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Singh S, Sehgal D, Kumar S, Arif MAR, Vikram P, Sansaloni CP, Fuentes-Dávila G, Ortiz C. GWAS revealed a novel resistance locus on chromosome 4D for the quarantine disease Karnal bunt in diverse wheat pre-breeding germplasm. Sci Rep 2020; 10:5999. [PMID: 32265455 PMCID: PMC7138846 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62711-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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This study was initiated to identify genomic regions conferring resistance to Karnal Bunt (KB) disease in wheat through a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on a set of 179 pre-breeding lines (PBLs). A GWAS of 6,382 high-quality DArTseq SNPs revealed 15 significant SNPs (P-value <10-3) on chromosomes 2D, 3B, 4D and 7B that were associated with KB resistance in individual years. In particular, two SNPs (chromosome 4D) had the maximum R2 values: SNP 1114200 | F | 0-63:T > C at 1.571 cM and R2 of 12.49% and SNP 1103052 | F | 0-61:C > A at 1.574 cM and R2 of 9.02%. These two SNPs displayed strong linkage disequilibrium (LD). An in silico analysis of SNPs on chromosome 4D identified two candidate gene hits, TraesCS4D02G352200 (TaNox8; an NADPH oxidase) and TraesCS4D02G350300 (a rhomboid-like protein belonging to family S54), with SNPs 1103052 | F | 0-61:C > A and 1101835 | F | 0-5:C > A, respectively, both of which function in biotic stress tolerance. The epistatic interaction analysis revealed significant interactions among 4D and 7B loci. A pedigree analysis of confirmed resistant PBLs revealed that Aegilops species is one of the parents and contributed the D genome in these resistant PBLs. These identified lines can be crossed with any elite cultivar across the globe to incorporate novel KB resistance identified on 4B.
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- Sukhwinder Singh
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera México-Veracruz Km. 45, El Batán, Texcoco, C.P. 56237, México. .,Geneshifters, 222 Mary Jena Lane, Pullman, WA, 99163, USA.
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera México-Veracruz Km. 45, El Batán, Texcoco, C.P. 56237, México
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- Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology, Anand Agricultural University (AAU), Anand, Gujarat, 388 110, India
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faislabad, 38000, Pakistan
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera México-Veracruz Km. 45, El Batán, Texcoco, C.P. 56237, México
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera México-Veracruz Km. 45, El Batán, Texcoco, C.P. 56237, México
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- INIFAP-CIRNO, Campo Experimental Norman E. Borlaug, Apdo. Postal 155, Km 12 Norman E. Borlaug, Cd. Obregon, Sonora, CP 85000, Mexico
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Carretera México-Veracruz Km. 45, El Batán, Texcoco, C.P. 56237, México
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Secondary sporidia of Tilletia horrida, T. indica, and T. walkeri initiate local infection of rice, wheat, and ryegrass florets, respectively, leading to disease in seed. Secondary sporidia are considered to be fragile and short lived. To examine this, secondary sporidia from agar cultures of these species were naturally discharged onto petri dish lids and were air-dried and maintained in the laboratory at 10 to 20% relative humidity (RH) at 20 to 22 degrees C, and at 40 to 50% RH at 18 degrees C. Lids were periodically inverted over fresh agar to determine viability of dried sporidia. Sporidia held 31 to 49 days at 10 to 20% RH and 56 to 88 days at 40 to 50% RH regenerated rapidly. Commonly, 18 h after lids with dried sporidia were inverted over agar, newly produced secondary sporidia had discharged onto the agar and produced extensive hyphal growth. There was no difference in the viability of sporidia that were initially dried rapidly or dried slowly over 10 h. Sporidia of T. horrida or T. indica dried on petri dish lids placed in the lower canopy of barley or wheat fields in Idaho and Arizona during early flag leaf to soft dough stages and held until crops were near or beyond maturity regenerated rapidly despite temperatures up to 46 degrees C and several days of RH < 20%. These results suggest that sporidia produced well prior to susceptible growth stages of the host can lay dormant in very dry field environments and then rapidly regenerate under humid rainy conditions associated with the diseases.
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- Blair J Goates
- U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, 1691 S. 2700 W., Aberdeen, ID 83210, USA.
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Allen TW, Jones DC, Boratynski TN, Ykema RE, Rush CM. Application of the Humid Thermal Index for Relating Bunted Kernel Incidence to Soilborne Tilletia indica Teliospores in an Arizona Durum Wheat Field. Plant Dis 2009; 93:713-719. [PMID: 30764364 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-93-7-0713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A study was conducted to determine the relationship between soilborne Tilletia indica teliospore density and Karnal bunt incidence in an Arizona durum wheat field in 2005 and 2006. Soil samples were collected from 507 sample points according to a grid marked in a 7.7-ha field. Approximately 500 g of soil from the top 5 cm was collected from each sample point, and teliospores were recovered from 25-g aliquots by a modified size-selective sieving, sucrose centrifugation procedure. Twenty-five and 50 wheat heads were collected from a 1-m2 area around each sample point in May 2005 and June 2006, respectively. Wheat head samples from each sample point were bulked, threshed, and examined for the presence of bunted kernels. Additionally, data for soilborne teliospores and percent bunted kernels from 70 sample points in 2005 and 2006 that corresponded to sample points from a 2004 bunted kernel survey conducted by the USDA and Arizona Department of Agriculture were analyzed. Soilborne teliospore numbers ranged from 6 to 1,000 per 25-g soil sample in the 2-year study. No bunted kernels were recovered in 2005; however, two sample points yielded bunted kernels in 2006. Weather data from three time periods in 2004, 2005, and 2006 were applied to the humid thermal index model and suggested that a conducive environment for disease development existed in 2005. Based on the data from this research, we concluded that even though high numbers of soilborne teliospores were present in the field, and although a conducive environment was present for disease to develop on only one occasion, a direct relationship between soilborne teliospores and disease incidence may not exist.
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- T W Allen
- Texas AgriLife Research, 2301 Experiment Station Road, Bushland 79012-0010
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- Texas AgriLife Research, 2301 Experiment Station Road, Bushland 79012-0010
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- Arizona Department of Agriculture, Phoenix 85009-2701
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- Texas AgriLife Research, 2301 Experiment Station Road, Bushland 79012-0010
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Allen TW, Maples HW, Workneh F, Stein JM, Rush CM. Distribution and Recovery of Tilletia indica Teliospores from Regulated Wheat Fields in Texas. Plant Dis 2008; 92:344-350. [PMID: 30769673 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-92-3-0344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Eight wheat fields from the Karnal bunt-regulated regions within Texas were grid sampled to gain a better understanding of the ecology and epidemiology of teliospores produced by the causal agent, Tilletia indica. Teliospores from 25-g aliquots of soil from each grid point were extracted using a size-selective sieving sucrose-centrifugation procedure. Teliospores were recovered from all eight fields and, in some cases, from every grid point within a field. Total teliospore numbers ranged from 0 to 1,305 per 25 g of soil. Over 70% of the total grid sampled points contained one or more teliospores. The relation between soil chemical and physical characteristics and teliospore numbers from each field was evaluated. In general, no consistent, significant trend could be made between soil factors and teliospore numbers. Geostatistics were used to analyze data from grid points and create contour maps. Teliospore distribution was aggregated in four of the fields, random in three of the fields, and discontinuous (neither random nor aggregated) in a single field. This is the first report of widespread distribution and high teliospore numbers from wheat field soils in the United States.
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- T W Allen
- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bushland 79012-0010
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- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bushland 79012-0010
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- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bushland 79012-0010
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- Plant Science Department, South Dakota State University, Brookings 57007
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- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bushland
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Allen TW, Workneh F, Steddom KC, Peterson GL, Rush CM. The Influence of Tillage on Dispersal of Tilletia indica Teliospores from a Concentrated Point Source. Plant Dis 2008; 92:351-356. [PMID: 30769674 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-92-3-0351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A study was conducted to determine the impact of tillage on dispersal of Tilletia indica teliospores from a concentrated point source in Arizona. The infested source was created using a 300-ml teliospore suspension, containing approximately 9.0 × 104 teliospores/ml, sprayed onto a 1-by-3-m soil area. Approximately 400 g of soil was collected before tillage treatments, representing the teliospore baseline, and after each of five disk passes, to an approximate depth of 20 cm, through the infestation source (n = 597). Soil samples were collected along three parallel lines extending from the infested area at increments of 1, 3, or 10 m to a total distance of 10, 30, and 50 m, respectively. Teliospores were recovered from soil samples by a combined size-selective sieving sucrose-centrifugation technique. Immediately following teliospore infestation, an average of 3.6 × 103 teliospores per 25 g of soil sample were recovered from the infestation area. Two different trends in recoverable teliospores occurred at 0- to 10-m sampling distances following five plow passes: either a decrease in the number of teliospores recovered, represented at points 0, 1, and 2 m, or an increase in recoverable teliospores found at points 3 to 10 m. The study was repeated twice for a total of three experiments, and teliospores were recovered to a maximum distance of 24 m. However, the numbers recovered from distances beyond 10 m were sporadic. Based on data from this research, we conclude that teliospores are not distributed in large quantities to great distances by tillage and, therefore, tillage cannot account for the spatial distribution of teliospores in many infested wheat fields.
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- T W Allen
- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bushland 79012-0010
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- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bushland 79012-0010
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- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Overton 75684
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- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5023
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- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bushland
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Workneh F, Allen TW, Nash GH, Narasimhan B, Srinivasan R, Rush CM. Rainfall and temperature distinguish between Karnal bunt positive and negative years in wheat fields in Texas. Phytopathology 2008; 98:95-100. [PMID: 18943243 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-98-1-0095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Karnal bunt of wheat, caused by the fungus Tilletia indica, is an internationally regulated disease. Since its first detection in central Texas in 1997, regions in which the disease was detected have been under strict federal quarantine regulations resulting in significant economic losses. A study was conducted to determine the effect of weather factors on incidence of the disease since its first detection in Texas. Weather variables (temperature and rainfall amount and frequency) were collected and used as predictors in discriminant analysis for classifying bunt-positive and -negative fields using incidence data for 1997 and 2000 to 2003 in San Saba County. Rainfall amount and frequency were obtained from radar (Doppler radar) measurements. The three weather variables correctly classified 100% of the cases into bunt-positive or -negative fields during the specific period overlapping the stage of wheat susceptibility (boot to soft dough) in the region. A linear discriminant-function model then was developed for use in classification of new weather variables into the bunt occurrence groups (+ or -). The model was evaluated using weather data for 2004 to 2006 for San Saba area (central Texas), and data for 2001 and 2002 for Olney area (north-central Texas). The model correctly predicted bunt occurrence in all cases except for the year 2004. The model was also evaluated for site-specific prediction of the disease using radar rainfall data and in most cases provided similar results as the regional level evaluation. The humid thermal index (HTI) model (widely used for assessing risk of Karnal bunt) agreed with our model in all cases in the regional level evaluation, including the year 2004 for the San Saba area, except for the Olney area where it incorrectly predicted weather conditions in 2001 as unfavorable. The current model has a potential to be used in a spray advisory program in regulated wheat fields.
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- F Workneh
- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Bushland 79012, USA.
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Ali Moosawi-Jorf S, Alizadeh A, Farrokhi-Nejad R, Pour-Jam E. Ultrastructural studies on penetration sites of Neovossia indica, the partial bunt agent of wheat. Pak J Biol Sci 2007; 10:2130-9. [PMID: 19070171 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2130.2139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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To elucidate the mode of penetration of N. indica into the host, five wheat cultivar/lines including a susceptible cultivar (WL711), a morphologically resistant line (R1: Altar 84 CD22344-A-8M-1Y-1M-1Y-2Y-1M-0Y) and three physiologically resistant lines (R2: 6811/RGB-U//WARD/3/FGO/4/RABI/5/CIGM89. 564-0Y; R3: CMH84.1106CMH84.1106-1Y-6B-1Y-2B-2Y-2B-0Y and R4: WEE/KOEL//WEAVERCMBW90M132-138M-010M) were inoculated by three different methods. The sequence of events that took place from post inoculation up to penetration was surveyed by scanning electron microscopy. Germination of allantoid secondary sporidia occurred normally on various spike parts in all three inoculation methods. Directional growth toward the stomata or the bulliform cells of glumes, lemma and rachis was not seen. Direct penetration through the epidermal cells of rachis, lemma and glumes, but not through ovarian walls was sporadically seen only in the susceptible cultivar. Hyphal anastomoses on the glumes and rachis surface of all cultivars were occasionally observed. Penetration of sporidial germ tubes and hyphae through stomata was observed. Entrance of germ tube and hyphae to the bulliform cells was also seen. In most cases, hyphae that tended to penetrate the stomata, actually extruded out instead and frequently true penetration was not observed. This indicates that infection development may take place only when two compatible hyphae are anastomosed in the early stages of penetration. In physiologically resistant lines examined in this study, disease did not develop, even after penetration of the spike by the fungus. This indicates that resistance mechanism to N. indica in wheat might become operative only after penetration.
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Carris LM, Castlebury LA, Goates BJ. Nonsystemic bunt fungi--Tilletia indica and T. horrida: a review of history, systematics, and biology. Annu Rev Phytopathol 2006; 44:113-33. [PMID: 16480336 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.44.070505.143402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The genus Tilletia is a group of smut fungi that infects grasses either systemically or locally. Basic differences exist between the systemically infecting species, such as the common and dwarf bunt fungi, and locally infecting species. Tilletia indica, which causes Karnal bunt of wheat, and Tilletia horrida, which causes rice kernel smut, are two examples of locally infecting species on economically important crops. However, even species on noncultivated hosts can become important when occurring as contaminants in export grain and seed shipments. In this review, we focus on T. indica and the morphologically similar but distantly related T. horrida, considering history, systematics, and biology. In addition, the controversial generic placement and evolutionary relationships of these two species are discussed in light of recent molecular studies.
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- Lori M Carris
- Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6430, USA.
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