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Elassbli H, Abdelraheem A, Zhu Y, Teng Z, Wheeler TA, Kuraparthy V, Hinze L, Stelly DM, Wedegaertner T, Zhang J. Evaluation and genome-wide association study of resistance to bacterial blight race 18 in U.S. Upland cotton germplasm. Mol Genet Genomics 2021; 296:719-729. [PMID: 33779828 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-021-01779-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bacterial blight (BB), caused by Xanthomonas citri pv. malvacearum (Xcm), is a destructive disease to cotton production in many countries. In the U.S., Xcm race 18 is the most virulent and widespread race and can cause serious yield losses. Planting BB-resistant cotton cultivars is the most effective method of controlling this disease. In this study, 335 U.S. Upland cotton accessions were evaluated for resistance to race 18 using artificial inoculations by scratching cotyledons on an individual plant basis in a greenhouse. The analysis of variance detected significant genotypic variation in disease incidence, and 50 accessions were resistant including 38 lines with no symptoms on either cotyledons or true leaves. Many of the resistant lines were developed in the MAR (multi-adversity resistance) breeding program at Texas A&M University, whereas others were developed before race 18 was first reported in the U.S. in 1973, suggesting a broad base of resistance to race 18. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) based on 26,301 single nucleotide polymorphic (SNP) markers detected 11 quantitative trait loci (QTL) anchored by 79 SNPs, including three QTL on each of the three chromosomes A01, A05 and D02, and one QTL on each of D08 and D10. This study has identified a set of obsolete Upland germplasm with resistance to race 18 and specific chromosomal regions delineated by SNPs for resistance. The results will assist in breeding cotton for BB resistance and facilitate further genomic studies in fine mapping resistance genes to enhance the understanding of the genetic basis of BB resistance in cotton.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hanan Elassbli
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research, 1102 E. Drew St, Lubbock, TX, 79403, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7620, USA
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- Crop Germplasm Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-2474, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
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Abdelraheem A, Elassbli H, Zhu Y, Kuraparthy V, Hinze L, Stelly D, Wedegaertner T, Zhang J. A genome-wide association study uncovers consistent quantitative trait loci for resistance to Verticillium wilt and Fusarium wilt race 4 in the US Upland cotton. Theor Appl Genet 2020; 133:563-577. [PMID: 31768602 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03487-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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A high-resolution GWAS detected consistent QTL for resistance to Verticillium wilt and Fusarium wilt race 4 in 376 U.S. Upland cotton accessions based on six independent replicated greenhouse tests. Verticillium wilt (VW, caused by Verticillium dahliae Kleb.) and Fusarium wilt (FOV, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum Atk. Sny & Hans) are the most important soil-borne fungal diseases in cotton. To augment and refine resistance quantitative trait loci (QTL), we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using high-density genotyping with the CottonSNP63K array. Resistance of 376 US Upland cotton accessions to a defoliating VW and virulent FOV4 was evaluated in four and two independent replicated greenhouse tests, respectively. A total of 15 and 13 QTL for VW and FOV4 resistances were anchored by 30 (on five chromosomes) and 56 (on six chromosomes) significant single nucleotide polymorphic (SNPs) markers, respectively. QTL on c8, c10, c16, and c21 were consistent in two or more tests for VW resistance, while two QTL on c8 and c14 were consistent for FOV4 resistance in two tests. Two QTL clusters on c16 and c19 were observed for both VW and FOV4 resistance, suggesting that these genomic regions may harbor genes in response to both diseases. Using BLAST search against the sequenced TM-1 genome, 30 and 35 candidate genes were identified on four QTL for VW resistance and on three QTL for FOV4 resistance, respectively. These genomic regions were rich in NBS-LRR genes presented in clusters. The results create opportunities for further studies to determine the correlations of field resistance with these QTL, molecular examinations of VW and FOV4 resistances, marker-assisted selection (MAS) and eventual cloning of QTL for disease resistance in cotton.
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Affiliation(s)
- Abdelraheem Abdelraheem
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7620, USA
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- Crop Germplasm Research, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX, 77845, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
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