Retrospective genomic analysis of sorghum adaptation to temperate-zone grain production

Genome Biology

Patrick J Brown¹  Race H Higgins¹  Justin M Ma²  Carrie S Thurber² 

[1] Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA;Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

关键词: dwarfism;    flowering time;    photoperiod;    introgression;    Genotyping-by-sequencing;   

Others  :  864158
DOI  :  10.1186/gb-2013-14-6-r68

 received in 2013-03-28, accepted in 2013-06-26,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Sorghum is a tropical C₄ cereal that recently adapted to temperate latitudes and mechanized grain harvest through selection for dwarfism and photoperiod-insensitivity. Quantitative trait loci for these traits have been introgressed from a dwarf temperate donor into hundreds of diverse sorghum landraces to yield the Sorghum Conversion lines. Here, we report the first comprehensive genomic analysis of the molecular changes underlying this adaptation.

Results

We apply genotyping-by-sequencing to 1,160 Sorghum Conversion lines and their exotic progenitors, and map donor introgressions in each Sorghum Conversion line. Many Sorghum Conversion lines carry unexpected haplotypes not found in either presumed parent. Genome-wide mapping of introgression frequencies reveals three genomic regions necessary for temperate adaptation across all Sorghum Conversion lines, containing the Dw1, Dw2, and Dw3 loci on chromosomes 9, 6, and 7 respectively. Association mapping of plant height and flowering time in Sorghum Conversion lines detects significant associations in the Dw1 but not the Dw2 or Dw3 regions. Subpopulation-specific introgression mapping suggests that chromosome 6 contains at least four loci required for temperate adaptation in different sorghum genetic backgrounds. The Dw1 region fractionates into separate quantitative trait loci for plant height and flowering time.

Conclusions

Generating Sorghum Conversion lines has been accompanied by substantial unintended gene flow. Sorghum adaptation to temperate-zone grain production involves a small number of genomic regions, each containing multiple linked loci for plant height and flowering time. Further characterization of these loci will accelerate the adaptation of sorghum and related grasses to new production systems for food and fuel.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Thurber et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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