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Genetic dissection of plant growth habit in chickpea

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A combinatorial genomics-assisted breeding strategy encompassing association analysis, genetic mapping and expression profiling is found most promising for quantitative dissection of complex traits in crop plants. The present study employed GWAS (genome-wide association study) using 24,405 SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) obtained with genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) of 92 sequenced desi and kabuli accessions of chickpea. This identified eight significant genomic loci associated with erect (E)/semi-erect (SE) vs. spreading (S)/semi-spreading (SS)/prostrate (P) plant growth habit (PGH) trait differentiation regardless of diverse desi and kabuli genetic backgrounds of chickpea. These associated SNPs in combination explained 23.8% phenotypic variation for PGH in chickpea. Five PGH-associated genes were validated successfully in E/SE and SS/S/P PGH-bearing parental accessions and homozygous individuals of three intra- and interspecific RIL (recombinant inbred line) mapping populations as well as 12 contrasting desi and kabuli chickpea germplasm accessions by selective genotyping through Sequenom MassARRAY. The shoot apical, inflorescence and floral meristems-specific expression, including upregulation (seven-fold) of five PGH-associated genes especially in germplasm accessions and homozygous RIL mapping individuals contrasting with E/SE PGH traits was apparent. Collectively, this integrated genomic strategy delineated diverse non-synonymous SNPs from five candidate genes with strong allelic effects on PGH trait variation in chickpea. Of these, two vernalization-responsive non-synonymous SNP alleles carrying SNF2 protein-coding gene and B3 transcription factor associated with PGH traits were found to be the most promising in chickpea. The SNP allelic variants associated with E/SE/SS/S PGH trait differentiation were exclusively present in all cultivated desi and kabuli chickpea accessions while wild species/accessions belonging to primary, secondary and tertiary gene pools mostly contained prostrate PGH-associated SNP alleles. This indicates strong adaptive natural/artificial selection pressure (Tajima’s D 3.15 to 4.57) on PGH-associated target genomic loci during chickpea domestication. These vital leads thus have potential to decipher complex transcriptional regulatory gene function of PGH trait differentiation and for understanding the selective sweep-based PGH trait evolution and domestication pattern in cultivated and wild chickpea accessions adapted to diverse agroclimatic conditions. Collectively, the essential inputs generated will be of profound use in marker-assisted genetic enhancement to develop cultivars with desirable plant architecture of erect growth habit types in chickpea.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support for this study provided by a research grant from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India (102/IFD/SAN/2161/2013-14).

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  1. Akhilesh K. Tyagi

    Present address: Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India

  2. Hari D. Upadhyaya and Deepak Bajaj contributed equally to this work.

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  1. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Telangana, 502324, India

    Hari D. Upadhyaya

  2. National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India

    Deepak Bajaj, Rishi Srivastava, Anurag Daware, Udita Basu, Akhilesh K. Tyagi & Swarup K. Parida

  3. Division of Genetics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, 110012, India

    Shailesh Tripathi & Chellapilla Bharadwaj

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Upadhyaya, H.D., Bajaj, D., Srivastava, R. et al. Genetic dissection of plant growth habit in chickpea. Funct Integr Genomics 17, 711–723 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10142-017-0566-8

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