scholarly journals Brassica Rapa domestication: untangling wild and feral forms and convergence of crop morphotypes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex C McAlvay ◽  
Aaron P Ragsdale ◽  
Makenzie E Mabry ◽  
Xinshuai Qi ◽  
Kevin A Bird ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Brassica Rapa ◽  
Crop Improvement ◽  
Genotyping By Sequencing ◽  
Potential Range ◽  
Crop Genetic Resources ◽  
Brassica Crop ◽  
Crop Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Demographic Inference

Abstract The study of domestication contributes to our knowledge of evolution and crop genetic resources. Human selection has shaped wild Brassica rapa into diverse turnip, leafy, and oilseed crops. Despite its worldwide economic importance and potential as a model for understanding diversification under domestication, insights into the number of domestication events and initial crop(s) domesticated in B. rapa have been limited due to a lack of clarity about the wild or feral status of conspecific non-crop relatives. To address this gap and reconstruct the domestication history of B. rapa, we analyzed 68,468 genotyping-by-sequencing-derived SNPs for 416 samples in the largest diversity panel of domesticated and weedy B. rapa to date. To further understand the center of origin, we modeled the potential range of wild B. rapa during the mid-Holocene. Our analyses of genetic diversity across B. rapa morphotypes suggest that non-crop samples from the Caucasus, Siberia, and Italy may be truly wild, while those occurring in the Americas and much of Europe are feral. Clustering, tree-based analyses, and parameterized demographic inference further indicate that turnips were likely the first crop type domesticated, from which leafy types in East Asia and Europe were selected from distinct lineages. These findings clarify the domestication history and nature of wild crop genetic resources for B. rapa, which provides the first step toward investigating cases of possible parallel selection, the domestication and feralization syndrome, and novel germplasm for Brassica crop improvement.

scholarly journals Brassica rapa domestication: untangling wild and feral forms and convergence of crop morphotypes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex C McAlvay ◽  
Aaron P Ragsdale ◽  
Makenzie E Mabry ◽  
Xinshuai Qi ◽  
Kevin Bird ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Brassica Rapa ◽  
Crop Improvement ◽  
Genotyping By Sequencing ◽  
Potential Range ◽  
Crop Genetic Resources ◽  
Crop Type ◽  
History Of ◽  
Demographic Inference ◽  
Clustering Tree

The study of domestication contributes to our knowledge of evolution and crop genetic resources. Human selection has shaped wild Brassica rapa into diverse turnip, leafy, and oilseed crops. Despite its worldwide economic importance and potential as a model for understanding diversification under domestication, insights into the number of domestication events and initial crop(s) domesticated in B. rapa have been limited due to a lack of clarity about the wild or feral status of conspecific non-crop relatives. To address this gap and reconstruct the domestication history of B. rapa, we analyzed 68,468 genotyping-by-sequencing-derived SNPs for 416 samples in the largest diversity panel of domesticated and weedy B. rapa to date. To further understand the center of origin, we modeled the potential range of wild B. rapa during the mid-Holocene. Our analyses of genetic diversity across B. rapa morphotypes suggest that non-crop samples from the Caucasus, Siberia, and Italy may be truly wild, while those occurring in the Americas and much of Europe are feral. Clustering, tree-based analyses, and parameterized demographic inference further indicate that turnips were likely the first crop type domesticated, from which leafy types in East Asia and Europe were selected from distinct lineages. These findings clarify the domestication history and nature of wild crop genetic resources for B. rapa, which provides the first step toward investigating cases of possible parallel selection, the domestication and feralization syndrome, and novel germplasm for Brassica crop improvement.

scholarly journals A review on the genetic resources, domestication and breeding history of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)

Euphytica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 216 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnau Ribera ◽  
Yuling Bai ◽  
Anne-Marie A. Wolters ◽  
Rob van Treuren ◽  
Chris Kik
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Spinacia Oleracea ◽  
Spinacia Oleracea L ◽  
History Of ◽  
Breeding History

THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ALLELIC DIVERSITY, A PRACTICAL MEANS OF PRESERVING AND USING MINOR ROOT CROP GENETIC RESOURCES

2005 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
VINCENT LEBOT ◽  
ANTON IVANCIC ◽  
KUTTOLAMADATHIL ABRAHAM
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Allelic Diversity ◽  
Core Sample ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Breeding Strategies ◽  
Current Conservation ◽  
Crop Genetic Resources ◽  
Root Crop

This paper addresses the preservation and use of minor root crop genetic resources, mostly aroids and yams. Conservation is fraught with difficulty: ex situ collections are expensive to maintain and methods for on-farm conservation have not been studied. Conventional breeding strategies present serious limitations when applied to these species. Furthermore, the evaluation and distribution of improved material are as problematical as its conservation. The similarities shared by these species regarding their domestication, breeding constraints and improvement strategies as well as farmers' needs, are briefly reviewed. Based on these biological constraints, we propose a practical alternative to current conservation and breeding strategies. This approach focuses on the geographical distribution of allelic diversity rather than localized ex situ and/or in situ preservation of genotypes. The practical steps are described and discussed. First, a core sample representing the useful diversity of the species is assembled from accessions selected for their diverse and distant geographic origins, wide genetic distances, quality, agronomic performances and functional sexuality. Second, the geographical distribution of this core sample, in vitro via a transit centre, allows the direct use of selected genotypes by farmers or for breeding purposes. Third, the distribution of genes is realized in the form of clones resulting from segregating progenies and, fourth, farmers select clones with local adaptation.

Strategies for In Situ Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources in Dryland Areas of Africa

2003 ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Grum ◽  
V. Guerette ◽  
B. Kone ◽  
A. Sidibe ◽  
M. Kouressy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Resources ◽  
In Situ Conservation ◽  
Crop Genetic Resources

scholarly journals DNA Variation in a Diversity Panel of Tomato Genetic Resources

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Joanne A. Labate
Keyword(s):  
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Crop Improvement ◽  
Genotyping By Sequencing ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Fresh Market ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Dna Variation ◽  
Diversity Panel ◽  
Home Gardening

A diversity panel of 190 National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) accessions was genotyped using genotyping by sequencing. These originated from 31 countries and included fresh market, ornamental, processing, breeders’ lines, landraces, and home gardening types, as well as six different accessions of the economically valuable cultivar San Marzano. Most of the 34,531 discovered single nucleotide polymorphisms were rare and therefore excluded from downstream analyses. A total of 3713 high-quality, mapped single nucleotide polymorphisms that were present in at least two accessions were used to estimate genetic distances and population structure. Results showed that these phenotypically and geographically diverse NPGS tomato accessions were closely related to each other. However, a subset of divergent genotypes was identified that included landraces from primary centers of diversity (South America), secondary centers of diversity (Italy, Taiwan, and France), and genotypes that originated from wild species through 20th century breeding for disease resistance (e.g., ‘VFNT Cherry’). Extreme variant accessions produce cultivated fruit traits in a background that contains many wild or primitive genes. These accessions are promising sources of novel genes for continued crop improvement.

scholarly journals Global range expansion history of pepper (Capsicum spp.) revealed by over 10,000 genebank accessions

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (34) ◽  
pp. e2104315118
Author(s):  
Pasquale Tripodi ◽  
Mark Timothy Rabanus-Wallace ◽  
Lorenzo Barchi ◽  
Sandip Kale ◽  
Salvatore Esposito ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Genotyping By Sequencing ◽  
Focal Region ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Trade Routes ◽  
Genebank Management ◽  
Capsicum Spp ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Commodity

Genebanks collect and preserve vast collections of plants and detailed passport information, with the aim of preserving genetic diversity for conservation and breeding. Genetic characterization of such collections has the potential to elucidate the genetic histories of important crops, use marker–trait associations to identify loci controlling traits of interest, search for loci undergoing selection, and contribute to genebank management by identifying taxonomic misassignments and duplicates. We conducted a genomic scan with genotyping by sequencing (GBS) derived single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of 10,038 pepper (Capsicum spp.) accessions from worldwide genebanks and investigated the recent history of this iconic staple. Genomic data detected up to 1,618 duplicate accessions within and between genebanks and showed that taxonomic ambiguity and misclassification often involve interspecific hybrids that are difficult to classify morphologically. We deeply interrogated the genetic diversity of the commonly consumed Capsicum annuum to investigate its history, finding that the kinds of peppers collected in broad regions across the globe overlap considerably. The method ReMIXTURE—using genetic data to quantify the similarity between the complement of peppers from a focal region and those from other regions—was developed to supplement traditional population genetic analyses. The results reflect a vision of pepper as a highly desirable and tradable cultural commodity, spreading rapidly throughout the globe along major maritime and terrestrial trade routes. Marker associations and possible selective sweeps affecting traits such as pungency were observed, and these traits were shown to be distributed nonuniformly across the globe, suggesting that human preferences exerted a primary influence over domesticated pepper genetic structure.

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