Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection.

Septoria tritici blotch (STB) is a devastating fungal disease affecting durum and bread wheat worldwide. Tunisian durum wheat landraces are reported to be valuable genetic resources for resistance to STB and should prominently be deployed in breeding programs to develop new varieties resistant to ST...

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Main Authors: Maroua Ouaja, Bikash Ghimire, Bochra Amina Bahri, Medini Maher, Sahbi Ferjaoui, Sripada Udupa, Sonia Hamza
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310390
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author Maroua Ouaja
Bikash Ghimire
Bochra Amina Bahri
Medini Maher
Sahbi Ferjaoui
Sripada Udupa
Sonia Hamza
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Sahbi Ferjaoui
Sripada Udupa
Sonia Hamza
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description Septoria tritici blotch (STB) is a devastating fungal disease affecting durum and bread wheat worldwide. Tunisian durum wheat landraces are reported to be valuable genetic resources for resistance to STB and should prominently be deployed in breeding programs to develop new varieties resistant to STB disease. In this study, a collection of 367 old durum and 6 modern wheat genotypes previously assessed using single Tunisian Zymoseptoria tritici isolate TUN06 during 2016 and 2017 and TM220 isolate during 2017 were phenotyped for resistance to a mixture of isolates (BULK) under field conditions. Significant correlations for disease traits using the three different inoculums were observed. Using 7638 SNP markers, fifty-one marker-trait associations (MTAs) for STB resistance were identified by genome-wide association study (GWAS) at Bonferroni correction threshold of -log10(P) > 5.184 with phenotypic variance explained (PVE) reaching up to 58%. A total of eleven QTL were identified using TUN06 isolate mean disease scoring (TUNMeanD and TUNMeanA) including threeQTL controlling resistance to both isolates TUN06 and TM220. A major QTL was identified on each of chromosomes 1B, 4B, 5A, and 7B, respectively. The QTL on 7B chromosome colocalized with Stb8 identified in bread wheat. Four QTL including the major QTL identified on chromosome 1B were considered as novel. SNP linked to the significant QTL have the potential to be used in marker-assisted selection for breeding for resistance to STB.
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spelling doaj-art-1e6ffd60af85424fbc4a96923128d7012025-02-12T05:31:00ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01202e031039010.1371/journal.pone.0310390Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection.Maroua OuajaBikash GhimireBochra Amina BahriMedini MaherSahbi FerjaouiSripada UdupaSonia HamzaSeptoria tritici blotch (STB) is a devastating fungal disease affecting durum and bread wheat worldwide. Tunisian durum wheat landraces are reported to be valuable genetic resources for resistance to STB and should prominently be deployed in breeding programs to develop new varieties resistant to STB disease. In this study, a collection of 367 old durum and 6 modern wheat genotypes previously assessed using single Tunisian Zymoseptoria tritici isolate TUN06 during 2016 and 2017 and TM220 isolate during 2017 were phenotyped for resistance to a mixture of isolates (BULK) under field conditions. Significant correlations for disease traits using the three different inoculums were observed. Using 7638 SNP markers, fifty-one marker-trait associations (MTAs) for STB resistance were identified by genome-wide association study (GWAS) at Bonferroni correction threshold of -log10(P) > 5.184 with phenotypic variance explained (PVE) reaching up to 58%. A total of eleven QTL were identified using TUN06 isolate mean disease scoring (TUNMeanD and TUNMeanA) including threeQTL controlling resistance to both isolates TUN06 and TM220. A major QTL was identified on each of chromosomes 1B, 4B, 5A, and 7B, respectively. The QTL on 7B chromosome colocalized with Stb8 identified in bread wheat. Four QTL including the major QTL identified on chromosome 1B were considered as novel. SNP linked to the significant QTL have the potential to be used in marker-assisted selection for breeding for resistance to STB.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310390
spellingShingle Maroua Ouaja
Bikash Ghimire
Bochra Amina Bahri
Medini Maher
Sahbi Ferjaoui
Sripada Udupa
Sonia Hamza
Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection.
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title Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection.
title_full Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection.
title_fullStr Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection.
title_full_unstemmed Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection.
title_short Genome-wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a Tunisian durum wheat collection.
title_sort genome wide association study reveals major loci for resistance to septoria tritici blotch in a tunisian durum wheat collection
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310390
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