Roots and Drought and Breeding Better Crops
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Roots and Drought and Breeding Better Crops
Adam Price
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A better world without poverty…of dietof environmentof aspirationof opportunityof culture
Through better roots????
Designer crops targeted to every farmer based on; climate and soil propertiescrop agronomycrop geneticsmarker assisted breedingGM technology
The vision
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Work by our group on rice
Prospects
Challenges and solution
Contents
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
Roots &Drought ?
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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The population of Recombinant Inbred LinesBala x Azucena
205 F6 lines
Bala x Azucena
F1 (self) 1 Individual
F2 F2 F2 F2 F2 (self) 205 individuals
F3 F3 F3 F3 F3 (self) 205 individuals
F4 F4 F4 F4 F4 (self) 205 individuals
F5 F5 F5 F5 F5 (self) 205 individuals
F6 F6 F6 F6 F6 205 families
Azucena Bala
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The Map163 markers
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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Hydroponics(unpublished)
Sand
80% waxlayer
Root penetrationPrice et al. 2000, TAG
2 screens
Soil boxPrice et al. 1999
Agar- gravitropism(Submitted)
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Rhizotrons(Price et al. 2002)
2 treatments2 years
= 4 screens
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Soil box(MacMillan et al. 2006)
4 treatments8 screens
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Field (WARDA)(Cairns PhD thesis)
2 sites5 screens
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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Drought Screening at IRRI and WARDA
•Tested at IRRI 1996 and 1998
•Tested at WARDA 1997 and 1998
•Evaluated for visible symptoms of drought stress and RWC
Drought screening at IRRI
(left) and WARDA (right)
Price et al. 2002 Plant Mol. Biol.
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Drought screening at reproductive stage at Coimbatore Gomez et al. 2006 Am. J. Biochem Biotech
Drought screening at reproductive stage at IRRI Lafitte et al. 2004 TAG
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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Species Trait Gene/tagged locus
Mapping Population1
Distance to original LOD peak (cM)
Ref.
Major QTLsTomato Fruit size fw2.2 264 BC1s <1.6 [9,10]Tomato Fruit shape Ovate 82 F2s 0 [11,12]Arabidopsis Flowering time FLW1 98 RILs 0 [13]Arabidopsis Flowering time CRY2 162 RILs 0.1 * [14,15]Arabidopsis Transpiration ERECTA 100 RILs < 1 [16]Wheat Frost tolerance Cbf3 74 RILs 0.1 * [17]Wheat Grain Protein GPC 85 RICLs 0.2 [18,19]Barley Photoperiod response Ppd-H1 94 DH 1.9 [20-22]Soybean Flowering time FT1 156 RILs 0.4 [23,24]Brassica Flowering time COL1 88 BC1s 1 [25,26]Brassica Euric acid content E1 184 F2s 1 [27]
Small QTLsMaize x teosinte
Shoot morphology tb1 290 F2s 0.6 * [28-30]
Rice Heading date Hd1 186 F2s 0.5 [31,33]Rice ″ Hd2 186 F2s 0.3 ″Rice ″ Hd3 186 F2s 0 Rice ″ Hd4 186 F2s 2.6 Rice ″ Hd5 186 F2s 1.2
″[32,30]″
Rice P uptake Pup1 98 BILs 1 [34,35]Rice Grain weight gw3.1 258 BC2F2s <1.6 [36,37]Potato Sugar content inv/GE 146 F1s < 3 [38,39]
Early cloned or tagged QTLs in plants and original position
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A meta-analysis of drought and root related QTLS
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Drought Avoidance
PlantHeight
Leaf Morphology
Root Traits
PlantMass
FrequencyLow
High
Chromosome 5
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Drought Leaf Root Avoidance Morphology Traits
Plant PlantHeight Mass
Chromosome 9
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Meta-analysis with BioMercator-Chromosome 9
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Meta-analysis with BioMercator-Chromosome 9
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Know function / motif
Expressed protein
Hypothetical protein
Genes in confidence interval
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Eliminate candidates by expression analysis
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Hard wax layer
1. Before hard layer
3. Buckled at hard layer2. At hard layer
Affymetrix rice gene chip
52,000 transcripts
3 biological replications from 6 experiments
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Number of genes in candidate region
81
Genes with Affymetrix probe set
NoYes
67
Genes expressed
No Yes
Number of genes sequenced to date
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Expression polymorphism- 2 genes
Rate of genes with; Nucleotide polymorphism Azucena- Bala 89%Amino acid polymorphism Azucena-Bala 57%
japonica indica
ausbasmati
Genetic diversity in rice
AzucenaBala
Allelic diversity detected
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Auxin (μM)0 30 100
Bala
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Auxin transporters are candidates because;
There are Aux or PIN transporters under the biggest QTLs
They have amino-acid polymorphisms
AUX responsive genes differ in expression between Bala and Azucena more frequently than expected.
Most root growth QTLs are QTLs for a-gravitropic phenotype
There is an Auxin by genotype interaction on root growth
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AIC value 142.4 158.43 172.36 184.49
Mean position 1 (C.I.) 50.45 (45.54-55.36) 38.93 (29.8-48.07) 38.93 (29.8-48.07) 36.21 (23.85-48.57)
Mean position 2 (C.I.) 55.12 (49.3-60.95) 53.16 (46.61-59.71) 42.22 (28.65-55.8)
Mean position 3 (C.I.) 62.52 (49.82-75.22) 53.16 (46.61-59.71)
Mean position 4 (C.I.) 62.52 (49.82-75.22)
Meta- analysis of drought avoidance on chromosome 7
4 PIPs (aquaporins) here
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Hydraulic conductance to test PIP candidacy
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Superglue2 cm
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Hydraulic conductance of root pieces by osmotic swelling
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Plasmolysis (1 M D-sorbitol and 1 mM CaCL2) and swelling (distilled water) of root tips of RINILs different at QTL on chromosome 7
Both RINILs grown in same pot containing fine sand under flooded conditions for 2.5 weeks as control and droughted for 2 days after two weeks
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LOC_90_3'UTR Nip AAGCATCGATGCCCGCCTCTCCTATCTGGAATATACTCCCTCCGTCCCAAAATAAGTGCA osa-miR1436 ----------------------------------ACTCCCTCCGTCCCATAATGT----- *************** ***
http://microrna.sanger.ac.uk
"Identification of novel and candidate miRNAs in rice by high throughput sequencing"Sunkar R, Zhou X, Zheng Y, Zhang W, Zhu JK BMC Plant Biol. 8:25(2008).(miRNA detected from rice seedlings: a) non-treated as control, b) treated with 150 mM NaCl for 24 h for salt stress, and c) dehydrated for 12 h for drought stress)
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LOC_90_3'UTR Nip AAGCATCGATGCCCGCCTCTCCTATCTGGAATATACTCCCTCCGTCCCAAAATAAGTGCA osa-miR1436 ----------------------------------ACTCCCTCCGTCCCATAATGT----- *************** ***
Ba Az
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sd1
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Plant height
Root traits
Plant mass
95% confidence intervals for QTLs on bottom of Chromosome 1
Drought avoidance
Leaf Morphology
sd1-semi-dwarf
locusGibberellin 20 oxidase
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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An F6 mapping population
Root Growth Screening
Drought Screening
Marker Assisted Selection
Genes Behind Root QTLs
Meta-analysis
Genome Sequence and Annotation
QTL accuracy
Transcriptomics
Sequencing
MASBreeding
NearIsogenic
Lines
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Recombinant Inbred Near Isogenic Lines
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Recombinant Inbred Near Isogenic Lines
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Rhizotrons
Pots
Az allele Ba allele
Az allele Ba allele
Chromosome 9 NILs
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Root density in field at IRRI (Jill Cairns)
KIII x Az NILsBa x Az NILs
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RIL20-ARIL20-B
Maximum root length in tubes
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Prospects
Root genesMutantsAllelic variation
Gene functionsTranscriptomics and proteomic
It can be done
Tools for the physiology and theory
QTL data are a phenomenal resource
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Challenges and solutions
Root phenotyping•Component traits => physiology and modelling•High throughput screening=> clever ideas and money
Plant-microbe interactions•We know very little
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Mycorrhiza
Looks like genetic variation exists
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Challenges and solutions
Root phenotyping•Component traits => physiology and modelling•High throughput screening=> clever ideas and money
Linking to crop performance•Quality field trials => know the soil
=> rainout shelters=> avoid variation in phenology=>replication in space and time
Plant-microbe interactions•We know very little
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Soil physical properties are not well studiedPenetration Resistance Survey of WARDA
Showing Depth to 3 MPa Penetration Resistance
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Challenges and solutions
Root phenotyping•Component traits => physiology and modelling•High throughput screening=> clever ideas and money
Linking to crop performance•Quality field trials => know the soil
=> rainout shelters=> avoid variation in phenology=>replication in space and time
Plant-microbe interactions•We know very little
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Challenges and solutions
Allelic variation and capacity building•Have we got all the diversity => multiple populations
=> association populations
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Rice Diversity ProjectSusan McCouch, Cornell
Allele testing
372 rice cultivars82 different countries75% now flowering
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Rice subgroup MicroRNA site present MicroRNA site deletedTropical japonicas 5 30Temperate japonicas 17 12Indicas 2 33Total 106 230
PIP2.1 allelic distribution
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Challenges and solutions
Genetics•How do we handle epitasis? => big populations and stats?
Allelic variation and capacity building•Have we got all the diversity => multiple populations
=> association populations•Can we exploit local selection pressure? => regional projects
on regional germplasm
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Effect of 1 ppm Arsenate on Azucena and Bala
Control AsO4
Azucena
Bala
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% R o o t L e n g th C la ss
2 0 2 5 3 0 3 5 4 0 4 5 5 0 5 5 6 0 6 5 7 0
Freq
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30 Azucena Bala
Susceptible TolerantTolerance of F6 population to 1 ppm AsO4
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Data linking arsenate tolerance to 3 genes
Genotype at marker# n Arsenate tolerance (%)(± sd)
Sensitive/Tolerance score
(0 or 1)RZ516(6;10.7)
RG213(6;~33.5)
RG257(10;21.8)
A A A 11 24.2 ± 3.3 0 ± 0
A A B 10 26.1 ± 2.4 0 ± 0
A B A 4 23.7 ± 4.1 0 ± 0
A B B 12 49.3 ± 8.2 0.92 ± 0.29
B A A 7 23.2 ± 2.3 0 ± 0
B A B 16 53.7 ± 6.0 1 ± 0
B B A 11 54.9 ± 6.1 1 ± 0
B B B 19 53.4 ± 6.1 1 ± 0
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Challenges and solutions
Genetics•How do we handle epitasis? => big populations and stats?
Candidate genes for sequenced species•Fine mapping vs metaanalysis => knowledge of gene function•Transcriptional regulation => cheaper arrays?•Genetic polymoprhism=> cheap resequencing•Posttranscriptional regulation => proteomics•Proof of candidacy => easier transformation
Allelic variation and capacity building•Have we got all the diversity => multiple populations
=> association populations•Can we exploit local selection pressure? => regional projects
on regional germplasm
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Steve Briggs- San Diego
Peptide sequencing Arabidopsis
60,000 peptidesBig mistakes in annotation396 novel genes
179 are frame shifted217 are outside annotated genes
Correlation with transcription r = 0.6 i.e. 36%
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Challenges and solutions
Genetics•How do we handle epitasis? => big populations and stats?
Candidate genes for sequenced species•Fine mapping vs metaanalysis => knowledge of gene function•Transcriptional regulation => cheaper arrays?•Genetic polymoprhism=> cheap resequencing•Posttranscriptional regulation => proteomics
Allelic variation and capacity building•Have we got all the diversity => multiple populations
=> association populations•Can we exploit local selection pressure? => regional projects
on regional germplasm
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Challenges and solutions
Impact and capacity building•Can a GM approach be accepted? => ambassadors•Have we got the pipeline to farmers? => capacity building•Can we make the finances of collaboration easier?
People •How do we get the most out of people => collaborate•Is science an interesting career? => who do we want?•How can we transfer knowledge and facilities to Africa?
Bioinformatics•Can we use data effectively? => Gramene, OryGenesDB
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Thanks