Using Next Generation Sequencing for Multiplexed Trait-Linked Markers in Wheat

PLoS One. 2015 Dec 1;10(12):e0143890. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143890. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

With the advent of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have become the major type of marker for genotyping in many crops. However, the availability of SNP markers for important traits of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) that can be effectively used in marker-assisted selection (MAS) is still limited and SNP assays for MAS are usually uniplex. A shift from uniplex to multiplex assays will allow the simultaneous analysis of multiple markers and increase MAS efficiency. We designed 33 locus-specific markers from SNP or indel-based marker sequences that linked to 20 different quantitative trait loci (QTL) or genes of agronomic importance in wheat and analyzed the amplicon sequences using an Ion Torrent Proton Sequencer and a custom allele detection pipeline to determine the genotypes of 24 selected germplasm accessions. Among the 33 markers, 27 were successfully multiplexed and 23 had 100% SNP call rates. Results from analysis of "kompetitive allele-specific PCR" (KASP) and sequence tagged site (STS) markers developed from the same loci fully verified the genotype calls of 23 markers. The NGS-based multiplexed assay developed in this study is suitable for rapid and high-throughput screening of SNPs and some indel-based markers in wheat.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Chromosome Mapping / methods
  • Crops, Agricultural / genetics*
  • Genes, Plant / genetics*
  • Genetic Linkage / genetics
  • Genetic Markers / genetics*
  • Genotype
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / methods
  • Phenotype
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics
  • Quantitative Trait Loci / genetics*
  • Sequence Tagged Sites
  • Triticum / genetics*

Substances

  • Genetic Markers

Grants and funding

This project is partly funded by the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants CAP project 2011-68002-30029 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and US Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.