Elite, transformable haploid inducers in maize

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Title: Elite, transformable haploid inducers in maize
Authors: Brent Delzer, Dawei Liang, David Szwerdszarf, Isadora Rodriguez, Gonzalo Mardones, Sivamani Elumalai, Francine Johnson, Samson Nalapalli, Rachel Egger, Erin Burch, Kerry Meier, Juan Wei, Xiujuan Zhang, Huaping Gui, Huaibing Jin, Huan Guo, Kun Yu, Yubo Liu, Becky Breitinger, Ana Poets, Jason Nichols, Wan Shi, David Skibbe, Qiudeng Que, Timothy Kelliher
Source: Crop Journal, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 314-319 (2024)
Publisher Information: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd., 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Agriculture
LCC:Agriculture (General)
Subject Terms: Zea mays L., Doubled haploids, Transformation, Genome editing, QTL, Agriculture, Agriculture (General), S1-972
More Details: The introduction of alleles into commercial crop breeding pipelines is both time consuming and costly. Two technologies that are disrupting traditional breeding processes are doubled haploid (DH) breeding and genome editing (GE). Recently, these techniques were combined into a GE trait delivery system called HI-Edit (Haploid Inducer-Edit) [1]. In HI-Edit, the pollen of a haploid inducer line is reprogrammed to deliver GE traits to any variety, obviating recurrent selection. For HI-Edit to operate at scale, an efficient transformable HI line is needed, but most maize varieties are recalcitrant to transformation, and haploid inducers are especially difficult to transform given their aberrant reproductive behaviors. Leveraging marker assisted selection and a three-tiered testing scheme, we report the development of new Iodent and Stiff Stalk maize germplasm that are transformable, have high haploid induction rates, and exhibit a robust, genetically-dominant anthocyanin native trait that may be used for rapid haploid identification. We show that transformation of these elite “HI-Edit” lines is enhanced using the BABYBOOM and WUSCHEL morphogenetic factors. Finally, we evaluate the HI-Edit performance of one of the lines against both Stiff Stalk and non-Stiff Stalk testers. The strategy and results of this study should facilitate the development of commercially scalable HI-Edit systems in diverse crops.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2214-5141
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514123001757; https://doaj.org/toc/2214-5141
DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2023.10.016
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/a523bad92c914301881cc5e6becf3992
Accession Number: edsdoj.523bad92c914301881cc5e6becf3992
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:22145141
DOI:10.1016/j.cj.2023.10.016
Published in:Crop Journal
Language:English