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Kaeppler SM, Springer N. Remembering Ronald L. Phillips: Pioneer in crop biotechnology, mentor, and humanitarian. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2320943121. [PMID: 38236727 PMCID: PMC10835056 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320943121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Shawn M. Kaeppler
- Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI53706
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- Global Breeding, Bayer Crop Sciences, Chesterfield, MO63017
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN55108
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Schoemaker DL, Qiu Y, de Leon N, Hirsch CN, Kaeppler SM. Genetic analysis of pericarp pigmentation variation in Corn Belt dent maize. G3 (Bethesda) 2023; 14:jkad256. [PMID: 37950891 PMCID: PMC10755172 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/13/2023]
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The US standard for maize commercially grown for grain specifies that yellow corn can contain at maximum 5% corn of other colors. Inbred parents of commercial hybrids typically have clear pericarp, but transgressive segregants in breeding populations can display variation in pericarp pigmentation. We identified 10 doubled haploid biparental populations segregating for pigmented pericarp and evaluated qualitative genetic models using chi-square tests of observed and expected frequencies. Pigmentation ranged from light to dark brown color, and pigmentation intensity was quantitatively measured across 1,327 inbred lines using hue calculated from RGB pixel values. Genetic mapping was used to identify loci associated with pigmentation intensity. For 9 populations, pigmentation inheritance best fit a hypothesis of a 2- or 3-gene epistatic model. Significant differences in pigment intensity were observed across populations. W606S-derived inbred lines with the darkest pericarp often had clear glumes, suggesting the presence of a novel P1-rw allele, a hypothesis supported by a significant quantitative trait locus peak at P1. A separate quantitative trait locus region on chromosome 2 between 221.64 and 226.66 Mbp was identified in LH82-derived populations, and the peak near p1 was absent. A genome-wide association study using 416 inbred lines from the Wisconsin Diversity panel with full genome resequencing revealed 4 significant associations including the region near P1. This study supports that pericarp pigmentation among dent maize inbreds can arise by transgressive segregation when pigmentation in the parental generation is absent and is partially explained by functional allelic variation at the P1 locus.
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- Dylan L Schoemaker
- Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Middleton, WI 53562, USA
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Varela J, Ferraretto LF, Kaeppler SM, de León N. Effects of endosperm type and storage length of whole-plant corn silage on nitrogen fraction, fermentation products, zein profile, and starch digestibility. J Dairy Sci 2023; 106:8710-8722. [PMID: 37641327 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-23382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
Abstract
Zeins are commercially important proteins found in corn endosperms. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of altering zein levels in corn inbred lines carrying endosperm mutations with differential allelic dosage and analyze the effects on the composition, nutritive value, and starch digestibility of whole-plant corn silage (WPCS) at 5 storage lengths. Three inbred lines carrying 3 different endosperm modifiers (opaque-2 [o2], floury-2 [fl2], and soft endosperm-1 [h1]) were pollinated with 2 pollen sources to form pairs of near-isogenic lines with either 2 or 3 doses of the mutant allele for each endosperm modifier. The experiment was designed as a split-plot design with 3 replications. Pollinated genotype was the main plot factor, and storage length was the subplot-level factor. Agronomic precautions were taken to mimic hybrid WPCS to the extent possible. Samples were collected at approximately 30% dry matter (DM) using a forage harvester and ensiled in heat-sealed plastic bags for 0, 30, 60, 120, and 240 d. Thus, the experiment consisted of 30 treatments (6 genotypes × 5 storage lengths) and 90 ensiling units (3 replications per treatment). Measurements included nutrient analysis, including crude protein, soluble crude protein, amylase-treated neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber, lignin, starch, fermentation end products, zein concentration, and in vitro starch digestibility (ivSD). The nutritional profile of the inbred-based silage samples was similar to hybrid values reported in literature. Significant differences were found in fresh (unfermented) sample kernels for endosperm vitreousness and zein profiles between and within isogenic pairs. The o2 homozygous (3 doses of mutant allele) had the highest reduction in vitreousness level (74.5 to 38%) and zein concentration (6.2 to 4.7% of DM) compared with the heterozygous counterpart (2 doses of mutant allele). All genotypes showed significant reduction of total zeins and α-zeins during progressive storage length. In vitro starch digestibility increased with storage length and had significant effects of genotype and storage length but not for genotype by storage length interaction, which suggests that the storage period did not attenuate the difference in ivSD between near-isogenic pairs caused by zeins in WPCS. Both total zeins and α-zeins showed a strong negative correlation with ivSD, which agrees with the general hypothesis that the degradation of zeins increases ruminal starch degradability. Homozygous o2 was the only mutant with significantly higher ivSD compared with the heterozygous version, which suggests that, if all other conditions remain constant in a WPCS systems, substantial reductions in endosperm α-zeins are required to significantly improve ivSD in the silo.
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- José Varela
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706; Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 8520 University Green, Middleton, WI 53562
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706.
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Kumar R, Brar MS, Kunduru B, Ackerman AJ, Yang Y, Luo F, Saski CA, Bridges WC, de Leon N, McMahan C, Kaeppler SM, Sekhon RS. Genetic architecture of source-sink-regulated senescence in maize. Plant Physiol 2023; 193:2459-2479. [PMID: 37595026 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
Abstract
Source and sink interactions play a critical but mechanistically poorly understood role in the regulation of senescence. To disentangle the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying source-sink-regulated senescence (SSRS), we performed a phenotypic, transcriptomic, and systems genetics analysis of senescence induced by the lack of a strong sink in maize (Zea mays). Comparative analysis of genotypes with contrasting SSRS phenotypes revealed that feedback inhibition of photosynthesis, a surge in reactive oxygen species, and the resulting endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress were the earliest outcomes of weakened sink demand. Multienvironmental evaluation of a biparental population and a diversity panel identified 12 quantitative trait loci and 24 candidate genes, respectively, underlying SSRS. Combining the natural diversity and coexpression networks analyses identified 7 high-confidence candidate genes involved in proteolysis, photosynthesis, stress response, and protein folding. The role of a cathepsin B like protease 4 (ccp4), a candidate gene supported by systems genetic analysis, was validated by analysis of natural alleles in maize and heterologous analyses in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Analysis of natural alleles suggested that a 700-bp polymorphic promoter region harboring multiple ABA-responsive elements is responsible for differential transcriptional regulation of ccp4 by ABA and the resulting variation in SSRS phenotype. We propose a model for SSRS wherein feedback inhibition of photosynthesis, ABA signaling, and oxidative stress converge to induce ER stress manifested as programed cell death and senescence. These findings provide a deeper understanding of signals emerging from loss of sink strength and offer opportunities to modify these signals to alter senescence program and enhance crop productivity.
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- Rohit Kumar
- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- School of Computing, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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Lopez-Cruz M, Aguate FM, Washburn JD, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM, Lima DC, Tan R, Thompson A, De La Bretonne LW, de Los Campos G. Leveraging data from the Genomes-to-Fields Initiative to investigate genotype-by-environment interactions in maize in North America. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6904. [PMID: 37903778 PMCID: PMC10616096 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42687-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Genotype-by-environment (G×E) interactions can significantly affect crop performance and stability. Investigating G×E requires extensive data sets with diverse cultivars tested over multiple locations and years. The Genomes-to-Fields (G2F) Initiative has tested maize hybrids in more than 130 year-locations in North America since 2014. Here, we curate and expand this data set by generating environmental covariates (using a crop model) for each of the trials. The resulting data set includes DNA genotypes and environmental data linked to more than 70,000 phenotypic records of grain yield and flowering traits for more than 4000 hybrids. We show how this valuable data set can serve as a benchmark in agricultural modeling and prediction, paving the way for countless G×E investigations in maize. We use multivariate analyses to characterize the data set's genetic and environmental structure, study the association of key environmental factors with traits, and provide benchmarks using genomic prediction models.
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- Marco Lopez-Cruz
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center, University of Wisconsin, Middleton, WI, 53562, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
- Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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McFarland FL, Collier R, Walter N, Martinell B, Kaeppler SM, Kaeppler HF. A key to totipotency: Wuschel-like homeobox 2a unlocks embryogenic culture response in maize (Zea mays L.). Plant Biotechnol J 2023; 21:1860-1872. [PMID: 37357571 PMCID: PMC10440991 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
Abstract
The ability of plant somatic cells to dedifferentiate, form somatic embryos and regenerate whole plants in vitro has been harnessed for both clonal propagation and as a key component of plant genetic engineering systems. Embryogenic culture response is significantly limited, however, by plant genotype in most species. This impedes advancements in both plant transformation-based functional genomics research and crop improvement efforts. We utilized natural variation among maize inbred lines to genetically map somatic embryo generation potential in tissue culture and identify candidate genes underlying totipotency. Using a series of maize lines derived from crosses involving the culturable parent A188 and the non-responsive parent B73, we identified a region on chromosome 3 associated with embryogenic culture response and focused on three candidate genes within the region based on genetic position and expression pattern. Two candidate genes showed no effect when ectopically expressed in B73, but the gene Wox2a was found to induce somatic embryogenesis and embryogenic callus proliferation. Transgenic B73 cells with strong constitutive expression of the B73 and A188 coding sequences of Wox2a were found to produce somatic embryos at similar frequencies, demonstrating that sufficient expression of either allele could rescue the embryogenic culture phenotype. Transgenic B73 plants were regenerated from the somatic embryos without chemical selection and no pleiotropic effects were observed in the Wox2a overexpression lines in the regenerated T0 plants or in the two independent events which produced T1 progeny. In addition to linking natural variation in tissue culture response to Wox2a, our data support the utility of Wox2a in enabling transformation of recalcitrant genotypes.
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- Frank L. McFarland
- Department of AgronomyUniversity of WisconsinMadisonWIUSA
- Wisconsin Crop Innovation CenterUniversity of WisconsinMiddletonWIUSA
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- Department of AgronomyUniversity of WisconsinMadisonWIUSA
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- Department of AgronomyUniversity of WisconsinMadisonWIUSA
- Wisconsin Crop Innovation CenterUniversity of WisconsinMiddletonWIUSA
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- Department of AgronomyUniversity of WisconsinMadisonWIUSA
- Wisconsin Crop Innovation CenterUniversity of WisconsinMiddletonWIUSA
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Varela JI, Miller ND, Infante V, Kaeppler SM, de Leon N, Spalding EP. A novel high-throughput hyperspectral scanner and analytical methods for predicting maize kernel composition and physical traits. Food Chem 2022; 391:133264. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Michel KJ, Lima DC, Hundley H, Singan V, Yoshinaga Y, Daum C, Barry K, Broman KW, Buell CR, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM. Genetic mapping and prediction of flowering time and plant height in a maize Stiff Stalk MAGIC population. Genetics 2022; 221:6571196. [PMID: 35441688 PMCID: PMC9157087 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyac063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The Stiff Stalk heterotic pool is a foundation of US maize seed parent germplasm and has been heavily utilized by both public and private maize breeders since its inception in the 1930's. Flowering time and plant height are critical characteristics for both inbred parents and their test crossed hybrid progeny. To study these traits, a six parent multiparent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) population was developed including maize inbred lines B73, B84, PHB47 (B37 type), LH145 (B14 type), PHJ40 (novel early Stiff Stalk), and NKH8431 (B73/B14 type). A set of 779 doubled haploid lines were evaluated for flowering time and plant height in two field replicates in 2016 and 2017, and a subset of 689 and 561 doubled haploid lines were crossed to two testers, respectively, and evaluated as hybrids in two locations in 2018 and 2019 using an incomplete block design. Markers were derived from a Practical Haplotype Graph built from the founder whole genome assemblies and genotype-by-sequencing and exome capture-based sequencing of the population. Genetic mapping utilizing an update to R/qtl2 revealed differing profiles of significant loci for both traits between 635 of the DH lines and two sets of 570 and 471 derived hybrids. Genomic prediction was used to test the feasibility of predicting hybrid phenotypes based on the per se data. Predictive abilities were highest on direct models trained using the data they would predict (0.55 to 0.63), and indirect models trained using per se data to predict hybrid traits had slightly lower predictive abilities (0.49 to 0.55). Overall, this finding is consistent with the overlapping and non-overlapping significant QTL found within the per se and hybrid populations and suggests that selections for phenology traits can be made effectively on doubled haploid lines before hybrid data is available.
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- Kathryn J Michel
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Ambry Genetics, 1 Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, CA-92656, USA.,U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Departments of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.,Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.,Center for Applied Genetic Technologies, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.,Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.,Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.,Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Middleton, WI 53562, USA
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Schneider HM, Lor VSN, Hanlon MT, Perkins A, Kaeppler SM, Borkar AN, Bhosale R, Zhang X, Rodriguez J, Bucksch A, Bennett MJ, Brown KM, Lynch JP. Root angle in maize influences nitrogen capture and is regulated by calcineurin B-like protein (CBL)-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 15 (ZmCIPK15). Plant Cell Environ 2022; 45:837-853. [PMID: 34169548 PMCID: PMC9544310 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
Crops with reduced nutrient and water requirements are urgently needed in global agriculture. Root growth angle plays an important role in nutrient and water acquisition. A maize diversity panel of 481 genotypes was screened for variation in root angle employing a high-throughput field phenotyping platform. Genome-wide association mapping identified several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with root angle, including one located in the root expressed CBL-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 15 (ZmCIPK15) gene (LOC100285495). Reverse genetic studies validated the functional importance of ZmCIPK15, causing a approximately 10° change in root angle in specific nodal positions. A steeper root growth angle improved nitrogen capture in silico and in the field. OpenSimRoot simulations predicted at 40 days of growth that this change in angle would improve nitrogen uptake by 11% and plant biomass by 4% in low nitrogen conditions. In field studies under suboptimal N availability, the cipk15 mutant with steeper growth angles had 18% greater shoot biomass and 29% greater shoot nitrogen accumulation compared to the wild type after 70 days of growth. We propose that a steeper root growth angle modulated by ZmCIPK15 will facilitate efforts to develop new crop varieties with optimal root architecture for improved performance under edaphic stress.
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- Hannah M. Schneider
- Department of Plant ScienceThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of AgronomyUniversity of WisconsinMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of Plant ScienceThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Plant ScienceThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPennsylvaniaUSA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and ScienceUniversity of NottinghamSutton BoningtonUK
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- Future Food Beacon of Excellence and School of BiosciencesUniversity of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- Department of AgronomyUniversity of WisconsinMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of AgronomyUniversity of WisconsinMadisonWisconsinUSA
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- Department of Plant BiologyUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA
- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural ResourcesUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA
- Institute of BioinformaticsUniversity of GeorgiaAthensGeorgiaUSA
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- Future Food Beacon of Excellence and School of BiosciencesUniversity of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- Department of Plant ScienceThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Plant ScienceThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPennsylvaniaUSA
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Li Z, Tirado SB, Kadam DC, Coffey L, Miller ND, Spalding EP, Lorenz AJ, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM, Schnable PS, Springer NM, Hirsch CN. Correction to: Characterizing introgression‑by‑environment interactions using maize near isogenic lines. Theor Appl Genet 2021; 134:4077. [PMID: 34668979 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03959-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Zhi Li
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 1111 WOI Rd, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 1111 WOI Rd, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
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Bornowski N, Michel KJ, Hamilton JP, Ou S, Seetharam AS, Jenkins J, Grimwood J, Plott C, Shu S, Talag J, Kennedy M, Hundley H, Singan VR, Barry K, Daum C, Yoshinaga Y, Schmutz J, Hirsch CN, Hufford MB, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM, Buell CR. Genomic variation within the maize stiff-stalk heterotic germplasm pool. Plant Genome 2021; 14:e20114. [PMID: 34275202 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
The stiff-stalk heterotic group in Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important source of inbreds used in U.S. commercial hybrid production. Founder inbreds B14, B37, B73, and, to a lesser extent, B84, are found in the pedigrees of a majority of commercial seed parent inbred lines. We created high-quality genome assemblies of B84 and four expired Plant Variety Protection (ex-PVP) lines LH145 representing B14, NKH8431 of mixed descent, PHB47 representing B37, and PHJ40, which is a Pioneer Hi-Bred International (PHI) early stiff-stalk type. Sequence was generated using long-read sequencing achieving highly contiguous assemblies of 2.13-2.18 Gbp with N50 scaffold lengths >200 Mbp. Inbred-specific gene annotations were generated using a core five-tissue gene expression atlas, whereas transposable element (TE) annotation was conducted using de novo and homology-directed methodologies. Compared with the reference inbred B73, synteny analyses revealed extensive collinearity across the five stiff-stalk genomes, although unique components of the maize pangenome were detected. Comparison of this set of stiff-stalk inbreds with the original Iowa Stiff Stalk Synthetic breeding population revealed that these inbreds represent only a proportion of variation in the original stiff-stalk pool and there are highly conserved haplotypes in released public and ex-Plant Variety Protection inbreds. Despite the reduction in variation from the original stiff-stalk population, substantial genetic and genomic variation was identified supporting the potential for continued breeding success in this pool. The assemblies described here represent stiff-stalk inbreds that have historical and commercial relevance and provide further insight into the emerging maize pangenome.
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- Nolan Bornowski
- Dep. of Plant Biology, Michigan State Univ., 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Dep. of Agronomy, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Dep. of Plant Biology, Michigan State Univ., 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Dep. of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State Univ., 2200 Osborn Drive, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Dep. of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State Univ., 2200 Osborn Drive, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, 601 Genome Way Northwest, Huntsville, AL, 35806, USA
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, 601 Genome Way Northwest, Huntsville, AL, 35806, USA
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, 601 Genome Way Northwest, Huntsville, AL, 35806, USA
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- U.S. Dep. of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute, School of Plant Sciences, Univ. of Arizona, 1657 E Helen Street, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- U.S. Dep. of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- U.S. Dep. of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- U.S. Dep. of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- U.S. Dep. of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- U.S. Dep. of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- U.S. Dep. of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, 601 Genome Way Northwest, Huntsville, AL, 35806, USA
- U.S. Dep. of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Dep. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, Univ. of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Dep. of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State Univ., 2200 Osborn Drive, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Dep. of Agronomy, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Dep. of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Dep. of Agronomy, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Dep. of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 8520 University Green, Middleton, WI, 53562, USA
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- Dep. of Plant Biology, Michigan State Univ., 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Dep. of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State Univ., 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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Poudel HP, Tilhou NW, Sanciangco MD, Vaillancourt B, Kaeppler SM, Buell CR, Casler MD. Genetic loci associated with winter survivorship in diverse lowland switchgrass populations. Plant Genome 2021; 14:e20159. [PMID: 34661986 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20159] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
High winter mortality limits biomass yield of lowland switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) planted in the northern latitudes of North America. Breeding of cold tolerant switchgrass cultivars requires many years due to its perennial growth habit and the unpredictable winter selection pressure that is required to identify winter-hardy individuals. Identification of causal genetic variants for winter survivorship would accelerate the improvement of switchgrass biomass production. The objective of this study was to identify allelic variation associated with winter survivorship in lowland switchgrass populations using bulk segregant analysis (BSA). Twenty-nine lowland switchgrass populations were evaluated for winter survival at two locations in southern Wisconsin and 21 populations with differential winter survivorship were used for BSA. A maximum of 10% of the individuals (8-20) were bulked to create survivor and nonsurvivor DNA pools from each population and location. The DNA pools were evaluated using exome capture sequencing, and allele frequencies were used to conduct statistical tests. The BSA tests revealed nine quatitative trait loci (QTL) from tetraploid populations and seven QTL from octoploid populations. Many QTL were population-specific, but some were identified in multiple populations that originated across a broad geographic landscape. Four QTL (at positions 88 Mb on chromosome 2N, 115 Mb on chromosome 5K, and 1 and 100 Mb on chromosome 9N) were potentially the most useful QTL. Markers associated with winter survivorship in this study can be used to accelerate breeding cycles of lowland switchgrass populations and should lead to improvements in adaptation within USDA hardiness zones 4 and 5.
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- Hari P Poudel
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Dep. of Agronomy, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Dep. of Plant Biology, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
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Rogers AR, Dunne JC, Romay C, Bohn M, Buckler ES, Ciampitti IA, Edwards J, Ertl D, Flint-Garcia S, Gore MA, Graham C, Hirsch CN, Hood E, Hooker DC, Knoll J, Lee EC, Lorenz A, Lynch JP, McKay J, Moose SP, Murray SC, Nelson R, Rocheford T, Schnable JC, Schnable PS, Sekhon R, Singh M, Smith M, Springer N, Thelen K, Thomison P, Thompson A, Tuinstra M, Wallace J, Wisser RJ, Xu W, Gilmour AR, Kaeppler SM, De Leon N, Holland JB. The importance of dominance and genotype-by-environment interactions on grain yield variation in a large-scale public cooperative maize experiment. G3 (Bethesda) 2021; 11:6062399. [PMID: 33585867 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
High-dimensional and high-throughput genomic, field performance, and environmental data are becoming increasingly available to crop breeding programs, and their integration can facilitate genomic prediction within and across environments and provide insights into the genetic architecture of complex traits and the nature of genotype-by-environment interactions. To partition trait variation into additive and dominance (main effect) genetic and corresponding genetic-by-environment variances, and to identify specific environmental factors that influence genotype-by-environment interactions, we curated and analyzed genotypic and phenotypic data on 1918 maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids and environmental data from 65 testing environments. For grain yield, dominance variance was similar in magnitude to additive variance, and genetic-by-environment variances were more important than genetic main effect variances. Models involving both additive and dominance relationships best fit the data and modeling unique genetic covariances among all environments provided the best characterization of the genotype-by-environment interaction patterns. Similarity of relative hybrid performance among environments was modeled as a function of underlying weather variables, permitting identification of weather covariates driving correlations of genetic effects across environments. The resulting models can be used for genomic prediction of mean hybrid performance across populations of environments tested or for environment-specific predictions. These results can also guide efforts to incorporate high-throughput environmental data into genomic prediction models and predict values in new environments characterized with the same environmental characteristics.
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- Anna R Rogers
- Program in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.,USDA-ARS Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Research Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.,USDA-ARS Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Iowa Corn Promotion Board, Johnston, IA 50131, USA
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- USDA-ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Plant Science Department, West River Agricultural Center, South Dakota State University, Rapid City, SD 57769, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- College of Agriculture, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 72467, USA
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, Ridgetown Campus, University of Guelph, Ridgetown, ON N0P 2C0, Canada
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- USDA-ARS Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, Tifton, GA 31793, USA
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.,Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA
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- Texas A& M AgriLife Research, Texas A& M University, Lubbock, TX 79403, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Program in Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.,Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.,USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Unit, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7620, USA
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Lin G, He C, Zheng J, Koo DH, Le H, Zheng H, Tamang TM, Lin J, Liu Y, Zhao M, Hao Y, McFraland F, Wang B, Qin Y, Tang H, McCarty DR, Wei H, Cho MJ, Park S, Kaeppler H, Kaeppler SM, Liu Y, Springer N, Schnable PS, Wang G, White FF, Liu S. Chromosome-level genome assembly of a regenerable maize inbred line A188. Genome Biol 2021; 22:175. [PMID: 34108023 PMCID: PMC8188678 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-021-02396-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The maize inbred line A188 is an attractive model for elucidation of gene function and improvement due to its high embryogenic capacity and many contrasting traits to the first maize reference genome, B73, and other elite lines. The lack of a genome assembly of A188 limits its use as a model for functional studies. RESULTS Here, we present a chromosome-level genome assembly of A188 using long reads and optical maps. Comparison of A188 with B73 using both whole-genome alignments and read depths from sequencing reads identify approximately 1.1 Gb of syntenic sequences as well as extensive structural variation, including a 1.8-Mb duplication containing the Gametophyte factor1 locus for unilateral cross-incompatibility, and six inversions of 0.7 Mb or greater. Increased copy number of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 1 (ccd1) in A188 is associated with elevated expression during seed development. High ccd1 expression in seeds together with low expression of yellow endosperm 1 (y1) reduces carotenoid accumulation, accounting for the white seed phenotype of A188. Furthermore, transcriptome and epigenome analyses reveal enhanced expression of defense pathways and altered DNA methylation patterns of the embryonic callus. CONCLUSIONS The A188 genome assembly provides a high-resolution sequence for a complex genome species and a foundational resource for analyses of genome variation and gene function in maize. The genome, in comparison to B73, contains extensive intra-species structural variations and other genetic differences. Expression and network analyses identify discrete profiles for embryonic callus and other tissues.
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- Guifang Lin
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 4024 Throckmorton Center, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 4024 Throckmorton Center, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 4024 Throckmorton Center, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 4024 Throckmorton Center, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 4024 Throckmorton Center, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 4024 Throckmorton Center, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
- Present Address, Corvallis, OR, 97330, USA
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 4024 Throckmorton Center, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 4024 Throckmorton Center, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 11724, USA
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology and Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, Fujian, China
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0680, USA
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- College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 49931, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California-Berkeley, Sunnyvale, CA, 94704, USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011-3605, USA
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- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0680, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, 4024 Throckmorton Center, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA.
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Jarquin D, de Leon N, Romay C, Bohn M, Buckler ES, Ciampitti I, Edwards J, Ertl D, Flint-Garcia S, Gore MA, Graham C, Hirsch CN, Holland JB, Hooker D, Kaeppler SM, Knoll J, Lee EC, Lawrence-Dill CJ, Lynch JP, Moose SP, Murray SC, Nelson R, Rocheford T, Schnable JC, Schnable PS, Smith M, Springer N, Thomison P, Tuinstra M, Wisser RJ, Xu W, Yu J, Lorenz A. Utility of Climatic Information via Combining Ability Models to Improve Genomic Prediction for Yield Within the Genomes to Fields Maize Project. Front Genet 2021; 11:592769. [PMID: 33763106 PMCID: PMC7982677 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.592769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Genomic prediction provides an efficient alternative to conventional phenotypic selection for developing improved cultivars with desirable characteristics. New and improved methods to genomic prediction are continually being developed that attempt to deal with the integration of data types beyond genomic information. Modern automated weather systems offer the opportunity to capture continuous data on a range of environmental parameters at specific field locations. In principle, this information could characterize training and target environments and enhance predictive ability by incorporating weather characteristics as part of the genotype-by-environment (G×E) interaction component in prediction models. We assessed the usefulness of including weather data variables in genomic prediction models using a naïve environmental kinship model across 30 environments comprising the Genomes to Fields (G2F) initiative in 2014 and 2015. Specifically four different prediction scenarios were evaluated (i) tested genotypes in observed environments; (ii) untested genotypes in observed environments; (iii) tested genotypes in unobserved environments; and (iv) untested genotypes in unobserved environments. A set of 1,481 unique hybrids were evaluated for grain yield. Evaluations were conducted using five different models including main effect of environments; general combining ability (GCA) effects of the maternal and paternal parents modeled using the genomic relationship matrix; specific combining ability (SCA) effects between maternal and paternal parents; interactions between genetic (GCA and SCA) effects and environmental effects; and finally interactions between the genetics effects and environmental covariates. Incorporation of the genotype-by-environment interaction term improved predictive ability across all scenarios. However, predictive ability was not improved through inclusion of naive environmental covariates in G×E models. More research should be conducted to link the observed weather conditions with important physiological aspects in plant development to improve predictive ability through the inclusion of weather data.
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- Diego Jarquin
- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.,U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Research Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.,U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Iowa Corn Promotion Board, Johnston, IA, United States
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Plant Genetics Research Unit, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Plant Science Department, West River Agricultural Center, South Dakota State University, Rapid City, SD, United States
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, Ridgetown Campus, University of Guelph, Ridgetown, ON, Canada
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Crop Genetics and Breeding Research Unit, Tifton, GA, United States
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- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.,Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.,Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Plant Science, Penn State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.,Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service Plant, Soil, and Nutrition Research Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University, Lubbock, TX, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States
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Li Z, Zhou P, Della Coletta R, Zhang T, Brohammer AB, H O'Connor C, Vaillancourt B, Lipzen A, Daum C, Barry K, de Leon N, Hirsch CD, Buell CR, Kaeppler SM, Springer NM, Hirsch CN. Single-parent expression drives dynamic gene expression complementation in maize hybrids. Plant J 2021; 105:93-107. [PMID: 33098691 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Single-parent expression (SPE) is defined as gene expression in only one of the two parents. SPE can arise from differential expression between parental alleles, termed non-presence/absence (non-PAV) SPE, or from the physical absence of a gene in one parent, termed PAV SPE. We used transcriptome data of diverse Zea mays (maize) inbreds and hybrids, including 401 samples from five different tissues, to test for differences between these types of SPE genes. Although commonly observed, SPE is highly genotype and tissue specific. A positive correlation was observed between the genetic distance of the two inbred parents and the number of SPE genes identified. Regulatory analysis showed that PAV SPE and non-PAV SPE genes are mainly regulated by cis effects, with a small fraction under trans regulation. Polymorphic transposable element insertions in promoter sequences contributed to the high level of cis regulation for PAV SPE and non-PAV SPE genes. PAV SPE genes were more frequently expressed in hybrids than non-PAV SPE genes. The expression of parentally silent alleles in hybrids of non-PAV SPE genes was relatively rare but occurred in most hybrids. Non-PAV SPE genes with expression of the silent allele in hybrids are more likely to exhibit above high parent expression level than hybrids that do not express the silent allele, leading to non-additive expression. This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the nature of non-PAV SPE and PAV SPE genes and their roles in gene expression complementation in maize hybrids.
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- Zhi Li
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Agrobiology, Institute of Germplasm Resources and Biotechnology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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Li Z, Tirado SB, Kadam DC, Coffey L, Miller ND, Spalding EP, Lorenz AJ, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM, Schnable PS, Springer NM, Hirsch CN. Characterizing introgression-by-environment interactions using maize near isogenic lines. Theor Appl Genet 2020; 133:2761-2773. [PMID: 32572549 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-020-03630-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Significant introgression-by-environment interactions are observed for traits throughout development from small introgressed segments of the genome. Relatively small genomic introgressions containing quantitative trait loci can have significant impacts on the phenotype of an individual plant. However, the magnitude of phenotypic effects for the same introgression can vary quite substantially in different environments due to introgression-by-environment interactions. To study potential patterns of introgression-by-environment interactions, fifteen near-isogenic lines (NILs) with > 90% B73 genetic background and multiple Mo17 introgressions were grown in 16 different environments. These environments included five geographical locations with multiple planting dates and multiple planting densities. The phenotypic impact of the introgressions was evaluated for up to 26 traits that span different growth stages in each environment to assess introgression-by-environment interactions. Results from this study showed that small portions of the genome can drive significant genotype-by-environment interaction across a wide range of vegetative and reproductive traits, and the magnitude of the introgression-by-environment interaction varies across traits. Some introgressed segments were more prone to introgression-by-environment interaction than others when evaluating the interaction on a whole plant basis throughout developmental time, indicating variation in phenotypic plasticity throughout the genome. Understanding the profile of introgression-by-environment interaction in NILs is useful in consideration of how small introgressions of QTL or transgene containing regions might be expected to impact traits in diverse environments.
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- Zhi Li
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 1111 WOI Rd, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 1111 WOI Rd, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
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Karlen SD, Fasahati P, Mazaheri M, Serate J, Smith RA, Sirobhushanam S, Chen M, Tymokhin VI, Cass CL, Liu S, Padmakshan D, Xie D, Zhang Y, McGee MA, Russell JD, Coon JJ, Kaeppler HF, de Leon N, Maravelias CT, Runge TM, Kaeppler SM, Sedbrook JC, Ralph J. Assessing the Viability of Recovery of Hydroxycinnamic Acids from Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Alkaline Pretreatment Waste Streams. ChemSusChem 2020; 13:1922. [PMID: 32285625 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202000820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Invited for this month's cover is the research team from the D.O.E. Great Lake Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The cover image shows how a diverse team with expertise in many different fields works together in an integrated fashion to address complex problems. Only when the whole system, from field to the liquid fuels and co-products, is assessed, can we identify the key parameters needed to design an economically viable biorefinery-based economy. Cover art by Chelsea Mamott. The Full Paper itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.201903345.
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- Steven D Karlen
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, 53715, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, WI, 53715, USA
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 61790, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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Karlen SD, Fasahati P, Mazaheri M, Serate J, Smith RA, Sirobhushanam S, Chen M, Tymokhin VI, Cass CL, Liu S, Padmakshan D, Xie D, Zhang Y, McGee MA, Russell JD, Coon JJ, Kaeppler HF, de Leon N, Maravelias CT, Runge TM, Kaeppler SM, Sedbrook JC, Ralph J. Assessing the Viability of Recovery of Hydroxycinnamic Acids from Lignocellulosic Biorefinery Alkaline Pretreatment Waste Streams. ChemSusChem 2020; 13:2012-2024. [PMID: 31984673 PMCID: PMC7217007 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201903345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The hydroxycinnamic acids p-coumaric acid (pCA) and ferulic acid (FA) add diversity to the portfolio of products produced by using grass-fed lignocellulosic biorefineries. The level of lignin-bound pCA in Zea mays was modified by the alteration of p-coumaroyl-CoA monolignol transferase expression. The biomass was processed in a lab-scale alkaline-pretreatment biorefinery process and the data were used for a baseline technoeconomic analysis to determine where to direct future research efforts to couple plant design to biomass utilization processes. It is concluded that future plant engineering efforts should focus on strategies that ramp up accumulation of one type of hydroxycinnamate (pCA or FA) predominantly and suppress that of the other. Technoeconomic analysis indicates that target extraction titers of one hydroxycinnamic acid need to be >50 g kg-1 biomass, at least five times higher than observed titers for the impure pCA/FA product mixture from wild-type maize. The technical challenge for process engineers is to develop a viable process that requires more than 80 % reduction of the isolation costs.
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McFarland BA, AlKhalifah N, Bohn M, Bubert J, Buckler ES, Ciampitti I, Edwards J, Ertl D, Gage JL, Falcon CM, Flint-Garcia S, Gore MA, Graham C, Hirsch CN, Holland JB, Hood E, Hooker D, Jarquin D, Kaeppler SM, Knoll J, Kruger G, Lauter N, Lee EC, Lima DC, Lorenz A, Lynch JP, McKay J, Miller ND, Moose SP, Murray SC, Nelson R, Poudyal C, Rocheford T, Rodriguez O, Romay MC, Schnable JC, Schnable PS, Scully B, Sekhon R, Silverstein K, Singh M, Smith M, Spalding EP, Springer N, Thelen K, Thomison P, Tuinstra M, Wallace J, Walls R, Wills D, Wisser RJ, Xu W, Yeh CT, de Leon N. Maize genomes to fields (G2F): 2014-2017 field seasons: genotype, phenotype, climatic, soil, and inbred ear image datasets. BMC Res Notes 2020; 13:71. [PMID: 32051026 PMCID: PMC7017475 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-020-4922-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Advanced tools and resources are needed to efficiently and sustainably produce food for an increasing world population in the context of variable environmental conditions. The maize genomes to fields (G2F) initiative is a multi-institutional initiative effort that seeks to approach this challenge by developing a flexible and distributed infrastructure addressing emerging problems. G2F has generated large-scale phenotypic, genotypic, and environmental datasets using publicly available inbred lines and hybrids evaluated through a network of collaborators that are part of the G2F's genotype-by-environment (G × E) project. This report covers the public release of datasets for 2014-2017. DATA DESCRIPTION Datasets include inbred genotypic information; phenotypic, climatic, and soil measurements and metadata information for each testing location across years. For a subset of inbreds in 2014 and 2015, yield component phenotypes were quantified by image analysis. Data released are accompanied by README descriptions. For genotypic and phenotypic data, both raw data and a version without outliers are reported. For climatic data, a version calibrated to the nearest airport weather station and a version without outliers are reported. The 2014 and 2015 datasets are updated versions from the previously released files [1] while 2016 and 2017 datasets are newly available to the public.
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.,USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA.,Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Iowa Corn Growers Association, Johnston, IA, 50131, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA.,University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA.,North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA.,Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA.,University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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Crisp PA, Hammond R, Zhou P, Vaillancourt B, Lipzen A, Daum C, Barry K, de Leon N, Buell CR, Kaeppler SM, Meyers BC, Hirsch CN, Springer NM. Variation and Inheritance of Small RNAs in Maize Inbreds and F1 Hybrids. Plant Physiol 2020; 182:318-331. [PMID: 31575624 PMCID: PMC6945832 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Small RNAs (sRNAs) regulate gene expression, play important roles in epigenetic pathways, and are hypothesized to contribute to hybrid vigor in plants. Prior investigations have provided valuable insights into associations between sRNAs and heterosis, often using a single hybrid genotype or tissue, but our understanding of the role of sRNAs and their potential value to plant breeding are limited by an incomplete picture of sRNA variation between diverse genotypes and development stages. Here, we provide a deep exploration of sRNA variation and inheritance among a panel of 108 maize (Zea mays) samples spanning five tissues from eight inbred parents and 12 hybrid genotypes, covering a spectrum of heterotic groups, genetic variation, and levels of heterosis for various traits. We document substantial developmental and genotypic influences on sRNA expression, with varying patterns for 21-nucleotide (nt), 22-nt, and 24-nt sRNAs. We provide a detailed view of the distribution of sRNAs in the maize genome, revealing a complex makeup that also shows developmental plasticity, particularly for 22-nt sRNAs. sRNAs exhibited substantially more variation between inbreds as compared with observed variation for gene expression. In hybrids, we identify locus-specific examples of nonadditive inheritance, mostly characterized as partial or complete dominance, but rarely outside the parental range. However, the global abundance of 21-nt, 22-nt, and 24-nt sRNAs varies very little between inbreds and hybrids, suggesting that hybridization affects sRNA expression principally at specific loci rather than on a global scale. This study provides a valuable resource for understanding the potential role of sRNAs in hybrid vigor.
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- Peter A Crisp
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19711
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- United States Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598
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- United States Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598
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- United States Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63132
- Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
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Wu G, Miller ND, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM, Spalding EP. Predicting Zea mays Flowering Time, Yield, and Kernel Dimensions by Analyzing Aerial Images. Front Plant Sci 2019; 10:1251. [PMID: 31681364 PMCID: PMC6797588 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Image analysis methods for measuring crop phenotypes may replace traditional measurements if they more efficiently and reliably capture similar or superior information. This study used a recreational-grade unmanned aerial vehicle carrying a spectrally-modified consumer-grade camera to collect images in which each pixel value is a vegetation index based on the normalized difference between the blue and near infrared wavelength bands (BNDVI). The subjects of the study were Zea mays hybrids with good yield potential grown in 4-row plots. Flights were conducted at least once per week during three successive growing seasons in south-central Wisconsin. Average BNDVI for each plot (genotype) rose steadily through June, peaked in July, and then declined as plants matured. BNDVI histograms changed shape over the season as the canopy concealed soil, became more uniformly green, then senesced. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) captured the change in histogram shape. PC1 represented canopy closure. PC2 represented the mean of the BNDVI distribution. PC3 represented the spread of the distribution. Correlation analysis showed that flowering time correlated with PC2 and PC3 best (r ≈ 0.5) a few days before the event (day in which 50% of the plants exhibited tassels). Three ears were picked from each plot to quantify kernel dimensions by image analysis before each plot was mechanically harvested to determine grain weight per plot. Correlations between this measurement of yield and PC2 were low in June but exceeded 0.4 within 10 days after flowering. Kernel length correlated similarly with PC2. The correlation between PC2 and kernel thickness displayed a similar but inverted time course. These results indicate that greater mid-season BNDVI values correlate positively with yield comprised of tall, thin kernels. Partial least squares regression performed on the BNDVI time courses predicted flowering time (r = 0.54-0.79) and yield (r = 0.4-0.69). This three-year experiment demonstrated that readily available hardware and software can create a phenotyping platform capable of predicting maize flowering time, yield, and kernel dimensions to a useful degree.
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- Guosheng Wu
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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Sekhon RS, Saski C, Kumar R, Flinn BS, Luo F, Beissinger TM, Ackerman AJ, Breitzman MW, Bridges WC, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM. Integrated Genome-Scale Analysis Identifies Novel Genes and Networks Underlying Senescence in Maize. Plant Cell 2019; 31:1968-1989. [PMID: 31239390 PMCID: PMC6751112 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Premature senescence in annual crops reduces yield, while delayed senescence, termed stay-green, imposes positive and negative impacts on yield and nutrition quality. Despite its importance, scant information is available on the genetic architecture of senescence in maize (Zea mays) and other cereals. We combined a systematic characterization of natural diversity for senescence in maize and coexpression networks derived from transcriptome analysis of normally senescing and stay-green lines. Sixty-four candidate genes were identified by genome-wide association study (GWAS), and 14 of these genes are supported by additional evidence for involvement in senescence-related processes including proteolysis, sugar transport and signaling, and sink activity. Eight of the GWAS candidates, independently supported by a coexpression network underlying stay-green, include a trehalose-6-phosphate synthase, a NAC transcription factor, and two xylan biosynthetic enzymes. Source-sink communication and the activity of cell walls as a secondary sink emerge as key determinants of stay-green. Mutant analysis supports the role of a candidate encoding Cys protease in stay-green in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), and analysis of natural alleles suggests a similar role in maize. This study provides a foundation for enhanced understanding and manipulation of senescence for increasing carbon yield, nutritional quality, and stress tolerance of maize and other cereals.
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- Rajandeep S Sekhon
- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 314 Biosystems Research Complex, 105 Collings Street, Clemson, South Carolina 29634
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 306B Biosystems Research Complex, 105 Collings Street, Clemson, South Carolina 29634
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 314 Biosystems Research Complex, 105 Collings Street, Clemson, South Carolina 29634
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 306B Biosystems Research Complex, 105 Collings Street, Clemson, South Carolina 29634
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- School of Computing, Clemson University, 210 McAdams Hall, Clemson, South Carolina 29634
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- Center for Integrated Breeding Research, University of Göttingen, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, 314 Biosystems Research Complex, 105 Collings Street, Clemson, South Carolina 29634
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, O-117 Martin Hall, Clemson, South Carolina 29634
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Li Z, Coffey L, Garfin J, Miller ND, White MR, Spalding EP, Leon ND, Kaeppler SM, Schnable PS, Springer NM, Hirsch CN. Correction: Genotype-by-environment interactions affecting heterosis in maize. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0219528. [PMID: 31381609 PMCID: PMC6681948 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Gage JL, Vaillancourt B, Hamilton JP, Manrique-Carpintero NC, Gustafson TJ, Barry K, Lipzen A, Tracy WF, Mikel MA, Kaeppler SM, Buell CR, de Leon N. Multiple Maize Reference Genomes Impact the Identification of Variants by Genome-Wide Association Study in a Diverse Inbred Panel. Plant Genome 2019; 12:180069. [PMID: 31290926 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2018.09.0069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Use of a single reference genome for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) limits the gene space represented to that of a single accession. This limitation can complicate identification and characterization of genes located within presence-absence variations (PAVs). In this study, we present the draft de novo genome assembly of 'PHJ89', an 'Oh43'-type inbred line of maize ( L.). From three separate reference genome assemblies ('B73', 'PH207', and PHJ89) that represent the predominant germplasm groups of maize, we generated three separate whole-seedling gene expression profiles and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) matrices from a panel of 942 diverse inbred lines. We identified 34,447 (B73), 39,672 (PH207), and 37,436 (PHJ89) transcripts that are not present in the respective reference genome assemblies. Genome-wide association studies were conducted in the 942 inbred panel with both the SNP and expression data values to map (SCMV) resistance. Highlighting the impact of alternative reference genomes in gene discovery, the GWAS results for SCMV resistance with expression values as a surrogate measure of PAV resulted in robust detection of the physical location of a known resistance gene when the B73 reference that contains the gene was used, but not the PH207 reference. This study provides the valuable resource of the Oh43-type PHJ89 genome assembly as well as SNP and expression data for 942 individuals generated from three different reference genomes.
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Gage JL, Vaillancourt B, Hamilton JP, Manrique-Carpintero NC, Gustafson TJ, Barry K, Lipzen A, Tracy WF, Mikel MA, Kaeppler SM, Buell CR, de Leon N. Multiple Maize Reference Genomes Impact the Identification of Variants by Genome-Wide Association Study in a Diverse Inbred Panel. Plant Genome 2019; 12. [PMID: 31290926 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2018.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Use of a single reference genome for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) limits the gene space represented to that of a single accession. This limitation can complicate identification and characterization of genes located within presence-absence variations (PAVs). In this study, we present the draft de novo genome assembly of 'PHJ89', an 'Oh43'-type inbred line of maize ( L.). From three separate reference genome assemblies ('B73', 'PH207', and PHJ89) that represent the predominant germplasm groups of maize, we generated three separate whole-seedling gene expression profiles and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) matrices from a panel of 942 diverse inbred lines. We identified 34,447 (B73), 39,672 (PH207), and 37,436 (PHJ89) transcripts that are not present in the respective reference genome assemblies. Genome-wide association studies were conducted in the 942 inbred panel with both the SNP and expression data values to map (SCMV) resistance. Highlighting the impact of alternative reference genomes in gene discovery, the GWAS results for SCMV resistance with expression values as a surrogate measure of PAV resulted in robust detection of the physical location of a known resistance gene when the B73 reference that contains the gene was used, but not the PH207 reference. This study provides the valuable resource of the Oh43-type PHJ89 genome assembly as well as SNP and expression data for 942 individuals generated from three different reference genomes.
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Poudel HP, Sanciangco MD, Kaeppler SM, Buell CR, Casler MD. Quantitative Trait Loci for Freezing Tolerance in a Lowland x Upland Switchgrass Population. Front Plant Sci 2019; 10:372. [PMID: 30984223 PMCID: PMC6450214 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Low-temperature related abiotic stress is an important factor affecting winter survival in lowland switchgrass when grown in northern latitudes in the United States. A better understanding of the genetic architecture of freezing tolerance in switchgrass will aid the development of lowland switchgrass cultivars with improved winter survival. The objectives of this study were to conduct a freezing tolerance assessment, generate a genetic map using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, and identify QTL (quantitative trait loci) associated with freezing tolerance in a lowland × upland switchgrass population. A pseudo-F2 mapping population was generated from an initial cross between the lowland population Ellsworth and the upland cultivar Summer. The segregating progenies were screened for freezing tolerance in a controlled-environment facility. Two clonal replicates of each genotype were tested at six different treatment temperatures ranging from -15 to -5°C at an interval of 2°C for two time periods. Tiller emergence (days) and tiller number were recorded following the recovery of each genotype with the hypothesis that upland genotype is the source for higher tiller number and early tiller emergence. Survivorship of the pseudo-F2 population ranged from 89% at -5°C to 5% at -15°C with an average LT50 of -9.7°C. Genotype had a significant effect on all traits except tiller number at -15°C. A linkage map was constructed from bi-allelic single nucleotide polymorphism markers generated using exome capture sequencing. The final map consisted of 1618 markers and 2626 cM, with an average inter-marker distance of 1.8 cM. Six significant QTL were identified, one each on chromosomes 1K, 5K, 5N, 6K, 6N, and 9K, for the following traits: tiller number, tiller emergence days and LT50. A comparative genomics study revealed important freezing tolerance genes/proteins, such as COR47, DREB2B, zinc finger-CCCH, WRKY, GIGANTEA, HSP70, and NRT2, among others that reside within the 1.5 LOD confidence interval of the identified QTL.
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- Hari P. Poudel
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Plant Biology, Plant Resilience Institute, and MSU AgBioResearch, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Plant Biology, Plant Resilience Institute, and MSU AgBioResearch, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI, United States
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Mazaheri M, Heckwolf M, Vaillancourt B, Gage JL, Burdo B, Heckwolf S, Barry K, Lipzen A, Ribeiro CB, Kono TJY, Kaeppler HF, Spalding EP, Hirsch CN, Robin Buell C, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM. Genome-wide association analysis of stalk biomass and anatomical traits in maize. BMC Plant Biol 2019; 19:45. [PMID: 30704393 PMCID: PMC6357476 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1653-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Maize stover is an important source of crop residues and a promising sustainable energy source in the United States. Stalk is the main component of stover, representing about half of stover dry weight. Characterization of genetic determinants of stalk traits provide a foundation to optimize maize stover as a biofuel feedstock. We investigated maize natural genetic variation in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to detect candidate genes associated with traits related to stalk biomass (stalk diameter and plant height) and stalk anatomy (rind thickness, vascular bundle density and area). RESULTS Using a panel of 942 diverse inbred lines, 899,784 RNA-Seq derived single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers were identified. Stalk traits were measured on 800 members of the panel in replicated field trials across years. GWAS revealed 16 candidate genes associated with four stalk traits. Most of the detected candidate genes were involved in fundamental cellular functions, such as regulation of gene expression and cell cycle progression. Two of the regulatory genes (Zmm22 and an ortholog of Fpa) that were associated with plant height were previously shown to be involved in regulating the vegetative to floral transition. The association of Zmm22 with plant height was confirmed using a transgenic approach. Transgenic lines with increased expression of Zmm22 showed a significant decrease in plant height as well as tassel branch number, indicating a pleiotropic effect of Zmm22. CONCLUSION Substantial heritable variation was observed in the association panel for stalk traits, indicating a large potential for improving useful stalk traits in breeding programs. Genome-wide association analyses detected several candidate genes associated with multiple traits, suggesting common regulatory elements underlie various stalk traits. Results of this study provide insights into the genetic control of maize stalk anatomy and biomass.
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- Mona Mazaheri
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, 94598 USA
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, 94598 USA
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- Genótika Super Sementes. Colonizador Ênio Pipino - St. Industrial Sul, Sinop, MT 78550-098 Brazil
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St Paul, MN 55108 USA
- Present address: Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, 117 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St Paul, MN 55108 USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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Miller ND, Stelpflug SC, Kaeppler SM, Spalding EP. A machine vision platform for measuring imbibition of maize kernels: quantification of genetic effects and correlations with germination. Plant Methods 2018; 14:115. [PMID: 30598691 PMCID: PMC6302439 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-018-0383-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Imbibition (uptake of water by a dry seed) initiates the germination process. An automated method for quantifying imbibition would enable research on the genetic elements that influence the underlying hydraulic and biochemical processes. In the case of crop research, a high throughput imbibition assay could be used to investigate seed quality topics or to improve yield by selecting varieties with superior germination characteristics. RESULTS An electronic force transducer measured imbibition of single maize kernels with very high resolution but low throughput. An image analysis method was devised to achieve high throughput and sufficient resolution. A transparent fixture held 90 maize kernels in contact with water on the imaging window of a flatbed document scanner that produced an image of the kernels automatically every 10 min for 22 h. Custom image analysis software measured the area A of each indexed kernel in each image to produce imbibition time courses. The ultimate change in area (ΔA) ranged from 19.3 to 23.4% in a population of 72 hybrids derived from 9 inbred parents. Kernel area as a function of time was fit well by A t = A f 1 - e - k t where A f is the final kernel area. The swelling coefficient, k, ranged from 0.098 to 0.159 h-1 across the genotypes. The full diallel structure of the population enabled maternal genotype effects to be assessed. In a separate experiment, measurements of kernels of the same 25 inbreds produced in three different years demonstrated that production and storage variables affected imbibition much less than genotype. In a third experiment, measurements of 30 diverse inbred lines showed that k varied inversely with germination time (r = - 0.7) and directly with germination percentage (r = 0.7). CONCLUSIONS Nonspecialized imaging hardware and custom analysis software running on public cyber infrastructure form a low-cost platform for measuring seed imbibition with high resolution and throughput. We measured imbibition of thousands of kernels to determine that genotype influenced imbibition of maize kernels much more than seed production and storage environments. In some hybrids, k depended on which inbred parent was maternal. Quantitative relationships between k and germination traits were discovered.
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- Nathan D. Miller
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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Ramstein GP, Evans J, Nandety A, Saha MC, Brummer EC, Kaeppler SM, Buell CR, Casler MD. Candidate Variants for Additive and Interactive Effects on Bioenergy Traits in Switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum L.) Identified by Genome-Wide Association Analyses. Plant Genome 2018; 11:180002. [PMID: 30512032 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2018.01.0002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Switchgrass ( L.) is a promising herbaceous energy crop, but further gains in biomass yield and quality must be achieved to enable a viable bioenergy industry. Developing DNA markers can contribute to such progress, but depiction of genetic bases should be reliable, involving simple additive marker effects and also interactions with genetic backgrounds (e.g., ecotypes) or synergies with other markers. We analyzed plant height, C content, N content, and mineral concentration in a diverse panel consisting of 512 genotypes of upland and lowland ecotypes. We performed association analyses based on exome capture sequencing and tested 439,170 markers for marginal effects, 83,290 markers for marker × ecotype interactions, and up to 311,445 marker pairs for pairwise interactions. Analyses of pairwise interactions focused on subsets of marker pairs preselected on the basis of marginal marker effects, gene ontology annotation, and pairwise marker associations. Our tests identified 12 significant effects. Homology and gene expression information corroborated seven effects and indicated plausible causal pathways: flowering time and lignin synthesis for plant height; plant growth and senescence for C content and mineral concentration. Four pairwise interactions were detected, including three interactions preselected on the basis of pairwise marker correlations. Furthermore, a marker × ecotype interaction and a pairwise interaction were confirmed in an independent switchgrass panel. Our analyses identified reliable candidate variants for important bioenergy traits. Moreover, they exemplified the importance of interactive effects for depicting genetic bases and illustrated the usefulness of preselecting marker pairs for identifying pairwise marker interactions in association studies.
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Salvo S, Cook J, Carlson AR, Hirsch CN, Kaeppler SM, Kaeppler HF. Genetic Fine-Mapping of a Quantitative Trait Locus (QTL) Associated with Embryogenic Tissue Culture Response and Plant Regeneration Ability in Maize ( Zea mays L.). Plant Genome 2018; 11:170111. [PMID: 30025019 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2017.12.0111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Embryogenic and regenerable tissue cultures are widely utilized in plant transformation, clonal propagation, and biological research applications. Germplasm utilized in those applications are limited, however, due to genotype-dependent culture response. The goal of this study was to identify genomic regions controlling embryogenic and regenerable tissue culture response in the globally important crop, maize ( L.), toward the long-term objective of developing approaches for genotype-independent plant genetic engineering and clonal propagation systems. An inbred maize line, WCIC2, nearly-isogenic to reference inbred B73, was developed by phenotypic selection and molecular marker analysis. WCIC2 has over 50x increase in tissue culture response relative to the recurrent parent, B73. This line was used to genetically fine-map a region on chromosome 3 controlling embryogenic and regenerable tissue culture response to a 23.9 Mb region. WCIC2 and derivatives will be useful materials to enable maize research in a genetic background similar to B73, and our genetic mapping results will advance research to identify causal genes controlling somatic embryo formation and plant regeneration in maize.
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Tornqvist CE, Taylor M, Jiang Y, Evans J, Buell CR, Kaeppler SM, Casler MD. Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping for Flowering Time in a Lowland × Upland Switchgrass Pseudo-F2 Population. Plant Genome 2018; 11. [PMID: 30025023 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2017.10.0093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Flowering is an important developmental event in switchgrass (), as the time to complete the life cycle affects overall biomass accumulation. The objective of this study was to generate a linkage map using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with flowering time. A pseudo-F population was created by crossing two siblings derived from an initial cross between the lowland population Ellsworth and the upland cultivar Summer. Heading and anthesis dates were collected for 2 yr at two locations: DeKalb, IL and Lafayette, IN. Nine QTL for flowering time were detected, two of which were heading-associated, four anthesis-associated, and three associated with both heading and anthesis. One QTL on linkage group (LG) 2a was detected for heading and anthesis in each location and year when environments were analyzed separately, and in a combined analysis across both locations and years. The effect on heading and anthesis of the QTL on LG 2a ranged from 4 to 13 and 5 to 9 d, respectively, depending on environment. Our findings validate QTL for switchgrass flowering time from previous research and identified additional QTL. Based on the switchgrass reference genome version 1.1, flowering time gene homologs reside near the LG 2a QTL and include PSEUDO RESPONSE REGULATOR 5, SUPPRESSOR OF FRIGIDA 4, and APETALA 1, respectively involved in the circadian clock, vernalization, and floral meristem identity. Markers linked to the QTL can be used to improve the efficiency of breeding switchgrass for delayed flowering to increase biomass yield.
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Evans J, Sanciangco MD, Lau KH, Crisovan E, Barry K, Daum C, Hundley H, Jenkins J, Kennedy M, Kunde-Ramamoorthy G, Vaillancourt B, Acharya A, Schmutz J, Saha M, Kaeppler SM, Brummer EC, Casler MD, Buell CR. Extensive Genetic Diversity is Present within North American Switchgrass Germplasm. Plant Genome 2018; 11. [PMID: 29505643 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2017.06.0055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Switchgrass ( is a perennial native North American grass present in two ecotypes: upland, found primarily in the northern range of switchgrass habitats, and lowland, found largely in the southern reaches of switchgrass habitats. Previous studies focused on a diversity panel of primarily northern switchgrass, so to expand our knowledge of genetic diversity in a broader set of North American switchgrass, exome capture sequence data were generated for 632 additional, primarily lowland individuals. In total, over 37 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified and a set of 1.9 million high-confidence SNPs were obtained from 1169 individuals from 140 populations (67 upland, 65 lowland, 8 admixed) were used in downstream analyses of genetic diversity and population structure. Seven separate population groups were identified with moderate genetic differentiation [mean fixation index (Fst) estimate of 0.06] between the lowland and the upland populations. Ecotype-specific and population-specific SNPs were identified for use in germplasm evaluations. Relative to rice ( L.), maize ( L.), soybean [ (L.) Merr.], and Gaertn., analyses of nucleotide diversity revealed a high degree of genetic diversity (0.0135) across all individuals, consistent with the outcrossing mode of reproduction and the polyploidy of switchgrass. This study supports the hypothesis that repeated glaciation events, ploidy barriers, and restricted gene flow caused by flowering time differences have resulted in distinct gene pools across ecotypes and geographic regions. These data provide a resource to associate alleles with traits of interest for forage, restoration, and biofuel feedstock efforts in switchgrass.
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Li Z, Coffey L, Garfin J, Miller ND, White MR, Spalding EP, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM, Schnable PS, Springer NM, Hirsch CN. Genotype-by-environment interactions affecting heterosis in maize. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0191321. [PMID: 29342221 PMCID: PMC5771596 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The environment can influence heterosis, the phenomena in which the offspring of two inbred parents exhibits phenotypic performance beyond the inbred parents for specific traits. In this study we measured 25 traits in a set of 47 maize hybrids and their inbred parents grown in 16 different environments with varying levels of average productivity. By quantifying 25 vegetative and reproductive traits across the life cycle we were able to analyze interactions between the environment and multiple distinct instances of heterosis. The magnitude and rank among hybrids for better-parent heterosis (BPH) varied for the different traits and environments. Across the traits, a higher within plot variance was observed for inbred lines compared to hybrids. However, for most traits, variance across environments was not significantly different for inbred lines compared to hybrids. Further, for many traits the correlations of BPH to hybrid performance and BPH to better parent performance were of comparable magnitude. These results indicate that inbred lines and hybrids show similar trends in environmental response and both are contributing to observed genotype-by-environment interactions for heterosis. This study highlights the degree of heterosis is not an inherent trait of a specific hybrid, but varies depending on the trait measured and the environment where that trait is measured. Studies that attempt to correlate molecular processes with heterosis are hindered by the fact that heterosis is not a consistent attribute of a specific hybrid.
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- Zhi Li
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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Miller ND, Haase NJ, Lee J, Kaeppler SM, de Leon N, Spalding EP. A robust, high-throughput method for computing maize ear, cob, and kernel attributes automatically from images. Plant J 2017; 89:169-178. [PMID: 27585732 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Grain yield of the maize plant depends on the sizes, shapes, and numbers of ears and the kernels they bear. An automated pipeline that can measure these components of yield from easily-obtained digital images is needed to advance our understanding of this globally important crop. Here we present three custom algorithms designed to compute such yield components automatically from digital images acquired by a low-cost platform. One algorithm determines the average space each kernel occupies along the cob axis using a sliding-window Fourier transform analysis of image intensity features. A second counts individual kernels removed from ears, including those in clusters. A third measures each kernel's major and minor axis after a Bayesian analysis of contour points identifies the kernel tip. Dimensionless ear and kernel shape traits that may interrelate yield components are measured by principal components analysis of contour point sets. Increased objectivity and speed compared to typical manual methods are achieved without loss of accuracy as evidenced by high correlations with ground truth measurements and simulated data. Millimeter-scale differences among ear, cob, and kernel traits that ranged more than 2.5-fold across a diverse group of inbred maize lines were resolved. This system for measuring maize ear, cob, and kernel attributes is being used by multiple research groups as an automated Web service running on community high-throughput computing and distributed data storage infrastructure. Users may create their own workflow using the source code that is staged for download on a public repository.
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- Nathan D Miller
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 445 Henry Mall, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 445 Henry Mall, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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Grabowski PP, Evans J, Daum C, Deshpande S, Barry KW, Kennedy M, Ramstein G, Kaeppler SM, Buell CR, Jiang Y, Casler MD. Genome-wide associations with flowering time in switchgrass using exome-capture sequencing data. New Phytol 2017; 213:154-169. [PMID: 27443672 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Flowering time is a major determinant of biomass yield in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), a perennial bioenergy crop, because later flowering allows for an extended period of vegetative growth and increased biomass production. A better understanding of the genetic regulation of flowering time in switchgrass will aid the development of switchgrass varieties with increased biomass yields, particularly at northern latitudes, where late-flowering but southern-adapted varieties have high winter mortality. We use genotypes derived from recently published exome-capture sequencing, which mitigates challenges related to the large, highly repetitive and polyploid switchgrass genome, to perform genome-wide association studies (GWAS) using flowering time data from a switchgrass association panel in an effort to characterize the genetic architecture and genes underlying flowering time regulation in switchgrass. We identify associations with flowering time at multiple loci, including in a homolog of FLOWERING LOCUS T and in a locus containing TIMELESS, a homolog of a key circadian regulator in animals. Our results suggest that flowering time variation in switchgrass is due to variation at many positions across the genome. The relationship of flowering time and geographic origin indicates likely roles for genes in the photoperiod and autonomous pathways in generating switchgrass flowering time variation.
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- Paul P Grabowski
- US Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-ARS, 1925 Linden Dr. W, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DuPont Pioneer, Johnston, IA, 50131, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Dr, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Dr, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Ave, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- US Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-ARS, 1925 Linden Dr. W, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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Gage JL, Miller ND, Spalding EP, Kaeppler SM, de Leon N. TIPS: a system for automated image-based phenotyping of maize tassels. Plant Methods 2017; 13:21. [PMID: 28373892 PMCID: PMC5374692 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-017-0172-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The maize male inflorescence (tassel) produces pollen necessary for reproduction and commercial grain production of maize. The size of the tassel has been linked to factors affecting grain yield, so understanding the genetic control of tassel architecture is an important goal. Tassels are fragile and deform easily after removal from the plant, necessitating rapid measurement of any shape characteristics that cannot be retained during storage. Some morphological characteristics of tassels such as curvature and compactness are difficult to quantify using traditional methods, but can be quantified by image-based phenotyping tools. These constraints necessitate the development of an efficient method for capturing natural-state tassel morphology and complementary automated analytical methods that can quickly and reproducibly quantify traits of interest such as height, spread, and branch number. RESULTS This paper presents the Tassel Image-based Phenotyping System (TIPS), which provides a platform for imaging tassels in the field immediately following removal from the plant. TIPS consists of custom methods that can quantify morphological traits from profile images of freshly harvested tassels acquired with a standard digital camera in a field-deployable light shelter. Correlations between manually measured traits (tassel weight, tassel length, spike length, and branch number) and image-based measurements ranged from 0.66 to 0.89. Additional tassel characteristics quantified by image analysis included some that cannot be quantified manually, such as curvature, compactness, fractal dimension, skeleton length, and perimeter. TIPS was used to measure tassel phenotypes of 3530 individual tassels from 749 diverse inbred lines that represent the diversity of tassel morphology found in modern breeding and academic research programs. Repeatability ranged from 0.85 to 0.92 for manually measured phenotypes, from 0.77 to 0.83 for the same traits measured by image-based methods, and from 0.49 to 0.81 for traits that can only be measured by image analysis. CONCLUSIONS TIPS allows morphological features of maize tassels to be quantified automatically, with minimal disturbance, at a scale that supports population-level studies. TIPS is expected to accelerate the discovery of associations between genetic loci and tassel morphology characteristics, and can be applied to maize breeding programs to increase productivity with lower resource commitment.
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- Joseph L. Gage
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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Smith RA, Cass CL, Mazaheri M, Sekhon RS, Heckwolf M, Kaeppler H, de Leon N, Mansfield SD, Kaeppler SM, Sedbrook JC, Karlen SD, Ralph J. Suppression of CINNAMOYL- CoA REDUCTASE increases the level of monolignol ferulates incorporated into maize lignins. Biotechnol Biofuels 2017; 10:109. [PMID: 28469705 PMCID: PMC5414125 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0793-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The cell wall polymer lignin provides structural support and rigidity to plant cell walls, and therefore to the plant body. However, the recalcitrance associated with lignin impedes the extraction of polysaccharides from the cell wall to make plant-based biofuels and biomaterials. The cell wall digestibility can be improved by introducing labile ester bonds into the lignin backbone that can be easily broken under mild base treatment at room temperature. The FERULOYL-CoA MONOLIGNOL TRANSFERASE (FMT) enzyme, which may be naturally found in many plants, uses feruloyl-CoA and monolignols to synthesize the ester-linked monolignol ferulate conjugates. A mutation in the first lignin-specific biosynthetic enzyme, CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE (CCR), results in an increase in the intracellular pool of feruloyl-CoA. RESULTS Maize (Zea mays) has a native putative FMT enzyme, and its ccr mutants produce an increased pool of feruloyl-CoA that can be used for conversion to monolignol ferulate conjugates. The decreased lignin content and monomers did not, however, impact the plant growth or biomass. The increase in monolignol conjugates correlated with an improvement in the digestibility of maize stem rind tissue. CONCLUSIONS Together, increased monolignol ferulates and improved digestibility in ccr1 mutant plants suggests that they may be superior biofuel crops.
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- Rebecca A. Smith
- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, The Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53726-4084 USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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Chen S, Kaeppler SM, Vogel KP, Casler MD. Selection Signatures in Four Lignin Genes from Switchgrass Populations Divergently Selected for In Vitro Dry Matter Digestibility. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0167005. [PMID: 27893787 PMCID: PMC5125650 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Switchgrass is undergoing development as a dedicated cellulosic bioenergy crop. Fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol in a bioenergy system or to volatile fatty acids in a livestock production system is strongly and negatively influenced by lignification of cell walls. This study detects specific loci that exhibit selection signatures across switchgrass breeding populations that differ in in vitro dry matter digestibility (IVDMD), ethanol yield, and lignin concentration. Allele frequency changes in candidate genes were used to detect loci under selection. Out of the 183 polymorphisms identified in the four candidate genes, twenty-five loci in the intron regions and four loci in coding regions were found to display a selection signature. All loci in the coding regions are synonymous substitutions. Selection in both directions were observed on polymorphisms that appeared to be under selection. Genetic diversity and linkage disequilibrium within the candidate genes were low. The recurrent divergent selection caused excessive moderate allele frequencies in the cycle 3 reduced lignin population as compared to the base population. This study provides valuable insight on genetic changes occurring in short-term selection in the polyploid populations, and discovered potential markers for breeding switchgrass with improved biomass quality.
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- Shiyu Chen
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- USDA-ARS, Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
- Department of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
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- Department of Energy, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- USDA-ARS, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Hirsch CN, Hirsch CD, Brohammer AB, Bowman MJ, Soifer I, Barad O, Shem-Tov D, Baruch K, Lu F, Hernandez AG, Fields CJ, Wright CL, Koehler K, Springer NM, Buckler E, Buell CR, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM, Childs KL, Mikel MA. Draft Assembly of Elite Inbred Line PH207 Provides Insights into Genomic and Transcriptome Diversity in Maize. Plant Cell 2016; 28:2700-2714. [PMID: 27803309 PMCID: PMC5155341 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Intense artificial selection over the last 100 years has produced elite maize (Zea mays) inbred lines that combine to produce high-yielding hybrids. To further our understanding of how genome and transcriptome variation contribute to the production of high-yielding hybrids, we generated a draft genome assembly of the inbred line PH207 to complement and compare with the existing B73 reference sequence. B73 is a founder of the Stiff Stalk germplasm pool, while PH207 is a founder of Iodent germplasm, both of which have contributed substantially to the production of temperate commercial maize and are combined to make heterotic hybrids. Comparison of these two assemblies revealed over 2500 genes present in only one of the two genotypes and 136 gene families that have undergone extensive expansion or contraction. Transcriptome profiling revealed extensive expression variation, with as many as 10,564 differentially expressed transcripts and 7128 transcripts expressed in only one of the two genotypes in a single tissue. Genotype-specific genes were more likely to have tissue/condition-specific expression and lower transcript abundance. The availability of a high-quality genome assembly for the elite maize inbred PH207 expands our knowledge of the breadth of natural genome and transcriptome variation in elite maize inbred lines across heterotic pools.
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- Candice N Hirsch
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Calico Labs, San Francisco, California 94080
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- Instiute for Genome Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
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- Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
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- Instiute for Genome Diversity, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850
- U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Services, Ithaca, New York 14850
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
- Center for Genomics-Enabled Plant Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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- Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Sekhon RS, Breitzman MW, Silva RR, Santoro N, Rooney WL, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM. Stover Composition in Maize and Sorghum Reveals Remarkable Genetic Variation and Plasticity for Carbohydrate Accumulation. Front Plant Sci 2016; 7:822. [PMID: 27375668 PMCID: PMC4896940 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Carbohydrates stored in vegetative organs, particularly stems, of grasses are a very important source of energy. We examined carbohydrate accumulation in adult sorghum and maize hybrids with distinct phenology and different end uses (grain, silage, sucrose or sweetness in stalk juice, and biomass). Remarkable variation was observed for non-structural carbohydrates and structural polysaccharides during three key developmental stages both between and within hybrids developed for distinct end use in both species. At the onset of the reproductive phase (average 65 days after planting, DAP), a wide range for accumulation of non-structural carbohydrates (free glucose and sucrose combined), was observed in internodes of maize (11-24%) and sorghum (7-36%) indicating substantial variation for transient storage of excess photosynthate during periods of low grain or vegetative sink strength. Remobilization of these reserves for supporting grain fill or vegetative growth was evident from lower amounts in maize (8-19%) and sorghum (9-27%) near the end of the reproductive period (average 95 DAP). At physiological maturity of grain hybrids (average 120 DAP), amounts of these carbohydrates were generally unchanged in maize (9-21%) and sorghum (16-27%) suggesting a loss of photosynthetic assimilation due to weakening sink demand. Nonetheless, high amounts of non-structural carbohydrates at maturity even in grain maize and sorghum (15-18%) highlight the potential for developing dual-purpose (grain/stover) crops. For both species, the amounts of structural polysaccharides in the cell wall, measured as monomeric components (glucose and pentose), decreased during grain fill but remained unchanged thereafter with maize biomass possessing slightly higher amounts than sorghum. Availability of carbohydrates in maize and sorghum highlights the potential for developing energy-rich dedicated biofuel or dual-purpose (grain/stover) crops.
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- Department of Agronomy, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, USA
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- Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, Federal University of GoiásGoiânia, Brazil
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- Center for Chemical Genomics, University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, USA
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of WisconsinMadison, WI, USA
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Zhang X, Hirsch CN, Sekhon RS, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM. Evidence for maternal control of seed size in maize from phenotypic and transcriptional analysis. J Exp Bot 2016; 67:1907-17. [PMID: 26826570 PMCID: PMC4783370 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Seed size is an important component of grain yield and a key determinant trait for crop domestication. The Krug Yellow Dent long-term selection experiment for large and small seed provides a valuable resource to dissect genetic and phenotypic changes affecting seed size within a common genetic background. In this study, inbred lines derived from Krug Large Seed (KLS) and Krug Small Seed (KSS) populations and reciprocal F1 crosses were used to investigate developmental and molecular mechanisms governing seed size. Seed morphological characteristics showed striking differences between KLS and KSS inbred lines, and the reciprocal cross experiment revealed a strong maternal influence on both seed weight and seed size. Quantification of endosperm area, starchy endosperm cell size, and kernel dry mass accumulation indicated a positive correlation between seed size, endosperm cell number, and grain filling rate, and patterns of grain filling in reciprocal crosses mirrored that of the maternal parent. Consistent with the maternal contribution to seed weight, transcriptome profiling of reciprocal F1 hybrids showed substantial similarities to the maternal parent. A set of differentially expressed genes between KLS and KSS inbreds were found, which fell into a broad number of functional categories including DNA methylation, nucleosome assembly, and heat stress response. In addition, gene co-expression network analysis of parental inbreds and reciprocal F1 hybrids identified co-expression modules enriched in ovule development and DNA methylation, implicating these two processes in seed size determination. These results expand our understanding of seed size regulation and help to uncover the developmental and molecular basis underlying maternal control of seed size in maize.
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- Xia Zhang
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Stelpflug SC, Sekhon RS, Vaillancourt B, Hirsch CN, Buell CR, de Leon N, Kaeppler SM. An Expanded Maize Gene Expression Atlas based on RNA Sequencing and its Use to Explore Root Development. Plant Genome 2016; 9. [PMID: 27898762 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2015.04.0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Comprehensive and systematic transcriptome profiling provides valuable insight into biological and developmental processes that occur throughout the life cycle of a plant. We have enhanced our previously published microarray-based gene atlas of maize ( L.) inbred B73 to now include 79 distinct replicated samples that have been interrogated using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). The current version of the atlas includes 50 original array-based gene atlas samples, a time-course of 12 stalk and leaf samples postflowering, and an additional set of 17 samples from the maize seedling and adult root system. The entire dataset contains 4.6 billion mapped reads, with an average of 20.5 million mapped reads per biological replicate, allowing for detection of genes with lower transcript abundance. As the new root samples represent key additions to the previously examined tissues, we highlight insights into the root transcriptome, which is represented by 28,894 (73.2%) annotated genes in maize. Additionally, we observed remarkable expression differences across both the longitudinal (four zones) and radial gradients (cortical parenchyma and stele) of the primary root supported by fourfold differential expression of 9353 and 4728 genes, respectively. Among the latter were 1110 genes that encode transcription factors, some of which are orthologs of previously characterized transcription factors known to regulate root development in (L.) Heynh., while most are novel, and represent attractive targets for reverse genetics approaches to determine their roles in this important organ. This comprehensive transcriptome dataset is a powerful tool toward understanding maize development, physiology, and phenotypic diversity.
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Evans J, Crisovan E, Barry K, Daum C, Jenkins J, Kunde-Ramamoorthy G, Nandety A, Ngan CY, Vaillancourt B, Wei CL, Schmutz J, Kaeppler SM, Casler MD, Buell CR. Diversity and population structure of northern switchgrass as revealed through exome capture sequencing. Plant J 2015; 84:800-15. [PMID: 26426343 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Panicum virgatum L. (switchgrass) is a polyploid, perennial grass species that is native to North America, and is being developed as a future biofuel feedstock crop. Switchgrass is present primarily in two ecotypes: a northern upland ecotype, composed of tetraploid and octoploid accessions, and a southern lowland ecotype, composed of primarily tetraploid accessions. We employed high-coverage exome capture sequencing (~2.4 Tb) to genotype 537 individuals from 45 upland and 21 lowland populations. From these data, we identified ~27 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), of which 1 590 653 high-confidence SNPs were used in downstream analyses of diversity within and between the populations. From the 66 populations, we identified five primary population groups within the upland and lowland ecotypes, a result that was further supported through genetic distance analysis. We identified conserved, ecotype-restricted, non-synonymous SNPs that are predicted to affect the protein function of CONSTANS (CO) and EARLY HEADING DATE 1 (EHD1), key genes involved in flowering, which may contribute to the phenotypic differences between the two ecotypes. We also identified, relative to the near-reference Kanlow population, 17 228 genes present in more copies than in the reference genome (up-CNVs), 112 630 genes present in fewer copies than in the reference genome (down-CNVs) and 14 430 presence/absence variants (PAVs), affecting a total of 9979 genes, including two upland-specific CNV clusters. In total, 45 719 genes were affected by an SNP, CNV, or PAV across the panel, providing a firm foundation to identify functional variation associated with phenotypic traits of interest for biofuel feedstock production.
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- Joseph Evans
- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, USA
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, USA
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, 35806, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, USA
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- Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598, USA
- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, 35806, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
- USDA-ARS, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, 1925 Linden Dr., Madison, WI, 53706-1108, USA
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- DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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Li M, Heckwolf M, Crowe JD, Williams DL, Magee TD, Kaeppler SM, de Leon N, Hodge DB. Cell-wall properties contributing to improved deconstruction by alkaline pre-treatment and enzymatic hydrolysis in diverse maize (Zea mays L.) lines. J Exp Bot 2015; 66:4305-15. [PMID: 25871649 PMCID: PMC4493778 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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A maize (Zea mays L. subsp. mays) diversity panel consisting of 26 maize lines exhibiting a wide range of cell-wall properties and responses to hydrolysis by cellulolytic enzymes was employed to investigate the relationship between cell-wall properties, cell-wall responses to mild NaOH pre-treatment, and enzymatic hydrolysis yields. Enzymatic hydrolysis of the cellulose in the untreated maize was found to be positively correlated with the water retention value, which is a measure of cell-wall susceptibility to swelling. It was also positively correlated with the lignin syringyl/guaiacyl ratio and negatively correlated with the initial cell-wall lignin, xylan, acetate, and p-coumaric acid (pCA) content, as well as pCA released from the cell wall by pre-treatment. The hydrolysis yield following pre-treatment exhibited statistically significant negative correlations to the lignin content after pre-treatment and positive correlations to the solubilized ferulic acid and pCA. Several unanticipated results were observed, including a positive correlation between initial lignin and acetate content, lack of correlation between acetate content and initial xylan content, and negative correlation between each of these three variables to the hydrolysis yields for untreated maize. Another surprising result was that pCA release was negatively correlated with hydrolysis yields for untreated maize and, along with ferulic acid release, was positively correlated with the pre-treated maize hydrolysis yields. This indicates that these properties that may negatively contribute to the recalcitrance in untreated cell walls may positively contribute to their deconstruction by alkaline pre-treatment.
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- Muyang Li
- Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA DOE-Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 1552 University Ave., Madison, WI 53703, USA
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- DOE-Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 1552 University Ave., Madison, WI 53703, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- DOE-Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 1552 University Ave., Madison, WI 53703, USA Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- DOE-Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 1552 University Ave., Madison, WI 53703, USA Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1597, USA
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- DOE-Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 1552 University Ave., Madison, WI 53703, USA Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1597, USA
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- Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA DOE-Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 1552 University Ave., Madison, WI 53703, USA Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA Division of Sustainable Process Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden 97187
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Li F, Chung T, Pennington JG, Federico ML, Kaeppler HF, Kaeppler SM, Otegui MS, Vierstra RD. Autophagic recycling plays a central role in maize nitrogen remobilization. Plant Cell 2015; 27:1389-408. [PMID: 25944100 PMCID: PMC4456646 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Revised: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Autophagy is a primary route for nutrient recycling in plants by which superfluous or damaged cytoplasmic material and organelles are encapsulated and delivered to the vacuole for breakdown. Central to autophagy is a conjugation pathway that attaches AUTOPHAGY-RELATED8 (ATG8) to phosphatidylethanolamine, which then coats emerging autophagic membranes and helps with cargo recruitment, vesicle enclosure, and subsequent vesicle docking with the tonoplast. A key component in ATG8 function is ATG12, which promotes lipidation upon its attachment to ATG5. Here, we fully defined the maize (Zea mays) ATG system transcriptionally and characterized it genetically through atg12 mutants that block ATG8 modification. atg12 plants have compromised autophagic transport as determined by localization of a YFP-ATG8 reporter and its vacuolar cleavage during nitrogen or fixed-carbon starvation. Phenotypic analyses showed that atg12 plants are phenotypically normal and fertile when grown under nutrient-rich conditions. However, when nitrogen-starved, seedling growth is severely arrested, and as the plants mature, they show enhanced leaf senescence and stunted ear development. Nitrogen partitioning studies revealed that remobilization is impaired in atg12 plants, which significantly decreases seed yield and nitrogen-harvest index. Together, our studies demonstrate that autophagy, while nonessential, becomes critical during nitrogen stress and severely impacts maize productivity under suboptimal field conditions.
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- Faqiang Li
- Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Suwarno WB, Pixley KV, Palacios-Rojas N, Kaeppler SM, Babu R. Genome-wide association analysis reveals new targets for carotenoid biofortification in maize. Theor Appl Genet 2015; 128:851-64. [PMID: 25690716 PMCID: PMC4544543 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-015-2475-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Genome-wide association analysis in CIMMYT's association panel revealed new favorable native genomic variations in/nearby important genes such as hydroxylases and CCD1 that have potential for carotenoid biofortification in maize. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been used extensively to identify allelic variation for genes controlling important agronomic and nutritional traits in plants. Provitamin A (proVA) enhancing alleles of lycopene epsilon cyclase (LCYE) and β-carotene hydroxylase 1 (CRTRB1), previously identified through candidate-gene based GWAS, are currently used in CIMMYT's maize breeding program. The objective of this study was to identify genes or genomic regions controlling variation for carotenoid concentrations in grain for CIMMYT's carotenoid association mapping panel of 380 inbred maize lines, using high-density genome-wide platforms with ~476,000 SNP markers. Population structure effects were minimized by adjustments using principal components and kinship matrix with mixed models. Genome-wide linkage disequilibrium (LD) analysis indicated faster LD decay (3.9 kb; r (2) = 0.1) than commonly reported for temperate germplasm, and therefore the possibility of achieving higher mapping resolution with our mostly tropical diversity panel. GWAS for various carotenoids identified CRTRB1, LCYE and other key genes or genomic regions that govern rate-critical steps in the upstream pathway, such as DXS1, GGPS1, and GGPS2 that are known to play important roles in the accumulation of precursor isoprenoids as well as downstream genes HYD5, CCD1, and ZEP1, which are involved in hydroxylation and carotenoid degradation. SNPs at or near all of these regions were identified and may be useful target regions for carotenoid biofortification breeding efforts in maize; for example a genomic region on chromosome 2 explained ~16% of the phenotypic variance for β-carotene independently of CRTRB1, and a variant of CCD1 that resulted in reduced β-cryptoxanthin degradation was found in lines that have previously been observed to have low proVA degradation rates.
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- Willy B. Suwarno
- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural University, Jl. Meranti Kampus IPB Dramaga, Bogor, 16680 Indonesia
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km 45 Carretera Mexico-Veracruz, Texcoco, Mexico, 56130 Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km 45 Carretera Mexico-Veracruz, Texcoco, Mexico, 56130 Mexico
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53705 USA
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Km 45 Carretera Mexico-Veracruz, Texcoco, Mexico, 56130 Mexico
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Beissinger TM, Rosa GJM, Kaeppler SM, Gianola D, de Leon N. Defining window-boundaries for genomic analyses using smoothing spline techniques. Genet Sel Evol 2015; 47:30. [PMID: 25928167 PMCID: PMC4404117 DOI: 10.1186/s12711-015-0105-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Background High-density genomic data is often analyzed by combining information over windows of adjacent markers. Interpretation of data grouped in windows versus at individual locations may increase statistical power, simplify computation, reduce sampling noise, and reduce the total number of tests performed. However, use of adjacent marker information can result in over- or under-smoothing, undesirable window boundary specifications, or highly correlated test statistics. We introduce a method for defining windows based on statistically guided breakpoints in the data, as a foundation for the analysis of multiple adjacent data points. This method involves first fitting a cubic smoothing spline to the data and then identifying the inflection points of the fitted spline, which serve as the boundaries of adjacent windows. This technique does not require prior knowledge of linkage disequilibrium, and therefore can be applied to data collected from individual or pooled sequencing experiments. Moreover, in contrast to existing methods, an arbitrary choice of window size is not necessary, since these are determined empirically and allowed to vary along the genome. Results Simulations applying this method were performed to identify selection signatures from pooled sequencing FST data, for which allele frequencies were estimated from a pool of individuals. The relative ratio of true to false positives was twice that generated by existing techniques. A comparison of the approach to a previous study that involved pooled sequencing FST data from maize suggested that outlying windows were more clearly separated from their neighbors than when using a standard sliding window approach. Conclusions We have developed a novel technique to identify window boundaries for subsequent analysis protocols. When applied to selection studies based on FST data, this method provides a high discovery rate and minimizes false positives. The method is implemented in the R package GenWin, which is publicly available from CRAN.
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA. .,Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53792, USA.
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA. .,Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA.
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- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA. .,Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53792, USA. .,Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA.
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA. .,Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA.
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Burton AL, Johnson J, Foerster J, Hanlon MT, Kaeppler SM, Lynch JP, Brown KM. QTL mapping and phenotypic variation of root anatomical traits in maize (Zea mays L.). Theor Appl Genet 2015; 128:93-106. [PMID: 25326723 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-014-2414-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 10/11/2014] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Root anatomical trait variation is described for three maize RIL populations. Six quantitative trait loci (QTL) are presented for anatomical traits: root cross-sectional area, % living cortical area, aerenchyma area, and stele area. Root anatomy is directly related to plant performance, influencing resource acquisition and transport, the metabolic cost of growth, and the mechanical strength of the root system. Ten root anatomical traits were measured in greenhouse-grown plants from three recombinant inbred populations of maize [intermated B73 × Mo17 (IBM), Oh43 × W64a (OhW), and Ny821 × H99 (NyH)]. Traits included areas of cross section, stele, cortex, aerenchyma, and cortical cells, percentages of the cortex occupied by aerenchyma, and cortical cell file number. Significant phenotypic variation was observed for each of the traits, with maximum values typically seven to ten times greater than minimum values. Means and ranges were similar for the OhW and NyH populations for all traits, while the IBM population had lower mean values for the majority of traits, but a 50% greater range of variation for aerenchyma area. A principal component analysis showed a similar trait structure for the three families, with clustering of area and count traits. Strong correlations were observed among area traits in the cortex, stele, and cross-section. The aerenchyma and percent living cortical area traits were independent of other traits. Six QTL were identified for four of the traits. The phenotypic variation explained by the QTL ranged from 4.7% (root cross-sectional area, OhW population) to 12.0% (percent living cortical area, IBM population). Genetic variation for root anatomical traits can be harnessed to increase abiotic stress tolerance and provide insights into mechanisms controlling phenotypic variation for root anatomy.
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- Amy L Burton
- Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, 110 Tyson Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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Heckwolf S, Heckwolf M, Kaeppler SM, de Leon N, Spalding EP. Image analysis of anatomical traits in stalk transections of maize and other grasses. Plant Methods 2015; 11:26. [PMID: 25901177 PMCID: PMC4404653 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-015-0070-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Grass stalks architecturally support leaves and reproductive structures, functionally support the transport of water and nutrients, and are harvested for multiple agricultural uses. Research on these basic and applied aspects of grass stalks would benefit from improved capabilities for measuring internal anatomical features. In particular, methods suitable for phenotyping populations of plants are needed. RESULTS To meet the need for large-scale measurements of stalk anatomy features, we developed custom image processing software that utilized a variety of global thresholding, local filtering, and feature detection methods to measure rind thickness, pith area, vascular bundle counts, and individual vascular bundle size from digital images of hand-cut transections of stalks collected with a flatbed document scanner. The tool determined vascular bundle number with an average accuracy of 90% across maize genotypes that varied five-fold for this trait. The method is demonstrated on maize, sorghum, and Miscanthus stalks. The computer source code is staged for download. CONCLUSIONS Simplicity of sample preparation and semi-automated analyses enabled by this tool greatly increase measurement throughput relative to standard microscopy-based techniques while maintaining high accuracy. The tool is expected to be useful in genetic and physiological studies of the relationships between stalk anatomy and traits such as biofuel suitability, water use efficiency, or nutrient transport.
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- Sven Heckwolf
- />Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- />Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- />DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- />Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- />DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- />Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
- />DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, 1552 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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- />Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706 USA
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