/loci for stripe rust resistance in GTM. A set of 212 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was developed from a cross between GTM and Avocet S. The parents and RILs were evaluated in three field tests (2018, 2019, and 2020 at Chongzhou, Sichuan) with the currently predominant P. striiformis f. sp. tritici races for final disease severity and genotyped with the Wheat 55K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array to construct a genetic map with 1,031 SNP markers. A major locus, named QYr.GTM-5DL, was detected on chromosome 5DL in GTM. The locus was mapped in a 2.75-cM interval flanked by SNP markers AX-109855976 and AX-109453419, explaining up to 44.4% of the total phenotypic variation. Since no known Yr genes have been reported on chromosome 5DL, QYr.GTM-5DL is very likely a novel adult plant resistance locus. Haplotype analysis revealed that the resistance allele displayed enhanced levels of stripe rust resistance and is likely present in 5.3% of the 247 surveyed Chinese wheat landraces. The derived cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (dCAPS) marker dCAPS-5722, converted from a SNP marker tightly linked to QYr.GTM-5DL with 0.3 cM, was validated on a subset of RILs and 48 commercial wheat cultivars developed in Sichuan. The results indicated that QYr.GTM-5DL with its linked dCAPS marker could be used in marker-assisted selection to improve stripe rust resistance in breeding programs, and this quantitative trait locus will provide new and possibly durable resistance to stripe rust.
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- Yu Wu
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, P. R. China
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Importance of Landraces in Cereal Breeding for Stress Tolerance. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10071267. [PMID: 34206299 PMCID: PMC8309184 DOI: 10.3390/plants10071267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The renewed focus on cereal landraces is a response to some negative consequences of modern agriculture and conventional breeding which led to a reduction of genetic diversity. Cereal landraces are still cultivated on marginal lands due to their adaptability to unfavourable conditions, constituting an important source of genetic diversity usable in modern plant breeding to improve the adaptation to abiotic or biotic stresses, yield performance and quality traits in limiting environments. Traditional agricultural production systems have played an important role in the evolution and conservation of wide variability in gene pools within species. Today, on-farm and ex situ conservation in gene bank collections, together with data sharing among researchers and breeders, will greatly benefit cereal improvement. Many efforts are usually made to collect, organize and phenotypically and genotypically analyse cereal landrace collections, which also utilize genomic approaches. Their use in breeding programs based on genomic selection, and the discovery of beneficial untapped QTL/genes/alleles which could be introgressed into modern varieties by MAS, pyramiding or biotechnological tools, increase the potential for their better deployment and exploitation in breeding for a more sustainable agricultural production, particularly enhancing adaptation and productivity in stress-prone environments to cope with current climate changes.
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Tehseen MM, Tonk FA, Tosun M, Amri A, Sansaloni CP, Kurtulus E, Yazbek M, Al-Sham'aa K, Ozseven I, Safdar LB, Shehadeh A, Nazari K. Genome-wide association study of resistance to PstS2 and Warrior races of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (stripe rust) in bread wheat landraces. THE PLANT GENOME 2021; 14:e20066. [PMID: 33615748 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Stripe or yellow rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. f. sp. tritici is a major threat to bread wheat production worldwide. The breakdown in resistance of certain major genes and newly emerging aggressive races of stripe rusts pose serious concerns in all main wheat growing areas of the world. To identify new sources of resistance and associated QTL for effective utilization in future breeding programs an association mapping (AM) panel comprising of 600 bread wheat landraces collected from eight different countries conserved at ICARDA gene bank were evaluated for seedling and adult plant resistance against the PstS2 and Warrior races of stripe rust at the Regional Cereal Rust Research Center (RCRRC), Izmir, Turkey during 2016, 2018 and 2019. A set of 25,169 informative SNP markers covering the whole genome were used to examine the population structure, linkage disequilibrium and marker-trait associations in the AM panel. The genome-wide association study (GWAS) was carried out using a Mixed Linear Model (MLM). We identified 47 SNP markers across 19 chromosomes with significant SNP-trait associations for both seedling stage and adult plant resistance. The threshold of significance for all SNP-trait associations was determined by the false discovery rate (q) ≤ 0.05. Three genomic regions (QYr.1D_APR, QYr.3A_seedling and QYr.7D_seedling) identified in this study do not correspond to previously reported Yr genes or QTL, suggesting new genomic regions for stripe rust resistance.
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- Department of Field Crops, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- ICARDA-PreBreeding & Genebank Operations, Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program, Rabat, Morocco
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- Turkey-ICARDA Regional Cereal Rust Research Center (RCRRC), P.O. Box 35661, Menemen, Izmir, Turkey
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- ICARDA-Genetic Resources, PreBreeding & Genebank Operations, Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program, Terbol, Lebanon
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- Agean Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Cereal Rust Research Center (RCRRC), P.O. Box 35661, Menemen, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- ICARDA-Genetic Resources, PreBreeding & Genebank Operations, Biodiversity and Crop Improvement Program, Terbol, Lebanon
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- Turkey-ICARDA Regional Cereal Rust Research Center (RCRRC), P.O. Box 35661, Menemen, Izmir, Turkey
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Abou-Zeid MA, Mourad AMI. Genomic regions associated with stripe rust resistance against the Egyptian race revealed by genome-wide association study. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:42. [PMID: 33446120 PMCID: PMC7809828 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02813-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Wheat stripe rust (caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. Tritici), is a major disease that causes huge yield damage. New pathogen races appeared in the last few years and caused a broke down in the resistant genotypes. In Egypt, some of the resistant genotypes began to be susceptible to stripe rust in recent years. This situation increases the need to produce new genotypes with durable resistance. Besides, looking for a new resistant source from the available wheat genotypes all over the world help in enhancing the breeding programs. RESULTS In the recent study, a set of 103-spring wheat genotypes from different fourteen countries were evaluated to their field resistant to stripe rust for two years. These genotypes included 17 Egyptian genotypes from the old and new cultivars. The 103-spring wheat genotypes were reported to be well adapted to the Egyptian environmental conditions. Out of the tested genotypes, eight genotypes from four different countries were found to be resistant in both years. Genotyping was carried out using genotyping-by-sequencing and a set of 26,703 SNPs were used in the genome-wide association study. Five SNP markers, located on chromosomes 2A and 4A, were found to be significantly associated with the resistance in both years. Three gene models associated with disease resistance and underlying these significant SNPs were identified. One immune Iranian genotype, with the highest number of different alleles from the most resistant Egyptian genotypes, was detected. CONCLUSION the high variation among the tested genotypes in their resistance to the Egyptian stripe rust race confirming the possible improvement of stripe rust resistance in the Egyptian wheat genotypes. The identified five SNP markers are stable and could be used in marker-assisted selection after validation in different genetic backgrounds. Crossing between the immune Iranian genotype and the Egyptian genotypes will improve stripe rust resistance in Egypt.
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- Mohamed A. Abou-Zeid
- Wheat Disease Research Department, Plant Pathology Research Institute, ARC, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Lin Y, Zhou K, Hu H, Jiang X, Yu S, Wang Q, Li C, Ma J, Chen G, Yang Z, Liu Y. Multi-Locus Genome-Wide Association Study of Four Yield-Related Traits in Chinese Wheat Landraces. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:665122. [PMID: 34484253 PMCID: PMC8415402 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.665122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important crops in the world. Here, four yield-related traits, namely, spike length, spikelets number, tillers number, and thousand-kernel weight, were evaluated in 272 Chinese wheat landraces in multiple environments. Five multi-locus genome-wide association studies (FASTmrEMMA, ISIS EN-BLASSO, mrMLM, pKWmEB, and pLARmEB) were performed using 172,711 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to identify yield-related quantitative trait loci (QTL). A total of 27 robust QTL were identified by more than three models. Nine of these QTL were consistent with those in previous studies. The remaining 18 QTL may be novel. We identified a major QTL, QTkw.sicau-4B, with up to 18.78% of phenotypic variation explained. The developed kompetitive allele-specific polymerase chain reaction marker for QTkw.sicau-4B was validated in two recombinant inbred line populations with an average phenotypic difference of 16.07%. After combined homologous function annotation and expression analysis, TraesCS4B01G272300 was the most likely candidate gene for QTkw.sicau-4B. Our findings provide new insights into the genetic basis of yield-related traits and offer valuable QTL to breed wheat cultivars via marker-assisted selection.
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- Yu Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Aba Teachers University, Wenchuan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Yaxi Liu, , orcid.org/0000-0001-6814-7218
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Yao F, Long L, Wang Y, Duan L, Zhao X, Jiang Y, Li H, Pu Z, Li W, Jiang Q, Wang J, Wei Y, Ma J, Kang H, Dai S, Qi P, Zheng Y, Chen X, Chen G. Population structure and genetic basis of the stripe rust resistance of 140 Chinese wheat landraces revealed by a genome-wide association study. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 301:110688. [PMID: 33218646 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Stripe rust caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) is one of the most devastating foliar diseases in wheat. Host resistance is the most effective strategy for the management of the disease. To screen for accessions with stable resistance and identify effective stripe rust resistance loci, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted using a panel of 140 Chinese wheat landraces. The panel was evaluated for stripe rust response at the adult-plant stage at six field-year environments with mixed races and at the seedling stage with two separate predominant races of the pathogen, and genotyped with the genome-wide Diversity Arrays Technology markers. The panel displayed abundant phenotypic variation in stripe rust responses, with 9 landraces showing stable resistance to the mixture of Pst races at the adult-plant stage in the field and 10 landraces showing resistance to individual races at the seedling stage in the greenhouse. GWAS identified 12 quantitative trait loci (QTL) significantly (P ≤ 0.001) associated to stripe rust resistance using the field data of at least two environments and 18 QTL using the seedling data with two races. Among these QTL, 10 were presumably novel, including 4 for adult-plant resistance mapped to chromosomes 1B (QYrcl.sicau-1B.3), 4A (QYrcl.sicau-4A.3), 6A (QYrcl.sicau-6A.2) and 7B (QYrcl.sicau-7B.2) and 6 for all-stage resistance mapped to chromosomes 2D (QYrcl.sicau-2D.1), 3B (QYrcl.sicau-3B.3), 3D (QYrcl.sicau-3D), 4B (QYrcl.sicau-4B), 6A (QYrcl.sicau-6A.1) and 6D (QYrcl.sicau-6D). The landraces with stable resistance can be used for developing wheat cultivars with effective resistance to stripe rust.
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- Fangjie Yao
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China
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- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wheat Health, Genetics and Quality Research Unit, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Wenjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan 611130, PR China.
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Li J, Jiang Y, Yao F, Long L, Wang Y, Wu Y, Li H, Wang J, Jiang Q, Kang H, Li W, Qi P, Ma J, Pu Z, Dai S, Wei Y, Zheng Y, Chen G. Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals the Genetic Architecture of Stripe Rust Resistance at the Adult Plant Stage in Chinese Endemic Wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:625. [PMID: 32582233 PMCID: PMC7289992 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Chinese endemic wheat, comprising Tibetan semi-wild wheat (Triticum aestivum ssp. tibetanum), Yunnan hulled wheat (T. aestivum ssp. yunnanense), and Xinjiang rice wheat (T. petropavlovskyi), are genetically and morphologically unique. To examine the adult plant resistance to stripe rust among Chinese endemic wheat germplasms, a panel of 213 accessions was inoculated with mixed virulent races of wheat stripe rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) in four different field environments. Four traits associated with stripe rust resistance, infection type, final disease severity, disease index, and area under the disease progress curve, were used to evaluate the accessions. The phenotypic datasets were used for 55K single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array-based genome-wide association studies to identify effective resistance loci. Eighty-nine accessions with stable resistance were identified in at least three of the four environments by phenotypic evaluation. Eleven markers located on chromosomes 1A, 2B, 5A, 5D, 7B, and 7D by the genome-wide association studies analysis showed significant associations with at least two resistance-associated traits in two of the environments. These loci, corresponding to seven genomic regions based on linkage disequilibrium decay distance, explained 9.3 to 26.0% of the total phenotypic variation. Five quantitative trait loci (QTLs) on chromosomes 1A, 2B, 7B, and 7D overlapped or were in close proximity to previously reported QTLs based on the consensus and physical maps using the reference sequence of bread wheat (IWGSC RefSeq v1.0). The other two QTLs were potential novel QTLs given their physical positions. Haplotype variants of QTL QYr.sicau-2BS showed subspecies-specific inheritance of the stripe rust resistance locus. Resistant loci among Chinese endemic wheat germplasms could be introduced into common wheat cultivars, and the high-confidence SNP markers will aid in marker-assisted selection in breeding for stripe rust disease resistance.
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- Jing Li
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploitation and Utilization in Southwest China, Chengdu, China
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Ledesma-Ramírez L, Solís-Moya E, Iturriaga G, Sehgal D, Reyes-Valdes MH, Montero-Tavera V, Sansaloni CP, Burgueño J, Ortiz C, Aguirre-Mancilla CL, Ramírez-Pimentel JG, Vikram P, Singh S. GWAS to Identify Genetic Loci for Resistance to Yellow Rust in Wheat Pre-Breeding Lines Derived From Diverse Exotic Crosses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1390. [PMID: 31781137 PMCID: PMC6831551 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
Yellow rust (YR) or stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striformis f. sp tritici Eriks (Pst), is a major challenge to resistance breeding in wheat. A genome wide association study (GWAS) was performed using 22,415 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and 591 haplotypes to identify genomic regions associated with resistance to YR in a subset panel of 419 pre-breeding lines (PBLs) developed at International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT). The 419 PBLs were derived from an initial set of 984 PBLs generated by a three-way crossing scheme (exotic/elite1//elite2) among 25 best elites and 244 exotics (synthetics, landraces) from CIMMYT's germplasm bank. For the study, 419 PBLs were characterized with 22,415 high-quality DArTseq-SNPs and phenotyped for severity of YR disease at five locations in Mexico. A population structure was evident in the panel with three distinct subpopulations, and a genome-wide linkage disequilibrium (LD) decay of 2.5 cM was obtained. Across all five locations, 14 SNPs and 7 haplotype blocks were significantly (P < 0.001) associated with the disease severity explaining 6.0 to 14.1% and 7.9 to 19.9% of variation, respectively. Based on average LD decay of 2.5 cM, identified 14 SNP-trait associations were delimited to seven quantitative trait loci in total. Seven SNPs were part of the two haplotype blocks on chromosome 2A identified in haplotypes-based GWAS. In silico analysis of the identified SNPs showed hits with interesting candidate genes, which are related to pathogenic process or known to regulate induction of genes related to pathogenesis such as those coding for glunolactone oxidase, quinate O-hydroxycinnamoyl transferase, or two-component histidine kinase. The two-component histidine kinase, for example, acts as a sensor in the perception of phytohormones ethylene and cytokinin. Ethylene plays a very important role in regulation of multiple metabolic processes of plants, including induction of defense mechanisms mediated by jasmonate. The SNPs linked to the promising genes identified in the study can be used for marker-assisted selection.
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- Lourdes Ledesma-Ramírez
- Departamento de estudios e investigación de Posgrado, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Roque, Celaya, Mexico
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- Programa de mejoramiento genetico de trigo, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Campo Experimental Bajío, Celaya, Mexico
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- Departamento de estudios e investigación de Posgrado, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Roque, Celaya, Mexico
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- Department of Bioscience, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, Texcoco, Mexico
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- Programa de mejoramiento genetico de trigo, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Campo Experimental Bajío, Celaya, Mexico
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- Department of Bioscience, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, Texcoco, Mexico
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- Department of Bioscience, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, Texcoco, Mexico
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- Department of Bioscience, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, Texcoco, Mexico
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- Departamento de estudios e investigación de Posgrado, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Roque, Celaya, Mexico
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- Departamento de estudios e investigación de Posgrado, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Roque, Celaya, Mexico
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- Department of Bioscience, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, Texcoco, Mexico
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- Department of Bioscience, Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo, Texcoco, Mexico
- Department of Biotechnology, Geneshifters, Pullman, WA, United States
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