Whole-genome resequencing of the wild barley diversity collection: A resource for identifying and exploiting genetic variation for cultivated barley improvement.
To exploit allelic variation in Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum, the Wild Barley Diversity Collection was subjected to paired-end Illumina sequencing at ∼9X depth and evaluated for several agronomic traits. We discovered 240.2 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) after alignment to the Morex V3 assembly and 24.4 million short (1-50 bp) insertions and deletions. A genome-wide association study of lemma color identified one marker-trait association (MTA) on chromosome 1H close to HvBlp, the cloned gene controlling black lemma. Four MTAs were identified for seedling stem rust resistance, including two novel loci on chromosomes 1H and 6H and one co-locating to the complex RMRL1-RMRL2 locus on 5H. The whole-genome sequence data described herein will facilitate the identification and utilization of new alleles for barley improvement.
GrantsNational Science Foundation USDA-Agricultural Research Service American Malting Barley Association King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Government of Norway U.S. Department of Agriculture Carlsberg Foundation ARS TowArds Next GENeration Crops Plant Genome Research Program National Institute of Food and Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service USDA Recovering and Exploiting Old and New Barley Diversity for Future-Ready Agriculture Biodiversity for Opportunities, Livelihoods and Development University of Minnesota ERDF Programme Johannes Amos Comenius German Ministry of Research and Education Binational Agriculture Research and Development Fund Exploiting Wild Relatives for Cultivated Wheat and Barley Improvement Hatch project German Research Foundation