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- Title
Characterization of a Thermo-Inducible Chlorophyll-Deficient Mutant in Barley.
- Authors
Rong Wang; Fei Yang; Xiao-QiZhang; Dianxin Wu; Cong Tan; Westcott, Sharon; Broughton, Sue; Chengdao Li; Wenying Zhang; Yanhao Xu
- Abstract
Leaf color is an important trait for not only controlling crop yield but also monitoring plant status under temperature stress. In this study, a thermo-inducible chlorophyll-deficient mutant, named V-V-Y, was identified from a gamma-radiated population of the barley variety Vlamingh. The leaves of the mutant were green under normal growing temperature but turned yellowish under high temperature in the glasshouse experiment. The ratio of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b in the mutant declined much faster in the first 7-9 days under heat treatment. The leaves of V-V-Y turned yellowish but took longer to senesce under heat stress in the field experiment. Genetic analysis indicated that a single nuclear gene controlled the mutant trait. The mutant gene (vvy) was mapped to the long arm of chromosome 4H between SNP markers 1_0269 and 1_1531 with a genetic distance of 2.2 cM and a physical interval of 9.85 Mb. A QTL for grain yield was mapped to the same interval and explained 10.4% of the yield variation with a LOD score of 4. This QTL is coincident with the vvy gene interval that is responsible for the thermo-inducible chlorophyll-deficient trait. Fine mapping, based on the barley reference genome sequence, further narrowed the vvy gene to a physical interval of 0.428 Mb with 11 annotated genes. This is the first report of fine mapping a thermo-inducible chlorophyll-deficient gene in barley.
- Subjects
BARLEY; CHLOROPHYLL; LEAF color; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017, p1
- ISSN
1664-462X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fpls.2017.01936