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An integrated genomic approach for rapid delineation of candidate genes regulating agro-morphological traits in chickpea

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Title An integrated genomic approach for rapid delineation of candidate genes regulating agro-morphological traits in chickpea
 
Creator Saxena, Maneesha S.
Bajaj, Deepak
Das, Shouvik
Kujur, Alice
Kumar, Vinod
Singh, Mohar
Bansal, Kailash C.
Tyagi, Akhilesh K.
Parida, Swarup K.
 
Subject Chickpea
SSR
SNP
QTLs
transcription factor
wild
 
Description Accepted date: 6 September 2014
The identification and fine mapping of robust quantitative trait loci (QTLs)/genes governing important agro-morphological traits in chickpea still lacks systematic efforts at a genome-wide scale involving wild Cicer accessions. In this context, an 834 simple sequence repeat and single-nucleotide polymorphism marker-based high-density genetic linkage map between cultivated and wild parental accessions (Cicer arietinum desi cv. ICC 4958 and Cicer reticulatum wild cv. ICC 17160) was constructed. This inter-specific genetic map comprising eight linkage groups spanned a map length of 949.4 cM with an average inter-marker distance of 1.14 cM. Eleven novel major genomic regions harbouring 15 robust QTLs (15.6–39.8% R2 at 4.2–15.7 logarithm of odds) associated with four agro-morphological traits (100-seed weight, pod and branch number/plant and plant hairiness) were identified and mapped on chickpea chromosomes. Most of these QTLs showed positive additive gene effects with effective allelic contribution from ICC 4958, particularly for increasing seed weight (SW) and pod and branch number. One robust SW-influencing major QTL region (qSW4.2) has been narrowed down by combining QTL mapping with high-resolution QTL region-specific association analysis, differential expression profiling and gene haplotype-based association/LD mapping. This enabled to delineate a strong SW-regulating ABI3VP1 transcription factor (TF) gene at trait-specific QTL interval and consequently identified favourable natural allelic variants and superior high seed weight-specific haplotypes in the upstream regulatory region of this gene showing increased transcript expression during seed development. The genes (TFs) harbouring diverse trait-regulating QTLs, once validated and fine-mapped by our developed rapid integrated genomic approach and through gene/QTL map-based cloning, can be utilized as potential candidates for marker-assisted genetic enhancement of chickpea.
This study was funded by the Department of
Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, through
their research grant (102/IFD/SAN/2161/2013-14).
Funding to pay the Open Access publication charges
for this article was provided by the National Institute
of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR).
 
Date 2015-12-23T06:45:23Z
2015-12-23T06:45:23Z
2014
 
Type Article
 
Identifier DNA Res., 21(6): 695-710
1756-1663
http://172.16.0.77:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/450
http://dnaresearch.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/6/695
10.1093/dnares/dsu031
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher Oxford University Press