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Horváth Á, Kiss T, Berki Z, Horváth ÁD, Balla K, Cseh A, Veisz O, Karsai I. Effects of genetic components of plant development on yield-related traits in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) under stress-free conditions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 13:1070410. [PMID: 36844908 PMCID: PMC9945125 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1070410] [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: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The dynamics of plant development not only has an impact on ecological adaptation but also contributes to the realization of genetically determined yield potentials in various environments. Dissecting the genetic determinants of plant development becomes urgent due to the global climate change, which can seriously affect and even disrupt the locally adapted developmental patterns. In order to determine the role plant developmental loci played in local adaptation and yield formation, a panel of 188 winter and facultative wheat cultivars from diverse geographic locations were characterized with the 15K Illumina Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) chip and functional markers of several plant developmental genes and included into a multiseason field experiment. Genome-wide association analyses were conducted on five consecutive developmental phases spanning from the first node appearance to full heading together with various grain yield-related parameters. The panel was balanced for the PPD-D1 photoperiod response gene, which facilitated the analyses in the two subsets of photoperiod-insensitive and -sensitive genotypes in addition to the complete panel. PPD-D1 was the single highest source, explaining 12.1%-19.0% of the phenotypic variation in the successive developmental phases. In addition, 21 minor developmental loci were identified, each one explaining only small portions of the variance, but, together, their effects amounted to 16.6%-50.6% of phenotypic variance. Eight loci (2A_27, 2A_727, 4A_570, 5B_315, 5B_520, 6A_26, 7A_1-(VRN-A3), and 7B_732) were independent of PPD-D1. Seven loci were only detectable in the PPD-D1-insensitive genetic background (1A_539, 1B_487, 2D_649, 4A_9, 5A_584-(VRN-A1), 5B_571-(VRN-B1), and 7B_3-(VRN-B3)), and six loci were only detectable in the sensitive background, specifically 2A_740, 2D_25, 3A_579, 3B_414, 7A_218, 7A_689, and 7B_538. The combination of PPD-D1 insensitivity and sensitivity with the extremities of early or late alleles in the corresponding minor developmental loci resulted in significantly altered and distinct plant developmental patterns with detectable outcomes on some yield-related traits. This study examines the possible significance of the above results in ecological adaptation.
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- Ádám Horváth
- Agricultural Institute, Centre of Agriculture, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre of Agriculture, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Martonvásár, Hungary
- Food and Wine Research Institute, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre of Agriculture, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre of Agriculture, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre of Agriculture, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre of Agriculture, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre of Agriculture, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre of Agriculture, Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Martonvásár, Hungary
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Janáková E, Jakobson I, Peusha H, Abrouk M, Škopová M, Šimková H, Šafář J, Vrána J, Doležel J, Järve K, Valárik M. Divergence between bread wheat and Triticum militinae in the powdery mildew resistance QPm.tut-4A locus and its implications for cloning of the resistance gene. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2019; 132:1061-1072. [PMID: 30535646 PMCID: PMC6449310 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3259-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A segment of Triticum militinae chromosome 7G harbors a gene(s) conferring powdery mildew resistance which is effective at both the seedling and the adult plant stages when transferred into bread wheat (T. aestivum). The introgressed segment replaces a piece of wheat chromosome arm 4AL. An analysis of segregating materials generated to positionally clone the gene highlighted that in a plant heterozygous for the introgression segment, only limited recombination occurs between the introgressed region and bread wheat 4A. Nevertheless, 75 genetic markers were successfully placed within the region, thereby confining the gene to a 0.012 cM window along the 4AL arm. In a background lacking the Ph1 locus, the localized rate of recombination was raised 33-fold, enabling the reduction in the length of the region containing the resistance gene to a 480 kbp stretch harboring 12 predicted genes. The substituted segment in the reference sequence of bread wheat cv. Chinese Spring is longer (640 kbp) and harbors 16 genes. A comparison of the segments' sequences revealed a high degree of divergence with respect to both their gene content and nucleotide sequence. Of the 12 T. militinae genes, only four have a homolog in cv. Chinese Spring. Possible candidate genes for the resistance have been identified based on function predicted from their sequence.
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- Eva Janáková
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, 19086, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, 19086, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Limagrain Central Europe Cereals, s.r.o., Hrubčice 111, 79821, Bedihošť, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, 19086, Tallinn, Estonia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, 78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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Nishimura K, Moriyama R, Katsura K, Saito H, Takisawa R, Kitajima A, Nakazaki T. The early flowering trait of an emmer wheat accession (Triticum turgidum L. ssp. dicoccum) is associated with the cis-element of the Vrn-A3 locus. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2018; 131:2037-2053. [PMID: 29961103 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3131-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We identified a novel allele of the Vrn-A3 gene that is associated with an early flowering trait in wheat. This trait is caused by a cis-element GATA box in Vrn-A3. To identify novel flowering genes in wheat, we investigated days from germination to heading (DGH) in tetraploid wheat accessions. We found that the tetraploid variety Triticum turgidum L. ssp. dicoccum (TN26) harbors unknown genes that surpass the earliness effect of the early flowering allele Ppd-A1a harbored by TN28 (T. turgidum L. ssp. turgidum conv. pyramidale). Using recombinant inbred lines resulting from a cross between TN26 and TN28, we performed a quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis for DGH. We identified a QTL for earliness in TN26 on chromosome 7AS, the chromosome on which Vrn-A3 is located. By sequence analysis for the Vrn-A3 locus in both TN26 and TN28, we identified a 7-bp insertion that included a cis-element GATA box sequence at the promoter region of the Vrn-A3 locus of TN26. Based on an expression analysis using sister lines for Vrn-A3, we suggest that the early flowering trait of TN26 was caused by the GATA box in Vrn-A3. In addition, we identified tetraploid wheat as a useful genetic resource for wheat breeding.
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- Kazusa Nishimura
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 4-2-1, Shiroyamadai, Kizugawa, 619-0218, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 4-2-1, Shiroyamadai, Kizugawa, 619-0218, Kyoto, Japan
- JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration Corporation, 1-1-2, Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 100-8163, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8, Saiwaicho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8509, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 4-2-1, Shiroyamadai, Kizugawa, 619-0218, Kyoto, Japan
- Tropical Agriculture Research Front, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 1091-1 Maezato-Kawarabaru, Ishigaki, 907-0002, Okinawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 4-2-1, Shiroyamadai, Kizugawa, 619-0218, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 4-2-1, Shiroyamadai, Kizugawa, 619-0218, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 4-2-1, Shiroyamadai, Kizugawa, 619-0218, Kyoto, Japan.
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Ibrahim A, Harrison M, Meinke H, Fan Y, Johnson P, Zhou M. A regulator of early flowering in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200722. [PMID: 30016338 PMCID: PMC6049932 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Heading date (HD) of cereals is an important trait for adaptation to diverse environments and is critical for determining yield and quality and the number of genes and gene combinations that confer earliness in barley under short days is limited. In our study, a QTL for early flowering was identified from the cross between an Australian malting barley cultivar and a Chinese landrace. Four sets of near isogenic lines (NILs) were developed with a QTL located on chromosome 5H at the interval of 122.0-129.0 cM. Further experiments were conducted to investigate how this gene was regulated by photoperiod using the NILs with three sowing dates from autumn to summer. The NILs carrying the earliness allele were significantly earlier than the late genotype at all sowing dates. This gene was different from previously reported vernalisation genes that are located at a similar position as no vernalisation was required for all the NILs. The difference between this gene and Eam5 (HvPHYC) locus which also located between two co-segregated markers (3398516S5, 122.5 cM, and 4014046D5, 126.1 cM), is that with the existence of Ppd-H1 (Eam1), Eam5 has no effect on ear emergence under long days while the gene from TX9425 still reduced the time to ear emergency. The locus showed no pleiotropic effects on grain pasting properties and agronomic traits except for spike length and number of spikelets per spike, and thus can be effectively used in breeding programs. The array of early heading dates caused by interactions of Eam5 gene with other maturity genes provides an opportunity to better fine tune heading dates with production environments, which can be critical factor in barley breeding.
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- Ahmed Ibrahim
- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Department of Plant Science, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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Li G, Boontung R, Powers C, Belamkar V, Huang T, Miao F, Baenziger PS, Yan L. Genetic basis of the very short life cycle of 'Apogee' wheat. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:838. [PMID: 29089022 PMCID: PMC5664786 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4239-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background ‘Apogee’ has a very short life cycle among wheat cultivars (flowering 25 days after planting under a long day and without vernalization), and it is a unique genetic material that can be used to accelerate cycling breeding lines. However, little is known about the genetic basis of the super-short life of Apogee wheat. Results In this study, Apogee was crossed with a strong winter wheat cultivar ‘Overland’, and 858 F2 plants were generated and tested in a greenhouse under constant warm temperature and long days. Apogee wheat was found to have the early alleles for four flowering time genes, which were ranked in the order of vrn-A1 > VRN-B1 > vrn-D3 > PPD-D1 according to their effect intensity. All these Apogee alleles for early flowering showed complete or partial dominance effects in the F2 population. Surprisingly, Apogee was found to have the same alleles at vrn-A1a and vrn-D3a for early flowering as observed in winter wheat cultivar ‘Jagger.’ It was also found that the vrn-A1a gene was epistatic to VRN-B1 and vrn-D3. The dominant vrn-D3a alone was not sufficient to cause the transition from vegetative to reproductive development in winter plants without vernalization but was able to accelerate flowering in those plants that carry the vrn-A1a or Vrn-B1 alleles. The genetic effects of the vernalization and photoperiod genes were validated in Apogee x Overland F3 populations. Conclusion VRN-A1, VRN-B1, VRN-D3, and PPD-D1 are the major genes that enabled Apogee to produce the very short life cycle. This study greatly advanced the molecular understanding of the multiple flowering genes under different genetic backgrounds and provided useful molecular tools that can be used to accelerate winter wheat breeding schemes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-017-4239-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Genqiao Li
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK74078, USA.,Wheat, Peanut and Other Field Crops Research, USDA-ARS, 1301 N Western RD, Stillwater, OK, 74075-2714, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK74078, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK74078, USA.,Institute of Grain Crops, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Urumqi, 830091, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK74078, USA.,College of Life Science, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583, USA.
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK74078, USA.
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Ivaničová Z, Valárik M, Pánková K, Trávníčková M, Doležel J, Šafář J, Milec Z. Heritable heading time variation in wheat lines with the same number of Ppd-B1 gene copies. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183745. [PMID: 28846721 PMCID: PMC5573275 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The ability of plants to identify an optimal flowering time is critical for ensuring the production of viable seeds. The main environmental factors that influence the flowering time include the ambient temperature and day length. In wheat, the ability to assess the day length is controlled by photoperiod (Ppd) genes. Due to its allohexaploid nature, bread wheat carries the following three Ppd-1 genes: Ppd-A1, Ppd-B1 and Ppd-D1. While photoperiod (in)sensitivity controlled by Ppd-A1 and Ppd-D1 is mainly determined by sequence changes in the promoter region, the impact of the Ppd-B1 alleles on the heading time has been linked to changes in the copy numbers (and possibly their methylation status) and sequence changes in the promoter region. Here, we report that plants with the same number of Ppd-B1 copies may have different heading times. Differences were observed among F7 lines derived from crossing two spring hexaploid wheat varieties. Several lines carrying three copies of Ppd-B1 headed 16 days later than other plants in the population with the same number of gene copies. This effect was associated with changes in the gene expression level and methylation of the Ppd-B1 gene.
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- Zuzana Ivaničová
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Crop Research Institute, Drnovská 507, Prague, Czech Republic
- Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Šlechtitelů 31, CZ Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Yu K, Liu D, Wu W, Yang W, Sun J, Li X, Zhan K, Cui D, Ling H, Liu C, Zhang A. Development of an integrated linkage map of einkorn wheat and its application for QTL mapping and genome sequence anchoring. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS 2016; 130:53-70. [PMID: 27659843 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2791-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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KEY MESSAGE An integrated genetic map was constructed for einkorn wheat A genome and provided valuable information for QTL mapping and genome sequence anchoring. Wheat is one of the most widely grown food grain crops in the world. The construction of a genetic map is a key step to organize biologically or agronomically important traits along the chromosomes. In the present study, an integrated linkage map of einkorn wheat was developed using 109 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from an inter sub-specific cross, KT1-1 (T. monococcum ssp. boeoticum) × KT3-5 (T. monococcum ssp. monococcum). The map contains 926 molecular markers assigned to seven linkage groups, and covers 1,377 cM with an average marker interval of 1.5 cM. A quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of five agronomic traits identified 16 stable QTL on all seven chromosomes, except 6A. The total phenotypic variance explained by these stable QTL using multiple regressions varied across environments from 8.8 to 87.1 % for days to heading, 24.4-63.0 % for spike length, 48.2-79.6 % for spikelet number per spike, 13.1-48.1 % for plant architecture, and 12.2-26.5 % for plant height, revealing that much of the RIL phenotypic variation had been genetically dissected. Co-localizations of closely linked QTL for different traits were frequently observed, especially on 3A and 7A. The QTL on 3A, 5A and 7A were closely associated with Eps-A m 3, Vrn1 and Vrn3 loci, respectively. Furthermore, this genetic map facilitated the anchoring of 237 T. urartu scaffolds onto seven chromosomes with a physical length of 26.15 Mb. This map and the QTL data provide valuable genetic information to dissect important agronomic and developmental traits in diploid wheat and contribute to the genetic ordering of the genome assembly.
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- Kang Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanxincun 20, Fragrant Hill, Beijing, 100093, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Crops in Henan, Henan Agricultural University, No. 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, People's Republic of China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Crops in Henan, Henan Agricultural University, No. 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanxincun 20, Fragrant Hill, Beijing, 100093, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, People's Republic of China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Grain Crops in Henan, Henan Agricultural University, No. 95 Wenhua Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, People's Republic of China.
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Nguyen AT, Nishijima R, Kajimura T, Murai K, Takumi S. Quantitative trait locus analysis for flowering-related traits using two F2 populations derived from crosses between Japanese common wheat cultivars and synthetic hexaploids. Genes Genet Syst 2016; 90:89-98. [PMID: 26399768 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.90.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Flowering time is an important trait for Japanese wheat breeding. Aegilops tauschii, the D-genome donor of hexaploid wheat, is a useful resource to enlarge the D-genome diversity of common wheat. Previously, we identified flowering-related QTLs in F2 populations of synthetic hexaploid wheat lines between the tetraploid wheat cultivar Langdon and Ae. tauschii accessions. Here, to evaluate the usefulness of the early-flowering alleles from Ae. tauschii for Japanese wheat breeding, QTL analyses were conducted in two F2 populations derived from crosses between Japanese wheat cultivars and early-flowering lines of synthetic hexaploid wheat. Only two chromosomal regions controlling flowering-related traits were identified, on chromosomes 2DS and 5AL in the mapping populations, and no previously identified QTLs were found in the synthetic hexaploid lines. The strong effect of the 2DS QTL, putatively corresponding to Ppd-D1, was considered to hide any significant expression of other QTLs with small effects on flowering-related traits. When F2 individuals carrying Ae. tauschii-homozygous alleles around the 2DS QTL region were selected, the Ae. tauschii-derived alleles of the previously identified flowering QTLs partly showed an early-flowering phenotype compared with the Japanese wheat-derived alleles. Thus, some early-flowering alleles from Ae. tauschii may be useful for production of early-flowering Japanese wheat cultivars.
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- Anh T Nguyen
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
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Genetic and physical mapping of the earliness per se locus Eps-A (m) 1 in Triticum monococcum identifies EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3) as a candidate gene. Funct Integr Genomics 2016; 16:365-82. [PMID: 27085709 PMCID: PMC4947483 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-016-0490-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 03/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wheat cultivars exposed to optimal photoperiod and vernalization treatments still exhibit differences in flowering time, referred to as earliness per se (Eps). We previously identified the Eps-Am1 locus from Triticum monococcum and showed that the allele from cultivated accession DV92 significantly delays heading time and increases the number of spikelets per spike relative to the allele from wild accession G3116. Here, we expanded a high-density genetic and physical map of the Eps-Am1 region and identified the wheat ortholog of circadian clock regulator EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3) as a candidate gene. No differences in ELF3 transcript levels were found between near-isogenic lines carrying the DV92 and G3116 Eps-Am1 alleles, but the encoded ELF3 proteins differed in four amino acids. These differences were associated with altered transcription profiles of PIF-like, PPD1, and FT1, which are known downstream targets of ELF3. Tetraploid wheat lines with combined truncation mutations in the A- and B-genome copies of ELF3 flowered earlier and had less spikelets per spike than the wild-type control under short- and long-day conditions. Both effects were stronger in a photoperiod-sensitive than in a reduced photoperiod-sensitive background, indicating a significant epistatic interaction between PPD1 and ELF3 (P < 0.0001). By contrast, the introgression of the T. monococcum chromosome segment carrying the Eps-Am1 allele from DV92 into durum wheat delayed flowering and increased the number of spikelets per spike. Taken together, the above results support the hypothesis that ELF3 is Eps-Am1. The ELF3 alleles identified here provide additional tools to modulate reproductive development in wheat.
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Zikhali M, Wingen LU, Griffiths S. Delimitation of the Earliness per se D1 (Eps-D1) flowering gene to a subtelomeric chromosomal deletion in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2016; 67:287-99. [PMID: 26476691 PMCID: PMC4682435 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Earliness per se (Eps) genes account for the variation in flowering time when vernalization and photoperiod requirements are satisfied. Genomics and bioinformatics approaches were used to describe allelic variation for 40 Triticum aestivum genes predicted, by synteny with Brachypodium distachyon, to be in the 1DL Eps region. Re-sequencing 1DL genes revealed that varieties carrying early heading alleles at this locus, Spark and Cadenza, carry a subtelomeric deletion including several genes. The equivalent region in Rialto and Avalon is intact. A bimodal distribution in the segregating Spark X Rialto single seed descent (SSD) populations enabled the 1DL QTL to be defined as a discrete Mendelian factor, which we named Eps-D1. Near isogenic lines (NILs) and NIL derived key recombinants between markers flanking Eps-D1 suggest that the 1DL deletion contains the gene(s) underlying Eps-D1. The deletion spans the equivalent of the Triticum monoccocum Eps-A (m) 1 locus, and hence includes MODIFIER OF TRANSCRIPTION 1 (MOT1) and FTSH PROTEASE 4 (FTSH4), the candidates for Eps-A (m) 1. The deletion also contains T. aestivum EARLY FLOWERING 3-D1 (TaELF3-D1) a homologue of the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock gene EARLY FLOWERING 3. Eps-D1 is possibly a homologue of Eps-B1 on chromosome 1BL. NILs carrying the Eps-D1 deletion have significantly reduced total TaELF3 expression and altered TaGIGANTEA (TaGI) expression compared with wild type. Altered TaGI expression is consistent with an ELF3 mutant, hence we propose TaELF3-D1 as the more likely candidate for Eps-D1. This is the first direct fine mapping of Eps effect in bread wheat.
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
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Myśków B, Stojałowski S. Bidirectional selective genotyping approach for the identification of quantitative trait loci controlling earliness per se in winter rye (Secale cereale L.). J Appl Genet 2015; 57:45-50. [PMID: 26069166 PMCID: PMC4731430 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-015-0294-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The genes controlling earliness of plants include genes responsible for vernalisation (Vrn) and photoperiod (Ppd), and those that are not entirely associated with a response to temperature or light. The last group of loci is known as earliness per se (Eps). Eps genes have been most commonly reported in the scientific literature as quantitative trait loci (QTL). The objective of this study was to use a bidirectional selective genotyping (BSG) method for the identification of loci controlling Eps, assessed at the heading stage in a newly developed rye population of recombinant inbred lines. We identified four linkage groups representing fragments of chromosomes, 1R, 5R, 6R and 7R, and containing, in total, 155 DArT markers significantly associated with earliness in rye. The results are discussed in the context of previously published QTL analyses.
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- Beata Myśków
- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, West-Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Słowackiego 17, 71-434, Szczecin, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, West-Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Słowackiego 17, 71-434, Szczecin, Poland
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Valluru R, Reynolds MP, Salse J. Genetic and molecular bases of yield-associated traits: a translational biology approach between rice and wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2014; 127:1463-89. [PMID: 24913362 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-014-2332-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Transferring the knowledge bases between related species may assist in enlarging the yield potential of crop plants. Being cereals, rice and wheat share a high level of gene conservation; however, they differ at metabolic levels as a part of the environmental adaptation resulting in different yield capacities. This review focuses on the current understanding of genetic and molecular regulation of yield-associated traits in both crop species, highlights the similarities and differences and presents the putative knowledge gaps. We focus on the traits associated with phenology, photosynthesis, and assimilate partitioning and lodging resistance; the most important drivers of yield potential. Currently, there are large knowledge gaps in the genetic and molecular control of such major biological processes that can be filled in a translational biology approach in transferring genomics and genetics informations between rice and wheat.
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- Ravi Valluru
- Wheat Physiology, Global Wheat Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), 56130, Mexico DF, Mexico,
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Swięcka S, Berdzik M, Myśków B. Genetic mapping of the ScHd1 gene in rye and an assessment of its relationship with earliness per se and plant morphology. J Appl Genet 2014; 55:469-73. [PMID: 24840745 PMCID: PMC4185098 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-014-0223-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Revised: 04/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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A fragment of the ScHd1 gene derived from eight inbred lines was sequenced and showed homology to other Hd1 genes from different cereals. Sequences were analysed with respect to the presence of a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) difference. A C-T transition at position 312 of the consensus sequence was found, which distinguished two lines from the remaining six. The deduced amino acid sequence revealed a high identity (93%) to a Hd1-like protein from wheat. The identified mutation allowed the localisation of ScHd1 on a genetic map of rye (6RS). A small, statistically significant linkage between ScHd1 and earliness per se (eps) and some morphological traits was also established. The chromosomal region, including the S76 allele for the ScHd1 gene was linked to earlier heading, elongated spikes, a greater number of spikelets per spike and an increased weight of 1000 kernels.
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- Sandra Swięcka
- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, West-Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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Randhawa M, Bansal U, Valárik M, Klocová B, Doležel J, Bariana H. Molecular mapping of stripe rust resistance gene Yr51 in chromosome 4AL of wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2014; 127:317-24. [PMID: 24185819 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2220-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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This manuscript describes the chromosomal location of a new source of stripe rust resistance in wheat. DNA markers closely linked with the resistance locus were identified and validated. A wheat landrace, AUS27858, from the Watkins collection showed high levels of resistance against Australian pathotypes of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. It was reported to carry two genes for stripe rust resistance, tentatively named YrAW1 and YrAW2. One hundred seeds of an F3 line (HSB#5515; YrAW1yrAW1) that showed monogenic segregation for stripe rust response were sown and harvested individually to generate monogenically segregating population (MSP) #5515. Stripe rust response variation in MSP#5515 conformed to segregation at a single locus. Bulked segregant analysis using high-throughput DArT markers placed YrAW1 in chromosome 4AL. MSP#5515 was advanced to F6 and phenotyped for detailed mapping. Novel wheat genomic resources including chromosome-specific sequence and genome zipper were employed to develop markers specific for the long arm of chromosome 4A. These markers were used for further saturation of the YrAW1 carrying region. YrAW1 was delimited by 3.7 cM between markers owm45F3R3 and sun104. Since there was no other stripe rust resistance gene located in chromosome 4AL, YrAW1 was formally named Yr51. Reference stock for Yr51 was lodged at the Australian Winter Cereal Collection, Tamworth, Australia and it was accessioned as AUS91456. Marker sun104 was genotyped on a set of Australian and Indian wheat cultivars and was shown to lack the resistance-linked sun104-225 bp allele. Marker sun104 is currently being used for marker-assisted backcrossing of Yr51 in Australian and Indian wheat backgrounds.
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- Mandeep Randhawa
- Department of Plant and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney PBI-Cobbitty, PMB 4011, Narellan, NSW, 2567, Australia
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Zikhali M, Leverington-Waite M, Fish L, Simmonds J, Orford S, Wingen LU, Goram R, Gosman N, Bentley A, Griffiths S. Validation of a 1DL earliness per se ( eps) flowering QTL in bread wheat ( Triticum aestivum). MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2014; 34:1023-1033. [PMID: 25242885 PMCID: PMC4162975 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-014-0094-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Vernalization, photoperiod and the relatively poorly defined earliness per se (eps) genes regulate flowering in plants. We report here the validation of a major eps quantitative trait locus (QTL) located on wheat 1DL using near isogenic lines (NILs). We used four independent pairs of NILs derived from a cross between Spark and Rialto winter wheat varieties, grown in both the field and controlled environments. NILs carrying the Spark allele, defined by QTL flanking markers Xgdm111 and Xbarc62, consistently flowered 3-5 days earlier when fully vernalized relative to those with the Rialto. The effect was independent of photoperiod under field conditions, short days (10-h light), long days (16-h light) and very long days (20-h light). These results validate our original QTL identified using doubled haploid (DH) populations. This QTL represents variation maintained in elite north-western European winter wheat germplasm. The two DH lines used to develop the NILs, SR9 and SR23 enabled us to define the location of the 1DL QTL downstream of marker Xgdm111. SR9 has the Spark 1DL arm while SR23 has a recombinant 1DL arm with the Spark allele from Xgdm111 to the distal end. Our work suggests that marker assisted selection of eps effects is feasible and useful even before the genes are cloned. This means eps genes can be defined and positionally cloned in the same way as the photoperiod and vernalization genes have been. This validation study is a first step towards fine mapping and eventually cloning the gene directly in hexaploid wheat.
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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- The John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE UK
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- The John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE UK
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
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Zanke C, Ling J, Plieske J, Kollers S, Ebmeyer E, Korzun V, Argillier O, Stiewe G, Hinze M, Beier S, Ganal MW, Röder MS. Genetic architecture of main effect QTL for heading date in European winter wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:217. [PMID: 24904613 PMCID: PMC4033046 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/01/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A genome-wide association study (GWAS) for heading date (HD) was performed with a panel of 358 European winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) varieties and 14 spring wheat varieties through the phenotypic evaluation of HD in field tests in eight environments. Genotyping data consisted of 770 mapped microsatellite loci and 7934 mapped SNP markers derived from the 90K iSelect wheat chip. Best linear unbiased estimations (BLUEs) were calculated across all trials and ranged from 142.5 to 159.6 days after the 1st of January with an average value of 151.4 days. Considering only associations with a -log10 (P-value) ≥ 3.0, a total of 340 SSR and 2983 SNP marker-trait associations (MTAs) were detected. After Bonferroni correction for multiple testing, a total of 72 SSR and 438 SNP marker-trait associations remained significant. Highly significant MTAs were detected for the photoperiodism gene Ppd-D1, which was genotyped in all varieties. Consistent associations were found on all chromosomes with the highest number of MTAs on chromosome 5B. Linear regression showed a clear dependence of the HD score BLUEs on the number of favorable alleles (decreasing HD) and unfavorable alleles (increasing HD) per variety meaning that genotypes with a higher number of favorable or a low number of unfavorable alleles showed lower HD and therefore flowered earlier. For the vernalization gene Vrn-A2 co-locating MTAs on chromosome 5A, as well as for the photoperiodism genes Ppd-A1 and Ppd-B1 on chromosomes 2A and 2B were detected. After the construction of an integrated map of the SSR and SNP markers and by exploiting the synteny to sequenced species, such as rice and Brachypodium distachyon, we were able to demonstrate that a marker locus on wheat chromosome 5BL with homology to the rice photoperiodism gene Hd6 played a significant role in the determination of the heading date in wheat.
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- Christine Zanke
- Department of Cytogenetics and Genome Analyses, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben, Germany
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- Department of Cytogenetics and Genome Analyses, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben, Germany
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- Department of Cytogenetics and Genome Analyses, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben, Germany
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- Department of Cytogenetics and Genome Analyses, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)Gatersleben, Germany
- *Correspondence: Marion S. Röder, Department of Cytogenetics and Genome Analyses, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstr. 3, Gatersleben 06466, Germany e-mail:
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Milec Z, Valárik M, Bartoš J, Šafář J. Can a late bloomer become an early bird? Tools for flowering time adjustment. Biotechnol Adv 2014; 32:200-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2013.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Revised: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wu H, Qin J, Han J, Zhao X, Ouyang S, Liang Y, Zhang D, Wang Z, Wu Q, Xie J, Cui Y, Peng H, Sun Q, Liu Z. Comparative high-resolution mapping of the wax inhibitors Iw1 and Iw2 in hexaploid wheat. PLoS One 2013; 8:e84691. [PMID: 24376835 PMCID: PMC3871689 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The wax (glaucousness) on wheat leaves and stems is mainly controlled by two sets of genes: glaucousness loci (W1 and W2) and non-glaucousness loci (Iw1 and Iw2). The non-glaucousness (Iw) loci act as inhibitors of the glaucousness loci (W). High-resolution comparative genetic linkage maps of the wax inhibitors Iw1 originating from Triticum dicoccoides, and Iw2 from Aegilops tauschii were developed by comparative genomics analyses of Brachypodium, sorghum and rice genomic sequences corresponding to the syntenic regions of the Iw loci in wheat. Eleven Iw1 and eight Iw2 linked EST markers were developed and mapped to linkage maps on the distal regions of chromosomes 2BS and 2DS, respectively. The Iw1 locus mapped within a 0.96 cM interval flanked by the BE498358 and CA499581 EST markers that are collinear with 122 kb, 202 kb, and 466 kb genomic regions in the Brachypodium 5S chromosome, the sorghum 6S chromosome and the rice 4S chromosome, respectively. The Iw2 locus was located in a 4.1 to 5.4-cM interval in chromosome 2DS that is flanked by the CJ886319 and CJ519831 EST markers, and this region is collinear with a 2.3 cM region spanning the Iw1 locus on chromosome 2BS. Both Iw1 and Iw2 co-segregated with the BF474014 and CJ876545 EST markers, indicating they are most likely orthologs on 2BS and 2DS. These high-resolution maps can serve as a framework for chromosome landing, physical mapping and map-based cloning of the wax inhibitors in wheat.
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- Haibin Wu
- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology / Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement / Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis Research & Utilization, Department of Plant Genetics & Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Cao X, Zhou J, Gong X, Zhao G, Jia J, Qi X. Identification and validation of a major quantitative trait locus for slow-rusting resistance to stripe rust in wheat. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2012; 54:330-44. [PMID: 22349012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2012.01111.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Stripe (yellow) rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. f. sp. tritici Eriks (Pst), is one of the most important wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) diseases and causes significant yield losses. A recombinant inbred (RI) population derived from a cross between Yanzhan 1 and Xichang 76-9 cultivars was evaluated for resistance to wheat stripe rust strain CYR32 at both the seedling and adult plant stages. Four resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were detected in this population, in which the major one, designated as Yrq1, was mapped on chromosome 2DS. The strategy of using the Brachypodium distachyon genome, wheat expressed sequence tags and a draft DNA sequences (scaffolds) of the D-genome (Aegilops tauschii Coss.) for the development of simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers was successfully used to identify 147 SSRs in hexaploid wheat. Of the 19 polymorphic SSRs in the RI population, 17 SSRs were mapped in the homeologous group 2 chromosomes near Yrq1 region and eight SSRs were genetically mapped in the 2.7 cM region of Yrq1, providing abundant DNA markers for fine-mapping of Yrq1 and marker-assisted selection in wheat breeding program. The effectiveness of Yrq1 was validated in an independent population, indicating that this resistance QTL can be successfully transferred into a susceptible cultivar for improvement of stripe rust resistance.
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- Xiaohua Cao
- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Induced mutations in circadian clock regulator Mat-a facilitated short-season adaptation and range extension in cultivated barley. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:4326-31. [PMID: 22371569 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113009109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Time to flowering has an important impact on yield and has been a key trait in the domestication of crop plants and the spread of agriculture. In 1961, the cultivar Mari (mat-a.8) was the very first induced early barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) mutant to be released into commercial production. Mari extended the range of two-row spring barley cultivation as a result of its photoperiod insensitivity. Since its release, Mari or its derivatives have been used extensively across the world to facilitate short-season adaptation and further geographic range extension. By exploiting an extended historical collection of early-flowering mutants of barley, we identified Praematurum-a (Mat-a), the gene responsible for this key adaptive phenotype, as a homolog of the Arabidopsis thaliana circadian clock regulator Early Flowering 3 (Elf3). We characterized 87 induced mat-a mutant lines and identified >20 different mat-a alleles that had clear mutations leading to a defective putative ELF3 protein. Expression analysis of HvElf3 and Gigantea in mutant and wild-type plants demonstrated that mat-a mutations disturb the flowering pathway, leading to the early phenotype. Alleles of Mat-a therefore have important and demonstrated breeding value in barley but probably also in many other day-length-sensitive crop plants, where they may tune adaptation to different geographic regions and climatic conditions, a critical issue in times of global warming.
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Myskow B, Stojalowski S, Milczarski P, Masojc P. Mapping of sequence-specific markers and loci controlling preharvest sprouting and alpha-amylase activity in rye (Secale cereale L.) on the genetic map of an F2 (S120×S76) population. J Appl Genet 2011; 51:283-7. [PMID: 20720302 DOI: 10.1007/bf03208857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Location of the loci that control preharvest sprouting and alpha-amylase activity in rye was studied based on intercross S120×S76, consisting of 110 genotypes of F2 and F3 progenies. The genetic map currently consists of 141 loci distributed in 11 linkage groups, covering a distance of 506.4 cM, and was enriched during this study with 24 sequence-specific markers (7 SCARs, 7 SSRs, and 10 STSs). The extended map was applied for composite interval mapping of the loci controlling preharvest sprouting and α-amylase activity, revealing 3 significant QTLs for preharvest sprouting, located on chromosomes 3R, 5R and 6R (in 1999), and one QTL for α-amylase activity found on chromosome 2R (in 2000).
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- B Myskow
- Department of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, West-Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland.
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Wiebe K, Harris NS, Faris JD, Clarke JM, Knox RE, Taylor GJ, Pozniak CJ. Targeted mapping of Cdu1, a major locus regulating grain cadmium concentration in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2010; 121:1047-58. [PMID: 20559817 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-010-1370-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Accepted: 05/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Some durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum) cultivars have the genetic propensity to accumulate cadmium (Cd) in the grain. A major gene controlling grain Cd concentration designated as Cdu1 has been reported on 5B, but the genetic factor(s) conferring the low Cd phenotype are currently unknown. The objectives of this study were to saturate the chromosomal region harboring Cdu1 with newly developed PCR-based markers and to investigate the colinearity of this wheat chromosomal region with rice (Oryza sativa L.) and Brachypodium distachyon genomes. Genetic mapping of markers linked to Cdu1 in a population of recombinant inbred substitution lines revealed that the gene(s) associated with variation in Cd concentration resides in wheat bin 5BL9 between fraction breakpoints 0.76 and 0.79. Genetic mapping and quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of grain Cd concentration was performed in 155 doubled haploid lines from the cross W9262-260D3 (low Cd) by Kofa (high Cd) revealed two expressed sequence tag markers (ESMs) and one sequence tagged site (STS) marker that co-segregated with Cdu1 and explained >80% of the phenotypic variation in grain Cd concentration. A second, minor QTL for grain Cd concentration was also identified on 5B, 67 cM proximal to Cdu1. The Cdu1 interval spans 286 kbp of rice chromosome 3 and 282 kbp of Brachypodium chromosome 1. The markers and rice and Brachypodium colinearity described here represent tools that will assist in the positional cloning of Cdu1 and can be used to select for low Cd accumulation in durum wheat breeding programs targeting this trait. The isolation of Cdu1 will further our knowledge of Cd accumulation in cereals as well as metal accumulation in general.
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- K Wiebe
- Department of Plant Sciences, Crop Development Center, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8, Canada
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Cockram J, Howells RM, O’Sullivan DM. Segmental chromosomal duplications harbouring group IV CONSTANS-like genes in cereals. Genome 2010; 53:231-40. [DOI: 10.1139/g09-101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Comparative mapping is an important component of map-based cloning in large-genome cereal species. We describe evidence of a segmental chromosomal duplication harbouring CONSTANS-like genes in barley that predates the divergence of the Oryzoideae (rice) and Pooideae (brachypodium, barley, wheat) clades, and discuss the implications of such events for comparative mapping and QTL cloning in temperate cereal crops.
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- James Cockram
- John Bingham Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Huntington Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK
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- John Bingham Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Huntington Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK
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- John Bingham Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Huntington Road, Cambridge, CB3 0LE, UK
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Kuraparthy V, Sood S, Gill BS. Molecular genetic description of the cryptic wheat-Aegilops geniculata introgression carrying rust resistance genes Lr57 and Yr40 using wheat ESTs and synteny with rice. Genome 2009; 52:1025-36. [PMID: 19953130 DOI: 10.1139/g09-076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The cryptic wheat-alien translocation T5DL.5DS-5MgS(0.95), with leaf rust and stripe rust resistance genes Lr57 and Yr40 transferred from Aegilops geniculata (UgMg) into common wheat, was further analyzed. Molecular genetic analysis using physically mapped ESTs showed that the alien segment in T5DL.5DS-5MgS(0.95) represented only a fraction of the wheat deletion bin 5DS2-0.78-1.00 and was less than 3.3 cM in length in the diploid wheat genetic map. Comparative genomic analysis indicated a high level of colinearity between the distal region of the long arm of chromosome 12 of rice and the genomic region spanning the Lr57 and Yr40 genes in wheat. The alien segment with genes Lr57 and Yr40 corresponds to fewer than four overlapping BAC or PAC clones of the syntenic rice chromosome arm 12L. The wheat-alien translocation breakpoint in T5DL.5DS-5MgS(0.95) was further localized to a single BAC clone of the syntenic rice genomic sequence. The small size of the terminal wheat-alien translocation, as established precisely with respect to Chinese Spring deletion bins and the syntenic rice genomic sequence, further confirmed the escaping nature of cryptic wheat-alien translocations in introgressive breeding. The molecular genetic resources and information developed in the present study will facilitate further fine-scale physical mapping and map-based cloning of the Lr57 and Yr40 genes.
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- Vasu Kuraparthy
- Crop Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Faricelli ME, Valárik M, Dubcovsky J. Control of flowering time and spike development in cereals: the earliness per se Eps-1 region in wheat, rice, and Brachypodium. Funct Integr Genomics 2009; 10:293-306. [PMID: 19851796 PMCID: PMC2862174 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-009-0146-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2009] [Revised: 09/22/2009] [Accepted: 09/26/2009] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The earliness per se gene Eps-Am1 from diploid wheat Triticum monococcum affects heading time, spike development, and spikelet number. In this study, the Eps1 orthologous regions from rice, Aegilops tauschii, and Brachypodium distachyon were compared as part of current efforts to clone this gene. A single Brachypodium BAC clone spanned the Eps-Am1 region, but a gap was detected in the A. tauschii physical map. Sequencing of the Brachypodium and A. tauschii BAC clones revealed three genes shared by the three species, which showed higher identity between wheat and Brachypodium than between them and rice. However, most of the structural changes were detected in the wheat lineage. These included an inversion encompassing the wg241-VatpC region and the presence of six unique genes. In contrast, only one unique gene (and one pseudogene) was found in Brachypodium and none in rice. Three genes were present in both Brachypodium and wheat but were absent in rice. Two of these genes, Mot1 and FtsH4, were completely linked to the earliness per se phenotype in the T. monococcum high-density genetic map and are candidates for Eps-Am1. Both genes were expressed in apices and developing spikes, as expected for Eps-Am1 candidates. The predicted MOT1 protein showed amino acid differences between the parental T. monococcum lines, but its effect is difficult to predict. Future steps to clone the Eps-Am1 gene include the generation of mot1 and ftsh4 mutants and the completion of the T. monococcum physical map to test for the presence of additional candidate genes.
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- Maria E Faricelli
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Mail Stop 1, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8780, USA
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Genome comparisons reveal a dominant mechanism of chromosome number reduction in grasses and accelerated genome evolution in Triticeae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:15780-5. [PMID: 19717446 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908195106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Single-nucleotide polymorphism was used in the construction of an expressed sequence tag map of Aegilops tauschii, the diploid source of the wheat D genome. Comparisons of the map with the rice and sorghum genome sequences revealed 50 inversions and translocations; 2, 8, and 40 were assigned respectively to the rice, sorghum, and Ae. tauschii lineages, showing greatly accelerated genome evolution in the large Triticeae genomes. The reduction of the basic chromosome number from 12 to 7 in the Triticeae has taken place by a process during which an entire chromosome is inserted by its telomeres into a break in the centromeric region of another chromosome. The original centromere-telomere polarity of the chromosome arms is maintained in the new chromosome. An intrachromosomal telomere-telomere fusion resulting in a pericentric translocation of a chromosome segment or an entire arm accompanied or preceded the chromosome insertion in some instances. Insertional dysploidy has been recorded in three grass subfamilies and appears to be the dominant mechanism of basic chromosome number reduction in grasses. A total of 64% and 66% of Ae. tauschii genes were syntenic with sorghum and rice genes, respectively. Synteny was reduced in the vicinity of the termini of modern Ae. tauschii chromosomes but not in the vicinity of the ancient termini embedded in the Ae. tauschii chromosomes, suggesting that the dependence of synteny erosion on gene location along the centromere-telomere axis either evolved recently in the Triticeae phylogenetic lineage or its evolution was recently accelerated.
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Evidence and evolutionary analysis of ancient whole-genome duplication in barley predating the divergence from rice. BMC Evol Biol 2009; 9:209. [PMID: 19698139 PMCID: PMC2746218 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2009] [Accepted: 08/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Well preserved genomic colinearity among agronomically important grass species such as rice, maize, Sorghum, wheat and barley provides access to whole-genome structure information even in species lacking a reference genome sequence. We investigated footprints of whole-genome duplication (WGD) in barley that shaped the cereal ancestor genome by analyzing shared synteny with rice using a ~2000 gene-based barley genetic map and the rice genome reference sequence. Results Based on a recent annotation of the rice genome, we reviewed the WGD in rice and identified 24 pairs of duplicated genomic segments involving 70% of the rice genome. Using 968 putative orthologous gene pairs, synteny covered 89% of the barley genetic map and 63% of the rice genome. We found strong evidence for seven shared segmental genome duplications, corresponding to more than 50% of the segmental genome duplications previously determined in rice. Analysis of synonymous substitution rates (Ks) suggested that shared duplications originated before the divergence of these two species. While major genome rearrangements affected the ancestral genome of both species, small paracentric inversions were found to be species specific. Conclusion We provide a thorough analysis of comparative genome evolution between barley and rice. A barley genetic map of approximately 2000 non-redundant EST sequences provided sufficient density to allow a detailed view of shared synteny with the rice genome. Using an indirect approach that included the localization of WGD-derived duplicated genome segments in the rice genome, we determined the current extent of shared WGD-derived genome duplications that occurred prior to species divergence.
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Thiel T, Graner A, Waugh R, Grosse I, Close TJ, Stein N. Evidence and evolutionary analysis of ancient whole-genome duplication in barley predating the divergence from rice. BMC Evol Biol 2009. [PMID: 19698139 DOI: 10.1186/1471‐2148‐9‐209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Well preserved genomic colinearity among agronomically important grass species such as rice, maize, Sorghum, wheat and barley provides access to whole-genome structure information even in species lacking a reference genome sequence. We investigated footprints of whole-genome duplication (WGD) in barley that shaped the cereal ancestor genome by analyzing shared synteny with rice using a approximately 2000 gene-based barley genetic map and the rice genome reference sequence. RESULTS Based on a recent annotation of the rice genome, we reviewed the WGD in rice and identified 24 pairs of duplicated genomic segments involving 70% of the rice genome. Using 968 putative orthologous gene pairs, synteny covered 89% of the barley genetic map and 63% of the rice genome. We found strong evidence for seven shared segmental genome duplications, corresponding to more than 50% of the segmental genome duplications previously determined in rice. Analysis of synonymous substitution rates (Ks) suggested that shared duplications originated before the divergence of these two species. While major genome rearrangements affected the ancestral genome of both species, small paracentric inversions were found to be species specific. CONCLUSION We provide a thorough analysis of comparative genome evolution between barley and rice. A barley genetic map of approximately 2000 non-redundant EST sequences provided sufficient density to allow a detailed view of shared synteny with the rice genome. Using an indirect approach that included the localization of WGD-derived duplicated genome segments in the rice genome, we determined the current extent of shared WGD-derived genome duplications that occurred prior to species divergence.
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- Thomas Thiel
- IPK Gatersleben, Corrensstr, 3, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany.
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Griffiths S, Simmonds J, Leverington M, Wang Y, Fish L, Sayers L, Alibert L, Orford S, Wingen L, Herry L, Faure S, Laurie D, Bilham L, Snape J. Meta-QTL analysis of the genetic control of ear emergence in elite European winter wheat germplasm. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2009; 119:383-95. [PMID: 19430758 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-009-1046-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2008] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Variation in ear emergence time is critical for the adaptation of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to specific environments. The aim of this study was to identify genes controlling ear emergence time in elite European winter wheat germplasm. Four doubled haploid populations derived from the crosses: Avalon x Cadenza, Savannah x Rialto, Spark x Rialto, and Charger x Badger were selected which represent diversity in European winter wheat breeding programmes. Ear emergence time was recorded as the time from 1st May to heading in replicated field trials in the UK, France and Germany. Genetic maps based on simple sequence repeat (SSR) and Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) markers were constructed for each population. One hundred and twenty-seven significant QTL were identified in the four populations. These effects were condensed into 19 meta-QTL projected onto a consensus SSR map of wheat. These effects are located on chromosomes 1B (2 meta-QTL), 1D, 2A (2 meta-QTL), 3A, 3B (2 meta-QTL), 4B, 4D, 5A (2 meta-QTL), 5B, 6A, 6B 7A (2 meta-QTL), 7B and 7D. The identification of environmentally robust earliness per se effects will facilitate the fine tuning of ear emergence in predictive wheat breeding programmes.
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- Simon Griffiths
- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
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Chen Y, Carver BF, Wang S, Zhang F, Yan L. Genetic loci associated with stem elongation and winter dormancy release in wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2009; 118:881-9. [PMID: 19130033 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0946-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2008] [Accepted: 12/04/2008] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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In winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), the stem begins to elongate after the vernalization requirement is satisfied during winter and when favorable temperature and photoperiod conditions are attained in spring. In this study, we precisely measured elongation of the first extended internode on 96 recombinant inbred lines of a population that was generated from a cross between two winter wheat cultivars, Jagger (early stem elongation) and 2174 (late stem elongation). We mapped a major locus for stem elongation to the region where VRN-A1 resides in chromosome 5A. Visible assessment of winter dormancy release was concomitantly associated with this locus. VRN1 was previously cloned based on variation in vernalization requirement between spring wheat carrying a dominant Vrn-1 allele and winter wheat carrying a recessive vrn-1 allele. Both of two winter wheat cultivars in this study carry a recessive vrn-A1 allele; therefore, our results suggest that either VRN-A1 might invoke a new regulatory mechanism or a new gene residing close to VRN-A1 plays a regulatory role in winter wheat development. Phenotypic expression of the vrn-A1a allele of Jagger was more sensitive to the year of measurement of stem elongation than that of the vrn-A1b allele of 2174. In addition to QSte.osu.5A, several loci were also found to have minor effects on initial stem elongation of winter wheat. Seventeen of nineteen locally adapted cultivars in the southern Great Plaints contained the vrn-A1b allele. Hence, breeders in this area have inadvertently selected this allele, contributing to later stem elongation and more conducive developmental patterns for grain production.
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- Yihua Chen
- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, 368 Agricultural Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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Hackauf B, Rudd S, van der Voort JR, Miedaner T, Wehling P. Comparative mapping of DNA sequences in rye (Secale cereale L.) in relation to the rice genome. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2009; 118:371-84. [PMID: 18953524 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-008-0906-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2008] [Accepted: 09/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The rice genome has proven a valuable resource for comparative approaches to address individual genomic regions in Triticeae species at the molecular level. To exploit this resource for rye genetics and breeding, an inventory was made of EST-derived markers with known genomic positions in rye, which were related with those in rice. As a first inventory set, 92 EST-SSR markers were mapped which had been drawn from a non-redundant rye EST collection representing 5,423 unigenes and 2.2 Mb of DNA. Using a BC1 mapping population which involved an exotic rye accession as donor parent, these EST-SSR markers were arranged in a linkage map together with 25 genomic SSR markers as well as 131 AFLP and four STS markers. This map comprises seven linkage groups corresponding to the seven rye chromosomes and covers 724 cM of the rye genome. For comparative studies, additional inventory sets of EST-based markers were included which originated from the rye-mapping data published by other authors. Altogether, 502 EST-based markers with known chromosomal localizations in rye were used for BlastN search and 334 of them could be in silico mapped in the rice genome. Additionally, 14 markers were included which lacked sequence information but had been genetically mapped in rice. Based on the 348 markers, each of the seven rye chromosomes could be aligned with distinct portions of the rice genome, providing improved insight into the status of the rye-rice genome relationships. Furthermore, the aligned markers provide genomic anchor points between rye and rice, enabling the identification of conserved ortholog set markers for rye. Perspectives of rice as a model for genome analysis in rye are discussed.
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- B Hackauf
- Julius Kühn Institute, Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops, Erwin-Baur-Str. 27, 06484, Quedlinburg, Germany.
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Structure-function analysis of the barley genome: the gene-rich region of chromosome 2HL. Funct Integr Genomics 2008; 9:67-79. [PMID: 18958509 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-008-0099-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2008] [Revised: 09/03/2008] [Accepted: 10/13/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A major gene-rich region on the end of the long arm of Triticeae group 2 chromosomes exhibits high recombination frequencies, making it an attractive region for positional cloning. Traits known to be controlled by this region include chasmogamy/cleistogamy, frost tolerance at flowering, grain yield, head architecture, and resistance to Fusarium head blight and rusts. To assist these cloning efforts, we constructed detailed genetic maps of barley chromosome 2H, including 61 polymerase chain reaction markers. Colinearity with rice occurred in eight distinct blocks, including five blocks in the terminal gene-rich region. Alignment of rice sequences from the junctions of colinear chromosome segments provided no evidence for the involvement of long (>2.5 kb) inverted repeats in generating inversions. However, reuse of some junction sequences in two or three separate evolutionary breakage/fusion events was implicated, suggesting the presence of fragile sites. Sequencing across 91 gene fragments totaling 107 kb from four barley genotypes revealed the highest single nucleotide substitution and insertion-deletion polymorphism levels in the terminal regions of the chromosome arms. The maps will assist in the isolation of genes from the chromosome 2L gene-rich region in barley and wheat by providing markers and accelerating the identification of the corresponding points in the rice genome sequence.
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Dwivedi S, Perotti E, Ortiz R. Towards molecular breeding of reproductive traits in cereal crops. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2008; 6:529-559. [PMID: 18507792 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2008.00343.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The transition from vegetative to reproductive phase, flowering per se, floral organ development, panicle structure and morphology, meiosis, pollination and fertilization, cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and fertility restoration, and grain development are the main reproductive traits. Unlocking their genetic insights will enable plant breeders to manipulate these traits in cereal germplasm enhancement. Multiple genes or quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting flowering (phase transition, photoperiod and vernalization, flowering per se), panicle morphology and grain development have been cloned, and gene expression research has provided new information about the nature of complex genetic networks involved in the expression of these traits. Molecular biology is also facilitating the identification of diverse CMS sources in hybrid breeding. Few Rf (fertility restorer) genes have been cloned in maize, rice and sorghum. DNA markers are now used to assess the genetic purity of hybrids and their parental lines, and to pyramid Rf or tms (thermosensitive male sterility) genes in rice. Transgene(s) can be used to create de novo CMS trait in cereals. The understanding of reproductive biology facilitated by functional genomics will allow a better manipulation of genes by crop breeders and their potential use across species through genetic transformation.
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- Sangam Dwivedi
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Faris JD, Zhang Z, Fellers JP, Gill BS. Micro-colinearity between rice, Brachypodium, and Triticum monococcum at the wheat domestication locus Q. Funct Integr Genomics 2008; 8:149-64. [PMID: 18210171 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-008-0073-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2007] [Revised: 01/02/2008] [Accepted: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Brachypodium, a wild temperate grass with a small genome, was recently proposed as a new model organism for the large-genome grasses. In this study, we evaluated gene content and microcolinearity between diploid wheat (Triticum monococcum), Brachypodium sylvaticum, and rice at a local genomic region harboring the major wheat domestication gene Q. Gene density was much lower in T. monococcum (one per 41 kb) because of gene duplication and an abundance of transposable elements within intergenic regions as compared to B. sylvaticum (one per 14 kb) and rice (one per 10 kb). For the Q gene region, microcolinearity was more conserved between wheat and rice than between wheat and Brachypodium because B. sylvaticum contained two genes apparently not present within the orthologous regions of T. monococcum and rice. However, phylogenetic analysis of Q and leukotriene A-4 hydrolase-like gene orthologs, which were colinear among the three species, showed that Brachypodium is more closely related to wheat than rice, which agrees with previous studies. We conclude that Brachypodium will be a useful tool for gene discovery, comparative genomics, and the study of evolutionary relationships among the grasses but will not preclude the need to conduct large-scale genomics experiments in the Triticeae.
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- Justin D Faris
- USDA-ARS Cereal Crops Unit, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, 1307 18th Street North, Fargo, ND 58105, USA.
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Lewis S, Faricelli ME, Appendino ML, Valárik M, Dubcovsky J. The chromosome region including the earliness per se locus Eps-Am1 affects the duration of early developmental phases and spikelet number in diploid wheat. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2008; 59:3595-607. [PMID: 18836186 PMCID: PMC2561150 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2008] [Revised: 07/10/2008] [Accepted: 07/21/2008] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Earliness per se genes are those that regulate flowering time independently of vernalization and photoperiod, and are important for the fine tuning of flowering time and for the wide adaptation of wheat to different environments. The earliness per se locus Eps-A(m)1 was recently mapped within a 0.8 cM interval on chromosome 1A(m)L of diploid wheat Triticum monococcum L., and it was shown that its effect was modulated by temperature. In this study, this precise mapping information was used to characterize the effect of the Eps-A(m)1 region on both duration of different developmental phases and spikelet number. Near isogenic lines (NILs) carrying the Eps-A(m)1-l allele from the cultivated accession DV92 had significantly longer vegetative and spike development phases (P<0.0001) than NILs carrying the Eps-A(m)1-e allele from the wild accession G3116. These differences were paralleled by a significant increase in the number of spikelets per spike, in both greenhouse and field experiments (P<0.0001). Significant interactions between temperature and Eps-A(m)1 alleles were detected for heading time (P<0.0001) but not for spikelet number (P=0.67). Experiments using NILs homozygous for chromosomes with recombination events within the 0.8 cM Eps-A(m)1 region showed that the differences in number of spikelets per spike were linked to the differences in heading time controlled by the Eps-A(m)1 locus. These results indicate that the differences in these two traits are either pleiotropic effects of a single gene or the effect of closely linked genes. A similar effect on spikelet number was detected in the distal region of chromosome 1AL in common wheat (T. aestivum L.).
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- S. Lewis
- Instituto de Recursos Biológicos, INTA, Villa Udaondo, (1686) Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8515, USA
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- Cátedra de Genética, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, (1417) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8515, USA
- Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Ctyometry, Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8515, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail:
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Kuraparthy V, Sood S, Gill BS. Genomic targeting and mapping of tiller inhibition gene (tin3) of wheat using ESTs and synteny with rice. Funct Integr Genomics 2007; 8:33-42. [PMID: 17891549 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-007-0057-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2007] [Revised: 07/18/2007] [Accepted: 08/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Changes in plant architecture have been central to the domestication of wild species. Tillering or the degree of branching determines shoot architecture and is a key component of grain yield and/or biomass. Previously, a tiller inhibition mutant with monoculm phenotype was isolated and the mutant gene (tin3) was mapped in the distal region of chromosome arm 3AmL of Triticum monococcum. As a first step towards isolating a candidate gene for tin3, the gene was mapped in relation to physically mapped expressed sequence tags (ESTs) and sequence tag site (STS) markers developed based on synteny with rice. In addition, we investigated the relationship of the wheat region containing tin3 with the corresponding region in rice by comparative genomic analysis. Wheat ESTs that had been previously mapped to deletion bins provided a useful framework to identify closely related rice sequences and to establish the most likely syntenous region in rice for the wheat tin3 region. The tin3 gene was mapped to a 324-kb region spanned by two overlapping bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) of rice chromosome arm 1L. Wheat-rice synteny was exceptionally high at the tin3 region despite being located in the high-recombination, gene-rich region of wheat. Identification of tightly linked flanking EST and STS markers to the tin3 gene and its localization to highly syntenic rice BACs will assist in the future development of a high-resolution map and map-based cloning of the tin3 gene.
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- Vasu Kuraparthy
- Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resources Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5502, USA
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Singh K, Ghai M, Garg M, Chhuneja P, Kaur P, Schnurbusch T, Keller B, Dhaliwal HS. An integrated molecular linkage map of diploid wheat based on a Triticum boeoticum x T. monococcum RIL population. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2007; 115:301-12. [PMID: 17565482 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-007-0543-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2006] [Accepted: 03/24/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Diploid A genome species of wheat harbour immense variability for biotic stresses and productivity traits, and these could be transferred efficiently to hexaploid wheat through marker assisted selection, provided the target genes are tagged at diploid level first. Here we report an integrated molecular linkage map of A genome diploid wheat based on 93 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) derived from Triticum boeoticum x Triticum monococcum inter sub-specific cross. The parental lines were analysed with 306 simple sequence repeat (SSR) and 194 RFLP markers, including 66 bin mapped ESTs. Out of 306 SSRs tested for polymorphism, 74 (24.2%) did not show amplification (null) in both the parents. Overall, 171 (73.7%) of the 232 remaining SSR and 98 (50.5%) of the 194 RFLP markers were polymorphic. Both A and D genome specific SSR markers showed similar transferability to A genome of diploid wheat species. The 176 polymorphic markers, that were assayed on a set of 93 RILs, yielded 188 polymorphic loci and 177 of these as well as two additional morphological traits mapped on seven linkage groups with a total map length of 1,262 cM, which is longer than most of the available A genome linkage maps in diploid and hexaploid wheat. About 58 loci showed distorted segregation with majority of these mapping on chromosome 2A(m). With a few exceptions, the position and order of the markers was similar to the ones in other maps of the wheat A genome. Chromosome 1A(m) of T. monococcum and T. boeoticum showed a small paracentric inversion relative to the A genome of hexaploid wheat. The described linkage map could be useful for gene tagging, marker assisted gene introgression from diploid into hexaploid wheat as well as for map based cloning of genes from diploid A genome species and orthologous genes from hexaploid wheat.
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- Kuldeep Singh
- Department Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, Ludhiana, Punjab 141 004, India.
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Stein N, Prasad M, Scholz U, Thiel T, Zhang H, Wolf M, Kota R, Varshney RK, Perovic D, Grosse I, Graner A. A 1,000-loci transcript map of the barley genome: new anchoring points for integrative grass genomics. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2007; 114:823-39. [PMID: 17219208 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-006-0480-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2006] [Accepted: 11/30/2006] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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An integrated barley transcript map (consensus map) comprising 1,032 expressed sequence tag (EST)-based markers (total 1,055 loci: 607 RFLP, 190 SSR, and 258 SNP), and 200 anchor markers from previously published data, has been generated by mapping in three doubled haploid (DH) populations. Between 107 and 179 EST-based markers were allocated to the seven individual barley linkage groups. The map covers 1118.3 cM with individual linkage groups ranging from 130 cM (chromosome 4H) to 199 cM (chromosome 3H), yielding an average marker interval distance of 0.9 cM. 475 EST-based markers showed a syntenic organisation to known colinear linkage groups of the rice genome, providing an extended insight into the status of barley/rice genome colinearity as well as ancient genome duplications predating the divergence of rice and barley. The presented barley transcript map is a valuable resource for targeted marker saturation and identification of candidate genes at agronomically important loci. It provides new anchor points for detailed studies in comparative grass genomics and will support future attempts towards the integration of genetic and physical mapping information.
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- Nils Stein
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstrasse 3, 06466, Gatersleben, Germany
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