Selection Signatures in Chinese Sorghum Reveals Its Unique Liquor-Making Properties
Chinese sorghum (S. bicolor) has been a historically critical ingredient for brewing famous distilled liquors ever since Yuan Dynasty (749 ∼ 652 years BP). Incomplete understanding of the population genetics and domestication history limits its broad applications, especially that the lack of genetic...
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| author | Liyi Zhang Yanqing Ding Jianxia Xu Xu Gao Ning Cao Kuiying Li Zhou Feng Zhou Feng Bing Cheng Lengbo Zhou Mingjian Ren Xiaochun Lu Zhigui Bao Yuezhi Tao Zhanguo Xin Guihua Zou |
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| description | Chinese sorghum (S. bicolor) has been a historically critical ingredient for brewing famous distilled liquors ever since Yuan Dynasty (749 ∼ 652 years BP). Incomplete understanding of the population genetics and domestication history limits its broad applications, especially that the lack of genetics knowledge underlying liquor-brewing properties makes it difficult to establish scientific standards for sorghum breeding. To unravel the domestic history of Chinese sorghum, we re-sequenced 244 Chinese sorghum lines selected from 16 provinces. We found that Chinese sorghums formed three distinct genetic sub-structures, referred as the Northern, the Southern, and the Chishui groups, following an obviously geographic pattern. These sorghum accessions were further characterized in liquor brewing traits and identified selection footprints associated with liquor brewing efficiency. An importantly selective sweep region identified includes several homologous genes involving in grain size, pericarp thickness, and architecture of inflorescence. Our result also demonstrated that pericarp strength rather than grain size determines the ability of the grains to resist repeated cooking during brewing process. New insight into the traits beneficial to the liquor-brewing process provides both a better understanding on Chinese sorghum domestication and a guidance on breeding sorghum as a multiple use crop in China. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4809b45ce0ec416cb86b96aabdddc37a2022-12-22T00:28:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2022-06-011310.3389/fpls.2022.923734923734Selection Signatures in Chinese Sorghum Reveals Its Unique Liquor-Making PropertiesLiyi Zhang0Yanqing Ding1Jianxia Xu2Xu Gao3Ning Cao4Kuiying Li5Zhou Feng6Zhou Feng7Bing Cheng8Lengbo Zhou9Mingjian Ren10Xiaochun Lu11Zhigui Bao12Yuezhi Tao13Zhanguo Xin14Guihua Zou15Guizhou Institute of Upland Crops, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, ChinaGuizhou Institute of Upland Crops, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, ChinaGuizhou Institute of Upland Crops, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, ChinaGuizhou Institute of Upland Crops, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, ChinaGuizhou Institute of Upland Crops, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, ChinaCollege of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, ChinaGuizhou Institute of Upland Crops, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, ChinaCollege of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, ChinaGuizhou Institute of Upland Crops, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, ChinaGuizhou Institute of Upland Crops, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, ChinaCollege of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, ChinaInstitute of Sorghum Research, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang, ChinaShanghai OE Biotech Co., Ltd., Shanghai, ChinaInstitute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, ChinaPlant Stress and Germplasm Development Unit, Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX, United StatesInstitute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, ChinaChinese sorghum (S. bicolor) has been a historically critical ingredient for brewing famous distilled liquors ever since Yuan Dynasty (749 ∼ 652 years BP). Incomplete understanding of the population genetics and domestication history limits its broad applications, especially that the lack of genetics knowledge underlying liquor-brewing properties makes it difficult to establish scientific standards for sorghum breeding. To unravel the domestic history of Chinese sorghum, we re-sequenced 244 Chinese sorghum lines selected from 16 provinces. We found that Chinese sorghums formed three distinct genetic sub-structures, referred as the Northern, the Southern, and the Chishui groups, following an obviously geographic pattern. These sorghum accessions were further characterized in liquor brewing traits and identified selection footprints associated with liquor brewing efficiency. An importantly selective sweep region identified includes several homologous genes involving in grain size, pericarp thickness, and architecture of inflorescence. Our result also demonstrated that pericarp strength rather than grain size determines the ability of the grains to resist repeated cooking during brewing process. New insight into the traits beneficial to the liquor-brewing process provides both a better understanding on Chinese sorghum domestication and a guidance on breeding sorghum as a multiple use crop in China.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.923734/fullsorghumselective sweeppopulation structuregenome-wide association study (GWAS)liquor-brewing related traits |
| spellingShingle | Liyi Zhang Yanqing Ding Jianxia Xu Xu Gao Ning Cao Kuiying Li Zhou Feng Zhou Feng Bing Cheng Lengbo Zhou Mingjian Ren Xiaochun Lu Zhigui Bao Yuezhi Tao Zhanguo Xin Guihua Zou Selection Signatures in Chinese Sorghum Reveals Its Unique Liquor-Making Properties Frontiers in Plant Science sorghum selective sweep population structure genome-wide association study (GWAS) liquor-brewing related traits |
| title | Selection Signatures in Chinese Sorghum Reveals Its Unique Liquor-Making Properties |
| title_full | Selection Signatures in Chinese Sorghum Reveals Its Unique Liquor-Making Properties |
| title_fullStr | Selection Signatures in Chinese Sorghum Reveals Its Unique Liquor-Making Properties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selection Signatures in Chinese Sorghum Reveals Its Unique Liquor-Making Properties |
| title_short | Selection Signatures in Chinese Sorghum Reveals Its Unique Liquor-Making Properties |
| title_sort | selection signatures in chinese sorghum reveals its unique liquor making properties |
| topic | sorghum selective sweep population structure genome-wide association study (GWAS) liquor-brewing related traits |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.923734/full |
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