Genome analysis in Avena sativa reveals hidden breeding barriers and opportunities for oat improvement

Nicholas A. Tinker; Charlene P. Wight; Wubishet A. Bekele; Weikai Yan; Eric N. Jellen; Nikos Tsardakas Renhuldt; Nick Sirijovski; Thomas Lux; Manuel Spannagl; Martin Mascher

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03256-5

Communications Biology (May 2022)

Genome analysis in Avena sativa reveals hidden breeding barriers and opportunities for oat improvement

Nicholas A. Tinker,
Charlene P. Wight,
Wubishet A. Bekele,
Weikai Yan,
Eric N. Jellen,
Nikos Tsardakas Renhuldt,
Nick Sirijovski,
Thomas Lux,
Manuel Spannagl,
Martin Mascher

Affiliations

Nicholas A. Tinker: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Bldg., Central Experimental Farm
Charlene P. Wight: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Bldg., Central Experimental Farm
Wubishet A. Bekele: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Bldg., Central Experimental Farm
Weikai Yan: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Bldg., Central Experimental Farm
Eric N. Jellen: Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University
Nikos Tsardakas Renhuldt: Lund University, Department of Chemistry, Division of Pure and Applied Biochemistry
Nick Sirijovski: Lund University, Department of Chemistry, Division of Pure and Applied Biochemistry
Thomas Lux: Helmholtz Center Munich – Research Center for Environmental Health, Plant Genome and Systems Biology (PGSB)
Manuel Spannagl: Helmholtz Center Munich – Research Center for Environmental Health, Plant Genome and Systems Biology (PGSB)
Martin Mascher: Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Domestication Genomics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03256-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Tinker et al. identified the position and effects of major QTLs relative to a new fully annotated reference genome in five recombinant inbred line populations representing nine diverse oat (Avena sativa) varieties. They also characterized two major chromosome rearrangements that may impact breeding targets affected by QTL that are located in these regions.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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