Evaluation of biennial bearing of apple genotypes with columnar tree growth habit

Vávra, R.; Blažek, J.; Vejl, P.; Jonáš, M.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2017.1172.75

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“…To take advantage of these desirable characteristics, 'Wijcik McIntosh' has been used in many breeding programs to develop new and improved columnar apple cultivars (Tobutt, 1984;Moriya et al, 2009). However, a major issue of existing columnar apple cultivars is their strong tendency for biennial bearing (Lauri and Lespinnasse, 1993;Petersen and Krost, 2013;Otto et al, 2014), while some studies observed that approximately 5% of columnar progeny show regular annual bearing in breeding populations, indicating columnar and biennial bearing are not always linked (Blazek, 2013;Vávra et al, 2017).…”

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Exploring DNA Variant Segregation Types Enables Mapping Loci for Recessive Phenotypic Suppression of Columnar Growth in Apple

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Columnar apples trees, originated from a bud mutation 'Wijcik McIntosh,' develop a simple canopy and set fruit on spurs. These characteristics make them an important genetic resource for improvement of tree architecture. Genetic studies have uncovered that columnar growth habit is a dominant trait and is caused by a retroposon insertion that induces the expression of the neighboring gene Co encoding a 2OG-Fe(II) oxygenase. Here we report the genetic mapping of two loci of recessive suppressors (genes) c2 (on Chr10) and c3 (on Chr9) that are linked to repression of the retroposon-induced Co gene expression and associated columnar phenotype in 275 F 1 seedlings, which were developed from a reciprocal cross between two columnar selections heterozygous at the Co locus. The mapping was accomplished by sequencing a genomic pool comprising 18 columnar seedlings and another pool of 16 standard seedlings that also carry the retroposon insertion, and by exploring DNA variants of segregation types that are informative for mapping recessive traits in apple. The informative segregation types include , , , , and , where each letter denotes one of the four DNA bases and the letters in bold represent variants in relation to the reference genome. The alleles in each first and third positions are assumed in linkage with the recessive suppressors' allele in the two parents, respectively. Using RNA-seq analysis, we further revealed that the Co gene together with the differentially expressed genes under loci c2 and c3 formed a co-expression gene-network module associated with growth habit, in which 12 MapMan Bins were enriched.

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