AUTHOR=Xiong Haizheng , Chen Yilin , Pan Yong-Bao , Wang Jinshe , Lu Weiguo , Shi Ainong 

TITLE=A genome-wide association study and genomic prediction for Phakopsora pachyrhizi resistance in soybean

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1179357

DOI=10.3389/fpls.2023.1179357

ISSN=1664-462X

ABSTRACT=Soybean brown rust (SBR), caused by the biotrophic fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, is one of the most devastating fungal diseases that threatens global soybean (Glycine max) production. Because the pathogen changes its pathogenicity frequently, it is necessary to identify new genes for SBR resistance. The objectives of this study were to conduct genome-wide association study (GWAS) to find single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers associated with SBR resistance and to perform genomic prediction (GP) for SBR resistance in soybean. Seven models of GWAS were performed on a panel of 3,082 soybean accessions and 30,314 SBR resistance-associated SNPs were identified. Four SNPs, namely Gm18_57,223,391 (LOD = 2.69), Gm16_29,491,946 (LOD = 3.86), Gm06_45,035,185 (LOD = 4.74), and Gm18_51,994,200 (LOD = 3.60), were located near the reported P. pachyrhizi R genes, Rpp1, Rpp2, Rpp3, and Rpp4, respectively. Other significant SNPs, including Gm02_7,235,181 (LOD = 7.91), Gm02_7234594 (LOD = 7.61), Gm03_38,913,029 (LOD = 6.85), Gm04_46,003,059 (LOD = 6.03), Gm09_1,951,644 (LOD = 10.07), Gm10_39,142,024 (LOD = 7.12), Gm12_28,136,735 (LOD = 7.03), Gm13_16,350,701(LOD = 5.63), Gm14_6,185,611 (LOD = 5.51), and Gm19_44,734,953 (LOD = 6.02), were associated with abundant disease resistance genes, such as Glyma.02G084100, Glyma.03G175300, Glyma.04g189500, Glyma.09G023800, Glyma.12G160400, Glyma.13G064500, Glyma.14g073300, and Glyma.19G190200. The annotations of these genes included but not limited to: LRR class gene, cytochrome 450, cell wall structure, RCC1, NAC, ABC transporter, F-box domain, etc. In addition, five GS models, i.e., Ridge regression best linear unbiased predictor (rrBLUP), Genomic best linear unbiased predictor (gBLUP), Bayesian least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (Bayesian LASSO), Random Forest (RF), and Support vector machines (SVM), were applied to predict the breeding values of SBR resistance based on a whole genome set of 30,314 SNP markers and six other GWAS based marker sets of 28, 100, 500, 1000, 2000, and 5000 SNPs, respectively. The results showed that the Bayesian LASSO model was the ideal model for genomic prediction with 44.5% ~ 60.4% accuracy. The results of this study help breeders predict the selection accuracy of complex traits like disease resistance and can be applied at the early stages of soybean breeding process to shorten the breeding cycle.