Genome Wide Association Mapping and Candidate Gene Analysis for Pod Shatter Resistance in Brassica Juncea and Its Progenitor Species

Overview

Journal Mol Biol Rep

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2020 Mar 29

PMID 32219770

Citations 10

Authors

Jasmeet Kaur

Javed Akhatar

Anna Goyal

Navneet Kaur

Snehdeep Kaur

Meenakshi Mittal

Nitin Kumar

Heena Sharma

Shashi Banga

S S Banga

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Abstract

We investigated phenotypic variations for pod shattering, pod length and number of seeds per pod in large germplasm collections of Brassica juncea (2n = 36; AABB) and its progenitor species, B. rapa (2n = 20; AA) and B. nigra (2n = 16; BB). Pod shatter resistance was measured as energy required for rupturing a mature dry pod, with a specially fabricated pendulum machine. Rupture energy (RE) ranged from 3.3 to 11.0 mJ in B. juncea. MCP 633, NR 3350 and Albeli required maximum energy to shatter a pod. It ranged from 2.5 to 7.8 mJ for B. rapa with an average of 5.5 mJ. B. nigra possessed easy to rupture pods. Correlation analysis showed strong associations among these traits in B. juncea and B. rapa. Genome wide association studies were conducted with select sets of B. juncea and B. rapa germplasm lines. Significant and annotated associations predict the role of FRUITFULL, MANNASE7, and NAC secondary wall thickening promoting factor (NST2) in the genetic regulation of shatter resistance in B. juncea. NST2 and SHP1 appeared important for pod length and seeds per pod in B. rapa. Candidate gene based association mapping also confirmed the role of SHP1 and NST2 in regulating pod shattering and related pod traits in B. rapa and B. juncea. Footprints of selection were detected in SHP1, SHP2 (B. rapa, B. nigra and B. juncea), RPL (B. rapa) and NAC (B. juncea). Our results provide insights into the genetic architecture of three pod traits. The identified genes are relevant to improving and securing crop productivity of mustard crop.

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