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Cross‐genome map based dissection of a nitrogen use efficiency ortho‐metaQTL in bread wheat unravels concerted cereal genome evolution
Author(s) -
Quraishi Umar Masood,
Abrouk Michael,
Murat Florent,
Pont Caroline,
Foucrier Séverine,
Desmaizieres Gregory,
Confolent Carole,
Rivière Nathalie,
Charmet Gilles,
Paux Etienne,
Murigneux Alain,
Guerreiro Laurent,
Lafarge Stéphane,
Le Gouis Jacques,
Feuillet Catherine,
Salse Jerome
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the plant journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.058
H-Index - 269
eISSN - 1365-313X
pISSN - 0960-7412
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2010.04461.x
Subject(s) - biology , genome , sorghum , gene , locus (genetics) , genetics , chromosome , agronomy
Summary Monitoring nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) in plants is becoming essential to maintain yield while reducing fertilizer usage. Optimized NUE application in major crops is essential for long‐term sustainability of agriculture production. Here, we report the precise identification of 11 major chromosomal regions controlling NUE in wheat that co‐localise with key developmental genes such as Ppd (photoperiod sensitivity), Vrn (vernalization requirement), Rht (reduced height) and can be considered as robust markers from a molecular breeding perspective. Physical mapping, sequencing, annotation and candidate gene validation of an NUE metaQTL on wheat chromosome 3B allowed us to propose that a glutamate synthase ( GoGAT ) gene that is conserved structurally and functionally at orthologous positions in rice, sorghum and maize genomes may contribute to NUE in wheat and other cereals. We propose an evolutionary model for the NUE locus in cereals from a common ancestral region, involving species specific shuffling events such as gene deletion, inversion, transposition and the invasion of repetitive elements.