In:
Scientific Reports, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 7, No. 1 ( 2017-06-30)
Abstract:
With progress of genetic sequencing technology, plant genomics has experienced rapid development and subsequently triggered the progress of plant phenomics. In this study, a high-throughput hyperspectral imaging system (HHIS) was developed to obtain 1,540 hyperspectral indices at whole-plant level during tillering, heading, and ripening stages. These indices were used to quantify traditional agronomic traits and to explore genetic variation. We performed genome-wide association study (GWAS) of these indices and traditional agronomic traits in a global rice collection of 529 accessions. With the genome-level suggestive P -value threshold, 989 loci were identified. Of the 1,540 indices, we detected 502 significant indices (designated as hyper-traits) that exhibited phenotypic and genetic relationship with traditional agronomic traits and had high heritability. Many hyper-trait-associated loci could not be detected using traditional agronomic traits. For example, we identified a candidate gene controlling chlorophyll content (Chl). This gene, which was not identified based on Chl, was significantly associated with a chlorophyll-related hyper-trait in GWAS and was demonstrated to control Chl. Moreover, our study demonstrates that red edge (680–760 nm ) is vital for rice research for phenotypic and genetic insights. Thus, combination of HHIS and GWAS provides a novel platform for dissection of complex traits and for crop breeding.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2045-2322
DOI:
10.1038/s41598-017-04668-8
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2615211-3
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