Uncovering tomato quantitative trait loci and candidate genes for fruit cuticular lipid composition using the Solanum pennellii introgression line population

Josefina-Patricia Fernandez-Moreno, Dorit Levy-Samoha, Sergey Malitsky, Antonio J. Monforte, Diego Orzaez, Asaph Aharoni, Antonio Granell

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Abstract

The cuticle is a specialized cell wall layer that covers the outermost surface of the epidermal cells and has important implications for fruit permeability and pathogen susceptibility. In order to decipher the genetic control of tomato fruit cuticle composition, an introgression line (IL) population derived from a biparental cross between Solanum pennellii (LA0716) and the Solanum lycopersicum cultivar M82 was used to build a first map of associated quantitative trait loci (QTLs). A total of 24 cuticular waxes and 26 cutin monomers were determined. They showed changes associated with 18 genomic regions distributed in nine chromosomes affecting 19 ILs. Out of the five main fruit cuticular components described for the wild species S. pennellii, three of them were associated with IL3.4, IL12.1, and IL7.4.1, causing an increase in n-alkanes (≥C 30), a decrease in amyrin content, and a decrease in cuticle thickness of ∼50%, respectively. Moreover, we also found a QTL associated with increased levels of amyrins in IL3.4. In addition, we propose some candidate genes on the basis of their differential gene expression and single nucleotide polymorphism variability between the introgressed and the recurrent alleles, which will be the subjects of further investigation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2703-2716
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Experimental Botany
Volume68
Issue number11
Early online date4 May 2017
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 May 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physiology
  • Plant Science

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