Heike Sprenger, Alexander Erban, Sylvia Seddig, Katharina Rudack, Anja Thalhammer, Mai Q. Le, Dirk Walther, Ellen Zuther, Karin I. Koehl, Joachim Kopka, Dirk K. Hincha
- Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Current potato varieties are highly susceptible to drought stress. In view of global climate change, selection of cultivars with improved drought tolerance and high yield potential is of paramount importance. Drought tolerance breeding of potato is currently based on direct selection according to yield and phenotypic traits and requires multiple trials under drought conditions. Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is cheaper, faster and reduces classification errors caused by noncontrolled environmental effects. We analysed 31 potato cultivars grown under optimal and reduced water supply in six independent field trials. Drought tolerance was determined as tuber starch yield. Leaf samples from young plants were screened for preselected transcript and nontargeted metabolite abundance using qRT-PCR and GC-MS profiling, respectively. Transcript marker candidates were selected from a published RNA-Seq data set. A Random Forest machine learning approach extractedPotato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Current potato varieties are highly susceptible to drought stress. In view of global climate change, selection of cultivars with improved drought tolerance and high yield potential is of paramount importance. Drought tolerance breeding of potato is currently based on direct selection according to yield and phenotypic traits and requires multiple trials under drought conditions. Marker-assisted selection (MAS) is cheaper, faster and reduces classification errors caused by noncontrolled environmental effects. We analysed 31 potato cultivars grown under optimal and reduced water supply in six independent field trials. Drought tolerance was determined as tuber starch yield. Leaf samples from young plants were screened for preselected transcript and nontargeted metabolite abundance using qRT-PCR and GC-MS profiling, respectively. Transcript marker candidates were selected from a published RNA-Seq data set. A Random Forest machine learning approach extracted metabolite and transcript markers for drought tolerance prediction with low error rates of 6% and 9%, respectively. Moreover, by combining transcript and metabolite markers, the prediction error was reduced to 4.3%. Feature selection from Random Forest models allowed model minimization, yielding a minimal combination of only 20 metabolite and transcript markers that were successfully tested for their reproducibility in 16 independent agronomic field trials. We demonstrate that a minimum combination of transcript and metabolite markers sampled at early cultivation stages predicts potato yield stability under drought largely independent of seasonal and regional agronomic conditions.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | Heike SprengerORCiD, Alexander ErbanORCiD, Sylvia Seddig, Katharina Rudack, Anja ThalhammerORCiDGND, Mai Q. Le, Dirk Walther, Ellen Zuther, Karin I. Koehl, Joachim KopkaORCiDGND, Dirk K. HinchaORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12840 |
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ISSN: | 1467-7644 |
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ISSN: | 1467-7652 |
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Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28929574 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Plant Biotechnology Journal |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
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Place of publishing: | Hoboken |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2017/09/20 |
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Publication year: | 2017 |
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Release date: | 2021/12/15 |
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Tag: | drought tolerance; machine learning; metabolite markers; potato (Solanum tuberosum); prediction models; transcript markers |
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Volume: | 16 |
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Issue: | 4 |
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Number of pages: | 12 |
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First page: | 939 |
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Last Page: | 950 |
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Funding institution: | Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Germany) [22011208]; Max-Planck SocietyMax Planck Society |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
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DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 58 Pflanzen (Botanik) / 580 Pflanzen (Botanik) |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
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License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
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External remark: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 673 |
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