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Pubert C, Boniface MC, Legendre A, Chabaud M, Carrère S, Callot C, Cravero C, Dufau I, Patrascoiu M, Baussart A, Belmonte E, Gautier V, Poncet C, Zhao J, Hu L, Zhou W, Langlade N, Vautrin S, Coussy C, Muños S. A cluster of putative resistance genes is associated with a dominant resistance to sunflower broomrape. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2024; 137:103. [PMID: 38613680 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-024-04594-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/15/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE The HaOr5 resistance gene is located in a large genomic insertion containing putative resistance genes and provides resistance to O. cumana, preventing successful connection to the sunflower root vascular system. Orobanche cumana (sunflower broomrape) is a parasitic plant that is part of the Orobanchaceae family and specifically infests sunflower crops. This weed is an obligate parasitic plant that does not carry out photosynthetic activity or develop roots and is fully dependent on its host for its development. It produces thousands of dust-like seeds per plant. It possesses a high spreading ability and has been shown to quickly overcome resistance genes successively introduced by selection in cultivated sunflower varieties. The first part of its life cycle occurs underground. The connection to the sunflower vascular system is essential for parasitic plant survival and development. The HaOr5 gene provides resistance to sunflower broomrape race E by preventing the connection of O. cumana to the root vascular system. We mapped a single position of the HaOr5 gene by quantitative trait locus mapping using two segregating populations. The same location of the HaOr5 gene was identified by genome-wide association. Using a large population of thousands of F2 plants, we restricted the location of the HaOr5 gene to a genomic region of 193 kb. By sequencing the whole genome of the resistant line harboring the major resistance gene HaOr5, we identified a large insertion of a complex genomic region containing a cluster of putative resistance genes.
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- Camille Pubert
- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), CNRS, INRAE, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), CNRS, INRAE, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), CNRS, INRAE, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), CNRS, INRAE, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, Toulouse, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), CNRS, INRAE, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, Toulouse, France
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- Center National de Ressources Génomiques Végétales (CNRGV), INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Center National de Ressources Génomiques Végétales (CNRGV), INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Center National de Ressources Génomiques Végétales (CNRGV), INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Plateforme de Génotypage et Séquençage en Auvergne (Gentyane), INRAE, Clermont Ferrand, France
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- Plateforme de Génotypage et Séquençage en Auvergne (Gentyane), INRAE, Clermont Ferrand, France
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- Plateforme de Génotypage et Séquençage en Auvergne (Gentyane), INRAE, Clermont Ferrand, France
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- Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China
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- Postdoctoral Research Station of Mizuda Group, Huzhou, 313000, China
- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Postdoctoral Research Station of Mizuda Group, Huzhou, 313000, China
- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), CNRS, INRAE, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, Toulouse, France
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- Center National de Ressources Génomiques Végétales (CNRGV), INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), CNRS, INRAE, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, Toulouse, France.
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Zhang X, Du J, Wang P, Wang P, Liu Z, Yao Z, Zhao S, Xi H. Identification and genetic diversity analysis of broomrape in Xinjiang, China. Mol Biol Rep 2024; 51:326. [PMID: 38393610 PMCID: PMC10891240 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-09203-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND As a holoparasitic weed, broomrape has seriously threatened the production of economically important crops, such as melon, watermelon, processed tomato, and sunflower, in Xinjiang in recent years. However, the distribution and genetic diversity of broomrape populations in Xinjiang are not clear at present, which hinders their prevention and control. The purpose of this study was to identify the main species and the genetic differentiation structure of the broomrape population in Xinjiang. METHODS AND RESULTS In the present study, 93 samples from different geographic regions of Xinjiang were collected to identify the species based on ITS and plastid rps2 regions, and the samples were also used to analyze the genetic diversity based on ISSR markers. The results showed that broomrape is not monophyletic in Xinjiang and consists of two major clades (Orobanche cf. aegyptiaca and O. cernua) and three subclades (O. cf. aegyptiaca var. tch, O. cf. aegyptiaca var. klz, and O. cernua.var. alt) based on phylogenetic analysis. Furthermore, the results of the genetic diversity analysis indicated that the average polymorphic information content and marker index were high values of 0.58 and 7.38, respectively, showing the efficiency of the ISSR markers in detecting polymorphism among the broomrape population studied. Additionally, the 11 selected primers produced 154 repeatable polymorphic bands, of which 150 were polymorphic. The genetic diversity of the samples was 37.19% within populations and 62.81% among the populations, indicating that the main genetic differentiation occurred among the populations. There was less gene exchange between populations, with a gene flow index (Nm) of 0.2961 (< 1). The UPGMA dendrogram indicated that most populations with similar geographical conditions and hosts were clustered first, and then all samples were separated into two major groups and seven subclusters. CONCLUSION The broomrapes are mainly O. cf. aegyptiaca and O. cernua in Xinjiang, which were separated into two major groups and seven subclusters based on ISSR markers. Our results provide a theoretical basis for breeding broomrape-resistant varieties.
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- Xuekun Zhang
- College of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, Xinjiang, China
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- Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Reclamation Sciences, Shihezi, 832000, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, Xinjiang, China
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- College of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, Xinjiang, China.
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- College of Agriculture/Key Laboratory of Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi University, Shihezi, 832003, Xinjiang, China.
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Fernández-Melero B, Del Moral L, Todesco M, Rieseberg LH, Owens GL, Carrère S, Chabaud M, Muños S, Velasco L, Pérez-Vich B. Development and characterization of a new sunflower source of resistance to race G of Orobanche cumana Wallr. derived from Helianthus anomalus. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2024; 137:56. [PMID: 38386181 PMCID: PMC10884359 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-024-04558-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE A new OrAnom1 gene introgressed in cultivated sunflower from wild Helianthus anomalus confers late post-attachment resistance to Orobanche cumana race G and maps to a target interval in Chromosome 4 where two receptor-like kinases (RLKs) have been identified in the H. anomalus genome as putative candidates. Sunflower broomrape is a parasitic weed that infects sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) roots causing severe yield losses. Breeding for resistance is the most effective and sustainable control method. In this study, we report the identification, introgression, and genetic and physiological characterization of a new sunflower source of resistance to race G of broomrape developed from the wild annual sunflower H. anomalus (accession PI 468642). Crosses between PI 468642 and the susceptible line P21 were carried out, and the genetic study was conducted in BC1F1, BC1F2, and its derived BC1F3 populations. A BC1F5 germplasm named ANOM1 was developed through selection for race G resistance and resemblance to cultivated sunflower. The resistant trait showed monogenic and dominant inheritance. The gene, named OrAnom1, was mapped to Chromosome 4 within a 1.2 cM interval and co-segregated with 7 SNP markers. This interval corresponds to a 1.32 Mb region in the sunflower reference genome, housing a cluster of receptor-like kinase and receptor-like protein (RLK-RLP) genes. Notably, the analysis of the H. anomalus genome revealed the absence of RLPs in the OrAnom1 target region but featured two RLKs as possible OrAnom1 candidates. Rhizotron and histological studies showed that OrAnom1 determines a late post-attachment resistance mechanism. Broomrape can establish a vascular connection with the host, but parasite growth is stopped before tubercle development, showing phenolic compounds accumulation and tubercle necrosis. ANOM1 will contribute to broadening the genetic basis of broomrape resistance in the cultivated sunflower pool and to a better understanding of the molecular basis of the sunflower-broomrape interaction.
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- Belén Fernández-Melero
- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Alameda del Obispo S/N, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Alameda del Obispo S/N, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Alameda del Obispo S/N, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Alameda del Obispo S/N, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.
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Albanova IA, Zagorchev LI, Teofanova DR, Odjakova MK, Kutueva LI, Ashapkin VV. Host Resistance to Parasitic Plants-Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1447. [PMID: 37050073 PMCID: PMC10096732 DOI: 10.3390/plants12071447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Parasitic flowering plants represent a diverse group of angiosperms, ranging from exotic species with limited distribution to prominent weeds, causing significant yield losses in agricultural crops. The major damage caused by them is related to the extraction of water and nutrients from the host, thus decreasing vegetative growth, flowering, and seed production. Members of the root parasites of the Orobanchaceae family and stem parasites of the genus Cuscuta are among the most aggressive and damaging weeds, affecting both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous crops worldwide. Their control and eradication are hampered by the extreme seed longevity and persistence in soil, as well as their taxonomic position, which makes it difficult to apply selective herbicides not damaging to the hosts. The selection of resistant cultivars is among the most promising approaches to deal with this matter, although still not widely employed due to limited knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of host resistance and inheritance. The current review aims to summarize the available information on host resistance with a focus on agriculturally important parasitic plants and to outline the future perspectives of resistant crop cultivar selection to battle the global threat of parasitic plants.
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- Ivanela A. Albanova
- Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia
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Calderón-González Á, Pérez-Vich B, Pouilly N, Boniface MC, Louarn J, Velasco L, Muños S. Association mapping for broomrape resistance in sunflower. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 13:1056231. [PMID: 36714707 PMCID: PMC9875907 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1056231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Sunflower breeding for resistance to the parasitic plant sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) requires the identification of novel resistance genes. In this research, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify QTLs associated with broomrape resistance. METHODS The marker-trait associations were examined across a germplasm set composed of 104 sunflower accessions. They were genotyped with a 600k AXIOM® genome-wide array and evaluated for resistance to three populations of the parasite with varying levels of virulence (races EFR, FGV, and GTK) in two environments. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The analysis of the genetic structure of the germplasm set revealed the presence of two main groups. The application of optimized treatments based on the general linear model (GLM) and the mixed linear model (MLM) allowed the detection of 14 SNP markers significantly associated with broomrape resistance. The highest number of marker-trait associations were identified on chromosome 3, clustered in two different genomic regions of this chromosome. Other associations were identified on chromosomes 5, 10, 13, and 16. Candidate genes for the main genomic regions associated with broomrape resistance were studied and discussed. Particularly, two significant SNPs on chromosome 3 associated with races EFR and FGV were found at two tightly linked SWEET sugar transporter genes. The results of this study have confirmed the role of some QTL on resistance to sunflower broomrape and have revealed new ones that may play an important role in the development of durable resistance to this parasitic weed in sunflower.
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- Álvaro Calderón-González
- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IAS-CSIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IAS-CSIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IAS-CSIC), Córdoba, Spain
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Chabaud M, Auriac MC, Boniface MC, Delgrange S, Folletti T, Jardinaud MF, Legendre A, Pérez-Vich B, Pouvreau JB, Velasco L, Delavault P, Muños S. Wild Helianthus species: A reservoir of resistance genes for sustainable pyramidal resistance to broomrape in sunflower. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1038684. [PMID: 36340383 PMCID: PMC9630478 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1038684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Orobanche cumana Wall., sunflower broomrape, is one of the major pests for the sunflower crop. Breeding for resistant varieties in sunflower has been the most efficient method to control this parasitic weed. However, more virulent broomrape populations continuously emerge by overcoming genetic resistance. It is thus essential to identify new broomrape resistances acting at various stages of the interaction and combine them to improve resistance durability. In this study, 71 wild sunflowers and wild relatives accessions from 16 Helianthus species were screened in pots for their resistance to broomrape at the late emergence stage. From this initial screen, 18 accessions from 9 species showing resistance, were phenotyped at early stages of the interaction: the induction of broomrape seed germination by sunflower root exudates, the attachment to the host root and the development of tubercles in rhizotron assays. We showed that wild Helianthus accessions are an important source of resistance to the most virulent broomrape races, affecting various stages of the interaction: the inability to induce broomrape seed germination, the development of incompatible attachments or necrotic tubercles, and the arrest of emerged structure growth. Cytological studies of incompatible attachments showed that several cellular mechanisms were shared among resistant Helianthus species.
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- Mireille Chabaud
- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes- Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Castanet-tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes- Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Castanet-tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes- Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Castanet-tolosan, France
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- Unité en Sciences Biologiques et Biotechnologies (US2B), Nantes Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Unité mixte de recherche 6286 (UMR 6286), Nantes, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes- Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Castanet-tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes- Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Castanet-tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes- Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Castanet-tolosan, France
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- Unité en Sciences Biologiques et Biotechnologies (US2B), Nantes Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Unité mixte de recherche 6286 (UMR 6286), Nantes, France
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- Unité en Sciences Biologiques et Biotechnologies (US2B), Nantes Université, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Unité mixte de recherche 6286 (UMR 6286), Nantes, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes- Environnement (LIPME), Université de Toulouse, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Castanet-tolosan, France
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Fernández-Aparicio M, Del Moral L, Muños S, Velasco L, Pérez-Vich B. Genetic and physiological characterization of sunflower resistance provided by the wild-derived Or Deb2 gene against highly virulent races of Orobanche cumana Wallr. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2022; 135:501-525. [PMID: 34741641 PMCID: PMC8866362 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03979-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OrDeb2 confers post-attachment resistance to Orobanche cumana and is located in a 1.38 Mbp genomic interval containing a cluster of receptor-like kinase and receptor-like protein genes with nine high-confidence candidates. Sunflower broomrape is a holoparasitic angiosperm that parasitizes on sunflower roots, severely constraining crop yield. Breeding for resistance is the most effective method of control. OrDeb2 is a dominant resistance gene introgressed into cultivated sunflower from a wild-related species that confers resistance to highly virulent broomrape races. The objectives of this study were as follows: (i) locate OrDeb2 into the sunflower genome and determine putative candidate genes and (ii) characterize its underlying resistance mechanism. A segregating population from a cross between the sunflower resistant line DEB2, carrying OrDeb2, and a susceptible line was phenotyped for broomrape resistance in four experiments, including different environments and two broomrape races (FGV and GTK). This population was also densely genotyped with microsatellite and SNP markers, which allowed locating OrDeb2 within a 0.9 cM interval in the upper half of Chromosome 4. This interval corresponded to a 1.38 Mbp genomic region of the sunflower reference genome that contained a cluster of genes encoding LRR (leucine-rich repeat) receptor-like proteins lacking a cytoplasmic kinase domain and receptor-like kinases with one or two kinase domains and lacking an extracellular LRR region, which were valuable candidates for OrDeb2. Rhizotron and histological studies showed that OrDeb2 determines a post-attachment resistance response that blocks O. cumana development mainly at the cortex before the establishment of host-parasite vascular connections. This study will contribute to understand the interaction between crops and parasitic weeds, to establish durable breeding strategies based on genetic resistance and provide useful tools for marker-assisted selection and OrDeb2 map-based cloning.
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Microbes-Environnement (LIPME), CNRS, INRAE, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.
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Biological and Transcriptomic Characterization of Pre-Haustorial Resistance to Sunflower Broomrape ( Orobanche cumana W.) in Sunflowers ( Helianthus annuus). PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10091810. [PMID: 34579343 PMCID: PMC8465872 DOI: 10.3390/plants10091810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Infestations with sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.), an obligatory root parasite, constitute a major limitation to sunflower production in many regions around the world. Breeding for resistance is the most effective approach to reduce sunflower broomrape infestation, yet resistance mechanisms are often broken by new races of the pathogen. Elucidating the mechanisms controlling resistance to broomrape at the molecular level is, thus, a desirable way to obtain long-lasting resistance. In this study, we investigated broomrape resistance in a confectionery sunflower cultivar with a robust and long-lasting resistance to sunflower broomrape. Visual screening and histological examination of sunflower roots revealed that penetration of the broomrape haustorium into the sunflower roots was blocked at the cortex, indicating a pre-haustorial mechanism of resistance. A comparative RNA sequencing between broomrape-resistant and -susceptible accessions allowed the identification of genes that were significantly differentially expressed upon broomrape infestation. Among these genes were β-1,3-endoglucanase, β-glucanase, and ethylene-responsive transcription factor 4 (ERF4). These genes were previously reported to be pathogenesis-related in other plant species. This transcriptomic investigation, together with the histological examinations, led us to conclude that the resistance mechanism involves the identification of the broomrape and the consequent formation of a physical barrier that prevents the establishment of the broomrape into the sunflower roots.
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Le Ru A, Ibarcq G, Boniface MC, Baussart A, Muños S, Chabaud M. Image analysis for the automatic phenotyping of Orobanche cumana tubercles on sunflower roots. PLANT METHODS 2021; 17:80. [PMID: 34289852 PMCID: PMC8293553 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-021-00779-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The parasitic plant Orobanche cumana is one of the most important threats to sunflower crops in Europe. Resistant sunflower varieties have been developed, but new O. cumana races have evolved and have overcome introgressed resistance genes, leading to the recurrent need for new resistance methods. Screening for resistance requires the phenotyping of thousands of sunflower plants to various O. cumana races. Most phenotyping experiments have been performed in fields at the later stage of the interaction, requiring time and space. A rapid phenotyping screening method under controlled conditions would need less space and would allow screening for resistance of many sunflower genotypes. Our study proposes a phenotyping tool for the sunflower/O. cumana interaction under controlled conditions through image analysis for broomrape tubercle analysis at early stages of the interaction. RESULTS We optimized the phenotyping of sunflower/O. cumana interactions by using rhizotrons (transparent Plexiglas boxes) in a growth chamber to control culture conditions and Orobanche inoculum. We used a Raspberry Pi computer with a picamera for acquiring images of inoculated sunflower roots 3 weeks post inoculation. We set up a macro using ImageJ free software for the automatic counting of the number of tubercles. This phenotyping tool was named RhizOSun. We evaluated five sunflower genotypes inoculated with two O. cumana races and showed that automatic counting of the number of tubercles using RhizOSun was highly correlated with manual time-consuming counting and could be efficiently used for screening sunflower genotypes at the tubercle stage. CONCLUSION This method is rapid, accurate and low-cost. It allows rapid imaging of numerous rhizotrons over time, and it enables image tracking of all the data with time kinetics. This paves the way toward automatization of phenotyping in rhizotrons that could be used for other root phenotyping, such as symbiotic nodules on legumes.
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- A Le Ru
- FRAIB, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPME, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France.
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Lerner F, Pfenning M, Picard L, Lerchl J, Hollenbach E. Prohexadione calcium is herbicidal to the sunflower root parasite Orobanche cumana. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:1893-1902. [PMID: 33284472 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The obligatory sunflower root parasite Orobanche cumana Wallr. deprives its host of essential nutrients, resulting in a dramatic reduction in yield and biomass. A post-emergence application with an imidazolinone herbicide on an imidazolinone-tolerant sunflower is highly effective against O. cumana. The herbicide inhibits the enzyme acetohydroxy acid synthase and consequently, growth of the parasite is inhibited, although the sunflower survives the treatment through mutations in the target enzyme. Interestingly, field studies have shown that a combined application of an imidazolinone herbicide with prohexadione resulted in reduced emergence of O. cumana compared with the sole application of the herbicide. The aim of this study was to investigate whether prohexadione is herbicidal to O. cumana. RESULTS Prohexadione was rapidly distributed within the sunflower, reaching the roots, the site of O. cumana attack, as early as 6 h after application (HAA) on sunflower leaves. A direct impact of prohexadione on O. cumana germination was investigated and a half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50 ) of 84 μm prohexadione was found. In addition, the inhibition of germination by prohexadione was terminal, meaning that O. cumana seeds died after prohexadione contact as soon as they were primed for germination. Additionally, excretion studies showed that a small proportion of the applied prohexadione was excreted by sunflower roots. CONCLUSION We show that prohexadione is an inhibitor of O. cumana germination and that the growth regulator is found in sunflower roots shortly after application. We hypothesize that prohexadione is excreted in sufficient amounts from the sunflower roots, therefore having a direct impact on O. cumana germination. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Franziska Lerner
- BASF SE, Agrarzentrum Limburgerhof, Limburgerhof, Germany
- Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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- BASF SE, Agrarzentrum Limburgerhof, Limburgerhof, Germany
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- BASF SE, Agrarzentrum Limburgerhof, Limburgerhof, Germany
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- BASF SE, Agrarzentrum Limburgerhof, Limburgerhof, Germany
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Genetic and Genomic Tools in Sunflower Breeding for Broomrape Resistance. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11020152. [PMID: 32019223 PMCID: PMC7073512 DOI: 10.3390/genes11020152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Broomrape is a root parasitic plant causing yield losses in sunflower production. Since sunflower is an important oil crop, the development of broomrape-resistant hybrids is the prime breeding objective. Using conventional plant breeding methods, breeders have identified resistant genes and developed a number of hybrids resistant to broomrape, adapted to different growing regions worldwide. However, the spread of broomrape into new countries and the development of new and more virulent races have been noted intensively. Recent advances in sunflower genomics provide additional tools for plant breeders to improve resistance and find durable solutions for broomrape spread and virulence. This review describes the structure and distribution of new, virulent physiological broomrape races, sources of resistance for introduction into susceptible cultivated sunflower, qualitative and quantitative resistance genes along with gene pyramiding and marker assisted selection (MAS) strategies applied in the process of increasing sunflower resistance. In addition, it presents an overview of underutilized biotechnological tools, such as phenotyping, -omics, and genome editing techniques, which need to be introduced in the study of sunflower resistance to broomrape in order to achieve durable resistance.
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Duriez P, Vautrin S, Auriac MC, Bazerque J, Boniface MC, Callot C, Carrère S, Cauet S, Chabaud M, Gentou F, Lopez-Sendon M, Paris C, Pegot-Espagnet P, Rousseaux JC, Pérez-Vich B, Velasco L, Bergès H, Piquemal J, Muños S. A receptor-like kinase enhances sunflower resistance to Orobanche cumana. NATURE PLANTS 2019; 5:1211-1215. [PMID: 31819219 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0556-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Orobanche cumana (sunflower broomrape) is an obligate parasitic plant that infects sunflower roots, causing yield losses. Here, by using a map-based cloning strategy, we identified HaOr7-a gene that confers resistance to O. cumana race F-which was found to encode a leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase. The complete HAOR7 protein is present in resistant lines of sunflower and prevents O. cumana from connecting to the vascular system of sunflower roots, whereas susceptible lines encode a truncated protein that lacks transmembrane and kinase domains.
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- Pauline Duriez
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Syngenta Seeds, Saint-Sauveur, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France.
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Krupp A, Heller A, Spring O. Development of phloem connection between the parasitic plant Orobanche cumana and its host sunflower. PROTOPLASMA 2019; 256:1385-1397. [PMID: 31111243 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-019-01393-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Orobanche cumana is a root parasitic plant causing considerable yield losses in sunflower cultivation. The holoparasite fulfills its entire demand for water, minerals, and organic nutrients from the host's vascular system. In this study, the ultrastructure of the phloem connection between the haustorium of young O. cumana tubercles and the sunflower root has been examined for the first time. Parasite and host tissues were intermingled at the contact site and difficult to distinguish, but sieve-tube elements of O. cumana and sunflower could be differentiated according to their plastid ultrastructure. While O. cumana sieve-element plastids were larger, often irregular in shape and contained few, small starch inclusions, sieve-element plastids of the host were significantly smaller, always roundish with more and larger starch inclusions. This made it possible to trace the exact contact site of host and parasite sieve elements to show a direct symplastic phloem connection between the two species. The interspecific sieve plate showed more callose on the host side. This allowed detection of newly formed plasmodesmata between host sieve-tube elements and parenchymatic parasite cells, thus showing that undifferentiated cells of the parasite could connect to fully differentiated sieve elements of sunflower. Furthermore, the arrangement of phloem within the O. cumana tubercle as well as differences in sieve-element plastid ultrastructure during shoot development in O. cumana were investigated and are discussed in this paper.
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- Anna Krupp
- Institute of Botany (210), University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 30, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Institute of Botany (210), University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 30, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Botany (210), University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 30, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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Clarke CR, Timko MP, Yoder JI, Axtell MJ, Westwood JH. Molecular Dialog Between Parasitic Plants and Their Hosts. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2019; 57:279-299. [PMID: 31226021 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Parasitic plants steal sugars, water, and other nutrients from host plants through a haustorial connection. Several species of parasitic plants such as witchweeds (Striga spp.) and broomrapes (Orobanche and Phelipanche spp.) are major biotic constraints to agricultural production. Parasitic plants are understudied compared with other major classes of plant pathogens, but the recent availability of genomic and transcriptomic data has accelerated the rate of discovery of the molecular mechanisms underpinning plant parasitism. Here, we review the current body of knowledge of how parasitic plants sense host plants, germinate, form parasitic haustorial connections, and suppress host plant immune responses. Additionally, we assess whether parasitic plants fit within the current paradigms used to understand the molecular mechanisms of microbial plant-pathogen interactions. Finally, we discuss challenges facing parasitic plant research and propose the most urgent questions that need to be answered to advance our understanding of plant parasitism.
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- Christopher R Clarke
- Genetic Improvement for Fruits and Vegetables Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Biology and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA;
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Louarn J, Boniface MC, Pouilly N, Velasco L, Pérez-Vich B, Vincourt P, Muños S. Sunflower Resistance to Broomrape (Orobanche cumana) Is Controlled by Specific QTLs for Different Parasitism Stages. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:590. [PMID: 27242810 PMCID: PMC4861731 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Orobanche cumana (sunflower broomrape) is an obligatory and non-photosynthetic root parasitic plant that specifically infects the sunflower. It is located in Europe and in Asia, where it can cause yield losses of over 80%. More aggressive races have evolved, mainly around the Black Sea, and broomrape can rapidly spread to new areas. Breeding for resistance seems to be the most efficient and sustainable approach to control broomrape infestation. In our study, we used a population of 101 recombinant inbred lines (RILs), derived from a cross between the two lines HA89 and LR1 (a line derived from an interspecific cross with Helianthus debilis). Rhizotrons, pots and field experiments were used to characterize all RILs for their resistance to O. cumana race F parasitism at three post vascular connection life stages: (i) early attachment of the parasite to the sunflower roots, (ii) young tubercle and (iii) shoot emergence. In addition, RIL resistance to race G at young tubercle development stage was evaluated in pots. The entire population was genotyped, and QTLs were mapped. Different QTLs were identified for each race (F from Spain and G from Turkey) and for the three stages of broomrape development. The results indicate that there are several quantitative resistance mechanisms controlling the infection by O. cumana that can be used in sunflower breeding.
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- Johann Louarn
- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-TolosanFrance
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-TolosanFrance
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientifícas, CordobaSpain
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientifícas, CordobaSpain
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-TolosanFrance
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-TolosanFrance
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Martín-Sanz A, Malek J, Fernández-Martínez JM, Pérez-Vich B, Velasco L. Increased Virulence in Sunflower Broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) Populations from Southern Spain Is Associated with Greater Genetic Diversity. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:589. [PMID: 27200060 PMCID: PMC4853410 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Orobanche cumana Wallr. (sunflower broomrape) is a holoparasitic weed that infects roots of sunflower in large areas of Europe and Asia. Two distant O. cumana gene pools have been identified in Spain, one in Cuenca province in the Center and another one in the Guadalquivir Valley in the South. Race F has been hypothesized to have arisen by separate mutational events in both gene pools. In the Guadalquivir Valley, race F spread in the middle 1990's to become predominant and contained so far with race F hybrids. Recently, enhanced virulent populations of O. cumana have been observed in commercial fields parasitizing race F resistant hybrids. From them, we collected four independent populations and conducted virulence and SSR marker-based genetic diversity analysis. Virulence essays confirmed that the four populations studied can parasitize most of the race F resistant hybrids tested, but they cannot parasitize the differential inbred lines DEB-2, carrying resistance to race F and G, and P-96, resistant to F but susceptible to races G from other countries. Accordingly, the new populations have been classified as race GGV to distinguish them from other races G. Cluster analysis with a set of populations from the two Spanish gene pools and from other areas, mainly Eastern Europe, confirmed that race GGV populations maintain close genetic relatedness with the Guadalquivir Valley gene pool. This suggested that increased virulence was not caused by new introductions from other countries. Genetic diversity parameters revealed that the four populations had much greater genetic diversity than conventional populations of the same area, containing only alleles present in the Guadalquivir Valley and Cuenca gene pools. The results suggested that increased virulence may have resulted from admixture of populations from the Guadalquivir Valley and Cuenca followed by recombination of avirulence genes.
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Córdoba, Spain
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Córdoba, Spain
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Córdoba, Spain
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Córdoba, Spain
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The genetic structure of wild Orobanche cumana Wallr. (Orobanchaceae) populations in eastern Bulgaria reflects introgressions from weedy populations. ScientificWorldJournal 2014; 2014:150432. [PMID: 25143963 PMCID: PMC4131075 DOI: 10.1155/2014/150432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Orobanche cumana is a holoparasitic plant naturally distributed from central Asia to south-eastern Europe, where it parasitizes wild Asteraceae species. It is also an important parasitic weed of sunflower crops. The objective of this research was to investigate genetic diversity, population structure, and virulence on sunflower of O. cumana populations parasitizing wild plants in eastern Bulgaria. Fresh tissue of eight O. cumana populations and mature seeds of four of them were collected in situ on wild hosts. Genetic diversity and population structure were studied with SSR markers and compared to weedy populations. Two main gene pools were identified in Bulgarian populations, with most of the populations having intermediate characteristics. Cross-inoculation experiments revealed that O. cumana populations collected on wild species possessed similar ability to parasitize sunflower to those collected on sunflower. The results were explained on the basis of an effective genetic exchange between populations parasitizing sunflower crops and those parasitizing wild species. The occurrence of bidirectional gene flow may have an impact on wild populations, as new physiological races continuously emerge in weedy populations. Also, genetic variability of wild populations may favour the ability of weedy populations to overcome sunflower resistance mechanisms.
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Hvarleva T, Bakalova A, Chepinski I, Hristova-Cherbadji M, Hristov M, Atanasov A. Characterization of Bulgarian Sunflower Cultivars and Inbred Lines with Microsatellite Markers. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2007.10817484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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García-Moreno MJ, Fernández-Martínez JM, Velasco L, Pérez-Vich B. Genetic basis of unstable expression of high gamma-tocopherol content in sunflower seeds. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 12:71. [PMID: 22607470 PMCID: PMC3463442 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 05/01/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Tocopherols are natural antioxidants with both in vivo (vitamin E) and in vitro activity. Sunflower seeds contain predominantly alpha-tocopherol (>90% of total tocopherols), with maximum vitamin E effect but lower in vitro antioxidant action than other tocopherol forms such as gamma-tocopherol. Sunflower germplasm with stable high levels of gamma-tocopherol (>85%) has been developed. The trait is controlled by recessive alleles at a single locus Tph2 underlying a gamma-tocopherol methyltransferase (gamma-TMT). Additionally, unstable expression of increased gamma-tocopherol content in the range from 5 to 85% has been reported. The objective of this research was to determine the genetic basis of unstable expression of high gamma-tocopherol content in sunflower seeds. RESULTS Male sterile plants of nuclear male sterile line nmsT2100, with stable high gamma-tocopherol content, were crossed with plants of line IAST-1, with stable high gamma-tocopherol content but derived from a population that exhibited unstable expression of the trait. F2 seeds showed continuous segregation for gamma-tocopherol content from 1.0 to 99.7%. Gamma-tocopherol content in F2 plants (average of 24 individual F3 seeds) segregated from 59.4 to 99.4%. A genetic linkage map comprising 17 linkage groups (LGs) was constructed from this population using 109 SSR and 20 INDEL marker loci, including INDEL markers for tocopherol biosynthesis genes. QTL analysis revealed a major QTL on LG 8 that corresponded to the gamma-TMT Tph2 locus, which suggested that high gamma-tocopherol lines nmsT2100 and IAST-1 possess different alleles at this locus. Modifying genes were identified at LGs 1, 9, 14 and 16, corresponding in most cases with gamma-TMT duplicated loci. CONCLUSIONS Unstable expression of high gamma-tocopherol content is produced by the effect of modifying genes on tph2a allele at the gamma-TMT Tph2 gene. This allele is present in line IAST-1 and is different to allele tph2 present in line nmsT2100, which is not affected by modifying genes. No sequence differences at the gamma-TMT gene were found associated to allelic unstability. Our results suggested that modifying genes are mostly epistatically interacting gamma-TMT duplicated loci.
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- María J García-Moreno
- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (IAS-CSIC), Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
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Macías FA, García-Díaz MD, Pérez-de-Luque A, Rubiales D, Galindo JCG. New chemical clues for broomrape-sunflower host-parasite interactions: synthesis of guaianestrigolactones. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2009; 57:5853-5864. [PMID: 19507857 DOI: 10.1021/jf900870j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A comparative structure-activity relationship (SAR) study has been conducted with several guaianolide sesquiterpene lactones (SLs) as inducers of the germination of sunflower broomrape (Orobanche cumana) seeds. Compounds were selected and synthesized to study the influence of the lactone-enol-gamma-lactone moiety on the selectivity of SLs toward the stimulation of sunflower broomrape germination. The results clearly illustrate that SLs are recognized only by O. cumana, while the introduction of a strigol-like second lactone moiety in the guaianolide backbone results in the loss of specificity and hence the germination of other broomrape species. We have named this new class of compounds guaianestrigolactones (GELs).
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- Francisco A Macías
- Grupo de Alelopatia, Depto de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cadiz, Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain.
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Rubiales D, Fernández-Aparicio M, Pérez-de-Luque A, Castillejo MA, Prats E, Sillero JC, Rispail N, Fondevilla S. Breeding approaches for crenate broomrape (Orobanche crenata Forsk.) management in pea (Pisum sativum L.). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2009; 65:553-9. [PMID: 19253919 DOI: 10.1002/ps.1740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2008] [Accepted: 10/03/2008] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pea cultivation is strongly hampered in Mediterranean and Middle East farming systems by the occurrence of Orobanche crenata Forsk. Strategies of control have been developed, but only marginal successes have been achieved. Most control methods are either unfeasible, uneconomical, hard to achieve or result in incomplete protection. The integration of several control measures is the most desirable strategy. RESULTS [corrected] Recent developments in control are presented and re-evaluated in light of recent developments in crop breeding and molecular genetics. These developments are placed within a framework that is compatible with current agronomic practices. CONCLUSION The current focus in applied breeding is leveraging biotechnological tools to develop more and better markers to speed up the delivery of improved cultivars to the farmer. To date, however, progress in marker development and delivery of useful markers has been slow. The application of knowledge gained from basic genomic research and genetic engineering will contribute to more rapid pea improvement for resistance against O. crenata and/or the herbicide.
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- Diego Rubiales
- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Apartado, Córdoba, Spain.
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Genetic diversity and genomic distribution of homologs encoding NBS-LRR disease resistance proteins in sunflower. Mol Genet Genomics 2008; 280:111-25. [PMID: 18553106 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-008-0346-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2008] [Accepted: 04/21/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Three-fourths of the recognition-dependent disease resistance genes (R-genes) identified in plants encode nucleotide binding site (NBS) leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins. NBS-LRR homologs have only been isolated on a limited scale from sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), and most of the previously identified homologs are members of two large NBS-LRR clusters harboring downy mildew R-genes. We mined the sunflower EST database and used comparative genomics approaches to develop a deeper understanding of the diversity and distribution of NBS-LRR homologs in the sunflower genome. Collectively, 630 NBS-LRR homologs were identified, 88 by mining a database of 284,241 sunflower ESTs and 542 by sequencing 1,248 genomic DNA amplicons isolated from common and wild sunflower species. DNA markers were developed from 196 unique NBS-LRR sequences and facilitated genetic mapping of 167 NBS-LRR loci. The latter were distributed throughout the sunflower genome in 44 clusters or singletons. Wild species ESTs were a particularly rich source of novel NBS-LRR homologs, many of which were tightly linked to previously mapped downy mildew, rust, and broomrape R-genes. The DNA sequence and mapping resources described here should facilitate the discovery and isolation of recognition-dependent R-genes guarding sunflower from a broad spectrum of economically important diseases. Sunflower nucleotide and amino acid sequences have been deposited in DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank under accession numbers EF 560168-EF 559378 and ABQ 58077-ABQ 57529.
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Rispail N, Dita MA, González-Verdejo C, Pérez-de-Luque A, Castillejo MA, Prats E, Román B, Jorrín J, Rubiales D. Plant resistance to parasitic plants: molecular approaches to an old foe. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2007; 173:703-712. [PMID: 17286819 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.01980.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Parasitic weeds pose severe constraint on major agricultural crops. Varying levels of resistance have been identified and exploited in the breeding programmes of several crops. However, the level of protection achieved to date is either incomplete or ephemeral. Resistance is mainly determined by the coexistence of several mechanisms controlled by multigenic and quantitative systems. Efficient control of the parasite requires a better understanding of the interaction and their associated resistance mechanisms at the histological, genetic and molecular levels. Application of postgenomic technologies and the use of model plants should improve the understanding of the plant-parasitic plant interaction and drive not only breeding programmes through either marker-assisted selection (MAS) or transgenesis but also the development of alternative methods to control the parasite. This review presents the current approaches targeting the characterization of resistance mechanisms and explores their potentiality to control parasitic plants.
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- N Rispail
- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, CSIC, Apdo. 4084, E-14080, Córdoba, Spain
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- Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura Tropica, CP 007, 44380-000 Cruz das Almas-BA, Brasil
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- IFAPA-CICE (Junta de Andalucía), CIFA 'Alameda del Obispo', Área de Mejora y Biotecnología, Apdo 3092, E-14080 Córdoba, Spain
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- IFAPA-CICE (Junta de Andalucía), CIFA 'Alameda del Obispo', Área de Mejora y Biotecnología, Apdo 3092, E-14080 Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, ETSIAM-UCO, Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, CSIC, Apdo. 4084, E-14080, Córdoba, Spain
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- IFAPA-CICE (Junta de Andalucía), CIFA 'Alameda del Obispo', Área de Mejora y Biotecnología, Apdo 3092, E-14080 Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, ETSIAM-UCO, Córdoba, Spain
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- Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, CSIC, Apdo. 4084, E-14080, Córdoba, Spain
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An analysis of heterotic potential for agronomically important traits in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.2298/hel0746055s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jan CC, Seiler G. Sunflower. GENETIC RESOURCES, CHROMOSOME ENGINEERING, AND CROP IMPROVEMENT 2006. [DOI: 10.1201/9781420005363.ch5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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