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Son I, Kasazumi N, Okada M, Takumi S, Yoshida K. Discrepancy of flowering time between genetically close sublineages of Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk. Sci Rep 2024; 14:7437. [PMID: 38548857 PMCID: PMC10978908 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57935-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
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Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk., a wild diploid wheat-related species, has been used as a genetic resource for several important agronomic traits. However, its genetic variations have not been comprehensively studied. We sequenced RNA from 114 accessions of Ae. umbellulata to evaluate DNA polymorphisms and phenotypic variations. Bayesian clustering and phylogenetic analysis based on SNPs detected by RNA sequencing revealed two divergent lineages, UmbL1 and UmbL2. The main differences between them were in the sizes of spikes and spikelets, and culm diameter. UmbL1 is divided into two sublineages, UmbL1e and UmbL1w. These genetic differences corresponded to geographic distributions. UmbL1e, UmbL1w, and UmbL2 are found in Turkey, Iran/Iraq, and Greece, respectively. Although UmbL1e and UmbL1w were genetically similar, flowering time and other morphological traits were more distinct between these sublineages than those between the lineages. This discrepancy can be explained by the latitudinal and longitudinal differences in habitats. Specifically, latitudinal clines of flowering time were clearly observed in Ae. umbellulata, strongly correlated with solar radiation in the winter season. This observation implies that latitudinal differences are a factor in differences in the flowering times of Ae. umbellulata. Differences in flowering time could influence other morphological differences and promote genetic divergence between sublineages.
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- In Son
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Michikawa A, Okada M, Ikeda TM, Nagaki K, Yoshida K, Takumi S. Phenotypic effects of Am genomes in nascent synthetic hexaploids derived from interspecific crosses between durum and wild einkorn wheat. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0284408. [PMID: 37104480 PMCID: PMC10138484 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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Allopolyploid speciation is a major evolutionary process in wheat (Triticum spp.) and the related Aegilops species. The generation of synthetic polyploids by interspecific crosses artificially reproduces the allopolyploidization of wheat and its relatives. These synthetic polyploids allow breeders to introduce agriculturally important traits into durum and common wheat cultivars. This study aimed to evaluate the genetic and phenotypic diversity in wild einkorn Triticum monococcum ssp. aegilopoides (Link) Thell., to generate a set of synthetic hexaploid lines containing the various Am genomes from wild einkorn, and to reveal their trait characteristics. We examined the genetic diversity of 43 wild einkorn accessions using simple sequence repeat markers covering all the chromosomes and revealed two genetically divergent lineages, L1 and L2. The genetic divergence between these lineages was linked to their phenotypic divergence and their habitats. L1 accessions were characterized by early flowering, fewer spikelets, and large spikelets compared to L2 accessions. These trait differences could have resulted from adaptation to their different habitats. We then developed 42 synthetic hexaploids containing the AABBAmAm genome through interspecific crosses between T. turgidum cv. Langdon (AABB genome) as the female parent and the wild einkorn accessions (AmAm genome) as the male parents. Two of the 42 AABBAmAm synthetic hexaploids exhibited hybrid dwarfness. The phenotypic divergence between L1 and L2 accessions of wild einkorn, especially for days to flowering and spikelet-related traits, significantly reflected phenotypic differences in the synthetic hexaploids. The differences in plant height and internodes between the lineages were more distinct in the hexaploid backgrounds. Furthermore, the AABBAmAm synthetic hexaploids had longer spikelets and grains, long awns, high plant heights, soft grains, and late flowering, which are distinct from other synthetic hexaploid wheat lines such as AABBDD. Utilization of various Am genomes of wild einkorn resulted in wide phenotypic diversity in the AABBAmAm synthetic hexaploids and provides promising new breeding materials for wheat.
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- Asami Michikawa
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Western Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Miki Y, Yoshida K, Enoki H, Komura S, Suzuki K, Inamori M, Nishijima R, Takumi S. GRAS-Di system facilitates high-density genetic map construction and QTL identification in recombinant inbred lines of the wheat progenitor Aegilops tauschii. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21455. [PMID: 33293651 PMCID: PMC7723059 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78589-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Due to large and complex genomes of Triticeae species, skim sequencing approaches have cost and analytical advantages for detecting genetic markers and building linkage maps. Here, we develop a high-density linkage map and identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for recombinant inbred lines of Aegilops tauschii, a D-genome donor of bread wheat, using the recently developed genotyping by Random Amplicon Sequencing-Direct (GRAS-Di) system, which facilitates skimming of the large and complicated genome and generates a large number of genetic markers. The deduced linkage groups based on the GRAS-Di genetic markers corresponded to the chromosome number of Ae. tauschii. We successfully identified stable QTLs for flowering time and spikelet shape-related traits. Genotype differences of RILs at the QTL-linked markers were significantly associated with the trait variations. In particular, one of the QTL-linked markers for flowering time was mapped close to VRN3 (also known as FLOWERING LOCUS T), which controls flowering. The GRAS-Di system is, therefore, an efficient and useful application for genotyping and linkage mapping in species with large and complex genomes, such as Triticeae species.
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- Yuka Miki
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, Japan.
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- toyota Motor Corporation, 1099, Marune, Kurozasa-cho, Miyoshi, Aichi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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- toyota Motor Corporation, 1099, Marune, Kurozasa-cho, Miyoshi, Aichi, Japan
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- toyota Motor Corporation, 1099, Marune, Kurozasa-cho, Miyoshi, Aichi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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Rasheed A, Takumi S, Hassan MA, Imtiaz M, Ali M, Morgunov AI, Mahmood T, He Z. Appraisal of wheat genomics for gene discovery and breeding applications: a special emphasis on advances in Asia. Theor Appl Genet 2020; 133:1503-1520. [PMID: 31897516 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-019-03523-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We discussed the most recent efforts in wheat functional genomics to discover new genes and their deployment in breeding with special emphasis on advances in Asian countries. Wheat research community is making significant progress to bridge genotype-to-phenotype gap and then applying this knowledge in genetic improvement. The advances in genomics and phenomics have intrigued wheat researchers in Asia to make best use of this knowledge in gene and trait discovery. These advancements include, but not limited to, map-based gene cloning, translational genomics, gene mapping, association genetics, gene editing and genomic selection. We reviewed more than 57 homeologous genes discovered underpinning important traits and multiple strategies used for their discovery. Further, the complementary advancements in wheat phenomics and analytical approaches to understand the genetics of wheat adaptability, resilience to climate extremes and resistance to pest and diseases were discussed. The challenge to build a gold standard reference genome sequence of bread wheat is now achieved and several de novo reference sequences from the cultivars representing different gene pools will be available soon. New pan-genome sequencing resources of wheat will strengthen the foundation required for accelerated gene discovery and provide more opportunities to practice the knowledge-based breeding.
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- Awais Rasheed
- Institute of Crop Science, National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China.
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), CAAS, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China.
- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) Pakistan office, c/o National Agriculture Research Center (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Yenimahalle, Ankara, 06170, Turkey
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Wheat Improvement Center, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China
- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), CAAS, 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, 100081, China
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Kuki Y, Ohno R, Yoshida K, Takumi S. Heterologous expression of wheat WRKY transcription factor genes transcriptionally activated in hybrid necrosis strains alters abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol Biochem 2020; 150:71-79. [PMID: 32120271 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Hybrid necrosis and hybrid chlorosis are sometimes observed in interspecific hybrids between the tetraploid wheat cultivar Langdon and diploid wild wheat Aegilops tauschii. Many WRKY transcription factor genes are dramatically upregulated in necrosis and chlorosis wheat hybrids. Here, we isolated cDNA clones for four wheat WRKY transcription factor genes, TaWRKY49, TaWRKY92, TaWRKY112, and TaWRKY142, that were commonly upregulated in the hybrid necrosis and hybrid chlorosis and belonged to the same clade of the WRKY gene family. Expression patterns of the four TaWRKY genes in response to several stress conditions were similar in wheat seeding leaves. The four TaWRKY-GFP fusion proteins were targeted to the nucleus in onion epidermal cells. The TaWRKY gene expression levels were increased by high salt, dehydration, darkness, and blast fungus treatment in common wheat. Expression of either of the TaWRKY genes increased salinity and osmotic stress tolerance accompanied with overexpression of STZ/Zat10, and induced overexpression of the salicylic acid-signal pathway marker gene AtPR1 in transgenic Arabidopsis. TaWRKY142 expression also induced the jasmonic acid-pathway marker gene AtPDF1.2 and enhanced resistance against the fungal pathogen Colletotrichum higginsianum in transgenic Arabidopsis. These results suggest that the four TaWRKY genes act as integrated hubs of multiple stress signaling pathways in wheat and play important roles in autoimmune response-inducing hybrid necrosis and hybrid chlorosis.
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- Yasunobu Kuki
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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Okada M, Michikawa A, Yoshida K, Nagaki K, Ikeda TM, Takumi S. Phenotypic effects of the U-genome variation in nascent synthetic hexaploids derived from interspecific crosses between durum wheat and its diploid relative Aegilops umbellulata. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231129. [PMID: 32240263 PMCID: PMC7117738 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Aegilops umbellulata is a wild diploid wheat species with the UU genome that is an important genetic resource for wheat breeding. To exploit new synthetic allohexaploid lines available as bridges for wheat breeding, a total of 26 synthetic hexaploid lines were generated through crossing between the durum wheat cultivar Langdon and 26 accessions of Ae. umbellulata. In nascent synthetic hexaploids with the AABBUU genome, the presence of the set of seven U-genome chromosomes was confirmed with U-genome chromosome-specific markers developed based on RNA-seq-derived data from Ae. umbellulata. The AABBUU synthetic hexaploids showed large variations in flowering- and morphology-related traits, and these large variations transmitted well from the parental Ae. umbellulata accessions. However, the variation ranges in most traits examined were reduced under the AABBUU hexaploid background compared with under the diploid parents. The AABBUU and AABBDD synthetic hexaploids were clearly discriminated by several morphological traits, and an increase of plant height and in the number of spikes and a decrease of spike length were commonly observed in the AABBUU synthetics. Thus, interspecific differences in several morphological traits between Ae. umbellulata and A. tauschii largely affected the basic plant architecture of the synthetic hexaploids. In conclusion, the AABBUU synthetic hexaploid lines produced in the present study are useful resources for the introgression of desirable genes from Ae. umbellulata to common wheat.
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- Moeko Okada
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Western Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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Tanaka S, Yoshida K, Sato K, Takumi S. Diploid genome differentiation conferred by RNA sequencing-based survey of genome-wide polymorphisms throughout homoeologous loci in Triticum and Aegilops. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:246. [PMID: 32192452 PMCID: PMC7083043 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6664-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background Triticum and Aegilops diploid species have morphological and genetic diversity and are crucial genetic resources for wheat breeding. According to the chromosomal pairing-affinity of these species, their genome nomenclatures have been defined. However, evaluations of genome differentiation based on genome-wide nucleotide variations are still limited, especially in the three genomes of the genus Aegilops: Ae. caudata L. (CC genome), Ae. comosa Sibth. et Sm. (MM genome), and Ae. uniaristata Vis. (NN genome). To reveal the genome differentiation of these diploid species, we first performed RNA-seq-based polymorphic analyses for C, M, and N genomes, and then expanded the analysis to include the 12 diploid species of Triticum and Aegilops. Results Genetic divergence of the exon regions throughout the entire chromosomes in the M and N genomes was larger than that between A- and Am-genomes. Ae. caudata had the second highest genetic diversity following Ae. speltoides, the putative B genome donor of common wheat. In the phylogenetic trees derived from the nuclear and chloroplast genome-wide polymorphism data, the C, D, M, N, U, and S genome species were connected with short internal branches, suggesting that these diploid species emerged during a relatively short period in the evolutionary process. The highly consistent nuclear and chloroplast phylogenetic topologies indicated that nuclear and chloroplast genomes of the diploid Triticum and Aegilops species coevolved after their diversification into each genome, accounting for most of the genome differentiation among the diploid species. Conclusions RNA-sequencing-based analyses successfully evaluated genome differentiation among the diploid Triticum and Aegilops species and supported the chromosome-pairing-based genome nomenclature system, except for the position of Ae. speltoides. Phylogenomic and epigenetic analyses of intergenic and centromeric regions could be essential for clarifying the mechanisms behind this inconsistency.
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- Sayaka Tanaka
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Chuo 2-20-1, Kurashiki, 710-0046, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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Takumi S, Mitta S, Komura S, Ikeda TM, Matsunaka H, Sato K, Yoshida K, Murai K. Introgression of chromosomal segments conferring early heading date from wheat diploid progenitor, Aegilops tauschii Coss., into Japanese elite wheat cultivars. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228397. [PMID: 31986184 PMCID: PMC6984701 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The breeding of agriculturally useful genes from wild crop relatives must take into account recent and future climate change. In Japan, the development of early heading wheat cultivars without the use of any major gene controlling the heading date is desired to avoid overlap of the harvesting time before the rainy season. Here, we backcrossed two early heading lines of a synthetic hexaploid wheat, derived from a crossing between durum wheat and the wild wheat progenitor Aegilops tauschii, with four Japanese elite cultivars to develop early heading lines of bread wheat. In total, nine early heading lines that showed a heading date two to eight days earlier than their parental cultivars in field conditions were selected and established from the selfed progenies of the two- or three-times backcrossed populations. The whole appearance and spike shape of the selected early heading lines looked like their parental wheat cultivars. The mature grains of the selected lines had the parental cultivars’ characteristics, although the grains exhibited longer and narrower shapes. RNA sequencing-based genotyping was performed to detect single nucleotide polymorphisms between the selected lines and their parental wheat cultivars, which revealed the chromosomal regions transmitted from the parental synthetic wheat to the selected lines. The introgression regions could shorten wheat heading date, and their chromosomal positions were dependent on the backcrossed wheat cultivars. Therefore, early heading synthetic hexaploid wheat is useful for fine-tuning of the heading date through introgression of Ae. tauschii chromosomal regions.
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- Shigeo Takumi
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
- * E-mail: (ST); (KM)
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- Fukui Prefectural University, Eiheiji, Yoshida, Fukui, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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- Western Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Chikugo, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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- Fukui Prefectural University, Eiheiji, Yoshida, Fukui, Japan
- * E-mail: (ST); (KM)
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Michikawa A, Yoshida K, Okada M, Sato K, Takumi S. Genome-wide polymorphisms from RNA sequencing assembly of leaf transcripts facilitate phylogenetic analysis and molecular marker development in wild einkorn wheat. Mol Genet Genomics 2019; 294:1327-1341. [PMID: 31187273 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-019-01581-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A survey of genome-wide polymorphisms between closely related species is required to understand the molecular basis of the evolutionary differentiation of their genomes. Two wild diploid wheat species, namely Triticum monococcum ssp. aegilopoides and T. urartu, are closely related and harbour the Am and A genomes, respectively. The A-genome donor of tetraploid and common wheat is T. urartu, and T. monococcum ssp. monococcum is the cultivated form derived from the wild einkorn wheat subspecies aegilopoides. Although subspecies aegilopoides has been a useful genetic resource in wheat breeding, genome-wide molecular markers for this subspecies have not been sufficiently developed. Here, we describe the detection of genome-wide polymorphisms such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertions/deletions (indels) from RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data of leaf transcripts in 15 accessions of the two diploid wheat species. The SNPs and indels, detected using the A genome of common wheat as the reference genome, covered the entire chromosomes of these species. The polymorphism information facilitated a comparison of the genetic diversity of einkorn wheat with that of two related diploid Aegilops species, namely, Ae. tauschii and Ae. umbellulata. Cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) markers converted from the SNP data were efficiently developed to confirm the addition of aegilopoides subspecies chromosomes to tetraploid wheat in nascent allohexaploid lines with AABBAmAm genomes. In addition, the CAPS markers permitted linkage map construction in mapping populations of aegilopoides subspecies accessions. Therefore, these RNA-seq data provide information for further breeding of closely related species with no reference genome sequence data.
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- Asami Michikawa
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, 657-8501, Japan.
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Miki Y, Yoshida K, Mizuno N, Nasuda S, Sato K, Takumi S. Origin of wheat B-genome chromosomes inferred from RNA sequencing analysis of leaf transcripts from section Sitopsis species of Aegilops. DNA Res 2019; 26:171-182. [PMID: 30715317 PMCID: PMC6476730 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsy047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Dramatic changes occasionally occur in intergenic regions leading to genomic alterations during speciation and will consequently obscure the ancestral species that have contributed to the formation of allopolyploid organisms. The S genome of five species of section Sitopsis of genus Aegilops is considered to be an origin of B-genome in cultivated tetraploid and hexaploid wheat species, although its actual donor is still unclear. Here, we attempted to elucidate phylogenetic relationship among Sitopsis species by performing RNA sequencing of the coding regions of each chromosome. Thus, genome-wide polymorphisms were extensively analyzed in 19 accessions of the Sitopsis species in reference to the tetraploid and hexaploid wheat B genome sequences and consequently were efficiently anchored to the B-genome chromosomes. The results of our genome-wide exon sequencing and resultant phylogenetic analysis indicate that Ae. speltoides is likely to be the direct donor of all chromosomes of the wheat B genome. Our results also indicate that the genome differentiation during wheat allopolyploidization from S to B proceeds at different speeds over the chromosomes rather than at constant rate and recombination could be a factor determining the speed. This observation is potentially generalized to genome differentiation during plant allopolyploid evolution.
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- Yuka Miki
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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Takagi D, Ihara H, Takumi S, Miyake C. Growth Light Environment Changes the Sensitivity of Photosystem I Photoinhibition Depending on Common Wheat Cultivars. Front Plant Sci 2019; 10:686. [PMID: 31214216 PMCID: PMC6557977 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Light is an important factor for determining photosynthetic performance in land plants. At high light intensity, land plants develop photosynthetic activity by increasing electron sinks, such as the Calvin cycle and photorespiration and photoprotective mechanisms in photosystem II (PSII), to effectively utilize light and protect them from photoinhibition. In addition to PSII, photosystem I (PSI) has a risk of undergoing photoinhibition under high light intensity because of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced within PSI. However, the acclimation response has hardly been evaluated in the relationship of PSI photoprotection to growth light. In this study, we studied the effect of growth light intensity on the photoprotective mechanisms in PSI using six wheat cultivars. To evaluate the susceptibility of PSI to its photoinhibition, we used the repetitive short-pulse (rSP) illumination method to cause O2-dependent PSI photoinhibition. We found that PSI photoinhibition induced by rSP illumination was much more alleviated in wheat cultivars grown under high-light conditions compared to those grown under low-light conditions. Here, we observed that wheat plant grown under high-light conditions lowered the susceptibility of PSI to its photoinhibition compared to those grown under low-light conditions. Furthermore, the acclimation response toward PSI photoinhibition was significantly different among the studied wheat cultivars, although the quantum yields both of PSII and PSI were increased by high-light acclimation in all wheat cultivars as reported previously. Interestingly, we observed that total chlorophyll content in leaves correlated with the susceptibility of PSI to its photoinhibition. On the basis of these results, we suggest that high-light acclimation induces protection mechanisms against PSI photoinhibition in land plants, and the increase in the leaf chlorophyll content relates to the susceptibility of PSI photoinhibition in wheat plants.
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- Daisuke Takagi
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
- Core Research for Environmental Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
- Core Research for Environmental Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo, Japan
- *Correspondence: Chikahiro Miyake,
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Nishijima R, Yoshida K, Sakaguchi K, Yoshimura SI, Sato K, Takumi S. RNA Sequencing-Based Bulked Segregant Analysis Facilitates Efficient D-genome Marker Development for a Specific Chromosomal Region of Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E3749. [PMID: 30486239 PMCID: PMC6321645 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19123749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Common wheat originated from interspecific hybridization between cultivated tetraploid wheat and its wild diploid relative Aegilops tauschii followed by amphidiploidization. This evolutionary process can be reproduced artificially, resulting in synthetic hexaploid wheat lines. Here we performed RNA sequencing (RNA-seq)-based bulked segregant analysis (BSA) using a bi-parental mapping population of two synthetic hexaploid wheat lines that shared identical A and B genomes but included with D-genomes of distinct origins. This analysis permitted identification of D-genome-specific polymorphisms around the Net2 gene, a causative locus to hybrid necrosis. The resulting single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were classified into homoeologous polymorphisms and D-genome allelic variations, based on the RNA-seq results of a parental tetraploid and two Ae. tauschii accessions. The difference in allele frequency at the D-genome-specific SNP sites between the contrasting bulks (ΔSNP-index) was higher on the target chromosome than on the other chromosomes. Several SNPs with the highest ΔSNP-indices were converted into molecular markers and assigned to the Net2 chromosomal region. These results indicated that RNA-seq-based BSA can be applied efficiently to a synthetic hexaploid wheat population to permit molecular marker development in a specific chromosomal region of the D genome.
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- Ryo Nishijima
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0046, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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Okada M, Yoshida K, Nishijima R, Michikawa A, Motoi Y, Sato K, Takumi S. RNA-seq analysis reveals considerable genetic diversity and provides genetic markers saturating all chromosomes in the diploid wild wheat relative Aegilops umbellulata. BMC Plant Biol 2018; 18:271. [PMID: 30409135 PMCID: PMC6225718 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-018-1498-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk. (2n = 14), a wild diploid wheat relative, has been the source of trait improvement in wheat breeding. Intraspecific genetic variation of Ae. umbellulata, however, has not been well studied and the genomic information in this species is limited. RESULTS To develop novel genetic markers distributed over all chromosomes of Ae. umbellulata and to evaluate its genetic diversity, we performed RNA sequencing of 12 representative accessions and reconstructed transcripts by de novo assembly of reads for each accession. A large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and insertions/deletions (indels) were obtained and anchored to the pseudomolecules of Ae. tauschii and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), which were regarded as virtual chromosomes of Ae. umbellulata. Interestingly, genetic diversity in Ae. umbellulata was higher than in Ae. tauschii, despite the narrow habitat of Ae. umbellulata. Comparative analyses of nucleotide polymorphisms between Ae. umbellulata and Ae. tauschii revealed no clear lineage differentiation and existence of alleles with rarer frequencies predominantly in Ae. umbellulata, with patterns clearly distinct from those in Ae. tauschii. CONCLUSIONS The anchored SNPs, covering all chromosomes, provide sufficient genetic markers between Ae. umbellulata accessions. The alleles with rarer frequencies might be the main source of the high genetic diversity in Ae. umbellulata.
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- Moeko Okada
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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Okada M, Ikeda TM, Yoshida K, Takumi S. Effect of the U genome on grain hardness in nascent synthetic hexaploids derived from interspecific hybrids between durum wheat and Aegilops umbellulata. J Cereal Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2018.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ohno R, Teramura H, Ogino C, Kondo A, Takumi S. Genotypic effects on sugar and by-products of liquid hydrolysates and on saccharification of acid-insoluble residues from wheat straw. Genes Genet Syst 2018; 93:1-7. [PMID: 29343667 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.17-00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Wheat straw is one of the major attractive resources for low-cost raw materials for renewable energy, biofuels and biochemicals. However, like other sources of lignocellulosic biomass, straw is a heterogeneous material due to its mixed origin from different tissue and cell types. Here, to examine the genotypic effects on biorefinery usage of wheat straw, straw obtained from different wheat cultivars and experimental lines was pretreated with dilute acid. Significant differences between cultivars were observed in the concentrations of glucose and toxic by-products of the liquid hydrolysates. A higher content of xylose than glucose was found in liquid hydrolysates from wheat straw, and the xylose content appeared to be affected by both environmental and genetic factors. Analysis using chromosome substitution lines of the common wheat cultivar Chinese Spring showed that chromosomes 2A and 3A from other wheat cultivars, Hope and Timstein, significantly increased the xylose content. However, no significant relationship was observed between the liquid hydrolysate xylose content and the glucose content obtained from enzymatic saccharification of the acid-insoluble residue. These results highlight the potential of wheat breeding to improve biomass-related traits in wheat straw.
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- Ryoko Ohno
- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University.,Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University.,RIKEN Biomass Engineering Program
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
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Nishijima R, Tanaka C, Yoshida K, Takumi S. Genetic mapping of a novel recessive allele for non-glaucousness in wild diploid wheat Aegilops tauschii: implications for the evolution of common wheat. Genetica 2018; 146:249-254. [PMID: 29397498 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-018-0012-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cuticular wax on the aerial surface of plants has a protective function against many environmental stresses. The bluish-whitish appearance of wheat leaves and stems is called glaucousness. Most modern cultivars of polyploid wheat species exhibit the glaucous phenotype, while in a wild wheat progenitor, Ae. tauschii, both glaucous and non-glaucous accessions exist. Iw2, a wax inhibitor locus on the short arm of chromosome 2D, is the main contributor to this phenotypic variation in Ae. tauschii, and the glaucous/non-glaucous phenotype of Ae. tauschii is usually inherited by synthetic hexaploid wheat. However, a few synthetic lines show the glaucous phenotype although the parental Ae. tauschii accessions are non-glaucous. Molecular marker genotypes indicate that the exceptional non-glaucous Ae. tauschii accessions share the same genotype in the Iw2 chromosomal region as glaucous accessions, suggesting that these accessions have a different causal locus for their phenotype. This locus was assigned to the long arm of chromosome 3D using an F2 mapping population and designated W4, a novel glaucous locus in Ae. tauschii. The dominant W4 allele confers glaucousness, consistent with phenotypic observation of Ae. tauschii accessions and the derived synthetic lines. These results implied that glaucous accessions of Ae. tauschii with the W2W2iw2iw2W4W4 genotype could have been the D-genome donor of common wheat.
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- Ryo Nishijima
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.,Japan Science and Technology Agency, PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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Okada M, Yoshida K, Takumi S. Hybrid incompatibilities in interspecific crosses between tetraploid wheat and its wild diploid relative Aegilops umbellulata. Plant Mol Biol 2017; 95:625-645. [PMID: 29090430 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-017-0677-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Hybrid abnormalities, severe growth abortion and grass-clump dwarfism, were found in the tetraploid wheat/Aegilops umbellulata hybrids, and the gene expression changes were conserved in the hybrids with those in other wheat synthetic hexaploids. Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk., a diploid goatgrass species with a UU genome, has been utilized as a genetic resource for wheat breeding. Here, we examine the reproductive barriers between tetraploid wheat cultivar Langdon (Ldn) and various Ae. umbellulata accessions by conducting interspecific crossings. Through systematic cross experiments, three types of hybrid incompatibilities were found: seed production failure in crosses, hybrid growth abnormalities and sterility in the ABU hybrids. Hybrid incompatibilities were widely distributed over the entire range of the natural species, and in about 50% of the cross combinations between tetraploid Ldn and Ae. umbellulata accessions, ABU F1 hybrids showed one of two abnormal growth phenotypes: severe growth abortion (SGA) or grass-clump dwarfism. Expression of the shoot meristem maintenance-related and cell cycle-related genes was markedly repressed in crown tissues of hybrids showing SGA, suggesting dysfunction of mitotic cell division in the shoot apices. The grass-clump dwarf phenotype may be explained by down-regulation of wheat APETALA1-like MADS box genes, which act as flowering promoters, and altered expression in crown tissues of the miR156/SPLs module, which controls tiller number and branching. These gene expression changes in growth abnormalities were well conserved between the Ldn/Ae. umbellulata plants and interspecific hybrids from crosses of Ldn and wheat D-genome progenitor Ae. tauschii.
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- Moeko Okada
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), PRESTO, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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Nishijima R, Ikeda TM, Takumi S. Genetic mapping reveals a dominant awn-inhibiting gene related to differentiation of the variety anathera in the wild diploid wheat Aegilops tauschii. Genetica 2017; 146:75-84. [PMID: 29101627 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-017-9998-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Aegilops tauschii, a wild wheat relative, is the D-genome donor of common wheat. Subspecies and varieties of Ae. tauschii are traditionally classified based on differences in their inflorescence architecture. However, the genetic information for their diversification has been quite limited in the wild wheat relatives. The variety anathera has no awn on the lemma, but the genetic basis for this diagnostic character is unknown. Wide variations in awn length traits at the top and middle spikes were found in the Ae. tauschii core collection, and the awn length at the middle spike was significantly smaller in the eastward-dispersed sublineage than in those in other sublineages. To clarify loci controlling the awnless phenotype of var. anathera, we measured awn length of an intervariety F2 mapping population, and found that the F2 individuals could be divided into two groups mainly based on the awn length at the middle of spike, namely short and long awn groups, significantly fitting a 3:1 segregation ratio, which indicated that a single locus controls the awnless phenotype. The awnless locus, Anathera (Antr), was assigned to the distal region of the short arm of chromosome 5D. Quantitative trait locus analysis using the awn length data of each F2 individual showed that only one major locus was at the same chromosomal position as Antr. These results suggest that a single dominant allele determines the awnless diagnostic character in the variety anathera. The Antr dominant allele is a novel gene inhibiting awn elongation in wheat and its relatives.
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- Ryo Nishijima
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Western Region Agricultural Research Center of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 6-12-1 Nishi-fukatsucho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, 721-8514, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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Teramura H, Sasaki K, Kawaguchi H, Matsuda F, Kikuchi J, Shirai T, Sazuka T, Yamasaki M, Takumi S, Ogino C, Kondo A. Differences in glucose yield of residues from among varieties of rice, wheat, and sorghum after dilute acid pretreatment. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2017. [PMID: 28622080 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1336922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bio-refinery processes require use of the most suitable lignocellulosic biomass for enzymatic saccharification and microbial fermentation. Glucose yield from biomass solid fractions obtained after dilute sulfuric acid (1%) pretreatment (at 180 °C) was investigated using 14, 8, and 16 varieties of rice, wheat, and sorghum, respectively. Biomass solid fractions of each crop showed similar cellulose content. However, glucose yield after enzymatic hydrolysis (cellulase loading at 6.6 filter paper unit/g-biomass) was different among the varieties of each crop, indicating genotypic differences for rice, wheat, and sorghum. Nuclear magnetic resonance method revealed that the high residual level of lignin aromatic regions decreased glucose yield from solid fraction of sorghum.
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- Hiroshi Teramura
- a Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University , Kobe , Japan
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- a Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University , Kobe , Japan
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- a Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University , Kobe , Japan
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- b Department of Bioinformatic Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology , Osaka University , Suita , Japan
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- c RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science , Yokohama , Japan.,d Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University , Yokohama , Japan.,e Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences and School of Agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan
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- c RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science , Yokohama , Japan
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- f Bioscience and Biotechnology Center , Nagoya University , Nagoya , Japan
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- g Food Resources Education and Research Center, Graduate School of Agricultural Science , Kobe University , Kasai , Japan
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- h Laboratory of Plant Genetics , Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University , Kobe , Japan
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- i Department of Chemical Science and Engineering , Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University , Kobe , Japan
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- a Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University , Kobe , Japan.,c RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science , Yokohama , Japan.,i Department of Chemical Science and Engineering , Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University , Kobe , Japan
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Matsuda R, Iehisa JCM, Sakaguchi K, Ohno R, Yoshida K, Takumi S. Global gene expression profiling related to temperature-sensitive growth abnormalities in interspecific crosses between tetraploid wheat and Aegilops tauschii. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0176497. [PMID: 28463975 PMCID: PMC5413045 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Triploid wheat hybrids between tetraploid wheat and Aegilops tauschii sometimes show abnormal growth phenotypes, and the growth abnormalities inhibit generation of wheat synthetic hexaploids. In type II necrosis, one of the growth abnormalities, necrotic cell death accompanied by marked growth repression occurs only under low temperature conditions. At normal temperature, the type II necrosis lines show grass-clump dwarfism with no necrotic symptoms, excess tillers, severe dwarfism and delayed flowering. Here, we report comparative expression analyses to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the temperature-dependent phenotypic plasticity in the triploid wheat hybrids. We compared gene and small RNA expression profiles in crown tissues to characterize the temperature-dependent phenotypic plasticity. No up-regulation of defense-related genes was observed under the normal temperature, and down-regulation of wheat APETALA1-like MADS-box genes, considered to act as flowering promoters, was found in the grass-clump dwarf lines. Some microRNAs, including miR156, were up-regulated, whereas the levels of transcripts of the miR156 target genes SPLs, known to inhibit tiller and branch number, were reduced in crown tissues of the grass-clump dwarf lines at the normal temperature. Unusual expression of the miR156/SPLs module could explain the grass-clump dwarf phenotype. Dramatic alteration of gene expression profiles, including miRNA levels, in crown tissues is associated with the temperature-dependent phenotypic plasticity in type II necrosis/grass-clump dwarf wheat hybrids.
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- Ryusuke Matsuda
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Departmento de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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Yoshioka M, Iehisa JCM, Ohno R, Kimura T, Enoki H, Nishimura S, Nasuda S, Takumi S. Three dominant awnless genes in common wheat: Fine mapping, interaction and contribution to diversity in awn shape and length. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0176148. [PMID: 28437453 PMCID: PMC5402986 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The awn is a long needle-like structure formed at the tip of the lemma in the florets of some grass species. It plays a role in seed dispersal and protection against animals, and can contribute to the photosynthetic activity of spikes. Three main dominant inhibitors of awn development (Hd, B1 and B2) are known in hexaploid wheat, but the causal genes have not been cloned yet and a genetic association with awn length diversity has been found only for the B1 allele. To analyze the prevalence of these three awning inhibitors, we attempted to predict the genotypes of 189 hexaploid wheat varieties collected worldwide using markers tightly linked to these loci. Using recombinant inbred lines derived from two common wheat cultivars, Chinese Spring and Mironovskaya 808, both with short awns, and a high-density linkage map, we performed quantitative trait locus analysis to identify tightly linked markers. Because this linkage map was constructed with abundant array-based markers, we converted the linked markers to PCR-based markers and determined the genotypes of 189 hexaploids. A significant genotype-phenotype correlation was observed at the Hd and B1 regions. We also found that interaction among these three awning inhibitors is involved in development of a membranous outgrowth at the base of awn resembling the Hooded mutants of barley. For the hooded awn phenotype, presence of the Hd dominant allele was essential but not sufficient, so B2 and other factors appear to act epistatically to produce the ectopic tissue. On the other hand, the dominant B1 allele acted as a suppressor of the hooded phenotype. These three awning inhibitors largely contribute to the genetic variation in awn length and shape of common wheat.
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- Motohiro Yoshioka
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Departamento de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
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- Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Biotechnology & Afforestation Laboratory, New Business Planning Division, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, Miyoshi, Aichi, Japan
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- Biotechnology & Afforestation Laboratory, New Business Planning Division, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, Miyoshi, Aichi, Japan
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- Frontier Research Planning Department, Frontier Research Center, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, Toyota, Aichi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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Nishijima R, Okamoto Y, Hatano H, Takumi S. Quantitative trait locus analysis for spikelet shape-related traits in wild wheat progenitor Aegilops tauschii: Implications for intraspecific diversification and subspecies differentiation. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173210. [PMID: 28264068 PMCID: PMC5338802 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Wild diploid wheat Aegilops tauschii, the D-genome progenitor of common wheat, carries large genetic variation in spikelet and grain morphology. Two differentiated subspecies of Ae. tauschii, subspecies tauschii and strangulata, have been traditionally defined based on differences in spikelet morphology. Here, we first assessed six spikelet shape-related traits among 199 Ae. tauschii accessions, and found that the accessions belonging to TauL1major lineage produced significantly longer spikes, higher spikelet density, and shorter, narrower spikelets than another major lineage, TauL2, in which the strangulata accessions are included. Next, we performed quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis of the spikelet and grain shape using three mapping populations derived from interlineage crosses between TauL1 and TauL2 to identify the genetic loci for the morphological variations of the spikelet and grain shape in Ae. tauschii. Three major QTL regions for the examined traits were detected on chromosomes 3D, 4D and 7D. The 3D and 4D QTL regions for several spikelet shape-related traits were conserved in the three mapping populations, which indicated that the 3D and 4D QTLs contribute to divergence of the two major lineages. The 7D QTLs were found only in a mapping population from a cross of the two subspecies, suggesting that these 7D QTLs may be closely related to subspecies differentiation in Ae. tauschii. Thus, QTL analysis for spikelet and grain morphology may provide useful information to elucidate the evolutionary processes of intraspecific differentiation.
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- Ryo Nishijima
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada, Kobe, Japan
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Yokota H, Iehisa JC, Nishijima R, Nitta M, Takenaka S, Nasuda S, Takumi S. Variation in abscisic acid responsiveness at the early seedling stage is related to line differences in seed dormancy and in expression of genes involved in abscisic acid responses in common wheat. J Cereal Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2016.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Sakaguchi K, Nishijima R, Iehisa JCM, Takumi S. Fine mapping and genetic association analysis of Net2, the causative D-genome locus of low temperature-induced hybrid necrosis in interspecific crosses between tetraploid wheat and Aegilops tauschii. Genetica 2016; 144:523-533. [PMID: 27502693 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-016-9920-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Hybrid necrosis has been observed in many interspecific hybrids from crosses between tetraploid wheat and the wheat D-genome donor Aegilops tauschii. Type II necrosis is a kind of hybrid incompatibility that is specifically characterized by low-temperature induction and growth suppression. Two complementary genes, Net1 on the AB genome and Net2 on the D genome, putatively control type II necrosis in ABD triploids and synthetic hexaploid wheat. Toward map-based cloning of Net2, a fine map around the Net2 region on 2DS was constructed in this study. Using the draft genome sequence of Ae. tauschii and the physical map of the barley genome, the Net2 locus was mapped within a 0.6 cM interval between two closely linked markers. Although local chromosomal rearrangements were observed in the Net2-corresponding region between the barley/Brachypodium and Ae. tauschii genomes, the two closely linked markers were significantly associated with type II necrosis in Ae. tauschii. These results suggest that these markers will aid efficient selection of Net2 non-carrier individuals from the Ae. tauschii population and intraspecific progeny, and could help with introgression of agriculturally important genes from Ae. tauschii to common wheat.
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- Kouhei Sakaguchi
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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Takagi D, Takumi S, Hashiguchi M, Sejima T, Miyake C. Superoxide and Singlet Oxygen Produced within the Thylakoid Membranes Both Cause Photosystem I Photoinhibition. Plant Physiol 2016; 171:1626-34. [PMID: 26936894 PMCID: PMC4936555 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Photosystem I (PSI) photoinhibition suppresses plant photosynthesis and growth. However, the mechanism underlying PSI photoinhibition has not been fully clarified. In this study, in order to investigate the mechanism of PSI photoinhibition in higher plants, we applied repetitive short-pulse (rSP) illumination, which causes PSI-specific photoinhibition in chloroplasts isolated from spinach leaves. We found that rSP treatment caused PSI photoinhibition, but not PSII photoinhibition in isolated chloroplasts in the presence of O2 However, chloroplastic superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase activities failed to protect PSI from its photoinhibition. Importantly, PSI photoinhibition was largely alleviated in the presence of methyl viologen, which stimulates the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the stromal region by accepting electrons from PSI, even under the conditions where CuZn-superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase activities were inactivated by KCN. These results suggest that the ROS production site, but not the ROS production rate, is critical for PSI photoinhibition. Furthermore, we found that not only superoxide (O2 (-)) but also singlet oxygen ((1)O2) is involved in PSI photoinhibition induced by rSP treatment. From these results, we suggest that PSI photoinhibition is caused by both O2 (-) and (1)O2 produced within the thylakoid membranes when electron carriers in PSI become highly reduced. Here, we show, to our knowledge, new insight into the PSI photoinhibition in higher plants.
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- Daisuke Takagi
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan (D.T., S.T., M.H., T.S., C.M.); andCore Research for Environmental Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan (C.M.)
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan (D.T., S.T., M.H., T.S., C.M.); andCore Research for Environmental Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan (C.M.)
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan (D.T., S.T., M.H., T.S., C.M.); andCore Research for Environmental Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan (C.M.)
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan (D.T., S.T., M.H., T.S., C.M.); andCore Research for Environmental Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan (C.M.)
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan (D.T., S.T., M.H., T.S., C.M.); andCore Research for Environmental Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 7 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan (C.M.)
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Nguyen AT, Nishijima R, Kajimura T, Murai K, Takumi S. Quantitative trait locus analysis for flowering-related traits using two F2 populations derived from crosses between Japanese common wheat cultivars and synthetic hexaploids. Genes Genet Syst 2016; 90:89-98. [PMID: 26399768 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.90.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Flowering time is an important trait for Japanese wheat breeding. Aegilops tauschii, the D-genome donor of hexaploid wheat, is a useful resource to enlarge the D-genome diversity of common wheat. Previously, we identified flowering-related QTLs in F2 populations of synthetic hexaploid wheat lines between the tetraploid wheat cultivar Langdon and Ae. tauschii accessions. Here, to evaluate the usefulness of the early-flowering alleles from Ae. tauschii for Japanese wheat breeding, QTL analyses were conducted in two F2 populations derived from crosses between Japanese wheat cultivars and early-flowering lines of synthetic hexaploid wheat. Only two chromosomal regions controlling flowering-related traits were identified, on chromosomes 2DS and 5AL in the mapping populations, and no previously identified QTLs were found in the synthetic hexaploid lines. The strong effect of the 2DS QTL, putatively corresponding to Ppd-D1, was considered to hide any significant expression of other QTLs with small effects on flowering-related traits. When F2 individuals carrying Ae. tauschii-homozygous alleles around the 2DS QTL region were selected, the Ae. tauschii-derived alleles of the previously identified flowering QTLs partly showed an early-flowering phenotype compared with the Japanese wheat-derived alleles. Thus, some early-flowering alleles from Ae. tauschii may be useful for production of early-flowering Japanese wheat cultivars.
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- Anh T Nguyen
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
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Anh VL, Anh NT, Tagle AG, Vy TTP, Inoue Y, Takumi S, Chuma I, Tosa Y. Rmg8, a New Gene for Resistance to Triticum Isolates of Pyricularia oryzae in Hexaploid Wheat. Phytopathology 2015; 105:1568-72. [PMID: 26555672 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-02-15-0034-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Blast, caused by Pyricularia oryzae, is one of the major diseases of wheat in South America. We identified a new gene for resistance to Triticum isolates of P. oryzae in common wheat 'S-615', and designated it "resistance to Magnaporthe grisea 8" (Rmg8). Rmg8 was assigned to chromosome 2B through molecular mapping with simple-sequence repeat markers. To identify an avirulence gene corresponding to Rmg8, Triticum isolate Br48 (avirulent on S-615) was crossed with 200R29 (virulent on S-615), an F1 progeny derived from a cross between an Eleusine isolate (MZ5-1-6) and Br48. Segregation analysis of their progeny revealed that avirulence of Br48 on S-615 was conditioned by a single gene, which was designated AVR-Rmg8. AVR-Rmg8 was closely linked to AVR-Rmg7, which corresponded to Rmg7 located on chromosome 2A of tetraploid wheat.
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- Vu Lan Anh
- Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Tanaka M, Tanaka H, Shitsukawa N, Kitagawa S, Takumi S, Murai K. Homoeologous copy-specific expression patterns of MADS-box genes for floral formation in allopolyploid wheat. Genes Genet Syst 2015; 90:217-29. [PMID: 26616759 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.15-00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The consensus model for floral organ formation in higher plants, the so-called ABCDE model, proposes that floral whorl-specific combinations of class A, B, C, D, and E genes specify floral organ identity. Class A, B, C, D and E genes encode MADS-box transcription factors; the single exception being the class A gene APETALA2. Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a hexaploid species with a genome constitution AABBDD; the hexaploid originated from a cross between tetraploid T. turgidum (AABB) and diploid Aegilops tauschii (DD). Tetraploid wheat is thought to have originated from a cross between the diploid species T. urartu (AA) and Ae. speltoides (BB). Consequently, the hexaploid wheat genome contains triplicated homoeologous copies (homoeologs) of each gene derived from the different ancestral diploid species. In this study, we examined the expression patterns of homoeologs of class B, C and D MADS-box genes during floral development. For the class B gene wheat PISTILLATA2 (WPI2), the homoeologs from the A and D genomes were expressed, while expression of the B genome homoeolog was suppressed. For the class C gene wheat AGAMOUS1 (WAG1), the homoeologs on the A and B genomes were expressed, while expression of the D genome homoeolog was suppressed. For the class D gene wheat SEEDSTICK (WSTK), the B genome homoeolog was preferentially expressed. These differential patterns of homoeolog expression were consistently observed among different hexaploid wheat varieties and synthetic hexaploid wheat lines developed by artificial crosses between tetraploid wheat and Ae. tauschii. These results suggest that homoeolog-specific regulation of the floral MADS-box genes occurs in allopolyploid wheat.
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- Miku Tanaka
- Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University
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Matsuoka Y, Takumi S, Kawahara T. Intraspecific lineage divergence and its association with reproductive trait change during species range expansion in central Eurasian wild wheat Aegilops tauschii Coss. (Poaceae). BMC Evol Biol 2015; 15:213. [PMID: 26419628 PMCID: PMC4589133 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0496-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 04/19/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background How species ranges form in landscapes is a matter of long-standing evolutionary interest. However, little is known about how natural phenotypic variations of ecologically important traits contribute to species range expansion. In this study, we examined the phylogeographic patterns of phenotypic changes in life history (seed production) and phenological (flowering time) traits during the range expansion of Aegilops tauschii Coss. from the Transcaucasus and Middle East to central Asia. Results Our comparative analyses of the patterns of natural variations for those traits and their association with the intraspecific lineage structure showed that (1) the eastward expansion to Asia was driven by an intraspecific sublineage (named TauL1b), (2) high seed production ability likely had an important role at the initial dispersal stage of TauL1b’s expansion to Asia, and (3) the phenological change to early flowering phenotypes was one of the key adaptation events for TauL1b to further expand its range in Asia. Conclusions This study provides for the first time a broad picture of the process of Ae. tauschii’s eastward range expansion in which life history and phenological traits may have had respective roles in its dispersal and adaptation in Asia. The clear association of seed production and flowering time patterns with the intraspecific lineage divergence found in this study invites further genetic research to bring the mechanistic understanding of the changes in these key functional traits during range expansion within reach. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0496-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Plant Germ-plasm Institute, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Mozume, Muko, Kyoto, Japan.
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Kobayashi F, Wu J, Kanamori H, Tanaka T, Katagiri S, Karasawa W, Kaneko S, Watanabe S, Sakaguchi T, Hanawa Y, Fujisawa H, Kurita K, Abe C, Iehisa JCM, Ohno R, Šafář J, Šimková H, Mukai Y, Hamada M, Saito M, Ishikawa G, Katayose Y, Endo TR, Takumi S, Nakamura T, Sato K, Ogihara Y, Hayakawa K, Doležel J, Nasuda S, Matsumoto T, Handa H. A high-resolution physical map integrating an anchored chromosome with the BAC physical maps of wheat chromosome 6B. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:595. [PMID: 26265254 PMCID: PMC4534020 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1803-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background A complete genome sequence is an essential tool for the genetic improvement of wheat. Because the wheat genome is large, highly repetitive and complex due to its allohexaploid nature, the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) chose a strategy that involves constructing bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-based physical maps of individual chromosomes and performing BAC-by-BAC sequencing. Here, we report the construction of a physical map of chromosome 6B with the goal of revealing the structural features of the third largest chromosome in wheat. Results We assembled 689 informative BAC contigs (hereafter reffered to as contigs) representing 91 % of the entire physical length of wheat chromosome 6B. The contigs were integrated into a radiation hybrid (RH) map of chromosome 6B, with one linkage group consisting of 448 loci with 653 markers. The order and direction of 480 contigs, corresponding to 87 % of the total length of 6B, were determined. We also characterized the contigs that contained a part of the nucleolus organizer region or centromere based on their positions on the RH map and the assembled BAC clone sequences. Analysis of the virtual gene order along 6B using the information collected for the integrated map revealed the presence of several chromosomal rearrangements, indicating evolutionary events that occurred on chromosome 6B. Conclusions We constructed a reliable physical map of chromosome 6B, enabling us to analyze its genomic structure and evolutionary progression. More importantly, the physical map should provide a high-quality and map-based reference sequence that will serve as a resource for wheat chromosome 6B. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1803-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Fuminori Kobayashi
- Plant Genome Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Plant Genome Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan. .,Advanced Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Plant Genome Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Bioinformatics Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Advanced Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Advanced Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
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- Advanced Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Advanced Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Plant Genome Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Cereal Science Research Center of Tsukuba, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc., Tsukuba, 300-2611, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Core Research Division, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Advanced Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Advanced Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Wheat Breeding Group, NARO Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, Morioka, 020-0198, Japan.
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- Wheat Breeding Group, NARO Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, Morioka, 020-0198, Japan.
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- Advanced Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
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- Wheat Breeding Group, NARO Tohoku Agricultural Research Center, Morioka, 020-0198, Japan.
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, 710-0046, Japan.
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- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, 244-0813, Japan.
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- Cereal Science Research Center of Tsukuba, Nisshin Flour Milling Inc., Tsukuba, 300-2611, Japan.
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, CZ-78371, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan.
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- Plant Genome Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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- Plant Genome Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan.
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Katkout M, Kishii M, Kawaura K, Mishina K, Sakuma S, Umeda K, Takumi S, Nitta M, Nasuda S, Ogihara Y. QTL analysis of genetic loci affecting domestication-related spike characters in common wheat. Genes Genet Syst 2015; 89:121-31. [PMID: 25475935 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.89.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Domestication-related changes that govern a spike morphology suitable for seed harvesting in cereals have resulted from mutation and selection of the genes. A synthetic hexaploid wheat (S-6214, genome AABBDD) produced by a cross between durum wheat (AABB) and wild goat grass (DD) showed partial non-domestication-related phenotypes due to genetic effects of the wild goat grass genome. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) affecting wheat domestication-related spike characters including spike threshability, rachis fragility and spike compactness were investigated in F2 progeny of a cross between Chinese Spring (CS) wheat (AABBDD) and S-6214. Of 15 relevant QTLs identified, eight seemed to be consistent with peaks previously reported in wheat, while four QTL regions were novel. Four QTLs that affected spike threshability were localized to chromosomes 2BS, 2DS, 4D and 5DS. The QTL on 2DS probably represents the tenacious glume gene, Tg-D1. Based on its map position, the QTL located on 2BS coincides with Ppd-B1 and seems to be a homoeolocus of the soft glume gene. Two novel QTLs were detected on 4D and 5DS, and their goat grass alleles increased glume tenacity. Three novel QTLs located on 2DL, 3DL and 4D for rachis fragility were found. Based on the map position, the QTL on 3DL seems different from Br1 and Br2 loci and its CS allele appears to promote the generation of barrel-type diaspores. Three disarticulation types of spikelets were found in F2 individuals: wedge-type, barrel-type and both types. Among eight QTL peaks that governed spike morphology, six, located on 2AS, 2BS, 2DS, 4AL and 5AL, coincided with ones previously reported. A QTL for spike compactness on 5AL was distinct from the Q gene. A novel QTL that controls spike length was detected on 5DL. Complex genetic interactions between genetic background and the action of each gene were suggested.
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- Mazen Katkout
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research and Department of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University
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Takamatsu K, Iehisa JCM, Nishijima R, Takumi S. Comparison of gene expression profiles and responses to zinc chloride among inter- and intraspecific hybrids with growth abnormalities in wheat and its relatives. Plant Mol Biol 2015; 88:487-502. [PMID: 26081164 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-015-0338-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Hybrid necrosis is a well-known reproductive isolation mechanism in plant species, and an autoimmune response is generally considered to trigger hybrid necrosis through epistatic interaction between disease resistance-related genes in hybrids. In common wheat, the complementary Ne1 and Ne2 genes control hybrid necrosis, defined as type I necrosis. Two other types of hybrid necrosis (type II and type III) have been observed in interspecific hybrids between tetraploid wheat and Aegilops tauschii. Another type of hybrid necrosis, defined here as type IV necrosis, has been reported in F1 hybrids between Triticum urartu and some accessions of Triticum monococcum ssp. aegilopoides. In types I, III and IV, cell death occurs gradually starting in older tissues, whereas type II necrosis symptoms occur only under low temperature. To compare comprehensive gene expression patterns of hybrids showing growth abnormalities, transcriptome analysis of type I and type IV necrosis was performed using a wheat 38k oligo-DNA microarray. Defense-related genes including many WRKY transcription factor genes were dramatically up-regulated in plants showing type I and type IV necrosis, similarly to other known hybrid abnormalities, suggesting an association with an autoimmune response. Reactive oxygen species generation and necrotic cell death were effectively inhibited by ZnCl2 treatment in types I, III and IV necrosis, suggesting a significant association of Ca(2+) influx in upstream signaling of necrotic cell death in wheat hybrid necrosis.
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- Kiyofumi Takamatsu
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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Yokota H, Iehisa JCM, Shimosaka E, Takumi S. Line differences in Cor/Lea and fructan biosynthesis-related gene transcript accumulation are related to distinct freezing tolerance levels in synthetic wheat hexaploids. J Plant Physiol 2015; 176:78-88. [PMID: 25577733 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In common wheat, cultivar differences in freezing tolerance are considered to be mainly due to allelic differences at two major loci controlling freezing tolerance. One of the two loci, Fr-2, is coincident with a cluster of genes encoding C-repeat binding factors (CBFs), which induce downstream Cor/Lea genes during cold acclimation. Here, we conducted microarray analysis to study comprehensive changes in gene expression profile under long-term low-temperature (LT) treatment and to identify other LT-responsive genes related to cold acclimation in leaves of seedlings and crown tissues of a synthetic hexaploid wheat line. The microarray analysis revealed marked up-regulation of a number of Cor/Lea genes and fructan biosynthesis-related genes under the long-term LT treatment. For validation of the microarray data, we selected four synthetic wheat lines that contain the A and B genomes from the tetraploid wheat cultivar Langdon and the diverse D genomes originating from different Aegilops tauschii accessions with distinct levels of freezing tolerance after cold acclimation. Quantitative RT-PCR showed increased transcript levels of the Cor/Lea, CBF, and fructan biosynthesis-related genes in more freezing-tolerant lines than in sensitive lines. After a 14-day LT treatment, a significant difference in fructan accumulation was observed among the four lines. Therefore, the fructan biosynthetic pathway is associated with cold acclimation in development of wheat freezing tolerance and is another pathway related to diversity in freezing tolerance, in addition to the CBF-mediated Cor/Lea expression pathway.
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- Hirokazu Yokota
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Hitsujigaoka 1, Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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Sharma PN, Mori N, Takumi S, Nakamura C. Conventional and Molecular Studies of Brown Planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stal) Resistance Genes in Rice: A Basis for Future Study of Natural Insect Resistance Genes Using Molecular Markers in Nepal. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.3126/njst.v15i1.12032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Rice productivity is greatly affected by various biotic and abiotic stresses. Insect-pests are one of the major bioticconstraints to cause significant losses in rice production. Brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens Stål, isthe most serious insect-pest of rice in Asia where most of the world rice is produced. Controlling insects usingchemicals is already proven detrimental not only to environment but also to human health. Integrated PestManagement (IPM) is the best approach to control insect pests. Host plant resistance is the principal componentof IPM along with biological, cultural and physical methods. Use of varietal resistance is the best option to controlBPH. Many BPH resistant rice varieties with natural BPH resistance have been developed and widely used againstBPH. However, frequent breakdown of monogenic resistance by new BPH biotypes has been a serious threat tocontrol BPH. To overcome such difficulty in the use of monogenic resistance, development of durable resistanceis needed as the sustainable means to control BPH. To develop durable resistance, pyramiding of BPH resistancegenes and quantitative trait loci (QTLs), through marker-assisted method, is needed. For this, many BPH resistancegenes and QTLs have already been identified and mapped on rice chromosomes. This article reviews identification,mapping and pyramiding toward successful cloning of BPH resistance genes/QTLs and provides the basis/guidelines to work on natural insect resistance genes using molecular markers in Nepal.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njst.v15i1.12032Nepal Journal of Science and TechnologyVol. 15, No.1 (2014) 145-156
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Ohno R, Takumi S. Extracellular trafficking of a wheat cold-responsive protein, WLT10. J Plant Physiol 2015; 174:71-74. [PMID: 25462969 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A cold-responsive wheat gene, WLT10, encodes a member of the cereal-specific low temperature-responsive/cold-responsive protein family, which contains a hydrophobic N-terminal 20 amino acid sequence that corresponds to signal peptides associated with extracellular trafficking. To verify the subcellular localization of WLT10 and the function of its putative signal peptide, we constructed three chimeric genes in which either the WLT10 signal peptide, a signal peptide with only 6 additional amino acids, or the full-length WLT10 polypeptide was fused to the N-terminus of green fluorescent protein (GFP). These fusion constructs were transiently introduced into onion epidermal cells by particle bombardment. GFP signals were observed not only in the extracellular space (ECS) but also in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and Golgi apparatus. The time course of GFP signal localization suggests the movement of WLT10 through the ER/Golgi pathway and into the ECS. Thus, WLT10 is a cold-responsive secreted protein, and its N-terminal 20 amino acid region is important for transport to the ECS.
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- Ryoko Ohno
- Core Research Division, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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Hirao K, Nishijima R, Sakaguchi K, Takumi S. Fine mapping of Hch1, the causal D-genome gene for hybrid chlorosis in interspecific crosses between tetraploid wheat and Aegilops tauschii. Genes Genet Syst 2015; 90:283-91. [DOI: 10.1266/ggs.15-00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Kana Hirao
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
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Takumi S, Morimoto R. Implications of an inverted duplication in the wheat KN1-type homeobox gene Wknox1 for theorigin of Persian wheat. Genes Genet Syst 2015; 90:115-20. [DOI: 10.1266/ggs.90.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Shigeo Takumi
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University
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Nishijima R, Iehisa JCM, Matsuoka Y, Takumi S. The cuticular wax inhibitor locus Iw2 in wild diploid wheat Aegilops tauschii: phenotypic survey, genetic analysis, and implications for the evolution of common wheat. BMC Plant Biol 2014; 14:246. [PMID: 25224598 PMCID: PMC4172845 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0246-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cuticular wax production on plant surfaces confers a glaucous appearance and plays important roles in plant stress tolerance. Most common wheat cultivars, which are hexaploid, and most tetraploid wheat cultivars are glaucous; in contrast, a wild wheat progenitor, Aegilops tauschii, can be glaucous or non-glaucous. A dominant non-glaucous allele, Iw2, resides on the short arm of chromosome 2D, which was inherited from Ae. tauschii through polyploidization. Iw2 is one of the major causal genes related to variation in glaucousness among hexaploid wheat. Detailed genetic and phylogeographic knowledge of the Iw2 locus in Ae. tauschii may provide important information and lead to a better understanding of the evolution of common wheat. RESULTS Glaucous Ae. tauschii accessions were collected from a broad area ranging from Armenia to the southwestern coastal part of the Caspian Sea. Linkage analyses with five mapping populations showed that the glaucous versus non-glaucous difference was mainly controlled by the Iw2 locus in Ae. tauschii. Comparative genomic analysis of barley and Ae. tauschii was then used to develop molecular markers tightly linked with Ae. tauschii Iw2. Chromosomal synteny around the orthologous Iw2 regions indicated that some chromosomal rearrangement had occurred during the genetic divergence leading to Ae. tauschii, barley, and Brachypodium. Genetic associations between specific Iw2-linked markers and respective glaucous phenotypes in Ae. tauschii indicated that at least two non-glaucous accessions might carry other glaucousness-determining loci outside of the Iw2 locus. CONCLUSION Allelic differences at the Iw2 locus were the main contributors to the phenotypic difference between the glaucous and non-glaucous accessions of Ae. tauschii. Our results supported the previous assumption that the D-genome donor of common wheat could have been any Ae. tauschii variant that carried the recessive iw2 allele.
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- Ryo Nishijima
- />Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501 Japan
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- />Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501 Japan
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- />Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Matsuoka, Eiheiji, Yoshida, Fukui 910-1195 Japan
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- />Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501 Japan
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Iehisa JCM, Ohno R, Kimura T, Enoki H, Nishimura S, Okamoto Y, Nasuda S, Takumi S. A high-density genetic map with array-based markers facilitates structural and quantitative trait locus analyses of the common wheat genome. DNA Res 2014; 21:555-67. [PMID: 24972598 PMCID: PMC4195500 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsu020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The large genome and allohexaploidy of common wheat have complicated construction of a high-density genetic map. Although improvements in the throughput of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have made it possible to obtain a large amount of genotyping data for an entire mapping population by direct sequencing, including hexaploid wheat, a significant number of missing data points are often apparent due to the low coverage of sequencing. In the present study, a microarray-based polymorphism detection system was developed using NGS data obtained from complexity-reduced genomic DNA of two common wheat cultivars, Chinese Spring (CS) and Mironovskaya 808. After design and selection of polymorphic probes, 13,056 new markers were added to the linkage map of a recombinant inbred mapping population between CS and Mironovskaya 808. On average, 2.49 missing data points per marker were observed in the 201 recombinant inbred lines, with a maximum of 42. Around 40% of the new markers were derived from genic regions and 11% from repetitive regions. The low number of retroelements indicated that the new polymorphic markers were mainly derived from the less repetitive region of the wheat genome. Around 25% of the mapped sequences were useful for alignment with the physical map of barley. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses of 14 agronomically important traits related to flowering, spikes, and seeds demonstrated that the new high-density map showed improved QTL detection, resolution, and accuracy over the original simple sequence repeat map.
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- Julio Cesar Masaru Iehisa
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Core Research Division, Organization of Advanced Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Bio Research Laboratory, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, Toyota, Aichi 471-8572, Japan
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- Bio Research Laboratory, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, Toyota, Aichi 471-8572, Japan
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- Bio Research Laboratory, TOYOTA Motor Corporation, Toyota, Aichi 471-8572, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Iehisa JCM, Matsuura T, Mori IC, Yokota H, Kobayashi F, Takumi S. Identification of quantitative trait loci for abscisic acid responsiveness in the D-genome of hexaploid wheat. J Plant Physiol 2014; 171:830-841. [PMID: 24877675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In crop species such as wheat, abiotic stresses and preharvest sprouting reduce grain yield and quality. The plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays important roles in abiotic stress tolerance and seed dormancy. In previous studies, we evaluated ABA responsiveness of 67 Aegilops tauschii accessions and their synthetic hexaploid wheat lines, finding wide variation that was due to the D-genome. In this study, quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis was performed using an F2 population derived from crosses of highly ABA-responsive and less-responsive synthetic wheat lines. A significant QTL was detected on chromosome 6D, in a similar location to that reported for ABA responsiveness using recombinant inbred lines derived from common wheat cultivars Mironovskaya 808 and Chinese Spring. A comparative map and physiological and expression analyses of the 6D QTL suggested that this locus involved in line differences among wheat synthetics is different from that involved in cultivar differences in common wheat. The common wheat 6D QTL was found to affect seed dormancy and the regulation of cold-responsive/late embryogenesis abundant genes during dehydration. However, in synthetic wheat, we failed to detect any association of ABA responsiveness with abiotic stress tolerance or seed dormancy, at least under our experimental conditions. Development of near-isogenic lines will be important for functional analyses of the synthetic wheat 6D QTL.
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- Julio C M Iehisa
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0046, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0046, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Plant Genome Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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Abumhadi N, Kamenarova K, Todorovska E, Dimov G, Takumi S, Nakamura C, Anzai H, Atanassov A. Effects of Three Promoters in Barley Transformation by Particle Bombardment of Mature and Immature Embryos. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2005.10817155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Naydenov N, Takumi S, Sugie A, Ogihara Y, Atanassov A, Nakamura C. Structural Diversity of the Wheat Nuclear GeneWaox1aEncoding Mitochondrial Alternative Oxidase, A Single Unique Enzyme In The Cyanide-Resistant Alternative Pathway. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2005.10817153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Iehisa JCM, Shimizu A, Sato K, Nishijima R, Sakaguchi K, Matsuda R, Nasuda S, Takumi S. Genome-wide marker development for the wheat D genome based on single nucleotide polymorphisms identified from transcripts in the wild wheat progenitor Aegilops tauschii. Theor Appl Genet 2014; 127:261-71. [PMID: 24158251 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-013-2215-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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13,347 high-confidence SNPs were discovered through transcriptome sequencing of Aegilops tauschii, which are useful for genomic analysis and molecular breeding of hexaploid wheat. In organisms with large and complex genomes, such as wheat, RNA-seq analysis is cost-effective for discovery of genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). In this study, deep sequencing of the spike transcriptome from two Aegilops tauschii accessions representing two major lineages led to the discovery of 13,347 high-confidence (HC) SNPs in 4,872 contigs. After removing redundant SNPs detected in the leaf transcriptome from the same accessions in an earlier study, 10,589 new SNPs were discovered. In total, 5,642 out of 5,808 contigs with HC SNPs were assigned to the Ae. tauschii draft genome sequence. On average, 732 HC polymorphic contigs were mapped in silico to each Ae. tauschii chromosome. Based on the polymorphic data, we developed markers to target the short arm of chromosome 2D and validated the polymorphisms using 20 Ae. tauschii accessions. Of the 29 polymorphic markers, 28 were successfully mapped to 2DS in the diploid F2 population of Ae. tauschii. Among ten hexaploid wheat lines, which included wheat synthetics and common wheat cultivars, 25 of the 43 markers were polymorphic. In the hexaploid F2 population between a common wheat cultivar and a synthetic wheat line, 23 of the 25 polymorphic markers between the parents were available for genotyping of the F2 plants and 22 markers mapped to chromosome 2DS. These results indicate that molecular markers that developed from polymorphisms between two distinct lineages of Ae. tauschii might be useful for analysis not only of the diploid, but also of the hexaploid wheat genome.
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Iehisa JCM, Matsuura T, Mori IC, Takumi S. Identification of quantitative trait locus for abscisic acid responsiveness on chromosome 5A and association with dehydration tolerance in common wheat seedlings. J Plant Physiol 2014; 171:25-34. [PMID: 24331416 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2013] [Revised: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays important roles in response to environmental stress as well as in seed maturation and dormancy. In common wheat, quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for ABA responsiveness at the seedling stage have been reported on chromosomes 1B, 2A, 3A, 6D and 7B. In this study, we identified a novel QTL for ABA responsiveness on chromosome 5A using an F2 population derived from a cross between the common wheat cultivar Chinese Spring (CS) and a chromosome substitution line of CS with chromosome 5A of cultivar Hope (Hope5A). This QTL was found in a similar chromosomal region to previously reported QTLs for drought tolerance and seed dormancy. Physiological characterization of the QTL revealed a small effect on dehydration tolerance and seed dormancy. The rate of water loss from leaves during dehydration was lower, and transcript accumulation of the cold responsive (COR)/late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) genes Wrab18 and Wdhn13 tended to be higher under dehydration stress in F2 individuals carrying the Hope allele of the QTL, which also showed higher ABA responsiveness than the CS allele-carrying individuals. Seed dormancy of individuals carrying the Hope allele also tended to be lower than those carrying the CS allele. Our results suggest that variation in ABA responsiveness among common wheat cultivars is at least partly determined by the 5A QTL, and that this QTL contributes to development of dehydration and preharvest sprouting tolerance.
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- Julio C M Iehisa
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0046, Japan
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- Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0046, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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Matsuoka Y, Takumi S, Nasuda S. Genetic mechanisms of allopolyploid speciation through hybrid genome doubling: novel insights from wheat (Triticum and Aegilops) studies. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol 2014; 309:199-258. [PMID: 24529724 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800255-1.00004-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Polyploidy, which arises through complex genetic and ecological processes, is an important mode of plant speciation. This review provides an overview of recent advances in understanding why plant polyploid species are so ubiquitous and diverse. We consider how the modern framework for understanding genetic mechanisms of speciation could be used to study allopolyploid speciation that occurs through hybrid genome doubling, that is, whole genome doubling of interspecific F1 hybrids by the union of male and female unreduced gametes. We outline genetic and ecological mechanisms that may have positive or negative impacts on the process of allopolyploid speciation through hybrid genome doubling. We also discuss the current status of studies on the underlying genetic mechanisms focusing on the wheat (Triticum and Aegilops) hybrid-specific reproductive phenomena that are well known but deserve renewed attention from an evolutionary viewpoint.
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- Yoshihiro Matsuoka
- Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, Matsuoka, Eiheiji, Yoshida, Fukui, Japan.
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawaoiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Tsunewaki K, Mori N, Takumi S. Genetic effect of the Aegilops caudata plasmon on the manifestation of the Ae. cylindrica genome. Genes Genet Syst 2014; 89:195-202. [PMID: 25832746 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.89.195] [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: 11/23/2022] Open
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In the course of reconstructing Aegilops caudata from its own genome (CC) and its plasmon, which had passed half a century in common wheat (genome AABBDD), we produced alloplasmic Ae. cylindrica (genome CCDD) with the plasmon of Ae. caudata. This line, designated (caudata)-CCDD, was found to express male sterility in its second substitution backcross generation (SB2) of (caudata)-AABBCCDD pollinated three times with the Ae. cylindrica pollen. We repeatedly backcrossed these SB2 plants with the Ae. cylindrica pollen until the SB5 generation, and SB5F2 progeny were produced by self-pollination of the SB5 plants. Thirteen morphological and physiological characters, including pollen and seed fertilities, of the (caudata)-CCDD SB5F2 were compared with those of the euplasmic Ae. cylindrica. The results indicated that the male sterility expressed by (caudata)-CCDD was due to genetic incompatibility between the Ae. cylindrica genome and Ae. caudata plasmon that did not affect any other characters of Ae. cylindrica. Also, we report that the genome integrity functions in keeping the univalent transmission rate high.
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Okamoto Y, Nguyen AT, Yoshioka M, Iehisa JC, Takumi S. Identification of quantitative trait loci controlling grain size and shape in the D genome of synthetic hexaploid wheat lines. Breed Sci 2013; 63:423-9. [PMID: 24399915 PMCID: PMC3859354 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.63.423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Accepted: 09/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Synthetic hexaploid wheat is an effective genetic resource for transferring agronomically important genes from Aegilops tauschii to common wheat. Wide variation in grain size and shape, one of the main targets for wheat breeding, has been observed among Ae. tauschii accessions. To identify the quantitative trait loci (QTLs) responsible for grain size and shape variation in the wheat D genome under a hexaploid genetic background, six parameters related to grain size and shape were measured using SmartGrain digital image software and QTL analysis was conducted using four F2 mapping populations of wheat synthetic hexaploids. In total, 18 QTLs for the six parameters were found on five of the seven D-genome chromosomes. The identified QTLs significantly contributed to the variation in grain size and shape among the synthetic wheat lines, implying that the D-genome QTLs might be at least partly functional in hexaploid wheat. Thus, synthetic wheat lines with diverse D genomes from Ae. tauschii are useful resources for the identification of agronomically important loci that function in hexaploid wheat.
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Nguyen AT, Iehisa JCM, Mizuno N, Nitta M, Nasuda S, Takumi S. Differential contribution of two Ppd-1 homoeoalleles to early-flowering phenotype in Nepalese and Japanese varieties of common wheat. Breed Sci 2013; 63:374-383. [PMID: 24399909 PMCID: PMC3859348 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.63.374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Wheat landraces carry abundant genetic variation in heading and flowering times. Here, we studied flowering-related traits of two Nepalese varieties, KU-4770 and KU-180 and a Japanese wheat cultivar, Shiroganekomugi (SGK). These three wheat varieties showed similar flowering time in a common garden experiment. In total, five significant quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for three examined traits, the heading, flowering and maturation times, were detected using an F2 population of SGK/KU-4770. The QTLs were found at the Ppd-1 loci on chromosomes 2B and 2D and the 2B QTL was also confirmed in another F2 population of SGK/KU-180. The Ppd-D1 allele from SGK and the Ppd-B1 alleles from the two Nepalese varieties might be causal for early-flowering phenotype. The SGK Ppd-D1 allele contained a 2-kb deletion in the 5' upstream region, indicating a photoperiod-insensitive Ppd-D1a allele. Real-time PCR analysis estimating the Ppd-B1 copy number revealed that the two Nepalese varieties included two intact Ppd-B1 copies, putatively resulting in photoperiod insensitivity and an early-flowering phenotype. The two photoperiod-insensitive Ppd-1 homoeoalleles could independently contribute to segregation of early-flowering individuals in the two F2 populations. Therefore, wheat landraces are genetic resources for discovery of alleles useful for improving wheat heading or flowering times.
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- Anh T. Nguyen
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University,
1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501,
Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University,
1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501,
Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University,
Kitashirakawa Oiwake, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502,
Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University,
Kitashirakawa Oiwake, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502,
Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University,
Kitashirakawa Oiwake, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502,
Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University,
1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501,
Japan
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Takumi S, Motomura Y, Iehisa JCM, Kobayashi F. Segregation distortion caused by weak hybrid necrosis in recombinant inbred lines of common wheat. Genetica 2013; 141:463-70. [PMID: 24146090 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-013-9745-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Segregation distortion of molecular markers is closely related to hybrid incompatibility in progeny from intraspecific crosses. Recent reports in higher plants have demonstrated that hybrid sterility results in segregation distortion at the causal gene regions in progeny of intraspecific crosses. Ne1 and Ne2 complementary loci are known to control hybrid necrosis in intraspecific crosses of common wheat cultivars. Here, we examine the effect of a weak necrosis allele Ne1(w) on the segregation ratio of molecular markers in recombinant inbred lines (RILs) of common wheat. Some RILs showed accelerated cell death in the leaves at the heading stage due to the epistatic interaction between two quantitative trait loci (QTL) on chromosomes 5B and 2B. Chromosomal localization of these QTL corresponding to Ne1(w) and Ne2 showed distorted segregation ratios of assigned markers having oppositely biased direction. Although the Ne1(w) and Ne2 interaction had no obvious effect on seed fertility, Ne1(w) reduced completion of grain development under the Ne2-homozygous background. This reduction might be one of causes that induces segregation distortion in the 5B and 2B chromosomal regions of RILs. The present study demonstrated that weak hybrid necrosis has limited phenotypic effects; it causes segregation distortion in progeny from intraspecific crosses.
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- Shigeo Takumi
- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan,
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Matsuoka Y, Nasuda S, Ashida Y, Nitta M, Tsujimoto H, Takumi S, Kawahara T. Genetic basis for spontaneous hybrid genome doubling during allopolyploid speciation of common wheat shown by natural variation analyses of the paternal species. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68310. [PMID: 23950867 PMCID: PMC3738567 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 05/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The complex process of allopolyploid speciation includes various mechanisms ranging from species crosses and hybrid genome doubling to genome alterations and the establishment of new allopolyploids as persisting natural entities. Currently, little is known about the genetic mechanisms that underlie hybrid genome doubling, despite the fact that natural allopolyploid formation is highly dependent on this phenomenon. We examined the genetic basis for the spontaneous genome doubling of triploid F1 hybrids between the direct ancestors of allohexaploid common wheat (Triticum aestivum L., AABBDD genome), namely Triticumturgidum L. (AABB genome) and Aegilopstauschii Coss. (DD genome). An Ae. tauschii intraspecific lineage that is closely related to the D genome of common wheat was identified by population-based analysis. Two representative accessions, one that produces a high-genome-doubling-frequency hybrid when crossed with a T. turgidum cultivar and the other that produces a low-genome-doubling-frequency hybrid with the same cultivar, were chosen from that lineage for further analyses. A series of investigations including fertility analysis, immunostaining, and quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis showed that (1) production of functional unreduced gametes through nonreductional meiosis is an early step key to successful hybrid genome doubling, (2) first division restitution is one of the cytological mechanisms that cause meiotic nonreduction during the production of functional male unreduced gametes, and (3) six QTLs in the Ae. tauschii genome, most of which likely regulate nonreductional meiosis and its subsequent gamete production processes, are involved in hybrid genome doubling. Interlineage comparisons of Ae. tauschii's ability to cause hybrid genome doubling suggested an evolutionary model for the natural variation pattern of the trait in which non-deleterious mutations in six QTLs may have important roles. The findings of this study demonstrated that the genetic mechanisms for hybrid genome doubling could be studied based on the intrinsic natural variation that exists in the parental species.
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawaoiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawaoiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawaoiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Breeding, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori-shi, Tottori, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe, Japan
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- Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Plant Germ-plasm Institute, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Mozume, Muko, Kyoto, Japan
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