Understanding the genetic architecture of secondary domestication traits in Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.)
2022-12
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Understanding the genetic architecture of secondary domestication traits in Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.)
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Thlaspi arvense L. (Field Pennycress) is a newly domesticated winter annual oilseed capable of improving ecosystems and intensifying agricultural productivity without new land displacement. Pennycress is a winter hardy cover crop that provides ecosystem services such as reduced soil erosion and nutrient loss in between fall corn harvest and spring soybean planting. However, pennycress is currently limited by its small seed size and unimproved oil production. This dissertation builds on the limited research on pennycress breeding and genetics and aims to establish and characterize a global diversity panel of wild pennycress accessions, two biparental recombinant inbred populations, and three independent EMS-derived mutants to contribute knowledge and resources to understand important seed and agronomic characteristic traits in pennycress. Chapter 1 presents a literature review focused on the status of pennycress breeding and genetics, as well as factors that may shed light to understanding the genetic and physiological control of seed size and oil content. Chapter 2 presents a genetic dissection of seed size, oil content, and protein content via genome-wide association studies in a diversity panel. Chapter 3 explores and characterizes the phenotypic and genotypic diversity in two recombinant inbred populations developed for field pennycress, whereas chapter 4 reports the characterization of three independent wax mutants in pennycress and the implications of waxes on total seed oil content in pennycress.
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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. December 2022. Major: Applied Plant Sciences. Advisor: James Anderson. 1 computer file (PDF); viii, 220 pages.
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Tandukar, Zenith. (2022). Understanding the genetic architecture of secondary domestication traits in Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.). Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/253433.
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