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Pandey J, Scheuring DC, Koym JW, Vales MI. Genomic regions associated with tuber traits in tetraploid potatoes and identification of superior clones for breeding purposes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:952263. [PMID: 35937326 PMCID: PMC9354404 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.952263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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In potato breeding, morphological tuber traits are important selection targets to meet the demands of the fresh and processing markets. Understanding the genetic basis of tuber traits should guide selection and improve breeding efficiencies. However, this is challenging in potato due to the complexity of the traits and the polyploid nature of the potato genome. High-throughput affordable molecular markers and new software specific for polyploid species have the potential to unlock previously unattainable levels of understanding of the genetic basis of tuber traits in tetraploid potato. In this study, we genotyped a diversity panel of 214 advanced clones with the 22 K SNP potato array and phenotyped it in three field environments in Texas. We conducted a genome-wide association study using the GWASpoly software package to identify genomic regions associated with tuber morphological traits. Some of the QTLs discovered confirmed prior studies, whereas others were discovered for the first time. The main QTL for tuber shape was detected on chromosome 10 and explained 5.8% of the phenotypic variance. GWAS analysis of eye depth detected a significant QTL on chromosome 10 and explained 3.9% of the phenotypic variance. Another QTL peak for eye depth on chromosome 5 was located near the CDF1 gene, an important regulator of maturity in potato. Our study found that multiple QTLs govern russeting in potato. A major QTL for flesh color on chromosome 3 that explained 26% of the phenotypic variance likely represents the Y locus responsible for yellow flesh in potato tubers. Several QTLs were detected for purple skin color on chromosome 11. Furthermore, genomic estimated breeding values were obtained, which will aid in the early identification of superior parental clones that should increase the chances of producing progenies with higher frequencies of the desired tuber traits. These findings will contribute to a better understanding of the genetic basis of morphological traits in potato, as well as to identifying parents with the best breeding values to improve selection efficiency in our potato breeding program.
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- Jeewan Pandey
- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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- Texas A&M University AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Lubbock, TX, United States
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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Hoopes GM, Zarka D, Feke A, Acheson K, Hamilton JP, Douches D, Buell CR, Farré EM. Keeping time in the dark: Potato diel and circadian rhythmic gene expression reveals tissue-specific circadian clocks. PLANT DIRECT 2022; 6:e425. [PMID: 35844780 PMCID: PMC9277033 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The circadian clock is an internal molecular oscillator and coordinates numerous physiological processes through regulation of molecular pathways. Tissue-specific clocks connected by mobile signals have previously been found to run at different speeds in Arabidopsis thaliana tissues. However, tissue variation in circadian clocks in crop species is unknown. In this study, leaf and tuber global gene expression in cultivated potato under cycling and constant environmental conditions was profiled. In addition, we used a circadian-regulated luciferase reporter construct to study tuber gene expression rhythms. Diel and circadian expression patterns were present among 17.9% and 5.6% of the expressed genes in the tuber. Over 500 genes displayed differential tissue specific diel phases. Intriguingly, few core circadian clock genes had circadian expression patterns, while all such genes were circadian rhythmic in cultivated tomato leaves. Furthermore, robust diel and circadian transcriptional rhythms were observed among detached tubers. Our results suggest alternative regulatory mechanisms and/or clock composition is present in potato, as well as the presence of tissue-specific independent circadian clocks. We have provided the first evidence of a functional circadian clock in below-ground storage organs, holding important implications for other storage root and tuberous crops.
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Plant BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Plant BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Plant BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Plant BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
- Michigan State University AgBioResearchMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Plant BiologyMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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Hui Z, Xu J, Jian Y, Bian C, Duan S, Hu J, Li G, Jin L. Identification of Long-Distance Transport Signal Molecules Associated with Plant Maturity in Tetraploid Cultivated Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.). PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11131707. [PMID: 35807658 PMCID: PMC9268856 DOI: 10.3390/plants11131707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Maturity is a key trait for breeders to identify potato cultivars suitable to grow in different latitudes. However, the molecular mechanism regulating maturity remains unclear. In this study, we performed a grafting experiment using the early-maturing cultivar Zhongshu 5 (Z5) and the late-maturing cultivar Zhongshu 18 (Z18) and found that abscisic acid (ABA) and salicylic acid (SA) positively regulate the early maturity of potato, while indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) negatively regulated early maturity. A total of 43 long-distance transport mRNAs are observed to be involved in early maturity, and 292 long-distance transport mRNAs involved in late maturity were identified using RNA sequencing. Specifically, StMADS18, StSWEET10C, and StSWEET11 are detected to be candidate genes for their association with potato early maturity. Metabolomic data analysis shows a significant increase in phenolic acid and flavonoid contents increased in the scion of the early-maturing cultivar Z5, but a significant decrease in amino acid, phenolic acid, and alkaloid contents increased in the scion of the late-maturing cultivar Z18. This work reveals a significant association between the maturity of tetraploid cultivated potato and long-distance transport signal molecules and provides useful data for assessing the molecular mechanisms underlying the maturity of potato plants and for breeding early-maturing potato cultivars.
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- Correspondence: (G.L.); (L.J.); Tel.: +86-010-82105955 (G.L.); +86-010-82109543 (L.J.)
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- Correspondence: (G.L.); (L.J.); Tel.: +86-010-82105955 (G.L.); +86-010-82109543 (L.J.)
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Mason GA. A bZIP transcription factor accelerates the transition to reproductive tuber growth and aging in Solanum tuberosum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 189:1194-1195. [PMID: 35485196 PMCID: PMC9237667 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Jing S, Sun X, Yu L, Wang E, Cheng Z, Liu H, Jiang P, Qin J, Begum S, Song B. Transcription factor StABI5-like 1 binding to the FLOWERING LOCUS T homologs promotes early maturity in potato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 189:1677-1693. [PMID: 35258599 PMCID: PMC9237700 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) maturity involves several important traits, including the onset of tuberization, flowering, leaf senescence, and the length of the plant life cycle. The timing of flowering and tuberization in potato is mediated by seasonal fluctuations in photoperiod and is thought to be separately controlled by the FLOWERING LOCUS T-like (FT-like) genes SELF-PRUNING 3D (StSP3D) and SELF-PRUNING 6A (StSP6A). However, the biological relationship between these morphological transitions that occur almost synchronously remains unknown. Here, we show that StABI5-like 1 (StABL1), a transcription factor central to abscisic acid (ABA) signaling, is a binding partner of StSP3D and StSP6A, forming an alternative florigen activation complex and alternative tuberigen activation complex in a 14-3-3-dependent manner. Overexpression of StABL1 results in the early initiation of flowering and tuberization as well as a short life cycle. Using genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing and RNA-sequencing, we demonstrate that AGAMOUS-like and GA 2-oxidase 1 genes are regulated by StABL1. Phytohormone profiling indicates an altered gibberellic acid (GA) metabolism and that StABL1-overexpressing plants are insensitive to the inhibitory effect of GA with respect to tuberization. Collectively, our results suggest that StABL1 functions with FT-like genes to promote flowering and tuberization and consequently life cycle length in potato, providing insight into the pleiotropic functioning of the FT gene.
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- Shenglin Jing
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology (HZAU), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Potato Engineering and Technology Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology (HZAU), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Potato Engineering and Technology Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology (HZAU), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Potato Engineering and Technology Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology (HZAU), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Potato Engineering and Technology Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology (HZAU), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Potato Engineering and Technology Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology (HZAU), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Potato Engineering and Technology Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology (HZAU), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Potato Engineering and Technology Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology (HZAU), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Potato Engineering and Technology Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology (HZAU), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, China
- Potato Engineering and Technology Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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Odgerel K, Jose J, Karsai-Rektenwald F, Ficzek G, Simon G, Végvári G, Bánfalvi Z. Effects of the repression of GIGANTEA gene StGI.04 on the potato leaf transcriptome and the anthocyanin content of tuber skin. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:249. [PMID: 35596149 PMCID: PMC9121593 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03636-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND GIGANTEA (GI) is a plant-specific, circadian clock-regulated, nuclear protein with pleiotropic functions found in many plant species. This protein is involved in flowering, circadian clock control, chloroplast biogenesis, carbohydrate metabolism, stress responses, and volatile compound synthesis. In potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), its only role appears to be tuber initiation; however, based on findings in other plant species, we hypothesised that the function of GI in potatoes is not restricted only to tuberisation. RESULTS To test this hypothesis, the expression of a GI gene in the commercial potato cultivar 'Désirée' was repressed, and the effects of repression at morphological and transcriptome level were investigated. Previously, two copies of GI genes in potato were found. A construct to reduce the mRNA levels of one of these genes (StGI.04) was assembled, and the effects of antisense repression were studied in greenhouse-grown plants. The highest level of repression reached around 50%. However, this level did not influence tuber formation and yield but did cause a reduction in tuber colour. Using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), significant reductions in cyanidin 3,5-di-O-glucoside and pelargonidin 3,5-di-O-glucoside contents of tuber peels were detected. Anthocyanins are synthesized through a branch of the phenylpropanoid pathway. The transcriptome analysis indicated down-regulation in the expression of PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE (PAL), the LEUCOANTHOCYANIDIN OXIDISING enzyme gene LDOX, and the MYB-RELATED PROTEIN Hv1 (MYB-Hv1), a transcription factor coding gene, which is presumably involved in the regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis, in the leaves of a selected StGI.04-repressed line. Furthermore, alterations in expression of genes affecting the circadian clock, flowering, starch synthesis, and stress responses were detected in the leaves of the selected StGI.04-repressed line. CONCLUSIONS We tested the effects of antisense repression of StGI.04 expression in potatoes and found that as with GI in other plant species, it influences the expression of the key genes of the circadian clock, flowering, starch synthesis, and stress responses. Furthermore, we detected a novel function of a GI gene in influencing the anthocyanin synthesis and potato tuber skin colour.
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- Khongorzul Odgerel
- Genetics and Biotechnology Institute, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Szent-Györgyi A. u. 4, Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Institute, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Szent-Györgyi A. u. 4, Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
- Centre for Agricultural Research, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Brunszvik u. 2, Martonvásár, H-2462, Hungary
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Institute, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Szent-Györgyi A. u. 4, Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary
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- Department of Fruit Growing, Institute of Horticulture, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Villányi út 29-43, Budapest, H-1118, Hungary
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- Department of Fruit Growing, Institute of Horticulture, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Villányi út 29-43, Budapest, H-1118, Hungary
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- Institute of Viticulture and Oenology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eszterházy tér 1, Eger, H-3300, Hungary
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Institute, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Szent-Györgyi A. u. 4, Gödöllő, H-2100, Hungary.
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Wang Z, Wong DCJ, Chen Z, Bai W, Si H, Jin X. Emerging Roles of Plant DNA-Binding With One Finger Transcription Factors in Various Hormone and Stress Signaling Pathways. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:844201. [PMID: 35668792 PMCID: PMC9165642 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.844201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Coordinated transcriptional regulation of stress-responsive genes orchestrated by a complex network of transcription factors (TFs) and the reprogramming of metabolism ensure a plant's continued growth and survival under adverse environmental conditions (e.g., abiotic stress). DNA-binding with one finger (Dof) proteins, a group of plant-specific TF, were identified as one of several key components of the transcriptional regulatory network involved in abiotic stress responses. In many plant species, Dofs are often activated in response to a wide range of adverse environmental conditions. Dofs play central roles in stress tolerance by regulating the expression of stress-responsive genes via the DOFCORE element or by interacting with other regulatory proteins. Moreover, Dofs act as a key regulatory hub of several phytohormone pathways, integrating abscisic acid, jasmonate, SA and redox signaling in response to many abiotic stresses. Taken together, we highlight a unique role of Dofs in hormone and stress signaling that integrates plant response to adverse environmental conditions with different aspects of plant growth and development.
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- Zemin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Division of Ecology and Evolution, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
- College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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Tang R, Dong H, He L, Li P, Shi Y, Yang Q, Jia X, Li XQ. Genome-wide identification, evolutionary and functional analyses of KFB family members in potato. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:226. [PMID: 35501691 PMCID: PMC9063267 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03611-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Kelch repeat F-box (KFB) proteins play vital roles in the regulation of multitudinous biochemical and physiological processes in plants, including growth and development, stress response and secondary metabolism. Multiple KFBs have been characterized in various plant species, but the family members and functions have not been systematically identified and analyzed in potato. RESULTS Genome and transcriptome analyses of StKFB gene family were conducted to dissect the structure, evolution and function of the StKFBs in Solanum tuberosum L. Totally, 44 StKFB members were identified and were classified into 5 groups. The chromosomal localization analysis showed that the 44 StKFB genes were located on 12 chromosomes of potato. Among these genes, two pairs of genes (StKFB15/16 and StKFB40/41) were predicted to be tandemly duplicated genes, and one pair of genes (StKFB15/29) was segmentally duplicated genes. The syntenic analysis showed that the KFBs in potato were closely related to the KFBs in tomato and pepper. Expression profiles of the StKFBs in 13 different tissues and in potato plants with different treatments uncovered distinct spatial expression patterns of these genes and their potential roles in response to various stresses, respectively. Multiple StKFB genes were differentially expressed in yellow- (cultivar 'Jin-16'), red- (cultivar 'Red rose-2') and purple-fleshed (cultivar 'Xisen-8') potato tubers, suggesting that they may play important roles in the regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis in potato. CONCLUSIONS This study reports the structure, evolution and expression characteristics of the KFB family in potato. These findings pave the way for further investigation of functional mechanisms of StKFBs, and also provide candidate genes for potato genetic improvement.
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- Ruimin Tang
- College of life sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801 Shanxi China
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- College of life sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801 Shanxi China
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- College of Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801 Shanxi China
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- College of life sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801 Shanxi China
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- College of life sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801 Shanxi China
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- College of life sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095 Jiangsu China
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- College of life sciences, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, 030801 Shanxi China
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- Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 4Z7 Canada
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Hu G, Wang K, Huang B, Mila I, Frasse P, Maza E, Djari A, Hernould M, Zouine M, Li Z, Bouzayen M. The auxin-responsive transcription factor SlDOF9 regulates inflorescence and flower development in tomato. NATURE PLANTS 2022; 8:419-433. [PMID: 35422080 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-022-01121-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Understanding the mechanisms underlying differentiation of inflorescence and flower meristems is essential towards enlarging our knowledge of reproductive organ formation and to open new prospects for improving yield traits. Here, we show that SlDOF9 is a new modulator of floral differentiation in tomato. CRISPR/Cas9 knockout strategy uncovered the role of SlDOF9 in controlling inflorescence meristem and floral meristem differentiation via the regulation of cell division genes and inflorescence architecture regulator LIN. Tomato dof9-KO lines have more flowers in both determinate and indeterminate cultivars and produce more fruit upon vibration-assisted fertilization. SlDOF9 regulates inflorescence development through an auxin-dependent ARF5-DOF9 module that seems to operate, at least in part, differently in Arabidopsis and tomato. Our findings add a new actor to the complex mechanisms underlying reproductive organ differentiation in flowering plants and provide leads towards addressing the diversity of factors controlling the transition to reproductive organs.
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- Guojian Hu
- Université de Toulouse, INRAe/INP Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits-UMR990, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales-UMR5546, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse-INP, Toulouse, France
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- Université de Toulouse, INRAe/INP Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits-UMR990, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales-UMR5546, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse-INP, Toulouse, France
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- Université de Toulouse, INRAe/INP Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits-UMR990, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales-UMR5546, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse-INP, Toulouse, France
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- Université de Toulouse, INRAe/INP Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits-UMR990, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Université de Toulouse, INRAe/INP Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits-UMR990, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales-UMR5546, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse-INP, Toulouse, France
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- Université de Toulouse, INRAe/INP Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits-UMR990, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales-UMR5546, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse-INP, Toulouse, France
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- Université de Toulouse, INRAe/INP Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits-UMR990, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales-UMR5546, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse-INP, Toulouse, France
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- Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie-UMR 1332, Université Bordeaux, INRAE, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Université de Toulouse, INRAe/INP Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits-UMR990, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales-UMR5546, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse-INP, Toulouse, France
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Hormones and Development Regulation of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
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- Université de Toulouse, INRAe/INP Toulouse, Génomique et Biotechnologie des Fruits-UMR990, Castanet-Tolosan, France.
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales-UMR5546, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse-INP, Toulouse, France.
- Key Laboratory of Plant Hormones and Development Regulation of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
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Curtin S, Qi Y, Peres LEP, Fernie AR, Zsögön A. Pathways to de novo domestication of crop wild relatives. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:1746-1756. [PMID: 34850221 PMCID: PMC8968405 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Growing knowledge about crop domestication, combined with increasingly powerful gene-editing toolkits, sets the stage for the continual domestication of crop wild relatives and other lesser-known plant species.
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- Shaun Curtin
- United States Department of Agriculture, Plant Science Research Unit, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
- Center for Plant Precision Genomics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
- Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, Rockville, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Hormonal Control of Plant Development. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, CP 09, 13418-900, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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Xue W, Haynes KG, Clarke CR, Qu X. Genetic Dissection of Early Blight Resistance in Tetraploid Potato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:851538. [PMID: 35401646 PMCID: PMC8990756 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.851538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Early blight, caused by the fungus Alternaria solani, is one of the most economically important diseases of potatoes worldwide. We previously identified a tetraploid potato clone, B0692-4, which is resistant to early blight. To dissect the genetic basis of early blight resistance in this clone, a full-sib tetraploid potato population including 241 progenies was derived from a cross between B0692-4 and a susceptible cultivar, Harley Blackwell, in this study. The population was evaluated for foliage resistance against early blight in field trials in Pennsylvania in 2018 and 2019 and relative area under the disease progress curve (rAUDPC) was determined. The distribution of rAUDPC ranged from 0.016 to 0.679 in 2018, and from 0.017 to 0.554 in 2019. Broad sense heritability for resistance, as measured as rAUDPC, was estimated as 0.66-0.80. The population was also evaluated for foliar maturity in field trials in Maine in 2018 and 2020. A moderate negative correlation between rAUDPC and foliar maturity was detected in both years. A genetic linkage map covering a length of 1469.34 cM with 9124 SNP markers was used for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) for rAUDPC and foliar maturity. In 2018, three QTLs for early blight were detected; two of them on chromosome 5 overlapped with QTLs for maturity, and one of them on chromosome 7 was independent of maturity QTL. In 2019, six QTLs for early blight were detected; two QTLs on chromosome 5 overlapped with QTLs for maturity, and the other four QTLs did not overlap with QTLs for maturity. The identification of these QTLs provides new insight into the genetic basis of early blight resistance and may serve as sources for marker-assisted selection for early blight resistance breeding.
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- Weiya Xue
- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Genetic Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Genetic Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, United States
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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Campbell R, Ducreux L, Cowan G, Young V, Chinoko G, Chitedze G, Kwendani S, Chiipanthenga M, Bita CE, Mwenye O, Were H, Torrance L, Sharma SK, Hancock RD, Bryan GJ, Taylor M. Allelic variants of a potato
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gene confer improved tuber yield under a wide range of environmental conditions. Food Energy Secur 2022; 12:e377. [PMID: 37035023 PMCID: PMC10078605 DOI: 10.1002/fes3.377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Previously, we developed and applied a glasshouse screen for potato tuber yield under heat stress and identified a candidate gene (HSc70) for heat tolerance by genetic analysis of a diploid potato population. Specific allelic variants were expressed at high levels on exposure to moderately elevated temperature due to variations in gene promoter sequence. In this study, we aimed to confirm the results from the glasshouse screen in field trials conducted over several seasons and locations including those in Kenya, Malawi and the UK. We extend our understanding of the HSc70 gene and demonstrate that expression level of HSc70 correlates with tolerance to heat stress in a wide range of wild potato relatives. The physiological basis of the protective effect of HSc70 was explored and we show that genotypes carrying the highly expressed HSc70 A2 allele are protected against photooxidative damage to PSII induced by abiotic stresses. Overall, we show the potential of HSc70 alleles for breeding resilient potato genotypes for multiple environments.
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- Raymond Campbell
- Cell and Molecular Sciences The James Hutton Institute Dundee UK
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences The James Hutton Institute Dundee UK
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences The James Hutton Institute Dundee UK
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- Department of Agricultural Research Services Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Station Limbe Malawi
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- Department of Agricultural Research Services Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Station Limbe Malawi
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- Department of Agricultural Research Services Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Station Limbe Malawi
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- Department of Agriculture and Land Use Management Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Kakamega Kenya
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences The James Hutton Institute Dundee UK
- School of Biology Biomolecular Sciences Building University of St Andrews St Andrews UK
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences The James Hutton Institute Dundee UK
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences The James Hutton Institute Dundee UK
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In Silico Characterization and Expression Analysis of GIGANTEA Genes in Potato. Biochem Genet 2022; 60:2137-2154. [PMID: 35277794 PMCID: PMC9617960 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-022-10214-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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GIGANTEA (GI) genes are ubiquitous in the plant kingdom and are involved in diverse processes from flowering during stress responses to tuberization; the latter occurs in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). GI genes have a diurnal cycle of expression; however, no details on the regulation of GI gene expression in potato have been reported thus far. The aim of our work was the analysis of the GI promoter sequence and studying GI expression in different organs and under abiotic stress conditions in potato. Two GI genes homologous to Arabidopsis GI located on chromosomes 4 and 12 (StGI.04 and StGI.12) were identified in the genome-sequenced potato S. phureja. The GI promoter regions of the commercial potato cultivar ‘Désirée’ were cloned and found to be almost identical to the S. phureja GI promoter sequence. More than ten TF families binding to the GI promoters were predicted. EVENING ELEMENT and ABSCISIC ACID RESPONSE ELEMENT LIKE elements related to circadian regulation and a binding site for POTATO HOMEOBOX 20 presumably involved in tuber initiation were detected in both GI promoters. However, the locations of these elements and several other cis-acting regulatory elements as well as the organ-specific expression and responses of the genes to abiotic stresses and abscisic acid were different. Thus, we presume that the function of StGI.04 and StGI.12 are at least partially different. This study lays foundation for further investigation of the roles of GI genes in potato.
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Hoopes G, Meng X, Hamilton JP, Achakkagari SR, de Alves Freitas Guesdes F, Bolger ME, Coombs JJ, Esselink D, Kaiser NR, Kodde L, Kyriakidou M, Lavrijssen B, van Lieshout N, Shereda R, Tuttle HK, Vaillancourt B, Wood JC, de Boer JM, Bornowski N, Bourke P, Douches D, van Eck HJ, Ellis D, Feldman MJ, Gardner KM, Hopman JCP, Jiang J, De Jong WS, Kuhl JC, Novy RG, Oome S, Sathuvalli V, Tan EH, Ursum RA, Vales MI, Vining K, Visser RGF, Vossen J, Yencho GC, Anglin NL, Bachem CWB, Endelman JB, Shannon LM, Strömvik MV, Tai HH, Usadel B, Buell CR, Finkers R. Phased, chromosome-scale genome assemblies of tetraploid potato reveal a complex genome, transcriptome, and predicted proteome landscape underpinning genetic diversity. MOLECULAR PLANT 2022; 15:520-536. [PMID: 35026436 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2022.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Cultivated potato is a clonally propagated autotetraploid species with a highly heterogeneous genome. Phased assemblies of six cultivars including two chromosome-scale phased genome assemblies revealed extensive allelic diversity, including altered coding and transcript sequences, preferential allele expression, and structural variation that collectively result in a highly complex transcriptome and predicted proteome, which are distributed across the homologous chromosomes. Wild species contribute to the extensive allelic diversity in tetraploid cultivars, demonstrating ancestral introgressions predating modern breeding efforts. As a clonally propagated autotetraploid that undergoes limited meiosis, dysfunctional and deleterious alleles are not purged in tetraploid potato. Nearly a quarter of the loci bore mutations are predicted to have a high negative impact on protein function, complicating breeder's efforts to reduce genetic load. The StCDF1 locus controls maturity, and analysis of six tetraploid genomes revealed that 12 allelic variants of StCDF1 are correlated with maturity in a dosage-dependent manner. Knowledge of the complexity of the tetraploid potato genome with its rampant structural variation and embedded deleterious and dysfunctional alleles will be key not only to implementing precision breeding of tetraploid cultivars but also to the construction of homozygous, diploid potato germplasm containing favorable alleles to capitalize on heterosis in F1 hybrids.
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- Genevieve Hoopes
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
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- IBG-4 Bioinformatics, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm Johnen Str, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Bayer Crop Science, Woodland, CA 95695, USA
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- International Potato Center, 1895 Avenida La Molina, Lima, Peru
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z7, Canada
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1901, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research, Aberdeen, ID 83210, USA
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- HZPC Research B.V., Edisonweg 5, 8501 XG Joure, the Netherlands
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- Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Hermiston, OR 97838, USA
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- School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, 5735 Hitchner Hall Orono, ME 04469, USA
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- HZPC Research B.V., Edisonweg 5, 8501 XG Joure, the Netherlands
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2133, USA
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- Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609, USA
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- International Potato Center, 1895 Avenida La Molina, Lima, Peru; USDA-ARS, Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research, Aberdeen, ID 83210, USA
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z7, Canada
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- IBG-4 Bioinformatics, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Wilhelm Johnen Str, 52428 Jülich, Germany; Institute for Biological Data Science, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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Nicolas M, Torres-Pérez R, Wahl V, Cruz-Oró E, Rodríguez-Buey ML, Zamarreño AM, Martín-Jouve B, García-Mina JM, Oliveros JC, Prat S, Cubas P. Spatial control of potato tuberization by the TCP transcription factor BRANCHED1b. NATURE PLANTS 2022; 8:281-294. [PMID: 35318445 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-022-01112-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The control of carbon allocation, storage and usage is critical for plant growth and development and is exploited for both crop food production and CO2 capture. Potato tubers are natural carbon reserves in the form of starch that have evolved to allow propagation and survival over winter. They form from stolons, below ground, where they are protected from adverse environmental conditions and animal foraging. We show that BRANCHED1b (BRC1b) acts as a tuberization repressor in aerial axillary buds, which prevents buds from competing in sink strength with stolons. BRC1b loss of function leads to ectopic production of aerial tubers and reduced underground tuberization. In aerial axillary buds, BRC1b promotes dormancy, abscisic acid responses and a reduced number of plasmodesmata. This limits sucrose accumulation and access of the tuberigen protein SP6A. BRC1b also directly interacts with SP6A and blocks its tuber-inducing activity in aerial nodes. Altogether, these actions help promote tuberization underground.
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- Michael Nicolas
- Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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- Bioinformatics for Genomics and Proteomics Unit, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Metabolic Networks, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Sciences-BIOMA Institute, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Electron Microscopy Unit, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Sciences-BIOMA Institute, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Bioinformatics for Genomics and Proteomics Unit, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Plant Development and Signal Transduction, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Zsögön A, Peres LEP, Xiao Y, Yan J, Fernie AR. Enhancing crop diversity for food security in the face of climate uncertainty. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 109:402-414. [PMID: 34882870 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Global agriculture is dominated by a handful of species that currently supply a huge proportion of our food and feed. It additionally faces the massive challenge of providing food for 10 billion people by 2050, despite increasing environmental deterioration. One way to better plan production in the face of current and continuing climate change is to better understand how our domestication of these crops included their adaptation to environments that were highly distinct from those of their centre of origin. There are many prominent examples of this, including the development of temperate Zea mays (maize) and the alteration of day-length requirements in Solanum tuberosum (potato). Despite the pre-eminence of some 15 crops, more than 50 000 species are edible, with 7000 of these considered semi-cultivated. Opportunities afforded by next-generation sequencing technologies alongside other methods, including metabolomics and high-throughput phenotyping, are starting to contribute to a better characterization of a handful of these species. Moreover, the first examples of de novo domestication have appeared, whereby key target genes are modified in a wild species in order to confer predictable traits of agronomic value. Here, we review the scale of the challenge, drawing extensively on the characterization of past agriculture to suggest informed strategies upon which the breeding of future climate-resilient crops can be based.
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- Agustin Zsögön
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, CEP 36570-900, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Plant Developmental Genetics, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, CP 09, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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The response of potato tuber yield, nitrogen uptake, soil nitrate nitrogen to different nitrogen rates in red soil. Sci Rep 2021; 11:22506. [PMID: 34795355 PMCID: PMC8602656 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02086-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Nutrient-deficient red soil found in the southern region of China is increasingly being used for potato crops to meet the demand for this staple food. The application of nitrogen fertilizer is necessary to support the production of higher tuber yields; however, the links between nitrate nitrogen and the nitrogen balance in red soil are unknown. A field experiment was conducted in Jiangxi Province in 2017 and 2018 to determine the effects of different nitrogen application rates, 0 kg ha−1 (N0), 60 kg ha−1 (N60), 120 kg ha−1 (N120), 150 kg ha−1 (N150), 180 kg ha−1 (N180), 210 kg ha−1 (N210), and 240 kg ha−1 (N240, the highest rate used by local farmers), on potatoes growing in red soil. Data on tuber yield, crop nitrogen uptake, and the apparent nitrogen balance from the different treatments were collected when potatoes were harvested. Additionally, the content and stock of nitrate nitrogen at different soil depths were also measured. Nitrogen fertilization increased tuber yield but not significantly at application rates higher than 150 kg ha−1. We estimated that the threshold rates of nitrogen fertilizer application were 191 kg ha−1 in 2017 and 227 kg ha−1 in 2018, where the respective tuber yields were 19.7 and 20.4 t ha−1. Nitrogen uptake in potato in all nitrogen fertilization treatments was greater than that in N0 by 61.2–237% and 76.4–284% in 2017 and 2018, respectively. The apparent nitrogen surplus (the amount of nitrogen remaining from any nitrogen input minus nitrogen uptake) increased with increasing nitrogen application rates. The nitrate nitrogen stock at a soil depth of 0–60 cm was higher in the 210 and 240 kg ha−1 nitrogen rate treatments than in the other treatments. Moreover, double linear equations indicated that greater levels of nitrogen surplus increased the nitrate nitrogen content and stock in soils at 0–60 cm depths. Therefore, we estimate that the highest tuber yields of potato can be attained when 191–227 kg ha−1 nitrogen fertilizer is applied to red soil. Thus, the risk of nitrate nitrogen leaching from red soil increases exponentially when the apparent nitrogen balance rises above 94.3–100 kg ha−1.
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Kondhare KR, Kumar A, Patil NS, Malankar NN, Saha K, Banerjee AK. Development of aerial and belowground tubers in potato is governed by photoperiod and epigenetic mechanism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 187:1071-1086. [PMID: 34734280 PMCID: PMC8567063 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plants exhibit diverse developmental plasticity and modulate growth responses under various environmental conditions. Potato (Solanum tuberosum), a modified stem and an important food crop, serves as a substantial portion of the world's subsistence food supply. In the past two decades, crucial molecular signals have been identified that govern the tuberization (potato development) mechanism. Interestingly, microRNA156 overexpression in potato provided the first evidence for induction of profuse aerial stolons and tubers from axillary meristems under short-day (SD) photoperiod. A similar phenotype was noticed for overexpression of epigenetic modifiers-MUTICOPY SUPRESSOR OF IRA1 (StMSI1) or ENAHNCER OF ZESTE 2 (StE[z]2), and knockdown of B-CELL-SPECIFIC MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS INTEGRATION SITE 1 (StBMI1). This striking phenotype represents a classic example of modulation of plant architecture and developmental plasticity. Differentiation of a stolon to a tuber or a shoot under in vitro or in vivo conditions symbolizes another example of organ-level plasticity and dual fate acquisition in potato. Stolon-to-tuber transition is governed by SD photoperiod, mobile RNAs/proteins, phytohormones, a plethora of small RNAs and their targets. Recent studies show that polycomb group proteins control microRNA156, phytohormone metabolism/transport/signaling and key tuberization genes through histone modifications to govern tuber development. Our comparative analysis of differentially expressed genes between the overexpression lines of StMSI1, StBEL5 (BEL1-LIKE transcription factor [TF]), and POTATO HOMEOBOX 15 TF revealed more than 1,000 common genes, indicative of a mutual gene regulatory network potentially involved in the formation of aerial and belowground tubers. In this review, in addition to key tuberization factors, we highlight the role of photoperiod and epigenetic mechanism that regulates the development of aerial and belowground tubers in potato.
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- Kirtikumar R Kondhare
- Biology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
- Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR–National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Biology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Biology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Biology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
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- Biology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
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Ai Y, Jing S, Cheng Z, Song B, Xie C, Liu J, Zhou J. DNA methylation affects photoperiodic tuberization in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) by mediating the expression of genes related to the photoperiod and GA pathways. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2021; 8:181. [PMID: 34465755 PMCID: PMC8408180 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-021-00619-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Overcoming short-day-dependent tuberization to adapt to long-day conditions is critical for the widespread geographical success of potato. The genetic pathways of photoperiodic tuberization are similar to those of photoperiodic flowering. DNA methylation plays an important role in photoperiodic flowering. However, little is known about how DNA methylation affects photoperiodic tuberization in potato. Here, we verified the effect of a DNA methylation inhibitor on photoperiodic tuberization and compared the DNA methylation levels and differentially methylated genes (DMGs) in the photoperiodic tuberization process between photoperiod-sensitive and photoperiod-insensitive genotypes, aiming to dissect the role of DNA methylation in the photoperiodic tuberization of potato. We found that a DNA methylation inhibitor could promote tuber initiation in strict short-day genotypes. Whole-genome DNA methylation sequencing showed that the photoperiod-sensitive and photoperiod-insensitive genotypes had distinct DNA methylation modes in which few differentially methylated genes were shared. Transcriptome analysis confirmed that the DNA methylation inhibitor regulated the expression of the key genes involved in the photoperiod and GA pathways to promote tuber initiation in the photoperiod-sensitive genotype. Comparison of the DNA methylation levels and transcriptome levels identified 52 candidate genes regulated by DNA methylation that were predicted to be involved in photoperiodic tuberization. Our findings provide a new perspective for understanding the relationship between photoperiod-dependent and GA-regulated tuberization. Uncovering the epigenomic signatures of these pathways will greatly enhance potato breeding for adaptation to a wide range of environments.
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- Yanjun Ai
- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- College of Life Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- Hubei Vocational College of Bio-Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
- College of Life Sciences and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Potato Biology and Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (HZAU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
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Combining conventional QTL analysis and whole-exome capture-based bulk-segregant analysis provides new genetic insights into tuber sprout elongation and dormancy release in a diploid potato population. Heredity (Edinb) 2021; 127:253-265. [PMID: 34331028 PMCID: PMC8405706 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-021-00459-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Tuber dormancy and sprouting are commercially important potato traits as long-term tuber storage is necessary to ensure year-round availability. Premature dormancy release and sprout growth in tubers during storage can result in a significant deterioration in product quality. In addition, the main chemical sprout suppressant chlorpropham has been withdrawn in Europe, necessitating alternative approaches for controlling sprouting. Breeding potato cultivars with longer dormancy and slower sprout growth is a desirable goal, although this must be tempered by the needs of the seed potato industry, where dormancy break and sprout vigour are required for rapid emergence. We have performed a detailed genetic analysis of tuber sprout growth using a diploid potato population derived from two highly heterozygous parents. A dual approach employing conventional QTL analysis allied to a combined bulk-segregant analysis (BSA) using a novel potato whole-exome capture (WEC) platform was evaluated. Tubers were assessed for sprout growth in storage at six time-points over two consecutive growing seasons. Genetic analysis revealed the presence of main QTL on five chromosomes, several of which were consistent across two growing seasons. In addition, phenotypic bulks displaying extreme sprout growth phenotypes were subjected to WEC sequencing for performing BSA. The combined BSA and WEC approach corroborated QTL locations and served to narrow the associated genomic regions, while also identifying new QTL for further investigation. Overall, our findings reveal a very complex genetic architecture for tuber sprouting and sprout growth, which has implications both for potato and other root, bulb and tuber crops where long-term storage is essential.
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Potato is a major global crop that has an important role to play in food security, reducing poverty and improving human nutrition. Productivity in potato however is limited in many environments by its sensitivity to abiotic stresses such as elevated temperature, drought, frost, and salinity. In this chapter we focus on the effects of elevated temperature on potato yields as high temperature is the most important uncontrollable factor affecting growth and yield of potato. We describe some of the physiological impacts of elevated temperature and review recent findings about response mechanisms. We describe genetic approaches that could be used to identify allelic variants of genes that may be useful to breed for increased climate resilience, an approach that could be deployed with recent advances in potato breeding.
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Ospina Nieto CA, Lammerts van Bueren ET, Allefs S, Vos PG, van der Linden G, Maliepaard CA, Struik PC. Association Mapping of Physiological and Morphological Traits Related to Crop Development under Contrasting Nitrogen Inputs in a Diverse Set of Potato Cultivars. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10081727. [PMID: 34451774 PMCID: PMC8398069 DOI: 10.3390/plants10081727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ample nitrogen (N) is required for potato production, but its use efficiency is low. N supply strongly interacts with maturity type of the cultivar grown. We assessed whether variation among 189 cultivars grown with 75 or 185 kg available N/ha in 2 years would allow detecting quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for relevant traits. Using phenotypic data, we estimated various traits and carried out a genome-wide association study (GWAS) with kinship correction. Twenty-four traits and 10,747 markers based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms from a 20K Infinium array for 169 cultivars were combined in the analysis. N level affected most traits and their interrelations and influenced the detection of marker–trait associations; some were N-dependent, others were detected at both N levels. Ninety percent of the latter accumulated on a hotspot on Chromosome 5. Chromosomes 2 and 4 also contained regions with multiple associations. After correcting for maturity, the number of QTLs detected was much lower, especially of those common to both N levels; however, interestingly, the region on Chromosome 2 accumulated several QTLs. There is scope for marker-assisted selection for maturity, with the main purpose of improving characteristics within a narrow range of maturity types, in order to break the strong links between maturity type and traits like N use efficiency.
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- Cesar A. Ospina Nieto
- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands;
- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (E.T.L.v.B.); (P.G.V.); (G.v.d.L.); (C.A.M.)
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (E.T.L.v.B.); (P.G.V.); (G.v.d.L.); (C.A.M.)
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- Agrico Research, Burchtweg 17, 8314 PP Bant, The Netherlands;
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (E.T.L.v.B.); (P.G.V.); (G.v.d.L.); (C.A.M.)
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (E.T.L.v.B.); (P.G.V.); (G.v.d.L.); (C.A.M.)
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- Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, P.O. Box 386, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; (E.T.L.v.B.); (P.G.V.); (G.v.d.L.); (C.A.M.)
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- Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +31-(0)317-484246
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Bourke PM, Voorrips RE, Hackett CA, van Geest G, Willemsen JH, Arens P, Smulders MJM, Visser RGF, Maliepaard C. Detecting quantitative trait loci and exploring chromosomal pairing in autopolyploids using polyqtlR. Bioinformatics 2021; 37:3822-3829. [PMID: 34358315 PMCID: PMC8570814 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btab574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Motivation The investigation of quantitative trait loci (QTL) is an essential component in our understanding of how organisms vary phenotypically. However, many important crop species are polyploid (carrying more than two copies of each chromosome), requiring specialized tools for such analyses. Moreover, deciphering meiotic processes at higher ploidy levels is not straightforward, but is necessary to understand the reproductive dynamics of these species, or uncover potential barriers to their genetic improvement. Results Here, we present polyqtlR, a novel software tool to facilitate such analyses in (auto)polyploid crops. It performs QTL interval mapping in F1 populations of outcrossing polyploids of any ploidy level using identity-by-descent probabilities. The allelic composition of discovered QTL can be explored, enabling favourable alleles to be identified and tracked in the population. Visualization tools within the package facilitate this process, and options to include genetic co-factors and experimental factors are included. Detailed information on polyploid meiosis including prediction of multivalent pairing structures, detection of preferential chromosomal pairing and location of double reduction events can be performed. Availabilityand implementation polyqtlR is freely available from the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) at http://cran.r-project.org/package=polyqtlR. Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Peter M Bourke
- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708PB, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708PB, The Netherlands
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- Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708PB, The Netherlands.,Deliflor Chrysanten B.V, Korte Kruisweg 163, Maasdijk, 2676BS, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708PB, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708PB, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708PB, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708PB, The Netherlands
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- Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, Wageningen, 6708PB, The Netherlands
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Liu H, Liu S, Huang G, Xu F. Effect of gene mutation of plants on their mechano-sensibility: the mutant of EXO70H4 influences the buckling of Arabidopsis trichomes. Analyst 2021; 146:5169-5176. [PMID: 34291780 DOI: 10.1039/d1an00682g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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With the development of molecular biology, more and more mutants of plants have been constructed, where gene mutants have been found to influence not only the biological processes but also biophysical behaviors of plant cells. Trichomes are an important appendage, which has been found to act as an active mechanosensory switch transducing mechanical signals into physiology changes, where the mechanical property of trichomes is vital for such functions. Up to now, over 40 different genes have been found with the function of regulating trichome cell morphogenesis; however, the effect of gene mutants on trichome mechanosensory function remains elusive. In this study, we found that EXO70H4, one of the most up-regulated genes in the mature trichome, not only affects the thickness of the trichome cell wall but also the mechanical property (i.e., the Young's modulus) of trichomes. Finite element method simulation results show that the buckling instability and stress concentration (e.g., exerted by insects) cannot occur on the base of the mutant exo70H4 trichome, which might further interrupt the mechanical signal transduction from branches to the base of trichomes. These results indicated that the mutant exo70H4 trichome might lack the ability to act as an active mechanosensory switch against chewing insect herbivores. Our findings provide new information about the effect of gene mutation (like crop mutants) on the mechano-sensibility and capability to resist the agricultural pests or lodging, which could be of great significance to the development of agriculture.
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- Han Liu
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases co-constructed by Henan province & Education Ministry of P.R. China, Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450016, China
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Zierer W, Rüscher D, Sonnewald U, Sonnewald S. Tuber and Tuberous Root Development. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 72:551-580. [PMID: 33788583 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-080720-084456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Root and tuber crops have been an important part of human nutrition since the early days of humanity, providing us with essential carbohydrates, proteins, and vitamins. Today, they are especially important in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, where they help to feed an ever-growing population. Early induction and storage organ size are important agricultural traits, as they determine yield over time. During potato tuberization, environmental and metabolic status are sensed, ensuring proper timing of tuberization mediated by phloem-mobile signals. Coordinated cellular restructuring and expansion growth, as well as controlled storage metabolism in the tuber, are executed. This review summarizes our current understanding of potato tuber development and highlights similarities and differences to important tuberous root crop species like sweetpotato and cassava. Finally, we point out knowledge gaps that need to be filled before a complete picture of storage organ development can emerge.
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- Wolfgang Zierer
- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany; , , ,
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany; , , ,
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany; , , ,
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany; , , ,
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Schumacher C, Thümecke S, Schilling F, Köhl K, Kopka J, Sprenger H, Hincha DK, Walther D, Seddig S, Peters R, Zuther E, Haas M, Horn R. Genome-Wide Approach to Identify Quantitative Trait Loci for Drought Tolerance in Tetraploid Potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.). Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22116123. [PMID: 34200118 PMCID: PMC8201130 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22116123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2021] [Revised: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Drought represents a major abiotic stress factor negatively affecting growth, yield and tuber quality of potatoes. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) analyses were performed in cultivated potatoes for drought tolerance index DRYM (deviation of relative starch yield from the experimental median), tuber starch content, tuber starch yield, tuber fresh weight, selected transcripts and metabolites under control and drought stress conditions. Eight genomic regions of major interest for drought tolerance were identified, three representing standalone DRYM QTL. Candidate genes, e.g., from signaling pathways for ethylene, abscisic acid and brassinosteroids, and genes encoding cell wall remodeling enzymes were identified within DRYM QTL. Co-localizations of DRYM QTL and QTL for tuber starch content, tuber starch yield and tuber fresh weight with underlying genes of the carbohydrate metabolism were observed. Overlaps of DRYM QTL with metabolite QTL for ribitol or galactinol may indicate trade-offs between starch and compatible solute biosynthesis. Expression QTL confirmed the drought stress relevance of selected transcripts by overlaps with DRYM QTL. Bulked segregant analyses combined with next-generation sequencing (BSAseq) were used to identify mutations in genes under the DRYM QTL on linkage group 3. Future analyses of identified genes for drought tolerance will give a better insight into drought tolerance in potatoes.
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- Christina Schumacher
- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany; (C.S.); (S.T.); (F.S.)
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany; (C.S.); (S.T.); (F.S.)
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany; (C.S.); (S.T.); (F.S.)
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (K.K.); (J.K.); (H.S.); (D.K.H.); (D.W.); (E.Z.); (M.H.)
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (K.K.); (J.K.); (H.S.); (D.K.H.); (D.W.); (E.Z.); (M.H.)
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (K.K.); (J.K.); (H.S.); (D.K.H.); (D.W.); (E.Z.); (M.H.)
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (K.K.); (J.K.); (H.S.); (D.K.H.); (D.W.); (E.Z.); (M.H.)
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (K.K.); (J.K.); (H.S.); (D.K.H.); (D.W.); (E.Z.); (M.H.)
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- Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius-Kühn Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Rudolf-Schick-Platz 3, 18190 Sanitz, Germany;
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- Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen, Dethlingen 14, 29633 Munster, Germany;
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (K.K.); (J.K.); (H.S.); (D.K.H.); (D.W.); (E.Z.); (M.H.)
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany; (K.K.); (J.K.); (H.S.); (D.K.H.); (D.W.); (E.Z.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Plant Genetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany; (C.S.); (S.T.); (F.S.)
- Correspondence:
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Odgerel K, Bánfalvi Z. Metabolite analysis of tubers and leaves of two potato cultivars and their grafts. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0250858. [PMID: 33956857 PMCID: PMC8101760 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Grafting experiments have shown that photoperiod-dependent induction of tuberisation in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is controlled by multiple overlapping signals, including mobile proteins, mRNAs, miRNAs and phytohormones. The effect of vegetative organs and tubers at metabolite level and vice versa, however, has not been studied in detail in potato. To unravel the influence of vegetative organs on the primary polar metabolite content of potato tubers and the effect of tuberisation on the metabolite content of leaves grafting experiments were carried out. Two potato cultivars, Hópehely (HP) and White Lady (WL), were homo- and hetero-grafted, and the effects of grafting were investigated in comparison to non-grafted controls. Non-targeted metabolite analysis using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry showed that the major difference between HP and WL tubers is in sucrose concentration. The sucrose level was higher in HP than in WL tubers and was not changed by grafting, suggesting that the sucrose concentration of tubers is genetically determined. The galactinol level was 8-fold higher in the WL leaves than in the HP leaves and, unlike the sucrose concentration of tubers, was altered by grafting. A positive correlation between the growth rate of the leaves and the time of tuber initiation was detected. The time of tuber initiation was delayed in the WL rootstocks by HP scions and shortened in the HP rootstocks by WL scions, supporting the previous finding that tuberisation is triggered by source-derived mobile signals.
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- NARIC, Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Gödöllő, Hungary
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Qiu L, Wu Q, Wang X, Han J, Zhuang G, Wang H, Shang Z, Tian W, Chen Z, Lin Z, He H, Hu J, Lv Q, Ren J, Xu J, Li C, Wang X, Li Y, Li S, Huang R, Chen X, Zhang C, Lu M, Liang C, Qin P, Huang X, Li S, Ouyang X. Forecasting rice latitude adaptation through a daylength-sensing-based environment adaptation simulator. NATURE FOOD 2021; 2:348-362. [PMID: 37117734 DOI: 10.1038/s43016-021-00280-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
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Global climate change necessitates crop varieties with good environmental adaptability. As a proxy for climate adaptation, crop breeders could select for adaptability to different latitudes, but the lengthy procedures for that slow development. Here, we combined molecular technologies with a streamlined in-house screening method to facilitate rapid selection for latitude adaptation. We established the daylength-sensing-based environment adaptation simulator (DEAS) to assess rice latitude adaptation status via the transcriptional dynamics of florigen genes at different latitudes. The DEAS predicted the florigen expression profiles in rice varieties with high accuracy. Furthermore, the DEAS showed potential for application in different crops. Incorporating the DEAS into conventional breeding programmes would help to develop cultivars for climate adaptation.
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- Leilei Qiu
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- School of Advanced Agriculture Sciences and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Changsha, China
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- Crop Research Institute of Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Science, Chengdu, China
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- Deyang Agricultural Science and Education Management Station, Deyang, China
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- Rice Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Crop Genomics and Bioinformatics, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Photobiological Industry Institute, Sanan Sino-Science Photobiotech, Xiamen, China
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- Photobiological Industry Institute, Sanan Sino-Science Photobiotech, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Horticultural Plant Biology and Metabolomics Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Liaoning Rice Research Institute, Shenyang, China
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- Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Rice Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
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The recombination landscape and multiple QTL mapping in a Solanum tuberosum cv. 'Atlantic'-derived F 1 population. Heredity (Edinb) 2021; 126:817-830. [PMID: 33753876 PMCID: PMC8102480 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-021-00416-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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There are many challenges involved with the genetic analyses of autopolyploid species, such as the tetraploid potato, Solanum tuberosum (2n = 4x = 48). The development of new analytical methods has made it valuable to re-analyze an F1 population (n = 156) derived from a cross involving 'Atlantic', a widely grown chipping variety in the USA. A fully integrated genetic map with 4285 single nucleotide polymorphisms, spanning 1630 cM, was constructed with MAPpoly software. We observed that bivalent configurations were the most abundant ones (51.0~72.4% depending on parent and linkage group), though multivalent configurations were also observed (2.2~39.2%). Seven traits were evaluated over four years (2006-8 and 2014) and quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping was carried out using QTLpoly software. Based on a multiple-QTL model approach, we detected 21 QTL for 15 out of 27 trait-year combination phenotypes. A hotspot on linkage group 5 was identified with co-located QTL for maturity, plant yield, specific gravity, and internal heat necrosis resistance evaluated over different years. Additional QTL for specific gravity and dry matter were detected with maturity-corrected phenotypes. Among the genes around QTL peaks, we found those on chromosome 5 that have been previously implicated in maturity (StCDF1) and tuber formation (POTH1). These analyses have the potential to provide insights into the biology and breeding of tetraploid potato and other autopolyploid species.
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Modeling of Diurnal Changing Patterns in Airborne Crop Remote Sensing Images. REMOTE SENSING 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/rs13091719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Airborne remote sensing technologies have been widely applied in field crop phenotyping. However, the quality of current remote sensing data suffers from significant diurnal variances. The severity of the diurnal issue has been reported in various plant phenotyping studies over the last four decades, but there are limited studies on the modeling of the diurnal changing patterns that allow people to precisely predict the level of diurnal impacts. In order to comprehensively investigate the diurnal variability, it is necessary to collect time series field images with very high sampling frequencies, which has been difficult. In 2019, Purdue agricultural (Ag) engineers deployed their first field visible to near infrared (VNIR) hyperspectral gantry platform, which is capable of repetitively imaging the same field plots every 2.5 min. A total of 8631 hyperspectral images of the same field were collected for two genotypes of corn plants from the vegetative stage V4 to the reproductive stage R1 in the 2019 growing season. The analysis of these images showed that although the diurnal variability is very significant for almost all the image-derived phenotyping features, the diurnal changes follow stable patterns. This makes it possible to predict the imaging drifts by modeling the changing patterns. This paper reports detailed diurnal changing patterns for several selected plant phenotyping features such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Relative Water Content (RWC), and single spectrum bands. For example, NDVI showed a repeatable V-shaped diurnal pattern, which linearly drops by 0.012 per hour before the highest sun angle and increases thereafter by 0.010 per hour. The different diurnal changing patterns in different nitrogen stress treatments, genotypes and leaf stages were also compared and discussed. With the modeling results of this work, Ag remote sensing users will be able to more precisely estimate the deviation/change of crop feature predictions caused by the specific imaging time of the day. This will help people to more confidently decide on the acceptable imaging time window during a day. It can also be used to calibrate/compensate the remote sensing result against the time effect.
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Gasparini K, Moreira JDR, Peres LEP, Zsögön A. De novo domestication of wild species to create crops with increased resilience and nutritional value. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 60:102006. [PMID: 33556879 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Creating crops with resistance to drought, soil salinity and insect damage, that simultaneously have higher nutritional quality, is challenging to conventional breeding due to the complex and diffuse genetic basis of those traits. Recent advances in gene editing technology, such as base editors and prime-editing, coupled with a deeper understanding of the genetic basis of domestication delivered by the analysis of crop 'pangenomes', open the exciting prospect of creating novel crops via manipulation of domestication-related genes in wild species. A de novo domestication platform may allow rapid and precise conversion of crop wild relatives into crops, while retaining many of the valuable resilience and nutritional traits left behind during domestication and breeding. Using the Solanaceae family as case in point, we discuss how such a knowledge-driven pipeline could be exploited to contribute to food security over the coming decades.
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- Karla Gasparini
- Laboratory of Plant Developmental Genetics, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, CP 09, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Plant Developmental Genetics, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, CP 09, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil.
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Huang L, Li M, Cao D, Yang P. Genetic dissection of rhizome yield-related traits in Nelumbo nucifera through genetic linkage map construction and QTL mapping. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 160:155-165. [PMID: 33497846 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a perennial aquatic plant with great value in ornamentation, nutrition, and medicine. Being a storage organ, lotus rhizome is not only used for vegetative reproduction, but also as a popular vegetable in Southeast Asia. Rhizome development, especially enlargement, largely determines its yield and hence becomes one of the major concerns in rhizome lotus breeding and cultivation. To obtain the genetic characteristic of this trait, and discover markers or genes associated with this trait, an F2 population was generated by crossing between temperate and tropical cultivars with contrasting rhizome enlargement. Based on this F2 population and Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) technique, a genetic map was constructed with 1475 bin markers containing 12,113 SNP markers. Six traits associated with rhizome yield were observed over 3 years. Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping analysis identified 22 QTLs that are associated with at least one of these traits, among which 9 were linked with 3 different intervals. Comparison of the genes located in these three intervals with our previous transcriptomic data showed that light and phytohormone signaling might contribute to the development and enlargement of lotus rhizome. The QTLs obtained here could also be used for marker-assisted breeding of rhizome lotus.
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- Longyu Huang
- Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, China; Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China; Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China; Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430074, China.
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Cao D, Lin Z, Huang L, Damaris RN, Li M, Yang P. A CONSTANS-LIKE gene of Nelumbo nucifera could promote potato tuberization. PLANTA 2021; 253:65. [PMID: 33564987 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03581-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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CONSTANS-LIKE 5 of Nelumbo nucifera is capable of promoting potato tuberization through CONSTANS-FLOWERING LOCUS T and gibberellin signaling pathways with a probable association with lotus rhizome enlargement. Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is an aquatic plant that is affiliated to the Nelumbonaceace family. It is widely used as an ornamental, vegetable, and medicinal herb with its rhizome being a popular vegetable. To explore the molecular mechanism underlying its rhizome enlargement, we conducted a systematic analysis on the CONSTANS-LIKE (COL) gene family, with the results, indicating that this gene plays a role in regulating potato tuber expansion. These analyses included phylogenetic relationships, gene structure, and expressional patterns of lotus COL family genes. Based on these analyses, NnCOL5 was selected for further study on its potential function in lotus rhizome formation. NnCOL5 was shown to be located in the nucleus, and its expression was positively associated with the enlargement of lotus rhizome. Besides, the overexpression of NnCOL5 in potato led to increased tuber weight and starch content under short-day conditions without changing the number of tubers. Further analysis suggested that the observed tuber changes might be mediated by affecting the expression of genes in CO-FT and GA signaling pathways. These results provide valuable insight in understanding the functions of COL gene as well as the enlargement of lotus rhizome.
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- Dingding Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Anyang, 455000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China.
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Kumar A, Kondhare KR, Malankar NN, Banerjee AK. The Polycomb group methyltransferase StE(z)2 and deposition of H3K27me3 and H3K4me3 regulate the expression of tuberization genes in potato. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:426-444. [PMID: 33048134 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Polycomb repressive complex (PRC) group proteins regulate various developmental processes in plants by repressing target genes via H3K27 trimethylation, and they function antagonistically with H3K4 trimethylation mediated by Trithorax group proteins. Tuberization in potato has been widely studied, but the role of histone modifications in this process is unknown. Recently, we showed that overexpression of StMSI1, a PRC2 member, alters the expression of tuberization genes in potato. As MSI1 lacks histone-modification activity, we hypothesized that this altered expression could be caused by another PRC2 member, StE(z)2, a potential H3K27 methyltransferase in potato. Here, we demonstrate that a short-day photoperiod influences StE(z)2 expression in the leaves and stolons. StE(z)2 overexpression alters plant architecture and reduces tuber yield, whereas its knockdown enhances yield. ChIP-sequencing using stolons induced by short-days indicated that several genes related to tuberization and phytohormones, such as StBEL5/11/29, StSWEET11B, StGA2OX1, and StPIN1 carry H3K4me3 or H3K27me3 marks and/or are StE(z)2 targets. Interestingly, we observed that another important tuberization gene, StSP6A, is targeted by StE(z)2 in leaves and that it has increased deposition of H3K27me3 under long-day (non-induced) conditions compared to short days. Overall, our results show that StE(z)2 and deposition of H3K27me3 and/or H3K4me3 marks might regulate the expression of key tuberization genes in potato.
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- Amit Kumar
- Biology Division, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Maharashtra - 411008, India
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- Biology Division, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Maharashtra - 411008, India
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- Biology Division, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Maharashtra - 411008, India
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- Biology Division, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Maharashtra - 411008, India
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Ramírez Gonzales L, Shi L, Bergonzi SB, Oortwijn M, Franco‐Zorrilla JM, Solano‐Tavira R, Visser RGF, Abelenda JA, Bachem CWB. Potato CYCLING DOF FACTOR 1 and its lncRNA counterpart StFLORE link tuber development and drought response. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2021; 105:855-869. [PMID: 33220113 PMCID: PMC7985872 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Plants regulate their reproductive cycles under the influence of environmental cues, such as day length, temperature and water availability. In Solanum tuberosum (potato), vegetative reproduction via tuberization is known to be regulated by photoperiod, in a very similar way to flowering. The central clock output transcription factor CYCLING DOF FACTOR 1 (StCDF1) was shown to regulate tuberization. We now show that StCDF1, together with a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) counterpart, named StFLORE, also regulates water loss through affecting stomatal growth and diurnal opening. Both natural and CRISPR-Cas9 mutations in the StFLORE transcript produce plants with increased sensitivity to water-limiting conditions. Conversely, elevated expression of StFLORE, both by the overexpression of StFLORE or by the downregulation of StCDF1, results in an increased tolerance to drought through reducing water loss. Although StFLORE appears to act as a natural antisense transcript, it is in turn regulated by the StCDF1 transcription factor. We further show that StCDF1 is a non-redundant regulator of tuberization that affects the expression of two other members of the potato StCDF gene family, as well as StCO genes, through binding to a canonical sequence motif. Taken together, we demonstrate that the StCDF1-StFLORE locus is important for vegetative reproduction and water homeostasis, both of which are important traits for potato plant breeding.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Dehydration
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Plant Proteins/physiology
- Plant Tubers/growth & development
- Plant Tubers/metabolism
- Plant Tubers/physiology
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- RNA, Antisense/metabolism
- RNA, Antisense/physiology
- RNA, Long Noncoding/genetics
- RNA, Long Noncoding/metabolism
- RNA, Long Noncoding/physiology
- RNA, Plant/genetics
- RNA, Plant/metabolism
- RNA, Plant/physiology
- Solanum tuberosum/genetics
- Solanum tuberosum/growth & development
- Solanum tuberosum/metabolism
- Solanum tuberosum/physiology
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/physiology
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- Plant BreedingWageningen University & ResearchPO Box 386Wageningen6700 AJthe Netherlands
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- Plant BreedingWageningen University & ResearchPO Box 386Wageningen6700 AJthe Netherlands
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- Plant BreedingWageningen University & ResearchPO Box 386Wageningen6700 AJthe Netherlands
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular de PlantasCentro Nacional de Biotecnología – CSICMadrid28049Spain
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular de PlantasCentro Nacional de Biotecnología – CSICMadrid28049Spain
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- Plant BreedingWageningen University & ResearchPO Box 386Wageningen6700 AJthe Netherlands
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de PlantasUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)Madrid28040Spain
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- Plant BreedingWageningen University & ResearchPO Box 386Wageningen6700 AJthe Netherlands
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Scossa F, Alseekh S, Fernie AR. Integrating multi-omics data for crop improvement. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 257:153352. [PMID: 33360148 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Our agricultural systems are now in urgent need to secure food for a growing world population. To meet this challenge, we need a better characterization of plant genetic and phenotypic diversity. The combination of genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomics enables a deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying the complex architecture of many phenotypic traits of agricultural relevance. We review the recent advances in plant genomics to see how these can be integrated with broad molecular profiling approaches to improve our understanding of plant phenotypic variation and inform crop breeding strategies.
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- Federico Scossa
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476, Potsdam, Golm, Germany; Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CREA-GB), 00178, Rome, Italy.
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476, Potsdam, Golm, Germany; Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476, Potsdam, Golm, Germany; Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB), Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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Xu D, Li X, Wu X, Meng L, Zou Z, Bao E, Bian Z, Cao K. Tomato SlCDF3 Delays Flowering Time by Regulating Different FT-Like Genes Under Long-Day and Short-Day Conditions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:650068. [PMID: 34025696 PMCID: PMC8131850 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.650068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Photoperiod is a crucial inducer of plant flowering. Cycling DOF factors (CDFs) play pivotal roles in the flowering of long-day (LD) and short-day (SD) plants. However, the functions of CDFs in the photoperiod regulated flowering remain unclear in day-neutral plants. In the present study, tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. "Ailsa Craig") seedlings of the wild-type and transgenic lines of overexpressing CDFs were treated with different photoperiods. The flowering time and the expression pattern of SlCDFs and other FT-like genes were investigated. The results showed that tomato SlCDF1, SlCDF2, SlCDF3, SlCDF4, and SlCDF5 are homologs to Arabidopsis cycling DOF factor 1 (AtCDF1). SlCDF1-5 expression levels were influenced by the developmental stage and the tissue location, and notably, the expression patterns throughout light environments showed two opposite trends. Among the SlCDF1-5 overexpression transgenic lines, overexpressing SlCDF3 delayed flowering time in both LD (16 h light/8 h dark) and SD (8 h light/16 h dark) conditions. Furthermore, SlCDF3 led to an increase in the mRNA level of SlSP5G, a tomato FT-like gene, in LD conditions, while the transcription level of the other two FT-like genes, SlSP5G2 and SlSP5G3, were up-regulated in SD conditions. Taken together, at the transcription level, our results demonstrated that SlCDF3 played a significant role in controlling tomato flowering under LD and SD conditions, possibly through directly or indirectly regulating FT-like genes.
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- Dawei Xu
- Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
- Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
- Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- The Agriculture Ministry Key Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Institute of Agricultural Facilities and Equipment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- The Agriculture Ministry Key Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Institute of Agricultural Facilities and Equipment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- The Agriculture Ministry Key Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Institute of Agricultural Facilities and Equipment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Horticulture College, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- The Agriculture Ministry Key Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Institute of Agricultural Facilities and Equipment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
- *Correspondence: Zhonghua Bian,
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- Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
- The Agriculture Ministry Key Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Institute of Agricultural Facilities and Equipment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
- Kai Cao,
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Osnato M, Cota I, Nebhnani P, Cereijo U, Pelaz S. Photoperiod Control of Plant Growth: Flowering Time Genes Beyond Flowering. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:805635. [PMID: 35222453 PMCID: PMC8864088 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.805635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Fluctuations in environmental conditions greatly influence life on earth. Plants, as sessile organisms, have developed molecular mechanisms to adapt their development to changes in daylength, or photoperiod. One of the first plant features that comes to mind as affected by the duration of the day is flowering time; we all bring up a clear image of spring blossom. However, for many plants flowering happens at other times of the year, and many other developmental aspects are also affected by changes in daylength, which range from hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana to tuberization in potato or autumn growth cessation in trees. Strikingly, many of the processes affected by photoperiod employ similar gene networks to respond to changes in the length of light/dark cycles. In this review, we have focused on developmental processes affected by photoperiod that share similar genes and gene regulatory networks.
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- Michela Osnato
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- *Correspondence: Michela Osnato,
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
- Soraya Pelaz,
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Lebedeva MA, Dodueva IE, Gancheva MS, Tvorogova VE, Kuznetsova KA, Lutova LA. The Evolutionary Aspects of Flowering Control: Florigens and Anti-Florigens. RUSS J GENET+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s102279542011006x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pham GM, Hamilton JP, Wood JC, Burke JT, Zhao H, Vaillancourt B, Ou S, Jiang J, Buell CR. Construction of a chromosome-scale long-read reference genome assembly for potato. Gigascience 2020; 9:giaa100. [PMID: 32964225 PMCID: PMC7509475 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giaa100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Worldwide, the cultivated potato, Solanum tuberosum L., is the No. 1 vegetable crop and a critical food security crop. The genome sequence of DM1-3 516 R44, a doubled monoploid clone of S. tuberosum Group Phureja, was published in 2011 using a whole-genome shotgun sequencing approach with short-read sequence data. Current advanced sequencing technologies now permit generation of near-complete, high-quality chromosome-scale genome assemblies at minimal cost. FINDINGS Here, we present an updated version of the DM1-3 516 R44 genome sequence (v6.1) using Oxford Nanopore Technologies long reads coupled with proximity-by-ligation scaffolding (Hi-C), yielding a chromosome-scale assembly. The new (v6.1) assembly represents 741.6 Mb of sequence (87.8%) of the estimated 844 Mb genome, of which 741.5 Mb is non-gapped with 731.2 Mb anchored to the 12 chromosomes. Use of Oxford Nanopore Technologies full-length complementary DNA sequencing enabled annotation of 32,917 high-confidence protein-coding genes encoding 44,851 gene models that had a significantly improved representation of conserved orthologs compared with the previous annotation. The new assembly has improved contiguity with a 595-fold increase in N50 contig size, 99% reduction in the number of contigs, a 44-fold increase in N50 scaffold size, and an LTR Assembly Index score of 13.56, placing it in the category of reference genome quality. The improved assembly also permitted annotation of the centromeres via alignment to sequencing reads derived from CENH3 nucleosomes. CONCLUSIONS Access to advanced sequencing technologies and improved software permitted generation of a high-quality, long-read, chromosome-scale assembly and improved annotation dataset for the reference genotype of potato that will facilitate research aimed at improving agronomic traits and understanding genome evolution.
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- Gina M Pham
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 2200 Osborne Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- MSU AgBioResearch, Michigan State University, 446 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- MSU AgBioResearch, Michigan State University, 446 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Epping J, Laibach N. An underutilized orphan tuber crop-Chinese yam : a review. PLANTA 2020; 252:58. [PMID: 32959173 PMCID: PMC7505826 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-020-03458-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION The diversification of food crops can improve our diets and address the effects of climate change, and in this context the orphan crop Chinese yam shows significant potential as a functional food. As the effects of climate change become increasingly visible even in temperate regions, there is an urgent need to diversify our crops in order to address hunger and malnutrition. This has led to the re-evaluation of neglected species such as Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.), which has been cultivated for centuries in East Asia as a food crop and as a widely-used ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine. The tubers are rich in nutrients, but also contain bioactive metabolites such as resistant starches, steroidal sapogenins (like diosgenin), the storage protein dioscorin, and mucilage polysaccharides. These health-promoting products can help to prevent cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and disorders of the gut microbiome. Whereas most edible yams are tropical species, Chinese yam could be cultivated widely in Europe and other temperate regions to take advantage of its nutritional and bioactive properties. However, this is a laborious process and agronomic knowledge is fragmented. The underground tubers contain most of the starch, but are vulnerable to breaking and thus difficult to harvest. Breeding to improve tuber shape is complex given the dioecious nature of the species, the mostly vegetative reproduction via bulbils, and the presence of more than 100 chromosomes. Protocols have yet to be established for in vitro cultivation and genetic transformation, which limits the scope of research. This article summarizes the sparse research landscape and evaluates the nutritional and medical applications of Chinese yam. By highlighting the potential of Chinese yam tubers, we aim to encourage the adoption of this orphan crop as a novel functional food.
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- Janina Epping
- Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Muenster, Schlossplatz 8, 48143, Muenster, Germany.
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- Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 174, 53115, Bonn, Germany
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Zhang X, Campbell R, Ducreux LJM, Morris J, Hedley PE, Mellado‐Ortega E, Roberts AG, Stephens J, Bryan GJ, Torrance L, Chapman SN, Prat S, Taylor MA. TERMINAL FLOWER-1/CENTRORADIALIS inhibits tuberisation via protein interaction with the tuberigen activation complex. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 103:2263-2278. [PMID: 32593210 PMCID: PMC7540344 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Potato tuber formation is a secondary developmental programme by which cells in the subapical stolon region divide and radially expand to further differentiate into starch-accumulating parenchyma. Although some details of the molecular pathway that signals tuberisation are known, important gaps in our knowledge persist. Here, the role of a member of the TERMINAL FLOWER 1/CENTRORADIALIS gene family (termed StCEN) in the negative control of tuberisation is demonstrated for what is thought to be the first time. It is shown that reduced expression of StCEN accelerates tuber formation whereas transgenic lines overexpressing this gene display delayed tuberisation and reduced tuber yield. Protein-protein interaction studies (yeast two-hybrid and bimolecular fluorescence complementation) demonstrate that StCEN binds components of the recently described tuberigen activation complex. Using transient transactivation assays, we show that the StSP6A tuberisation signal is an activation target of the tuberigen activation complex, and that co-expression of StCEN blocks activation of the StSP6A gene by StFD-Like-1. Transcriptomic analysis of transgenic lines misexpressing StCEN identifies early transcriptional events in tuber formation. These results demonstrate that StCEN suppresses tuberisation by directly antagonising the function of StSP6A in stolons, identifying StCEN as a breeding marker to improve tuber initiation and yield through the selection of genotypes with reduced StCEN expression.
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- Xing Zhang
- College of Life Science and TechnologyHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhan430070China
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- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, DundeeDD2 5DAUK
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- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, DundeeDD2 5DAUK
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- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, DundeeDD2 5DAUK
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- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, DundeeDD2 5DAUK
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- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, DundeeDD2 5DAUK
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- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, DundeeDD2 5DAUK
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- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, DundeeDD2 5DAUK
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- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, DundeeDD2 5DAUK
- School of BiologyBiomolecular Sciences BuildingUniversity of St AndrewsNorth HaughSt AndrewsFifeY16 9STUK
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- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, DundeeDD2 5DAUK
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- Centro Nacional de BiotecnologíaC/Darwin no. 3, Campus de CantoblancoMadrid28049Spain
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- Cell and Molecular SciencesThe James Hutton InstituteInvergowrie, DundeeDD2 5DAUK
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Zavallo D, Crescente JM, Gantuz M, Leone M, Vanzetti LS, Masuelli RW, Asurmendi S. Genomic re-assessment of the transposable element landscape of the potato genome. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2020; 39:1161-1174. [PMID: 32435866 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-020-02554-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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We provide a comprehensive and reliable potato TE landscape, based on a wide variety of identification tools and integrative approaches, producing clear and ready-to-use outputs for the scientific community. Transposable elements (TEs) are DNA sequences with the ability to autoreplicate and move throughout the host genome. TEs are major drivers in stress response and genome evolution. Given their significance, the development of clear and efficient TE annotation pipelines has become essential for many species. The latest de novo TE discovery tools, along with available TEs from Repbase and sRNA-seq data, allowed us to perform a reliable potato TEs detection, classification and annotation through an open-source and freely available pipeline ( https://github.com/DiegoZavallo/TE_Discovery ). Using a variety of tools, approaches and rules, we were able to provide a clearly annotated of characterized TEs landscape. Additionally, we described the distribution of the different types of TEs across the genome, where LTRs and MITEs present a clear clustering pattern in pericentromeric and subtelomeric/telomeric regions respectively. Finally, we analyzed the insertion age and distribution of LTR retrotransposon families which display a distinct pattern between the two major superfamilies. While older Gypsy elements concentrated around heterochromatic regions, younger Copia elements located predominantly on euchromatic regions. Overall, we delivered not only a reliable, ready-to-use potato TE annotation files, but also all the necessary steps to perform de novo detection for other species.
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- Diego Zavallo
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Los Reseros y Nicolas Repeto, Hurlingham, Argentina.
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- Grupo Biotecnologia y Recursos Genéticos, EEA INTA Marcos Juárez, Ruta 12 Km 3, 2580, Marcos Juárez, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias (FCA), CONICET-UNCuyo, Almirante Brown 500, M5528AHB, Chacras de Coria, Mendoza, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Los Reseros y Nicolas Repeto, Hurlingham, Argentina
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Grupo Biotecnologia y Recursos Genéticos, EEA INTA Marcos Juárez, Ruta 12 Km 3, 2580, Marcos Juárez, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias (FCA), CONICET-UNCuyo, Almirante Brown 500, M5528AHB, Chacras de Coria, Mendoza, Argentina
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Los Reseros y Nicolas Repeto, Hurlingham, Argentina.
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Cortinovis G, Di Vittori V, Bellucci E, Bitocchi E, Papa R. Adaptation to novel environments during crop diversification. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 56:203-217. [PMID: 32057695 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the context of the global challenge of climate change, mitigation strategies are needed to adapt crops to novel environments. The main goal to address this is an understanding of the genetic basis of crop adaptation to different agro-ecological conditions. The movement of crops during the Colombian Exchange that started with the travels of Columbus in 1492 is an example of rapid adaptation to novel environments. Many diversification-related traits have been characterised in multiple crop species, and association-mapping analyses have identified loci involved in these. Here, we present an overview of current knowledge regarding the molecular basis related to the complex patterns of crop adaptation and dissemination, particularly outside their centres of origin. Investigation of the genomic basis of crop expansion offers a powerful contribution to the development of tools to identify and exploit valuable genetic diversity and to improve and design novel resilient crop varieties.
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- Gaia Cortinovis
- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
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Martín G, Veciana N, Boix M, Rovira A, Henriques R, Monte E. The photoperiodic response of hypocotyl elongation involves regulation of CDF1 and CDF5 activity. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2020; 169:480-490. [PMID: 32379360 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Hypocotyl elongation relies on directional cell expansion, a process under light and circadian clock control. Under short photoperiods (SD), hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana follows a rhythmic pattern, a process in which circadian morning-to-midnight waves of the transcriptional repressors PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATORS (PRRs) jointly gate PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR (PIF) activity to dawn. Previously, we described CYCLING DOF FACTOR 5 (CDF5) as a target of this antagonistic PRR/PIF dynamic interplay. Under SD, PIFs induce CDF5 accumulation specifically at dawn, when it promotes the expression of positive cell elongation regulators such as YUCCA8 to induce growth. In contrast to SD, hypocotyl elongation under long days (LD) is largely reduced. Here, we examine whether CDF5 is an actor in this photoperiod specific regulation. We report that transcription of CDF5 is robustly induced in SD compared to LD, in accordance with PIFs accumulating to higher levels in SD, and in contrast to other members of the CDF family, whose expression is mainly clock regulated and have similar waveforms in SD and LD. Notably, when CDF5 was constitutively expressed under LD, CDF5 protein accumulated to levels comparable to SD but was inactive in promoting cell elongation. Similar results were observed for CDF1. Our findings indicate that both CDFs can promote cell elongation specifically in shorter photoperiods, however, their activity in LD is inhibited at the post-translational level. These data not only expand our understanding of the biological role of CDF transcription factors, but also identify a previously unrecognized regulatory layer in the photoperiodic response of hypocotyl elongation.
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- Guiomar Martín
- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Oeiras, 2780-156, Portugal
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, T23 TK30, Ireland
- Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, T23 XE10, Ireland
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona, 08193, Spain
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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Meade F, Hutten R, Wagener S, Prigge V, Dalton E, Kirk HG, Griffin D, Milbourne D. Detection of Novel QTLs for Late Blight Resistance Derived from the Wild Potato Species Solanum microdontum and Solanum pampasense. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E732. [PMID: 32630103 PMCID: PMC7396981 DOI: 10.3390/genes11070732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Wild potato species continue to be a rich source of genes for resistance to late blight in potato breeding. Whilst many dominant resistance genes from such sources have been characterised and used in breeding, quantitative resistance also offers potential for breeding when the loci underlying the resistance can be identified and tagged using molecular markers. In this study, F1 populations were created from crosses between blight susceptible parents and lines exhibiting strong partial resistance to late blight derived from the South American wild species Solanum microdontum and Solanum pampasense. Both populations exhibited continuous variation for resistance to late blight over multiple field-testing seasons. High density genetic maps were created using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, enabling mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for late blight resistance that were consistently expressed over multiple years in both populations. In the population created with the S. microdontum source, QTLs for resistance consistently expressed over three years and explaining a large portion (21-47%) of the phenotypic variation were found on chromosomes 5 and 6, and a further resistance QTL on chromosome 10, apparently related to foliar development, was discovered in 2016 only. In the population created with the S. pampasense source, QTLs for resistance were found in over two years on chromosomes 11 and 12. For all loci detected consistently across years, the QTLs span known R gene clusters and so they likely represent novel late blight resistance genes. Simple genetic models following the effect of the presence or absence of SNPs associated with consistently effective loci in both populations demonstrated that marker assisted selection (MAS) strategies to introgress and pyramid these loci have potential in resistance breeding strategies.
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- Fergus Meade
- Teagasc, Crop Science Department, Oak Park, R93 XE12 Carlow, Ireland; (F.M.); (D.G.)
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- Wageningen University & Research (WUR), 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands;
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- SaKa Pflanzenzucht GmbH & Co., 22761 Hamburg, Germany; (S.W.); (V.P.)
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- SaKa Pflanzenzucht GmbH & Co., 22761 Hamburg, Germany; (S.W.); (V.P.)
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- Teagasc, Crop Science Department, Oak Park, R93 XE12 Carlow, Ireland; (F.M.); (D.G.)
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- Teagasc, Crop Science Department, Oak Park, R93 XE12 Carlow, Ireland; (F.M.); (D.G.)
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Renau-Morata B, Carrillo L, Dominguez-Figueroa J, Vicente-Carbajosa J, Molina RV, Nebauer SG, Medina J. CDF transcription factors: plant regulators to deal with extreme environmental conditions. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:3803-3815. [PMID: 32072179 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In terrestrial environments, water and nutrient availabilities and temperature conditions are highly variable, and especially in extreme environments limit survival, growth, and reproduction of plants. To sustain growth and maintain cell integrity under unfavourable environmental conditions, plants have developed a variety of biochemical and physiological mechanisms, orchestrated by a large set of stress-responsive genes and a complex network of transcription factors. Recently, cycling DOF factors (CDFs), a group of plant-specific transcription factors (TFs), were identified as components of the transcriptional regulatory networks involved in the control of abiotic stress responses. The majority of the members of this TF family are activated in response to a wide range of adverse environmental conditions in different plant species. CDFs regulate different aspects of plant growth and development such as photoperiodic flowering-time control and root and shoot growth. While most of the functional characterization of CDFs has been reported in Arabidopsis, recent data suggest that their diverse roles extend to other plant species. In this review, we integrate information related to structure and functions of CDFs in plants, with special emphasis on their role in plant responses to adverse environmental conditions.
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- Begoña Renau-Morata
- Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, Autopista M40 (km 38), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, Autopista M40 (km 38), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, Autopista M40 (km 38), Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Campus de Montegancedo, Autopista M40 (km 38), Madrid, Spain
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The Response of COL and FT Homologues to Photoperiodic Regulation in Carrot (Daucus carota L.). Sci Rep 2020; 10:9984. [PMID: 32561786 PMCID: PMC7305175 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66807-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Carrot (Daucus carota L.) is a biennial plant requiring vernalization to induce flowering, but long days can promote its premature bolting and flowering. The basic genetic network controlling the flowering time has been constructed for carrot, but there is limited information on the molecular mechanisms underlying the photoperiodic flowering response. The published carrot genome could provide an effective tool for systematically retrieving the key integrator genes of GIGANTEA (GI), CONSTANS-LIKE (COL), FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), and SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1 (SOC1) homologues in the photoperiod pathway. In this study, the bolting time of wild species “Songzi” (Ws) could be regulated by different photoperiods, but the orange cultivar “Amsterdam forcing” (Af) displayed no bolting phenomenon. According to the carrot genome and previous de novo transcriptome, 1 DcGI, 15 DcCOLs, 2 DcFTs, and 3 DcSOC1s were identified in the photoperiod pathway. The circadian rhythm peaks of DcGI, DcCOL2, DcCOL5a, and DcCOL13b could be delayed under long days (LDs). The peak value of DcCOL2 in Af (12.9) was significantly higher than that in Ws (6.8) under short day (SD) conditions, and was reduced under LD conditions (5.0). The peak values of DcCOL5a in Ws were constantly higher than those in Af under the photoperiod treatments. The expression levels of DcFT1 in Ws (463.0) were significantly upregulated under LD conditions compared with those in Af (1.4). These responses of DcCOL2, DcCOL5a, and DcFT1 might be related to the different bolting responses of Ws and Af. This study could provide valuable insights into understanding the key integrator genes in the carrot photoperiod pathway.
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Comparative Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Compatible and Incompatible Patterns of Potato Toward Phytophthora infestans. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:623-634. [PMID: 31818876 PMCID: PMC7003068 DOI: 10.1534/g3.119.400818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Late blight, caused by Phytophthora infestans (P. infestans), is a devastating disease in potato worldwide. Our previous study revealed that the Solanum andigena genotype 03112-233 is resistant to P. infestans isolate 90128, but susceptible to the super race isolate, CN152. In this study, we confirmed by diagnostic resistance gene enrichment sequencing (dRenSeq) that the resistance of 03112-233 toward 90128 is most likely based on a distinct new R gene(s). To gain an insight into the mechanism that governs resistance or susceptibility in 03112-223, comparative transcriptomic profiling analysis based on RNAseq was initiated. Changes in transcription at two time points (24 h and 72 h) after inoculation with isolates 90128 or CN152 were analyzed. A total of 8,881 and 7,209 genes were differentially expressed in response to 90128 and CN152, respectively, and 1,083 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were common to both time points and isolates. A substantial number of genes were differentially expressed in an isolate-specific manner with 3,837 genes showing induction or suppression following infection with 90128 and 2,165 genes induced or suppressed after colonization by CN152. Hierarchical clustering analysis suggested that isolates with different virulence profiles can induce different defense responses at different time points. Further analysis revealed that the compatible interaction caused higher induction of susceptibility genes such as SWEET compared with the incompatible interaction. The salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, and abscisic acid mediated signaling pathways were involved in the response against both isolates, while ethylene and brassinosteroids mediated defense pathways were suppressed. Our results provide a valuable resource for understanding the interactions between P. infestans and potato.
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Gaston A, Osorio S, Denoyes B, Rothan C. Applying the Solanaceae Strategies to Strawberry Crop Improvement. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 25:130-140. [PMID: 31699520 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Strawberry is a fruit crop species of major horticultural importance, for which fruit quality and the control of flowering (for fruit yield), runnering (for vegetative propagation), and the trade-off between the two are main breeding targets. The octoploid cultivated strawberry has a limited genetic basis. This raises the question of how to identify important gene targets and successfully exploit them for strawberry improvement. In this Opinion article we propose to apply to woodland strawberry, a wild diploid species displaying wide diversity, the strategies successfully employed in recent years for the identification of genetic variations underlying fruit quality and fruit yield traits in solanaceous crops (tomato, potato). Next we propose to use gene editing technologies to translate the findings to cultivated strawberry.
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- Amelia Gaston
- INRA and University of Bordeaux, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, F-33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea 'La Mayora', University of Málaga - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Campus de Teatinos, 29071 Málaga, Spain
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- INRA and University of Bordeaux, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, F-33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France.
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- INRA and University of Bordeaux, UMR 1332 Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, F-33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France.
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