Soybean is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Like other legumes, soybean can form symbiotic relationships with Rhizobium species. Nitrogen fixation of soybean via its symbiosis with Rhizobium is pivotal for sustainable agriculture. Type Ⅲ effectors (T3Es) are essential regulators of the establishment of the symbiosis, and nodule number is a feature of nitrogen-affected nodulation. However, genes encoding T3Es at quantitative trait loci (QTLs) related to nodulation have rarely been identified. Chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs) have a common genetic background but only a few loci with heterogeneous genetic information; thus, they are suitable materials for identifying candidate genes at a target locus. In this study, a CSSL population was used to identify the QTLs related to nodule number in soybean. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and candidate genes within the QTLs interval were detected, and it was determined which genes showed differential expression between isolines. Four candidate genes (GmCDPK28, GmNAC1, GmbHLH, and GmERF5) linked to the SNPs were identified as being related to nodule traits and pivotal processes and pathways involved in symbiosis establishment. A candidate gene (GmERF5) encoding a transcription factor that may interact directly with the T3E NopAA was identified. The confirmed CSSLs with important segments and candidate genes identified in this study are valuable resources for further studies on the genetic network and T3Es involved in the signaling pathway that is essential for symbiosis establishment.

ZOU Jia-nan;ZHANG Zhan-guo;KANG Qing-lin;YU Si-yang;WANG Jie-qi;CHEN Lin;LIU Yan-ru;MA Chao;ZHU Rong-sheng;ZHU Yong-xu;DONG Xiao-hui;JIANG Hong-wei;WU Xiao-xia;WANG Nan-nan;HU Zhen-bang;QI Zhao-ming;LIU Chun-yan;CHEN Qing-shan;XIN Da-wei;WANG Jin-hui

College of Agriculture,Northeast Agricultural University,Harbin 150030,P.R.China;Suihua Branch of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Suihua 152000,P.R.China;Soybean Research Institute,Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Changchun 130033,P.R.China;Jiamusi Branch of Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Jiamusi 154000,P.R.China

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[1]ZOU Jia-nan;ZHANG Zhan-guo;KANG Qing-lin;YU Si-yang;WANG Jie-qi;CHEN Lin;LIU Yan-ru;MA Chao;ZHU Rong-sheng;ZHU Yong-xu;DONG Xiao-hui;JIANG Hong-wei;WU Xiao-xia;WANG Nan-nan;HU Zhen-bang;QI Zhao-ming;LIU Chun-yan;CHEN Qing-shan;XIN Da-wei;WANG Jin-hui-.Characterization of chromosome segment substitution lines reveals candidate genes associated with the nodule number in soybean)[J].农业科学学报（英文）,2022(08):2197-2210

T3Es,isolines,GmCDPK28,GmNAC1,GmbHLH,GmERF5,T3E,NopAA

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