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Shahbazi M, Majka J, Kubíková D, Zwierzykowski Z, Glombik M, Wendel JF, Sharbrough J, Hartmann S, Szecówka M, Doležel J, Bartoš J, Kopecký D, Kneřová J. Cytonuclear interplay in auto- and allopolyploids: a multifaceted perspective from the Festuca-Lolium complex. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 118:1102-1118. [PMID: 38323852 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
Abstract
Restoring cytonuclear stoichiometry is necessary after whole-genome duplication (WGD) and interspecific/intergeneric hybridization in plants. We investigated this phenomenon in auto- and allopolyploids of the Festuca-Lolium complex providing insights into the mechanisms governing cytonuclear interactions in early polyploid and hybrid generations. Our study examined the main processes potentially involved in restoring the cytonuclear balance after WGD comparing diploids and new and well-established autopolyploids. We uncovered that both the number of chloroplasts and the number of chloroplast genome copies were significantly higher in the newly established autopolyploids and grew further in more established autopolyploids. The increase in the copy number of the chloroplast genome exceeded the rise in the number of chloroplasts and fully compensated for the doubling of the nuclear genome. In addition, changes in nuclear and organelle gene expression were insignificant. Allopolyploid Festuca × Lolium hybrids displayed potential structural conflicts in parental protein variants within the cytonuclear complexes. While biased maternal allele expression has been observed in numerous hybrids, our results suggest that its role in cytonuclear stabilization in the Festuca × Lolium hybrids is limited. This study provides insights into the restoration of the cytonuclear stoichiometry, yet it emphasizes the need for future research to explore post-transcriptional regulation and its impact on cytonuclear gene expression stoichiometry. Our findings may enhance the understanding of polyploid plant evolution, with broader implications for the study of cytonuclear interactions in diverse biological contexts.
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- Mehrdad Shahbazi
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 61137, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Environmental Stress Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Environmental Stress Biology, Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, Iowa, USA
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- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Biology Department, Socorro, New Mexico, 87801, USA
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- Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (LfL), Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Am Gereuth 4, 85354, Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Šlechtitelů 31, 77900, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Mahelka V, Kopecký D, Majka J, Krak K. Uniparental expression of ribosomal RNA in × Festulolium grasses: a link between the genome and nucleolar dominance. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1276252. [PMID: 37790792 PMCID: PMC10544908 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1276252] [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: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/05/2023]
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Genome or genomic dominance (GD) is a phenomenon observed in hybrids when one parental genome becomes dominant over the other. It is manifested by the replacement of chromatin of the submissive genome by that of the dominant genome and by biased gene expression. Nucleolar dominance (ND) - the functional expression of only one parental set of ribosomal genes in hybrids - is another example of an intragenomic competitive process which, however, concerns ribosomal DNA only. Although GD and ND are relatively well understood, the nature and extent of their potential interdependence is mostly unknown. Here, we ask whether hybrids showing GD also exhibit ND and, if so, whether the dominant genome is the same. To test this, we used hybrids between Festuca and Lolium grasses (Festulolium), and between two Festuca species in which GD has been observed (with Lolium as the dominant genome in Festulolium and F. pratensis in interspecific Festuca hybrids). Using amplicon sequencing of ITS1 and ITS2 of the 45S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) cluster and molecular cytogenetics, we studied the organization and expression of rDNA in leaf tissue in five hybrid combinations, four generations and 31 genotypes [F. pratensis × L. multiflorum (F1, F2, F3, BC1), L. multiflorum × F. pratensis (F1), L. multiflorum × F. glaucescens (F2), L. perenne × F. pratensis (F1), F. glaucescens × F. pratensis (F1)]. We have found that instant ND occurs in Festulolium, where expression of Lolium-type rDNA reached nearly 100% in all F1 hybrids and was maintained through subsequent generations. Therefore, ND and GD in Festulolium are manifested by the same dominant genome (Lolium). We also confirmed the concordance between GD and ND in an interspecific cross between two Festuca species.
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- Václav Mahelka
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Průhonice, Czechia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Průhonice, Czechia
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czechia
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Cropano C, Place I, Manzanares C, Do Canto J, Lübberstedt T, Studer B, Thorogood D. Characterization and practical use of self-compatibility in outcrossing grass species. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2021; 127:841-852. [PMID: 33755100 PMCID: PMC8225281 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcab043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Self-incompatibility (SI) systems prevent self-fertilization in several species of Poaceae, many of which are economically important forage, bioenergy and turf grasses. Self-incompatibility ensures cross-pollination and genetic diversity but restricts the ability to fix useful genetic variation. In most inbred crops it is possible to develop high-performing homozygous parental lines by self-pollination, which then enables the creation of F1 hybrid varieties with higher performance, a phenomenon known as heterosis. The inability to fully exploit heterosis in outcrossing grasses is partially responsible for lower levels of improvement in breeding programmes compared with inbred crops. However, SI can be overcome in forage grasses to create self-compatible populations. This is generating interest in understanding the genetical basis of self-compatibility (SC), its significance for reproductive strategies and its exploitation for crop improvement, especially in the context of F1 hybrid breeding. SCOPE We review the literature on SI and SC in outcrossing grass species. We review the currently available genomic tools and approaches used to discover and characterize novel SC sources. We discuss opportunities barely explored for outcrossing grasses that SC facilitates. Specifically, we discuss strategies for wide SC introgression in the context of the Lolium-Festuca complex and the use of SC to develop immortalized mapping populations for the dissection of a wide range of agronomically important traits. The germplasm available is a valuable practical resource and will aid understanding the basis of inbreeding depression and hybrid vigour in key temperate forage grass species. CONCLUSIONS A better understanding of the genetic control of additional SC loci offers new insight into SI systems, their evolutionary origins and their reproductive significance. Heterozygous outcrossing grass species that can be readily selfed facilitate studies of heterosis. Moreover, SC introduction into a range of grass species will enable heterosis to be exploited in innovative ways in genetic improvement programmes.
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- Claudio Cropano
- Molecular Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Deutsche Saatveredelung AG, Lippstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Molecular Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), 4500 Tacuarembó, Uruguay
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- Molecular Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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Svačina R, Sourdille P, Kopecký D, Bartoš J. Chromosome Pairing in Polyploid Grasses. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1056. [PMID: 32733528 PMCID: PMC7363976 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Polyploids are species in which three or more sets of chromosomes coexist. Polyploidy frequently occurs in plants and plays a major role in their evolution. Based on their origin, polyploid species can be divided into two groups: autopolyploids and allopolyploids. The autopolyploids arise by multiplication of the chromosome sets from a single species, whereas allopolyploids emerge from the hybridization between distinct species followed or preceded by whole genome duplication, leading to the combination of divergent genomes. Having a polyploid constitution offers some fitness advantages, which could become evolutionarily successful. Nevertheless, polyploid species must develop mechanism(s) that control proper segregation of genetic material during meiosis, and hence, genome stability. Otherwise, the coexistence of more than two copies of the same or similar chromosome sets may lead to multivalent formation during the first meiotic division and subsequent production of aneuploid gametes. In this review, we aim to discuss the pathways leading to the formation of polyploids, the occurrence of polyploidy in the grass family (Poaceae), and mechanisms controlling chromosome associations during meiosis, with special emphasis on wheat.
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- Radim Svačina
- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- INRA, Génétique, Diversité, Ecophysiologie des Céréales, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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Glombik M, Bačovský V, Hobza R, Kopecký D. Competition of Parental Genomes in Plant Hybrids. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:200. [PMID: 32158461 PMCID: PMC7052263 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Interspecific hybridization represents one of the main mechanisms of plant speciation. Merging of two genomes from different subspecies, species, or even genera is frequently accompanied by whole-genome duplication (WGD). Besides its evolutionary role, interspecific hybridization has also been successfully implemented in multiple breeding programs. Interspecific hybrids combine agronomic traits of two crop species or can be used to introgress specific loci of interests, such as those for resistance against abiotic or biotic stresses. The genomes of newly established interspecific hybrids (both allopolyploids and homoploids) undergo dramatic changes, including chromosome rearrangements, amplifications of tandem repeats, activation of mobile repetitive elements, and gene expression modifications. To ensure genome stability and proper transmission of chromosomes from both parental genomes into subsequent generations, allopolyploids often evolve mechanisms regulating chromosome pairing. Such regulatory systems allow only pairing of homologous chromosomes and hamper pairing of homoeologs. Despite such regulatory systems, several hybrid examples with frequent homoeologous chromosome pairing have been reported. These reports open a way for the replacement of one parental genome by the other. In this review, we provide an overview of the current knowledge of genomic changes in interspecific homoploid and allopolyploid hybrids, with strictly homologous pairing and with relaxed pairing of homoeologs.
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- Marek Glombik
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czechia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
- Department of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czechia
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Centre of the Region Hana for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Olomouc, Czechia
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Harper J, Phillips D, Thomas A, Gasior D, Evans C, Powell W, King J, King I, Jenkins G, Armstead I. B chromosomes are associated with redistribution of genetic recombination towards lower recombination chromosomal regions in perennial ryegrass. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:1861-1871. [PMID: 29635481 PMCID: PMC6019035 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Supernumerary 'B' chromosomes are non-essential components of the genome present in a range of plant and animal species-including many grasses. Within diploid and polyploid ryegrass and fescue species, including the forage grass perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), the presence of B chromosomes has been reported as influencing both chromosome pairing and chiasma frequencies. In this study, the effects of the presence/absence of B chromosomes on genetic recombination has been investigated through generating DArT (Diversity Arrays Technology) marker genetic maps for six perennial ryegrass diploid populations, the pollen parents of which contained either two B or zero B chromosomes. Through genetic and cytological analyses of these progeny and their parents, we have identified that, while overall cytological estimates of chiasma frequencies were significantly lower in pollen mother cells with two B chromosomes as compared with zero B chromosomes, the recombination frequencies within some marker intervals were actually increased, particularly for marker intervals in lower recombination regions of chromosomes, namely pericentromeric regions. Thus, in perennial ryegrass, the presence of two B chromosomes redistributed patterns of meiotic recombination in pollen mother cells in ways which could increase the range of allelic variation available to plant breeders.
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- John Harper
- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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Danilova TV, Akhunova AR, Akhunov ED, Friebe B, Gill BS. Major structural genomic alterations can be associated with hybrid speciation in Aegilops markgrafii (Triticeae). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 92:317-330. [PMID: 28776783 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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During evolutionary history many grasses from the tribe Triticeae have undergone interspecific hybridization, resulting in allopolyploidy; whereas homoploid hybrid speciation was found only in rye. Homoeologous chromosomes within the Triticeae preserved cross-species macrocolinearity, except for a few species with rearranged genomes. Aegilops markgrafii, a diploid wild relative of wheat (2n = 2x = 14), has a highly asymmetrical karyotype that is indicative of chromosome rearrangements. Molecular cytogenetics and next-generation sequencing were used to explore the genome organization. Fluorescence in situ hybridization with a set of wheat cDNAs allowed the macrostructure and cross-genome homoeology of the Ae. markgrafii chromosomes to be established. Two chromosomes maintained colinearity, whereas the remaining were highly rearranged as a result of inversions and inter- and intrachromosomal translocations. We used sets of barley and wheat orthologous gene sequences to compare discrete parts of the Ae. markgrafii genome involved in the rearrangements. Analysis of sequence identity profiles and phylogenic relationships grouped chromosome blocks into two distinct clusters. Chromosome painting revealed the distribution of transposable elements and differentiated chromosome blocks into two groups consistent with the sequence analyses. These data suggest that introgressive hybridization accompanied by gross chromosome rearrangements might have had an impact on karyotype evolution and homoploid speciation in Ae. markgrafii.
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- Tatiana V Danilova
- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Dierking R, Azhaguvel P, Kallenbach R, Saha M, Bouton J, Chekhovskiy K, Kopecký D, Hopkins A. Linkage Maps of a Mediterranean × Continental Tall Fescue Population and their Comparative Analysis with Other Poaceae Species. THE PLANT GENOME 2015; 8:eplantgenome2014.07.0032. [PMID: 33228282 DOI: 10.3835/plantgenome2014.07.0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Temperate grasses belonging to the Festuca-Lolium complex are important throughout the world in pasture and grassland agriculture. Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) is the predominant species in the United States, covering approximately 15 million ha. Tall fescue has distinctive morphotypes, two of which are Continental (summer active) and Mediterranean (summer semidormant). This is the first report of a linkage map created for Mediterranean tall fescue, while updating the Continental map with additional simple sequence repeat and sequence-tagged site markers. Additionally, this is the first time that diversity arrays technology (DArT) markers were used in the construction of a tall fescue map. The male parent (Continental), R43-64, map consisted of 594 markers arranged in 22 linkage groups (LGs) and covered a total of 1577 cM. The female parent (Mediterranean), 103-2, map was shorter (1258 cM) and consisted of only 208 markers arranged in 29 LGs. Marker densities for R43-64 and 103-2 were 2.65 and 6.08 cM per marker, respectively. When compared with the other Poaceae species, meadow fescue (F. pratensis Huds.), annual ryegrass (L. multiflorum Lam.), perennial ryegrass (L. perenne L.), Brachypodium distachyon (L.) Beauv., and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), a total of 171 and 98 orthologous or homologous sequences, identified by DArT analysis, were identified in R43-64 and 103-2, respectively. By using genomic in situ hybridization, we aimed to identify potential progenitors of both morphotypes. However, no clear conclusion on genomic constitution was reached. These maps will aid in the search for quantitative trait loci of various traits as well as help define and distinguish genetic differences between the two morphotypes.
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- Ryan Dierking
- Dep. of Agronomy, Purdue Univ., 915 West State St., West Lafayette, IN, 47907
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- Syngenta, 2369- 330th Street, Slater, IA, 50244
- Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, OK
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Univ. of Missouri, 208 Waters Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211
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- Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, OK
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- Forage Improvement Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, OK
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- Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany, Slechtitelu 31,, Olomouc, 78371, Czech Republic
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- Dow AgroSciences, Inc., 1117 Recharge Rd., York, NE, 68467
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Piperidis N, Chen JW, Deng HH, Wang LP, Jackson P, Piperidis G. GISH characterization of Erianthus arundinaceus chromosomes in three generations of sugarcane intergeneric hybrids. Genome 2010; 53:331-6. [PMID: 20616864 DOI: 10.1139/g10-010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Within Erianthus, a genus close to Saccharum, the species E. arundinaceus has the potential to contribute valuable traits to sugarcane, including adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses and ratooning ability. Sugarcane breeders have tried for a long time to use Erianthus species in their breeding programs but until recently were constrained by a lack of fertile Saccharum x Erianthus hybrids. We report here for the first time the chromosome composition of fertile Saccharum officinarum x E. arundinaceus F1, BC1 (F1 x sugarcane cultivar), and BC2 (BC1 x sugarcane cultivar) hybrids. The F1 and BC2 resulted from n + n chromosome transmission, while the BC1 resulted from 2n + n transmission. In the BC1 clones, the number of E. arundinaceus chromosomes ranged from 21 to 30, and in the BC2 clones, the number ranged from 14 to 15, revealing cases of chromosome loss. No recombination events between Saccharum and Erianthus chromosomes were observed in either the BC1 or BC2 clones. The implications of these results for introgression of genes from E. arundinaceus in sugarcane breeding programs are discussed. We propose a strategy to identify the agronomic value of chromosomes from E. arundinaceus and to conduct targeted breeding based on this information.
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- Nathalie Piperidis
- BSES Limited, Mackay, Peak Downs Highway, Te Kowai, Queensland 4741, Australia.
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