Multienvironment QTL analysis delineates a major locus associated with homoeologous exchanges for water-use efficiency and seed yield in canola.
Plant Cell Environ
; 45(7): 2019-2036, 2022 07.
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ABSTRACT
Canola varieties exhibit variation in drought avoidance and drought escape traits, reflecting adaptation to water-deficit environments. Our understanding of underlying genes and their interaction across environments in improving crop productivity is limited. A doubled haploid population was analysed to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with water-use efficiency (WUE) related traits. High WUE in the vegetative phase was associated with low seed yield. Based on the resequenced parental genome data, we developed sequence-capture-based markers and validated their linkage with carbon isotope discrimination (Δ13 C) in an F2 population. RNA sequencing was performed to determine the expression of candidate genes underlying Δ13 C QTL. QTL contributing to main and QTL × environment interaction effects for Δ13 C and yield were identified. One multiple-trait QTL for Δ13 C, days to flower, plant height, and seed yield was identified on chromosome A09. Interestingly, this QTL region overlapped with a homoeologous exchange (HE) event, suggesting its association with the multiple traits. Transcriptome analysis revealed 121 significantly differentially expressed genes underlying Δ13 C QTL on A09 and C09, including in HE regions. Sorting out the negative relationship between vegetative WUE and seed yield is a priority. Genetic and genomic resources and knowledge so developed could improve canola WUE and yield.
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Brassica napus
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Locos de Características Quantitativas
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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2022
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