Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (13): 2485-2499.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2022.13.001

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Genome-Wide Association Study of Ear Related Traits in Maize Hybrids

LI Ting(),DONG Yuan,ZHANG Jun,FENG ZhiQian,WANG YaPeng,HAO YinChuan,ZHANG XingHua,XUE JiQuan(),XU ShuTu()   

  1. College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University/Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi
  • Received:2022-01-23 Accepted:2022-03-07 Online:2022-07-01 Published:2022-07-08
  • Contact: JiQuan XUE,ShuTu XU E-mail:ltstime@163.com;xjq2934@163.com;shutuxu@nwafu.edu.cn

Abstract:

【Objective】Ear traits are important components of grain yield in maize. Dissecting their genetic basis and mining significant SNPs using genome-wide association study (GWAS) can provide references for cloning functional genes and breeding high-yield maize varieties. 【Method】A total of 115 superior inbred lines from Shaan A group and Shaan B group, as well as four domestic backbone lines were selected as parents. Based on NCⅡ genetic design, an association population consisting of 442 hybrids was constructed, which was planted in two different environments to collect phenotype data of ear traits. Meanwhile, all parental lines were sequenced by the tunable genotyping by sequencing (tGBS) protocols. According to the genotype of inbred lines, altogether 19 461 high-quality SNPs were inferred in the association population. Then, GWAS was performed using 19 461 SNPs and phenotype data by three models including additive, dominance and epistasis, respectively. Combining with the transcriptome data of maize ear related tissues in the public database and the annotation information of genes, candidate genes were predicted. 【Result】Phenotypic data analysis showed that eight ear traits followed a continuous distribution, and there were 3.78%-45.25% of phenotypic variation. Analysis of variance indicated that environment and genotype effects reached an extremely significant level (P<0.001), and the range of broad-sense heritability was from 54.15% to 68.89%. And there were significantly positive or negative correlations among ear traits of hybrids. In total, 16, 3, 79 significant SNPs/pairs were identified under additive, dominant, and epistatic models, respectively. The significant loci detected by the three models cumulatively explained 38.21%-60.69% of the phenotypic variation of each trait. The cumulative phenotypic variation of significant SNP detected by additive model and epistatic model was 0.00-41.26% and 15.18%-45.36%, respectively. Effect analysis of significant SNPs identified by additive and dominant models showed most SNPs with additive or partial dominance effects, and only two with over-dominance effects. Further, only seven single-SNPs and five interaction pairs explained more than 5% of the phenotypic variation, and 17 candidate genes were predicted based on the SNP locations and gene expression information. 【Conclusion】Ear traits of maize hybrids were mainly affected by additive and epistasis effects, but less by dominance effects. Multiple SNPs identified by additive and dominant models showed additive and partially dominance effects, and aggregating favorable alleles of these SNPs could improve the target traits.

Key words: maize, hybrids, ear traits, genome wide association study, genetic effect, candidate gene

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for ear traits of the association population under different environments in maize"

环境
Environment
性状
Trait
均值
Mean
最小值
Minimum
最大值
Maximum
标准差
SD
变异系数
CV (%)
偏度
Skew
峰度
Kurtosis
杨凌Yangling 穗长EL (cm) 14.46 10.85 18.78 1.27 8.81 0.22 0.34
结实长FL (cm) 12.94 9.29 18.44 1.53 11.82 0.39 0.18
穗行数ERN 15.14 12.00 18.80 1.08 7.13 0.12 0.03
行粒数KNR 27.16 18.20 36.20 2.97 10.94 0.06 -0.06
穗粗ED (cm) 4.33 3.72 4.91 0.21 4.79 0.25 -0.06
秃尖长BTL (cm) 1.52 0.02 4.42 0.69 45.25 0.63 0.86
结实率SSR (%) 89.36 70.11 99.86 4.92 5.50 -0.52 0.26
穗粒数KNE 410.73 254.80 576.92 49.85 12.14 0.11 -0.01
榆林Yulin 穗长EL (cm) 16.57 13.15 20.50 1.23 7.41 0.13 0.10
结实长FL (cm) 15.20 11.05 19.14 1.39 9.16 0.01 0.10
穗行数ERN 17.29 14.00 21.80 1.32 7.66 0.08 -0.18
行粒数KNR 33.03 24.70 41.50 2.67 8.07 0.07 0.12
穗粗ED (cm) 4.65 4.13 5.40 0.21 4.50 0.27 0.35
秃尖长BTL (cm) 1.38 0.07 3.15 0.55 39.90 0.31 0.07
结实率SSR (%) 91.66 80.39 99.56 3.47 3.78 -0.39 0.13
穗粒数KNE 570.30 420.32 748.80 58.25 10.21 0.03 -0.12
最佳线性无偏估计BLUE 穗长EL (cm) 15.52 13.00 18.78 1.06 6.84 0.29 0.06
结实长FL (cm) 14.08 10.95 18.36 1.26 8.92 0.32 -0.01
穗行数ERN 16.21 13.10 19.52 1.03 6.38 -0.07 -0.09
行粒数KNR 30.13 22.50 37.15 2.37 7.86 0.17 0.03
穗粗ED (cm) 4.49 4.05 5.05 0.17 3.88 0.23 0.25
秃尖长BTL (cm) 1.45 0.19 3.35 0.51 35.13 0.40 0.16
结实率SSR (%) 90.49 77.65 98.84 3.49 3.86 -0.40 0.07
穗粒数KNE 490.97 347.00 619.70 45.57 9.28 0.08 -0.20

Fig. 1

Correlation coefficients among ear traits ***, ** and * indicate significant at the levels of P<0.001, P<0.01 and P<0.05, respectively. The same as below"

Table 2

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for ear traits of the hybrid population in maize"

性状 Trait 基因型×环境 Line×Environment 基因型 Line 环境 Environment 广义遗传力 H2 (%)
穗长EL (cm) 0.32*** 0.64*** 2.28*** 60.45
结实长FL (cm) 0.36*** 0.99*** 2.59*** 65.78
穗长数ERN 0.18*** 0.71*** 2.34*** 68.89
行粒数KNR 1.13*** 3.24*** 17.39*** 61.43
穗粗ED (cm) 0.01*** 0.02*** 0.05*** 57.71
秃尖长BTL (cm) 0.04* 0.13*** 0.01*** 54.15
结实率SSR (%) 0.00* 0.00*** 0.00*** 56.39
穗粒数KNE 263.80* 1280.50*** 12878.90*** 65.24

Fig. 2

The significant SNPs were identified by additive, dominant and epistatic model A: Ear length; B: Fruit length; C: Ear row number; D: Kernel number per row; E: Ear diameter; F: Barren tip length; G: Seed setting ratio; H: Kernel number per ear. The orange circle represents chromosome, the number outside the orange circle represents chromosome 1 to 10, the red circle represents the results of additive model, the blue circle represents the results of dominant model, the green points indicate significant SNPs explaining at least 1% of phenotypic variation. The line in the center of plot refers to the result of epistatic model, red indicates additive×additive, blue indicates dominance×dominance, gray indicates additive×dominance or dominance×additive"

Table 3

Significant SNPs with PVE≥1% by additive and dominant models"

编号
Number
标记
SNP
染色体
Chromosome
位置
Position (bp)
基因型
Genotype
有利等位基因
Favorable allele
性状
Trait
P
<BOLD>P</BOLD> value
模型
Model
表型解释率
PVE (%)
? SNP_1 Chr.6:142154022 6 142154022 A/T AA*** EL 3.06E-05 Add 21.69
AA*** FL 9.52E-06 Add 18.79
AA*** KNR 2.75E-06 Add 16.88
SNP_2 Chr.7:10328617 7 10328617 T/C \ EL 5.71E-05 Add 1.97
? SNP_3 Chr.7:136117199 7 136117199 C/A AA*** EL 6.55E-07 Add 2.78
AA*** FL 4.30E-05 Add 6.81
SNP_4 Chr.7:139654593 7 139654593 G/A AA*** EL 8.53E-05 Add 1.77
? SNP_5 Chr.9:103073562 9 103073562 C/T CC*** EL 4.69E-05 Add 7.29
CC*** FL 3.22E-05 Add 9.24
? SNP_6 Chr.1:31507749 1 31507749 A/T TT*** FL 9.54E-06 Add 3.92
TT*** SSR 2.20E-05 Add 3.35
SNP_7 Chr.9:103896805 9 103896805 G/A AA*** FL 1.73E-05 Add 1.17
? SNP_8 Chr.9:142603978 9 142603978 C/T CC*** FL 6.76E-05 Add 1.33
CC*** KNR 8.59E-05 Add 1.85
SNP_9 Chr.1:63127746 1 63127746 C/T \ ERN 7.29E-05 Add 5.08
SNP_10 Chr.3:140533299 3 140533299 T/G \ ERN 9.24E-05 Add 22.21
SNP_11 Chr.5:217554704 5 217554704 A/G AA*** ERN 5.95E-05 Add 3.38
SNP_12 Chr.3:24937775 3 24937775 C/T TT*** ED 4.39E-05 Add 14.61
SNP_13 Chr.4:17756435 4 17756435 T/C \ ED 5.18E-05 Add 3.52
SNP_14 Chr.6:33388399 6 33388399 C/T TT*** ED 1.33E-05 Add 4.42
SNP_15 Chr.6:71642919 6 71642919 A/G \ ED 2.15E-05 Add 1.92
SNP_16 Chr.5:77126549 5 77126549 G/C GG*** KNE 9.17E-05 Add 8.61
SNP_17 Chr.7:174762752 7 174762752 T/C CT*** ED 1.95E-05 Dom 1.48
SNP_18 Chr.1:5822204 1 5822204 C/T TT*** BTL 1.02E-04 Dom 1.46
SNP_19 Chr.4:243712772 4 243712772 T/C TT* KNE 8.85E-06 Dom 1.78

Fig. 3

The accumulation of phenotypic variation explained of significant loci and the heterosis effect of non-epistatic loci A: The accumulation of phenotypic explanation rate of significant SNPs by different models; B: The effect analysis of significant SNPs detected by additive or dominant models. Epi: Epistasis; Dom: Dominance; Add: Additive; H2: Broad-sense heritability"

Fig. 4

Superior allele analysis for significant SNPs ns: Not significant at the levels of P<0.05. The same as below"

Fig. 5

Expression profiles of candidate genes in different tissues of maize inbred B73 from ZEAMAP"

Table 4

The detail information of candidate genes"

序号
Number
标记
SNP marker
类型
Type
性状
Trait
候选基因
Candidate gene
表型解释率
PVE (%)
注释
Annotation
SNP_1 Chr.6: 142154022 外显子Exon EL,FL,KNR Zm00001d037925 21.69 ASF/SF2样pre-mRNA剪接因子SRP31
ASF/SF2-like pre-mRNA splicing factor SRP31
SNP_3 Chr.7: 136117199 内含子Intron EL,FL Zm00001d020902 6.81 推测的DUF1664结构域家族蛋白
Putative DUF1664 domain family protein
SNP_5 Chr.9: 103073562 基因间区Intergenic EL,FL Zm00001d046716 9.24 RNA结合(RRM/RBD/RNP基序)家族蛋白
RNA-binding (RRM/RBD/RNP motifs) family protein
SNP_9 Chr.1: 63127746 内含子Intron ERN Zm00001d029226 5.08 菱形蛋白19 Rhomboid-like protein 19
SNP_10 Chr.3: 140533299 基因间区Intergenic ERN Zm00001d041847 22.21 SWI/SNF复合亚单位SWI3C-like
SWI/SNF complex subunit SWI3C-like
SNP_12 Chr.3: 24937775 基因间区Intergenic ED Zm00001d040051 14.61 ARM重复超家族蛋白
ARM repeat superfamily protein
SNP_16 Chr.5: 77126549 下游Downstream KNE Zm00001d015153 8.61 BZIP转录因子160
BZIP transcription factor 160
Pair_21 Chr.1: 258346354
Chr.5: 219936403
外显子Exon
基因间区Intergenic
ERN Zm00001d033309
Zm00001d018394
7.34 蛋白质多效性调节基因座1
Protein pleiotropic regulatory locus 1
DBP转录因子2 DBP-transcription factor 2
Pair_28 Chr.1: 269687016
Chr.4: 17283434
内含子Intron
内含子Intron
KNR Zm00001d033652
Zm00001d049135
5.38 推测的LRR受体样丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白
Putative LRR receptor-like serine/threonine-protein kinase
推测的bZIP转录因子超家族蛋白
Putative bZIP transcription factor superfamily protein
Pair_46 Chr.1: 61044255
Chr.9: 156420734
非翻译区UTR3
外显子Exon
BTL Zm00001d029177
Zm00001d048438
6.52 核仁GTP结合蛋白2
Nucleolar GTP-binding protein 2
表皮模式因子样蛋白4
Epidermal patterning factor-like protein 4
Pair_50 Chr.1: 7694515
Chr.4: 14565656
内含子Intron
上游Upstream
BTL Zm00001d027536
Zm00001d049060
5.20 丝氨酸乙酰转移酶4
Serine acetyltransferase4
非特征蛋白质
Uncharacterized protein
Pair_63 Chr.5: 88161699
Chr.6: 153042725
上游Upstream
下游Downstream
SSR Zm00001d015395
Zm00001d038274
16.32 脲酶辅助蛋白D
Urease accessory protein D
四三肽重复序列(TPR)样超家族蛋白
Tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) like superfamily protein
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