BnaCRCs with domestication preference positively correlate with the seed‐setting rate of canola. (9th August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qin, Pei; Gao, Jinxiang; Shen, Wenhao; Wu, Zengxiang; Dai, Cheng; Wen, Jing; Yi, Bin; Ma, Chaozhi; Shen, Jinxiong; Fu, Tingdong; Tu, Jinxing
• Is Part Of: Plant journal. Volume 111:Number 6(2022)
• Page Start: 1717
• Page End: 1731
• Publication Date: 2022-08-09
• Subjects: Brassica napus -- seed‐setting rate -- CRABS CLAW -- domestication -- carpel development -- nectary -- stigma papilla cell -- map‐based cloning; Plant molecular biology -- Periodicals; Plant cells and tissues -- Periodicals; Botany -- Periodicals; 580
• DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15919
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0960-7412

Abstract

SUMMARY: Canola ( Brassica napus ) is an important oil crop worldwide. The seed‐setting rate (SS) is a critical factor in determining its yield, and the development of pistils affects pollination and seed sets. However, research on seed‐setting defects has been limited owing to difficulties in the identification of phenotypes, mutations, and complex genetic mechanisms. In this study, we found a stigma defect ( sd ) mutant in B. napus, which had no nectary. The SS of sd mutants in the field was approximately 93.4% lower than that of the wild type. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy imaging of sd mutants showed a low density of stigma papillary cells and stigma papillary cell vacuoles that disappeared 16 h after flowering. Genetic analysis of segregated populations showed that two recessive nuclear genes are responsible for the mutant phenotype of sd . Based on re‐sequencing and map‐based cloning, we reduced the candidate sites on ChrA07 ( BnaSSA07 ) and ChrC06 ( BnaSSC06 ) to 30 and 67 kb, including six and eight predicted genes, respectively. Gene analyses showed that a pair of CRABS CLAW ( CRC ) homeologous genes at BnaSSA07 and BnaSSC06 were associated with the development of carpel and nectary. BnaSSA07.CRC and BnaSSC06.CRC candidate genes were found to be expressed in flower organs only, with significant differences in their expression in the pistils of the near‐isogenic lines. DNA sequencing showed transposon insertions in the upstream region and intron of the candidate gene BnaSSA07.crc . We also found that BnaSSC06.crc exists widely in the natural population and we give possible reasons for its widespread existence. Significance Statement: The BnaCRCs of domesticated preference are located at A07 and C06 within 30‐ and 67‐kb regions, respectively, as determined by re‐sequencing and map‐based cloning. They were positively correlated with the Brassica napus seed‐setting rate.