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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2025

Genome-wide association study and transcriptome analysis reveal candidate genes related to drought stress in the germination stage of soybean.

Keke Kong, Mengge Xu, Lanhua Wu, Huiwen Zhou, Ruikai Wang, Tuanjie Zhao, Chune Wang, Yingpei Song

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Keke Kong *Soybean Research Institute, Institute of Jiangxi Oil-tea Camellia & College of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
Mengge Xu *Soybean Research Institute, Institute of Jiangxi Oil-tea Camellia & College of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
Lanhua WuSoybean Research Institute, Institute of Jiangxi Oil-tea Camellia & College of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
Huiwen ZhouSoybean Research Institute, Institute of Jiangxi Oil-tea Camellia & College of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
Ruikai WangSoybean Research Institute, Institute of Jiangxi Oil-tea Camellia & College of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
Tuanjie ZhaoKey Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Soybean, Ministry of Agriculture/Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory (ZSBBL)/National Innovation Platform for Soybean Breeding and Industry-Education Integration/State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Chune WangSoybean Research Institute, Institute of Jiangxi Oil-tea Camellia & College of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.
Yingpei SongSoybean Research Institute, Institute of Jiangxi Oil-tea Camellia & College of Pharmacy and Life Science, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China.

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Abstract

Drought is the major abiotic stress threatening soybean production globally. However, the genetic basis of soybean drought resistance at the germination stage remains largely unknown. In this study, the drought-tolerance phenotypes of a diverse panel of 207 soybean accessions were examined. Leveraging 95,043 high-density single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, a total of 58 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) were detected using the restricted two-stage multi-locus genome-wide association study (RTM-GWAS) method, and 10 of these QTLs were considered as large-contribution QTLs that have larger phenotype variation. Furthermore, RNA-sequencing was performed on the roots of two soybean accessions with contrasting drought tolerance. A total of 1,183, 1,354, and 1,581 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between two soybean accessions after 0h, 12h, and 24h of drought treatment were separately obtained, and 4,012 and 4,586 genes responsive to drought stress were identified at 12h and 24h, respectively. By utilizing these DEGs, a weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was constructed, and 13 distinct modules were obtained, among which four modules were considered as key modules. Subsequently, 40 hub genes were identified in these four modules. In addition, by combining RTM-GWAS and transcriptome analysis, 22 candidate genes underlying large-contribution QTLs were identified. Based on the functional annotations,

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drought tolerancegermination stageRNA-seqRTM-GWASsoybean

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