Adaptive changes in pearl millet landraces in Niger revealed by the genetic comparison of their ex situ and on-farm genetic resources
Cultivation of Pearl millet in West Africa is still mainly traditional. During the past decades, important human and climatic changes have occured in Sahelian countries. In Niger, the cultivated area and human population have doubled in 25 years. Moreover isohyete 400 mm has moved southwards by 200 km in the west and by 100 km in the east of the country. The impact of these changes on genetic diversity and adaptation of pearl millet landraces is still unknown. In this study we analyzed samples of pearl millet landraces collected in the same villages in 1976 (ex situ collections) and 2003 (on-farm collections) throughout the entire cultivated area of Niger. The diversity assessed with microsatellite loci did not display significant changes between the 1976 and 2003 collections. We tested the change in allele frequency at the flowering locus PHYC. The results suggested a positive selection for the earliness allele, which was consistent with the phenological trends towards earliness observed between the 1976 and 2003 collections by comparing them over three crop seasons in a common garden experiment. In the context of a changing climate, the shortening of the life cycle is an adaptive change in landraces that can cope with climatic change by flowering earlier in drier environments. This study shows how genomics-based diversity studies boost the usefulness of ex situ collections of crop genetic resources as baselines to monitor the dynamics of evolutionary changes in agroecosystems, and to identify traits and loci involved in adaptation to changing environmental conditions which can then be targeted by varietal improvement programs. (Texte intégral)
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dig-cirad-fr-5587292020-11-21T17:00:33Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/558729/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/558729/ Adaptive changes in pearl millet landraces in Niger revealed by the genetic comparison of their ex situ and on-farm genetic resources. Vigouroux Yves, Mariac Cédric, Pham Jean Louis, Gérard Bruno, Kapran Issoufou, Sagnard Fabrice, Deu Monique, Chantereau Jacques, Ali Ahmed, Ndjeunga Jupiter, Luong Viviane, Thuillet Anne-Céline, Saidou Abdoul-Aziz, Bezançon Gilles. 2010. In : Final program and abstracts of the 2nd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources, Bologna, Italy, 24-27 April 2010. Rome : Bioversity International, Résumé, 171. International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources. 2, Bologne, Italie, 24 Avril 2010/27 Avril 2010. Researchers Adaptive changes in pearl millet landraces in Niger revealed by the genetic comparison of their ex situ and on-farm genetic resources Vigouroux, Yves Mariac, Cédric Pham, Jean Louis Gérard, Bruno Kapran, Issoufou Sagnard, Fabrice Deu, Monique Chantereau, Jacques Ali, Ahmed Ndjeunga, Jupiter Luong, Viviane Thuillet, Anne-Céline Saidou, Abdoul-Aziz Bezançon, Gilles eng 2010 Bioversity International Final program and abstracts of the 2nd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources, Bologna, Italy, 24-27 April 2010 F30 - Génétique et amélioration des plantes Cultivation of Pearl millet in West Africa is still mainly traditional. During the past decades, important human and climatic changes have occured in Sahelian countries. In Niger, the cultivated area and human population have doubled in 25 years. Moreover isohyete 400 mm has moved southwards by 200 km in the west and by 100 km in the east of the country. The impact of these changes on genetic diversity and adaptation of pearl millet landraces is still unknown. In this study we analyzed samples of pearl millet landraces collected in the same villages in 1976 (ex situ collections) and 2003 (on-farm collections) throughout the entire cultivated area of Niger. The diversity assessed with microsatellite loci did not display significant changes between the 1976 and 2003 collections. We tested the change in allele frequency at the flowering locus PHYC. The results suggested a positive selection for the earliness allele, which was consistent with the phenological trends towards earliness observed between the 1976 and 2003 collections by comparing them over three crop seasons in a common garden experiment. In the context of a changing climate, the shortening of the life cycle is an adaptive change in landraces that can cope with climatic change by flowering earlier in drier environments. This study shows how genomics-based diversity studies boost the usefulness of ex situ collections of crop genetic resources as baselines to monitor the dynamics of evolutionary changes in agroecosystems, and to identify traits and loci involved in adaptation to changing environmental conditions which can then be targeted by varietal improvement programs. (Texte intégral) conference_item info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://agritrop.cirad.fr/558729/1/document_558729.pdf application/pdf Cirad license info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://agritrop.cirad.fr/mention_legale.html http://catalogue-bibliotheques.cirad.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=207317 |
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Cultivation of Pearl millet in West Africa is still mainly traditional. During the past decades, important human and climatic changes have occured in Sahelian countries. In Niger, the cultivated area and human population have doubled in 25 years. Moreover isohyete 400 mm has moved southwards by 200 km in the west and by 100 km in the east of the country. The impact of these changes on genetic diversity and adaptation of pearl millet landraces is still unknown. In this study we analyzed samples of pearl millet landraces collected in the same villages in 1976 (ex situ collections) and 2003 (on-farm collections) throughout the entire cultivated area of Niger. The diversity assessed with microsatellite loci did not display significant changes between the 1976 and 2003 collections. We tested the change in allele frequency at the flowering locus PHYC. The results suggested a positive selection for the earliness allele, which was consistent with the phenological trends towards earliness observed between the 1976 and 2003 collections by comparing them over three crop seasons in a common garden experiment. In the context of a changing climate, the shortening of the life cycle is an adaptive change in landraces that can cope with climatic change by flowering earlier in drier environments. This study shows how genomics-based diversity studies boost the usefulness of ex situ collections of crop genetic resources as baselines to monitor the dynamics of evolutionary changes in agroecosystems, and to identify traits and loci involved in adaptation to changing environmental conditions which can then be targeted by varietal improvement programs. (Texte intégral) |
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Vigouroux, Yves Mariac, Cédric Pham, Jean Louis Gérard, Bruno Kapran, Issoufou Sagnard, Fabrice Deu, Monique Chantereau, Jacques Ali, Ahmed Ndjeunga, Jupiter Luong, Viviane Thuillet, Anne-Céline Saidou, Abdoul-Aziz Bezançon, Gilles |
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Vigouroux, Yves Mariac, Cédric Pham, Jean Louis Gérard, Bruno Kapran, Issoufou Sagnard, Fabrice Deu, Monique Chantereau, Jacques Ali, Ahmed Ndjeunga, Jupiter Luong, Viviane Thuillet, Anne-Céline Saidou, Abdoul-Aziz Bezançon, Gilles |
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Adaptive changes in pearl millet landraces in Niger revealed by the genetic comparison of their ex situ and on-farm genetic resources |
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Adaptive changes in pearl millet landraces in Niger revealed by the genetic comparison of their ex situ and on-farm genetic resources |
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Adaptive changes in pearl millet landraces in Niger revealed by the genetic comparison of their ex situ and on-farm genetic resources |
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Adaptive changes in pearl millet landraces in Niger revealed by the genetic comparison of their ex situ and on-farm genetic resources |
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