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Population genomic and genome-wide association studies of agroclimatic traits in sorghum.


ABSTRACT: Accelerating crop improvement in sorghum, a staple food for people in semiarid regions across the developing world, is key to ensuring global food security in the context of climate change. To facilitate gene discovery and molecular breeding in sorghum, we have characterized ~265,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 971 worldwide accessions that have adapted to diverse agroclimatic conditions. Using this genome-wide SNP map, we have characterized population structure with respect to geographic origin and morphological type and identified patterns of ancient crop diffusion to diverse agroclimatic regions across Africa and Asia. To better understand the genomic patterns of diversification in sorghum, we quantified variation in nucleotide diversity, linkage disequilibrium, and recombination rates across the genome. Analyzing nucleotide diversity in landraces, we find evidence of selective sweeps around starch metabolism genes, whereas in landrace-derived introgression lines, we find introgressions around known height and maturity loci. To identify additional loci underlying variation in major agroclimatic traits, we performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on plant height components and inflorescence architecture. GWAS maps several classical loci for plant height, candidate genes for inflorescence architecture. Finally, we trace the independent spread of multiple haplotypes carrying alleles for short stature or long inflorescence branches. This genome-wide map of SNP variation in sorghum provides a basis for crop improvement through marker-assisted breeding and genomic selection.

SUBMITTER: Morris GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3545811 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Population genomic and genome-wide association studies of agroclimatic traits in sorghum.

Morris Geoffrey P GP   Ramu Punna P   Deshpande Santosh P SP   Hash C Thomas CT   Shah Trushar T   Upadhyaya Hari D HD   Riera-Lizarazu Oscar O   Brown Patrick J PJ   Acharya Charlotte B CB   Mitchell Sharon E SE   Harriman James J   Glaubitz Jeffrey C JC   Buckler Edward S ES   Kresovich Stephen S  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20121224 2


Accelerating crop improvement in sorghum, a staple food for people in semiarid regions across the developing world, is key to ensuring global food security in the context of climate change. To facilitate gene discovery and molecular breeding in sorghum, we have characterized ~265,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 971 worldwide accessions that have adapted to diverse agroclimatic conditions. Using this genome-wide SNP map, we have characterized population structure with respect to geo  ...[more]

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