Liu Jinyang, Lin Yun, Chen Jingbin, Yan Qiang, Xue Chenchen, Wu Ranran, Chen Xin, Yuan Xingxing
Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, Nanjing, China.
Front Plant Sci. 2022 Oct 13;13:997988. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.997988. eCollection 2022.
Although mungbean ( (L.) R. Wilczek) is an important legume crop, its seed yield is relatively low. To address this issue, here 196 accessions with 3,607,508 SNP markers were used to identify quantitative trait nucleotides (QTNs), QTN-by-environment interactions (QEIs), and their candidate genes for seed length (SL), seed width, and 100-seed weight (HSW) in two environments. As a result, 98 QTNs and 20 QEIs were identified using 3VmrMLM, while 95, >10,000, and 15 QTNs were identified using EMMAX, GEMMA, and CMLM, respectively. Among 809 genes around these QTNs, 12 were homologous to known seed-development genes in rice and , in which 10, 2, 1, and 0 genes were found, respectively, by the above four methods to be associated with the three traits, such as for SL and for HSW. Eight of the 12 genes were significantly differentially expressed between two large-seed and two small-seed accessions, and , , , , , , and were further verified by RT-qPCR. Among 65 genes around these QEIs, , , , and were homologous to known seed-development genes in , although new experiments are necessary to explore these novel GEI-trait associations. In addition, 54 genes were identified in comparative genomics analysis to be associated with seed development pathway, in which , , , , and were also identified in genome-wide association studies. This result provided a reliable approach for identifying seed-size-related genes in mungbean and a solid foundation for further molecular biology research on seed-size-related genes.
虽然绿豆((L.) R. Wilczek)是一种重要的豆类作物,但其种子产量相对较低。为了解决这个问题,本文使用了196份具有3,607,508个单核苷酸多态性(SNP)标记的材料,在两种环境下鉴定种子长度(SL)、种子宽度和百粒重(HSW)的数量性状核苷酸(QTN)、QTN与环境互作(QEIs)及其候选基因。结果,使用3VmrMLM鉴定出98个QTN和20个QEIs,而使用EMMAX、GEMMA和CMLM分别鉴定出95个、超过10,000个和15个QTN。在这些QTN周围的809个基因中,有12个与水稻中已知的种子发育基因同源,其中上述四种方法分别发现10个、2个、1个和0个基因与这三个性状相关,如与SL相关的基因和与HSW相关的基因。这12个基因中的8个在两个大粒和两个小粒材料之间存在显著差异表达,并且通过RT-qPCR进一步验证了、、、、、、和。在这些QEIs周围的65个基因中,、、、和与水稻中已知的种子发育基因同源,尽管需要新的实验来探索这些新的基因与环境互作-性状关联。此外,在比较基因组学分析中鉴定出54个与种子发育途径相关的基因,其中、、、、和也在全基因组关联研究中被鉴定出来。该结果为鉴定绿豆中与种子大小相关的基因提供了可靠方法,并为进一步开展与种子大小相关基因的分子生物学研究奠定了坚实基础。