The wheat Phs-A1 pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus delays the rate of seed dormancy loss and maps 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes in UK germplasm

The precocious germination of cereal grains before harvest, also known as pre-harvest sprouting, is an important source of yield and quality loss in cereal production. Pre-harvest sprouting is a complex grain defect and is becoming an increasing challenge due to changing climate patterns. Resistance...

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Main Authors: Shorinola, Oluwaseyi, Bird, Nicholas, Simmonds, James, Berry, Simon, Henriksson, Tina, Jack, Peter, Werner, Peter, Scholefield, Duncan, Balcárková, Barbara, Valárik, Miroslav, Holdsworth, Michael J., Flintham, John, Uauy, Christobal
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author Shorinola, Oluwaseyi
Bird, Nicholas
Simmonds, James
Berry, Simon
Henriksson, Tina
Jack, Peter
Werner, Peter
Scholefield, Duncan
Balcárková, Barbara
Valárik, Miroslav
Holdsworth, Michael J.
Flintham, John
Uauy, Christobal
author_facet Shorinola, Oluwaseyi
Bird, Nicholas
Simmonds, James
Berry, Simon
Henriksson, Tina
Jack, Peter
Werner, Peter
Scholefield, Duncan
Balcárková, Barbara
Valárik, Miroslav
Holdsworth, Michael J.
Flintham, John
Uauy, Christobal
author_sort Shorinola, Oluwaseyi
building Nottingham Research Data Repository
collection Online Access
description The precocious germination of cereal grains before harvest, also known as pre-harvest sprouting, is an important source of yield and quality loss in cereal production. Pre-harvest sprouting is a complex grain defect and is becoming an increasing challenge due to changing climate patterns. Resistance to sprouting is multi-genic, although a significant proportion of the sprouting variation in modern wheat cultivars is controlled by a few major quantitative trait loci, including Phs-A1 in chromosome arm 4AL. Despite its importance, little is known about the physiological basis and the gene(s) underlying this important locus. In this study, we characterized Phs-A1 and show that it confers resistance to sprouting damage by affecting the rate of dormancy loss during dry seed after-ripening. We show Phs-A1 to be effective even when seeds develop at low temperature (13 °C). Comparative analysis of syntenic Phs-A1 intervals in wheat and Brachypodium uncovered ten orthologous genes, including the Plasma Membrane 19 genes (PM19-A1 and PM19-A2) previously proposed as the main candidates for this locus. However, high-resolution fine-mapping in two bi-parental UK mapping populations delimited Phs-A1 to an interval 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes. This study suggests the possibility that more than one causal gene underlies this major pre-harvest sprouting locus. The information and resources reported in this study will help test this hypothesis across a wider set of germplasm and will be of importance for breeding more sprouting resilient wheat varieties.
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spelling nottingham-389422020-05-04T17:50:57Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38942/ The wheat Phs-A1 pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus delays the rate of seed dormancy loss and maps 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes in UK germplasm Shorinola, Oluwaseyi Bird, Nicholas Simmonds, James Berry, Simon Henriksson, Tina Jack, Peter Werner, Peter Scholefield, Duncan Balcárková, Barbara Valárik, Miroslav Holdsworth, Michael J. Flintham, John Uauy, Christobal The precocious germination of cereal grains before harvest, also known as pre-harvest sprouting, is an important source of yield and quality loss in cereal production. Pre-harvest sprouting is a complex grain defect and is becoming an increasing challenge due to changing climate patterns. Resistance to sprouting is multi-genic, although a significant proportion of the sprouting variation in modern wheat cultivars is controlled by a few major quantitative trait loci, including Phs-A1 in chromosome arm 4AL. Despite its importance, little is known about the physiological basis and the gene(s) underlying this important locus. In this study, we characterized Phs-A1 and show that it confers resistance to sprouting damage by affecting the rate of dormancy loss during dry seed after-ripening. We show Phs-A1 to be effective even when seeds develop at low temperature (13 °C). Comparative analysis of syntenic Phs-A1 intervals in wheat and Brachypodium uncovered ten orthologous genes, including the Plasma Membrane 19 genes (PM19-A1 and PM19-A2) previously proposed as the main candidates for this locus. However, high-resolution fine-mapping in two bi-parental UK mapping populations delimited Phs-A1 to an interval 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes. This study suggests the possibility that more than one causal gene underlies this major pre-harvest sprouting locus. The information and resources reported in this study will help test this hypothesis across a wider set of germplasm and will be of importance for breeding more sprouting resilient wheat varieties. Oxford University Press 2016-05-23 Article PeerReviewed Shorinola, Oluwaseyi, Bird, Nicholas, Simmonds, James, Berry, Simon, Henriksson, Tina, Jack, Peter, Werner, Peter, Scholefield, Duncan, Balcárková, Barbara, Valárik, Miroslav, Holdsworth, Michael J., Flintham, John and Uauy, Christobal (2016) The wheat Phs-A1 pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus delays the rate of seed dormancy loss and maps 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes in UK germplasm. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67 (14). pp. 4169-4178. ISSN 1460-2431 After-ripening dormancy PM19 pre-harvest sprouting seed synteny Triticum aestivum http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/content/67/14/4169 doi:10.1093/jxb/erw194 doi:10.1093/jxb/erw194
spellingShingle After-ripening
dormancy
PM19
pre-harvest sprouting
seed
synteny
Triticum aestivum
Shorinola, Oluwaseyi
Bird, Nicholas
Simmonds, James
Berry, Simon
Henriksson, Tina
Jack, Peter
Werner, Peter
Scholefield, Duncan
Balcárková, Barbara
Valárik, Miroslav
Holdsworth, Michael J.
Flintham, John
Uauy, Christobal
The wheat Phs-A1 pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus delays the rate of seed dormancy loss and maps 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes in UK germplasm
title The wheat Phs-A1 pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus delays the rate of seed dormancy loss and maps 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes in UK germplasm
title_full The wheat Phs-A1 pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus delays the rate of seed dormancy loss and maps 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes in UK germplasm
title_fullStr The wheat Phs-A1 pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus delays the rate of seed dormancy loss and maps 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes in UK germplasm
title_full_unstemmed The wheat Phs-A1 pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus delays the rate of seed dormancy loss and maps 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes in UK germplasm
title_short The wheat Phs-A1 pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus delays the rate of seed dormancy loss and maps 0.3 cM distal to the PM19 genes in UK germplasm
title_sort wheat phs-a1 pre-harvest sprouting resistance locus delays the rate of seed dormancy loss and maps 0.3 cm distal to the pm19 genes in uk germplasm
topic After-ripening
dormancy
PM19
pre-harvest sprouting
seed
synteny
Triticum aestivum
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