首页|Evolutionary genomics of climatic adaptation and resilience to climate change in alfalfa

Evolutionary genomics of climatic adaptation and resilience to climate change in alfalfa

扫码查看
Given the escalating impact of climate change on agriculture and food security,gaining insights into the evolutionary dynamics of climatic adaptation and uncovering climate-adapted variation can empower the breeding of climate-resilient crops to face future climate change.Alfalfa(Medicago sativa subsp.sat-iva),the queen of forages,shows remarkable adaptability across diverse global environments,making it an excellent model for investigating species responses to climate change.In this study,we performed popu-lation genomic analyses using genome resequencing data from 702 accessions of 24 Medicago species to unravel alfalfa's climatic adaptation and genetic susceptibility to future climate change.We found that interspecific genetic exchange has contributed to the gene pool of alfalfa,particularly enriching defense and stress-response genes.Intersubspecific introgression between M.sativa subsp.falcata(subsp.fal-cata)and alfalfa not only aids alfalfa's climatic adaptation but also introduces genetic burden.A total of 1671 genes were associated with climatic adaptation,and 5.7%of them were introgressions from subsp.falcata.By integrating climate-associated variants and climate data,we identified populations that are vulnerable to future climate change,particularly in higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.These find-ings serve as a clarion call for targeted conservation initiatives and breeding efforts.We also identified pre-adaptive populations that demonstrate heightened resilience to climate fluctuations,illuminating a pathway for future breeding strategies.Collectively,this study enhances our understanding about the local adaptation mechanisms of alfalfa and facilitates the breeding of climate-resilient alfalfa cultivars,contrib-uting to effective agricultural strategies for facing future climate change.

Medicagolocal adaptationpopulation geneticsadaptive introgressiongenetic vulnerabilityalfalfa breeding

Fan Zhang、Ruicai Long、Zhiyao Ma、Hua Xiao、Xiaodong Xu、Zhongjie Liu、Chunxue Wei、Yiwen Wang、Yanling Peng、Xuanwen Yang、Xiaoya Shi、Shuo Cao、Mingna Li、Ming Xu、Fei He、Xueqian Jiang、Tiejun Zhang、Zhen Wang、Xianran Li、Long-Xi Yu、Junmei Kang、Zhiwu Zhang、Yongfeng Zhou、Qingchuan Yang

展开 >

Institute of Animal Science,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,China

National Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding,Shenzhen Branch,Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture,Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology,Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Shenzhen 518000,China

School of Grassland Science,Beijing Forestry University,Beijing 100083,China

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture,University of Nebraska-Lincoln,Lincoln,NE 68583,USA

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences,Washington State University,Pullman,WA 99163,USA

U.S.Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service,Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research,Prosser,WA 99350,USA

National Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Breeding,Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute,Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences,Haikou 571101,China

展开 >

earmarked fund for CARSAgricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesScience Fund Program for Distinguished Young Scholars of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Overseas)

CARS-34ASTIP-IAS14

2024

分子植物(英文版)
中科院上海生命科学研究院植物生理生态所 中国植物生理学会

分子植物(英文版)

CSTPCD
影响因子:0.659
ISSN:1674-2052
年,卷(期):2024.17(6)