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Han B, Wang X, Sun Y, Kang X, Zhang M, Luo J, Han H, Zhou S, Lu Y, Liu W, Yang X, Li X, Zhang J, Li L. Pre-breeding of spontaneous Robertsonian translocations for density planting architecture by transferring Agropyron cristatum chromosome 1P into wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2024; 137:110. [PMID: 38656338 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-024-04614-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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KEY MESSAGE We developed T1AL·1PS and T1AS·1PL Robertsonian translocations by breakage-fusion mechanism based on wheat-A. cristatum 1P(1A) substitution line with smaller leaf area, shorter plant height, and other excellent agronomic traits Agropyron cristatum, a wild relative of wheat, is a valuable germplasm resource for improving wheat genetic diversity and yield. Our previous study confirmed that the A. cristatum chromosome 1P carries alien genes that reduce plant height and leaf size in wheat. Here, we developed T1AL·1PS and T1AS·1PL Robertsonian translocations (RobTs) by breakage-fusion mechanism based on wheat-A. cristatum 1P (1A) substitution line II-3-1c. Combining molecular markers and cytological analysis, we identified 16 spontaneous RobTs from 911 F2 individuals derived from the cross of Jimai22 and II-3-1c. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was applied to detect the fusion structures of the centromeres in wheat and A. cristatum chromosomes. Resequencing results indicated that the chromosomal junction point was located at the physical position of Triticum aestivum chromosome 1A (212.5 Mb) and A. cristatum chromosome 1P (230 Mb). Genomic in situ hybridization (GISH) in pollen mother cells showed that the produced translocation lines could form stable ring bivalent. Introducing chromosome 1PS translocation fragment into wheat significantly increased the number of fertile tillers, grain number per spike, and grain weight and reduced the flag leaf area. However, introducing chromosome 1PL translocation fragment into wheat significantly reduced flag leaf area and plant height with a negative effect on yield components. The pre-breeding of two spontaneous RobTs T1AL·1PS and T1AS·1PL was important for wheat architecture improvement.
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- Bohui Han
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
- Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization (MARA), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ICS-CAAS), Beijing, 100081, China.
- Zhongyuan Research Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Xinxiang, 453519, Henan, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China.
- Key Laboratory of Grain Crop Genetic Resources Evaluation and Utilization (MARA), Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ICS-CAAS), Beijing, 100081, China.
- Zhongyuan Research Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Xinxiang, 453519, Henan, China.
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Page R, Huang S, Ronen M, Sela H, Sharon A, Shrestha S, Poland J, Steffenson BJ. Genome-wide association mapping of rust resistance in Aegilops longissima. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1196486. [PMID: 37575932 PMCID: PMC10413114 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1196486] [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: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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The rust diseases, including leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina (Pt), stem rust caused by P. graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), and stripe rust caused by P. striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), are major limiting factors in wheat production worldwide. Identification of novel sources of rust resistance genes is key to developing cultivars resistant to rapidly evolving pathogen populations. Aegilops longissima is a diploid wild grass native to the Levant and closely related to the modern bread wheat D subgenome. To explore resistance genes in the species, we evaluated a large panel of Ae. longissima for resistance to several races of Pt, Pgt, and Pst, and conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to map rust resistance loci in the species. A panel of 404 Ae. longissima accessions, mostly collected from Israel, were screened for seedling-stage resistance to four races of Pt, four races of Pgt, and three races of Pst. Out of the 404 accessions screened, two were found that were resistant to all 11 races of the three rust pathogens screened. The percentage of all accessions screened that were resistant to a given rust pathogen race ranged from 18.5% to 99.7%. Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) was performed on 381 accessions of the Ae. longissima panel, wherein 125,343 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were obtained after alignment to the Ae. longissima reference genome assembly and quality control filtering. Genetic diversity analysis revealed the presence of two distinct subpopulations, which followed a geographic pattern of a northern and a southern subpopulation. Association mapping was performed in the genotyped portion of the collection (n = 381) and in each subpopulation (n = 204 and 174) independently via a single-locus mixed-linear model, and two multi-locus models, FarmCPU, and BLINK. A large number (195) of markers were significantly associated with resistance to at least one of 10 rust pathogen races evaluated, nine of which are key candidate markers for further investigation due to their detection via multiple models and/or their association with resistance to more than one pathogen race. The novel resistance loci identified will provide additional diversity available for use in wheat breeding.
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- Rae Page
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, United States
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
- Plant Science Program, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- KAUST Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, United States
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Karelov A, Kozub N, Sozinova O, Pirko Y, Sozinov I, Yemets A, Blume Y. Wheat Genes Associated with Different Types of Resistance against Stem Rust ( Puccinia graminis Pers.). Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11101157. [PMID: 36297214 PMCID: PMC9608978 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11101157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Revised: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Stem rust is one wheat's most dangerous fungal diseases. Yield losses caused by stem rust have been significant enough to cause famine in the past. Some races of stem rust are considered to be a threat to food security even nowadays. Resistance genes are considered to be the most rational environment-friendly and widely used way to control the spread of stem rust and prevent yield losses. More than 60 genes conferring resistance against stem rust have been discovered so far (so-called Sr genes). The majority of the Sr genes discovered have lost their effectiveness due to the emergence of new races of stem rust. There are some known resistance genes that have been used for over 50 years and are still effective against most known races of stem rust. The goal of this article is to outline the different types of resistance against stem rust as well as the effective and noneffective genes, conferring each type of resistance with a brief overview of their origin and usage.
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- Anatolii Karelov
- Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 04123 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Institute of Plant Protection, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, 03022 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Correspondence: (A.K.); (Y.B.)
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- Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 04123 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Institute of Plant Protection, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, 03022 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 04123 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Institute of Plant Protection, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, 03022 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 04123 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Plant Protection, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, 03022 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 04123 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 04123 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Correspondence: (A.K.); (Y.B.)
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Türkösi E, Ivanizs L, Farkas A, Gaál E, Kruppa K, Kovács P, Szakács É, Szőke-Pázsi K, Said M, Cápal P, Griffiths S, Doležel J, Molnár I. Transfer of the ph1b Deletion Chromosome 5B From Chinese Spring Wheat Into a Winter Wheat Line and Induction of Chromosome Rearrangements in Wheat- Aegilops biuncialis Hybrids. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:875676. [PMID: 35769292 PMCID: PMC9234525 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.875676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Effective utilization of genetic diversity in wild relatives to improve wheat requires recombination between wheat and alien chromosomes. However, this is suppressed by the Pairing homoeologous gene, Ph1, on the long arm of wheat chromosome 5B. A deletion mutant of the Ph1 locus (ph1b) has been used widely to induce homoeologous recombination in wheat × alien hybrids. However, the original ph1b mutation, developed in Chinese Spring (CS) background has poor agronomic performance. Hence, alien introgression lines are first backcrossed with adapted wheat genotypes and after this step, alien chromosome segments are introduced into breeding lines. In this work, the ph1b mutation was transferred from two CSph1b mutants into winter wheat line Mv9kr1. Homozygous genotypes Mv9kr1 ph1b/ph1b exhibited improved plant and spike morphology compared to Chinese Spring. Flow cytometric chromosome analysis confirmed reduced DNA content of the mutant 5B chromosome in both wheat genotype relative to the wild type chromosome. The ph1b mutation in the Mv9kr1 genotype allowed wheat-alien chromosome pairing in meiosis of Mv9kr1ph1b_K × Aegilops biuncialis F1 hybrids, predominantly with the Mb-genome chromosomes of Aegilops relative to those of the Ub genome. High frequency of wheat-Aegilops chromosome interactions resulted in rearranged chromosomes identified in the new Mv9kr1ph1b × Ae. Biuncialis amphiploids, making these lines valuable sources for alien introgressions. The new Mv9kr1ph1b mutant genotype is a unique resource to support alien introgression breeding of hexaploid wheat.
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- Edina Türkösi
- Department of Biological Resources, Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Biological Resources, Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Biological Resources, Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Biological Resources, Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Biological Resources, Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Biological Resources, Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Martonvásár, Hungary
- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Szent István Campus, MATE, Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Department of Biological Resources, Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Biological Resources, Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute for Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czechia
- Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute for Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute for Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Department of Biological Resources, Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Martonvásár, Hungary
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Tian X, Chen Q, Ma C, Men W, Liu Q, Zhao Y, Qian J, Fan Z, Miao J, He J, Sehgal SK, Li H, Liu W. Development and Characterization of Triticum aestivum- Aegilops longissima 6S l Recombinants Harboring a Novel Powdery Mildew Resistance Gene Pm6Sl. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:918508. [PMID: 35720614 PMCID: PMC9201914 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.918508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Powdery mildew of wheat is a foliar disease that is spread worldwide. Cultivation of resistant varieties is the most effective, economical, and environmentally friendly strategy to curb this disease. Powdery mildew resistance genes (Pm) are the primary resources for resistance breeding, and new Pm genes are in constant demand. Previously, we identified Aegilops longissima chromosome 6Sl#3 as a carrier of powdery mildew resistance and designated the resistance gene as Pm6Sl. Here, we reported the design of 24 markers specific to 6Sl#3 on the basis of the full-length cDNA sequences of 6Sl#3 donor Ae. longissma accession TA1910, and the development of wheat-Ae. longissima 6Sl#3 introgression stocks by ph1b-induced homoeologous recombination. Further, 6Sl#3 introgression lines were identified and characterized by integration analysis of powdery mildew responses, in situ hybridization, and molecular markers and Pm6Sl was mapped to a distal interval of 42.80 Mb between markers Ael58410 and Ael57699 in the long arm of 6Sl#3. Two resistant recombinants, R43 (T6BS.6BL-6Sl#3L) and T27 (Ti6AS.6AL-6Sl#3L-6AL), contained segments harboring Pm6Sl with less than 8% of 6Sl#3 genomic length, and two markers were diagnostic for Pm6Sl. This study broadened powdery mildew resistance gene resources for wheat improvement and provided a fundamental basis for fine mapping and cloning of Pm6Sl to further understand its molecular mechanism of disease resistance.
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- Xiubin Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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Eltaher S, Mourad AMI, Baenziger PS, Wegulo S, Belamkar V, Sallam A. Identification and Validation of High LD Hotspot Genomic Regions Harboring Stem Rust Resistant Genes on 1B, 2A ( Sr38), and 7B Chromosomes in Wheat. Front Genet 2021; 12:749675. [PMID: 34659366 PMCID: PMC8517078 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.749675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici Eriks. is an important disease of common wheat globally. The production and cultivation of genetically resistant cultivars are one of the most successful and environmentally friendly ways to protect wheat against fungal pathogens. Seedling screening and genome-wide association study (GWAS) were used to determine the genetic diversity of wheat genotypes obtained on stem rust resistance loci. At the seedling stage, the reaction of the common stem rust race QFCSC in Nebraska was measured in a set of 212 genotypes from F3:6 lines. The results indicated that 184 genotypes (86.8%) had different degrees of resistance to this common race. While 28 genotypes (13.2%) were susceptible to stem rust. A set of 11,911 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers was used to perform GWAS which detected 84 significant marker-trait associations (MTAs) with SNPs located on chromosomes 1B, 2A, 2B, 7B and an unknown chromosome. Promising high linkage disequilibrium (LD) genomic regions were found in all chromosomes except 2B which suggested they include candidate genes controlling stem rust resistance. Highly significant LD was found among these 59 significant SNPs on chromosome 2A and 12 significant SNPs with an unknown chromosomal position. The LD analysis between SNPs located on 2A and Sr38 gene reveal high significant LD genomic regions which was previously reported. To select the most promising stem rust resistant genotypes, a new approach was suggested based on four criteria including, phenotypic selection, number of resistant allele(s), the genetic distance among the selected parents, and number of the different resistant allele(s) in the candidate crosses. As a result, 23 genotypes were considered as the most suitable parents for crossing to produce highly resistant stem rust genotypes against the QFCSC.
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- Shamseldeen Eltaher
- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), University of Sadat City (USC), Sadat, Egypt
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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Adonina IG, Timonova EM, Salina EA. Introgressive Hybridization of Common Wheat: Results and Prospects. RUSS J GENET+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795421030029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Rakszegi M, Molnár I, Darkó É, Tiwari VK, Shewry P. Editorial: Aegilops: Promising Genesources to Improve Agronomical and Quality Traits of Wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1060. [PMID: 32760415 PMCID: PMC7371959 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- Marianna Rakszegi
- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Plant Science and Ladscape Architecture, University of Maryland, Washington, MD, United States
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- Department of Plant Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom
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Selva C, Riboni M, Baumann U, Würschum T, Whitford R, Tucker MR. Hybrid breeding in wheat: how shaping floral biology can offer new perspectives. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2020; 47:675-694. [PMID: 32534601 DOI: 10.1071/fp19372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Hybrid breeding in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) has the potential to deliver major yield increases. This is a requisite to guarantee food security for increasing population demands and to counterbalance the effects of extreme environmental conditions. Successful hybrid breeding in wheat relies on forced outcrossing while preventing self-pollination. To achieve this, research has been directed towards identifying and improving fertility control systems. To maximise cross-pollination and seed set, however, fertility control systems need to be complemented by breeding phenotypically distinct male and female lines. This review summarises existing and novel male sterility systems for wheat hybridisation. We also consider the genetic resources that can be used to alter wheat's floral development and spike morphology, with a focus on the genetic variation already available. Exploiting these resources can lead to enhanced outcrossing, a key requirement in the progress towards hybrid wheat breeding.
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- Caterina Selva
- School of Agriculture Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
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- State Plant Breeding Institute, University of Hohenheim, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany
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- School of Agriculture Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia; and Corresponding authors. ;
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- School of Agriculture Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia; and Corresponding authors. ;
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Genome-wide impacts of alien chromatin introgression on wheat gene transcriptions. Sci Rep 2020; 10:4801. [PMID: 32179864 PMCID: PMC7076028 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61888-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Agronomic characteristics and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses in hexaploid wheat can be drastically improved through wheat-alien introgression. However, the transcriptional level interactions of introduced alien genes in the wheat genetic background is rarely investigated. In this study, we report the genome-wide impacts of introgressed chromosomes derived from Ae. longissima on gene transcriptions of the wheat landrace Chinese Spring. RNA-seq analyses demonstrated 5.37% and 4.30% of the genes were significantly differentially expressed (DEGs) in CS-Ae. longissima disomic 3Sl#2(3B) substitution line TA3575 and disomic 6Sl#3 addition line TA7548, respectively when compared to CS. In addition, 561 DEGs, including 413 up-regulated and 148 down-regulated or not transcribed genes, were simultaneously impacted by introgressed chromosomes 3Sl#2 and 6Sl#3, which accounts for 41.25% of the DEGs in TA3575 and 38.79% in TA7548. Seventeen DEGs, annotated as R genes, were shared by both introgression lines carrying chromosomes 3Sl#2 and 6Sl#3, which confer resistance to powdery mildew. This study will benefit the understanding of the wheat gene responses as result of alien gene(s) or chromosome intogression and the plant defense response initiated by powdery mildew resistance genes in chromosomes 3Sl#2 and 6Sl#3.
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Hao M, Zhang L, Ning S, Huang L, Yuan Z, Wu B, Yan Z, Dai S, Jiang B, Zheng Y, Liu D. The Resurgence of Introgression Breeding, as Exemplified in Wheat Improvement. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:252. [PMID: 32211007 PMCID: PMC7067975 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Breeding progress in most crops has relied heavily on the exploitation of variation within the species' primary gene pool, a process which is destined to fail once the supply of novel variants has been exhausted. Accessing a crop's secondary gene pool, as represented by its wild relatives, has the potential to greatly expand the supply of usable genetic variation. The crop in which this approach has been most strongly championed is bread wheat (Triticum aestivum), a species which is particularly tolerant of the introduction of chromosomal segments of exotic origin thanks to the genetic buffering afforded by its polyploid status. While the process of introgression can be in itself cumbersome, a larger problem is that linkage drag and/or imperfect complementation frequently impose a yield and/or quality penalty, which explains the reluctance of breeders to introduce such materials into their breeding populations. Thanks to the development of novel strategies to induce introgression and of genomic tools to facilitate the selection of desirable genotypes, introgression breeding is returning as a mainstream activity, at least in wheat. Accessing variation present in progenitor species has even been able to drive genetic advance in grain yield. The current resurgence of interest in introgression breeding can be expected to result in an increased deployment of exotic genes in commercial wheat cultivars.
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- Ming Hao
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
- Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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Ivanizs L, Monostori I, Farkas A, Megyeri M, Mikó P, Türkösi E, Gaál E, Lenykó-Thegze A, Szőke-Pázsi K, Szakács É, Darkó É, Kiss T, Kilian A, Molnár I. Unlocking the Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of a Wild Gene Source of Wheat, Aegilops biuncialis Vis., and Its Relationship With the Heading Time. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1531. [PMID: 31824545 PMCID: PMC6882925 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Understanding the genetic diversity of Aegilops biuncialis, a valuable source of agronomical useful genes, may significantly facilitate the introgression breeding of wheat. The genetic diversity and population structure of 86 Ae. biuncialis genotypes were investigated by 32700 DArT markers with the simultaneous application of three statistical methods- neighbor-joining clustering, Principal Coordinate Analysis, and the Bayesian approach to classification. The collection of Ae. biuncialis accessions was divided into five groups that correlated well with their eco-geographic habitat: A (North Africa), B (mainly from Balkans), C (Kosovo and Near East), D (Turkey, Crimea, and Peloponnese), and E (Azerbaijan and the Levant region). The diversity between the Ae. biuncialis accessions for a phenological trait (heading time), which is of decisive importance in the adaptation of plants to different eco-geographical environments, was studied over 3 years. A comparison of the intraspecific variation in the heading time trait by means of analysis of variance and principal component analysis revealed four phenotypic categories showing association with the genetic structure and geographic distribution, except for minor differences. The detailed exploration of genetic and phenologic divergence provides an insight into the adaptation capacity of Ae. biuncialis, identifying promising genotypes that could be utilized for wheat improvement.
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- László Ivanizs
- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- University of Canberra, Diversity Array Technologies, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Martonvásár, Hungary
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Center of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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Bulked segregant analysis RNA-seq (BSR-Seq) validated a stem resistance locus in Aegilops umbellulata, a wild relative of wheat. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215492. [PMID: 31539379 PMCID: PMC6754143 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Many disease resistance genes that have been transferred from wild relatives to cultivated wheat have played a significant role in wheat production worldwide. Ae. umbellulata is one of the species within the genus Aegilops that have been successfully used as sources of resistance genes to leaf rust, stem rust and powdery mildew. The objectives of the current work was to validate the map position of a major QTL that confers resistance to the stem rust pathogen races Ug99 (TTKSK) and TTTTF with an independent bi-parental mapping population and to refine the QTL region with a bulk segregant analysis approach. Two F2 bi-parental mapping populations were developed from stem rust resistant Ae. umbellulata accessions (PI 298905 and PI 5422375) and stem rust susceptible accessions (PI 542369 and PI 554395). Firstly, one of the two populations was used to map the chromosome location of the resistance gene. Later on, the 2nd population was used to validate the chromosome location in combination with a bulk segregant analysis approach. For the bulk segregant analysis, RNA was extracted from a bulk of leaf tissues of 12 homozygous resistant F3 families, and a separate bulk of 11 susceptible homozygous F3 families derived from the PI 5422375 and PI 554395 cross. The RNA samples of the two bulks and the two parents were sequenced for SNPs identification. Stem rust resistance QTL was validated on chromosome 2U of Ae. umbellulata in the same region in both populations. With bulk segregant analysis, the QTL position was delimited within 3.2 Mbp. Although there were a large number of genes in the orthologous region of the detected QTL on chromosome 2D of Ae. tauschii, we detected only two Ae. umbellulata NLR genes which can be considered as a potential candidate genes.
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Kishii M. An Update of Recent Use of Aegilops Species in Wheat Breeding. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:585. [PMID: 31143197 PMCID: PMC6521781 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Aegilops species have significantly contributed to wheat breeding despite the difficulties involved in the handling of wild species, such as crossability and incompatibility. A number of biotic resistance genes have been identified and incorporated into wheat varieties from Aegilops species, and this genus is also contributing toward improvement of complex traits such as yield and abiotic tolerance for drought and heat. The D genome diploid species of Aegilops tauschii has been utilized most often in wheat breeding programs. Other Aegilops species are more difficult to utilize in the breeding because of lower meiotic recombination frequencies; generally they can be utilized only after extensive and time-consuming procedures in the form of translocation/introgression lines. After the emergence of Ug99 stem rust and wheat blast threats, Aegilops species gathered more attention as a form of new resistance sources. This article aims to update recent progress on Aegilops species, as well as to cover new topics around their use in wheat breeding.
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- Masahiro Kishii
- Global Wheat Program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
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Kwiatek MT, Kurasiak-Popowska D, Mikołajczyk S, Niemann J, Tomkowiak A, Weigt D, Nawracała J. Cytological markers used for identification and transfer of Aegilops spp. chromatin carrying valuable genes into cultivated forms of Triticum. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2019; 13:41-59. [PMID: 30854169 PMCID: PMC6403195 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v13i1.30673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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There are many reports describing chromosome structure, organization and evolution within goatgrasses (Aegilops spp.). Chromosome banding and fluorescence in situ hybridization techniques are main methods used to identify Aegilops Linnaeus, 1753 chromosomes. These data have essential value considering the close genetic and genomic relationship of goatgrasses with wheat (Triticumaestivum Linnaeus, 1753) and triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack, 1899). A key question is whether those protocols are useful and effective for tracking Aegilops chromosomes or chromosome segments in genetic background of cultivated cereals. This article is a review of scientific reports describing chromosome identification methods, which were applied for development of prebreeding plant material and for transfer of desirable traits into Triticum Linnaeus, 1753 cultivated species. Moreover, this paper is a resume of the most efficient cytomolecular markers, which can be used to follow the introgression of Aegilops chromatin during the breeding process.
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- Michał T. Kwiatek
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632, Poznań, PolandPoznań University of Life SciencesPoznańPoland
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Randhawa MS, Singh RP, Dreisigacker S, Bhavani S, Huerta-Espino J, Rouse MN, Nirmala J, Sandoval-Sanchez M. Identification and Validation of a Common Stem Rust Resistance Locus in Two Bi-parental Populations. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1788. [PMID: 30555507 PMCID: PMC6283910 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Races belonging to Ug99 lineage of stem rust fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt) continue to pose a threat to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production in various African countries. Growing resistant varieties is the most economical and environmentally friendly control measure. Recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations from the crosses of susceptible parent 'Cacuke' with the resistant parents 'Huhwa' and 'Yaye' were phenotyped for resistance at the seedling stage to Pgt race TTKSK (Ug99) and in adult plants in field trials at Njoro, Kenya for two seasons in 2016. Using the Affymetrix Axiom breeders SNP array, two stem rust resistance genes, temporarily designated as SrH and SrY, were identified and mapped on chromosome arm 2BL through selective genotyping and bulked segregant analysis (BSA), respectively. Kompetitive allele specific polymorphism (KASP) markers and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers were used to saturate chromosome arm 2BL in both RIL populations. SrH mapped between markers cim109 and cim114 at a distance of 0.9 cM proximal, and cim117 at 2.9 cM distal. SrY was flanked by markers cim109 and cim116 at 0.8 cM proximal, and IWB45932 at 1.9 cM distal. Two Ug99-effective stem rust resistance genes derived from bread wheat, Sr9h and Sr28, have been reported on chromosome arm 2BL. Infection types and map position in Huhwa and Yaye indicated that Sr28 was absent in both the parents. However, susceptible reactions produced by resistant lines from both populations against Sr9h-virulent race TTKSF+ confirmed the presence of a common resistance locus Sr9h in both lines. Test of allelism is required to establish genetic relationships between genes identified in present study and Sr9h. Marker cim117 linked to SrH was genotyped on set of wheat lines with Huhwa in the pedigree and is advised to be used for marker assisted selection for this gene, however, a combination of phenotypic and genotypic assays is desirable for both genes especially for selection of Sr9h in breeding programs.
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico City, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico City, Mexico
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- Cereal Disease Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, St. Paul, MN, United States
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- Cereal Disease Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, St. Paul, MN, United States
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico City, Mexico
- Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Mexico
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Olivera PD, Rouse MN, Jin Y. Identification of New Sources of Resistance to Wheat Stem Rust in Aegilops spp. in the Tertiary Genepool of Wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1719. [PMID: 30524466 PMCID: PMC6262079 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Recent stem rust epidemics in eastern Africa and elsewhere demonstrated that wheat stem rust is a re-emerging disease posing a threat to wheat production worldwide. The cultivated wheat gene pool has a narrow genetic base for resistance to virulent races, such as races in the Ug99 race group. Wild relatives of wheat are a tractable source of stem rust resistance genes. Aegilops species in the tertiary genepool have not been exploited to any great extent as a source of stem rust resistance. We evaluated 1,422 accessions of Aegilops spp. for resistance to three highly virulent races (TTKSK, TRTTF, and TTTTF) of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici. Species studied include Ae. biuncialis, Ae. caudata, Ae. comosa, Ae. cylindrica, Ae. geniculata, Ae. neglecta, Ae. peregrina, Ae. triuncialis, and Ae. umbellulata that do not share common genomes with cultivated wheat. High frequencies of resistance were observed as 977 (68.8%), 927 (65.2%), and 850 (59.8%) accessions exhibited low infection types to races TTKSK, TTTTF, and TRTTF, respectively. Contingency table analyses showed strong association for resistance to different races in several Aegilops spp., indicating that for a given species, the resistance genes effective against multiple races. Inheritance studies in selected accessions showed that resistance to race TTKSK is simply inherited.
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- Pablo D. Olivera
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States
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- Cereal Disease Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, St. Paul, MN, United States
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- Cereal Disease Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, St. Paul, MN, United States
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Türkösi E, Darko E, Rakszegi M, Molnár I, Molnár-Láng M, Cseh A. Development of a new 7BS.7HL winter wheat-winter barley Robertsonian translocation line conferring increased salt tolerance and (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan content. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0206248. [PMID: 30395616 PMCID: PMC6218033 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Interspecific hybridization between bread wheat (Triticum aestivum, 2n = 42) and related species allows the transfer of agronomic and quality traits, whereby subsequent generations comprise an improved genetic background and can be directly applied in wheat breeding programmes. While wild relatives are frequently used as sources of agronomically favourable traits, cultivated species can also improve wheat quality and stress resistance. A salt-tolerant 'Asakaze'/'Manas' 7H disomic addition line (2n = 44) with elevated β-glucan content, but with low fertility and an unstable genetic background was developed in an earlier wheat-barley prebreeding programme. The aim of the present study was to take this hybridization programme further and transfer the favourable barley traits into a more stable genetic background. Taking advantage of the breakage-fusion mechanism of univalent chromosomes, the 'Rannaya' winter wheat 7B monosomic line was used as female partner to the 7H addition line male, leading to the development of a compensating wheat/barley Robertsonian translocation line (7BS.7HL centric fusion, 2n = 42) exhibiting higher salt tolerance and elevated grain β-glucan content. Throughout the crossing programme, comprising the F1-F4 generations, genomic in situ hybridization, fluorescence in situ hybridization and chromosome-specific molecular markers were used to trace and identify the wheat and barley chromatin. Investigations on salt tolerance during germination and on the (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucan (mixed-linkage glucan [MLG]) content of the seeds confirmed the salt tolerance and elevated grain MLG content of the translocation line, which can be directly applied in current wheat breeding programmes.
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- Edina Türkösi
- Department of Plant Genetic Resources, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Cereal Breeding Department, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Maize Breeding Department, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Genetic Resources, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Molecular Breeding Department, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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Zhang W, Zhu X, Zhang M, Chao S, Xu S, Cai X. Meiotic homoeologous recombination-based mapping of wheat chromosome 2B and its homoeologues in Aegilops speltoides and Thinopyrum elongatum. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2018; 131:2381-2395. [PMID: 30109393 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3160-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We physically dissected and mapped wheat chromosome 2B and its homoeologues in Aegilops speltoides and Thinopyrum elongatum based on meiotic homoeologous recombination, providing a unique physical framework for genome studies. Common wheat has a large and complex genome with narrow genetic diversity and various degrees of recombination between the A, B, and D subgenomes. This has limited the homologous recombination-based genome studies in wheat. Here, we exploited meiotic homoeologous recombination for molecular mapping of wheat chromosome 2B and its homoeologue 2S from Aegilops speltoides and 2E from Thinopyrum elongatum. The 2B-2S and 2B-2E recombination was induced by the ph1b mutant, and recovered using molecular markers and fluorescent genomic in situ hybridization (FGISH). A total of 112 2B-2S and 87 2B-2E recombinants involving different chromosome regions were developed and physically delineated by FGISH. The 2B-2S and 2B-2E recombination hotspots mapped to the subterminal regions on both arms. Recombination hotspots with the highest recombination rates mapped to the short arms. Eighty-three 2B-2S and 67 2B-2E recombinants were genotyped using the wheat 90 K SNP arrays. Based on the genotyping results and FGISH patterns of the recombinants, chromosomes 2B, 2S, and 2E were partitioned into 93, 66, and 46 bins, respectively. In total, 1037 SNPs physically mapped onto distinct bins of these three homoeologous chromosomes. A homoeologous recombination-based bin map was constructed for chromosome 2B, providing a unique physical framework for genome studies in wheat and its relatives. Meiotic homoeologous recombination also facilitates gene introgression to diversify the wheat genome for germplasm development. Therefore, homoeologous recombination-based studies enhance understanding of the wheat genome and its homoeologous counterparts from wild grasses, and expand the genetic variability of the wheat genome.
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- Wei Zhang
- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND, 58102, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA.
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Huang S, Steffenson BJ, Sela H, Stinebaugh K. Resistance of Aegilops longissima to the Rusts of Wheat. PLANT DISEASE 2018; 102:1124-1135. [PMID: 30673435 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-17-0880-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Stem rust (caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici), leaf rust (P. triticina), and stripe rust (P. striiformis f. sp. tritici) rank among the most important diseases of wheat worldwide. The development of resistant cultivars is the preferred method of controlling rust diseases because it is environmentally benign and also cost effective. However, new virulence types often arise in pathogen populations, rendering such cultivars vulnerable to losses. The identification of new sources of resistance is key to providing long-lasting disease control against the rapidly evolving rust pathogens. Thus, the objective of this research was to evaluate the wild wheat relative Aegilops longissima for resistance to stem rust, leaf rust, and stripe rust at the seedling stage in the greenhouse. A diverse collection of 394 accessions of the species, mostly from Israel, was assembled for the study, but the total number included in any one rust evaluation ranged from 308 to 379. With respect to stem rust resistance, 18.2 and 80.8% of accessions were resistant to the widely virulent U.S. and Kenyan P. graminis f. sp. tritici races of TTTTF and TTKSK, respectively. The percentage of accessions exhibiting resistance to the U.S. P. triticina races of THBJ and BBBD was 65.9 and 52.2%, respectively. Over half (50.1%) of the Ae. longissima accessions were resistant to the U.S. P. striiformis f. sp. tritici race PSTv-37. Ten accessions (AEG-683-23, AEG-725-15, AEG-803-49, AEG-1274-20, AEG-1276-22, AEG-1471-15, AEG-1475-19, AEG-2974-0, AEG-4005-20, and AEG-8705-10) were resistant to all races of the three rust pathogens used in this study. Distinct differences in the geographic distribution of resistance and susceptibility were found in Ae. longissima accessions from Israel in response to some rust races. To P. graminis f. sp. tritici race TTKSK, populations with a very high frequency of resistance were concentrated in the central and northern part of Israel, whereas populations with a comparatively higher frequency of susceptibility were concentrated in the southern part of the country. The reverse trend was observed with respect to P. striiformis f. sp. tritici race PSTv-37. The results from this study demonstrate that Ae. longissima is a rich source of rust resistance genes for wheat improvement.
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- Shuyi Huang
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 55108
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6139001, Israel
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Iefimenko TS, Antonyuk MZ, Martynenko VS, Navalihina AG, Ternovska TK. Introgression of Aegilops mutica genes into common wheat genome. CYTOL GENET+ 2018. [DOI: 10.3103/s0095452718010048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Yu G, Champouret N, Steuernagel B, Olivera PD, Simmons J, Williams C, Johnson R, Moscou MJ, Hernández-Pinzón I, Green P, Sela H, Millet E, Jones JDG, Ward ER, Steffenson BJ, Wulff BBH. Discovery and characterization of two new stem rust resistance genes in Aegilops sharonensis. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2017; 130:1207-1222. [PMID: 28275817 PMCID: PMC5440502 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-017-2882-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE We identified two novel wheat stem rust resistance genes, Sr-1644-1Sh and Sr-1644-5Sh in Aegilops sharonensis that are effective against widely virulent African races of the wheat stem rust pathogen. Stem rust is one of the most important diseases of wheat in the world. When single stem rust resistance (Sr) genes are deployed in wheat, they are often rapidly overcome by the pathogen. To this end, we initiated a search for novel sources of resistance in diverse wheat relatives and identified the wild goatgrass species Aegilops sharonesis (Sharon goatgrass) as a rich reservoir of resistance to wheat stem rust. The objectives of this study were to discover and map novel Sr genes in Ae. sharonensis and to explore the possibility of identifying new Sr genes by genome-wide association study (GWAS). We developed two biparental populations between resistant and susceptible accessions of Ae. sharonensis and performed QTL and linkage analysis. In an F6 recombinant inbred line and an F2 population, two genes were identified that mapped to the short arm of chromosome 1Ssh, designated as Sr-1644-1Sh, and the long arm of chromosome 5Ssh, designated as Sr-1644-5Sh. The gene Sr-1644-1Sh confers a high level of resistance to race TTKSK (a member of the Ug99 race group), while the gene Sr-1644-5Sh conditions strong resistance to TRTTF, another widely virulent race found in Yemen. Additionally, GWAS was conducted on 125 diverse Ae. sharonensis accessions for stem rust resistance. The gene Sr-1644-1Sh was detected by GWAS, while Sr-1644-5Sh was not detected, indicating that the effectiveness of GWAS might be affected by marker density, population structure, low allele frequency and other factors.
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- Guotai Yu
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
- 2Blades Foundation, 1630 Chicago Avenue, Suite 1901, Evanston, IL, 60201, USA
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
- J.R. Simplot Company, 5369 West Irving Street, Boise, ID, 83706, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
- 2Blades Foundation, 1630 Chicago Avenue, Suite 1901, Evanston, IL, 60201, USA
- AgBiome Inc, 104 T. W. Alexander Drive, Building 1, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK.
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Liu W, Koo DH, Xia Q, Li C, Bai F, Song Y, Friebe B, Gill BS. Homoeologous recombination-based transfer and molecular cytogenetic mapping of powdery mildew-resistant gene Pm57 from Aegilops searsii into wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2017; 130:841-848. [PMID: 28116459 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-017-2855-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Pm57, a novel resistant gene against powdery mildew, was transferred into common wheat from Ae. searsi and further mapped to 2S s #1L at an interval of FL0.75 to FL0.87. Powdery mildew, caused by the fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici, is one of the most severe foliar diseases of wheat causing reduction in grain yield and quality. Host plant resistance is the most effective and environmentally safe approach to control this disease. Tests of a set of Chinese Spring-Ae. searsii (SsSs, 2n = 2x = 14) Feldman & Kislev ex K. Hammer disomic addition lines with a mixed isolate of the powdery mildew fungus identified a novel resistance gene(s), designed as Pm57, which was located on chromosome 2Ss#1. Here, we report the development of ten wheat-Ae. searsii recombinants. The wheat chromosomes involved in five of these recombinants were identified by FISH and SSR marker analysis and three of them were resistant to powdery mildew. Pm57 was further mapped to the long arm of chromosome 2Ss#1 at a fraction length interval of FL 0.75 to FL 0.87. The recombinant stocks T2BS.2BL-2Ss#1L 89-346 (TA5108) with distal 2Ss#1L segments of 28% and 89(5)69 (TA5109) with 33% may be useful in wheat improvement. The PCR marker X2L4g9p4/HaeIII was validated to specifically identify the Ae. searsii 2Ss#1L segment harboring Pm57 in T2BS.2BL-2Ss#1L against 16 wheat varieties and advanced breeding lines, and the development of more user-friendly KASP markers is underway.
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- Wenxuan Liu
- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China
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- Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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Aktar-Uz-Zaman M, Tuhina-Khatun M, Hanafi MM, Sahebi M. Genetic analysis of rust resistance genes in global wheat cultivars: an overview. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2017.1304180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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- Md Aktar-Uz-Zaman
- Laboratory of Climate-Smart Food Crop Production, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Climate-Smart Food Crop Production, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Plantation Science and Technology, Institute of Plantation Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Laboratory of Climate-Smart Food Crop Production, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Rey MD, Prieto P. Detection of alien genetic introgressions in bread wheat using dot-blot genomic hybridisation. MOLECULAR BREEDING : NEW STRATEGIES IN PLANT IMPROVEMENT 2017; 37:32. [PMID: 28337069 PMCID: PMC5344947 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-017-0629-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Simple, reliable methods for the identification of alien genetic introgressions are required in plant breeding programmes. The use of genomic dot-blot hybridisation allows the detection of small Hordeum chilense genomic introgressions in the descendants of genetic crosses between wheat and H. chilense addition or substitution lines in wheat when molecular markers are difficult to use. Based on genomic in situ hybridisation, DNA samples from wheat lines carrying putatively H. chilense introgressions were immobilised on a membrane, blocked with wheat genomic DNA and hybridised with biotin-labelled H. chilense genomic DNA as a probe. This dot-blot screening reduced the number of plants necessary to be analysed by molecular markers or in situ hybridisation, saving time and money. The technique was sensitive enough to detect a minimum of 5 ng of total genomic DNA immobilised on the membrane or about 1/420 dilution of H. chilense genomic DNA in the wheat background. The robustness of the technique was verified by in situ hybridisation. In addition, the detection of other wheat relative species such as Hordeum vulgare, Secale cereale and Agropyron cristatum in the wheat background was also reported.
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- María -Dolores Rey
- Plant Breeding Department, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14080 Córdoba, Spain
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- Plant Breeding Department, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Alameda del Obispo s/n, 14080 Córdoba, Spain
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Zhang H, Mittal N, Leamy LJ, Barazani O, Song B. Back into the wild-Apply untapped genetic diversity of wild relatives for crop improvement. Evol Appl 2017; 10:5-24. [PMID: 28035232 PMCID: PMC5192947 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Deleterious effects of climate change and human activities, as well as diverse environmental stresses, present critical challenges to food production and the maintenance of natural diversity. These challenges may be met by the development of novel crop varieties with increased biotic or abiotic resistance that enables them to thrive in marginal lands. However, considering the diverse interactions between crops and environmental factors, it is surprising that evolutionary principles have been underexploited in addressing these food and environmental challenges. Compared with domesticated cultivars, crop wild relatives (CWRs) have been challenged in natural environments for thousands of years and maintain a much higher level of genetic diversity. In this review, we highlight the significance of CWRs for crop improvement by providing examples of CWRs that have been used to increase biotic and abiotic stress resistance/tolerance and overall yield in various crop species. We also discuss the surge of advanced biotechnologies, such as next-generation sequencing technologies and omics, with particular emphasis on how they have facilitated gene discovery in CWRs. We end the review by discussing the available resources and conservation of CWRs, including the urgent need for CWR prioritization and collection to ensure continuous crop improvement for food sustainability.
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- Hengyou Zhang
- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotteNCUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotteNCUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotteNCUSA
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- The Institute for Plant SciencesIsrael Plant Gene BankAgricultural Research OrganizationBet DaganIsrael
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotteNCUSA
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Edae EA, Olivera PD, Jin Y, Poland JA, Rouse MN. Genotype-by-sequencing facilitates genetic mapping of a stem rust resistance locus in Aegilops umbellulata, a wild relative of cultivated wheat. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:1039. [PMID: 27978816 PMCID: PMC5159964 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3370-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Wild relatives of wheat play a significant role in wheat improvement as a source of genetic diversity. Stem rust disease of wheat causes significant yield losses at the global level and stem rust pathogen race TTKSK (Ug99) is virulent to most previously deployed resistance genes. Therefore, the objective of this study was to identify loci conferring resistance to stem rust pathogen races including Ug99 in an Aegilops umbelluata bi-parental mapping population using genotype-by-sequencing (GBS) SNP markers. RESULTS A bi-parental F2:3 population derived from a cross made between stem rust resistant accession PI 298905 and stem rust susceptible accession PI 542369 was used for this study. F2 individuals were evaluated with stem rust race TTTTF followed by testing F2:3 families with races TTTTF and TTKSK. The segregation pattern of resistance to both stem rust races suggested the presence of one resistance gene. A genetic linkage map, comprised 1,933 SNP markers, was created for all seven chromosomes of Ae. umbellulata using GBS. A major stem rust resistance QTL that explained 80% and 52% of the phenotypic variations for TTTTF and TTKSK, respectively, was detected on chromosome 2U of Ae. umbellulata. CONCLUSION The novel resistance gene for stem rust identified in this study can be transferred to commercial wheat varieties assisted by the tightly linked markers identified here. These markers identified through our mapping approach can be a useful strategy to identify and track the resistance gene in marker-assisted breeding in wheat.
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- Erena A Edae
- USDA-ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology and Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
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Liu W, Koo DH, Friebe B, Gill BS. A set of Triticum aestivum-Aegilops speltoides Robertsonian translocation lines. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2016; 129:2359-2368. [PMID: 27558595 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2774-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Here we report the production of a set of wheat - Aegilops speltoides Robertsonian translocations covering all Ae. speltoides chromosome arms except the long arm of the homoeologous group 4 chromosome. Aegilops speltoides of the Poaceae family is the most probable donor of the B and G genomes of polyploid Triticum species and also an important source of resistance to diseases and pests of wheat. Previously, we reported the production of a complete set of T aestivum-Ae. speltoides chromosome addition lines and a set of disomic S(B/A)-genome chromosome substitution lines. The isolation of compensating Robertsonian translocations (RobTs) composed of alien chromosome arms translocated to homoeologous wheat chromosome arms is the important next step to exploit the genetic variation of a wild relative of wheat. Here, we report the development of molecular markers specific for the S-genome chromosomes and their use in the isolation of a set of 13 compensating wheat-Ae. speltoides RobTs covering the S genome of Ae. speltoides except for the long arm of chromosome 4S. Most of the RobTs were fully fertile and will facilitate mapping of genes to specific chromosome arms and also will accelerate the introgression of agronomically useful traits from Ae. speltoides into wheat by homologous recombination.
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- Wenxuan Liu
- Laboratory of Cell and Chromosome Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, People's Republic of China
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA.
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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Rahmatov M, Rouse MN, Nirmala J, Danilova T, Friebe B, Steffenson BJ, Johansson E. A new 2DS·2RL Robertsonian translocation transfers stem rust resistance gene Sr59 into wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2016; 129:1383-1392. [PMID: 27025509 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-016-2710-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A new stem rust resistance gene Sr59 from Secale cereale was introgressed into wheat as a 2DS·2RL Robertsonian translocation. Emerging new races of the wheat stem rust pathogen (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici), from Africa threaten global wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production. To broaden the resistance spectrum of wheat to these widely virulent African races, additional resistance genes must be identified from all possible gene pools. From the screening of a collection of wheat-rye (Secale cereale L.) chromosome substitution lines developed at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, we described the line 'SLU238' 2R (2D) as possessing resistance to many races of P. graminis f. sp. tritici, including the widely virulent race TTKSK (isolate synonym Ug99) from Africa. The breakage-fusion mechanism of univalent chromosomes was used to produce a new Robertsonian translocation: T2DS·2RL. Molecular marker analysis and stem rust seedling assays at multiple generations confirmed that the stem rust resistance from 'SLU238' is present on the rye chromosome arm 2RL. Line TA5094 (#101) was derived from 'SLU238' and was found to be homozygous for the T2DS·2RL translocation. The stem rust resistance gene on chromosome 2RL arm was designated as Sr59. Although introgressions of rye chromosome arms into wheat have most often been facilitated by irradiation, this study highlights the utility of the breakage-fusion mechanism for rye chromatin introgression. Sr59 provides an additional asset for wheat improvement to mitigate yield losses caused by stem rust.
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- Mahbubjon Rahmatov
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 101, 23053, Alnarp, Sweden.
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
- Tajik Agrarian University, 146, Rudaki Ave., Dushanbe, 734017, Tajikistan.
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Wheat Genetic Resources Center, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Wheat Genetic Resources Center, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 101, 23053, Alnarp, Sweden
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Bajgain P, Rouse MN, Tsilo TJ, Macharia GK, Bhavani S, Jin Y, Anderson JA. Nested Association Mapping of Stem Rust Resistance in Wheat Using Genotyping by Sequencing. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0155760. [PMID: 27186883 PMCID: PMC4870046 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We combined the recently developed genotyping by sequencing (GBS) method with joint mapping (also known as nested association mapping) to dissect and understand the genetic architecture controlling stem rust resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Ten stem rust resistant wheat varieties were crossed to the susceptible line LMPG-6 to generate F6 recombinant inbred lines. The recombinant inbred line populations were phenotyped in Kenya, South Africa, and St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. By joint mapping of the 10 populations, we identified 59 minor and medium-effect QTL (explained phenotypic variance range of 1% - 20%) on 20 chromosomes that contributed towards adult plant resistance to North American Pgt races as well as the highly virulent Ug99 race group. Fifteen of the 59 QTL were detected in multiple environments. No epistatic relationship was detected among the QTL. While these numerous small- to medium-effect QTL are shared among the families, the founder parents were found to have different allelic effects for the QTL. Fourteen QTL identified by joint mapping were also detected in single-population mapping. As these QTL were mapped using SNP markers with known locations on the physical chromosomes, the genomic regions identified with QTL could be explored more in depth to discover candidate genes for stem rust resistance. The use of GBS-derived de novo SNPs in mapping resistance to stem rust shown in this study could be used as a model to conduct similar marker-trait association studies in other plant species.
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- Prabin Bajgain
- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States of America
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, United States of America
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN 55108, United States of America
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, United States of America
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- Agricultural Research Council – Small Grain Institute, Bethlehem, 9700, Free State, South Africa
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- Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), Njoro, Kenya
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), ICRAF House, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN 55108, United States of America
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, United States of America
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Gong W, Gong W, Han R, Li G, Sehgal SK, Li H, Liu A, Song J, Song G, Liu C, Liu J. Chromosome arm-specific markers from Aegilops searsii permits targeted introgression. Biologia (Bratisl) 2016. [DOI: 10.1515/biolog-2016-0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Wang L, Liu Y, Du W, Jing F, Wang Z, Wu J, Chen X. Anatomy and Cytogenetic Identification of a Wheat-Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng Line with Early Maturation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131841. [PMID: 26461884 PMCID: PMC4604206 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In previous studies, our research team successfully transferred the Ns genome from Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng into Triticum aestivum (common wheat cv. 7182) using embryo culture. In the present study, one of these lines, i.e., hybrid progeny 25-10-3, which matured about 10–14 days earlier than its wheat parent, was assessed using sequenced characterized amplified region (SCAR) analysis, EST-SSR and EST-STS molecular markers, and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH). We found that this was a stable wheat-P. huashanica disomic addition line (2n = 44 = 22 II) and the results demonstrated that it was a 6Ns disomic chromosome addition line, but it exhibited many different features compared with previously characterized lines, i.e., a longer awn, early maturation, and no twin spikelets. It was considered to be an early-maturing variety based on the early stage of inflorescence initiation in field experiments and binocular microscope observations over three consecutive years. This characteristic was distinct, especially from the single ridge stage and double ridge stage until the glume stage. In addition, it had a higher photosynthesis rate and economic values than common wheat cv. 7182, i.e., more spikelets per spike, more florets per spikelet, more kernels per spike, and a higher thousand-grain weight. These results suggest that this material may comprise a genetic pool of beneficial genes or chromosome segments, which are suitable for introgression to improve the quality of common wheat.
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- Liangming Wang
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- * E-mail: (JW); (XHC)
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering Breeding, College of Agronomy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- * E-mail: (JW); (XHC)
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Kielsmeier-Cook J, Danilova TV, Friebe B, Rouse MN. Resistance to the Ug99 Race Group of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in Wheat-Intra/intergeneric Hybrid Derivatives. PLANT DISEASE 2015; 99:1317-1325. [PMID: 30690994 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-09-14-0922-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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New races of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, the causal agent of stem rust, threaten global wheat production. In particular, races belonging to the Ug99 race group significantly contribute to yield loss in several African nations. Genetic resistance remains the most effective means of controlling this disease. A collection of 546 wheat-intra- and intergeneric hybrids developed by W. J. Sando (United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD) was screened with eight races of P. graminis f. sp. tritici, including races TTKSK, TTKST, TTTSK, TRTTF, TTTTF, TPMKC, RKQQC, and QTHJC. There were 152 accessions resistant to one or more races and 29 accessions resistant to TTKSK, TTKST, and TTTSK. Of these 29 accessions, 9 were resistant to all races, 14 had infection type patterns that were indistinguishable from cultivars possessing Sr9h and Sr42, 2 were indistinguishable from accessions with SrTmp, and 4 did not display resistant patterns of accessions with any known Sr gene. Three accessions (604981, 605286, and 611932) characterized cytogenetically were disomic substitution lines, each with a single Thinopyrum ponticum chromosome pair. One accession (606057) was a disomic substitution or addition line with two pairs of T. ponticum chromosomes. In total, seven accessions are postulated to contain novel stem rust resistance genes. This research indicates the value of extant collections of wheat-intergeneric hybrids as sources of disease resistance genes.
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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- Cereal Disease Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, St. Paul, MN and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul
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Zhang J, Zhang J, Liu W, Han H, Lu Y, Yang X, Li X, Li L. Introgression of Agropyron cristatum 6P chromosome segment into common wheat for enhanced thousand-grain weight and spike length. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2015; 128:1827-37. [PMID: 26093609 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-015-2550-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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This study explored the genetic constitutions of wheat-Agropyron cristatum 6P chromosomal translocation and determined the effects of 6P intercalary chromosome segment on thousand-grain weight and spike length in wheat. Crop wild relatives provide rich genetic resources for wheat improvement. Introduction of alien genes from Agropyron cristatum into common wheat can broaden its genetic diversity. In this study, radiation-induced wheat-A. cristatum translocation line Pubing3035 derived from the offspring of wheat-A. cristatum 6P chromosomes addition line was identified and analyzed using genomic in situ hybridization (GISH), dual-color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and molecular markers. GISH analysis revealed that Pubing3035 was a Ti1AS-6PL-1AS·1AL intercalary translocation. The breakpoint was pinpointed to locate near the centromeric region on the short arm of wheat chromosome 1A based on a constructed F2 linkage map and it was flanked by markers SSR12 and SSR263. The genotypic data, combined with the phenotypes, indicated that A. cristatum 6P chromosomal segment played an important role in regulating the thousand-grain weight and spike length. On average, the thousand-grain weight and spike length in translocation individuals were approximately 2.5 g higher and 0.7 cm longer than those in non-translocation individuals in F2 and BC1F1 populations. The clusters of quantitative trait loci for thousand-grain weight, spike length, and spikelet density contributed by 6P chromosome segment were mapped between A. cristatum unique marker Agc7155 and wheat marker SSR263, which, respectively, explained phenotypic variance of 24.96, 12.38 and 17.20 % with an LOD of 10.63, 4.89 and 5.59. Overall, the translocation Pubing3035 had a positive effect on the yield of wheat, which laid the foundation for the localization of A. cristatum excellent genes and made itself a promising and valuable germplasm for wheat improvement.
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- Jing Zhang
- National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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Rey MD, Calderón MC, Prieto P. The use of the ph1b mutant to induce recombination between the chromosomes of wheat and barley. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:160. [PMID: 25852713 PMCID: PMC4365720 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Intensive breeding has led to a narrowing in the genetic base of our major crops. In wheat, access to the extensive gene pool residing in its many and varied relatives (some cultivated, others wild) is hampered by the block on recombination imposed by the Ph1 (Pairing homoeologous 1) gene. Here, the ph1b mutant has been exploited to induced allosyndesis between wheat chromosomes and those of both Hordeum vulgare (cultivated barley) and H. chilense (a wild barley). A number of single chromosome Hordeum sp. substitution and addition lines in wheat were crossed and backcrossed to the ph1b mutant to produce plants in which pairing between the wheat and the non-wheat chromosomes was not suppressed by the presence of Ph1. Genomic in situ hybridization was applied to almost 500 BC1F2 progeny as a screen for allosyndetic recombinants. Chromosome rearrangements were detected affecting H. chilense chromosomes 4H (ch) , 5H (ch) , 6H (ch) , and 7H (ch) and H. vulgare chromosomes 4H (v) , 6H (v) , and 7H (v) . Two of these were clearly the product of a recombination event involving chromosome 4H (ch) and a wheat chromosome.
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- *Correspondence: Pilar Prieto, Plant Breeding Department, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenue Menéndez Pidal s/n, Campus Alameda del Obispo, Apartado 4084, Córdoba 14080, Spain
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Yu G, Zhang Q, Friesen TL, Rouse MN, Jin Y, Zhong S, Rasmussen JB, Lagudah ES, Xu SS. Identification and mapping of Sr46 from Aegilops tauschii accession CIae 25 conferring resistance to race TTKSK (Ug99) of wheat stem rust pathogen. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2015; 128:431-43. [PMID: 25523501 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-014-2442-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/06/2014] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Mapping studies confirm that resistance to Ug99 race of stem rust pathogen in Aegilops tauschii accession Clae 25 is conditioned by Sr46 and markers linked to the gene were developed for marker-assisted selection. The race TTKSK (Ug99) of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, the causal pathogen for wheat stem rust, is considered as a major threat to global wheat production. To address this threat, researchers across the world have been devoted to identifying TTKSK-resistant genes. Here, we report the identification and mapping of a stem rust resistance gene in Aegilops tauschii accession CIae 25 that confers resistance to TTKSK and the development of molecular markers for the gene. An F2 population of 710 plants from an Ae. tauschii cross CIae 25 × AL8/78 were first evaluated against race TPMKC. A set of 14 resistant and 116 susceptible F2:3 families from the F2 plants were then evaluated for their reactions to TTKSK. Based on the tests, 179 homozygous susceptible F2 plants were selected as the mapping population to identify the simple sequence repeat (SSR) and sequence tagged site (STS) markers linked to the gene by bulk segregant analysis. A dominant stem rust resistance gene was identified and mapped with 16 SSR and five new STS markers to the deletion bin 2DS5-0.47-1.00 of chromosome arm 2DS in which Sr46 was located. Molecular marker and stem rust tests on CIae 25 and two Ae. tauschii accessions carrying Sr46 confirmed that the gene in CIae 25 is Sr46. This study also demonstrated that Sr46 is temperature-sensitive being less effective at low temperatures. The marker validation indicated that two closely linked markers Xgwm210 and Xwmc111 can be used for marker-assisted selection of Sr46 in wheat breeding programs.
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- Guotai Yu
- Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 58108, USA
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Rouse MN, Nirmala J, Jin Y, Chao S, Fetch TG, Pretorius ZA, Hiebert CW. Characterization of Sr9h, a wheat stem rust resistance allele effective to Ug99. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2014; 127:1681-8. [PMID: 24913360 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-014-2330-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Wheat stem rust resistance gene SrWeb is an allele at the Sr9 locus that confers resistance to Ug99. Race TTKSK (Ug99) of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, the causal fungus of stem rust, threatens global wheat production because of its broad virulence to current wheat cultivars. A recently identified Ug99 resistance gene from cultivar Webster, temporarily designated as SrWeb, mapped near the stem rust resistance gene locus Sr9. We determined that SrWeb is also present in Ug99 resistant cultivar Gabo 56 by comparative mapping and an allelism test. Analysis of resistance in a population segregating for both Sr9e and SrWeb demonstrated that SrWeb is an allele at the Sr9 locus, which subsequently was designated as Sr9h. Webster and Gabo 56 were susceptible to the Ug99-related race TTKSF+ from South Africa. Race TTKSF+ possesses unique virulence to uncharacterized Ug99 resistance in cultivar Matlabas. This result validated that resistance to Ug99 in Webster and Gabo 56 is conferred by the same gene: Sr9h. The emergence of pathogen virulence to several resistance genes that are effective to the original Ug99 race TTKSK, including Sr9h, suggests that resistance genes should be used in combinations in order to increase resistance durability.
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- Matthew N Rouse
- Cereal Disease Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), 1551 Lindig Street, St. Paul, MN, USA,
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Rouse MN, Talbert LE, Singh D, Sherman JD. Complementary epistasis involving Sr12 explains adult plant resistance to stem rust in Thatcher wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2014; 127:1549-59. [PMID: 24838645 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-014-2319-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Quantitative trait loci conferring adult plant resistance to Ug99 stem rust in Thatcher wheat display complementary gene action suggesting multiple quantitative trait loci are needed for effective resistance. Adult plant resistance (APR) in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), is desirable because this resistance can be Pgt race non-specific. Resistance derived from cultivar Thatcher can confer high levels of APR to the virulent Pgt race TTKSK (Ug99) when combined with stem rust resistance gene Sr57 (Lr34). To identify the loci conferring APR in Thatcher, we evaluated 160 RILs derived from Thatcher crossed to susceptible cultivar McNeal for field stem rust reaction in Kenya for two seasons and in St. Paul for one season. All RILs and parents were susceptible as seedlings to race TTKSK. However, adult plant stem rust severities in Kenya varied from 5 to 80 %. Composite interval mapping identified four quantitative trait loci (QTL). Three QTL were inherited from Thatcher and one, Sr57, was inherited from McNeal. The markers closest to the QTL peaks were used in an ANOVA to determine the additive and epistatic effects. A QTL on 3BS was detected in all three environments and explained 27-35 % of the variation. The peak of this QTL was at the same location as the Sr12 seedling resistance gene effective to race SCCSC. Epistatic interactions were significant between Sr12 and QTL on chromosome arms 1AL and 2BS. Though Sr12 cosegregated with the largest effect QTL, lines with Sr12 were not always resistant. The data suggest that Sr12 or a linked gene, though not effective to race TTKSK alone, confers APR when combined with other resistance loci.
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- Matthew N Rouse
- Cereal Disease Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), 1551 Lindig Street, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA,
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Yu LX, Barbier H, Rouse MN, Singh S, Singh RP, Bhavani S, Huerta-Espino J, Sorrells ME. A consensus map for Ug99 stem rust resistance loci in wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2014; 127:1561-81. [PMID: 24903979 PMCID: PMC4072096 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-014-2326-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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This consensus map of stem rust genes, QTLs, and molecular markers will facilitate the identification of new resistance genes and provide a resource of in formation for development of new markers for breeding wheat varieties resistant to Ug99. The global effort to identify new sources of resistance to wheat stem rust, caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici race group Ug99 has resulted in numerous studies reporting both qualitative genes and quantitative trait loci. The purpose of our study was to assemble all available information on loci associated with stem rust resistance from 21 recent studies on Triticum aestivum L. (bread wheat) and Triticum turgidum subsp. durum desf. (durum wheat). The software LPmerge was used to construct a stem rust resistance loci consensus wheat map with 1,433 markers incorporating Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Diversity Arrays Technology, Genotyping-by-Sequencing as well as Simple Sequence Repeat marker information. Most of the markers associated with stem rust resistance have been identified in more than one population. Several loci identified in these populations map to the same regions with known Sr genes including Sr2, SrND643, Sr25 and Sr57 (Lr34/Yr18/Pm38), while other significant markers were located in chromosome regions where no Sr genes have been previously reported. This consensus map provides a comprehensive source of information on 141 stem rust resistance loci conferring resistance to stem rust Ug99 as well as linked markers for use in marker-assisted selection.
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- Long-Xi Yu
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
- Present Address: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Vegetable and Forage Crops Research Unit, 24106 N. Bunn Road, Prosser, WA 99350–9687 USA
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Cereal Disease Laboratory and Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minneapolis, MN 55108 USA
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Apdo. Postal 6-641, 06600 Texcoco, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Apdo. Postal 6-641, 06600 Texcoco, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Apdo. Postal 6-641, 06600 Texcoco, Mexico
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- Campo Experimental Valle de México INIFAP, Apdo. Postal 10, 56230 Chapingo, Edo de México Mexico
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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Niu Z, Klindworth DL, Yu G, L Friesen T, Chao S, Jin Y, Cai X, Ohm JB, Rasmussen JB, Xu SS. Development and characterization of wheat lines carrying stem rust resistance gene Sr43 derived from Thinopyrum ponticum. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2014; 127:969-80. [PMID: 24504553 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-014-2272-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Wheat lines carrying Ug99-effective stem rust resistance gene Sr43 on shortened alien chromosome segments were produced using chromosome engineering, and molecular markers linked to Sr43 were identified for marker-assisted selection. Stem rust resistance gene Sr43, transferred into common wheat (Triticum aestivum) from Thinopyrum ponticum, is an effective gene against stem rust Ug99 races. However, this gene has not been used in wheat breeding because it is located on a large Th. ponticum 7el(2) chromosome segment, which also harbors genes for undesirable traits. The objective of this study was to eliminate excessive Th. ponticum chromatin surrounding Sr43 to make it usable in wheat breeding. The two original translocation lines KS10-2 and KS24-1 carrying Sr43 were first analyzed using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and florescent genomic in situ hybridization. Six SSR markers located on wheat chromosome arm 7DL were identified to be associated with the Th. ponticum chromatin in KS10-2 and KS24-1. The results confirmed that KS24-1 is a 7DS·7el(2)L Robertsonian translocation as previously reported. However, KS10-2, which was previously designated as a 7el(2)S·7el(2)L-7DL translocation, was identified as a 7DS-7el(2)S·7el(2)L translocation. To reduce the Th. ponticum chromatin carrying Sr43, a BC(2)F(1) population (Chinese Spring//Chinese Spring ph1bph1b*2/KS10-2) containing ph1b-induced homoeologous recombinants was developed, tested with stem rust, and genotyped with the six SSR markers identified above. Two new wheat lines (RWG33 and RWG34) carrying Sr43 on shortened alien chromosome segments (about 17.5 and 13.7 % of the translocation chromosomes, respectively) were obtained, and two molecular markers linked to Sr43 in these lines were identified. The new wheat lines with Sr43 and the closely linked markers provide new resources for improving resistance to Ug99 and other races of stem rust in wheat.
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- Z Niu
- Northern Crop Science Laboratory, Cereal Crops Research Unit, USDA-ARS, 1605 Albrecht Blvd. North, Fargo, ND, 58102-2765, USA
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Olson EL, Rouse MN, Pumphrey MO, Bowden RL, Gill BS, Poland JA. Introgression of stem rust resistance genes SrTA10187 and SrTA10171 from Aegilops tauschii to wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2013; 126:2477-84. [PMID: 23864229 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2148-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Aegilops tauschii, the diploid progenitor of the wheat D genome, is a readily accessible germplasm pool for wheat breeding as genes can be transferred to elite wheat cultivars through direct hybridization followed by backcrossing. Gene transfer and genetic mapping can be integrated by developing mapping populations during backcrossing. Using direct crossing, two genes for resistance to the African stem rust fungus race TTKSK (Ug99), were transferred from the Ae. tauschii accessions TA10187 and TA10171 to an elite hard winter wheat line, KS05HW14. BC2 mapping populations were created concurrently with developing advanced backcross lines carrying rust resistance. Bulked segregant analysis on the BC2 populations identified marker loci on 6DS and 7DS linked to stem rust resistance genes transferred from TA10187 and TA10171, respectively. Linkage maps were developed for both genes and closely linked markers reported in this study will be useful for selection and pyramiding with other Ug99-effective stem rust resistance genes. The Ae. tauschii-derived resistance genes were temporarily designated SrTA10187 and SrTA10171 and will serve as valuable resources for stem rust resistance breeding.
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- Eric L Olson
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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Liu W, Danilova TV, Rouse MN, Bowden RL, Friebe B, Gill BS, Pumphrey MO. Development and characterization of a compensating wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium Robertsonian translocation with Sr44 resistance to stem rust (Ug99). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2013; 126:1167-77. [PMID: 23358862 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2044-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The emergence of the highly virulent Ug99 race complex of the stem rust fungus (Puccinia graminis Pers. f. sp. tritici Eriks. and Henn.) threatens wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production worldwide. One of the effective genes against the Ug99 race complex is Sr44, which was derived from Thinopyrum intermedium (Host) Barkworth and D.R. Dewey and mapped to the short arm of 7J (designated 7J#1S) present in the noncompensating T7DS-7J#1L∙7J#1S translocation. Noncompensating wheat-alien translocations are known to cause genomic duplications and deficiencies leading to poor agronomic performance, precluding their direct use in wheat improvement. The present study was initiated to produce compensating wheat-Th. intermedium Robertsonian translocations with Sr44 resistance. One compensating RobT was identified consisting of the wheat 7DL arm translocated to the Th. intermedium 7J#1S arm resulting in T7DL∙7J#1S. The T7DL∙7J#1S stock was designated as TA5657. The 7DL∙7J#1S stock carries Sr44 and has resistance to the Ug99 race complex. This compensating RobT with Sr44 resistance may be useful in wheat improvement. In addition, we identified an unnamed stem rust resistance gene located on the 7J#1L arm that confers resistance not only to Ug99, but also to race TRTTF, which is virulent to Sr44. However, the action of the second gene can be modified by the presence of suppressors in the recipient wheat cultivars.
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- Wenxuan Liu
- Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resources Center, Department of Plant Pathology, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5502, USA
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Olson EL, Rouse MN, Pumphrey MO, Bowden RL, Gill BS, Poland JA. Simultaneous transfer, introgression, and genomic localization of genes for resistance to stem rust race TTKSK (Ug99) from Aegilops tauschii to wheat. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2013; 126:1179-88. [PMID: 23377571 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2045-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Wheat production is currently threatened by widely virulent races of the wheat stem rust fungus, Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, that are part of the TTKSK (also known as 'Ug99') race group. The diploid D genome donor species Aegilops tauschii (2n = 2x = 14, DD) is a readily accessible source of resistance to TTKSK and its derivatives that can be transferred to hexaploid wheat, Triticum aestivum (2n = 6x = 42, AABBDD). To expedite transfer of TTKSK resistance from Ae. tauschii, a direct hybridization approach was undertaken that integrates gene transfer, mapping, and introgression into one process. Direct crossing of Ae. tauschii accessions with an elite wheat breeding line combines the steps of gene transfer and introgression while development of mapping populations during gene transfer enables the identification of closely linked markers. Direct crosses were made using TTKSK-resistant Ae. tauschii accessions TA1662 and PI 603225 as males and a stem rust-susceptible T. aestivum breeding line, KS05HW14, as a female. Embryo rescue enabled recovery of F1 (ABDD) plants that were backcrossed as females to the hexaploid recurrent parent. Stem rust-resistant BC1F1 plants from each Ae. tauschii donor source were used as males to generate BC2F1 mapping populations. Bulked segregant analysis of BC2F1 genotypes was performed using 70 SSR loci distributed across the D genome. Using this approach, stem rust resistance genes from both accessions were located on chromosome arm 1DS and mapped using SSR and EST-STS markers. An allelism test indicated the stem rust resistance gene transferred from PI 603225 is Sr33. Race specificity suggests the stem rust resistance gene transferred from TA1662 is unique and this gene has been temporarily designated SrTA1662. Stem rust resistance genes derived from TA1662 and PI 603225 have been made available with selectable molecular markers in genetic backgrounds suitable for stem rust resistance breeding.
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- Eric L Olson
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Ejaz M, Iqbal M, Shahzad A, Atiq‐ur‐Rehman, Ahmed I, Ali GM. Genetic Variation for Markers Linked to Stem Rust Resistance Genes in Pakistani Wheat Varieties. CROP SCIENCE 2012; 52:2638-2648. [DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2012.01.0040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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- Mahwish Ejaz
- Department of Plant Genomics and BiotechnologyPARC Institute of Advanced Studies in Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC)IslamabadPakistan
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- Department of Plant Genomics and BiotechnologyPARC Institute of Advanced Studies in Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC)IslamabadPakistan
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- Department of Plant Genomics and BiotechnologyPARC Institute of Advanced Studies in Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC)IslamabadPakistan
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- Department of Plant Genomics and BiotechnologyPARC Institute of Advanced Studies in Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC)IslamabadPakistan
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- Department of Plant Genomics and BiotechnologyPARC Institute of Advanced Studies in Agriculture, National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC)IslamabadPakistan
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Rouse MN, Nava IC, Chao S, Anderson JA, Jin Y. Identification of markers linked to the race Ug99 effective stem rust resistance gene Sr28 in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2012; 125:877-85. [PMID: 22584633 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-012-1879-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 04/19/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Wheat stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici can cause devastating yield losses in wheat. Over the past several decades, stem rust has been controlled worldwide through the use of genetic resistance. Stem rust race TTKSK (Ug99), first detected in Uganda in 1998, threatens global wheat production because of its unique virulence combination. As the majority of the currently grown cultivars and advanced breeding lines are susceptible to race TTKSK, sources of resistance need to be identified and characterized to facilitate their use in agriculture. South Dakota breeding line SD 1691 displayed resistance to race TTKSK in the international wheat stem rust nursery in Njoro, Kenya. Seedling screening of progeny derived from SD 1691 crossed to susceptible LMPG-6 indicated that a single resistance gene was present. Allelism and race-specificity tests indicated the stem rust resistance gene in SD 1691 was Sr28. The chromosome arm location of Sr28 was previously demonstrated to be 2BL. We identified molecular markers linked to Sr28 and validated this linkage in two additional populations. Common spring wheat cultivars in the central United States displayed allelic diversity for markers flanking Sr28. These markers could be used to select for Sr28 in breeding populations and for combining Sr28 with other stem rust resistance genes.
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- Matthew N Rouse
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Cereal Disease Laboratory, 1551 Lindig Street, St. Paul, MN, USA.
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Liu W, Rouse M, Friebe B, Jin Y, Gill B, Pumphrey MO. Discovery and molecular mapping of a new gene conferring resistance to stem rust, Sr53, derived from Aegilops geniculata and characterization of spontaneous translocation stocks with reduced alien chromatin. Chromosome Res 2011; 19:669-82. [DOI: 10.1007/s10577-011-9226-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Revised: 05/27/2011] [Accepted: 06/16/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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