Regional Heritability Mapping provides insights into Dry matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations

The HarvestPlus program for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) fortifies cassava with beta-carotene by breeding for carotene-rich tubers (yellow cassava). However, a negative correlation between yellowness and dry matter (DM) content has been identified. Here, we investigated the genetic control of...

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Main Authors: Okeke, U.G., Akdemir, D., Rabbi, Ismail Y., Kulakow, Peter A., Jannink, Jean-Luc
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89747
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author Okeke, U.G.
Akdemir, D.
Rabbi, Ismail Y.
Kulakow, Peter A.
Jannink, Jean-Luc
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Jannink, Jean-Luc
Kulakow, Peter A.
Okeke, U.G.
Rabbi, Ismail Y.
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Akdemir, D.
Rabbi, Ismail Y.
Kulakow, Peter A.
Jannink, Jean-Luc
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description The HarvestPlus program for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) fortifies cassava with beta-carotene by breeding for carotene-rich tubers (yellow cassava). However, a negative correlation between yellowness and dry matter (DM) content has been identified. Here, we investigated the genetic control of DM in white and yellow cassava subpopulations. We used regional heritability mapping (RHM) to associate DM to genomic segments in both subpopulations. Significant segments were subjected to candidate gene analysis and we attempted to validate candidates using prediction accuracies. The RHM procedure was validated using a simulation approach. The RHM revealed significant hits for white cassava on chromosomes 1, 4, 5, 10, 17 and 18 while hits for the yellow were on chromosome 1. Candidate gene analysis revealed genes in the carbohydrate biosynthesis pathway including the plant serine-threonine protein kinases (SnRKs), UDP-glycosyltransferases, UDP-sugar transporters, invertases, pectinases, and regulons. Validation using 1252 unique identifiers from the SnRK gene family genome-wide recovered 50% of the predictive accuracy of whole genome SNPs for DM while validation using 53 likely (extracted from literature) genes from significant segments recovered 32%. Genes including an acid invertase, a neutral/alkaline invertase and a glucose-6-phosphate isomerase were validated based on an a priori list for the cassava starch pathway and also a fructose-biphosphate aldolase from the calvin cycle pathway. The power of the RHM procedure was estimated at 47 percent when the causal QTL generated 10% of the phenotypic variance with sample size of 451. Cassava DM genetics is complex. RHM may be useful for complex traits.
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spelling CGSpace897472025-11-11T10:31:21Z Regional Heritability Mapping provides insights into Dry matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations Okeke, U.G. Akdemir, D. Rabbi, Ismail Y. Kulakow, Peter A. Jannink, Jean-Luc cassava gene cassava starch regional heritability mapping dry matter content beta-carotene yellow cassava white cassava The HarvestPlus program for cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) fortifies cassava with beta-carotene by breeding for carotene-rich tubers (yellow cassava). However, a negative correlation between yellowness and dry matter (DM) content has been identified. Here, we investigated the genetic control of DM in white and yellow cassava subpopulations. We used regional heritability mapping (RHM) to associate DM to genomic segments in both subpopulations. Significant segments were subjected to candidate gene analysis and we attempted to validate candidates using prediction accuracies. The RHM procedure was validated using a simulation approach. The RHM revealed significant hits for white cassava on chromosomes 1, 4, 5, 10, 17 and 18 while hits for the yellow were on chromosome 1. Candidate gene analysis revealed genes in the carbohydrate biosynthesis pathway including the plant serine-threonine protein kinases (SnRKs), UDP-glycosyltransferases, UDP-sugar transporters, invertases, pectinases, and regulons. Validation using 1252 unique identifiers from the SnRK gene family genome-wide recovered 50% of the predictive accuracy of whole genome SNPs for DM while validation using 53 likely (extracted from literature) genes from significant segments recovered 32%. Genes including an acid invertase, a neutral/alkaline invertase and a glucose-6-phosphate isomerase were validated based on an a priori list for the cassava starch pathway and also a fructose-biphosphate aldolase from the calvin cycle pathway. The power of the RHM procedure was estimated at 47 percent when the causal QTL generated 10% of the phenotypic variance with sample size of 451. Cassava DM genetics is complex. RHM may be useful for complex traits. 2018-03 2017-12-14T10:01:52Z 2017-12-14T10:01:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89747 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Okeke, U.G., Akdemir, D., Rabbi, I., Kulakow, P. & Jannink, J.L. (2018). Regional heritability mapping provides insights into Dry Matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations. Plant Genome, 11(1), 1-18.
spellingShingle cassava
gene
cassava starch
regional heritability mapping
dry matter content
beta-carotene
yellow cassava
white cassava
Okeke, U.G.
Akdemir, D.
Rabbi, Ismail Y.
Kulakow, Peter A.
Jannink, Jean-Luc
Regional Heritability Mapping provides insights into Dry matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations
title Regional Heritability Mapping provides insights into Dry matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations
title_full Regional Heritability Mapping provides insights into Dry matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations
title_fullStr Regional Heritability Mapping provides insights into Dry matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations
title_full_unstemmed Regional Heritability Mapping provides insights into Dry matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations
title_short Regional Heritability Mapping provides insights into Dry matter (DM) Content in African white and yellow cassava populations
title_sort regional heritability mapping provides insights into dry matter dm content in african white and yellow cassava populations
topic cassava
gene
cassava starch
regional heritability mapping
dry matter content
beta-carotene
yellow cassava
white cassava
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89747
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