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Gupta PK, Balyan HS, Chhuneja P, Jaiswal JP, Tamhankar S, Mishra VK, Bains NS, Chand R, Joshi AK, Kaur S, Kaur H, Mavi GS, Oak M, Sharma A, Srivastava P, Sohu VS, Prasad P, Agarwal P, Akhtar M, Badoni S, Chaudhary R, Gahlaut V, Gangwar RP, Gautam T, Jaiswal V, Kumar RS, Kumar S, Shamshad M, Singh A, Taygi S, Vasistha NK, Vishwakarma MK. Pyramiding of genes for grain protein content, grain quality, and rust resistance in eleven Indian bread wheat cultivars: a multi-institutional effort. Mol Breed 2022; 42:21. [PMID: 37309458 PMCID: PMC10248633 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-022-01277-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Improvement of grain protein content (GPC), loaf volume, and resistance to rusts was achieved in 11 Indian wheat cultivars that are widely grown in four different agro-climatic zones of India. This involved use of marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB) for introgression and pyramiding of the following genes: (i) the high GPC gene Gpc-B1; (ii) HMW glutenin subunits 5 + 10 at Glu-D1 loci, and (iii) rust resistance genes, Yr36, Yr15, Lr24, and Sr24. GPC increased by 0.8 to 3.3%, although high GPC was generally associated with yield penalty. Further selection among high GPC lines allowed identification of progenies with higher GPC associated with improvement in 1000-grain weight and grain yield in the backgrounds of the following four cultivars: NI5439, UP2338, UP2382, and HUW468. The high GPC progenies (derived from NI5439) were also improved for grain quality using HMW glutenin subunits 5 + 10 at Glu-D1 loci. Similarly, progenies combining high GPC and rust resistance were obtained in the backgrounds of following five cultivars: Lok1, HD2967, PBW550, PBW621, and DBW1. The improved pre-bred lines developed following multi-institutional effort should prove a valuable source for the development of cultivars with improved nutritional quality and rust resistance in the ongoing wheat breeding programmes. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11032-022-01277-w.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pushpendra K. Gupta
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 250004 U.P. India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 250004 U.P. India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 Punjab India
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), Pantnagar, 263145 India
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- Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh, Agarkar Rd, Shivajinagar, Pune, 411004 Maharashtra India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, 221005 U.P India
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 Punjab India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, 221005 U.P India
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- Borlaug Institute for South Asia, National Agricultural Science Centre (NASC) Complex, G2, B Block, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, New Delhi, 110012 India
- CIMMYT, National Agricultural Science Centre (NASC) Complex, Dev Prakash Shastri Marg, New Delhi, 110012 India
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- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 Punjab India
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 Punjab India
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 Punjab India
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- Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh, Agarkar Rd, Shivajinagar, Pune, 411004 Maharashtra India
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 Punjab India
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 Punjab India
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 Punjab India
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- Regional Station, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Flowerdale, Shimla, 171002 India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 250004 U.P. India
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), Pantnagar, 263145 India
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), Pantnagar, 263145 India
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), Pantnagar, 263145 India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 250004 U.P. India
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), Pantnagar, 263145 India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 250004 U.P. India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 250004 U.P. India
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), Pantnagar, 263145 India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 250004 U.P. India
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004 Punjab India
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, U.S. Nagar (Uttarakhand), Pantnagar, 263145 India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, 250004 U.P. India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, 221005 U.P India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, 221005 U.P India
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Yadav S, Longkumer I, Garg PR, Joshi S, Rajkumari S, Devi NK, Saraswathy KN. Association of air pollution and homocysteine with global DNA methylation: A population-based study from North India. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0260860. [PMID: 34855899 PMCID: PMC8638980 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260860] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Anthropogenic air pollution has been implicated in aberrant changes of DNA methylation and homocysteine increase (>15μM/L). Folate (<3 ng/mL) and vitamin B12 (<220 pg/mL) deficiencies also reduce global DNA methylation via homocysteine increase. Although B-vitamin supplements can attenuate epigenetic effects of air pollution but such understanding in population-specific studies are lacking. Hence, the present study aims to understand the role of air pollution, homocysteine, and nutritional deficiencies on methylation. METHODS We examined cross-sectionally, homocysteine, folate, vitamin B12 (chemiluminescence) and global DNA methylation (colorimetric ELISA Assay) among 274 and 270 individuals from low- and high- polluted areas, respectively, from a single Mendelian population. Global DNA methylation results were obtained on 254 and 258 samples from low- and high- polluted areas, respectively. RESULTS Significant decline in median global DNA methylation was seen as a result of air pollution [high-0.84 (0.37-1.97) vs. low-0.96 (0.45-2.75), p = 0.01]. High homocysteine in combination with air pollution significantly reduced global DNA methylation [high-0.71 (0.34-1.90) vs. low-0.93 (0.45-3.00), p = 0.003]. Folate deficient individuals in high polluted areas [high-0.70 (0.37-1.29) vs. low-1.21 (0.45-3.65)] showed significantly reduced global methylation levels (p = 0.007). In low polluted areas, despite folate deficiency, if normal vitamin B12 levels were maintained, global DNA methylation levels improved significantly [2.03 (0.60-5.24), p = 0.007]. Conversely, in high polluted areas despite vitamin B12 deficiency, if normal folate status was maintained, global DNA methylation status improved significantly [0.91 (0.36-1.63)] compared to vitamin B12 normal individuals [0.54 (0.26-1.13), p = 0.04]. CONCLUSIONS High homocysteine may aggravate the effects of air pollution on DNA methylation. Vitamin B12 in low-polluted and folate in high-polluted areas may be strong determinants for changes in DNA methylation levels. The effect of air pollution on methylation levels may be reduced through inclusion of dietary or supplemented B-vitamins. This may serve as public level approach in natural settings to prevent metabolic adversities at community level.
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- Suniti Yadav
- Laboratory of Biochemical and Molecular Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Molecular Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Manbhum Ananda Ashram Nityananda Trust-MANT, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Molecular Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Molecular Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Molecular Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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