Multi-locus genome-wide association study of chickpea reference set identifies genetic determinants of Pratylenchus thornei resistance
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Channale, Sonal, Thompson, John P., Varshney, Rajeev K., Thudi, Mahendar and Zwart, Rebecca S.. 2023. "Multi-locus genome-wide association study of chickpea reference set identifies genetic determinants of Pratylenchus thornei resistance." Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1139574
Article Title | Multi-locus genome-wide association study of chickpea reference set identifies genetic determinants of Pratylenchus thornei resistance |
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ERA Journal ID | 200524 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Channale, Sonal, Thompson, John P., Varshney, Rajeev K., Thudi, Mahendar and Zwart, Rebecca S. |
Journal Title | Frontiers in Plant Science |
Journal Citation | 14 |
Article Number | 1139574 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
ISSN | 1664-462X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1139574 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1139574/full |
Abstract | Pratylenchus thornei is an economically important species of root-lesion nematode adversely affecting chickpea (Cicer arietinum) yields globally. Integration of resistant crops in farming systems is recognised as the most effective and sustainable management strategy for plant-parasitic nematodes. However, breeding for P. thornei resistance in chickpea is limited by the lack of genetic diversity. We deployed a genome-wide association approach to identify genomic regions and candidate genes associated with P. thornei resistance in 285 genetically diverse chickpea accessions. Chickpea accessions were phenotyped for P. thornei resistance in replicated glasshouse experiments performed for two years (2018 and 2020). Whole genome sequencing data comprising 492,849 SNPs were used to implement six multi-locus GWAS models. Fourteen chickpea genotypes were found to be resistant to P. thornei. Of the six multi-locus GWAS methods deployed, FASTmrMLM was found to be the best performing model. In all, 24 significant quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs) were identified, of which 13 QTNs were associated with lower nematode population density and 11 QTNs with higher nematode population density. These QTNs were distributed across all of the chickpea chromosomes, except chromosome 8. We identified, receptor-linked kinases (RLKs) on chromosomes 1, 4 and 6, GDSL-like Lipase/Acylhydrolase on chromosome 3, Aspartic proteinase-like and Thaumatin-like protein on chromosome 4, AT-hook DNA-binding and HSPRO2 on chromosome 6 as candidate genes for P. thornei resistance in the chickpea reference set. New sources of P. thornei resistant genotypes were identified that can be harnessed into breeding programs and putative candidate P. thornei resistant genes were identified that can be explored further to develop molecular markers and accelerate the incorporation of improved P. thornei resistance into elite chickpea cultivars. Copyright © 2023 Channale, Thompson, Varshney, Thudi and Zwart. |
Keywords | candidate resistance genes; chickpea; Cicer arietinum; root-lesion nematode; Pratylenchus thornei; GWAS |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 300407. Crop and pasture nutrition |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Crop Health |
Institute for Life Sciences and the Environment | |
Centre for Crop Health (Research) | |
Murdoch University | |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, India | |
School of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
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