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Update on WGIN at the John Innes Centre
Simon Griffiths
Delivery of genetic improvement in wheat- The role of UK science
PlantBreeders
PublicRoles
WGIN
LINKUnderstanding
TraitsGenes/Alleles
Prioritising Targets-Breeders and Government
New Varieties
ProcessorsUK agriculture
Rural livelihoodsGlobal agriculture
BiodiversityLandscape
GeneticsGenetic analysisPositional CloningMutants
GermplasmCollectionsMapping populationsMutant populations
GenomicsBioinformaticsMarkersTranscriptsTargeted mutagenesis
MechanismsHow do genes change phenotype?
WGIN resource development at JICAvalon X CadenzaChinese Spring X ParagonJIC synthetic X ParagonEMS and gamma Paragon
GeneticsGenetic analysisPositional CloningMutants
GermplasmCollectionsMapping populationsMutant populations
GenomicsBioinformaticsMarkersTranscriptsTargeted mutagenesis
MechanismsHow do genes change phenotype?
WGIN resource development at JICDevelopment of Near Isogenic Lines• Height• Flowering time• Yield and yield components
GeneticsGenetic analysisPositional CloningMutants
GermplasmCollectionsMapping populationsMutant populations
GenomicsBioinformaticsMarkersTranscriptsTargeted mutagenesis
MechanismsHow do genes change phenotype?
WGIN resource development at JIC
• AE Watkins collection • Gediflux• Paragon EMS• Paragon gamma
GeneticsGenetic analysisPositional CloningMutants
GermplasmCollectionsMapping populationsMutant populations
GenomicsBioinformaticsMarkersTranscriptsTargeted mutagenesis
MechanismsHow do genes change phenotype?
WGIN resource development at JIC
• Brachy and rice for gene content prediction• Development of gene based markers• Tilling and gamma for reverse genetics and custom alleles
GeneticsGenetic analysisPositional CloningMutants
GermplasmCollectionsMapping populationsMutant populations
GenomicsBioinformaticsMarkersTranscriptsTargeted mutagenesis
MechanismsHow do genes change phenotype?
WGIN resource development at JIC
As we begin to clone key genes andelucidate genetic pathways in wheatcan we predict which genes are most malleable for future manipulation and what type of allele we want to look for.
GeneticsGenetic analysisPositional CloningMutants
GermplasmCollectionsMapping populationsMutant populations
GenomicsBioinformaticsMarkersTranscriptsTargeted mutagenesis
MechanismsHow do genes change phenotype?
Use of Avalon x Cadenza
• Open resource for research- high quality genotype and phenotype data publicly available.
• Available to various disciplines egphysiologists to ask questions relevant to UK agriculture, using material relevant to UK agriculture.
Discovering what genetic variation UK wheat breeders are using-
height
• Variation in final plant height is the result of a wide range of developmental effects of direct relevance to yield, yield stability, lodging, biomass, and resource use efficiency.
• What genes do wheat breeders use to manipulate final plant height?
Genes controlling plant height in Avalon X Cadenza population
2A 2D 3A
6A4D 6B
Novel genetic variation from Watkins material
Investigating genetic pathways in wheat- vernalization as an example
LONG DAYS
VRN3
VRN2
FLOWERING
SHORT DAYS COLD
VRN1
Vrn1- Spring or Winter alleles?
Winter allele-recessive wild type
Spring allele-Dominant mutation
Searching for new genetic variation in response to vernalization
• Adaptation of UK crops to climate change will require the fine tuning of growth habit beyond the classical spring/winter division.
• In a screen of of modern UK spring and alternative wheats- Vrn-A1 promoter duplication and Vrn-B1 intron deletion.
• Screen 800 Watkins lines with all available assays- Do we find spring types that do not have the known alleles?
winter
spr ing
new
inconclusive
Distribution of growth habit alleles in wheat varieties around the world in 1930’s
AfghanistanAustralia
China
USSR
United Kingdom
Spain
Iran
Canary Islands
What next?
• New alleles of Vrn1? Sequence.• Alleles of Vrn2, Vrn3?• Previously un-described genes?• All of the above could provide new genetic
variation for manipulation of growth habit.
Avalon cross
Update on gene based marker development at JIC
Single Strand Conformation Polymorphism is now a high throughput
technique
Conventional SSCP ran onnon-denaturing acrylamide
ABI3730 capillary electrophoresis(modified polymer)
What’s new with gene based markers at JIC?
• Good progress with development of new markers in theBBSRC Tools and Resources grant- half of the 800 have been designed and are being tested- screened for polymorphism and mapped.
• Rapid adoption by UK wheat community- visits to JIC from RReS,NIAB, university groups, and extensive use in a number of programmes.
Summary
• WGIN resources are an integrated set of genetic and genomic tools that can deliver outcomes of agricultural significance from UK science. The most important of these outcomes is identification of novel and useful genetic variation.
• The first step in the identification of novel genetic variation is to describe what we already have.
• Novel variation has been identified for sustainability traits including genetic variation that can be exploited in response to climate change.
Acknowledgements
• AXC phenotyping- Liz Sayers• AXC genotyping, Vrn Watkins work- Leodie Alibert• Paragon mutant analysis- Simon Orford• Gene based marker- Michelle Leverington Waite and
Lorelei Bilham• James Simmonds, Lesley Fish• John Snape
WGIN UPDATE February 2008
Glasshouse and Field Population Trials at the John Innes Centre
Simon OrfordLeodie AlibertSimon Griffiths
John Snape
Overview of Resources• Paragon EMS Population
• Paragon Gamma Population
• Watkins Collection
• Avalon x Cadenza mapping population
• EU GEDIFLUX Collection
Studies of ‘Gamma’ Material
• Developed to M3 generation • Around 500 of the interesting 250gy types
plus other doses total 2000 lines• Potential for more material to be irradiated
following promising DArT findings and further generation development of current lines
DArT Analysis• 90 gamma lines sent to DArT (duplicated DNA
samples) screened with a new set of wPtmarkers
• Majority of lines have evidence of deletions of at least one marker, or a block of several markers on each chromosome
• Publication being prepared, awaiting completion of data from Triticarte
Principle of Diversity Array Technology (DArT)
‘A flourescent ‘reverse’ RFLP cocktail’
DArT CHRM
GAM132A-1
GAM132A-1
GAM133A-1
GAM133A-1
GAM134A-1
GAM134A-1
wPt-3991 4B 1 1 1 1 0 0
wPt-3991 4B 1 1 1 1 0 0
wPt-1046 4B 0 0 1 1 1 1
wPt-8756 4B 0 0 1 1 1 1
Results from DArT
Using this approach from a screen of approx 500 markers we will get a good representation of deletions created
mutant a mutant b mutant c
Results from DArT
DArT CHRM
GAM130A-1
GAM130A-1
Par cv
Par cv
wPt-7541 1A 0 0 1 1
wPt-3870 1A 1 1 1 1
wPt-8773 1A 0 0 1 1
wPt-0128 1A 1 1 1 1
wPt-3870 1A 1 1 1 1
deletions
mutant control
80cM
Chromosome 1A worked on to check the concept.Using Triticatre DH maps deletions are physically lined up
Chromosome 1A
Mutant 130a
1 2 3 4 5 6A
Mutant deletion Mutant deletion
7
B
D
Genome
Developing a Knockout Deletion Panel
Mutant aMutant b
Selected
Mutant cMutant d
Mutant eMutant f
lines
Vrn Markers Screened on Gamma Population
A genome knockouts
D genome knockouts
B genome knockouts(paragon appears to not amplify naturally)
Paragon EMS
• Crossing of interesting mutants - stature, stay greens, heading and others carried out on Avalon and Cadenza
• More recently to a collection of 32 diverse spring cultivars to discover more polymorphisms
A E Watkins Collection
• A collection of great diversity originating from the 1930s from 32 countries
Origins of Watkins Collection
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Egy
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Afg
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Bur
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Iran
Iraq
Pal
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Turk
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Targets for Watkins
• Assess the homogenous nature of the accessions
• Collect data on heading time, height and vernalisation requirement for all
• Other potential points of interest eg mildew res/sus
• Obtain stocks for future experiments
Watkins Collection Field Results
Data for 814 lines from 32 countriesAssessment made on accession uniformity
Summary of Watkins Data
Days to Heading Watkins Trial Church Farm 2006
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
110
115
120
125
130
135
Height (cms) of Watkins Collection Church Farm 2006
404550556065707580859095
100105110115120125130135140145
Winter / Spring Habits of Watkins Collection Church Farm 2006
Winter Type - 100
Spring Type - 688
Heterogenous Type - 35
77 Days
128 Days
44 cm
140 cm
Spring
Winter
Paragon90 Days
Paragon85 cm
2007/08 Field Trials• Over 50 candidates from 2006/07 low N trial EMS lines
replicated in 1m2 plots in both 240kg N and 20kg N. Senescence to be recorded
• 60 GEDIFLUX cvs also under the same conditions –smaller ‘snapshot’ representation of the 500 line collection derived from SSR data
• Further studies into N efficiency of mutants through hydroponic approach
• Avalon x Cadenza field trials
More Interest in the MutantCollections
Previously Reported• At the JIC (BBSRC / INRA): nitrogen use efficiency• CIMMYT (Turkey and Mexico): flowering time and stature• Two areas of research at NIAB: phytate pathway and root development• RRes (WGIN and CSI): stay green and grain shape• INRA Clermont-Ferrand: monoculm and tillering• ADAS: leaf size • RAGT• CPB Twyford
Recently Underway• Two JIC pathology groups have shown interest in mildew and senescence variation
(EMS)• Tilling in operation for starch mutants at the JIC Genome Centre (EMS)• A Nottingham University Phd screening for chromosome breakage (Gamma)• Ph1 locus pairing publication from Graham Moore at JIC (Gamma)
Acknowledgements
• Gamma –Andrzej Kilian (Triticarte) and Nicola Hart
• EMS – RAGT Seeds
• Watkins – Mike Ambrose
• Also Leodie Alibert, Simon Griffiths and John Snape
The Development of Mutagenised Populationsand Screening Platforms
for Functional Genomics and Wheat Improvement
Andy PhillipsRothamsted Research, UK
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Crop Improvement
Candidategenes
Novel variationAllele mining
Fieldexperiments
Understandingthe biology
QTLmapping
Smartscreens
Validation of QTLs&
candidate genes
Breedingprogrammes
Novel alleles forcrop improvement
CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS
HNN
N
N
O
OP-O O
CH2OPO
-O O
H2N
O
NO
OP O-O
H2COPO
O-ON
NH2
O
CYTOSINE
GUANINE
DNA (CG PAIR)
NN
N
N
O
OP-O O
CH2OPO
-O O
H2NNO
OP O-O
H2COPO
O-ON
NH2
O
CYTOSINE
O6-ETHYL-GUANINE
OC2H5
X
NN
N
N
O
OP-O O
CH2OPO
-O O
H2NNO
OP O-O
H2COPO
O-ONH
O
O
THYMINE
O6-ETHYL-GUANINE
O
C2H5
H3C
NN
N
N
O
OP-O O
CH2OPO
-O O
NO
OP O-O
H2COPO
O-ONH
O
O
THYMINE
ADENINE
H2NH3C
DNA (TA PAIR)
EMS
H3C S O
O
O
C2H5
CONSTRUCTION OF MUTAGENISEDWHEAT POPULATIONS
12x8 array ofCadenza M2 lines
• Assess lethal dose of EMS – aim for 30-60% survival.
• Plant EMS-imbibed seeds and grow to maturity. Collect 1 M1 ear per plant.
• Sow 1 M2 seed from each ear in 12x8 format.
• Harvest young leaf tissue into 12x8 deep-well microplates for genomic DNA isolation.
• Note any obvious phenotypes and harvest M3 seed -> archive.
• M2 ears sent to Martonvasar, Hungary, for fixing to M6 and field phenotyping
CURRENT STATE OF MUTAGENISED POPULATIONS
Species
T. monococcum (2n: A)
T. durum (4n: A,B)**
T. aestivum (6n: A,B,D)
M2
3,000*
4,500
4,300
* 1,500 donated by Kay Denyer, JIC** Under EU programme “Optiwheat”
THE HEXAPLOID WHEAT EMS POPULATIONCONTAINS A VARIETY OF MUTANT PHENOTYPES
Awn suppressor Disease lesionmimic Extra florets Extra spikelets
FIELD CHARACTERISATION OF MUTAGENISED WHEAT
Character % phenotype
Time of ear emergence 8.0
Ear glaucosity 2.1
Plant height 2.4
Ear structure 6.0
Ear shape 0.8
Ear length 3.4
Virus susceptible 1.2
Sterile ears 1.6
2,200 lines evaluated by HEALTHGRAIN at MartonvasarAssessed under the UPOV/DUS system
White wheats – putative R gene mutantsScreened 4,300 M4 lines by NaOH treatment
Identified five putative mutants, four confirmed in M5
Mariann RakszegiZoltan Bedo
Starch biosynthesis: mutants of SGP1 (SSII)
Screened using SDS-PAGE of starch proteins11 lines identified from 500 M4 lines of Cad-EMS
Cadenza SGP1-A1- SGP1-B1- SGP1-D1-
SGP-A1SGP-D1SGP-B1
Francesco Sestilli & Domenico Lafiandra
Univ. Tuscia
WildtypeMutant
PCR
Melt, anneal
CEL1 digest
Tilling in the bread wheat EMS population
700nm 800nm
MUTATION FREQUENCIES IN PLANT SPECIES
Species PloidyMutation freq.
(muts./1000 bp/1000 lines)
Lines for 95% probability of
truncation in each homoeologue*
Reference
Arabidopsis Diploid 3.3 ~18,000 Greene et al. 2003
Barley Diploid 1.0 ~60,000 Caldwell et al. 2004
Durum wheat Tetraploid 26 ~2,800 Slade et al. 2005
40 ~1,800 Slade et al. 2005
50 ~1,500 This workBread wheat Hexaploid
*Assuming 5% of mutations in coding region result in a truncation.
GIBBERELLIN SIGNALLING IN WHEAT
GGPP CPPCPS
ent-KAURENE
KS
ent-KAURENOIC ACIDKO
GA53
KAO
GA20GA20oxGA1GA3ox
GA8GA2ox
A B D TOTALSequenced 13 5 4 22Identified 10 8 10 28
Total 23 13 14 50
eg. Ta20ox1A
TILLING in wheat GA20ox1 genes
Splice site Invariant Gly
Progress
Target Trait Primer design TILLING Alleles
GA20ox1 Stature/PHS Done Done A&B 53
GSP1 Starch quality Done Done A&D 17
PMS1 DNA repair Done Done 6 (short region)
GAMyb PHS/PMA Done In progress
GID1 Stature Done OptimisingSSIII Starch quality Done Optimising
Isoamylase Starch quality Done Optimising
TILLING – Progress and current targets
****** ****** Localised melting and drop in fluorescence
Add intercalating dye
HIGH-RES MELT ANALYSIS FOR MUTATION DETECTION
Heat
LCGreen binds dsDNA– UV fluorescence********* ********
Heteroduplex fromAnnealed PCR products
HIGH-RES MELT ANALYSIS FOR MUTATION DETECTION
Labelled primers
PCR from genomic
Cel Digest
Desalt
Licor gel analysis
Identify mutations(manual)
Total: 8 hours
Unlabelled primers
PCR from genomic
Melt analysis
Identify mutations(automatic)
Total: 2 hours
No labelled primersNo CelINo Gels
Direct sequencing
TILLING MELTing
Lightscanner
HIGH-RES MELT ANALYSIS FOR MUTATION DETECTION
PCR from genomic DNA
Melt analysis
Sign
al
Raw data Normalized Subtracted from WT
Positive samples of human DNA)
Temp
HIGH-RES MELT ANALYSIS FOR MUTATION DETECTION
Wheat 20ox1DHRM Internal primer pair LSD4
(219 bp) 8 samples, 2 replicates per sample.
Triticum monococcum as an emerging genetic and molecular resource for wheat genetic improvement
www.WGIN.org.uk
Hai-Chun Jing
WGIN management meeting 25 February 2008
Objective 6 Exploiting T. monococcum as a model for detection of traits, genes and variant alleles and for identifying phenotype: genotyperelationships
Objective 9 Identification of gene sequence variants with biological relevance by the PCR TILLING technique
Triticum monococcum as a model
T. monococcum (AmAm, 2n=2x=14 )an cultivated diploid einkorn wheat
Barley Bread wheat(cv. “Kavkaz”)
T. monococcum
5mm140cm
T. monococcum, an ancient grain
17000BC 10000BC 7800BC 7000BC 6000-7000BC 4700BC
Collecting and eating wild Einkorn and Emmer
Bread Wheat
Domestication of Einkorn and Emmer
Stone Age (1.5m -5000 yr ago) Bronze Age
Durum WheatPasta wheat
Neolithic period
Golden Age of T. monococcum
Gill et al. (2004) Genetics 168: 1087–1096
Origin of bread wheatT. monococcum AmAm
Sexual gene transfer
T. monococcum collection at RRes
Now increased to = 263
Origin Country Numbers Origin Country Numbers Variety Numbers Other features NumbersAlgeria 1 Ukraine 2 MDR050 1 SeasonalityChechen 1 Armenia 3 DV 92 1 Spring 207Czechoslovakia 1 Austria 3 kaploutras 1 Winter 35Denmark 1 Georgia 3 kelcyras 1 Facultative 1French 1 United States 3 mansfeldii 1 Intermidiate 1Iran 1 Germany 4 viridivulgare 1Israel 1 Romania 4 laetissimum 2 Earlist collection time Year 1904Kenya 1 unkown 7 sofianum 3Russian 1 Yugoslavia 7 atriaristatum 5South Africa 1 Balkans region 8 hohensteinii 6Syria 1 Greece 9 nigricultum 6Azerbaijan 2 Italy 9 monococcum 9 Transformable accessions 2Ethiopia 2 Spain 9 flavescens 13Hungary 2 Bulgaria 11 hornemannii 21Iraq 2 Europe 39 macedonicum 28Morocco 2 Albania 45 vulgare 66Sweden 2 Turkey 55 unknown 79Switzerland 2 Total 246 Total 244
Accession with ion beam irradation populations
1
Accession with BAC library
1
Accessions with EMS populations
2
Research highlights
•Screen for novel traits•Resistance to various pathogens
•Mycosphaerella graminicola (Septoria tritici blotch)•Take-all (See Kim’s talk)•Eyespots, Fusarium ear blight, ergot, yellow rust, leaf rust, aphid, powdery mildew
•Other traits•Agronomic and morphological traits•Grain features•Salt tolerance•Drought tolerance
•Generation of novel tools and resources•A SSR map•Mapping populations •Trait / Gene introgression
•TILLING and VIGS•Generation of mutagensied populations•RAR1 EcoTILLING
MDR308 F1 MDR002
MDR002 MDR308
6 8 10 13 15 17 20Days post inoculation (d)
Novel locus (7Am)
6 8 10 13 15 17 20
DNA laddering
Dominant resistance
Days post inoculation (d)
Resistance to M. graminicola
Triticiummonococcum
Hexaploid wheatField assessment over 4 years
no lesions !
Glasshouse assay (120 Tm accessions x 9 Mg isolates)
TmStb10.0
Xbarc17423.5
Xbarc10836.8Xwmc596Xwmc603
39.3
Xwmc48854.3
C
39.5
Molecular resourcesA microsatellite linkage map of Triticum monococcum
Xcfd390.0
Xwmc11010.6
Xcfa214120.0
Xcfa2234 Xgwm415Xwmc805 Xgdm68Xwmc705
0.0
Xbarc1800.7
Xwmc79523.1
Xgwm44327.3
Xgwm63936.2
Xwmc84549.7
5Am
Xwmc8610.0
Xwmc46613.1
Xwmc84322.1
Xgwm229.8
Xcfa213447.7
Xwmc110.0
Xbarc3218.0Xbarc5710.0
19.8 Xbarc69
12.0 Xcfa2193
0.0 Xcfa2183
3Am
17.6
Xgdm330.0Xgwm1361.6Xcfa21532.2
Xwmc336
Xgwm7520.0Xbarc1482.1Xwmc716 Xwmc469Xwmc611 Xwmc2786.9
Xbarc830.0Xgwm1351.1
1Am
Xwmc4070.0Xgwm3122.3
Xgwm2960.0
Xwmc17716.8
Xwmc3228.4
Xgwm12235.8Xwmc29639.3
Xgwm27545.1Xgwm24947.6Xgwm44848.6Xwmc42052.4Xwmc77953.7Xwmc64456.3
Xgwm3110.0
Xgdm935.9
Xgwm52615.1
Xgwm60123.3
2Am
Xdupw40.0
Xwmc16129.9
Xgwm74858.4
Xgwm11819.6
4Am
Xbarc1710.0
Xwmc7537.4
Xwmc78614.5
Xgdm336.6
Xbarc1468.5
6Am 7Am
Xgwm3440.0
Xcfa204029.2Xwmc52533.0
Xdupw25446.9
Xgwm74852.5
Xwmc79059.3
Xcfa212364.9
Xbarc17272.8Xwmc48875.7
Xwmc28380.0
Xwmc60385.7Xwmc596 Xbarc10886.6Xcfa204989.0
Xwmc1799.1
Xbarc174107.6
Xwmc405124.4
92 SSR markers
Molecular resourcesA DArT linkage map of Triticum monococcum
3047300.011649412.711647013.6470024 37631914.147024414.446983415.146957121.547047922.612054223.646989525.837659325.946947031.446978032.8408446 11652112087939.3
34490240.746958842.034528142.137344843.540838343.947002946.946927557.8312865 46977359.7120689 12027060.037626660.1119890 11989162.038193964.837856665.011609681.0115722 34841383.8119753100.4116612103.2119652106.4469368106.9469358109.5116703121.6469337126.9378465131.5305752 469462131.9120517135.5470583135.7469139135.8116359136.1469974136.4345110136.7469559137.1375933138.8115316143.3470486149.1120598161.7348684165.8379024166.0377950166.1470004166.2469623176.1469665177.8469403184.3469447184.8116616185.5119900185.7470051185.8470275186.2470387189.9115260193.4469291193.7470661193.8120049197.2119672204.3469997205.2120840206.6120674206.8470194207.6120262209.3470239210.4120194211.6120760228.5116166231.4
1
3057930.0470049 3778840.14698166.11163987.63451227.846977410.312118610.846916211.611602312.146985012.546955229.446965830.312028232.646959135.847040736.546963436.712002745.447010150.512082653.747035557.937507858.846970859.138076259.334359261.846968667.247043468.246962568.646952568.846997273.412002975.834644376.947040477.546940480.037630681.947023586.9469720 34621487.947064288.038107288.137696788.246953588.734734390.346996290.4116321102.2469631104.4116733104.8345853105.5470097114.1470344123.2469509128.2470334134.3469283138.7469456 470219469811140.4310884151.1469825 469383153.2470457159.8120585174.0120579174.1408336174.3
2
4699750.03112007.13769747.43489877.947050910.646956911.637719312.337660813.137726115.834549520.734364924.0469198 46996825.847024830.431213533.811634035.346943335.646982735.846941836.247021036.411994336.937642437.0344391 376425469602 37644937.1376448 37636337.234628537.537860737.8116930 11708037.912066138.947043239.347049039.411653939.847028340.146960945.246952245.431129647.446984547.737668548.511970150.430506751.5115379 34739530542351.712001258.037691871.947001676.046920577.847024578.711640684.5
3
4694160.01170055.746991618.546933020.446915527.137663238.037685640.246938741.847018841.937655144.511547846.134798950.611966750.746951152.834768156.934653357.137456359.437902859.937673160.034567175.1
4
1160460.037589417.737693819.212068419.3373941 46970122.637597025.347011528.546961041.746984745.3310698 31215247.947025866.037647066.347061768.146947568.2
5
4698650.047035014.711951915.746981018.547065118.937717319.047030122.034627722.147036222.437904522.737606423.511984024.537712527.847051436.946968441.5
6
3743390.03485922.63761442.73765486.41160076.5469296 4699896.71169566.834377712.1345060 34635418.3
7
4693600.04694272.7312516 4697797.34698269.447038113.312111619.712020822.7
8
4697020.0
37673026.0469650 11558232.546967534.4
9
•16 accessions, 846 polymorphic DArT markers•300 polymorphic in a mapping population
Genetic resources
In total 18 different mapping populations in T. monococcum
cross female male F1 F2 F3 Comments1 MDR 037 MDR046 6 sptoria tritici blotch2 MDR 037 MDR229 19 septoria tritici blotch, eyespots3 MDR308 MDR002 18 1200 104 septoria tritici blotch, cereal viruses4 MDR002 MDR043 22 6 68 septoria tritici blotch, cereal viruses5 MDR043 MDR040 38 6 100 septoria resistance allelism, cereal viruses 6 MDR308 MDR044 1 400 100 septoria resistance allelism, cereal viruses 7 MDR308 MDR043 43 1200 - septoria resistance allelism, cereal viruses 8 MDR037 MDR002 8 septoria susceptibility allelism
Population for disease resistance
T. monococcum (AmAm)(PI355520) containing
two genes confer female fertility
X XT. aestivum(AABBDD)
X Hybrids(Female)
T. monococcum (AmAm)
Novel trait introgression
BC1F1
T. Aestivum(AABBDD)
Hairy Black awn
Bread wheat Hybrids T. monococcum
Seed-set
Embryo-rescue
Tm Tm F1 TaF1 Ta
Trait introgression
TILLING: Natural and mutagenised populations
Natural accessions: 263
EMS populations: 1,500 M3 lines of MDR050 (Hungary for M4 lines for 2007 phenotying spread rows)1,800 M2 lines of MDR308 (1000 M3 lines for field phenotyping in Hungary)
Low-energy ion beam irradiation(~5,000 seeds MDR308 treated with three dosages,1733 M2 lines obtained)
RAR1
R proteinType 2 CC-NBS-LRR
EDS1
OB
SGT1
HR
NDR1
NO
R proteinType 1kinase
R proteinType 4RPW8
R proteinType 3 TIR-NBS-LRR
TILLING:Global regulators as candidate genes
A greater number of interacting partners can be integratedEarly defence responses
HSP90
Key signalling complex
•MDR001 ( MDR002, MDR024, MDR030, MDR032, MDR033, MDR034, MDR035, MDR038, MDR041, MDR047, MDR036, MDR039, MDR046, MDR308, MDR042)
•MDR027 (MDR037, MDR040, MDR043, MDR044, MDR049, MDR050)
•MDR031
•MDR026
•MDR028
•MDR025
•MDR045
•MDR048
•MDR029
RAR1 EcoTILLING: ESTs are very conserved
No null alleles
TCS1.21David [email protected]
Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS)
Category 3 building for VIGS at RRES(Not part of WGIN, but candidates genes from WGIN will be tested using this technique)
Long term goals: Reference species for gene function discovery and validation
Gene function validation (Genotype : phenotype)
candidate gene selection
Tm homologues
VIGS TILLING Transformation
Hexaploid wheat genetic improvement
Bioinformatics and Information from reference species
Mutational analysisMap-based cloningTrait-marker association
omics tools
Introgression/Transgenes
Conclusions
•WGIN has successfully exploited T. monococcum for many useful traits
•WGIN developed many molecular genetic resources and tools for T. monococcum
•WGIN has built a solid basis for future research using T. monococcum as a real model for wheat genetic improvement
AcknowledgementsRRes (PPM)Hai-Chun JingKim Hammond-KosackJason RuddKostya KanyukaRichard GutteridgeDarren LovellKim OldhamAlison FergusonGrégoire GerinDaniel JenkJean Devonshire(Bioimaging Centre)
www.WGIN.org.uk
JIC/Sainsbury LabSimon OrfordRobert KoebnerLesley BoydSimon GriffithJohn SnapeKen Shirasu (RIKEN)
SCRIJane ShawChristophe Lacomme
RRes (PSC)Carlos BayonKatie TearallAndy PhillipsAngela DohertyHuw JonesPaola TosaiPeter Shewry
Ukraine ScientistAnastasiya Zlatska
The Vavilov InstituteDmitry KornyukhinOlga Mitrofanova
RResSteve Hanley (PIE)Salvador Gezan (BAB)Alan Todd (BAB)Lesley Smart (BCH)
WGIN Diversity and Double Haploid Trials:
What variation in NUE?Malcolm Hawkesford, Feb 2008
Rothamsted WGIN field trials and nitrogen
Outline• WGIN Rothamsted Diversity Trial and A x C mapping
population– Summary of acquired data on Diversity Trial (2004-08)– The Avalon x Cadenza trial (2007 and 2008)
• Gene based approaches
2004
Why Nitrogen?
major determinant of yield, cost implications, environmental concerns
2007 Yields WGIN Diversity Trial
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
0 100 200 350
N level (kg/ha)
yiel
d (t
/ha
85%
DM
)
•Surprisingly little information in the public domain on UK cultivars•Is there any variation in N-use efficiency in wheat cultivars?•Need for good basic data on the complex trait of N-efficiency•Need to identify good performers and the traits responsible to aid breeding programmes
•Current varieties have been selected under high-inputs
WGIN Diversity Trial summary (2004-2008)
Diversity trial
• 2004: 0, 50, 200 & 350N, 32 varieties*• 2005: 0 & 200N, 20 varieties*• 2006: 0, 100 & 200 N, 24 varieties*• 2007: 0, 100, 200 & 350N, 24
varieties*• 2008: 0, 100, 200 & 350N, 24
varieties*
*Varieties varied with core set identical. 2007 and 2008 will be identical.
N usually 0, 100, 200 and 350 kg/ha.
2007: randomised block design, 3 replicates, 18 x 3 m plot size
2007
Avalon
BAtis
Beaver
CadenZa
CLaire
COrdiale
MErcia
MOnopol
NApier
PAragon
RIband
RObigus
SAvannah
SHamrock
SoiSsons
SoKrates
SoLstice
XI19
Green = Broadbalk @ RRes
Underlined = parent of public DH mapping population
HEreward
HUrley
IStabraq
LYnx
Malacca
Maris Widgeon*
Purple = spring variety
*Tall variety
WGIN 2006-08 varieties
Soissons N100
Soil N measurements: WGIN Diversity Trial, 2007
01020304050
kg ha-1
Soil N0
30
60
90
cm
Depth 0-30 cm
Varieties do not perform in same rank order at different N inputs
Yields, WGIN 2004
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Variation in yield between varieties at different N inputs
LSD (5%) = 1.313
NUE, NUpE and NUtE• NUE has two independent
components: uptake efficiency and utilisation efficiency
• N-uptake efficiency (NUpE) is total crop uptake divided by N supply from soil and fertilizer (uptake/supply) – root trait?
• N-utilisation efficiency (NUtE) is grain yield (100%DM) divided by total N uptake (yield/uptake)
• Overall N-use efficiency, NUE = NUpE x NUtE (=yield/supply)
• Variation observed in all traits amongst WGIN varieties
• For all component traits, multiple pathways, enzymes, genes and control sites/forms of regulation involved
NutE vs NupE (200 kg/ha)
20
30
40
50
60
0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
NupE (kg/kg)
Nut
E (k
g/kg
)
Evidence for genetic diversity: variation in NUE and component traits(WGIN 2004 data)
LSD (5%) = 0.197 LSD (5%) = 5.6 (10.7)LSD (5%) = 6.33
uptake use efficiency overall
Note – data for varieties at the different N inputs are ranked independently
Ranked NUpE
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31Variety
Nup
E(k
g-N
/kg-
N)
N0N1N2N3
Ranked NUtE
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31Variety
Nut
E(k
g-D
M/k
g-N
)N0N1N2N3
Ranked NUE
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 25 28 31Variety
NU
E (k
g-D
M/k
g-N
)
N0N1N2N3
Ranked on performance at 0 kg/ha
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0 kg/ha50 kg/ha200 kg/ha350 kg/ha
Nitrogen utilization efficiency (NUtE) varies between varieties and at different N levels
2004
N input x genotype interactions and NUtE
NUtE as a function of N rate, WGIN 2006 data
30.0
35.0
40.0
45.0
50.0
55.0
60.0
65.0
70.0
75.0
0 100 200N rate (kg/ha)
NU
tE(k
g/kg
)
Hereward Istabraq Maris W Riband Soissons
Istabraq & Riband – high yield for low N uptake, feed/biscuit type
Hereward, Soissons, MarisWidgeon – require high N, bread type
WGIN Mapping Population Trial summary
DH (Avalon x Cadenza)
• 2007:2 sites (3 + 2 reps)• 2008: 2 sites (3 + 3 reps) +
seed
204 lines + parents.Sites: Rothamsted and WoburnRandomised block, 3 reps, plot size
was 8 x 2 mN was 200 kg/ha in 2007 and will
be 100 kg/ha in 2008.
Measuring yield, flowering time, N parameters, candidate gene expression
Working on DH population, 19th June 2007
Challenge to identify processes and respective genes underpinning components of NUE
WGIN 2004
WGIN 2007
WGIN 2008+
subset of varieties
gene discovery
validation
NUtE as a function of N rate, WGIN 2006 data
30.0
35.0
40.0
45.0
50.0
55.0
60.0
65.0
70.0
75.0
0 100 200N rate (kg/ha)
NU
tE(k
g/kg
)
Hereward Istabraq Maris W Riband Soissons
Example trait: post anthesis N remobilisation as a key component of NUtE
Changes in N content of leaf2/3 post anthesis (Hereward)
Timing and degree of N re-mobilisation depend upon:
• N-input• Genotype
Use this variation to identifying genes involved
0
2
4
6
8
10
0 7 14 21 28 35 42 49
dpa
N c
onte
nt (m
g)
196 kg/ha N
Leaf 1Leaf 2Leaf 3Stem
Sample leaf for N, metabolites and RNA
Final harvest data
Transcriptomics to assess gene expression
Hereward
N1 N2 N1 N2 N1 N2 N1 N2 N1 N2 N1 N2
Istabraq MarisWidgeon Riband Soissons Welford
Summary
• Surprising variation in NUE amongst elite wheats
• Variation in component traits
• Performance at different N inputs not always linked
• Segregation in Avalon x Cadenza population
• Candidate genes correlating with processes and indicative of sub-trait performance identified
• Validation of candidate genes required, via wider screening of germplasm (WGIN) and via transgenic proof of function
Diversity trial, 6th July, 2007
Contributors
• Peter Barraclough• Jonathan Howarth • RRes Farm staff• WGIN team at RRes• Group and field team: Peter
Buchner, Mark Durenkamp, SarojParmar, Janina Jones, Dan Godfrey, Emmanuelle Cabannes, Guillaume N’guyen, Claire Marescal
WGIN Field experiments 2007-2008 @ Rothamsted
Disease resistance evaluation trials
Kim Hammond-Kosack
2 x Take-all disease
1 x eyespot
25th February 2008
The root infecting Take-all fungus
Affects 2nd and 3rd wheat crops
Unused nutrients left behindleach into water courses
infected roots
Lowers yield and grain quality
Emerging disease complex with Fusarium ear blight
The problem
No known resistancein wheat
2007 – 2008 field season – Take-all trials
Exp: 2008/R/WW/802 Field: Long Hoos 1&2 Sown: 23rd Oct
The Watkins Collection 740 lines(1 rep – plot size: 50cm x 50cm, 45 seed over 3 rows)
Controls5 hexaploid lines, 1 triticale, 1 rye, 1 oat (5 block)
randomised single Hereward plots (20)
Aims- Eliminate the most susceptible linesBenchmark against other species
Long Hoos 1 and 2 (nearby to Broadbalk)(3rd wheat) – tested for disease severity in July 2007
Take-all index: 72 % slight – 24.9%, moderate – 31.3, severe 43.8%
14th February 2008
Long Hoos Take-all trials 2007-2008
Wheat plants in the surrounds will be monitored for take-all each month
Long Hoos Take-all trials 2007-2008
14th February 2008
2007 – 2008 field season – Take-all trials
Exp: 2008/R/WW/810 Field: Long Hoos 1&2 Sown: 19th Oct
Diploid T. monococcum wheats - 30 linesHexaploid wheats - 6 lines5 replica plots per genotype
plot size: 50cm x 50cm, 45 seed over 3 rowsAim: Evaluating the best genotypes identified in the previous field and pot test
Original plan
Two mapping populations generated and F1 seed available
Triticum monococcum accessionsHereward A B C D E F G H I J K
Roo
t with
Tak
e-al
l (%
)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
SED=3.718
* *
*
Take-all resistance in T. monococcum
2007 – 2008 field season – Take-all trials
Exp: 2008/R/WW/810 Field: Long Hoos 1&2 Sown: 19th Octplot size: 50cm x 50cm, 45 seed over 3 rows
Aim: Evaluating the best genotypes identified in the previous field and pot test
The actual experiment sown
10 reps each of the two resistant parental lines 10 reps of the susceptible parental line5 reps each of 12 other ‘promising’ lines5 reps of the bridging line PI355520
T. monococcum – 16 lines
Other species
5 reps each of 1 triticale, 1 rye, 1 oat5 reps each of cv Hereward
The stem base infecting eyespot fungi
RRes White Horse 2000
Eye shaped lesionson stem base
Affects all cereal crops including 1st wheats
Crop lodging, ~10% yield reduction
Fusarium can infect aftereyespot causing a stem base complex
The problem
Resistance in wheatPch1, Pch2
2 speciesOculimacula yallundaeO. acuformis
2007 – 2008 field season – Eyespot trial
Exp: 2008/R/WW/811 Field: Little Knott 1 (1st wheat after oats)plot size: 50cm x 50cm, 45 seed over 3 rows Sown: 19th Oct
10 reps each of the 7 resistant lines10 reps each of the 3 susceptible line5 reps each of the lines PI355520 and L118 + 8 R lines
from pot testT. aestivum
T. monococcum – 20 lines
5 reps - Hereward (4)5 reps – Hyperion 10 reps each of Humber (8), Consort (6) and Lynx
Natural inoculum + artificial inoculum added to the soil surface at 2nd leaf stage (Nov/ Dec) for both species
Acknowledgements
Rothamsted ResearchSeed counters - Watkins seed collection from JIC Elke AnzingerHelen JenkinsSanja TreskicRichard Gutteridge
Hand Sowers Richard GutteridgeHai-Chun JingAndrew BeachamNeil Brown+ farm staff
John Innes CentreSimon Orford – for the Watkins seed