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Dai Z, Pi Q, Liu Y, Hu L, Li B, Zhang B, Wang Y, Jiang M, Qi X, Li W, Gui S, Llaca V, Fengler K, Thatcher S, Li Z, Liu X, Fan X, Lai Z. ZmWAK02 encoding an RD-WAK protein confers maize resistance against gray leaf spot. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 241:1780-1793. [PMID: 38058244 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
Abstract
Gray leaf spot (GLS) caused by Cercospora zeina or C. zeae-maydis is a major maize disease throughout the world. Although more than 100 QTLs resistant against GLS have been identified, very few of them have been cloned. Here, we identified a major resistance QTL against GLS, qRglsSB, explaining 58.42% phenotypic variation in SB12×SA101 BC1 F1 population. By fine-mapping, it was narrowed down into a 928 kb region. By using transgenic lines, mutants and complementation lines, it was confirmed that the ZmWAK02 gene, encoding an RD wall-associated kinase, is the responsible gene in qRglsSB resistant against GLS. The introgression of the ZmWAK02 gene into hybrid lines significantly improves their grain yield in the presence of GLS pressure and does not reduce their grain yield in the absence of GLS. In summary, we cloned a gene, ZmWAK02, conferring large effect of GLS resistance and confirmed its great value in maize breeding.
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- Zhikang Dai
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, 430070, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, 430070, Wuhan, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 518000, Shenzhen, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, 430070, Wuhan, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 518000, Shenzhen, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, 430070, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, 430070, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, 430070, Wuhan, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 518000, Shenzhen, China
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- Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 110161, Shenyang, China
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- Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 110161, Shenyang, China
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- Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 110161, Shenyang, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, 430070, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, 430070, Wuhan, China
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- Dehong Tropical Agriculture Research Institute of Yunnan, 678699, Ruili, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 130033, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Institue of Food Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 650201, Kunming, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, 430070, Wuhan, China
- Shenzhen Institute of Nutrition and Health, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China
- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 518000, Shenzhen, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, 430070, Wuhan, China
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Nyanapah JO, Ayiecho PO, Nyabundi JO, Otieno W, Ojiambo PS. Field Characterization of Partial Resistance to Gray Leaf Spot in Elite Maize Germplasm. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2020; 110:1668-1679. [PMID: 32441590 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-12-19-0446-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Forty-eight inbred lines of maize with varying levels of resistance to gray leaf spot (GLS) were artificially inoculated with Cercospora zeina and evaluated to characterize partial disease resistance in maize under field conditions from 2012 to 2014 across 12 environments in western Kenya. Eight measures of disease epidemic-that is, final percent diseased leaf area (FPDLA), standardized area under the disease progress curve (SAUDPC), weighted mean absolute rate of disease increase (ρ), disease severity scale (CDSG), percent diseased leaf area at the inflection point (PDLAIP), SAUDPC at the inflection point (SAUDPCIP), time from inoculation to transition of disease progress from the increasing to the decreasing phase of epidemic increase (TIP), and latent period (LP)-were examined. Inbred lines significantly (P < 0.05) affected all measures of disease epidemic except ρ. However, the proportion of the variation attributed to the analysis of variance model was most strongly associated with SAUDPC (R2 = 89.4%). Inbred lines were also most consistently ranked for disease resistance based on SAUDPC. Although SAUDPC was deemed the most useful variable for quantifying partial resistance in the test genotypes, the proportion of the variation in SAUDPC in each plot was most strongly (R2 = 93.9%) explained by disease ratings taken between the VT and R4 stages of plant development. Individual disease ratings at the R4 stage of plant development were nearly as effective as SAUDPC in discerning the differential reaction of test genotypes. Thus, GLS rankings of inbred lines based on disease ratings at these plant developmental stages should be useful in prebreeding nurseries and preliminary evaluation trials involving large germplasm populations.
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- James O Nyanapah
- Department of Applied Plant Sciences, School of Agriculture and Food Security, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya
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- Department of Applied Plant Sciences, School of Agriculture and Food Security, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya
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- Department of Applied Plant Sciences, School of Agriculture and Food Security, Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya
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- Center for Integrated Fungal Research, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, U.S.A
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Safari P, Danyali SF, Rahimi M. Bayesian inference for the genetic control of water deficit tolerance in spring wheat by stochastic search variable selection. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:23135-23142. [PMID: 29860694 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2409-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Drought is the main abiotic stress seriously influencing wheat production. Information about the inheritance of drought tolerance is necessary to determine the most appropriate strategy to develop tolerant cultivars and populations. In this study, generation means analysis to identify the genetic effects controlling grain yield inheritance in water deficit and normal conditions was considered as a model selection problem in a Bayesian framework. Stochastic search variable selection (SSVS) was applied to identify the most important genetic effects and the best fitted models using different generations obtained from two crosses applying two water regimes in two growing seasons. The SSVS is used to evaluate the effect of each variable on the dependent variable via posterior variable inclusion probabilities. The model with the highest posterior probability is selected as the best model. In this study, the grain yield was controlled by the main effects (additive and non-additive effects) and epistatic. The results demonstrate that breeding methods such as recurrent selection and subsequent pedigree method and hybrid production can be useful to improve grain yield.
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- Parviz Safari
- Young Researchers and Elite Club, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, End of Haft Bagh-e-Alavi Highway Knowledge Paradise, Kerman, Iran.
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Liu L, Zhang YD, Li HY, Bi YQ, Yu LJ, Fan XM, Tan J, Jeffers DP, Kang MS. QTL Mapping for Gray Leaf Spot Resistance in a Tropical Maize Population. PLANT DISEASE 2016; 100:304-312. [PMID: 30694127 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-14-0825-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A tropical gray leaf spot (GLS)-resistant line, YML 32, was crossed to a temperate GLS-susceptible line, Ye 478, to produce an F2:3 population for the identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with resistance to GLS. The population was evaluated for GLS disease resistance and flowering time at two locations in Yunnan province. Seven QTL using GLS disease scores and six QTL using flowering time were identified on chromosomes 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 in the YML 32 × Ye 478 maize population. All QTL, except one identified on chromosome 2 using flowering time, were overlapped with the QTL for GLS disease scores. The results indicated that QTL for flowering time in this population strongly corresponded to QTL for GLS resistance. Among the QTL, qRgls.yaas-8-1/qFt.yaas-8 with the largest genetic effect accounted for 17.9 to 18.1 and 11.0 to 21.42% of variations for GLS disease scores and flowering time, respectively, and these should be very useful for improving resistance to GLS, especially in subtropical maize breeding programs. The QTL effects for resistance to GLS were predominantly additive in nature, with a dominance effect having been found for two QTL on the basis of joint segregation genetic analysis and QTL analysis.
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- L Liu
- Institute of Food Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan TianRui Seed Company, Ltd., Kunming 650200, Yunnan Province, China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan TianRui Seed Company, Ltd., Kunming 650200, Yunnan Province, China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan TianRui Seed Company, Ltd., Kunming 650200, Yunnan Province, China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan TianRui Seed Company, Ltd., Kunming 650200, Yunnan Province, China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan TianRui Seed Company, Ltd., Kunming 650200, Yunnan Province, China
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- Institute of Food Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Yunnan TianRui Seed Company, Ltd., Kunming 650200, Yunnan Province, China
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- School of Agriculture, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, Yunnan Province, China
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- CIMMYT Yunnan Office/Institute of Food Crops, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650200, Yunnan Province, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS 66506-5502
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