Development of a research platform for dissecting phenotype-genotype associations in rice (Oryza spp.)

Chih Wei Tung, Keyan Zhao, Mark H. Wright, M. Liakat Ali, Janelle Jung, Jennifer Kimball, Wricha Tyagi, Michael J. Thomson, Kenneth McNally, Hei Leung, Hyunjung Kim, Sang Nag Ahn, Andy Reynolds, Brian Scheffler, Georgia Eizenga, Anna McClung, Carlos Bustamante, Susan R. McCouch

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Abstract

We present an overview of a research platform that provides essential germplasm, genotypic and phenotypic data and analytical tools for dissecting phenotype-genotype associations in rice. These resources include a diversity panel of 400 Oryza sativa and 100 Oryza rufipogon accessions that have been purified by single seed descent, a customdesigned Affymetrix array consisting of 44,100 SNPs, an Illumina GoldenGate assay consisting of 1,536 SNPs, and a suite of low-resolution 384-SNP assays for the Illumina BeadXpress Reader that are designed for applications in breeding, genetics and germplasm management. Our longterm goal is to empower basic research discoveries in rice by linking sequence diversity with physiological, morphological, and agronomic variation. This research platform will also help increase breeding efficiency by providing a database of diversity information that will enable researchers to identify useful DNA polymorphisms in genes and germplasm of interest and convert that information into cost-effective tools for applied plant improvement.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)205-217
Number of pages13
JournalRice
Volume3
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2010

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
With financial support from the collaborators around the world (www.ricesnp.org), we are currently re-sequencing 100–150 accessions of wild and cultivated Asian and African rice using Illumina GAII technology. Accessions are selected to represent the diversity of O. sativa, O. rufipogon/O. nivara, O.glaberrima and O. barthii and we are generating 5–55× genome coverage for each. A parallel effort is being undertaken for other wild Oryza genomes as part of the OMAP project by the Wing lab (http://www.omap.org/). These re-sequencing efforts are providing the plant breeding community with vital information about the distribution and frequencies of SNP alleles within and between populations of both wild and cultivated materials. This information will allow us to undertake evolutionary and population genetics analyses enabling the selection of the most informative SNPs for targeted applications in genetics, breeding and germplasm management.

Keywords

  • Chromosome segment substitution lines
  • Genome-wide association mapping
  • Linkage disequilibrium
  • Oryza rufipogon
  • Oryza sativa
  • Rice phenotyping
  • SNP genotyping

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