Patel Manoj Kumar, Saini Navinder, Taak Yashpal, Adhikari Sneha, Chaudhary Rajat, Pardeshi Priya, Basu Sudhakar Reddy, Zimik Masochon, Yadav Sangita, Vinod K K, Vasudev Sujata, Yadava Devendra Kumar
Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
Division of Seed Science and Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
PLoS One. 2025 Apr 24;20(4):e0322120. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0322120. eCollection 2025.
In Indian mustard, improving agro-morphological and quality traits through conventional methods are both cumbersome and resource-intensive. Marker-aided breeding presents a promising solution to these challenges. Hence, the present research aimed to identify genomic regions governing agro-morphological and quality traits using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The GWAS panel comprised 142 diverse genotypes of Indian mustard were evaluated for 20 different agro-morphological and quality traits, revealing significant difference among genotypes. Subsequently, the GWAS panel genotyped using the Brassica 90K SNP array (Illumina). Structure and diversity analysis grouped the GWAS panel into 3 sub-populations or groups, and LD decay of 1.05 Mb was confirmed through genotypic analysis. GWAS using the BLINK model revealed a total of 49 marker-trait associations (MTAs), in which 28 and 21 MTAs were observed during rabi 2020-21 and rabi 2021-22 for various agro-morphological and quality traits, respectively. Amongst them, twelve MTAs demonstrated stable associations with the studied traits, including days to 50% flowering (DF), days to 100% flower termination (DFT), days to maturity (DM), plant height (PH), main shoot length (MSL), siliqua length (SL), seeds per siliqua (SPS), oil content (OC), and glucosinolates content (Glu) in both years. Moreover, in silico analysis of nearby regions of these stable SNPs revealed their association with 31 candidate genes known to be involved in various molecular, physiological, and biochemical pathways relevant to the studied traits. These genes can be further characterized and deciphered for more precise utilization in breeding programs in the future.
在印度芥菜中,通过传统方法改良农艺形态和品质性状既繁琐又耗费资源。标记辅助育种为应对这些挑战提供了一个有前景的解决方案。因此,本研究旨在利用全基因组关联研究(GWAS)确定控制农艺形态和品质性状的基因组区域。该GWAS群体由142个不同的印度芥菜基因型组成,对20种不同的农艺形态和品质性状进行了评估,结果显示基因型之间存在显著差异。随后,使用芸苔属90K SNP芯片(Illumina)对GWAS群体进行基因分型。结构和多样性分析将GWAS群体分为3个亚群或组,通过基因型分析确定连锁不平衡(LD)衰减距离为1.05 Mb。使用BLINK模型进行的GWAS共揭示了49个标记-性状关联(MTA),其中在2020 - 2021年冬季作物季和2021 - 2022年冬季作物季分别观察到28个和21个与各种农艺形态和品质性状相关的MTA。其中,12个MTA在两年中均与所研究的性状表现出稳定关联,包括50%开花天数(DF)、100%花终期天数(DFT)、成熟天数(DM)、株高(PH)、主茎长度(MSL)、角果长度(SL)、每角果种子数(SPS)、含油量(OC)和硫代葡萄糖苷含量(Glu)。此外,对这些稳定SNP附近区域的电子分析揭示了它们与31个候选基因的关联,这些基因已知参与与所研究性状相关的各种分子、生理和生化途径。这些基因可在未来进行进一步表征和解码,以便在育种计划中更精确地利用。