Identifying key factors influencing maize stalk lodging resistance through wind tunnel simulations with machine learning algorithms
Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Optimizing canopy spacing configuration enhances foxtail millet grain yield and water productivity by improving stalk lodging resistance in the North China Plain
European Journal of Agronomy,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
158, С. 127230 - 127230
Опубликована: Июнь 4, 2024
Язык: Английский
Unraveling the genetic basis of heat tolerance and yield in bread wheat: QTN discovery and Its KASP-assisted validation
BMC Plant Biology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
25(1)
Опубликована: Март 1, 2025
Wheat
(Triticum
aestivum
L.),
a
globally
significant
cereal
crop
and
staple
food,
faces
major
production
challenges
due
to
abiotic
stresses
such
as
heat
stress
(HS),
which
pose
threat
global
food
security.
To
address
this,
diverse
panel
of
126
wheat
genotypes,
primarily
landraces,
was
evaluated
across
twelve
environments
in
India,
comprising
three
locations,
two
years
growing
conditions.
The
study
aimed
identify
genetic
markers
associated
with
key
agronomic
traits
bread
wheat,
including
germination
percentage
(GERM_PCT),
ground
cover
(GC),
days
booting
(DTB),
heading
(DTHD),
flowering
(DTFL),
maturity
(DTMT),
plant
height
(PH),
grain
yield
(GYLD),
thousand
weight
(TGW),
the
normalized
difference
vegetation
index
(NDVI)
under
both
timely
late-sown
conditions
using
35
K
SNP
genotyping
assays.
Multi-locus
GWAS
(ML-GWAS)
employed
detect
marker-trait
associations,
identified
were
further
validated
Kompetitive
Allele
Specific
PCR
(KASP).
Six
ML-GWAS
models
for
this
purpose,
leading
identification
42
highly
consistent
quantitative
trait
nucleotides
(QTNs)
late
sown
conditions,
controlled
by
20
SNPs,
explaining
3–58%
total
phenotypic
variation.
Among
these,
noteworthy
QTNs
QTN
(qtn_nbpgr_GYLD_3B)
on
chromosome
3B,
pleiotropic
AX-95018072
7A
influencing
phenology
NDVI,
robust
TGW
chromosomes
2B
(qtn_nbpgr_TGW_2B),
1A
(qtn_nbpgr_TGW_1A),
4B
(qtn_nbpgr_TGW_4B).
Furthermore,
annotation
revealed
that
candidate
genes
near
these
encoded
stress-responsive
proteins,
chaperonins,
glycosyl
hydrolases,
signaling
molecules.
Additionally,
SNPs
(7A),
AX-94946941
(6B),
AX-95232570
(1B)
successfully
KASP
assay.
Our
effectively
uncovered
novel
linked
tolerance
yield-related
through
an
extensive
approaches.
These
not
only
corresponded
previously
QTLs
but
also
highlighted
several
new
loci,
broadening
existing
understanding.
findings
provide
valuable
insights
into
basis
offer
genomic
resources,
could
accelerate
marker-assisted
breeding
development
next-generation
heat-resilient
cultivars.
Язык: Английский
Whole-genome meta-analysis coupled with haplotype analysis reveal new genes and functional haplotypes conferring pre-harvest sprouting in rice
BMC Plant Biology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
25(1)
Опубликована: Апрель 25, 2025
Pre-harvest
sprouting
(PHS),
which
adversely
impacts
grain
yield
and
quality,
is
controlled
by
seed
dormancy
genes.
However,
only
a
few
dormancy-related
genes
have
been
characterized,
the
effects
of
allelic
variation
in
genetic
basis
rice
remain
largely
unknown.
Here,
we
performed
whole-genome
meta-quantitative
trait
loci
study
to
elucidate
rice.
One
hundred
sixty-seven
QTL
were
identified
for
PHS
from
134
successfully
projected
onto
reference
map
yielding
20
consensus
regions,
meta-QTL
(mQTL).
The
mean
confidence
interval
mQTL
was
narrower
(9.56-fold
reduction)
than
that
initial
QTL.
Six
designated
as
breeders'
based
on
their
small
intervals,
large
phenotypic
variance
explained,
involvement
high
number
Further,
retrieved
559
high-confidence
regions
conferring
resistance
PHS.
Comparative
analysis
found
an
RNA-seq-based
transcriptomic
dataset
discovered
34
common
Kyoto
Encyclopedia
Genes
Genomes
(KEGG)
pathway
revealed
significant
enrichment
amino
sugar
nucleotide
metabolism,
carbon
fixation
photosynthetic
organs.
Combined
silico
expression
profiling
qRT-PCR
validation
showed
LOC_Os10g18364,
LOC_Os10g21940,
LOC_Os10g22590,
LOC_Os10g25140
exhibited
fold-change
resistant
cultivar
(23xS-261)
susceptible
(23xS-262).
Association
these
with
germination
rate
index
demonstrated
LOC_Os10g18364Hap1,
LOC_Os10g21940Hap1,
LOC_Os10g22590Hap1,
LOC_Os10g25140Hap1/Hap3
low
(GR)
cultivars
carrying
haplotypes.
In
summary,
this
delineates
provides
new
set
target
improving
resistance.
natural
variants
markers
associated
serve
potential
resources
incorporating
Язык: Английский