Schönhals, Elske Maria (2014). Identifying novel diagnostic SNP markers for potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber starch and yield by association mapping. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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The starch of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers is a renewable resource and an important component of multiple food and non-food products. Optimized starch yield, the product of tuber starch content and tuber yield, is therefore the central selection criterion in breeding programs for starch potatoes. The aim of this work was the detection of diagnostic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for starch yield optimization by marker-assisted selection. A novel association mapping population of 282 potato genotypes formed the basis of this thesis. Within a collaborative project with breeders, this population was assembled and phenotyped in replicated field trials in Northern Spain for the starch yield determining traits tuber starch content, tuber yield, weight and number. The population was genotyped for known diagnostic PCR markers, SSR markers and novel SNPs in candidate genes, which were reported in the literature to have a function in starch or yield accumulation in potato or other organisms. In addition, three subpopulations were selected based on the highest (cases) and lowest (controls) trait values for tuber starch content, tuber yield and starch yield. Ninety varieties and breeding clones in total were genome-wide genotyped for 8,303 SNPs using the SolCAP Potato Array. SNPs with highly significantly different allele frequency between the case-control subpopulations for each trait were selected and genotyped in the entire population. Furthermore, the same case-control subpopulations were genotyped with next-generation RAD sequencing. Highly significant SNPs differing between cases and controls were analyzed for effects on the protein sequence and location in previously known candidate genes. Using a mixed linear model including population structure and kinship for association analysis, 21 diagnostic SNP markers and one insertion-deletion polymorphism were identified in candidate genes for tuber starch and yield-related traits. These associations resulted from the targeted candidate gene approach as well as from the genome wide case-control study by SolCAP Potato Array genotyping. A set of 430 novel and non-obvious candidate loci for tuber starch content, yield and starch yield was obtained from the RAD sequencing approach. Nine loci were detected in both genome-wide genotyping methods and are of special interest for further analysis. All three applied concepts resulted in the detection of novel marker-trait associations and candidate genes. This study shows the value of combining a knowledge-based association mapping approach with genome-wide discovery of polymorphisms as a tool for the detection of novel and non-obvious candidate genes and markers.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-56457 | ||||||||
Date: | July 2014 | ||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | ||||||||
Divisions: | Außeruniversitäre Forschungseinrichtungen > MPI for Plant Breeding Research | ||||||||
Subjects: | Natural sciences and mathematics Agriculture |
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Date of oral exam: | 28 May 2014 | ||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/5646 |
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