Grain Legume Genomics

Research goals

Legumes play a vital role in human and animal diets and fostering agrobiodiversity and maintaining soil fertility. The independent research group Grain Legume Genomics (KLG) is established with the vision of increasing domestic production of protein-rich leguminous crops to reduce dependence on imported proteins and to replace meat-based protein diet with plant-based protein diet. We investigate the genetic basis of agronomic traits, protein quality and nutritional value in grain legumes such as faba bean (Vicia faba). In addition, we focus on emerging traits required for agroecological transition.

Key components of our research activities include:

  • The comprehensive characterization and mobilization of genetic diversity in genebanks
  • The development of foundational genomics resources such as a pan-genome and diversity atlas to advance fundamental research
  • The genetic dissection of agronomic and quality traits to advance molecular breeding
  • A close interaction with all stakeholders across the agricultural supply chain in Europe: breeders, farmers, and the food and feed industries.

The group contributes to IPK Research Themes “Concepts for Valorisation of Genetic Resources”, “Genome Diversity and Evolution” and “Growth and Metabolism”.

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2024

Huang Y, Maurer A, Giehl R F H, Zhao S, Golan G, Thirulogachandar V, Li G, Zhao Y, Trautewig C, Himmelbach A, Börner A, Jayakodi M, Stein N, Mascher M, Pillen K, Schnurbusch T:

Dynamic phytomeric growth contributes to local adaptation in barley. Mol. Biol. Evol. 41 (2024) msae011. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae011

Mascher M, Jayakodi M, Shim H, Stein N:

Promises and challenges of crop translational genomics. Nature (2024) Epub ahead of print. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07713-5

Sankaran D, Adhimoolam K, Jayakodi M, Manickam S, Mannu J, Natesan S:

Progress in genomic-driven breeding for improving the disease and insect pest resistance in black gram (Vigna mungo). Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 133 (2024) 102368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2024.102368

Schreiber M, Jayakodi M, Stein N, Mascher M:

Plant pangenomes for crop improvement, biodiversity and evolution. Nat. Rev. Genet. 25 (2024) 563–577. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41576-024-00691-4

Subbulakshmi K, Karthikeyan A, Murukarthick J, Dhasarathan M, Naveen R, Sathya M, Lavanya B, Iyanar K, Sivakumar S, Ravikesavan R, Sumathi P, Senthil N:

Consensus genetic linkage map and QTL mapping allow to capture the genomic regions associated with agronomic traits in pearl millet. Planta 260 (2024) 57. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00425-024-04487-y

Thirulogachandar V, Govind G, Hensel G, Kale S M, Kuhlmann M, Eschen-Lippold L, Rutten T, Koppolu R, Rajaraman J, Palakolanu S R, Seiler C, Sakuma S, Jayakodi M, Lee J, Kumlehn J, Komatsuda T, Schnurbusch T, Sreenivasulu N:

HOMEOBOX2, the paralog of SIX-ROWED SPIKE1/HOMEOBOX1, is dispensable for barley spikelet development. J. Exp. Bot. 75 (2024) 2900–2916. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae044

Van Binh N, Kim M J, Giang V N L, Lee Y S, Jayakodi M, Park H-S, Mohanan P, Kang K B, Ryu B, Park E J, Park T K, Yang T-J:

Improved biomass and metabolite production in hairy root culture in various genotypes of Panax ginseng through genetic transformation. Plant Cell Tiss. Organ Cult. 156 (2024) 43. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11240-023-02644-x

Yuan Z, Rembe M, Mascher M, Stein N, Jayakodi M, Börner A, Oldach K, Jahoor A, Jensen J D, Rudloff J, Dohrendorf V-E, Kuhfus L P, Dyrszka E, Conte M, Hinz F, Trouchaud S, Reif J C, El Hanafi S:

Capitalizing genebank core collections for rare and novel disease resistance loci to enhance barley resilience. J. Exp. Bot. 75 (2024) 5940–5954. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae283

Zhang H, Fechete Lavinia I, Himmelbach A, Poehlein A, Lohwasser U, Börner A, Maalouf F, Kumar S, Khazaei H, Stein N, Jayakodi M:

Optimization of Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) for germplasm fingerprinting and trait mapping in faba bean. Legume Sci. 6 (2024) e254. https://doi.org/10.1002/leg3.254

2023

Jayakodi M, Golicz A A, Kreplak J, Fechete L I, Angra D, Bednář P, Bornhofen E, Zhang H, Boussageon R, Kaur S, Cheung K, Čížková J, Gundlach H, Hallab A, Imbert B, Keeble-Gagnère G, Koblížková A, Kobrlová L, Krejčí P, Mouritzen T W, Neumann P, Nadzieja M, Nielsen L K, Novák P, Orabi J, Padmarasu S, Robertson-Shersby-Harvie T, Robledillo L Á, Schiemann A, Tanskanen J, Törönen P, Warsame A O, Wittenberg A H J, Himmelbach A, Aubert G, Courty P-E, Doležel J, Holm L U, Janss L L, Khazaei H, Macas J, Mascher M, Smýkal P, Snowdon R J, Stein N, Stoddard F L, Stougaard J, Tayeh N, Torres A M, Usadel B, Schubert I, OSullivan D M, Schulman A H, Andersen S U:

The giant diploid faba genome unlocks variation in a global protein crop. Nature 615 (2023) 652-659. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05791-5

2022

Kamal N, Lux T, Jayakodi M, Haberer G, Gundlach H, Mayer K F X, Mascher M, Spannagl M:

The barley and wheat pan-genomes. In: Edwards D (Ed.): Plant bioinformatics: methods and protocols. (Series: Methods in molecular biology, Vol. 2443) New York, NY: Humana (2022) ISBN 978-1-0716-2066-3, 147-159. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2067-0_7

Sudha M, Karthikeyan A, Madhumitha B, Veera Ranjani R, Kanimoli Mathivathana M, Dhasarathan M, Murukarthick J, Samu Shihabdeen M N, Eraivan Arutkani Aiyanathan K, Pandiyan M, Senthil N, Raveendran M:

Dynamic transcriptome profiling of mungbean genotypes unveil the genes respond to the infection of mungbean yellow mosaic virus. Pathogens 11 (2022) 190. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11020190

Wang Y, Habekuss A, Jayakodi M, Mascher M, Snowdon R J, Stahl A, Fuss J, Ordon F, Perovic D:

High-resolution mapping of Barley mild mosaic virus resistance gene rym15. Front. Plant Sci. 13 (2022) 908170. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.908170

Yu G, Matny O, Champouret N, Steuernagel B, Moscou M J, Hernández-Pinzón I, Green P, Hayta S, Smedley M, Harwood W, Kangara N, Yue Y, Gardener C, Banfield M J, Olivera P D, Welchin C, Simmons J, Millet E, Minz-Dub A, Ronen M, Avni R, Sharon A, Patpour M, Justesen A F, Jayakodi M, Himmelbach A, Stein N, Wu S, Poland J, Ens J, Pozniak C, Karafiátová M, Molnár I, Doležel J, Ward E R, Reuber T L, Jones J D G, Mascher M, Steffenson B J, Wulff B B H:

Aegilops sharonensis genome-assisted identification of stem rust resistance gene Sr62. Nat. Commun. 13 (2022) 1607. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29132-8

Zhang H, Mascher M, Abbo S, Jayakodi M:

Advancing grain legumes domestication and evolution studies with genomics. Plant Cell Physiol. 63 (2022) 1540–1553. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcac062