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The Evolution of an Invasive Plant, Sorghum halepense L. ('Johnsongrass')

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dc.contributor.authorPaterson, Andrew H.en
dc.contributor.authorKong, Wenqianen
dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Robyn M.en
dc.contributor.authorNabukalu, Pheonahen
dc.contributor.authorWu, Guohongen
dc.contributor.authorPoehlman, William L.en
dc.contributor.authorGoff, Valorie H.en
dc.contributor.authorIsaacs, Kristaen
dc.contributor.authorLee, Tae-Hoen
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Huien
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Dongen
dc.contributor.authorSezen, U. Uzayen
dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Meganen
dc.contributor.authorBauer, Dianeen
dc.contributor.authorFeltus, Frank A.en
dc.contributor.authorWeltzien, Evaen
dc.contributor.authorRattunde, Henry Fredericken
dc.contributor.authorBarney, Jacoben
dc.contributor.authorBarry, Kerrieen
dc.contributor.authorCox, T. Stanen
dc.contributor.authorScanlon, Michael J.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-04T19:24:58Zen
dc.date.available2021-10-04T19:24:58Zen
dc.date.issued2020-05-14en
dc.date.updated2021-10-04T19:24:55Zen
dc.description.abstractFrom noble beginnings as a prospective forage, polyploid Sorghum halepense (‘Johnsongrass’) is both an invasive species and one of the world’s worst agricultural weeds. Formed by S. bicolor x S. propinquum hybridization, we show S. halepense to have S. bicolor-enriched allele composition and striking mutations in 5,957 genes that differentiate it from representatives of its progenitor species and an outgroup. The spread of S. halepense may have been facilitated by introgression from closely-related cultivated sorghum near genetic loci affecting rhizome development, seed size, and levels of lutein, a photochemical protectant and abscisic acid precursor. Rhizomes, subterranean stems that store carbohydrates and spawn clonal propagules, have growth correlated with reproductive rather than other vegetative tissues, and increase survival of both temperate cold seasons and tropical dry seasons. Rhizomes of S. halepense are more extensive than those of its rhizomatous progenitor S. propinquum, with gene expression including many alleles from its non-rhizomatous S. bicolor progenitor. The first surviving polyploid in its lineage in ∼96 million years, its post-Columbian spread across six continents carried rich genetic diversity that in the United States has facilitated transition from agricultural to non-agricultural niches. Projected to spread another 200–600 km northward in the coming century, despite its drawbacks S. halepense may offer novel alleles and traits of value to improvement of sorghum.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extent10 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierARTN 317 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2020.00317en
dc.identifier.eissn1664-8021en
dc.identifier.issn1664-8021en
dc.identifier.orcidBarney, Jacob [0000-0003-2949-5003]en
dc.identifier.pmid32477397en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/105162en
dc.identifier.volume11en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFrontiersen
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dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicineen
dc.subjectGenetics & Heredityen
dc.subjectinvasion biologyen
dc.subjectpolyploidyen
dc.subjectevolutionary noveltyen
dc.subjectweeden
dc.subjectcropen
dc.subjectrhizomeen
dc.subjectperennialen
dc.subjectSORGHUM-BICOLORen
dc.subjectREAD ALIGNMENTen
dc.subjectGENETICSen
dc.subjectGENOMEen
dc.subjectRECONSTRUCTIONen
dc.subjectSUGGESTSen
dc.subjectTOPHATen
dc.subjectPLANTSen
dc.subject0604 Geneticsen
dc.subject1103 Clinical Sciencesen
dc.subject1801 Lawen
dc.titleThe Evolution of an Invasive Plant, Sorghum halepense L. ('Johnsongrass')en
dc.title.serialFrontiers in Geneticsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dc.type.otherJournalen
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-03-17en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/University Research Institutesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/University Research Institutes/Fralin Life Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/CALS T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/University Research Institutes/Fralin Life Sciences/Durelle Scotten
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/School of Plant and Environmental Sciencesen

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