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Title: Genetic mapping of biomass yield in three interconnected Miscanthus populations

Abstract

Improving biomass yield is a major goal of Miscanthus breeding. We conducted a study on one interspecific Miscanthus sinensis x Miscanthus sacchariflorus F1 population and two intraspecific M. sinensis F1 populations, each of which shared a common parent. A field trial was established at Urbana, IL during spring 2011, and phenotypic data were collected in 2012 and 2013 for fourteen yield traits. Six high-density parental genetic maps, as well as a consensus genetic map integrating M. sinensis and M. sacchariflorus, were developed via the pseudotestcross strategy for noninbred parents with ≥1214 single-nucleotide polymorphism markers generated from restriction site-associated DNA sequencing. We confirmed for the first time a whole-genome duplication in M. sacchariflorus relative to Sorghum bicolor, similar to that observed previously for M. sinensis. Four quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis methods for detecting marker-trait associations were compared: (1) individual parental map composite interval mapping analysis, (2) individual parental map stepwise analysis, (3) consensus map single-population stepwise analysis and (4) consensus map joint-population stepwise analysis. These four methods detected 288, 264, 133 and 109 total QTLs, which resolved into 157, 136, 106 and 86 meta-QTLs based on QTL congruency, respectively, including a set of 59 meta-QTLs common to all four analysismore » methods. Composite interval mapping and stepwise analysis co-identified 118 meta-QTLs across six parental maps, suggesting high reliability of stepwise regression in QTL detection. Joint-population stepwise analysis yielded the highest resolu-tion of QTLs compared to the other three methods across all meta-QTLs. Strong, frequently advantageous trans-gressive segregation in the three populations indicated a promising future for breeding new higher-yielding cultivars of Miscanthus.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1201 W Gregory Dr Urbana IL USA
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Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1375469
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1375470; OSTI ID: 1511045
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0006634
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Global Change Biology. Bioenergy; Journal ID: ISSN 1757-1693
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; bioenergy; biomass; interconnected-population; QTL mapping; restriction site-associated DNA sequencing; single-nucleotide polymorphism

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Dong, Hongxu, Liu, Siyao, Clark, Lindsay V., Sharma, Shailendra, Gifford, Justin M., Juvik, John A., Lipka, Alexander E., and Sacks, Erik J. Genetic mapping of biomass yield in three interconnected Miscanthus populations. United Kingdom: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1111/gcbb.12472.
Dong, Hongxu, Liu, Siyao, Clark, Lindsay V., Sharma, Shailendra, Gifford, Justin M., Juvik, John A., Lipka, Alexander E., & Sacks, Erik J. Genetic mapping of biomass yield in three interconnected Miscanthus populations. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12472
Dong, Hongxu, Liu, Siyao, Clark, Lindsay V., Sharma, Shailendra, Gifford, Justin M., Juvik, John A., Lipka, Alexander E., and Sacks, Erik J. Sat . "Genetic mapping of biomass yield in three interconnected Miscanthus populations". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12472.
@article{osti_1375469,
title = {Genetic mapping of biomass yield in three interconnected Miscanthus populations},
author = {Dong, Hongxu and Liu, Siyao and Clark, Lindsay V. and Sharma, Shailendra and Gifford, Justin M. and Juvik, John A. and Lipka, Alexander E. and Sacks, Erik J.},
abstractNote = {Improving biomass yield is a major goal of Miscanthus breeding. We conducted a study on one interspecific Miscanthus sinensis x Miscanthus sacchariflorus F1 population and two intraspecific M. sinensis F1 populations, each of which shared a common parent. A field trial was established at Urbana, IL during spring 2011, and phenotypic data were collected in 2012 and 2013 for fourteen yield traits. Six high-density parental genetic maps, as well as a consensus genetic map integrating M. sinensis and M. sacchariflorus, were developed via the pseudotestcross strategy for noninbred parents with ≥1214 single-nucleotide polymorphism markers generated from restriction site-associated DNA sequencing. We confirmed for the first time a whole-genome duplication in M. sacchariflorus relative to Sorghum bicolor, similar to that observed previously for M. sinensis. Four quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis methods for detecting marker-trait associations were compared: (1) individual parental map composite interval mapping analysis, (2) individual parental map stepwise analysis, (3) consensus map single-population stepwise analysis and (4) consensus map joint-population stepwise analysis. These four methods detected 288, 264, 133 and 109 total QTLs, which resolved into 157, 136, 106 and 86 meta-QTLs based on QTL congruency, respectively, including a set of 59 meta-QTLs common to all four analysis methods. Composite interval mapping and stepwise analysis co-identified 118 meta-QTLs across six parental maps, suggesting high reliability of stepwise regression in QTL detection. Joint-population stepwise analysis yielded the highest resolu-tion of QTLs compared to the other three methods across all meta-QTLs. Strong, frequently advantageous trans-gressive segregation in the three populations indicated a promising future for breeding new higher-yielding cultivars of Miscanthus.},
doi = {10.1111/gcbb.12472},
journal = {Global Change Biology. Bioenergy},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Sat Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Sat Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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