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Fine Mapping of Shoot Fly Resistance and Stay-Green QTLS on Sorghum Chromosome SBI-10
Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, 2n = 2x = 20] is the fifth most
important cereal crop globally, and is grown primarily in arid and semi-arid
conditions. Major biotic and abiotic constraints hampering sorghum production
include shoot fly infestation during early stages of crop development (seedling
establishment and early growth stages; but only present in the eastern
hemisphere) and terminal drought stress during post-flowering growth stages.
These two stresses can devastate the crop. Hence developing sorghum varieties
with resistance for these two stresses is critical. In order to understand the
genetic basis of sensitivity to these two stresses and to genetically dissect host
plant resistance to shoot fly and tolerance to terminal drought stress, the
following objectives were proposed for the present study:
to develop an introgression-line cross-based fine-mapping population for
morphological components of shoot fly resistance and for the stay-green
mechanism of terminal drought tolerance previously mapped to sorghum
chromosome SBI-10L;
to fine-map the target traits by combining genotyping and phenotyping
datasets of a selected recombinant sub-set of the fine-mapping population;
to annotate functionally and characterize candidate genes identified in the
target region; and
to identify recombinant progenies with pyramided traits of interest
Metallurgical investigation of cracked Alā5.5Znā2.5Mgā1.5Cu aluminium alloy valve
AbstractThe high strength aluminium alloy Alā5.5Znā2.5Mgā1.5Cu (AA7075) is being widely used in realisation of aerospace components. A component āfill and vent valveā used in liquid propulsion system was fabricated from AA 7075 forgings in T7352 temper condition, and subsequently undergone various functional tests, four years back. Recently, during dye penetrant test after proof pressure test at 525bar, a valve indicated presence of a crack. Detailed metallurgical investigation indicated that failure was caused by stress corrosion cracking
STANDARDIZED CREATIVE FIND METHOD FOR RELATIONAL INFORMATION
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SmallSat Solar Axion and Activity X-ray Imager (SSAXI)
Axions are a promising dark matter candidate as well as a solution to the
strong charge-parity (CP) problem in quantum chromodynamics (QCD). We describe
a new mission concept for SmallSat Solar Axion and Activity X-ray Imager
(SSAXI) to search for solar axions or axion-like particles (ALPs) and to
monitor solar activity of the entire solar disc over a wide dynamic range.
SSAXI aims to unambiguously identify X-rays converted from axions in the solar
magnetic field along the line of sight to the solar core, effectively imaging
the solar core. SSAXI also plans to establish a statistical database of X-ray
activities from Active Regions, microflares, and Quiet Sun regions to
understand the origin of the solar corona heating processes. SSAXI employs
Miniature lightweight Wolter-I focusing X-ray optics (MiXO) and monolithic CMOS
X-ray sensors in a compact package. The wide energy range (0.5 - 6 keV) of
SSAXI can easily distinguish spectra of axion-converted X-rays from typical
X-ray spectra of solar activities, while encompassing the prime energy band (3
- 4.5 keV) of axion-converted X-rays. The high angular resolution (30 arcsec
HPD) and large field of view (40 arcmin) in SSAXI will easily resolve the
enhanced X-ray flux over the 3 arcmin wide solar core while fully covering the
X-ray activity over the entire solar disc. The fast readout in the inherently
radiation tolerant CMOS X-ray sensors enables high resolution spectroscopy with
a wide dynamic range in a broad range of operational temperatures. SSAXI will
operate in a Sun-synchronous orbit for 1 yr preferably near a solar minimum to
accumulate sufficient X-ray photon statistics.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures, 1 table, Presented at the SPIE Optics +
Photonics Conference, August 2019, San Diego, C
Evaluation of QTLs for Shoot Fly (Atherigona soccata) Resistance Component Traits of Seedling Leaf Blade Glossiness and Trichome Density on Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Chromosome SBI-10L
Shoot fly is a major insect pest of sorghum damaging early crop growth, establishment and productivity. Host plant resistance is an efficient approach to minimize yield losses due to shoot fly infestation. Seedling leaf blade glossiness and trichome density are morphological traits associated with shoot fly resistance. Our objective was to identify and evaluate QTLs for glossiness and trichome density using- i) 1894 F2s, ii) a sub-set of 369 F2-recombinants, and iii) their derived 369 F2:3 progenies, from a cross involving introgression lines RSG04008-6 (susceptible)āĆāJ2614-11 (resistant). The QTLs were mapped to a 37ā72 centimorgan (cM) or 5ā15 Mb interval on the long arm of sorghum chromosome 10 (SBI-10L) with flanking markers Xgap001 and Xtxp141. One QTL each for glossiness (QGls10) and trichome density (QTd10) were mapped in marker interval Xgap001-Xnhsbm1044 and Xisep0630-Xtxp141, confirming their loose linkage, for which phenotypic variation accounted for ranged from 2.29 to 11.37 % and LOD values ranged from 2.03 to 24.13, respectively. Average physical map positions for glossiness and trichome density QTLs on SBI-10 from earlier studies were 4 and 2 Mb, which in the present study were reduced to 2 Mb and 800 kb, respectively. Candidate genes Glossy15 (Sb10g025053) and ethylene zinc finger protein (Sb10g027550) falling in support intervals for glossiness and trichome density QTLs, respectively, are discussed. Also we identified a sub-set of recombinant population that will facilitate further fine mapping of the leaf blade glossiness and trichome density QTLs on SBI-10
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NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) maintains an active research program toward the development of high-resolution, lightweight, grazing-incidence x-ray optics to serve the needs of future x-ray astronomy missions such as Lynx. MSFC development efforts include both direct fabrication (diamond turning and deterministic computer-controlled polishing) of mirror shells and replication of mirror shells (from figured, polished mandrels). Both techniques produce full-circumference monolithic (primary + secondary) shells that share the advantages of inherent stability, ease of assembly, and low production cost. However, to achieve high-angular resolution, MSFC is exploring significant technology advances needed to control sources of figure error including fabrication- and coating-induced stresses and mounting-induced distortions
Biotechnological Approaches to Evolve Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) for Drought Stress Tolerance and Shoot fly Resistance
Sorghum is a model tropical grass that uses C4 photosynthetic activity. But its yield is affected by many abiotic stresses likeheat, drought, cold, salt and also biotic stresses such as shoot fly, midges, and stem borerfromseedling stages to maturity. This article summarizes the terminal drought stress tolerance mechanism with staygreen phenotype expression during postflowering and also mechanisms of early shoot fly resistance during seedling stages of crop growth. The trait stay-green is extensively studied and its correlation to yield makes the stay-green trait more special for research and in marker assisted back cross programs. Under terminal drought stress conditions, stay-green trait is expressed with a complex mechanism involving many transcription factors, chlorophyll retention and nitrogen remobilization from leaves to maintain longer photosynthetic activity. Shoot fly resistance on the other hand, involves manyphysico-chemical, biologicaland morphological traits. Out of the many morphological traits, seedling leaf blade glossiness and trichome density are well characterized at genetic level and can assist as shoot fly resistance sources in marker-assisted breeding programs as they are highly negatively correlated with shoot fly dead heart formation. However, quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping studies and candidate genes identified for the stay-green and shoot fly component traits need to be further validated with fine mapping, gene cloning and expression level studies. Pyramiding these two traits into a high yielding sorghum variety may lead to multiple stress resistance which could ultimately benefit the marginal farmers in India
Fine genetic mapping of combined shoot fly resistance (SFR) and stay green (STG) traits on sorghum chromosome SBI-10
Sorghum is fifth most important C4 cereal crop used as food, feed, fodder, fuel and a āfail safeā source in semi-arid tropics of the world..
Fine mapping of stay-green QTLs on sorghum chromosome SBI-10L ā An approach from genome to phenome
Sorghum is the fifth most important C4 cereal crop grown
globally in arid and semi-arid climatic conditions. Drought is
the major cause for loss of productivity worldwide. Delayed
senescence of plants leads to adaptation to drought stress
conditions by staying-green and giving high yields. In order
to identify and dissect the stay-green genomic regions we
have developed a high resolution fine mapping population
from introgression line cross RSG04008-6 (stay-green) Ć
J2614-11 (shoot fly resistant). Nearly 1894 F2 genotypes were
screened with 8 SSR in order to identify double recombinants
for both the parents in the sorghum chromosome-10 long arm
(SBI-10L). The selected F2:4 recombinants were GBSed to increase
the marker density between flanking markers Xgap001-
Xtxp141 for stay-green QTLs on SBI-10L and a high resolution
linkage map was developed using GBS SNPs. Out of 182 only
152 recombinants were replicated thrice in field for staygreen
screening for two seasons (Summer 2013 and 2014).
Fine mapping of the per cent Green Leaf Area (%GLA) traits
identified 33 QTLs and 19QTLs were clustered into 7groups
where 8 genes were identified. These were AP2/ERF transcription
factor family (Sb10g025053), Ankyrin-repeat protein
(Sb10g025310), WD40 repeat protein (Sb10g025320), NBSLRR
Protein (Sb10g025283), Calcium dependant protein kinase
(Sb10g030150), LEA2 protein (Sb10g029570), a putative
uncharacterized protein (Sb10g024920) and senescence associated
protein (Sb10g030520). With this study SBI-10L staygreen
genomic regions were delimited from 15Mb to 8 genes
co-localized with GWAS MTAs. Further cloning and expression
level studies of the identified candidate genes will improve the
development of drought tolerant genotypes