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Padmavathi G, Bangale U, Rao K, Balakrishnan D, Arun M, Singh RK, Sundaram RM. Progress and prospects in harnessing wild relatives for genetic enhancement of salt tolerance in rice. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1253726. [PMID: 38371332 PMCID: PMC10870985 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1253726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Salt stress is the second most devastating abiotic stress after drought and limits rice production globally. Genetic enhancement of salinity tolerance is a promising and cost-effective approach to achieve yield gains in salt-affected areas. Breeding for salinity tolerance is challenging because of the genetic complexity of the response of rice plants to salt stress, as it is governed by minor genes with low heritability and high G × E interactions. The involvement of numerous physiological and biochemical factors further complicates this complexity. The intensive selection and breeding efforts targeted towards the improvement of yield in the green-revolution era inadvertently resulted in the gradual disappearance of the loci governing salinity tolerance and a significant reduction in genetic variability among cultivars. The limited utilization of genetic resources and narrow genetic base of improved cultivars have resulted in a plateau in response to salinity tolerance in modern cultivars. Wild species are an excellent genetic resource for broadening the genetic base of domesticated rice. Exploiting novel genes of underutilized wild rice relatives to restore salinity tolerance loci eliminated during domestication can result in significant genetic gain in rice cultivars. Wild species of rice, Oryza rufipogon and Oryza nivara, have been harnessed in the development of a few improved rice varieties like Jarava and Chinsura Nona 2. Furthermore, increased access to sequence information and enhanced knowledge about the genomics of salinity tolerance in wild relatives has provided an opportunity for the deployment of wild rice accessions in breeding programs, while overcoming the cross-incompatibility and linkage drag barriers witnessed in wild hybridization. Pre-breeding is another avenue for building material that are ready for utilization in breeding programs. Efforts should be directed towards systematic collection, evaluation, characterization, and deciphering salt tolerance mechanisms in wild rice introgression lines and deploying untapped novel loci to improve salinity tolerance in rice cultivars. This review highlights the potential of wild relatives of Oryza to enhance tolerance to salinity, track the progress of work, and provide a perspective for future research.
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- Guntupalli Padmavathi
- Crop Improvement Section, Plant Breeding, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, Plant Breeding, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, India
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- Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sugarcane Research Station, Vuyyuru, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, Plant Breeding, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, India
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- Crop Production Section, Agronomy, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, India
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- Crop Diversification and Genetics Section, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Crop Improvement Section, Plant Breeding, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, India
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Phan NTH, Van Pham C, Tang HT, Van Nguyen L, Nguyen LV, Bertin P. Integration of genome-wide association studies reveal loci associated with salt tolerance score of rice at the seedling stage. J Appl Genet 2023; 64:603-614. [PMID: 37555917 DOI: 10.1007/s13353-023-00775-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Salt threatens rice cultivation in many countries. Hence, breeding new varieties with high salt tolerance is important.A panel of 2,391 rice accessions from the 3 K Rice Genome Project was selected to evaluate salt tolerance via the standard evaluation score (SES) in hydroponics under 60 mM NaCl at the seedling stage. Three sub-population panels including 1,332, 628, and 386 accessions from the original 2,391 ones were constructed based on low relatedness revealed by a phylogenetic tree generated by Archaeopteryx Tree. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted on the entire and sub-population panels using SES data and a selection of 5, 10, 20, and 40% of SNPs selected from the original 1,011,601 SNPs by filtering minor allele frequency > 5% and missing rate < 5%. To perform GWAS, three methods implemented in three different software packages were utilized.Using the integration of GWAS programs, a total of four QTLs associated with SES scores were identified in different panels. Some QTLs co-located with previously detected QTL-related traits. qSES1.1 was detected in three panels, qSES1.3 and qSES2.1 in two panels, and qSES3.1 in one panel through GWAS by all three methods used and selected SNPs. These four QTLs were selected to detect candidate genes. Combining gene-based association study plus haplotype analysis in the entire population and the three sub-populations let us shortlist three candidate genes, viz. LOC_Os01g23640 and LOC_Os01g23680 for qSES1.1, and LOC_Os01g71240 for qSES1.3 region affecting salt tolerance. The identified QTLs and candidate genes provided useful materials and genetic information for future functional characterization and genetic improvement of salt tolerance in rice.
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- Nhung Thi Hong Phan
- Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium.
- Agronomy Faculty, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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- Agronomy Faculty, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Agronomy Faculty, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Agronomy Faculty, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Agronomy Faculty, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348, Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
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Bartholomé J, Frouin J, Brottier L, Cao TV, Boisnard A, Ahmadi N, Courtois B. Genomic selection for salinity tolerance in japonica rice. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0291833. [PMID: 37756295 PMCID: PMC10530037 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Improving plant performance in salinity-prone conditions is a significant challenge in breeding programs. Genomic selection is currently integrated into many plant breeding programs as a tool for increasing selection intensity and precision for complex traits and for reducing breeding cycle length. A rice reference panel (RP) of 241 Oryza sativa L. japonica accessions genotyped with 20,255 SNPs grown in control and mild salinity stress conditions was evaluated at the vegetative stage for eight morphological traits and ion mass fractions (Na and K). Weak to strong genotype-by-condition interactions were found for the traits considered. Cross-validation showed that the predictive ability of genomic prediction methods ranged from 0.25 to 0.64 for multi-environment models with morphological traits and from 0.05 to 0.40 for indices of stress response and ion mass fractions. The performances of a breeding population (BP) comprising 393 japonica accessions were predicted with models trained on the RP. For validation of the predictive performances of the models, a subset of 41 accessions was selected from the BP and phenotyped under the same experimental conditions as the RP. The predictive abilities estimated on this subset ranged from 0.00 to 0.66 for the multi-environment models, depending on the traits, and were strongly correlated with the predictive abilities on cross-validation in the RP in salt condition (r = 0.69). We show here that genomic selection is efficient for predicting the salt stress tolerance of breeding lines. Genomic selection could improve the efficiency of rice breeding strategies for salinity-prone environments.
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- Jérôme Bartholomé
- UMR AGAP Institut, CIRAD, Cali, Colombia
- UMR AGAP Institut, Institut Agro, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- Alliance Bioversity-CIAT, Recta Palmira Cali, Colombia
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- UMR AGAP Institut, Institut Agro, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France
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- UMR AGAP Institut, Institut Agro, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France
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- UMR AGAP Institut, Institut Agro, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France
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- UMR AGAP Institut, Institut Agro, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France
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- UMR AGAP Institut, Institut Agro, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier, France
- CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France
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Saputro TB, Jakada BH, Chutimanukul P, Comai L, Buaboocha T, Chadchawan S. OsBTBZ1 Confers Salt Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14483. [PMID: 37833931 PMCID: PMC10572369 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.), one of the most important commodities and a primary food source worldwide, can be affected by adverse environmental factors. The chromosome segment substitution line 16 (CSSL16) of rice is considered salt-tolerant. A comparison of the transcriptomic data of the CSSL16 line under normal and salt stress conditions revealed 511 differentially expressed sequence (DEseq) genes at the seedling stage, 520 DEseq genes in the secondary leaves, and 584 DEseq genes in the flag leaves at the booting stage. Four BTB genes, OsBTBZ1, OsBTBZ2, OsBTBN3, and OsBTBN7, were differentially expressed under salt stress. Interestingly, only OsBTBZ1 was differentially expressed at the seedling stage, whereas the other genes were differentially expressed at the booting stage. Based on the STRING database, OsBTBZ1 was more closely associated with other abiotic stress-related proteins than other BTB genes. The highest expression of OsBTBZ1 was observed in the sheaths of young leaves. The OsBTBZ1-GFP fusion protein was localized to the nucleus, supporting the hypothesis of a transcriptionally regulatory role for this protein. The bt3 Arabidopsis mutant line exhibited susceptibility to NaCl and abscisic acid (ABA) but not to mannitol. NaCl and ABA decreased the germination rate and growth of the mutant lines. Moreover, the ectopic expression of OsBTBZ1 rescued the phenotypes of the bt3 mutant line and enhanced the growth of wild-type Arabidopsis under stress conditions. These results suggest that OsBTBZ1 is a salt-tolerant gene functioning in ABA-dependent pathways.
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- Triono B. Saputro
- Center of Excellence in Environment and Plant Physiology, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; (T.B.S.); (B.H.J.)
- Program in Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Environment and Plant Physiology, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; (T.B.S.); (B.H.J.)
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Khlong Luang, Pathumthani, Bangkok 12120, Thailand;
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- Genome Center and Department of Plant Biology, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA;
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Crop, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand;
- Omics Science and Bioinformatics Center, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Environment and Plant Physiology, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; (T.B.S.); (B.H.J.)
- Omics Science and Bioinformatics Center, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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Phan NTH, Draye X, Pham CV, Bertin P. Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling nitrogen use efficiency-related traits in rice at the seedling stage under salt condition by genome-wide association study. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1197271. [PMID: 37575915 PMCID: PMC10415682 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1197271] [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: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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Rice cultivation is facing both salt intrusion and overuse of nitrogen fertilizers. Hence, breeding new varieties aiming to improve nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), especially under salt conditions, is indispensable. We selected 2,391 rice accessions from the 3K Rice Genomes Project to evaluate the dry weight under two N concentrations [2.86 mM - standard N (SN), and 0.36 mM - low N (LN)] crossed with two NaCl concentrations [0 (0Na) and 60 mM (60Na)] at the seedling stage. Genome-wide association studies for shoot, root, and plant dry weight (DW) were carried out. A total of 55 QTLs - 32, 16, and 7 in the whole, indica, and japonica panel - associated with one of the tested traits were identified. Among these, 27 QTLs co-localized with previously identified QTLs for DW-related traits while the other 28 were newly detected; 24, 8, 11, and 4 QTLs were detected in SN-0Na, LN-0Na, SN-60Na, and LN-60Na, respectively, and the remaining 8 QTLs were for the relative plant DW between treatments. Three of the 11 QTLs in SN-60Na were close to the regions containing three QTLs detected in SN-0Na. Eleven candidate genes for eight important QTLs were identified. Only one of them was detected in both SN-0Na and SN-60Na, while 5, 0, 3, and 2 candidate genes were identified only once under SN-0Na, LN-0Na, SN-60Na, and LN-60Na, respectively. The identified QTLs and genes provide useful materials and genetic information for future functional characterization and genetic improvement of NUE in rice, especially under salt conditions.
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- Nhung Thi Hong Phan
- Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Agronomy Faculty, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Agronomy Faculty, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Earth and Life Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Li S, Feng T, Zhang C, Zhang F, Li H, Chen Y, Liang L, Zhang C, Zeng W, Liu E, Shi Y, Li M, Meng L. Genetic Dissection of Salt Tolerance and Yield Traits of Geng ( japonica) Rice by Selective Subspecific Introgression. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2023; 45:4796-4813. [PMID: 37367054 DOI: 10.3390/cimb45060305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
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Salinity is a major factor limiting rice productivity, and developing salt-tolerant (ST) varieties is the most efficient approach. Seventy-eight ST introgression lines (ILs), including nine promising lines with improved ST and yield potential (YP), were developed from four BC2F4 populations from inter-subspecific crosses between an elite Geng (japonica) recipient and four Xian (indica) donors at the Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Genome-wide characterization of donor introgression identified 35 ST QTLs, 25 of which harbor 38 cloned ST genes as the most likely QTL candidates. Thirty-four are Xian-Geng differentiated ones with the donor (Xian) alleles associated with ST, suggesting differentiated responses to salt stress were one of the major phenotypic differences between the two subspecies. At least eight ST QTLs and many others affecting yield traits were identified under salt/non-stress conditions. Our results indicated that the Xian gene pool contains rich 'hidden' genetic variation for developing superior Geng varieties with improved ST and YP, which could be efficiently exploited by selective introgression. The developed ST ILs and their genetic information on the donor alleles for ST and yield traits would provide a useful platform for developing superior ST and high-yield Geng varieties through breeding by design in the future.
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- Simin Li
- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- College of Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Kunpeng Institute of Modern Agriculture at Foshan, Foshan 528200, China
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Nguyen TT, Dwiyanti MS, Sakaguchi S, Koide Y, Le DV, Watanabe T, Kishima Y. Identification of a Saltol-Independent Salinity Tolerance Polymorphism in Rice Mekong Delta Landraces and Characterization of a Promising Line, Doc Phung. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 15:65. [PMID: 36529786 PMCID: PMC9760585 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-022-00613-0] [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: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The Mekong Delta River in Vietnam is facing salinity intrusion caused by climate change and sea-level rise that is severely affecting rice cultivation. Here, we evaluated salinity responses of 97 rice accessions (79 landraces and 18 improved accessions) from the Mekong Delta population by adding 100 mM NaCl to the nutrient solution for up to 20 days. We observed a wide distribution in salinity tolerance/sensitivity, with two major peaks across the 97 accessions when using the standard evaluation system (SES) developed by the International Rice Research Institute. SES scores revealed strong negative correlations (ranging from - 0.68 to - 0.83) with other phenotypic indices, such as shoot elongation length, root elongation length, shoot dry weight, and root dry weight. Mineral concentrations of Na+ in roots, stems, and leaves and Ca2+ in roots and stems were positively correlated with SES scores, suggesting that tolerant accessions lower their cation exchange capacity in the root cell wall. The salinity tolerance of Mekong Delta accessions was independent from the previously described salinity tolerance-related locus Saltol, which encodes an HKT1-type transporter in the salinity-tolerant cultivars Nona Bokra and Pokkali. Indeed, genome-wide association studies using SES scores and shoot dry weight ratios of the 79 accessions as traits identified a single common peak located on chromosome 1. This SNP did not form a linkage group with other nearby SNPs and mapped to the 3' untranslated region of gene LOC_Os01g32830, over 6.5 Mb away from the Saltol locus. LOC_Os01g32830 encodes chloroplast glycolate/glycerate translocator 1 (OsPLGG1), which is responsible for photorespiration and growth. SES and shoot dry weight ratios differed significantly between the two possible haplotypes at the causal SNP. Through these analyses, we characterize Doc Phung, one of the most salinity-tolerant varieties in the Mekong Delta population and a promising new genetic resource.
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- Tam Thanh Nguyen
- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan.
- Mekong Delta Development Research Institute, Can Tho University, Campus 2 3-2 Street, Can Tho, Vietnam.
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Can Tho University, Campus 2 3-2 Street, Can Tho, Vietnam
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan.
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan.
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Javid S, Bihamta MR, Omidi M, Abbasi AR, Alipour H, Ingvarsson PK. Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) and genome prediction of seedling salt tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:581. [PMID: 36513980 PMCID: PMC9746167 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03936-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Salinity tolerance in wheat is imperative for improving crop genetic capacity in response to the expanding phenomenon of soil salinization. However, little is known about the genetic foundation underlying salinity tolerance at the seedling growth stage of wheat. Herein, a GWAS analysis was carried out by the random-SNP-effect mixed linear model (mrMLM) multi-locus model to uncover candidate genes responsible for salt tolerance at the seedling stage in 298 Iranian bread wheat accessions, including 208 landraces and 90 cultivars. RESULTS A total of 29 functional marker-trait associations (MTAs) were detected under salinity, 100 mM NaCl (sodium chloride). Of these, seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) including rs54146, rs257, rs37983, rs18682, rs55629, rs15183, and rs63185 with R2 ≥ 10% were found to be linked with relative water content, root fresh weight, root dry weight, root volume, shoot high, proline, and shoot potassium (K+), respectively. Further, a total of 27 candidate genes were functionally annotated to be involved in response to the saline environment. Most of these genes have key roles in photosynthesis, response to abscisic acid, cell redox homeostasis, sucrose and carbohydrate metabolism, ubiquitination, transmembrane transport, chromatin silencing, and some genes harbored unknown functions that all together may respond to salinity as a complex network. For genomic prediction (GP), the genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) model reflected genetic effects better than both bayesian ridge regression (BRR) and ridge regression-best linear unbiased prediction (RRBLUP), suggesting GBLUP as a favorable tool for wheat genomic selection. CONCLUSION The SNPs and candidate genes identified in the current work can be used potentially for developing salt-tolerant varieties at the seedling growth stage by marker-assisted selection.
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- Saeideh Javid
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Plant Production and Genetics, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
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- Department of Plant Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Pruthi R, Chapagain S, Coronejo S, Singh L, Subudhi PK. Quantitative trait loci, candidate genes, and breeding lines to improve salt tolerance at the flowering and seedling stages in rice. Food Energy Secur 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/fes3.433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Rajat Pruthi
- School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Baton Rouge Louisiana USA
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- School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Baton Rouge Louisiana USA
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- School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Baton Rouge Louisiana USA
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- School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Baton Rouge Louisiana USA
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- School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Baton Rouge Louisiana USA
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Khan RWA, Khan RSA, Awan FS, Akrem A, Iftikhar A, Anwar FN, Alzahrani HAS, Alsamadany H, Iqbal RK. Genome-wide association studies of seedling quantitative trait loci against salt tolerance in wheat. Front Genet 2022; 13:946869. [PMID: 36159962 PMCID: PMC9492296 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.946869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Salinity is one of the significant factors in decreasing wheat yield and quality. To counter this, it is necessary to develop salt-tolerant wheat varieties through conventional and advanced molecular techniques. The current study identified quantitative trait loci in response to salt stress among worldwide landraces and improved varieties of wheat at the seedling stage. A total of 125 landraces and wheat varieties were subjected to salt treatment (50, 100, and 150 mM) with control. Morphological seedling traits, i.e., shoot length, root length, and fresh and dry shoot and root weights for salinity tolerance were observed to assess salt tolerance and genetic analysis using SNP data through DArT-seq. The results showed that, at the seedling stage, 150 mM NaCl treatment decreased shoot length, root length, and fresh and dry weights of the shoot and root. The root length and dry root weight were the most affected traits at the seedling stage. Effective 4417 SNPs encompassing all the chromosomes of the wheat genome with marker density, i.e., 37%, fall in genome B, genome D (32%), and genome A (31%). Five loci were found on four chromosomes 6B, 6D, 7A, and 7D, showing strong associations with the root length, fresh shoot weight, fresh root weight, and dry root weight at the p < 0.03 significance level. The positive correlation was found among all morphological traits under study.
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- Rao Waqar Ahmad Khan
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Centre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology (CABB), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- *Correspondence: Faisal Saeed Awan, , ; Rana Khalid Iqbal,
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- Botany Division, Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- *Correspondence: Faisal Saeed Awan, , ; Rana Khalid Iqbal,
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de Ocampo MP, Ho VT, Thomson MJ, Mitsuya S, Yamauchi A, Ismail AM. QTL mapping under salt stress in rice using a Kalarata-Azucena population. EUPHYTICA: NETHERLANDS JOURNAL OF PLANT BREEDING 2022; 218:74. [PMID: 36060537 PMCID: PMC9427886 DOI: 10.1007/s10681-022-03026-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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UNLABELLED Salt stress is a major constraint across large rice production areas in Asia, because of the high sensitivity of modern rice varieties. To identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with salt tolerance in rice, we developed an F2 population from a cross between the salt-tolerant landrace, Kalarata, and the salt-sensitive parent, Azucena. F3 families from this population were screened and scored for salt tolerance using IRRI's Standard evaluation system (SES). Growth, biomass, Na+ and K+ concentrations in leaf tissues, and chlorophyll concentration were determined. A genetic linkage map was constructed with 151 SSRs and InDel markers, which cover 1463 cM with an average distance of 9.69 cM between loci. A total of 13 QTL were identified using Composite Interval Mapping for 16 traits. Several novel QTL were identified in this study, the largest is for root sodium concentration (LOD = 11.0, R2 = 25.0) on chromosome 3, which also co-localize with a QTL for SES. Several QTL on the short arm of chromosome 1 coincide with the Saltol locus identified before. The novel QTL identified in this study constitute future targets for molecular breeding, to combine them with other QTL identified before, for higher tolerance and stable performance of rice varieties in salt affected soils. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10681-022-03026-8.
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- Marjorie P. de Ocampo
- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Faculty of Biology and Environment, Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, 343C Heep Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX USA
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya, 464-8601 Japan
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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Dai L, Li P, Li Q, Leng Y, Zeng D, Qian Q. Integrated Multi-Omics Perspective to Strengthen the Understanding of Salt Tolerance in Rice. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23095236. [PMID: 35563627 PMCID: PMC9105537 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23095236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Salt stress is one of the major constraints to rice cultivation worldwide. Thus, the development of salt-tolerant rice cultivars becomes a hotspot of current rice breeding. Achieving this goal depends in part on understanding how rice responds to salt stress and uncovering the molecular mechanism underlying this trait. Over the past decade, great efforts have been made to understand the mechanism of salt tolerance in rice through genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and epigenetics. However, there are few reviews on this aspect. Therefore, we review the research progress of omics related to salt tolerance in rice and discuss how these advances will promote the innovations of salt-tolerant rice breeding. In the future, we expect that the integration of multi-omics salt tolerance data can accelerate the solution of the response mechanism of rice to salt stress, and lay a molecular foundation for precise breeding of salt tolerance.
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- Liping Dai
- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China; (L.D.); (P.L.); (Q.L.); (D.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China; (L.D.); (P.L.); (Q.L.); (D.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China; (L.D.); (P.L.); (Q.L.); (D.Z.)
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Correspondence: (Y.L.); (Q.Q.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China; (L.D.); (P.L.); (Q.L.); (D.Z.)
- The Key Laboratory for Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China; (L.D.); (P.L.); (Q.L.); (D.Z.)
- Correspondence: (Y.L.); (Q.Q.)
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Kumar P, Choudhary M, Halder T, Prakash NR, Singh V, V. VT, Sheoran S, T. RK, Longmei N, Rakshit S, Siddique KHM. Salinity stress tolerance and omics approaches: revisiting the progress and achievements in major cereal crops. Heredity (Edinb) 2022; 128:497-518. [DOI: 10.1038/s41437-022-00516-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Habila S, Khunpolwattana N, Chantarachot T, Buaboocha T, Comai L, Chadchawan S, Pongpanich M. Salt stress responses and SNP-based phylogenetic analysis of Thai rice cultivars. THE PLANT GENOME 2022; 15:e20189. [PMID: 34994516 DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Genetic diversity is important for developing salt-tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars. Certain Thai rice accessions display salt tolerance at the adult or reproductive stage, but their response to salinity at the seedling stage is unknown. In this study, a total of 10 rice cultivars/line, including eight Thai cultivars and standard salt-tolerant cultivar and susceptible line, were screened using a hydroponic system to identify salt-tolerant genotypes at the seedling stage. Different morphophysiological indicators were used to classify tolerant and susceptible genotypes. Phylogenetic analyses were performed to determine the evolutionary relationships between the cultivars. Results showed that 'Lai Mahk', 'Jao Khao', 'Luang Pratahn', and 'Ma Gawk' exhibited salt stress tolerance comparable with the standard salt-tolerance check 'Pokkali'. Whole-exome single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based phylogenetic analysis showed that the Thai rice cultivars were monophyletic and distantly related to Pokkali and IR29. Lai Mahk and Luang Pratahn were found closely related when using the whole-exome SNPs for the analysis. This is also the case for the analysis of SNPs from 164 salt-tolerance genes and transcription regulatory genes. The tolerant cultivars shared the same haplotype for 16 genes. Overall, the findings of this study identified four salt-stress-tolerant Thai rice cultivars, which could be used in rice breeding programs for salinity tolerance.
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- Susinya Habila
- Center of Excellence in Environment and Plant Physiology, Dep. of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
- Dep. of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Science, Univ. of Jos, Jos Plateau State, Nigeria
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- Center of Excellence in Environment and Plant Physiology, Dep. of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Environment and Plant Physiology, Dep. of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Molecular Crop Research Unit, Dep. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
- Omics Sciences Center, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Genome Center and Dep. of Plant Biology, UC Davis Genome Center, Univ. of California-Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Center of Excellence in Environment and Plant Physiology, Dep. of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
- Omics Sciences Center, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Omics Sciences Center, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
- Dep. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty Science, Chulalongkorn Univ., Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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Bundó M, Martín-Cardoso H, Pesenti M, Gómez-Ariza J, Castillo L, Frouin J, Serrat X, Nogués S, Courtois B, Grenier C, Sacchi GA, San Segundo B. Integrative Approach for Precise Genotyping and Transcriptomics of Salt Tolerant Introgression Rice Lines. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 12:797141. [PMID: 35126422 PMCID: PMC8813771 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.797141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Rice is the most salt sensitive cereal crop and its cultivation is particularly threatened by salt stress, which is currently worsened due to climate change. This study reports the development of salt tolerant introgression lines (ILs) derived from crosses between the salt tolerant indica rice variety FL478, which harbors the Saltol quantitative trait loci (QTL), and the salt-sensitive japonica elite cultivar OLESA. Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) and Kompetitive allele specific PCR (KASPar) genotyping, in combination with step-wise phenotypic selection in hydroponic culture, were used for the identification of salt-tolerant ILs. Transcriptome-based genotyping allowed the fine mapping of indica genetic introgressions in the best performing IL (IL22). A total of 1,595 genes were identified in indica regions of IL22, which mainly located in large introgressions at Chromosomes 1 and 3. In addition to OsHKT1;5, an important number of genes were identified in the introgressed indica segments of IL22 whose expression was confirmed [e.g., genes involved in ion transport, callose synthesis, transcriptional regulation of gene expression, hormone signaling and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation]. These genes might well contribute to salt stress tolerance in IL22 plants. Furthermore, comparative transcript profiling revealed that indica introgressions caused important alterations in the background gene expression of IL22 plants (japonica cultivar) compared with its salt-sensitive parent, both under non-stress and salt-stress conditions. In response to salt treatment, only 8.6% of the salt-responsive genes were found to be commonly up- or down-regulated in IL22 and OLESA plants, supporting massive transcriptional reprogramming of gene expression caused by indica introgressions into the recipient genome. Interactions among indica and japonica genes might provide novel regulatory networks contributing to salt stress tolerance in introgression rice lines. Collectively, this study illustrates the usefulness of transcriptomics in the characterization of new rice lines obtained in breeding programs in rice.
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- Mireia Bundó
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Production, Landscape, Agroenergy – DiSAA, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Bellaterra, Spain
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France
- AGAP, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Secció de Fisiologia Vegetal, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Secció de Fisiologia Vegetal, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France
- AGAP, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France
- AGAP, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Production, Landscape, Agroenergy – DiSAA, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Bellaterra, Spain
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona, Spain
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Genetic Diversity of Shanlan Upland Rice ( Oryza sativa L.) and Association Analysis of SSR Markers Linked to Agronomic Traits. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:7588652. [PMID: 34712736 PMCID: PMC8548095 DOI: 10.1155/2021/7588652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Shanlan upland rice, a kind of unique rice germplasm in Hainan Island, was used to evaluate genetic diversity and association between SSR markers and agronomic traits. A total of 239 alleles were detected in 57 Hainan upland rice varieties using 35 SSR markers, and the number of alleles per locus was 2-19. The observed heterozygosity was 0.0655-0.3115. The Shannon diversity index was 0.1352-0.4827. The genetic similarity coefficient was 0.6736-0.9707, and 46 varieties were clustered into one group, indicating that the genetic base of the Shanlan upland rice germplasm was narrow. A total of 25 SSR markers significantly related to plant height, effective panicle number per plant, panicle length, total grain number, filled grain number, seed rating rate, and 1000-grain weight were obtained (P < 0.01), with the percentage of the total variations explained ranging from 0.12% to 42.62%. RM208 explained 42.62% of the total variations in plant height of Shanlan upland rice. RM493 was significantly associated with 6 agronomic traits. We can speculate that RM208 may flank QTLs responsible for plant height and RM493 may flank QTLs playing a fundamental role in the intertwined regulatory network of agronomic traits of Shanlan upland rice.
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Fan X, Jiang H, Meng L, Chen J. Gene Mapping, Cloning and Association Analysis for Salt Tolerance in Rice. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11674. [PMID: 34769104 PMCID: PMC8583862 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Soil salinization caused by the accumulation of sodium can decrease rice yield and quality. Identification of rice salt tolerance genes and their molecular mechanisms could help breeders genetically improve salt tolerance. We studied QTL mapping of populations for rice salt tolerance, period and method of salt tolerance identification, salt tolerance evaluation parameters, identification of salt tolerance QTLs, and fine-mapping and map cloning of salt tolerance QTLs. We discuss our findings as they relate to other genetic studies of salt tolerance association.
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- Xiaoru Fan
- School of Chemistry and Life Science, Anshan Normal University, Anshan 114007, China;
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- School of Agriculture, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China;
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- Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Genome Analysis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120, China
- Kunpeng Institute of Modern Agriculture at Foshan, Foshan 528200, China
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- School of Agriculture, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China;
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Chen C, Travis AJ, Hossain M, Islam MR, Price AH, Norton GJ. Genome-wide association mapping of sodium and potassium concentration in rice grains and shoots under alternate wetting and drying and continuously flooded irrigation. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:2315-2334. [PMID: 33942137 PMCID: PMC8263461 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03828-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Identification of a large number of QTL and candidate genes for sodium accumulation in a field grown population of rice derived from the aus subpopulation. Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a globally important cereal crop. Sodium (Na+) and potassium (K+) are the major monovalent ions which affect rice growth, and exploring their uptake mechanisms will be useful for understanding rice biology. Since the balance of Na+ and K+ plays a significant role in adaptation of rice to salinity, that biology might inform the search for tolerance. In this study, the Na+ and K+ concentration and Na+/K+ ratio in grains and shoots were analyzed in the Bengal and Assam Aus Panel grown in field conditions under continuously flooded (CF) and alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation. Overall, AWD irrigation significantly reduced the Na+ concentration and increased the K+ concentration in shoots and grains compared to the plants grown under CF. Genome-wide association mapping was conducted on Na+, K+ concentration and Na+/K+ ratio with 2 million SNPs using an efficient mixed model. Only QTLs which contained more than two significant SNPs (p < 0.0001) and where at least one of these significant SNPs passed a 10% false discovery rate were reported. A total of 106 QTLs were identified as being associated with Na+ concentration and Na+/K+ ratio across all traits and field conditions, with 48 QTLs found in multiple traits and/or water conditions. Four notable QTLs (one each on chromosomes 1 and 11, two on chromosome 2) and the haplotype variants of four candidate genes (OsHKT1;5, OsNHX2, LOC_Os02g32490 and OsFAD2_1) are discussed. The QTLs/candidate genes identified here could be useful for breeding rice that accumulates lower concentrations of sodium.
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- Caijin Chen
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK
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- Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, UK.
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Le TD, Gathignol F, Vu HT, Nguyen KL, Tran LH, Vu HTT, Dinh TX, Lazennec F, Pham XH, Véry AA, Gantet P, Hoang GT. Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Salinity Tolerance at the Seedling Stage in a Panel of Vietnamese Landraces Reveals New Valuable QTLs for Salinity Stress Tolerance Breeding in Rice. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10061088. [PMID: 34071570 PMCID: PMC8228224 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Rice tolerance to salinity stress involves diverse and complementary mechanisms, such as the regulation of genome expression, activation of specific ion-transport systems to manage excess sodium at the cell or plant level, and anatomical changes that avoid sodium penetration into the inner tissues of the plant. These complementary mechanisms can act synergistically to improve salinity tolerance in the plant, which is then interesting in breeding programs to pyramidize complementary QTLs (quantitative trait loci), to improve salinity stress tolerance of the plant at different developmental stages and in different environments. This approach presupposes the identification of salinity tolerance QTLs associated with different mechanisms involved in salinity tolerance, which requires the greatest possible genetic diversity to be explored. To contribute to this goal, we screened an original panel of 179 Vietnamese rice landraces genotyped with 21,623 SNP markers for salinity stress tolerance under 100 mM NaCl treatment, at the seedling stage, with the aim of identifying new QTLs involved in the salinity stress tolerance via a genome-wide association study (GWAS). Nine salinity tolerance-related traits, including the salt injury score, chlorophyll and water content, and K+ and Na+ contents were measured in leaves. GWAS analysis allowed the identification of 26 QTLs. Interestingly, ten of them were associated with several different traits, which indicates that these QTLs act pleiotropically to control the different levels of plant responses to salinity stress. Twenty-one identified QTLs colocalized with known QTLs. Several genes within these QTLs have functions related to salinity stress tolerance and are mainly involved in gene regulation, signal transduction or hormone signaling. Our study provides promising QTLs for breeding programs to enhance salinity tolerance and identifies candidate genes that should be further functionally studied to better understand salinity tolerance mechanisms in rice.
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- Thao Duc Le
- National Key Laboratory for Plant Cell Biotechnology, Agricultural Genetics Institute, LMI RICE-2, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam; (T.D.L.); (H.T.V.); (L.H.T.); (X.H.P.)
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- UMR DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, 34095 Montpellier, France; (F.G.); (F.L.)
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- National Key Laboratory for Plant Cell Biotechnology, Agricultural Genetics Institute, LMI RICE-2, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam; (T.D.L.); (H.T.V.); (L.H.T.); (X.H.P.)
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- Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Engineering and Technology, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam;
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- National Key Laboratory for Plant Cell Biotechnology, Agricultural Genetics Institute, LMI RICE-2, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam; (T.D.L.); (H.T.V.); (L.H.T.); (X.H.P.)
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agronomy, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam;
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- Incubation and Support Center for Technology and Science Enterprises, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam;
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- UMR DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, 34095 Montpellier, France; (F.G.); (F.L.)
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- National Key Laboratory for Plant Cell Biotechnology, Agricultural Genetics Institute, LMI RICE-2, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam; (T.D.L.); (H.T.V.); (L.H.T.); (X.H.P.)
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- UMR BPMP, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, 34060 Montpellier, France;
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- UMR DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, 34095 Montpellier, France; (F.G.); (F.L.)
- Department of Molecular Biology, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Palacký University Olomouc, Šlechtitelů 27, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Correspondence: (P.G.); (G.T.H.); Tel.: +33-467-416-414 (P.G.); +84-397-600-496 (G.T.H.)
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- National Key Laboratory for Plant Cell Biotechnology, Agricultural Genetics Institute, LMI RICE-2, Hanoi 00000, Vietnam; (T.D.L.); (H.T.V.); (L.H.T.); (X.H.P.)
- Correspondence: (P.G.); (G.T.H.); Tel.: +33-467-416-414 (P.G.); +84-397-600-496 (G.T.H.)
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Nakhla WR, Sun W, Fan K, Yang K, Zhang C, Yu S. Identification of QTLs for Salt Tolerance at the Germination and Seedling Stages in Rice. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:428. [PMID: 33668277 PMCID: PMC7996262 DOI: 10.3390/plants10030428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rice is highly sensitive to salinity stress during the seedling establishment phase. Salt stress is widely occurring in cultivated areas and severely affects seed germination ability and seedling establishment, which may result in a complete crop failure. The objective of the present study is to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) related to salt tolerance of the germination and seedling stages in a rice backcross inbred line (BIL) population that was derived from a backcross of an Africa rice ACC9 as donor and indica cultivar Zhenshan97 (ZS97) as the recurrent parent. Under salt stress, ACC9 exhibited a higher germination percentage, but more repressed seedling growth than ZS97. Using the BIL population, 23 loci for germination parameters were detected at the germination stage and 46 loci were identified for several morphological and physiological parameters at the seedling stage. Among them, nine and 33 loci with the ACC9 alleles increased salt tolerance at the germination and seedling stages, respectively. Moreover, several major QTLs were found to be co-localized in the same or overlapping regions of previously reported genes for salt stress. These major loci will facilitate improving salt-tolerance rice in genome-breeding programs.
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- Walid Raafat Nakhla
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (W.R.N.); (W.S.); (K.F.); (K.Y.); (C.Z.)
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (W.R.N.); (W.S.); (K.F.); (K.Y.); (C.Z.)
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (W.R.N.); (W.S.); (K.F.); (K.Y.); (C.Z.)
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (W.R.N.); (W.S.); (K.F.); (K.Y.); (C.Z.)
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (W.R.N.); (W.S.); (K.F.); (K.Y.); (C.Z.)
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; (W.R.N.); (W.S.); (K.F.); (K.Y.); (C.Z.)
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Al-Tamimi N, Oakey H, Tester M, Negrão S. Assessing Rice Salinity Tolerance: From Phenomics to Association Mapping. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2238:339-375. [PMID: 33471343 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1068-8_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Rice is the most salt-sensitive cereal, suffering yield losses above 50% with soil salinity of 6 dS/m. Thus, understanding the mechanisms of rice salinity tolerance is key to address food security. In this chapter, we provide guidelines to assess rice salinity tolerance using a high-throughput phenotyping platform (HTP) with digital imaging at seedling/early tillering stage and suggest improved analysis methods using stress indices. The protocols described here also include computer scripts for users to improve their experimental design, run genome-wide association studies (GWAS), perform multi-testing corrections, and obtain the Manhattan plots, enabling the identification of loci associated with salinity tolerance. Notably, the computer scripts provided here can be used for any stress or GWAS experiment and independently of HTP.
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- Nadia Al-Tamimi
- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Agriculture Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA, Australia
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Kumar A, Kumar S, Singh KB, Prasad M, Thakur JK. Designing a Mini-Core Collection Effectively Representing 3004 Diverse Rice Accessions. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2020; 1:100049. [PMID: 33367255 PMCID: PMC7748012 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2020.100049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Genetic diversity provides the foundation for plant breeding and genetic research. Over 3000 rice genomes were recently sequenced as part of the 3K Rice Genome (3KRG) Project. We added four additional Indian rice accessions to create a panel of 3004 accessions. However, such a large collection of germplasm is difficult to preserve and evaluate. The construction of core and mini-core collections is an efficient method for the management of genetic resources. In this study, we developed a mini-core comprising 520 accessions that captured most of the SNPs and represented all of the phenotypes and geographic regions from the original panel. The mini-core was validated using different statistical analyses and contained representatives from all major rice groups, including japonica, indica, aus/boro, and aromatic/basmati. Genome-wide association analyses of the mini-core panel efficiently reproduced the marker-trait associations identified in the original panel. Haplotype analysis validated the utility of the mini-core panel. In the current era with many ongoing large-scale sequencing projects, such a strategy for mini-core design should be useful in many crops. The rice mini-core collection developed in this study would be valuable for agronomic trait evaluation and useful for rice improvement via marker-assisted molecular breeding.
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- Angad Kumar
- Plant Mediator Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Mediator Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Mediator Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Mediator Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Plant Mediator Lab, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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Chen C, Norton GJ, Price AH. Genome-Wide Association Mapping for Salt Tolerance of Rice Seedlings Grown in Hydroponic and Soil Systems Using the Bengal and Assam Aus Panel. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:576479. [PMID: 33193518 PMCID: PMC7644878 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.576479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Salinity is a major abiotic stress which inhibits rice production in coastal, arid and semi-aid areas in many countries, such as India and Bangladesh. Identification of salt tolerant cultivars, quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and genes is essential for breeding salt tolerant rice. The aus subpopulation of rice is considered to have originated predominantly from Bangladesh and India and have rich genetic diversity with wide variation in abiotic stress resistance. The objective of this study was to identify QTLs, and subsequently candidate genes using cultivars from the aus subpopulation and compare the results of two different seedling stage screening methods. Salt tolerance at the rice seedling stage was evaluated on 204 rice accessions from the Bengal and Assam Aus Panel (BAAP) grown in both hydroponics and soil under control and salt stress conditions. Ten salt related traits of stress symptoms, plant growth and the content of sodium and potassium were measured. Three cultivars, BRRI dhan 47, Goria, and T 1 showed more salt tolerance than the tolerant check Pokkali in both systems. Genome-wide association mapping was conducted on salt indices traits with 2 million SNPs using an efficient mixed model (EMMA) controlling population structure and kinship, and a significance threshold of P < 0.0001 was used to determine significant SNPs. A total of 97 and 74 QTLs associated with traits in hydroponic and soil systems were identified, respectively, including 11 QTLs identified in both systems. A total of 65 candidate genes were found including a well-known major gene OsHKT1;5. The most significant QTL was detected at around 40 Mb on chromosome 1 coinciding with two post-translational modifications SUMOylation genes (OsSUMO1 and OsSUMO2), this QTL was investigated. The salt tolerance rice cultivars and QTLs/genes identified here will provide useful information for future studies on genetics and breeding salt tolerant rice.
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Jaiswal S, Gautam RK, Singh RK, Krishnamurthy SL, Ali S, Sakthivel K, Iquebal MA, Rai A, Kumar D. Harmonizing technological advances in phenomics and genomics for enhanced salt tolerance in rice from a practical perspective. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2019; 12:89. [PMID: 31802312 PMCID: PMC6892996 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-019-0347-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Half of the global human population is dependent on rice as a staple food crop and more than 25% increase in rice productivity is required to feed the global population by 2030. With increase in irrigation, global warming and rising sea level, rising salinity has become one of the major challenges to enhance the rice productivity. Since the loss on this account is to the tune of US$12 billion per annum, it necessitates the global attention. In the era of technological advancement, substantial progress has been made on phenomics and genomics data generation but reaping benefit of this in rice salinity variety development in terms of cost, time and precision requires their harmonization. There is hardly any comprehensive holistic review for such combined approach. Present review describes classical salinity phenotyping approaches having morphological, physiological and biochemical components. It also gives a detailed account of invasive and non-invasive approaches of phenomic data generation and utilization. Classical work of rice salinity QLTs mapping in the form of chromosomal atlas has been updated. This review describes how QTLs can be further dissected into QTN by GWAS and transcriptomic approaches. Opportunities and progress made by transgenic, genome editing, metagenomics approaches in combating rice salinity problems are discussed. Major aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive over-view of hitherto progress made in rice salinity tolerance research which is required to understand bridging of phenotype based breeding with molecular breeding. This review is expected to assist rice breeders in their endeavours by fetching greater harmonization of technological advances in phenomics and genomics for better pragmatic approach having practical perspective.
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- Sarika Jaiswal
- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistical Research Institute, PUSA, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Field Crop Improvement & Protection, ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 744105, India.
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- Division of Plant Breeding Genetics and Biotechnology, International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Los Banos, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Division of Field Crop Improvement & Protection, ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 744105, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistical Research Institute, PUSA, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistical Research Institute, PUSA, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistical Research Institute, PUSA, New Delhi, 110012, India.
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