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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Circular genomics for cloning genes and QTLs for root system architecture in durum wheat, barley and maize.</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 5pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Roberto Tuberosa</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 40px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Haplotype variation of genes and QTLs which shape root system architecture (RSA) greatly affects cereal yield, particularly under conditions
of abiotic stress, mainly drought. The genetic dissection of RSA traits is increasingly facilitated by remarkable progresses in phenotyping, sequencing and circular genomics approaches (i.e. from phenotype to sequence and vice-versa) to better dissect the
QTLome and understand its functions. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 40px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In maize,
<i>qRoot-yield-1.06</i>, a major QTL associated with RSA traits and yield was recently cloned adopting shovelomics combined with software-assisted root images analysis. A TILLING-transcriptomics approach identified a
<i>SOS-like</i> gene encoding for a sodium/H antiporter as the cause of the QTL effect. Notably, native allelic variation at the
<i>SOS-like </i>gene impacts RSA also under non-saline conditions. </span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 40px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In durum wheat, a RIL-based and GWAS-based study on root growth angle (RGA) mapped three major QTLs on chr. 2A,
6A and 7A of which <i>qRGA-6A</i> showed the most notable effects on RGA and grain yield as related to the amount of available moisture. A metaQTL analysis in bread wheat evidenced a notable effect of the same region on grain yield. Positional cloning is in
progress for <i>qRGA-6A </i>and KASP markers have been designed and are available for marker-assisted selection. The narrow RGA haplotype was relatively frequent in ICARDA cultivars, while the shallow RGA haplotype was associated to the high-yielding Altar
C84, a renown CIMMYT founder. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 40px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In barley, a collection of TILLING root mutants from the TILLMore collection has allowed for the cloning of
<i>ENHANCED GRAVITROPISM 2</i> (<i>EGT2</i>) which encodes a STERILE ALPHA MOTIVE-containing protein that controls root growth angle in barley and wheat, hence suggesting that
<i>EGT2</i> is an evolutionary conserved regulator of root growth angle in barley and wheat. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 40px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Altogether, our results confirm the value of circular genomics and highlight the availability of a wide range of native and mutant haplotypes
for RGA in cereals that could be a valuable target for root-based breeding strategies in cereals. </span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 22, 2024 4:29 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Please Join Us! Tomorrow SPLS Seminar Dr. Roberto Tuberosa</span>
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genomics for cloning genes and QTLs for root system architecture in durum wheat, barley and maize</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>”.</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></div>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/83044711714" id="OWA0c1c3324-3cb8-82cf-c336-701b94f08725" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;">https://arizona.zoom.us/j/83044711714</a> (password:
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 18, 2024 9:45 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> plantsci@list.cals.arizona.edu <plantsci@list.cals.arizona.edu>; plsgs@list.cals.arizona.edu <plsgs@list.cals.arizona.edu>; plsfaculty@list.cals.arizona.edu <plsfaculty@list.cals.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Plantsci] SPLS Tuesday's Seminar and one-to-one meetings: Roberto Tuberosa</span>
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<div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please join us on Tuesday Jan-23 for
<b>Dr. Roberto Tuberosa</b>'s seminar <b>“</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Circular genomics for cloning genes and QTLs for root system architecture in durum wheat, barley and maize</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>”.</b></span></div>
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<a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/83044711714" id="OWAf3371351-bcde-d611-b6ce-24c891480938" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" data-auth="NotApplicable">
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