Comparative assessment of effectiveness of alternative genotyping assays for characterizing carotenoids accumulation in tropical maize inbred lines

The development of maize varieties with increased concentration of Provitamin A (PVA) is an effective and affordable strategy to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing nations. However, the considerably high cost of carotene analysis poses a major challenge for maize PVA biofortification, prompti...

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Main Authors: Sayadi Maazou, A.R., Gedil, Melaku A, Adetimirin, Victor O., Meseka, S.K., Mengesha Abera, W., Babalola, D., Offornedo, Q.N., Menkir, A.
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115966
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author Sayadi Maazou, A.R.
Gedil, Melaku A
Adetimirin, Victor O.
Meseka, S.K.
Mengesha Abera, W.
Babalola, D.
Offornedo, Q.N.
Menkir, A.
author_browse Adetimirin, Victor O.
Babalola, D.
Gedil, Melaku A
Mengesha Abera, W.
Menkir, A.
Meseka, S.K.
Offornedo, Q.N.
Sayadi Maazou, A.R.
author_facet Sayadi Maazou, A.R.
Gedil, Melaku A
Adetimirin, Victor O.
Meseka, S.K.
Mengesha Abera, W.
Babalola, D.
Offornedo, Q.N.
Menkir, A.
author_sort Sayadi Maazou, A.R.
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description The development of maize varieties with increased concentration of Provitamin A (PVA) is an effective and affordable strategy to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing nations. However, the considerably high cost of carotene analysis poses a major challenge for maize PVA biofortification, prompting the use of marker-assisted selection. Presently, two types of genotyping with PVA trait-linked functional markers have been developed and extensively used in breeding programs. The two systems are low throughput gel-based genotyping and genotyping with Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) markers. Although the KASP SNPs genotyping was developed to replace the gel-based genotyping, studies have not been conducted to compare the effectiveness of the KASP SNPs markers with the gel-based markers. This study was conducted to assess the carotenoid content of 64 tropical PVA biofortified maize inbred lines containing temperate germplasm in their genetic backgrounds and screen them with both gel-based and KASP markers of PSY1, LCYE and crtRB1 genes. Many of the 64 inbred lines had PVA concentrations surpassing the 15 µg/g provitamin A breeding target set by the HarvestPlus Challenge Program. Favorable alleles of crtRB1, crtRB1 and the KASP SNPs markers were detected in 25 inbred lines with high PVA concentrations. Inbred lines with the favorable alleles of LCYE had the highest concentrations of non-PVA carotenoids, whereas those with the favorable alleles of crtRB1 had high levels of PVA carotenoids. Data from the sequenced region of LCYE revealed one SNP in the first intron that clearly differentiated the high and low β-carotene maize inbred lines. The results of our study demonstrate that the automated KASP SNPs markers can replace the gel-based genotyping for screening a large number of early generation maize inbred lines for PVA content.
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spelling CGSpace1159662025-11-11T10:13:19Z Comparative assessment of effectiveness of alternative genotyping assays for characterizing carotenoids accumulation in tropical maize inbred lines Sayadi Maazou, A.R. Gedil, Melaku A Adetimirin, Victor O. Meseka, S.K. Mengesha Abera, W. Babalola, D. Offornedo, Q.N. Menkir, A. provitamins carotenoids biofortification marker-assisted selection maize inbred lines nigeria The development of maize varieties with increased concentration of Provitamin A (PVA) is an effective and affordable strategy to combat vitamin A deficiency in developing nations. However, the considerably high cost of carotene analysis poses a major challenge for maize PVA biofortification, prompting the use of marker-assisted selection. Presently, two types of genotyping with PVA trait-linked functional markers have been developed and extensively used in breeding programs. The two systems are low throughput gel-based genotyping and genotyping with Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) markers. Although the KASP SNPs genotyping was developed to replace the gel-based genotyping, studies have not been conducted to compare the effectiveness of the KASP SNPs markers with the gel-based markers. This study was conducted to assess the carotenoid content of 64 tropical PVA biofortified maize inbred lines containing temperate germplasm in their genetic backgrounds and screen them with both gel-based and KASP markers of PSY1, LCYE and crtRB1 genes. Many of the 64 inbred lines had PVA concentrations surpassing the 15 µg/g provitamin A breeding target set by the HarvestPlus Challenge Program. Favorable alleles of crtRB1, crtRB1 and the KASP SNPs markers were detected in 25 inbred lines with high PVA concentrations. Inbred lines with the favorable alleles of LCYE had the highest concentrations of non-PVA carotenoids, whereas those with the favorable alleles of crtRB1 had high levels of PVA carotenoids. Data from the sequenced region of LCYE revealed one SNP in the first intron that clearly differentiated the high and low β-carotene maize inbred lines. The results of our study demonstrate that the automated KASP SNPs markers can replace the gel-based genotyping for screening a large number of early generation maize inbred lines for PVA content. 2021 2021-11-10T14:57:48Z 2021-11-10T14:57:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115966 en Open Access application/pdf MDPI Sayadi Maazou, A.R., Gedil, M., Adetimirin, V., Meseka, S.K., Mengesha Abera, W., Babalola, D., ... & Menkir, A. (2021). Comparative assessment of effectiveness of alternative genotyping assays for characterizing carotenoids accumulation in tropical maize inbred lines. Agronomy, 11(10), 2022: 1-17.
spellingShingle provitamins
carotenoids
biofortification
marker-assisted selection
maize
inbred lines
nigeria
Sayadi Maazou, A.R.
Gedil, Melaku A
Adetimirin, Victor O.
Meseka, S.K.
Mengesha Abera, W.
Babalola, D.
Offornedo, Q.N.
Menkir, A.
Comparative assessment of effectiveness of alternative genotyping assays for characterizing carotenoids accumulation in tropical maize inbred lines
title Comparative assessment of effectiveness of alternative genotyping assays for characterizing carotenoids accumulation in tropical maize inbred lines
title_full Comparative assessment of effectiveness of alternative genotyping assays for characterizing carotenoids accumulation in tropical maize inbred lines
title_fullStr Comparative assessment of effectiveness of alternative genotyping assays for characterizing carotenoids accumulation in tropical maize inbred lines
title_full_unstemmed Comparative assessment of effectiveness of alternative genotyping assays for characterizing carotenoids accumulation in tropical maize inbred lines
title_short Comparative assessment of effectiveness of alternative genotyping assays for characterizing carotenoids accumulation in tropical maize inbred lines
title_sort comparative assessment of effectiveness of alternative genotyping assays for characterizing carotenoids accumulation in tropical maize inbred lines
topic provitamins
carotenoids
biofortification
marker-assisted selection
maize
inbred lines
nigeria
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115966
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