Comparative Genome-Wide-Association Mapping Identifies Common Loci Controlling Root System Architecture and Resistance to Aphanomyces euteiches in Pea

Combining plant genetic resistance with architectural traits that are unfavorable to disease development is a promising strategy for reducing epidemics. However, few studies have identified root system architecture (RSA) traits with the potential to limit root disease development. Pea is a major cul...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in plant science 2018-01, Vol.8, p.2195-2195
Hauptverfasser: Desgroux, Aurore, Baudais, Valentin N, Aubert, Véronique, Le Roy, Gwenola, de Larambergue, Henri, Miteul, Henri, Aubert, Grégoire, Boutet, Gilles, Duc, Gérard, Baranger, Alain, Burstin, Judith, Manzanares-Dauleux, Maria, Pilet-Nayel, Marie-Laure, Bourion, Virginie
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Zusammenfassung:Combining plant genetic resistance with architectural traits that are unfavorable to disease development is a promising strategy for reducing epidemics. However, few studies have identified root system architecture (RSA) traits with the potential to limit root disease development. Pea is a major cultivated legume worldwide and has a wide level of natural genetic variability for plant architecture. The root pathogen is a major limiting factor of pea crop yield. This study aimed to increase the knowledge on the diversity of loci and candidate genes controlling RSA traits in pea and identify RSA genetic loci associated with resistance to which could be combined with resistance QTL in breeding. A comparative genome wide association (GWA) study of plant architecture and resistance to was conducted at the young plant stage in a collection of 266 pea lines contrasted for both traits. The collection was genotyped using 14,157 SNP markers from recent pea genomic resources. It was phenotyped for ten root, shoot and overall plant architecture traits, as well as three disease resistance traits in controlled conditions, using image analysis. We identified a total of 75 short-size genomic intervals significantly associated with plant architecture and overlapping with 46 previously detected QTL. The major consistent intervals included plant shoot architecture or flowering genes ( ) with putative pleiotropic effects on root architecture. A total of 11 genomic intervals were significantly associated with resistance to confirming several consistent previously identified major QTL. One significant SNP, mapped to the major QTL , was associated with both resistance and RSA traits. At this marker, the resistance-enhancing allele was associated with an increased total root projected area, in accordance with the correlation observed between resistance and larger root systems in the collection. Seven additional intervals associated with plant architecture overlapped with GWA intervals previously identified for resistance to . This study provides innovative results about genetic interdependency of root disease resistance and RSA inheritance. It identifies pea lines, QTL, closely-linked markers and candidate genes for marker-assisted-selection of RSA loci to reduce Aphanomyces root rot severity in future pea varieties.
ISSN:1664-462X
1664-462X
DOI:10.3389/fpls.2017.02195