Over the last 20 years, global production of Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) has grown enormously, likely reflecting increased consumption due to its numerous benefits to human health. However, advances in genome‐wide association (GWA) studies and genomic selection (GS) for agronomically important traits in walnut remain limited due to the lack of powerful genomic tools. Here, we present the development and validation of a high‐density 700K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array in Persian walnut. Over 609K high‐quality SNPs have been thoroughly selected from a set of 9.6 m genome‐wide variants, previously identified from the high‐depth re‐sequencing of 27 founders of the Walnut Improvement Program (WIP) of University of California, Davis. To validate the effectiveness of the array, we genotyped a collection of 1284 walnut trees, including 1167 progeny of 48 WIP families and 26 walnut cultivars. More than half of the SNPs (55.7%) fell in the highest quality class of ‘Poly High Resolution’ (PHR) polymorphisms, which were used to assess the WIP pedigree integrity. We identified 151 new parent‐offspring relationships, all confirmed with the Mendelian inheritance test. In addition, we explored the genetic variability among cultivars of different origin, revealing how the varieties from Europe and California were differentiated from Asian accessions. Both the reconstruction of the WIP pedigree and population structure analysis confirmed the effectiveness of the Applied Biosystems™ Axiom™ J. regia 700K SNP array, which initiates a novel genomic and advanced phase in walnut genetics and breeding

Marrano, A.; Martínez-García, P.J.; Bianco, L.; Sideli, G.M.; Di Pierro, E.A.; Leslie, C.A.; Stevens, K.A.; Crepeau, M.W.; Troggio, M.; Langley, C.H.; Neale, D.B. (2019). A new genomic tool for walnut (Juglans regia L.): development and validation of the high‐density Axiom™ J. regia 700K SNP genotyping array. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, 17 (6): 1027-1036. doi: 10.1111/pbi.13034 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/53434

A new genomic tool for walnut (Juglans regia L.): development and validation of the high‐density Axiom™ J. regia 700K SNP genotyping array

Bianco, L.;Di Pierro, E. A.;Troggio, M.;
2019-01-01

Abstract

Over the last 20 years, global production of Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) has grown enormously, likely reflecting increased consumption due to its numerous benefits to human health. However, advances in genome‐wide association (GWA) studies and genomic selection (GS) for agronomically important traits in walnut remain limited due to the lack of powerful genomic tools. Here, we present the development and validation of a high‐density 700K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array in Persian walnut. Over 609K high‐quality SNPs have been thoroughly selected from a set of 9.6 m genome‐wide variants, previously identified from the high‐depth re‐sequencing of 27 founders of the Walnut Improvement Program (WIP) of University of California, Davis. To validate the effectiveness of the array, we genotyped a collection of 1284 walnut trees, including 1167 progeny of 48 WIP families and 26 walnut cultivars. More than half of the SNPs (55.7%) fell in the highest quality class of ‘Poly High Resolution’ (PHR) polymorphisms, which were used to assess the WIP pedigree integrity. We identified 151 new parent‐offspring relationships, all confirmed with the Mendelian inheritance test. In addition, we explored the genetic variability among cultivars of different origin, revealing how the varieties from Europe and California were differentiated from Asian accessions. Both the reconstruction of the WIP pedigree and population structure analysis confirmed the effectiveness of the Applied Biosystems™ Axiom™ J. regia 700K SNP array, which initiates a novel genomic and advanced phase in walnut genetics and breeding
Persian walnut
Genomic variants
SNP array
Molecular breeding
Pedigree
Genetic diversity
Settore AGR/07 - GENETICA AGRARIA
2019
Marrano, A.; Martínez-García, P.J.; Bianco, L.; Sideli, G.M.; Di Pierro, E.A.; Leslie, C.A.; Stevens, K.A.; Crepeau, M.W.; Troggio, M.; Langley, C.H.; Neale, D.B. (2019). A new genomic tool for walnut (Juglans regia L.): development and validation of the high‐density Axiom™ J. regia 700K SNP genotyping array. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, 17 (6): 1027-1036. doi: 10.1111/pbi.13034 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/53434
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