A new genome allows the identification of genes associated with natural variation in aluminium tolerance in Brachiaria grasses

Toxic concentrations of aluminium cations and low phosphorus availability are the main yield-limiting factors in acidic soils, which represent half of the potentially available arable land. Brachiaria grasses, which are commonly sown as forage in the tropics because of their resilience and low deman...

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Main Authors: Worthington, Margaret, Pérez, Juan Guillermo, Mussurova, Saule, Silva Córdoba, Alexander, Castiblanco, Valheria, Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés, Jones, Charlotte, Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis, Skot, Leif, Dyer, Sarah, Tohme, Joseph M., Palma, Federica di, Arango, Jacobo, Armstead, Ian, Vega, Jose J. de
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Published: Oxford University Press 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110412
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author Worthington, Margaret
Pérez, Juan Guillermo
Mussurova, Saule
Silva Córdoba, Alexander
Castiblanco, Valheria
Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés
Jones, Charlotte
Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis
Skot, Leif
Dyer, Sarah
Tohme, Joseph M.
Palma, Federica di
Arango, Jacobo
Armstead, Ian
Vega, Jose J. de
author_browse Arango, Jacobo
Armstead, Ian
Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés
Castiblanco, Valheria
Dyer, Sarah
Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis
Jones, Charlotte
Mussurova, Saule
Palma, Federica di
Pérez, Juan Guillermo
Silva Córdoba, Alexander
Skot, Leif
Tohme, Joseph M.
Vega, Jose J. de
Worthington, Margaret
author_facet Worthington, Margaret
Pérez, Juan Guillermo
Mussurova, Saule
Silva Córdoba, Alexander
Castiblanco, Valheria
Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés
Jones, Charlotte
Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis
Skot, Leif
Dyer, Sarah
Tohme, Joseph M.
Palma, Federica di
Arango, Jacobo
Armstead, Ian
Vega, Jose J. de
author_sort Worthington, Margaret
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Toxic concentrations of aluminium cations and low phosphorus availability are the main yield-limiting factors in acidic soils, which represent half of the potentially available arable land. Brachiaria grasses, which are commonly sown as forage in the tropics because of their resilience and low demand for nutrients, show greater tolerance to high concentrations of aluminium cations (Al3+) than most other grass crops. In this work, we explored the natural variation in tolerance to Al3+ between high and low tolerant Brachiaria species and characterized their transcriptional differences during stress. We identified three QTLs (quantitative trait loci) associated with root vigour during Al3+ stress in their hybrid progeny. By integrating these results with a new Brachiaria reference genome, we identified 30 genes putatively responsible for Al3+ tolerance in Brachiaria. We observed differential expression during stress of genes involved in RNA translation, response signalling, cell wall composition, and vesicle location homologous to aluminiuminduced proteins involved in limiting uptake or localizing the toxin. However, there was limited regulation of malate transporters in Brachiaria, which suggests that exudation of organic acids and other external tolerance mechanisms, common in other grasses, might not be relevant in Brachiaria. The contrasting regulation of RNA translation and response signalling suggests that response timing is critical in high Al3+-tolerant Brachiaria.
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spelling CGSpace1104122025-11-11T19:04:20Z A new genome allows the identification of genes associated with natural variation in aluminium tolerance in Brachiaria grasses Worthington, Margaret Pérez, Juan Guillermo Mussurova, Saule Silva Córdoba, Alexander Castiblanco, Valheria Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Jones, Charlotte Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis Skot, Leif Dyer, Sarah Tohme, Joseph M. Palma, Federica di Arango, Jacobo Armstead, Ian Vega, Jose J. de acid soils suelo ácido brachiaria urochloa quantitative trait loci aluminium genomes Toxic concentrations of aluminium cations and low phosphorus availability are the main yield-limiting factors in acidic soils, which represent half of the potentially available arable land. Brachiaria grasses, which are commonly sown as forage in the tropics because of their resilience and low demand for nutrients, show greater tolerance to high concentrations of aluminium cations (Al3+) than most other grass crops. In this work, we explored the natural variation in tolerance to Al3+ between high and low tolerant Brachiaria species and characterized their transcriptional differences during stress. We identified three QTLs (quantitative trait loci) associated with root vigour during Al3+ stress in their hybrid progeny. By integrating these results with a new Brachiaria reference genome, we identified 30 genes putatively responsible for Al3+ tolerance in Brachiaria. We observed differential expression during stress of genes involved in RNA translation, response signalling, cell wall composition, and vesicle location homologous to aluminiuminduced proteins involved in limiting uptake or localizing the toxin. However, there was limited regulation of malate transporters in Brachiaria, which suggests that exudation of organic acids and other external tolerance mechanisms, common in other grasses, might not be relevant in Brachiaria. The contrasting regulation of RNA translation and response signalling suggests that response timing is critical in high Al3+-tolerant Brachiaria. 2021-02-02 2020-12-04T22:14:34Z 2020-12-04T22:14:34Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110412 en Open Access application/pdf Oxford University Press Worthington, M.; Perez, J.G.; Mussurova, S.; Silva-Cordoba, A.; Castiblanco, V.; Cardoso Arango, J.A.; Jones, C.; Fernandez-Fuentes, N.; Skot, L.; Dyer, S.; Tohme, J.; Di Palma, F.; Arango, J.; Armstead, I.; De Vega, J.J. (2020) A new genome allows the identification of genes associated with natural variation in aluminium tolerance in Brachiaria grasses. Journal of Experimental Botany, Online first paper (16 October 2020). ISSN: 0022-0957.
spellingShingle acid soils
suelo ácido
brachiaria
urochloa
quantitative trait loci
aluminium
genomes
Worthington, Margaret
Pérez, Juan Guillermo
Mussurova, Saule
Silva Córdoba, Alexander
Castiblanco, Valheria
Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés
Jones, Charlotte
Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis
Skot, Leif
Dyer, Sarah
Tohme, Joseph M.
Palma, Federica di
Arango, Jacobo
Armstead, Ian
Vega, Jose J. de
A new genome allows the identification of genes associated with natural variation in aluminium tolerance in Brachiaria grasses
title A new genome allows the identification of genes associated with natural variation in aluminium tolerance in Brachiaria grasses
title_full A new genome allows the identification of genes associated with natural variation in aluminium tolerance in Brachiaria grasses
title_fullStr A new genome allows the identification of genes associated with natural variation in aluminium tolerance in Brachiaria grasses
title_full_unstemmed A new genome allows the identification of genes associated with natural variation in aluminium tolerance in Brachiaria grasses
title_short A new genome allows the identification of genes associated with natural variation in aluminium tolerance in Brachiaria grasses
title_sort new genome allows the identification of genes associated with natural variation in aluminium tolerance in brachiaria grasses
topic acid soils
suelo ácido
brachiaria
urochloa
quantitative trait loci
aluminium
genomes
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110412
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