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Advances in Wheat Molecular Genetics and Genomics

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Breeding and Genetics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 7057

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Dr. Quan Xie

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State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: wheat molecular genetics and genomics
Prof. Dr. Jian Ma

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State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Interests: wheat molecular genetics and genomics
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Dr. Shisheng Chen

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Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Weifang, China
Interests: identification and characterization of disease resistance genes in wheat; mapping, cloning, and functional analysis of R genes; multi-omics approaches to understanding the molecular bases of disease resistance; molecular-marker-assisted breeding for enhancing disease resistance
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Dear Colleagues,

Wheat is one of the earliest crops of the Old World. It originated from the Fertile Crescent of the Near East, and today still serves as a major source of global food. It is estimated that wheat production needs to double by 2050 to nourish the rising population; however, the current yield increase is far below what is required, and has been threatened by climatic stress. A further yield gain must be achieved by developing smarter cultivars with higher productivity and better resilience in a changing climate. To meet this goal, understanding the genetic basis of wheat for yield formation and stress resistance is essential for molecular manipulation in breeding. The research progress in these fields has been slow due to the polyploidy of the crop and its complex genome. Recent advances in genome sequencing, transformation and gene-editing technologies provide great opportunities for functional genomics in wheat.

This Special Issue welcomes original research papers and review articles on recent achievements in any aspect of wheat molecular genetics and genomics, with emphasis on the broad areas of yield and quality improvement, ideal plant architecture, resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, germplasm exploitation and evolution, genome structure and sequencing in Triticeae, and molecular breeding technologies.

Dr. Quan Xie
Prof. Dr. Jian Ma
Dr. Shisheng Chen
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Keywords

  • wheat
  • genetics
  • genomics
  • grain yield
  • end-use quality
  • plant architecture
  • stress resistance
  • germplasm
  • genome sequencing
  • molecular breeding

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Genome-Wide and Transcriptome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies qRS-6D and Its Candidate Genes Regulating Root Development of Wheat Seedlings
by Mingzhu Cheng, Pengcheng Wang, Xueting Liu, Zhiwei Zhu, Sichun Qiu, Yuxiu Liu, Xue Shi, Wanquan Ji, Shengbao Xu and Xiaoming Wang
Agronomy 2024, 14(5), 1075; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14051075 - 19 May 2024
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Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important cereal crops worldwide, and its production is challenged by global climate change and a shortage of resources. The root system plays a vital role in uptaking water and nutrients and sensing soil [...] Read more.
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most important cereal crops worldwide, and its production is challenged by global climate change and a shortage of resources. The root system plays a vital role in uptaking water and nutrients and sensing soil environmental signals, and it has great potential to improve the final yield and stress tolerance of wheat. In order to further explore the genes regulating root development, this study focused on qRS-6D, located on chromosome 6D and spanning from 462,701,391 to 465,068,943, which was significantly associated with the total root length, root volume, root surface, and root fresh weight in our previous GWAS analysis. Firstly, its genetic effects were validated using an F6 segregating population by comparing the root-related traits of homologous lines harboring the alternative haplotypes of this QTL. Then, the number of causal genes of this QTL was narrowed down to four with a transcriptome-wide association study. Additionally, qRS-6D has been demonstrated to have genetic effects on several yield- (kernel length, kernel width, and thousand-kernel weight) and plant structure-related traits (plant height, peduncle length, total tiller number, productive tiller number, flag leaf length, and flag leaf angle). Relatively, the frequency of the favorable haplotype increased with the wheat breeding practice. This study provides a reliable genetic locus to improve root development and structure and evaluate its application potential in wheat breeding improvement. Full article
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Nanopore Amplicon Sequencing Allows Rapid Identification of Glutenin Allelic Variants in a Wheat Collection
by Ekaterina Polkhovskaya, Ivan Gruzdev, Evgeniy Moskalev, Pavel Merkulov, Anna Bolotina, Alexander Soloviev and Ilya Kirov
Agronomy 2024, 14(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14010013 - 20 Dec 2023
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Genetic variation in high molecular weight glutenin (HMW-GS) genes is tightly linked with the breadmaking quality of wheat. Hundreds of different alleles have been identified in HMW-GS genes worldwide. Such huge variability makes it difficult to distinguish them using conventional genotyping methods (for [...] Read more.
Genetic variation in high molecular weight glutenin (HMW-GS) genes is tightly linked with the breadmaking quality of wheat. Hundreds of different alleles have been identified in HMW-GS genes worldwide. Such huge variability makes it difficult to distinguish them using conventional genotyping methods (for example, SDS-PAGE, SNP detection, etc.). Here, we exploited the nanopore amplicon sequencing technique (Amplicon-Seq) to uncover genetic variants distributed along the full-length sequence of six HMW-GSs, including the promoter and protein-coding regions. We analyzed 23 wheat accessions for allelic variants of HMW-GSs using the Amplicon-Seq and SDS-PAGE methods. We obtained sufficient (>50×) target gene coverage by ONT reads in just one hour. Using the obtained data, we identified numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms and InDels in the protein coding and promoter regions. Moreover, Amplicon-Seq allowed for the identification of new alleles (Glu-A1x1-T) of the Glu-1Ax gene that could not be recognized by SDS-PAGE. Collectively, our results showed that Amplicon-Seq is a rapid, multiplexed, and efficient method for high-throughput genotyping of full-length genes in large and complex genomes. This opens new avenues for the assessment of target gene variation to select novel alleles and create unique combinations of desirable traits in plant breeding programs. Full article
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Genome-Wide Identification, Characterization, and Expression Profiling of TaDUF668 Gene Family in Triticum aestivum
by Xiaohui Yin, Yi Yuan, Xiaowen Han, Shuo Han, Yiting Li, Dongfang Ma, Zhengwu Fang, Shuangjun Gong and Junliang Yin
Agronomy 2023, 13(8), 2178; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13082178 - 20 Aug 2023
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DUF668s, a plant-specific gene family, encode proteins containing domain of unknown function (DUF) domains. Despite their essential functions, there is a lack of insight into Triticum aestivum TaDUF668s. Here, 31 TaDUF668s were identified from the wheat genome; according to phylogenetic relationships, they [...] Read more.
DUF668s, a plant-specific gene family, encode proteins containing domain of unknown function (DUF) domains. Despite their essential functions, there is a lack of insight into Triticum aestivum TaDUF668s. Here, 31 TaDUF668s were identified from the wheat genome; according to phylogenetic relationships, they were named TaDUF668-01 to TaDUF668-31. All TaDUF668s were hydrophilic and unstable proteins. There were 22 TaDUF668s that showed subcellular localization in nucleus. Evolutionary analysis demonstrated that TaDUF668s had undergone strong purifying selection, and fragment duplication plays major role in TaDUF668 family expansion. Cis-element prediction displayed that over 90% of TaDUF668 promoter regions contain the growth and abiotic responsiveness element. Consistently, expression profiling showed that TaDUF668s were highly induced in five wheat growth and development stages, seven main different tissues, five abiotic stresses, and five pathogenic stresses. In total, 12 TaDUF668s were targeted by 20 miRNAs through the inhibition of translation and cleavage patterns. RT-qPCR results confirmed that the expression of six TaDUF668s was significantly regulated by NaCl, PEG, F. graminearum, and P. striiformis; nevertheless, the regulation patterns were different. In summary, through systematic identification, characterization, evolutionary analysis, and expression profiling, a comprehensive understanding of TaDUF668 has been obtained, which lays a foundation for further functional studies of TaDUF668. Full article
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