Domesticating Vigna stipulacea: Chromosome-Level genome assembly reveals VsPSAT1 as a candidate gene decreasing hard-seededness.

ABSTRACT: To increase food production under the challenges presented by global climate change, the concept of de novo domestication-utilizing stress-tolerant wild species as new crops-has recently gained considerable attention. We had previously identified mutants with desired domestication traits in a mutagenized population of the legume Vigna stipulacea Kuntze (minni payaru) as a pilot for de novo domestication. Given that there are multiple stress-tolerant wild legume species, it is important to establish efficient domestication processes using reverse genetics and identify the genes responsible for domestication traits. In this study, we identified VsPSAT1 as the candidate gene responsible for decreased hard-seededness, using a Vigna stipulacea isi2 mutant that

SUBMITTER: Takahashi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10149957 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature