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Main Authors: Maravilha Marques, Rita, Santos, Carmen, Valiollahi, Ehsan, Leitão, Susana, Rubiales, Diego, Vaz Patto, Maria Carlota
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author Maravilha Marques, Rita
Santos, Carmen
Valiollahi, Ehsan
Leitão, Susana
Rubiales, Diego
Vaz Patto, Maria Carlota
author_facet Maravilha Marques, Rita
Santos, Carmen
Valiollahi, Ehsan
Leitão, Susana
Rubiales, Diego
Vaz Patto, Maria Carlota
contents <p>DISCLAIMER: These are preliminary results.</p> <p> </p> <p>Revealing genetic regulators of powdery mildew resistance in grass pea</p> <p><u><span lang="PT">Maravilha RM</span></u><sup><span lang="PT">1</span></sup><span lang="PT">, Santos C<sup>1</sup>, Valiollahi E<sup>2</sup>, Leitão ST<sup>1</sup>, Rubiales D<sup>3</sup>, Vaz Patto MC<sup>1</sup><br></span></p> <p><em><span lang="PT">ritamarques@itqb.unl.pt</span></em></p> <p><sup><span lang="PT">1</span></sup><span lang="PT">      Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal </span></p> <p><sup>2</sup>      Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran</p> <p><sup><span lang="PT">3</span></sup><span lang="PT">      Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Córdoba, Spain</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-AU">One major challenge in legume breeding is the improvement of resistance to threatening pathogens. Although previous studies identified molecular, biochemical and histological responses of <em>Lathyrus sativus</em> to <em>Erysiphe pisi</em> <em>[1,2]</em></span>, the key players involved in regulating these responses are largely unknown. To dissect these regulatory networks, we devised an expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis approach using a worldwide <em>L. sativus </em>collection infected with <em>E. pisi</em>. Leaf transcriptomes of <em>L. sativus </em>accessions harvested 72 hours after <em>E. pisi </em>infection were sequenced, and variant calling was performed using the mapped reads, yielding high-confidence single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers within coding regions. Principal component analysis (PCA) using these SNPs revealed much genetic variation between accessions. Simultaneously, transcript abundance was quantified, generating normalised total read counts (TReC). A PCA of the expression data showed much diversity in the infection response of the genotypes, highlighting the complexity of the <em>L. sativus-E. pisi </em>interaction. By combining a previous powdery mildew disease severity (DS) phenotypic screening in the same accessions [1] with the here-generated SNP data, we refined the genome-wide association study (GWAS) for <em>E. pisi </em>response in grass pea. Moreover, the TReC phenotypic data were combined with the same SNP data for eQTL analysis. The eQTLs were then colocalised with the DS candidate genes, revealing the expression regulators of grass pea response to powdery mildew.  These findings provide valuable molecular targets and markers for breeding programs to enhance powdery mildew resistance in <em>L. sativus</em> and related species.</p> <p><strong><em><u><span lang="EN-AU">References:</span></u></em></strong></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-AU">[1]      D. Martins et al., 2023, ‘Lathyrus sativus resistance against the existing and emerging pathogens Erysiphe pisi and E. trifolii: A case of commonalities or total discrepancy?’, Phytopathology, vol. 113, no. 5, pp. 866–872.</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-AU">[2]      R. M. Maravilha et al., 2025, ‘A dual transcriptome analysis reveals accession-specific resistance responses in Lathyrus sativus against Erysiphe pisi’, Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 16, p. 1542926.</span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></em></p>
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spellingShingle Integrative expression QTL-GWAS analysis reveals candidate regulators of powdery mildew (Erysiphe pisi) resistance in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus)
Maravilha Marques, Rita
Santos, Carmen
Valiollahi, Ehsan
Leitão, Susana
Rubiales, Diego
Vaz Patto, Maria Carlota
<p>DISCLAIMER: These are preliminary results.</p> <p> </p> <p>Revealing genetic regulators of powdery mildew resistance in grass pea</p> <p><u><span lang="PT">Maravilha RM</span></u><sup><span lang="PT">1</span></sup><span lang="PT">, Santos C<sup>1</sup>, Valiollahi E<sup>2</sup>, Leitão ST<sup>1</sup>, Rubiales D<sup>3</sup>, Vaz Patto MC<sup>1</sup><br></span></p> <p><em><span lang="PT">ritamarques@itqb.unl.pt</span></em></p> <p><sup><span lang="PT">1</span></sup><span lang="PT">      Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal </span></p> <p><sup>2</sup>      Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran</p> <p><sup><span lang="PT">3</span></sup><span lang="PT">      Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Córdoba, Spain</span></p> <p><span lang="EN-AU">One major challenge in legume breeding is the improvement of resistance to threatening pathogens. Although previous studies identified molecular, biochemical and histological responses of <em>Lathyrus sativus</em> to <em>Erysiphe pisi</em> <em>[1,2]</em></span>, the key players involved in regulating these responses are largely unknown. To dissect these regulatory networks, we devised an expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis approach using a worldwide <em>L. sativus </em>collection infected with <em>E. pisi</em>. Leaf transcriptomes of <em>L. sativus </em>accessions harvested 72 hours after <em>E. pisi </em>infection were sequenced, and variant calling was performed using the mapped reads, yielding high-confidence single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers within coding regions. Principal component analysis (PCA) using these SNPs revealed much genetic variation between accessions. Simultaneously, transcript abundance was quantified, generating normalised total read counts (TReC). A PCA of the expression data showed much diversity in the infection response of the genotypes, highlighting the complexity of the <em>L. sativus-E. pisi </em>interaction. By combining a previous powdery mildew disease severity (DS) phenotypic screening in the same accessions [1] with the here-generated SNP data, we refined the genome-wide association study (GWAS) for <em>E. pisi </em>response in grass pea. Moreover, the TReC phenotypic data were combined with the same SNP data for eQTL analysis. The eQTLs were then colocalised with the DS candidate genes, revealing the expression regulators of grass pea response to powdery mildew.  These findings provide valuable molecular targets and markers for breeding programs to enhance powdery mildew resistance in <em>L. sativus</em> and related species.</p> <p><strong><em><u><span lang="EN-AU">References:</span></u></em></strong></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-AU">[1]      D. Martins et al., 2023, ‘Lathyrus sativus resistance against the existing and emerging pathogens Erysiphe pisi and E. trifolii: A case of commonalities or total discrepancy?’, Phytopathology, vol. 113, no. 5, pp. 866–872.</span></em></p> <p><em><span lang="EN-AU">[2]      R. M. Maravilha et al., 2025, ‘A dual transcriptome analysis reveals accession-specific resistance responses in Lathyrus sativus against Erysiphe pisi’, Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 16, p. 1542926.</span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span></em></p>
title Integrative expression QTL-GWAS analysis reveals candidate regulators of powdery mildew (Erysiphe pisi) resistance in grass pea (Lathyrus sativus)
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17246030