Genetic contribution of soybean ancestors to Brazilian soybean cultivars

A soja é uma oleaginosa com grande destaque na economia mundial. O Brasil é o segundo maior produtor de soja, após os EUA, ressaltando a importância desta cultura para o país. Para que haja progresso genético nesta cultura, é necessário que haja diversidade genética e uma das maneiras de se estimar a diversidade genética de um grupo é através do conceito de base genética, que pode ser definida como o número de ancestrais e a contribuição genética relativa (CGR) de cada um deles para cada cultivar. A CGR pode ser estimada através do coeficiente de parentesco entre os ancestrais e as cultivares. Estudos anteriores concluíram que a base genética da soja era bastante estreita, sendo que apenas quatro ancestrais contribuíam com 48,16% da base genética. O objetivo geral deste estudo foi avaliar as genealogias de 444 cultivares brasileiras de soja para estimar sua base genética atual. Além disso, as cultivares foram divididas de acordo com seu período de lançamento (anterior a 1971, 1971-1980, 1981-1990, 1991-2000 e 2001-2009) ou de acordo com sua origem (pública ou privada) e foi estimada a base genética de cada grupo. Os resultados foram comparados com dados de marcadores moleculares de outros trabalhos. Foram encontrados 60 ancestrais para estas 444 cultivares, sendo que os quatro principais ancestrais (CNS, S-100, Nanking e Tokyo) contribuem com 55,26% e que apenas 14 ancestrais contribuem com mais de 1,00% individualmente para a base genética. Assim, estes 14 ancestrais representam 92,41% da base genética brasileira. Estes dados revelam que a base genética atual da soja brasileira continua bastante estreita, sendo muito similar à base genética da soja dos EUA, com a qual compartilha seis dos principais ancestrais. Na análise dos períodos, foi verificado que houve um aumento no número de ancestrais com o passar do tempo, mas os quatro principais ancestrais foram os mesmos em todos os períodos e sua contribuição ficou mais concentrada, passando de 46,60% no período anterior a 1971 para 57,59% no período 2001-2009, indicando um estreitamento da base genética. Além disso, os novos ancestrais incorporados ao longo do tempo apresentam contribuições muito baixas, sendo que em muitos casos foram incorporados apenas para introduzirem algumas características qualitativas. As 301 cultivares públicas possuem 58 ancestrais e CGRs bastante similares ao conjunto total. As cultivares privadas possuem 37 ancestrais, um número menor que o do conjunto total, provavelmente devido ao menor número de cultivares privadas analisadas (112), mas sua base genética é bastante similar ao do conjunto total. Portanto, conclui-se que (a) a base genética da soja é bastante estreita, apesar da incorporação de novos ancestrais; (b) com o passar do tempo houve um estreitamento da base genética, com aumento na CGR dos principais ancestrais; (c) não há diferença na CGR dos principais ancestrais entre as cultivares públicas e privadas e (d) os resultados deste trabalho concordam com alguns dados de marcadores moleculares, mas diferem de outros.Soybean is a very important oilseed in the world economy. Brazil is the second largest producer, behind the USA, highlighting the importance of this crop for the country. Genetic diversity is needed for genetic progress, and one manner of estimating the genetic diversity of a group is through the concept of a genetic base, which can be defined as the number of ancestors and their relative genetic contribution (RGC) to each cultivar. The RGC can be estimated through the coefficient of parentage between the ancestors and the cultivars. Previous studies had determined that the genetic base of Brazilian soybean was very narrow, with only four ancestors representing 48.16% of the genetic base. The general objective of this work was to evaluate the pedigree of 444 Brazilian soybean cultivars to estimate their genetic base. The cultivars were also divided according to their release dates (before 1971, 1971-1980, 1981-1990, 1991-2000 e 2001- 2009) or according to their origin (public or private) and the genetic base for each group was also estimated. The results were compared to data from similar studies involving molecular markers. A total of 60 ancestors contribute to these 444 cultivars. The four main ancestors (CNS, S-100, Nanking and Tokyo) contribute with 55.26% of the genetic base and only 14 ancestors contribute with more than 1.00% individually to the genetic base. Therefore, these 14 ancestors represent 92.41% of the genetic base of Brazilian soybean. These results indicate that the genetic base of Brazilian soybean is very narrow, and it is also very similar to the genetic base of soybean in the USA, with which it shares six of its main ancestors. The analysis of the release dates indicates that there has been an increase of ancestors over time, but the four main ancestors were the same over all periods, and their cumulative RGC went from 46.60% (before 1971) to 57.59% (2001-2009), indicating a narrowing of the genetic base. The new ancestors incorporated over time presented very low contributions, and in many cases were only used to incorporate specific qualitative characteristics. The 301 public cultivars had 58 ancestors and their RGC was very similar to the total number of cultivars. The private cultivars had only 37 ancestors, which may have been caused by the lower number of cultivars analyzed (112), but the RGC of the main ancestors was also very similar to the general genetic base. Therefore, we conclude that (a) the current genetic base of Brazilian soybean remains narrow, in spite of the incorporation of new ancestors; (b) the genetic base has become more narrow over time, with an increase in the RGC of the main ancestors; (c) there is no difference in the RGC of the main ancestors between public and private cultivars and (d) the results of this study are supported by molecular marker data from some works, but differs from others

Selection of soybean experimental lines for tolerance to Asian rust and seed yield

A soja é uma cultura de importância econômica fundamental e o Brasil está entre os principais produtores mundiais. A ferrugem asiática, causada pelo fungo Phakopsora pachyrhizi, é uma doença relativamente recente no Brasil e pode causar grandes perdas na cultura da soja, representadas pela diminuição da produtividade e pelas despesas com aquisição e aplicação de fungicidas. Já existem algumas fontes de genes de resistência vertical para esta doença, mas também já existem casos de quebra de resistência de alguns destes genes principais. A tolerância, definida como a capacidade da planta em suportar o ataque do patógeno sem apresentar perdas significativas, é uma estratégia complementar que pode ser utilizada no controle da ferrugem. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi estudar a tolerância à ferrugem asiática em genótipos experimentais derivados de 45 cruzamentos em dialelo 10 x 10 do Setor de Genética Aplicada às Espécies Autógamas do Departamento de Genética/ESALQ/USP por meio de métodos de estimação do efeito ferrugem e da estabilidade fenotípica em combinações de manejos de fungicidas, locais e anos agrícolas, além de identificar linhagens promissoras para inclusão em futuros programas de melhoramento. Os delineamentos experimentais utilizados foram blocos aumentados de Federer nos anos 2011/12 e 2012/13 e blocos ao acaso estratificados em conjuntos em 2013/14. Em cada ano e local foram realizados dois experimentos: manejo 1, com aplicações de fungicidas para o controle da ferrugem e outras doenças fúngicas, incluindo as doenças de final de ciclo; manejo 2, com apenas o controle de outras doenças fúngicas, excluindo-se a ferrugem. O contraste entre estes dois manejos com fungicidas permitiu uma estimativa da tolerância. Além disso, foram utilizadas as medidas de estabilidade-bmg (Pi) e ecovalência (Wi) para quantificar a tolerância relativa entre genótipos. Foram pesquisadas 225 progênies F2:7 em 2011/12; 675 linhagens F7:8 em 2012/13 e as melhores 225 linhagens F7:9 em 2013/14. Os resultados obtidos permitiram concluir que: a) houve evidências claras de tolerância à ferrugem asiática entre e dentro de cruzamentos; b) a estratégia de utilizar a comparação entre diferentes manejos de fungicidas para estimar a tolerância (efeito ferrugem) foi útil para a seleção, mas sofreu instabilidade, apresentando baixas correlações entre anos agrícolas; c) os métodos da estabilidade baseada no melhor genótipo (bmg) e da ecovalência complementaram as informações obtidas do efeito ferrugem e auxiliaram na seleção de linhagens tolerantes; d) avaliações iniciais da severidade de ferrugem (nota de ferrugem NF1) apresentaram baixa precisão, tornando recomendável concentrar as avaliações da severidade após maior tempo de infecção (NF2 e NF3) para melhor eficácia na estimação da tolerância; e) a tolerância estimada pelo peso de cem sementes mostrou baixa correlação com a tolerância estimada para produtividade de grãos, de maneira que o uso combinado dos dois critérios melhorou a eficiência da seleção para tolerância e produtividade; f) na seleção simulada foram identificadas 48 linhagens promissoras para tolerância à ferrugem e produtividade, correspondente a um porcentual de seleção de cerca de 22%.Soybean is an economically important culture and Brazil is among the largest world producers. Asian rust, caused by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is a relatively new disease in Brazil and can cause large losses in this culture, represented by yield decreases and increases in costs for fungicide applications. There are some sources of vertical resistance genes for this disease, but there are also cases of resistance breakdown for some of these main genes. Tolerance, defined as the capacity of plants to endure a pathogen attack without significant losses, is a complementary strategy that can be used to control rust. The objective of this research was to study tolerance to Asian rust in experimental genotypes derived from 45 crosses in a 10 x 10 diallel design developed at the Sector of Applied Genetics to Self- Pollinated Crops, Department of Genetics/ESALQ/USP through methods of estimation of the rust effect and of phenotypic stability in combinations of fungicide managements, locations and years, besides identifing promising lines for inclusion in future breeding programs. The experimental designs used were Federer\'s augmented blocks in 2011/12 and 2012/13 and a randomized block design stratified in sets in 2013/14. In each year and location two experiments were performed: management 1, with the application of fungicides to control rust and other fungal diseases, including late season leaf diseases; management 2, only controlling other fungal disease, excluding rust. The contrast between these two managements allowed for an estimate of tolerance. Besides that, the stability based on the best genotype (Pi) and ecovalence (Wi) measurements were also used to estimate relative tolerance between genotypes. In 2011/12 225 F2:7 progenies were evaluated; in 2012/13 675 F7:8 lines were evaluated and the best 225 F7:9 lines were evaluated in 2013/14. The results let to the following conclusions: a) there was clear evidence of tolerance to Asian rust among and within crosses; b) the strategy of comparing different fungicide managements to estimate tolerance (rust effect) was useful, but suffered instability, presenting low correlations among years; c) the methods of superiority or stability based on the best genotype (bmg) and ecovalence complemented the information based on the rust effect and aided in the selection of tolerant lines; d) initial evaluations for rust severity (rust score NF1) had low precision and it was recommended to concentrate on rust tolerance evaluations after longer periods of infection (NF2 and NF3); e) tolerance estimated by means of hundred-seed weights had low correlation with tolerance estimated by seed yield, therefore the combined use of both criteria improved the efficiency of selection for tolerance and seed yield; f) in the simulated selection 48 promising lines were identified for rust tolerance and seed yield, corresponding to approximately 22% selection percentage

The genetic base of Brazilian soybean cultivars: evolution over time and breeding implications

Genetic diversity is essential for crop breeding and one way to estimate it is through the concept of genetic base, which can be defined as the number of ancestors and their relative genetic contributions (RGC) to each cultivar. The RGC can be estimated through the coefficient of parentage between the ancestors and cultivars. Previous studies determined that the genetic base of Brazilian soybean was very narrow. The objective of this work was to evaluate the pedigree of 444 Brazilian soybean cultivars to estimate their genetic base. The cultivars were divided according to their release dates and according to their origin (public or private), and the genetic base for each group was also estimated. We found 60 ancestors, of which the top four (CNS, S-100, Roanoke and Tokyo, respectively) contribute 55.3% of the genetic base. Only 14 ancestors have an RGC over 1.0%, and they represent 92.4% of the genetic base. Analysis of the release dates indicated that there has been an increase in the number of ancestors over time, but the four main ancestors were the same over all periods, and their cumulative RGC increased from 46.6% to 57.6%, indicating a narrowing of the genetic base

Viability and dissemination of Pantoea ananatis, etiological agent of Maize White Spot disease.

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Viability and dissemination of Pantoea ananatis, etiological agent of Maize White Spot disease.

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Genetic structure and a selected core set of brazilian soybean cultivars

Soybean is one of the most valuable and profitable oil crop species and a thorough knowledge of the genetic structure of this crop is necessary for developing the best breeding strategies. In this study, a representative collection of soybean cultivars recommended for farming in all Brazilian regions was genotyped using 27 simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci. A total of 130 alleles were detected, with an average allelic number of 4.81 per locus. These alleles determined the core set that best represented this soybean germplasm. The Bayesian analysis revealed the presence of two clusters or subgroups within the whole collection (435 soybean cultivars) and the core set (31 entries). Cultivars of similar origin (ancestral) were clustered into the same groups in both analyses. The genetic diversity parameters, based on the SSR loci, revealed high similarity between the whole collection and core set. Differences between the two clusters detected in the core set were attributed more to the frequency of their ancestors than to their genetic base. In terms of ancestry, divergent groups were presented and a panel is shown which may foster efficient breeding programs and aid soybean breeders in planning reliable crossings in the development of new varieties