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The Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase Gene CCD7-B, at Large, Is Associated with Tillering in Common Wheat

Wheat, an important cereal crop, is responsible for the livelihoods of many people, and a component of national food security. Tillering, which determines plant architecture and spike number, is a critical agronomic trait of wheat. The carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 7 (CCD7) has an important effect on the growth of tillers or lateral branches and lateral roots of plants. In order to study the relationship between CCD7 and tillering in wheat, CCD7-B was isolated from 10 Chinese wheat varieties with different tiller numbers. Subsequently, bioinformatics, allelic variation analysis, and field experiments were performed. Wheat CCD7-B belongs to the retinal pigment epithelial membrane receptor (RPE65) superfamily; it displays the greatest homology with monocot CCD7 proteins. Phylogenetic analysis of wheat CCD7-B proteins indicated division into dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous clades. Allelic variation analysis of CCD7-B via SrgAI enzyme digestion (a marker of cleaved amplified polymorphic sequences) suggested that 262 Chinese wheat micro-core collections and 121 Chinese wheat major cultivars from the Yellow and Huai River Valley winter wheat region can be divided into two groups: CCD7-B1 (C/T/T) and CCD7-B2 (G/C/A). CCD7-B1 showed better allelic variation than did CCD7-B2 for increasing the number of effective tillers of wheat varieties in China. This study provides reference data for the application of CCD7-B alleles to wheat breeding and supports further research regarding the mechanism of tillering in common wheat.