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Ruan M, Zhao H, Wen Y, Chen H, He F, Hou X, Song X, Jiang H, Ruan YL, Wu L. The complex transcriptional regulation of heat stress response in maize. STRESS BIOLOGY 2024; 4:24. [PMID: 38668992 PMCID: PMC11052759 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-024-00165-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024]
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As one of the most important food and feed crops worldwide, maize suffers much more tremendous damages under heat stress compared to other plants, which seriously inhibits plant growth and reduces productivity. To mitigate the heat-induced damages and adapt to high temperature environment, plants have evolved a series of molecular mechanisms to sense, respond and adapt high temperatures and heat stress. In this review, we summarized recent advances in molecular regulations underlying high temperature sensing, heat stress response and memory in maize, especially focusing on several important pathways and signals in high temperature sensing, and the complex transcriptional regulation of ZmHSFs (Heat Shock Factors) in heat stress response. In addition, we highlighted interactions between ZmHSFs and several epigenetic regulation factors in coordinately regulating heat stress response and memory. Finally, we laid out strategies to systematically elucidate the regulatory network of maize heat stress response, and discussed approaches for breeding future heat-tolerance maize.
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- Mingxiu Ruan
- The National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Resistance Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Resistance Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Resistance Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Resistance Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Resistance Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Resistance Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Resistance Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- The National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Resistance Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas and College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China.
- School of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China.
- Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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- The National Engineering Laboratory of Crop Resistance Breeding, School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China.
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Dipta B, Sood S, Mangal V, Bhardwaj V, Thakur AK, Kumar V, Singh B. KASP: a high-throughput genotyping system and its applications in major crop plants for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:508. [PMID: 38622474 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-09455-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Advances in plant molecular breeding have resulted in the development of new varieties with superior traits, thus improving the crop germplasm. Breeders can screen a large number of accessions without rigorous and time-consuming phenotyping by marker-assisted selection (MAS). Molecular markers are one of the most imperative tools in plant breeding programmes for MAS to develop new cultivars possessing multiple superior traits. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are ideal for MAS due to their low cost, low genotyping error rates, and reproducibility. Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR (KASP) is a globally recognized technology for SNP genotyping. KASP is an allele-specific oligo extension-based PCR assay that uses fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) to detect genetic variations such as SNPs and insertions/deletions (InDels) at a specific locus. Additionally, KASP allows greater flexibility in assay design, which leads to a higher success rate and the capability to genotype a large population. Its versatility and ease of use make it a valuable tool in various fields, including genetics, agriculture, and medical research. KASP has been extensively used in various plant-breeding applications, such as the identification of germplasm resources, quality control (QC) analysis, allele mining, linkage mapping, quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping, genetic map construction, trait-specific marker development, and MAS. This review provides an overview of the KASP assay and emphasizes its validation in crop improvement related to various biotic and abiotic stress tolerance and quality traits.
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- Bhawna Dipta
- ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Bemloe, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171001, India
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- ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Bemloe, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171001, India.
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- ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Bemloe, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171001, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Tabiji, Ajmer, Rajasthan, 305206, India
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- ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Bemloe, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171001, India
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- ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Bemloe, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171001, India
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- ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Bemloe, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, 171001, India
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Zhao SW, Pan Y, Wang Z, Wang X, Wang S, Xi JH. 1-nonene plays an important role in the response of maize-aphid-ladybird tritrophic interactions to nitrogen. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1296915. [PMID: 38259937 PMCID: PMC10800950 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1296915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the key distress signals involved in tritrophic interactions, by which plants recruit predators to protect themselves from herbivores. However, the effect of nitrogen fertilization on VOCs that mediate tritrophic interactions remains largely unidentified. In this study, a maize (Zea mays)-aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi)-ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) tritrophic interaction model was constructed under high-nitrogen (HN) and low-nitrogen (LN) regimens. H. axyridis had a stronger tendency to be attracted by aphid-infested maize under HN conditions. Then, volatiles were collected and identified from maize leaves on which aphids had fed. All of the HN-induced volatiles (HNIVs) elicited an electroantennogram (EAG) response from H. axyridis. Of these HNIVs, 1-nonene was attractive to H. axyridis under simulated natural volatilization. Furthermore, our regression showed that the release of 1-nonene was positively correlated with H. axyridis visitation rates. Supplying 1-nonene to maize on which aphids had fed under LN enhanced attractiveness to H. axyridis. These results supported the conclusion that 1-nonene was the active compound that mediated the response to nitrogen in the tritrophic interaction. In addition, the 1-nonene synthesis pathway was hypothesized, and we found that the release of 1-nonene might be related to the presence of salicylic acid (SA) and abscisic acid (ABA). This research contributes to the development of novel environmentally friendly strategies to optimize nitrogen fertilizer application and to improve pest control in maize crops.
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- Shi-Wen Zhao
- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Plant Quarantine Laboratory, Changchun Customs Technology Center, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Xi X, Gutierrez B, Zha Q, Yin X, Sun P, Jiang A. Optimization of In Vitro Embryo Rescue and Development of a Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP) Marker Related to Stenospermocarpic Seedlessness in Grape ( Vitis vinifera L.). Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:17350. [PMID: 38139179 PMCID: PMC10744101 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242417350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Seedlessness is one of the highest valued agronomic traits in grapes. Embryo rescue in combination with marker-assisted selection have been widely applied in seedless grape breeding due to the advantages of increasing the ratio of seedless progenies and shortening the breeding cycle. However, the large number of deformed seedlings produced during embryo rescue and the lack of fast, efficient, and low-cost markers severely inhibit the process of seedless grape breeding. In this study, a total of eighty-three grape cultivars (51 seedless and 32 seeded) with diverse genetic backgrounds and two populations derived from embryo rescue, including 113 F1 hybrid individuals (60 seedless and 53 seeded), were utilized. We screened suitable media for converting malformed seedlings into normal seedlings, analyzed the association between the SNP in VviAGL11 and seeded/seedless phenotype, and developed a KASP marker related to stenospermocarpic seedlessness. Our results indicated that the transformation rate of 37.8% was obtained with MS medium supplemented with 2.0 mg·L-1 of 6-BA and 0.5 mg·L-1 of IBA. The presence of an A nucleotide allele at position chr18:26889437 was further confirmed to be fully associated with the stenospermocarpic seedlessness phenotype. The developed KASP marker, based on the verified SNP locus in VviAGL11, successfully distinguished the seedless and seeded genotypes with high precision and throughput. The results will contribute to enhancing the efficiency of embryo rescue and facilitate parent selection and early selection of seedless offspring with molecular markers, thereby accelerating the breeding process in seedless table grapes.
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- Xiaojun Xi
- Forestry and Pomology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (X.Y.); (P.S.)
- Shanghai Key Lab of Protected Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
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- Plant Genetic Resources Unit, US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Geneva, NY 14456, USA;
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- Forestry and Pomology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (X.Y.); (P.S.)
- Shanghai Key Lab of Protected Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
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- Forestry and Pomology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (X.Y.); (P.S.)
- Shanghai Key Lab of Protected Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
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- Forestry and Pomology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (X.Y.); (P.S.)
- Shanghai Key Lab of Protected Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
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- Forestry and Pomology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China; (X.X.); (Q.Z.); (X.Y.); (P.S.)
- Shanghai Key Lab of Protected Horticultural Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201403, China
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Khan AH, Min L, Ma Y, Zeeshan M, Jin S, Zhang X. High-temperature stress in crops: male sterility, yield loss and potential remedy approaches. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2023; 21:680-697. [PMID: 36221230 PMCID: PMC10037161 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Global food security is one of the utmost essential challenges in the 21st century in providing enough food for the growing population while coping with the already stressed environment. High temperature (HT) is one of the main factors affecting plant growth, development and reproduction and causes male sterility in plants. In male reproductive tissues, metabolic changes induced by HT involve carbohydrates, lipids, hormones, epigenetics and reactive oxygen species, leading to male sterility and ultimately reducing yield. Understanding the mechanism and genes involved in these pathways during the HT stress response will provide a new path to improve crops by using molecular breeding and biotechnological approaches. Moreover, this review provides insight into male sterility and integrates this with suggested strategies to enhance crop tolerance under HT stress conditions at the reproductive stage.
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- Aamir Hamid Khan
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Hubei Hongshan LaboratoryHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Hubei Hongshan LaboratoryHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Hubei Hongshan LaboratoryHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory for Agro‐Environment and Agro‐Product Safety, Guangxi Colleges and Universities Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Tillage, College of AgricultureGuanxi UniversityNanningChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Hubei Hongshan LaboratoryHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement & Hubei Hongshan LaboratoryHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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Schoonmaker AN, Hulse-Kemp AM, Youngblood RC, Rahmat Z, Atif Iqbal M, Rahman MU, Kochan KJ, Scheffler BE, Scheffler JA. Detecting Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Resistance Quantitative Trait Loci in Gossypium hirsutum and iCottonQTL a New R/Shiny App to Streamline Genetic Mapping. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1153. [PMID: 36904013 PMCID: PMC10005503 DOI: 10.3390/plants12051153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV) causes devastating losses to fiber production in Central Asia. Viral spread across Asia in the last decade is causing concern that the virus will spread further before resistant varieties can be bred. Current development depends on screening each generation under disease pressure in a country where the disease is endemic. We utilized quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping in four crosses with different sources of resistance to identify single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers associated with the resistance trait to allow development of varieties without the need for field screening every generation. To assist in the analysis of multiple populations, a new publicly available R/Shiny App was developed to streamline genetic mapping using SNP arrays and to also provide an easy method to convert and deposit genetic data into the CottonGen database. Results identified several QTL from each cross, indicating possible multiple modes of resistance. Multiple sources of resistance would provide several genetic routes to combat the virus as it evolves over time. Kompetitive allele specific PCR (KASP) markers were developed and validated for a subset of QTL, which can be used in further development of CLCuV-resistant cotton lines.
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- Ashley N. Schoonmaker
- Bioinformatics Graduate Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Bioinformatics Graduate Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA
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- Plant Genomics and Molecular Breeding Laboratory, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, (NIBGE-C, PIEAS), Faisalabad 38000, Punjab, Pakistan
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Institute for Genome Sciences and Society, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Crop Genetics Research Unit, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
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Jagtap AB, Yadav IS, Vikal Y, Praba UP, Kaur N, Gill AS, Johal GS. Transcriptional dynamics of maize leaves, pollens and ovules to gain insights into heat stress-related responses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1117136. [PMID: 36875566 PMCID: PMC9975602 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1117136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Heat stress (HS) is one of the alarming issues today due to global warming and is the foremost detrimental to crop production. Maize is one of the versatile crops grown over different agro-climatic conditions. However, it is significantly sensitive to heat stress, especially during the reproductive phase. The heat stress tolerance mechanism is yet to be elucidated at the reproductive stage. Thus, the present study focused on identifying transcriptional changes in two inbreds, LM 11 (sensitive to HS) and CML 25 (tolerant to HS), under intense heat stress at 42°C during the reproductive stage from three tissues viz. flag leaf, tassel, and ovule. Samples from each inbred were collected after 5 days of pollinations for RNA isolation. Six cDNA libraries were constructed from three separate tissues of LM 11 and CML 25 and sequenced using an Illumina HiSeq2500 platform. A total of 2,164 (1127 up-regulated and 1037 down-regulated) differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified with 1151, 451, and 562 DEGs in comparisons of LM 11 and CML 25, corresponding to a leaf, pollen, and ovule, respectively. Functional annotated DEGs associated with transcription factors (TFs) viz. AP2, MYB, WRKY, PsbP, bZIP, and NAM, heat shock proteins (HSP20, HSP70, and HSP101/ClpB), as well as genes related to photosynthesis (PsaD & PsaN), antioxidation (APX and CAT) and polyamines (Spd and Spm). KEGG pathways analyses showed that the metabolic overview pathway and secondary metabolites biosynthesis pathway, with the involvement of 264 and 146 genes, respectively, were highly enriched in response to heat stress. Notably, the expression changes of the most common HS-responsive genes were typically much more significant in CML 25, which might explain why CML 25 is more heat tolerant. Seven DEGs were common in leaf, pollen, and ovule; and involved in the polyamines biosynthesis pathway. Their exact role in maize heat stress response would warrant further studies. These results enhanced our understanding to heat stress responses in maize.
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- Ashok Babadev Jagtap
- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Botany and Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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Development of SLAF-Sequence and Multiplex SNaPshot Panels for Population Genetic Diversity Analysis and Construction of DNA Fingerprints for Sugarcane. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13081477. [PMID: 36011388 PMCID: PMC9408448 DOI: 10.3390/genes13081477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A genetic diversity analysis and identification of plant germplasms and varieties are important and necessary for plant breeding. Deoxyribonucleotide (DNA) fingerprints based on genomic molecular markers play an important role in accurate germplasm identification. In this study, Specific-Locus Amplified Fragment Sequencing (SLAF-seq) was conducted for a sugarcane population with 103 cultivated and wild accessions. In total, 105,325 genomic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were called successfully to analyze population components and genetic diversity. The genetic diversity of the population was complex and clustered into two major subpopulations. A principal component analysis (PCA) showed that these accessions could not be completely classified based on geographical origin. After filtration, screening, and comparison, 192 uniformly-distributed SNP loci were selected for the 32 chromosomes of sugarcane. An SNP complex genotyping detection system was established using the SNaPshot typing method and used for the precise genotyping and identification of 180 sugarcane germplasm samples. According to the stability and polymorphism of the SNPs, 32 high-quality SNP markers were obtained and successfully used to construct the first SNP fingerprinting and quick response codes (QR codes) for sugarcane. The results provide new insights for genotyping, classifying, and identifying germplasm and resources for sugarcane breeding
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El-Sappah AH, Rather SA, Wani SH, Elrys AS, Bilal M, Huang Q, Dar ZA, Elashtokhy MMA, Soaud N, Koul M, Mir RR, Yan K, Li J, El-Tarabily KA, Abbas M. Heat Stress-Mediated Constraints in Maize ( Zea mays) Production: Challenges and Solutions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:879366. [PMID: 35615131 PMCID: PMC9125997 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.879366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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An increase in temperature and extreme heat stress is responsible for the global reduction in maize yield. Heat stress affects the integrity of the plasma membrane functioning of mitochondria and chloroplast, which further results in the over-accumulation of reactive oxygen species. The activation of a signal cascade subsequently induces the transcription of heat shock proteins. The denaturation and accumulation of misfolded or unfolded proteins generate cell toxicity, leading to death. Therefore, developing maize cultivars with significant heat tolerance is urgently required. Despite the explored molecular mechanism underlying heat stress response in some plant species, the precise genetic engineering of maize is required to develop high heat-tolerant varieties. Several agronomic management practices, such as soil and nutrient management, plantation rate, timing, crop rotation, and irrigation, are beneficial along with the advanced molecular strategies to counter the elevated heat stress experienced by maize. This review summarizes heat stress sensing, induction of signaling cascade, symptoms, heat stress-related genes, the molecular feature of maize response, and approaches used in developing heat-tolerant maize varieties.
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- Ahmed H. El-Sappah
- School of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, China
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
- Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province for Refining Sichuan Tea, Yibin, China
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- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, China
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- Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops Khudwani Anantnag, SKUAST–Kashmir, Srinagar, India
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- Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- School of Life Sciences and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province for Refining Sichuan Tea, Yibin, China
- College of Tea Science, Yibin University, Yibin, China
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- Dryland Agriculture Research Station, SKUAST–Kashmir, Srinagar, India
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- Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Botany, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST–Kashmir, Sopore, India
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- School of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, China
- Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province for Refining Sichuan Tea, Yibin, China
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- School of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, China
- Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province for Refining Sichuan Tea, Yibin, China
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
- Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, China
- Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province for Refining Sichuan Tea, Yibin, China
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Identification of accession-specific variants and development of KASP markers for assessing the genetic makeup of Brassica rapa seeds. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:326. [PMID: 35468724 PMCID: PMC9036802 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08567-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Most crop seeds are F1 hybrids. Seed providers and plant breeders must be confident that the seed supplied to growers is of known, and uniform, genetic makeup. This requires maintenance of pure genotypes of the parental lines and testing to ensure the genetic purity of the F1 seed. Traditionally, seed purity has been assessed with a grow-out test (GOT) in the field, a time consuming and costly venture. Early in the last decade, seed testing with molecular markers was introduced as a replacement for GOT, and Kompetitive allele specific PCR (KASP) markers were recognized as promising tools for genetic testing of seeds. However, the markers available at that time could be inaccurate and applicable to only a small number of accessions or varieties due to the limited genetic information and reference genomes available. RESULTS We identified 4,925,742 SNPs in 50 accessions of the Brasscia rapa core collection. From these, we identified 2,925 SNPs as accession-specific, considering properties of flanking region harboring accession-specific SNPs and genic region conservation among accessions by the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) analysis. In total, 100 accession-specific markers were developed as accession-specific KASP markers. Based on the results of our validation experiments, the accession-specific markers successfully distinguised individuals from the mixed population including 50 target accessions from B. rapa core collection and the outgroup. Additionally, the marker set we developed here discriminated F1 hybrids and their parental lines with distinct clusters. CONCLUSIONS This study provides efficient methods for developing KASP markers to distinguish individuals from the mixture comprised of breeding lines and germplasms from the resequencing data of Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa spp. pekinensis).
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Ma L, Liu Z, Cheng Z, Gou J, Chen J, Yu W, Wang P. Identification and Application of BhAPRR2 Controlling Peel Colour in Wax Gourd ( Benincasa hispida). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:716772. [PMID: 34659288 PMCID: PMC8517133 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.716772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Peel color is an important factor affecting commodity quality in vegetables; however, the genes controlling this trait remain unclear in wax gourd. Here, we used two F2 genetic segregation populations to explore the inheritance patterns and to clone the genes associated with green and white skin in wax gourd. The F2 and BC1 trait segregation ratios were 3:1 and 1:1, respectively, and the trait was controlled by nuclear genes. Bulked segregant analysis of both F2 plants revealed peaks on Chr5 exceeding the confidence interval. Additionally, 6,244 F2 plants were used to compress the candidate interval into a region of 179 Kb; one candidate gene, Bch05G003950 (BhAPRR2), encoding two-component response regulator-like protein Arabidopsis pseudo-response regulator2 (APRR2), which is involved in the regulation of peel color, was present in this interval. Two bases (GA) present in the coding sequence of BhAPRR2 in green-skinned wax gourd were absent from white-skinned wax gourd. The latter contained a frameshift mutation, a premature stop codon, and lacked 335 residues required for the protein functional region. The chlorophyll content and BhAPRR2 expression were significantly higher in green-skinned than in white-skinned wax gourd. Thus, BhAPRR2 may regulate the peel color of wax gourd. This study provides a theoretical foundation for further studies of the mechanism of gene regulation for the fruit peel color of wax gourd.
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- Lianlian Ma
- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
- Institute of Vegetable Research, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, China
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Development and validation of diagnostic SNP markers for quality control genotyping in a collection of four rice (Oryza) species. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18617. [PMID: 34545105 PMCID: PMC8452751 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97689-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Morphological identification of closely related rice species, particularly those in the Oryza AA genome group, presents major challenges and often results in cases of misidentification. Recent work by this group identified diagnostic single nucleotide polymorphic (SNP) markers specific for several rice species and subspecies based on DArTseq next-generation sequencing technology ("DArTseq"). These SNPs can be used for quality control (QC) analysis in rice breeding and germplasm maintenance programs. Here, we present the DArTseq-based diagnostic SNPs converted into Kompetitive allele-specific PCR (KASPar or KASP) assays and validation data for a subset of them; these can be used for low-cost routine genotyping quality control (QC) analysis. Of the 224 species/subspecies' diagnostic SNPs tested, 158 of them produced working KASP assays, a conversion success rate of 70%. Two validation experiments were run with 87 of the 158 SNP markers to ensure that the assays amplified, were polymorphic, and distinguished the five species/subspecies tested. Based on these validation test results, we recommend a panel of 36 SNP markers that clearly delineate O. barthii, O. glaberrima, O. longistaminata, O. sativa spp. indica and japonica. The KASP assays provide a flexible, rapid turnaround and cost-effective tool to facilitate germplasm curation and management of these four Oryza AA genome species across multiple genebanks.
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Rida S, Maafi O, López-Malvar A, Revilla P, Riache M, Djemel A. Genetics of Germination and Seedling Traits under Drought Stress in a MAGIC Population of Maize. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:1786. [PMID: 34579319 PMCID: PMC8468063 DOI: 10.3390/plants10091786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Drought is one of the most detrimental abiotic stresses hampering seed germination, development, and productivity. Maize is more sensitive to drought than other cereals, especially at seedling stage. Our objective was to study genetic regulation of drought tolerance at germination and during seedling growth in maize. We evaluated 420 RIL with their parents from a multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population with PEG-induced drought at germination and seedling establishment. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was carried out to identify genomic regions associated with drought tolerance. GWAS identified 28 and 16 SNPs significantly associated with germination and seedling traits under stress and well-watered conditions, respectively. Among the SNPs detected, two SNPs had significant associations with several traits with high positive correlations, suggesting a pleiotropic genetic control. Other SNPs were located in regions that harbored major QTLs in previous studies, and co-located with QTLs for cold tolerance previously published for this MAGIC population. The genomic regions comprised several candidate genes related to stresses and plant development. These included numerous drought-responsive genes and transcription factors implicated in germination, seedling traits, and drought tolerance. The current analyses provide information and tools for subsequent studies and breeding programs for improving drought tolerance.
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- Soumeya Rida
- Higher National Agronomic School (ENSA), L-RGB, Hassan Badi, El Harrach, Algiers 16004, Algeria; (S.R.); (O.M.); (M.R.); (A.D.)
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- Higher National Agronomic School (ENSA), L-RGB, Hassan Badi, El Harrach, Algiers 16004, Algeria; (S.R.); (O.M.); (M.R.); (A.D.)
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- Facultad de Biología, Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ciencias del Suelo, Agrobiología Ambiental, Calidad de Suelos y Plantas, Universidad de Vigo, As Lagoas Marcosende, 36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC), Apartado 28, E-36080 Pontevedra, Spain;
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- Higher National Agronomic School (ENSA), L-RGB, Hassan Badi, El Harrach, Algiers 16004, Algeria; (S.R.); (O.M.); (M.R.); (A.D.)
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- Higher National Agronomic School (ENSA), L-RGB, Hassan Badi, El Harrach, Algiers 16004, Algeria; (S.R.); (O.M.); (M.R.); (A.D.)
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Shen Y, Wang J, Shaw RK, Yu H, Sheng X, Zhao Z, Li S, Gu H. Development of GBTS and KASP Panels for Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Fingerprinting of a Large Collection of Broccoli ( Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) in China. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:655254. [PMID: 34149754 PMCID: PMC8213352 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.655254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) is one of the most important and nutritious vegetables widely cultivated in China. In the recent four decades, several improved varieties were bred and developed by Chinese breeders. However, the efforts for improvement of broccoli are hindered by limited information of genetic diversity and genetic relatedness contained within the available germplasms. This study evaluated the genetic diversity, genetic relationship, population structure, and fingerprinting of 372 accessions of broccoli representing most of the variability of broccoli in China. Millions of SNPs were identified by whole-genome sequencing of 23 representative broccoli genotypes. Through several stringent selection criteria, a total of 1,167 SNPs were selected to characterize genetic diversity and population structure. Of these markers, 1,067 SNPs were genotyped by target sequencing (GBTS), and 100 SNPs were genotyped by kompetitive allele specific PCR (KASP) assay. The average polymorphism information content (PIC) and expected heterozygosity (gene diversity) values were 0.33 and 0.42, respectively. Diversity analysis revealed the prevalence of low to moderate genetic diversity in the broccoli accessions indicating a narrow genetic base. Phylogenetic and principal component analyses revealed that the 372 accessions could be clustered into two main groups but with weak groupings. STRUCTURE analysis also suggested the presence of two subpopulations with weak genetic structure. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) identified 13% variance among populations and 87% within populations revealing very low population differentiation, which could be attributed to massive gene flow and the reproductive biology of the crop. Based on high resolving power, a set of 28 KASP markers was chosen for DNA fingerprinting of the broccoli accessions for seed authentication and varietal identification. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive study to measure diversity and population structure of a large collection of broccoli in China and also the first application of GBTS and KASP techniques in genetic characterization of broccoli. This work broadens the understanding of diversity, phylogeny, and population structure of a large collection of broccoli, which may enhance future breeding efforts to achieve higher productivity.
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- Yusen Shen
- Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Central Laboratory of Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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Chen Z, Tang D, Ni J, Li P, Wang L, Zhou J, Li C, Lan H, Li L, Liu J. Development of genic KASP SNP markers from RNA-Seq data for map-based cloning and marker-assisted selection in maize. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:157. [PMID: 33771110 PMCID: PMC8004444 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-021-02932-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Maize is one of the most important field crops in the world. Most of the key agronomic traits, including yield traits and plant architecture traits, are quantitative. Fine mapping of genes/ quantitative trait loci (QTL) influencing a key trait is essential for marker-assisted selection (MAS) in maize breeding. However, the SNP markers with high density and high polymorphism are lacking, especially kompetitive allele specific PCR (KASP) SNP markers that can be used for automatic genotyping. To date, a large volume of sequencing data has been produced by the next generation sequencing technology, which provides a good pool of SNP loci for development of SNP markers. In this study, we carried out a multi-step screening method to identify kompetitive allele specific PCR (KASP) SNP markers based on the RNA-Seq data sets of 368 maize inbred lines. RESULTS A total of 2,948,985 SNPs were identified in the high-throughput RNA-Seq data sets with the average density of 1.4 SNP/kb. Of these, 71,311 KASP SNP markers (the average density of 34 KASP SNP/Mb) were developed based on the strict criteria: unique genomic region, bi-allelic, polymorphism information content (PIC) value ≥0.4, and conserved primer sequences, and were mapped on 16,161 genes. These 16,161 genes were annotated to 52 gene ontology (GO) terms, including most of primary and secondary metabolic pathways. Subsequently, the 50 KASP SNP markers with the PIC values ranging from 0.14 to 0.5 in 368 RNA-Seq data sets and with polymorphism between the maize inbred lines 1212 and B73 in in silico analysis were selected to experimentally validate the accuracy and polymorphism of SNPs, resulted in 46 SNPs (92.00%) showed polymorphism between the maize inbred lines 1212 and B73. Moreover, these 46 polymorphic SNPs were utilized to genotype the other 20 maize inbred lines, with all 46 SNPs showing polymorphism in the 20 maize inbred lines, and the PIC value of each SNP was 0.11 to 0.50 with an average of 0.35. The results suggested that the KASP SNP markers developed in this study were accurate and polymorphic. CONCLUSIONS These high-density polymorphic KASP SNP markers will be a valuable resource for map-based cloning of QTL/genes and marker-assisted selection in maize. Furthermore, the method used to develop SNP markers in maize can also be applied in other species.
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- Zhengjie Chen
- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611000 Sichuan China
- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Science, No.159 Huajin Avanue, Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu City, 610300 Sichuan China
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611000 Sichuan China
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611000 Sichuan China
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611000 Sichuan China
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611000 Sichuan China
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611000 Sichuan China
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611000 Sichuan China
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611000 Sichuan China
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611000 Sichuan China
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- Maize Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, 211 Huiming Road, Wenjiang District, Chengdu City, 611000 Sichuan China
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