Sidhant Chaudhary, Rosa Margarida Nogueira Ricardo, Mukesh Dubey, Dan Funck Jensen, Laura Grenville-Briggs, Magnus Karlsson
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Abstract
Biological control to manage plant diseases is an environmentally friendly alternative to using chemical pesticides. However, little is known about the role of genetic variation in plants affecting the efficacy of biological control agents (BCAs). The aim of this study was to explore the genetic variation in winter wheat for disease susceptibility to fusarium foot rot caused by Fusarium graminearum and variation in biocontrol efficacy of the fungal BCA Clonostachys rosea to control the disease. In total, 190 winter wheat genotypes were evaluated under controlled conditions in two treatments, i.e. (i) F. graminearum (Fg) and (ii) F. graminearum infection on C. rosea treated seeds (FgCr). Alongside disease severity, plant growth-related traits such as shoot length and root length were also measured. Comparison of genotypes between the two treatments enabled the dissection of genotypic variation for disease resistance and C. rosea efficacy. The study revealed significant variation among plant genotypes for fusarium foot rot susceptibility and other growth traits in treatment Fg. Moreover, significant variation in C. rosea efficacy was also observed in genotype contrasts between the two treatments for all traits. Using a 20K marker array, a genome-wide association study was also performed. We identified a total of 18 significant marker-trait associations for disease resistance and C. rosea efficacy for all the traits. Moreover, the markers associated with disease resistance and C. rosea efficacy were not co-localized, highlighting the independent inheritance of these traits, which can facilitate simultaneous selection for cultivar improvement.
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics provides a forum for the publication of high‐quality foundational research, particularly research that generates useful genetic and genomic information such as genome maps, single gene studies, genome‐wide association and QTL studies, as well as genome reports, mutant screens, and advances in methods and technology. The Editorial Board of G3 believes that rapid dissemination of these data is the necessary foundation for analysis that leads to mechanistic insights.
G3, published by the Genetics Society of America, meets the critical and growing need of the genetics community for rapid review and publication of important results in all areas of genetics. G3 offers the opportunity to publish the puzzling finding or to present unpublished results that may not have been submitted for review and publication due to a perceived lack of a potential high-impact finding. G3 has earned the DOAJ Seal, which is a mark of certification for open access journals, awarded by DOAJ to journals that achieve a high level of openness, adhere to Best Practice and high publishing standards.
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