Plant GenomePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-02-26DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20438
Davis M Gimode, Grace Ochieng, Santosh Deshpande, Eric O Manyasa, Clarisse P Kondombo, Erick O Mikwa, Millicent O Avosa, Josephine Sarah Kunguni, Kahiu Ngugi, Patrick Sheunda, McDonald Bright Jumbo, Damaris A Odeny
{"title":"Validation of sorghum quality control (QC) markers across African breeding lines.","authors":"Davis M Gimode, Grace Ochieng, Santosh Deshpande, Eric O Manyasa, Clarisse P Kondombo, Erick O Mikwa, Millicent O Avosa, Josephine Sarah Kunguni, Kahiu Ngugi, Patrick Sheunda, McDonald Bright Jumbo, Damaris A Odeny","doi":"10.1002/tpg2.20438","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tpg2.20438","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is a cereal crop of critical importance in the semi-arid tropics, particularly in Africa where it is second only to maize (Zea mays L.) by area of cultivation. The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics sorghum breeding program for Eastern and Southern Africa is the largest in the region and develops improved varieties for target agro-ecologies. Varietal purity and correct confirmation of new crosses are essential for the integrity and efficiency of a breeding program. We used 49 quality control (QC) kompetitive allele-specific PCR single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers to genotype 716 breeding lines. Note that 46 SNPs were polymorphic with the top 10 most informative revealing polymorphism information content (PIC), minor allele frequency (MAF), and observed heterozygosity (H<sub>o</sub>) of 0.37, 0.43, and 0.02, respectively, and explaining 45% of genetic variance within the first two principal components (PC). Thirty-nine markers were highly informative across 16 Burkina Faso breeding lines, out of which the top 10 revealed average PIC, MAF, and H<sub>o</sub> of 0.36, 0.39, and 0.05, respectively. Discriminant analysis of principal components done using top 30 markers separated the breeding lines into five major clusters, three of which were distinct. Six of the top 10 most informative markers successfully confirmed hybridization of crosses between genotypes IESV240, KARIMTAMA1, F6YQ212, and FRAMIDA. A set of 10, 20, and 30 most informative markers are recommended for routine QC applications. Future effort should focus on the deployment of these markers in breeding programs for enhanced genetic gain.</p>","PeriodicalId":49002,"journal":{"name":"Plant Genome","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139974120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant GenomePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20460
C Laxuman, Yogesh Dashrath Naik, B K Desai, Mallikarjun Kenganal, Bharat Patil, B S Reddy, D H Patil, Sidramappa Chakurte, P H Kuchanur, Shiva Kumar K, Ashok Kumar Gaddi, L N Yogesh, Jayaprakash Nidagundi, B M Dodamani, Gururaj Sunkad, Mahendar Thudi, Rajeev K Varshney
{"title":"Development and evaluation of Fusarium wilt-resistant and high-yielding chickpea advanced breeding line, KCD 11.","authors":"C Laxuman, Yogesh Dashrath Naik, B K Desai, Mallikarjun Kenganal, Bharat Patil, B S Reddy, D H Patil, Sidramappa Chakurte, P H Kuchanur, Shiva Kumar K, Ashok Kumar Gaddi, L N Yogesh, Jayaprakash Nidagundi, B M Dodamani, Gururaj Sunkad, Mahendar Thudi, Rajeev K Varshney","doi":"10.1002/tpg2.20460","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tpg2.20460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fusarium wilt (FW) is the most severe soil-borne disease of chickpea that causes yield losses up to 100%. To improve FW resistance in JG 11, a high-yielding variety that became susceptible to FW, we used WR 315 as the donor parent and followed the pedigree breeding method. Based on disease resistance and yield performance, four lines were evaluated in station trials during 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 at Kalaburagi, India. Further, two lines, namely, Kalaburagi chickpea desi 5 (KCD 5) and KCD 11, which possesses the resistance allele for a specific single-nucleotide polymorphism marker linked with FW resistance, were evaluated across six different locations (Bidar, Kalaburagi, Raichur, Siruguppa, Bhimarayanagudi and Hagari) over a span of 3 years (2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023). KCD 11 exhibited notable performance, showcasing yield advantages of 8.67%, 11.26% and 23.88% over JG 11, and the regional checks Super Annigeri 1 (SA 1) and Annigeri 1, respectively, with enhanced FW resistance in wilt sick plot. Further, KCD 11 outperformed JG 11, SA 1 and Annigeri 1 in multi-location trials conducted across three seasons in the North Eastern Transition Zone, North Eastern Dry Zone, and North Dry Zones of Karnataka. KCD 11 was also tested in trials conducted by All India Coordinated Research Project on chickpea and was also nominated for state varietal trials for its release as a FW-resistant and high-yielding variety. The selected line is anticipated to cater the needs of chickpea growers with the dual advantage of yield increment and disease resistance.</p>","PeriodicalId":49002,"journal":{"name":"Plant Genome","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141077034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genome assembly and multi-omic analyses reveal the mechanisms underlying flower color formation in Torenia fournieri.","authors":"Jiaxing Song, Haiming Kong, Jing Yang, Jiaxian Jing, Siyu Li, Nan Ma, Rongchen Yang, Yuman Cao, Yafang Wang, Tianming Hu, Peizhi Yang","doi":"10.1002/tpg2.20439","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tpg2.20439","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Torenia fournieri Lind. is an ornamental plant that is popular for its numerous flowers and variety of colors. However, its genomic evolutionary history and the genetic and metabolic bases of flower color formation remain poorly understood. Here, we report the first T. fournieri reference genome, which was resolved to the chromosome scale and was 164.4 Mb in size. Phylogenetic analyses clarified relationships with other plant species, and a comparative genomic analysis indicated that the shared ancestor of T. fournieri and Antirrhinum majus underwent a whole genome duplication event. Joint transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses identified many metabolites related to pelargonidin, peonidin, and naringenin production in rose (TfR)-colored flowers. Samples with blue (TfB) and deep blue (TfD) colors contained numerous derivatives of petunidin, cyanidin, quercetin, and malvidin; differences in the abundances of these metabolites and expression levels of the associated genes were hypothesized to be responsible for variety-specific differences in flower color. Furthermore, the genes encoding flavonoid 3-hydroxylase, anthocyanin synthase, and anthocyanin reductase were differentially expressed between flowers of different colors. Overall, we successfully identified key genes and metabolites involved in T. fournieri flower color formation. The data provided by the chromosome-scale genome assembly establish a basis for understanding the differentiation of this species and will facilitate future genetic studies and genomic-assisted breeding.</p>","PeriodicalId":49002,"journal":{"name":"Plant Genome","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140133056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant GenomePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-19DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20464
Susanne Dreisigacker, Johannes W R Martini, Jaime Cuevas, Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez, Nerida Lozano-Ramírez, Julio Huerta, Pawan Singh, Leonardo Crespo-Herrera, Alison R Bentley, Jose Crossa
{"title":"Genomic prediction of synthetic hexaploid wheat upon tetraploid durum and diploid Aegilops parental pools.","authors":"Susanne Dreisigacker, Johannes W R Martini, Jaime Cuevas, Paulino Pérez-Rodríguez, Nerida Lozano-Ramírez, Julio Huerta, Pawan Singh, Leonardo Crespo-Herrera, Alison R Bentley, Jose Crossa","doi":"10.1002/tpg2.20464","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tpg2.20464","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a globally important food crop, which was domesticated about 8-10,000 years ago. Bread wheat is an allopolyploid, and it evolved from two hybridization events of three species. To widen the genetic base in breeding, bread wheat has been re-synthesized by crossing durum wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum) and goat grass (Aegilops tauschii Coss), leading to so-called synthetic hexaploid wheat (SHW). We applied the quantitative genetics tools of \"hybrid prediction\"-originally developed for the prediction of wheat hybrids generated from different heterotic groups - to a situation of allopolyploidization. Our use-case predicts the phenotypes of SHW for three quantitatively inherited global wheat diseases, namely tan spot (TS), septoria nodorum blotch (SNB), and spot blotch (SB). Our results revealed prediction abilities comparable to studies in 'traditional' elite or hybrid wheat. Prediction abilities were highest using a marker model and performing random cross-validation, predicting the performance of untested SHW (0.483 for SB to 0.730 for TS). When testing parents not necessarily used in SHW, combination prediction abilities were slightly lower (0.378 for SB to 0.718 for TS), yet still promising. Despite the limited phenotypic data, our results provide a general example for predictive models targeting an allopolyploidization event and a method that can guide the use of genetic resources available in gene banks.</p>","PeriodicalId":49002,"journal":{"name":"Plant Genome","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141066146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant GenomePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-24DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20459
Abdulqader Jighly
{"title":"Pitfalls of multi-species SNP arrays introducing new forms of ascertainment bias.","authors":"Abdulqader Jighly","doi":"10.1002/tpg2.20459","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tpg2.20459","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49002,"journal":{"name":"Plant Genome","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141089135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant GenomePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-19DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20466
Elisabeth Diatta-Holgate, Ben Bergsma, Mitchell R Tuinstra
{"title":"Mutations in the dwarf3 gene confer height stability in sorghum.","authors":"Elisabeth Diatta-Holgate, Ben Bergsma, Mitchell R Tuinstra","doi":"10.1002/tpg2.20466","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tpg2.20466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dwarfism is a useful trait in many crop plants because it contributes to improved lodging resistance and harvest index. The mutant allele dw<sub>3</sub>-ref (dwarf<sub>3</sub>-reference) of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is characterized by an 882 bp tandem duplication in the fifth exon of the gene that is unstable and reverts to wild-type at a frequency greater than 0.001 in many genetic backgrounds. The goal of this research was to identify stable alleles of dw<sub>3</sub> (dwarf3) that could be backcrossed into elite parent lines to improve height stability of the crop. To discover new alleles of dw<sub>3</sub>, a panel consisting mostly of sorghum conversion lines (SC-lines) was screened by polymerase chain reaction for the 882 bp tandem duplication in the fifth exon of dw<sub>3</sub>-ref. Sanger sequencing was used to characterize the DNA sequence of this fragment in genotypes that did not contain the 882 bp tandem duplication. Sequence analysis identified three indel mutations, including an 82 bp deletion, a 6 bp duplication, and a 15 bp deletion in this region of the gene. Field trials of the donor genotypes with these new alleles indicated no wild-type revertants of dw<sub>3</sub>-sd3 (dwarf<sub>3</sub>-stable dwarf), dw<sub>3</sub>-sd4, and dw<sub>3</sub>-sd5. These alleles were backcrossed into Tx430. Field trials of backcross progeny (BC<sub>2</sub>F<sub>4</sub>) with the dw<sub>3</sub>-sd3, dw<sub>3</sub>-sd4, and dw<sub>3</sub>-sd5 alleles indicated no revertants. The plant height and flowering time characteristics of the backcross progeny were similar or slightly shorter and earlier than the recurrent parent. These findings demonstrate that dw<sub>3</sub>-sd3, dw<sub>3</sub>-sd4, and dw<sub>3</sub>-sd5 alleles will be useful in breeding for the stable dwarf trait.</p>","PeriodicalId":49002,"journal":{"name":"Plant Genome","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141066174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant GenomePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-26DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20471
Ibnou Dieng, Brian Gardunia, Giovanny Covarrubias-Pazaran, Dorcus C Gemenet, Bodo Trognitz, Sam Ofodile, Kayode Fowobaje, Solomon Ntukidem, Trushar Shah, Simon Imoro, Leena Tripathi, Hapson Mushoriwa, Ruth Mbabazi, Stella Salvo, John Derera
{"title":"Q&A: Methods for estimating genetic gain in sub-Saharan Africa and achieving improved gains.","authors":"Ibnou Dieng, Brian Gardunia, Giovanny Covarrubias-Pazaran, Dorcus C Gemenet, Bodo Trognitz, Sam Ofodile, Kayode Fowobaje, Solomon Ntukidem, Trushar Shah, Simon Imoro, Leena Tripathi, Hapson Mushoriwa, Ruth Mbabazi, Stella Salvo, John Derera","doi":"10.1002/tpg2.20471","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tpg2.20471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Regular measurement of realized genetic gain allows plant breeders to assess and review the effectiveness of their strategies, allocate resources efficiently, and make informed decisions throughout the breeding process. Realized genetic gain estimation requires separating genetic trends from nongenetic trends using the linear mixed model (LMM) on historical multi-environment trial data. The LMM, accounting for the year effect, experimental designs, and heterogeneous residual variances, estimates best linear unbiased estimators of genotypes and regresses them on their years of origin. An illustrative example of estimating realized genetic gain was provided by analyzing historical data on fresh cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) yield in West Africa (https://github.com/Biometrics-IITA/Estimating-Realized-Genetic-Gain). This approach can serve as a model applicable to other crops and regions. Modernization of breeding programs is necessary to maximize the rate of genetic gain. This can be achieved by adopting genomics to enable faster breeding, accurate selection, and improved traits through genomic selection and gene editing. Tracking operational costs, establishing robust, digitalized data management and analytics systems, and developing effective varietal selection processes based on customer insights are also crucial for success. Capacity building and collaboration of breeding programs and institutions also play a significant role in accelerating genetic gains.</p>","PeriodicalId":49002,"journal":{"name":"Plant Genome","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141460147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant GenomePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-22DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20462
Patrick Obia Ongom, Christian Fatokun, Abou Togola, Ibnou Dieng, Stella Salvo, Brian Gardunia, Saba Baba Mohammed, Ousmane Boukar
{"title":"Genetic progress in cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] stemming from breeding modernization efforts at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.","authors":"Patrick Obia Ongom, Christian Fatokun, Abou Togola, Ibnou Dieng, Stella Salvo, Brian Gardunia, Saba Baba Mohammed, Ousmane Boukar","doi":"10.1002/tpg2.20462","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tpg2.20462","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genetic gain has been proposed as a quantifiable key performance indicator that can be used to monitor breeding programs' effectiveness. The cowpea breeding program at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has developed and released improved varieties in 70 countries globally. To quantify the genetic changes to grain yield and related traits, we exploited IITA cowpea historical multi-environment trials (METs) advanced yield trial (AYT) data from 2010 to 2022. The genetic gain assessment targeted short duration (SD), medium duration (MD), and late duration (LD) breeding pipelines. A linear mixed model was used to calculate the best linear unbiased estimates (BLUE). Regressed BLUE of grain yield by year of genotype origin depicted realized genetic gain of 22.75 kg/ha/year (2.65%), 7.91 kg/ha/year (0.85%), and 22.82 kg/ha/year (2.51%) for SD, MD, and LD, respectively. No significant gain was realized in 100-seed weight (Hsdwt). We predicted, based on 2022 MET data, that recycling the best genotypes at AYT stage would result in grain yield gain of 37.28 kg/ha/year (SD), 28.00 kg/ha/year (MD), and 34.85 kg/ha/year (LD), and Hsdwt gain of 0.48 g/year (SD), 0.68 g/year (MD), and 0.55 g/year (LD). These results demonstrated a positive genetic gain trend for cowpea, indicating that a yield plateau has not yet been reached and that accelerated gain is expected with the recent integration of genomics in the breeding program. Advances in genomics include the development of the reference genome, genotyping platforms, quantitative trait loci mapping of key traits, and active implementation of molecular breeding.</p>","PeriodicalId":49002,"journal":{"name":"Plant Genome","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141082599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant GenomePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-26DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20461
Kashif Akhtar, Noor Ul Ain, P V Vara Prasad, Misbah Naz, Mehtab Muhammad Aslam, Ivica Djalovic, Muhammad Riaz, Shakeel Ahmad, Rajeev K Varshney, Bing He, Ronghui Wen
{"title":"Physiological, molecular, and environmental insights into plant nitrogen uptake, and metabolism under abiotic stresses.","authors":"Kashif Akhtar, Noor Ul Ain, P V Vara Prasad, Misbah Naz, Mehtab Muhammad Aslam, Ivica Djalovic, Muhammad Riaz, Shakeel Ahmad, Rajeev K Varshney, Bing He, Ronghui Wen","doi":"10.1002/tpg2.20461","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tpg2.20461","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nitrogen (N) as an inorganic macronutrient is inevitable for plant growth, development, and biomass production. Many external factors and stresses, such as acidity, alkalinity, salinity, temperature, oxygen, and rainfall, affect N uptake and metabolism in plants. The uptake of ammonium (NH<sub>4</sub> <sup>+</sup>) and nitrate (NO<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup>) in plants mainly depends on soil properties. Under the sufficient availability of NO<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup> (>1 mM), low-affinity transport system is activated by gene network NRT1, and under low NO<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup> availability (<1 mM), high-affinity transport system starts functioning encoded by NRT2 family of genes. Further, under limited N supply due to edaphic and climatic factors, higher expression of the AtNRT2.4 and AtNRT2.5T genes of the NRT2 family occur and are considered as N remobilizing genes. The NH<sub>4</sub> <sup>+</sup> ion is the final form of N assimilated by cells mediated through the key enzymes glutamine synthetase and glutamate synthase. The WRKY1 is a major transcription factor of the N regulation network in plants. However, the transcriptome and metabolite profiles show variations in N assimilation metabolites, including glycine, glutamine, and aspartate, under abiotic stresses. The overexpression of NO<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup> transporters (OsNRT2.3a and OsNRT1.1b) can significantly improve the biomass and yield of various crops. Altering the expression levels of genes could be a valuable tool to improve N metabolism under the challenging conditions of soil and environment, such as unfavorable temperature, drought, salinity, heavy metals, and nutrient stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":49002,"journal":{"name":"Plant Genome","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141154826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plant GenomePub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-16DOI: 10.1002/tpg2.20469
Cynthia Idhigu Aghogho, Siraj Ismail Kayondo, Saviour J Y Eleblu, Adenike Ige, Isaac Asante, Samuel K Offei, Elizabeth Parkes, Chiedozie Egesi, Edwige Gaby Nkouaya Mbanjo, Trushar Shah, Peter Kulakow, Ismail Y Rabbi
{"title":"Genome-wide association study for yield and quality of granulated cassava processed product.","authors":"Cynthia Idhigu Aghogho, Siraj Ismail Kayondo, Saviour J Y Eleblu, Adenike Ige, Isaac Asante, Samuel K Offei, Elizabeth Parkes, Chiedozie Egesi, Edwige Gaby Nkouaya Mbanjo, Trushar Shah, Peter Kulakow, Ismail Y Rabbi","doi":"10.1002/tpg2.20469","DOIUrl":"10.1002/tpg2.20469","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The starchy storage roots of cassava are commonly processed into a variety of products, including cassava granulated processed products (gari). The commercial value of cassava roots depends on the yield and quality of processed products, directly influencing the acceptance of new varieties by farmers, processors, and consumers. This study aims to estimate genetic advance through phenotypic selection and identify genomic regions associated and candidate genes linked with gari yield and quality. Higher single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based heritability estimates compared to broad-sense heritability estimates were observed for most traits highlighting the influence of genetic factors on observed variation. Using genome-wide association analysis of 188 clones, genotyped using 53,150 genome-wide SNPs, nine SNPs located on seven chromosomes were significantly associated with peel loss, gari yield, color parameters for gari and eba, bulk density, swelling index, and textural properties of eba. Future research will focus on validating and understanding the functions of identified genes and their influence on gari yield and quality traits.</p>","PeriodicalId":49002,"journal":{"name":"Plant Genome","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141332331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}