Th1_Identifying Core Regions of the O. sativa Genome Controlling
1. Identifying Core Regions of the
O. sativa Genome Controlling
Root Architecture
Erin E. Sparks PhD
Philip Benfey Laboratory
Duke University
Durham, NC, USA
Tuesday, 22nd October 2013
2. Root System Architecture (RSA) Influences
Plant Function in Changing Environmental
Conditions
RSA
the Spatial Organization
of Roots in the Soil
3. How can we modify roots to improve agriculture?
4. Oryza sativa Cultivars have Diverse RSAs
Moroberekan
Lemont
IR64
Nipponbare
Basmati 217
Iyer-Pascuzzi et al., Plant Physiology 2010
Jefferson
Teqing
Caiapo
Carolina Gold
Iyer-Pascuzzi et al. 2010
5. Identify Core Regions of the Genome Controlling
RSA in Rice
High-throughput Root Imaging System
Imaging time: 5 minutes / plant
6. Digital Phenotyping
automatic 2-D and 3-D trait extraction
GiA-Roots – Galkovskyi et al. BMC Plant Biology 2012; Iyer-Pascuzzi, Symonova, et al. Plant Physiology 2010, & unpublished
7. Identifying Core Regions of the Genome Controlling
RSA in Rice
Bala x Azucena
Recombinant
Inbred Lines
(RILs) were
phenotyped at
d12, d14 and d16
Bala
upland Indica
Azucena
tropical Japonica
Adam Price, Aberdeen, UK
8. Root Traits are Segregating in the Bala x Azucena RIL
Population
Bala
RIL 001
RIL 002
RIL 003
Azucena
10. Multivariate QTLs Give Rise to Distinctive RSA
based on 9 traits over 3 time points
Bala allele
Azucena allele
Thomas Mitchell-Olds, Jill Anderson, Cheng-Ruei Lee
Topp et al., PNAS, 2013
11. Current & Future Directions
-Generation of additional genetic markers by Multiplexed
Shotgun Genotyping (Andolfatto, et al., 2011)
-Fine mapping and RNA-sequencing to identify differentially
expressed genes underlying the QTL intervals
-Introgression the genomic regions into additional cultivars to
assay yield under specific nutrient-limited conditions
12. Genetic Control of RSA Changes in Response to
Limited Nutrients
100% N
1% N
high Nitrogen
low Nitrogen
Azucena
14. Acknowledgements
Benfey Lab 2013
Collaborators
• Tom Mitchell-Olds (Duke, USA)
• Joshua Weitz (Georgia Tech, USA)
• Herbert Edelsbrunner (IST, Austria)
• Leon Kochian (Cornell, USA)
Chris Topp (Donald Danforth
Plant Science Center, USA)
Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi (Purdue
University, USA)
Funding: NSF AT2010, NIH R01, NIH P50, GBMF/HHMI