Cicer super-pangenome provides insights into species evolution and agronomic trait loci for crop improvement in chickpea.


Journal

Nature genetics
ISSN: 1546-1718
Titre abrégé: Nat Genet
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9216904

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
23 May 2024
Historique:
received: 24 07 2023
accepted: 18 04 2024
medline: 24 5 2024
pubmed: 24 5 2024
entrez: 23 5 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)-an important legume crop cultivated in arid and semiarid regions-has limited genetic diversity. Efforts are being undertaken to broaden its diversity by utilizing its wild relatives, which remain largely unexplored. Here, we present the Cicer super-pangenome based on the de novo genome assemblies of eight annual Cicer wild species. We identified 24,827 gene families, including 14,748 core, 2,958 softcore, 6,212 dispensable and 909 species-specific gene families. The dispensable genome was enriched for genes related to key agronomic traits. Structural variations between cultivated and wild genomes were used to construct a graph-based genome, revealing variations in genes affecting traits such as flowering time, vernalization and disease resistance. These variations will facilitate the transfer of valuable traits from wild Cicer species into elite chickpea varieties through marker-assisted selection or gene-editing. This study offers valuable insights into the genetic diversity and potential avenues for crop improvement in chickpea.

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pubmed: 38783120
doi: 10.1038/s41588-024-01760-4
pii: 10.1038/s41588-024-01760-4
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eng

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© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.

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Auteurs

Aamir W Khan (AW)

Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India.
School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.

Vanika Garg (V)

Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India.
Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

Shuai Sun (S)

BGI Research, Qingdao, China.

Saurabh Gupta (S)

Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Olga Dudchenko (O)

Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Manish Roorkiwal (M)

Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India.
Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Annapurna Chitikineni (A)

Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India.
Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

Philipp E Bayer (PE)

School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Chengcheng Shi (C)

BGI Research, Qingdao, China.

Hari D Upadhyaya (HD)

Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India.
Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.

Abhishek Bohra (A)

Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia.

Chellapilla Bharadwaj (C)

ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India.

Reyazul Rouf Mir (RR)

Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir,Wadura Campus, Kashmir, India.

Kobi Baruch (K)

NRGene Ltd, Park HaMada, Ness Ziona, Israel.

Bicheng Yang (B)

BGI-Australia, Herston, Queensland, Australia.

Clarice J Coyne (CJ)

USDA-ARS Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.

Kailash C Bansal (KC)

National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), NASC Complex, New Delhi, India.

Henry T Nguyen (HT)

Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.

Gil Ronen (G)

NRGene Ltd, Park HaMada, Ness Ziona, Israel.

Erez Lieberman Aiden (EL)

Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Center for Genome Architecture, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Erik Veneklaas (E)

School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Kadambot H M Siddique (KHM)

UWA Institute of Agriculture, and School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

Xin Liu (X)

BGI Research, Qingdao, China. liuxin@genomics.cn.
BGI Research, Shenzhen, China. liuxin@genomics.cn.

David Edwards (D)

School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. dave.edwards@uwa.edu.au.

Rajeev K Varshney (RK)

Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, India. rajeev.varshney@murdoch.edu.au.
Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, WA State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia. rajeev.varshney@murdoch.edu.au.

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