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Rapid identification of Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng chromosomes in wheat background based on ND-FISH and SNP array methods
LI Jia-chuang, LI Jiao-jiao, ZHAO Li, ZHAO Ji-xin, WU Jun, CHEN Xin-hong, ZHANG Li-yu, DONG Pu-hui, WANG Li-ming, ZHAO De-hui, WANG Chun-ping, PANG Yu-hui
2023, 22 (10): 2934-2948.   DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2023.02.001
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Psathyrostachys huashanica Keng (2n=2x=14, NsNs) is regarded as a valuable wild relative species for common wheat cultivar improvement because of its abundant beneficial agronomic traits.  However, although the development of many wheat–Phuashanica-derived lines provides a germplasm base for the transfer of excellent traits, the lag in the identification of Phuashanica chromosomes in the wheat background has limited the study of these lines.  In this study, three novel nondenaturing fluorescence in situ hybridization (ND-FISH)-positive oligo probes were developed.  Among them, HS-TZ3 and HS-TZ4 could specifically hybridize with Phuashanica chromosomes, mainly in the telomere area, and HS-CHTZ5 could hybridize with the chromosomal centromere area.  We sequentially constructed a Phuashanica FISH karyotype and idiogram that helped identify the homologous groups of introduced Phuashanica chromosomes.  In detail, 1Ns and 2Ns had opposite signals on the short and long arms, 3Ns, 4Ns, and 7Ns had superposed two-color signals, 5Ns and 6Ns had fluorescent signals only on their short arms, and 7Ns had signals on the intercalary of the long arm.  In addition, we evaluated different ways to identify alien introgression lines by using low-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays and recommended the SNP homozygosity rate in each chromosome as a statistical pattern.  The 15K SNP array is widely applicable for addition, substitution, and translocation lines, and the 40K SNP array is the most accurate for recognizing transposed intervals between wheat and alien chromosomes.  Our research provided convenient methods to distinguish the homologous group of Phuashanica chromosomes in a common wheat background based on ND-FISH and SNP arrays, which is of great significance for efficiently identifying wheat–Phuashanica-derived lines and the further application of Ns chromosomes

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Characterization and map-based cloning of miniature2-m1, a gene controlling kernel size in maize
GUAN Hai-ying, DONG Yong-bin, LU Shou-ping, LIU Tie-shan, HE Chun-mei, LIU Chun-xiao, LIU Qiang, DONG Rui, WANG Juan, LI Yu-ling, QI Shi-jun, WANG Li-ming
2020, 19 (8): 1961-1973.   DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(19)62797-8
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Kernel development plays an important role in determining kernel size in maize.  Here we present the cloning and characterization of a maize gene, nitrate transporter1.5 (NRT1.5), which controls small kernel phenotype by playing an important role in kernel development.  A novel recessive small kernel mutant miniature2-m1 (mn2-m1) was isolated from self-pollinated progenies of breeding materials.  The mutant spontaneously showed small kernel character arresting both embryo and endosperm development at an early stage after pollination.  Utilizing 21 polymorphic SSR markers, the mn2-m1 locus was limited to a 209.9-kb interval using 9 176 recessive individuals of a BC1 segregating population from mn2-m1/B73.  Only one annotated gene was located in this 209.9 kb region, Zm00001d019294, which was predicted to encode nitrate transporter1.5 (NRT1.5).  Allelism tests confirmed that mn2-m1 was allelic to miniature2-m2 (mn2-m2) and miniature2-710B (mn2-710B).  The mn2-m1 and mn2-m2 alleles both had nucleotide deletions in the coding region resulting in premature termination, and the mn2-710B allele had some missence mutations.  Subcellular localization showed that Miniature 2 (MN2) is localized in the plasma membrane.  Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analysis revealed that the expression of MN2 and some genes involved in the basal endosperm transfer layer (BETL) and embryo surrounding region (ESR) development were affected in mn2-m1 seeds.  These results suggested that MN2 plays an important role in maize seed development.
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