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Genome-Wide Identification of Candidate Genes Associated with β-glucan Traits in a Hulled and Hulless Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Population
Longhua Zhou1,2,#, Ting He1,2,#, Guimei Guo1,2, Jing Li1,2, Ruiju Lu1,2, Yingbo Li1,2,*, Chenghong Liu1,2,*
1 Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201106, China
2 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Shanghai, 201106, China
# These authors contributed equally to this work, Chenghong Liu is the first and Yingbo Li is the co-first corresponding author
* Corresponding Authors: Chenghong Liu. Email: ; Yingbo Li. Email:
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2020, 89(4), 987-997. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2020.011728
Received 26 May 2020; Accepted 24 June 2020; Issue published 09 November 2020
Abstract
Barley grain is a valuable source of
β-glucan, which is an important
component of dietary fiber with significant human health benefits. Although the
genetic basis of
β-glucan biosynthesis has been widely studied, a genome-wide
association study (GWAS) is still required for a scan of the candidate genes
related to the complex quantitative trait based on the high-quality barley reference
genome. In this study, a GWAS was conducted using a population composed of
87 barley landraces (39 hulled and 48 hulless,
β-glucan from 2.07% to 6.56%)
with 191,098 nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) markers to cover the chromosomes with the highest density. The population was divided into four sub-populations (POP1~POP4), and the
β-glucan content in POP2 was significantly higher
than that in other groups, in which most of the hulless barley landraces are from
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. Among seven SNP markers identified by GWAS,
two (SNP2 and SNP3) of them showed positive correlation to
β-glucan trait and
the remaining five (SNP1, SNP4, SNP5, SNP6 and SNP7) showed the negative
relationship. Two candidate genes linked to SNP7,
HORVU7Hr1G000320 and
HORVU7Hr1G000040, belong to the nucleotide triphosphate hydrolase superfamily which is probable to affect the activities of
β-glucan synthase. Another
candidate gene associated with SNP1,
HORVU1Hr1G000010, is possibly
involved in sugar response. In conclusion, our results provide new insights into
the genetic basis of
β-glucan accumulation in barley grains, and the discovery of
new SNP markers distributed in each chromosome and the associated candidate genes
will be valuable for the breeding of functional barley varieties with high
β-glucan.
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APA Style
Zhou, L., He, T., Guo, G., Li, J., Lu, R. et al. (2020). Genome-wide identification of candidate genes associated with β-glucan traits in a hulled and hulless barley (hordeum vulgare L.) population. Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, 89(4), 987-997. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2020.011728
Vancouver Style
Zhou L, He T, Guo G, Li J, Lu R, Li Y, et al. Genome-wide identification of candidate genes associated with β-glucan traits in a hulled and hulless barley (hordeum vulgare L.) population. Phyton-Int J Exp Bot. 2020;89(4):987-997 https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2020.011728
IEEE Style
L. Zhou et al., "Genome-Wide Identification of Candidate Genes Associated with β-glucan Traits in a Hulled and Hulless Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Population," Phyton-Int. J. Exp. Bot., vol. 89, no. 4, pp. 987-997. 2020. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2020.011728