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Praat M, Jiang Z, Earle J, Smeekens S, van Zanten M. Using a thermal gradient table to study plant temperature signalling and response across a temperature spectrum. PLANT METHODS 2024; 20:114. [PMID: 39075474 PMCID: PMC11285400 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-024-01230-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
Abstract
Plants must cope with ever-changing temperature conditions in their environment. In many plant species, suboptimal high and low temperatures can induce adaptive mechanisms that allow optimal performance. Thermomorphogenesis is the acclimation to high ambient temperature, whereas cold acclimation refers to the acquisition of cold tolerance following a period of low temperatures. The molecular mechanisms underlying thermomorphogenesis and cold acclimation are increasingly well understood but neither signalling components that have an apparent role in acclimation to both cold and warmth, nor factors determining dose-responsiveness, are currently well defined. This can be explained in part by practical limitations, as applying temperature gradients requires the use of multiple growth conditions simultaneously, usually unavailable in research laboratories. Here we demonstrate that commercially available thermal gradient tables can be used to grow and assess plants over a defined and adjustable steep temperature gradient within one experiment. We describe technical and thermodynamic aspects and provide considerations for plant growth and treatment. We show that plants display the expected morphological, physiological, developmental and molecular responses that are typically associated with high temperature and cold acclimation. This includes temperature dose-response effects on seed germination, hypocotyl elongation, leaf development, hyponasty, rosette growth, temperature marker gene expression, stomatal conductance, chlorophyll content, ion leakage and hydrogen peroxide levels. In conclusion, thermal gradient table systems enable standardized and predictable environments to study plant responses to varying temperature regimes and can be swiftly implemented in research on temperature signalling and response.
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- Myrthe Praat
- Plant Stress Resilience, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584CH, The Netherlands
- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584CH, The Netherlands
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- Plant Stress Resilience, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584CH, The Netherlands
- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584CH, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584CH, The Netherlands
- Present address: Evolutionary Plant Ecophysiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, Groningen, 9747AG, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584CH, The Netherlands
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- Plant Stress Resilience, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584CH, The Netherlands.
- Molecular Plant Physiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, Utrecht, 3584CH, The Netherlands.
- Netherlands Plant Eco-Phenotyping Centre, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 6, Utrecht, 3584CH, The Netherlands.
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Xin X, Li P, Zhao X, Yu Y, Wang W, Jin G, Wang J, Sun L, Zhang D, Zhang F, Yu S, Su T. Temperature-dependent jumonji demethylase modulates flowering time by targeting H3K36me2/3 in Brassica rapa. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5470. [PMID: 38937441 PMCID: PMC11211497 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49721-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
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Global warming has a severe impact on the flowering time and yield of crops. Histone modifications have been well-documented for their roles in enabling plant plasticity in ambient temperature. However, the factor modulating histone modifications and their involvement in habitat adaptation have remained elusive. In this study, through genome-wide pattern analysis and quantitative-trait-locus (QTL) mapping, we reveal that BrJMJ18 is a candidate gene for a QTL regulating thermotolerance in thermotolerant B. rapa subsp. chinensis var. parachinensis (or Caixin, abbreviated to Par). BrJMJ18 encodes an H3K36me2/3 Jumonji demethylase that remodels H3K36 methylation across the genome. We demonstrate that the BrJMJ18 allele from Par (BrJMJ18Par) influences flowering time and plant growth in a temperature-dependent manner via characterizing overexpression and CRISPR/Cas9 mutant plants. We further show that overexpression of BrJMJ18Par can modulate the expression of BrFLC3, one of the five BrFLC orthologs. Furthermore, ChIP-seq and transcriptome data reveal that BrJMJ18Par can regulate chlorophyll biosynthesis under high temperatures. We also demonstrate that three amino acid mutations may account for function differences in BrJMJ18 between subspecies. Based on these findings, we propose a working model in which an H3K36me2/3 demethylase, while not affecting agronomic traits under normal conditions, can enhance resilience under heat stress in Brassica rapa.
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- Xiaoyun Xin
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China.
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China.
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China.
- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing, China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Vegetable Germplasms Improvement, Beijing, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetics Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Beijing, China.
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Tao J, Yang Y, Wang Q. Two Growing-Season Warming Partly Promoted Growth but Decreased Reproduction and Ornamental Value of Impatiens oxyanthera. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:511. [PMID: 38498484 PMCID: PMC10892807 DOI: 10.3390/plants13040511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Climate warming profoundly affects the vegetative growth, flowering phenology and sexual reproduction of plants; therefore, it affects the ornamental value of wild flowers. Despite this, the extent and mechanism of the impact remain unclear. Here, we conducted a warming experiment for two growing seasons (increases of 1.89 °C in 2017 and 2.37 °C in 2018) with infrared heaters to examine the effects of warming on the ornamental value of the wild flower Impatiens oxyanthera, endemic to China, in Mount Emei. We evaluated the comprehensive ornamental value based on plant morphology and flowering characteristics using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and disentangled the impact of the two traits on ornamental value using principal component analysis (PCA) and the partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) under ambient and warming treatments. We hypothesized that warming would reduce the ornamental value of I. oxyanthera in terms of plant morphology and flowering traits. Our results showed that warming significantly decreased plant height and crown width and increased branch number and single-leaf area. Warming also decreased vexillum length, corolla tube length, nectar spur length and pedicel length. In addition, warming shortened flowering duration per plant and reduced flower number, while there was no significant effect on flower longevity and flower color at full-bloom stage between the control and warming treatment. Therefore, the comprehensive ornamental value under warming was lower than that under the control. Pedicel length, flower color, flower longevity and flowering duration per plant were the main factors affecting the comprehensive ornamental value. The PLS-SEM showed that warming had an indirect negative effect on ornamental value via direct negative effects on flowering traits. Collectively, these results indicate that, although promoting vegetative growth, short-term warming significantly decreased the ornamental value of I. oxyanthera due to warming-caused smaller flowers and shorter flowering duration.
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- Jiayu Tao
- Southwest Key Laboratory of Wildlife Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, China
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- Southwest Key Laboratory of Wildlife Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, China
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- Southwest Key Laboratory of Wildlife Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, China
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Park K, Kim S, Jung J. Analysis of temperature effects on the protein accumulation of the FT-FD module using newly generated Arabidopsis transgenic plants. PLANT DIRECT 2023; 7:e552. [PMID: 38116182 PMCID: PMC10727963 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Arabidopsis flowering is dependent on interactions between a component of the florigens FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factor FD. These proteins form a complex that activates the genes required for flowering competence and integrates environmental cues, such as photoperiod and temperature. However, it remains largely unknown how FT and FD are regulated at the protein level. To address this, we created FT transgenic plants that express the N-terminal FLAG-tagged FT fusion protein under the control of its own promoter in ft mutant backgrounds. FT transgenic plants complemented the delayed flowering of the ft mutant and exhibited similar FT expression patterns to wild-type Col-0 plants in response to changes in photoperiod and temperature. Similarly, we generated FD transgenic plants in fd mutant backgrounds that express the N-terminal MYC-tagged FD fusion protein under the FD promoter, rescuing the late flowering phenotypes in the fd mutant. Using these transgenic plants, we investigated how temperature regulates the expression of FT and FD proteins. Temperature-dependent changes in FT and FD protein levels are primarily regulated at the transcript level, but protein-level temperature effects have also been observed to some extent. In addition, our examination of the expression patterns of FT and FD in different tissues revealed that similar to the spatial expression pattern of FT, FD mRNA was expressed in both the leaf and shoot apex, but FD protein was only detected in the apex, suggesting a regulatory mechanism that restricts FD protein expression in the leaf during the vegetative growth phase. These transgenic plants provided a valuable platform for investigating the role of the FT-FD module in flowering time regulation.
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- Kyung‐Ho Park
- Department of Biological SciencesSungkyunkwan UniversitySuwonSouth Korea
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- Department of Biological SciencesSungkyunkwan UniversitySuwonSouth Korea
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- Department of Biological SciencesSungkyunkwan UniversitySuwonSouth Korea
- Research Centre for Plant PlasticitySeoul National UniversitySeoulSouth Korea
- Biotherapeutics Translational Research CenterKorea Research Institute of Bioscience and BiotechnologyDaejeonSouth Korea
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Kim K, Shin J, Kang TA, Kim B, Kim WC. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated AtGATA25 mutant represents a novel model for regulating hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:31-41. [PMID: 36301462 PMCID: PMC9884261 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07926-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Plants have evolved to adapt to the ever-changing environments through various morphological changes. An organism anticipates and responds to changes in its environment via the circadian clock, an endogenous oscillator lasting approximately 24 h. The circadian clock regulates various physiological processes, such as hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Phytochrome interacting factor 4 (PIF4), a member of the bHLH protein family, plays a vital hub role in light signaling pathways and temperature-mediated growth response mechanisms. PIF4 is controlled by the circadian clock and interacts with several factors. However, the components that regulate PIF4 transcription and activity are not clearly understood. METHODS AND RESULTS Here, we showed that the Arabidopsis thaliana GATA25 (AtGATA25) transcription factor plays a fundamental role in promoting hypocotyl elongation by positively regulating the expression of PIF4. This was confirmed to in the loss-of-function mutant of AtGATA25 via CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing, which inhibits hypocotyl elongation and decreases the expression of PIF4. In contrast, the overexpression of AtGATA25 in transgenic plants resulted in increased expression of PIF4 and enhanced hypocotyl elongation. To better understand AtGATA25-mediated PIF4 transcriptional regulation, we analyzed the promoter region of the target gene PIF4 and characterized the role of GATA25 through transcriptional activation analysis. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest a novel role of the AtGATA25 transcription factor in hypocotyl elongation.
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- Kihwan Kim
- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, 41566 Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Kyungpook National University, 41566 Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, 41566 Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrative Biology, Kyungpook National University, 41566 Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, 41566 Daegu, Republic of Korea ,Department of Integrative Biology, Kyungpook National University, 41566 Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Zhou H, Zeng RF, Liu TJ, Ai XY, Ren MK, Zhou JJ, Hu CG, Zhang JZ. Drought and low temperature-induced NF-YA1 activates FT expression to promote citrus flowering. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:3505-3522. [PMID: 36117312 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Flower induction in adult citrus is mainly regulated by drought and low temperatures. However, the mechanism of FLOWERING LOCUS T regulation of citrus flowering (CiFT) under two flower-inductive stimuli remains largely unclear. In this study, a citrus transcription factor, nuclear factor YA (CiNF-YA1), was found to specifically bind to the CiFT promoter by forming a complex with CiNF-YB2 and CiNF-YC2 to activate CiFT expression. CiNF-YA1 was induced in juvenile citrus by low temperature and drought treatments. Overexpression of CiNF-YA1 increased drought susceptibility in transgenic citrus, whereas suppression of CiNF-YA1 enhanced drought tolerance in silenced citrus plants. Furthermore, a GOLDEN2 - LIKE protein (CiFE) that interacts with CiFT protein was also isolated. Further experimental evidence showed that CiFE binds to the citrus LEAFY (CiLFY) promoter and activates its expression. In addition, the expressions of CiNF-YA1 and CiFE showed a seasonal increase during the floral induction period and were induced by artificial drought and low-temperature treatments at which floral induction occurred. These results indicate that CiNF-YA1 may activate CiFT expression in response to drought and low temperatures by binding to the CiFT promoter. CiFT then forms a complex with CiFE to activate CiLFY, thereby promoting the flowering of adult citrus.
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- Huan Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Pomology and Tea, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology (Ministry of Education), College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Rodriguez Gallo MC, Li Q, Mehta D, Uhrig RG. Genome-scale analysis of Arabidopsis splicing-related protein kinase families reveals roles in abiotic stress adaptation. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:496. [PMID: 36273172 PMCID: PMC9587599 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03870-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Nearly 60 - 80 % of intron-containing plant genes undergo alternative splicing in response to either stress or plant developmental cues. RNA splicing is performed by a large ribonucleoprotein complex called the spliceosome in conjunction with associated subunits such as serine arginine (SR) proteins, all of which undergo extensive phosphorylation. In plants, there are three main protein kinase families suggested to phosphorylate core spliceosome subunits and related splicing factors based on orthology to human splicing-related kinases: the SERINE/ARGININE PROTEIN KINASES (SRPK), ARABIDOPSIS FUS3 COMPLEMENT (AFC), and Pre-mRNA PROCESSING FACTOR 4 (PRP4K) protein kinases. To better define the conservation and role(s) of these kinases in plants, we performed a genome-scale analysis of the three families across photosynthetic eukaryotes, followed by extensive transcriptomic and bioinformatic analysis of all Arabidopsis thaliana SRPK, AFC, and PRP4K protein kinases to elucidate their biological functions. Unexpectedly, this revealed the existence of SRPK and AFC phylogenetic groups with distinct promoter elements and patterns of transcriptional response to abiotic stress, while PRP4Ks possess no phylogenetic sub-divisions, suggestive of functional redundancy. We also reveal splicing-related kinase families are both diel and photoperiod regulated, implicating different orthologs as discrete time-of-day RNA splicing regulators. This foundational work establishes a number of new hypotheses regarding how reversible spliceosome phosphorylation contributes to both diel plant cell regulation and abiotic stress adaptation in plants.
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- M C Rodriguez Gallo
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada.
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
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Li Y, Zhu J, Feng Y, Li Z, Ren Z, Liu N, Liu C, Hao J, Han Y. LsARF3 mediates thermally induced bolting through promoting the expression of LsCO in lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:958833. [PMID: 36160965 PMCID: PMC9498183 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.958833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is a leafy vegetable whose edible organs usually are leaf or stems, and thus high-temperature induced bolting followed by flower initiation is an undesirable trait in lettuce production. However, the molecular mechanism that controls lettuce bolting and flowering upon thermal treatments is largely unknown. Here, we identified a Lettuce auxin response factor 3 (LsARF3), the expression of which was enhanced by heat and auxin treatments. Interestingly, LsARF3 is preferentially expressed in stem apex, suggesting it might be associated with lettuce bolting. Transgenic lettuce overexpressing LsARF3 displayed early bolting and flowering, whereas knockout of LsARF3 dramatically delayed bolting and flowering in lettuce under normal or high temperature conditions. Furthermore, Exogenous application of IAA failed to rescue the late-bolting and -flowering phenotype of lsarf3 mutants. Several floral integrator genes including LsCO, LsFT, and LsLFY were co-expressed with LsARF3 in the overexpression and knockout lettuce plants. Yeast one-hybrid (Y1H) experiments suggested that LsARF3 could physically interact with the LsCO promoter, which was further confirmed by a dual luciferase assay in tobacco leaves. The results indicated that LsARF3 might directly modulate the expression of LsCO in lettuce. Therefore, these results demonstrate that LsARF3 could promote lettuce bolting in response to the high temperature by directly or indirectly activating the expression of floral genes such as LsCO, which provides new insights into lettuce bolting in the context of ARFs signaling and heat response.
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- Yunfeng Li
- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education, Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education, Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education, Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education, Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education, Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Institute of Vegetable Science, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education, Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education, Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of New Technology in Agricultural Application, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Plant Production Education, Plant Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China
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Praena J, van Veen E, Henriques R, Benlloch R. Assessing Flowering Time Under Different Photoperiods. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2022; 2494:101-115. [PMID: 35467202 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2297-1_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Flowering time is one of the most important developmental transitions in plants, especially in annuals such as Arabidopsis thaliana. However, flowering is also a critical agronomic trait, as it impacts the level of vegetative biomass produced (e.g., leaves) or the amount of seed (grain) generated. Therefore, uncovering flowering phenotypes would help understand the impact of any regulatory network on the overall plant life cycle, since flowering integrates multiple cues, both environmental (e.g., photoperiod, temperature) and internal (e.g., induction/repression of specific genes, phytohormone accumulation, plant age). Although the photoperiod flowering pathway has been extensively studied, and its gene circuitry characterized in great detail, specific flowering time protocols are mostly accessible to specialized laboratories in this field. In this report, we address this knowledge gap by generating a reproducible, non-expensive, and step-by-step protocol to assess flowering time under different photoperiods. We provide a comprehensive description and highlight the major pitfalls in the process. Moreover, this protocol could be expanded to include temperature changes and thus contribute to assess the impact of both environmental conditions in the plant's decision to flower.
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- Jesús Praena
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (CSIC-UPV), Valencia, Spain
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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Kong Y, Zhang Y, Liu X, Meng Z, Yu X, Zhou C, Han L. The Conserved and Specific Roles of the LUX ARRHYTHMO in Circadian Clock and Nodulation. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073473. [PMID: 35408833 PMCID: PMC8998424 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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LUX ARRHYTHMO (LUX) plays a key role in circadian rhythms and flowering. Here, we identified the MtLUX gene which is the putative ortholog of LUX in Medicago truncatula. The roles of MtLUX, in both the nodulation belowground and leaf movement aboveground, were investigated by characterizing a loss-of-function mtlux mutant. MtLUX was required for the control of flowering time under both long-day and short-day conditions. Further investigations showed that the early flowering in the mtlux mutant was correlated with the elevated expression level of the MtFTa1 gene but in a CO-like independent manner. MtLUX played a conserved role in the regulatory interactions with MtLHY, MtTOC1, and MtPRR genes, which is similar to those in other species. Meanwhile, the unexpected functions of MtLUX were revealed in nodule formation and nyctinastic leaf movement, probably through the indirect regulation in MtLHY. Its participation in nodulation is of interest in the context of functional conservation and the neo-functionalization of the products of LUX orthologs.
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- Yiming Kong
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Y.K.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.); (C.Z.)
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Ji’nan 250300, China;
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Y.K.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.); (C.Z.)
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Y.K.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.); (C.Z.)
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Ji’nan 250300, China;
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Y.K.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.); (C.Z.)
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Y.K.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.); (C.Z.)
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptation Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China; (Y.K.); (Y.Z.); (X.L.); (X.Y.); (C.Z.)
- Correspondence:
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Brightbill CM, Sung S. Temperature-mediated regulation of flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana. ABIOTECH 2022; 3:78-84. [PMID: 36304200 PMCID: PMC9590518 DOI: 10.1007/s42994-022-00069-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Throughout a plant's life cycle, temperature plays a major role in development. Regulatory modules use temperature cues to control gene expression, facilitating physiological change from germination to flowering. These regulatory modules control morphological and molecular responses to temperature changes caused by seasonal changes or by temporary fluctuations, providing a versatile plasticity of plants. In this review, we outline how temperature changes affect the regulatory modules that induce and repress flowering, in addition to general temperature regulation. Recent studies have identified several regulatory modules by which floral transition and growth responses are controlled in a temperature-dependent manner. This review will report on recent studies related to floral transition and ambient temperature response.
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- C. Maddie Brightbill
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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Kim G, Rim Y, Cho H, Hyun TK. Identification and Functional Characterization of FLOWERING LOCUS T in Platycodon grandiflorus. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11030325. [PMID: 35161306 PMCID: PMC8840131 DOI: 10.3390/plants11030325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Platycodon grandiflorus roots have been used as a foodstuff and traditional medicine for thousands of years in East Asia. In order to increase the root development of P. grandiflorus, cultivators removed the inflorescences, suggesting the possible negative effect of flowering on root development. This indicates that the genetic improvement of P. grandiflorus by late flowering is a potential approach to increase productivity. However, nothing is known about key genes integrating multiple flowering pathways in P. grandiflorus. In order to fill this gap, we identified potential homologs of the FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) gene in P. grandiflorus. The alignment with other FT members and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the P. grandiflorus FT (PlgFT) protein contains highly conserved functional domains and belongs to the FT-like clade. The expression analysis revealed spatial variations in the transcription of PlgFT in different organs. In addition, the expression level of PlgFT was increased by high temperature but not by photoperiodic light input signals, presumably due to lacking the CONSTANS binding motif in its promoter region. Furthermore, PlgFT induced early flowering upon its overexpression in P. grandiflorus, suggesting the functional role of PlgFT in flowering. Taken together, we functionally characterized PlgFT as a master regulator of P. grandiflorus flowering under inductive high temperature, which will serve as an important target gene for improving the root productivity.
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- Gayeon Kim
- Department of Industrial Plant Science and Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea;
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- Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea;
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- Department of Industrial Plant Science and Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea;
- Correspondence: (H.C.); (T.K.H.)
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- Department of Industrial Plant Science and Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea;
- Correspondence: (H.C.); (T.K.H.)
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Zhao H, Bao Y. PIF4: Integrator of light and temperature cues in plant growth. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 313:111086. [PMID: 34763871 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.111086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plants are sessile and lack behavioural responses to avoid extreme environmental changes linked to annual seasons. For survival, they have evolved elaborate sensory systems coordinating their architecture and physiology with fluctuating diurnal and seasonal temperatures. PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) was initially identified as a key component of the Arabidopsis thaliana phytochrome signalling pathway. It was then identified as playing a central role in promoting plant hypocotyl growth via the activation of auxin synthesis and signalling-related genes. Recent studies expanded its known regulatory functions to thermomorphogenesis and defined PIF4 as a central molecular hub for the integration of environmental light and temperature cues. The present review comprehensively summarizes recent progress in our understanding of PIF4 function in Arabidopsis thaliana, including PIF4-mediated photomorphogenesis and thermomorphogenesis, and the contribution of PIF4 to plant growth via the integration of environmental light and temperature cues. Remaining questions and possible directions for future research on PIF4 are also discussed.
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- Hang Zhao
- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China
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Chowdhury M, Kiraga S, Islam MN, Ali M, Reza MN, Lee WH, Chung SO. Effects of Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Carbon Dioxide Concentration on Growth and Glucosinolate Content of Kale Grown in a Plant Factory. Foods 2021; 10:foods10071524. [PMID: 34359392 PMCID: PMC8306225 DOI: 10.3390/foods10071524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The growth of plants and their glucosinolate content largely depend on the cultivation environment; however, there are limited reports on the optimization of ambient environmental factors for kale grown in plant factories. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of temperature, relative humidity, and the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration on kale growth and glucosinolate content in different growth stages of cultivation in a plant factory. Kale was grown under different temperatures (14, 17, 20, 23, and 26 °C), relative humidities (45, 55, 65, 75, and 85%), and CO2 concentrations (400, 700, 1000, 1300, and 1600 ppm) in a plant factory. Two and four weeks after transplantation, leaf samples were collected to evaluate the physical growth and glucosinolate contents. The statistical significance of the treatment effects was determined by two-way analysis of variance, and Duncan’s multiple range test was used to compare the means. A correlation matrix was constructed to show possible linear trends among the dependent variables. The observed optimal temperature, relative humidity, and CO2 range for growth (20–23 °C, 85%, and 700–1000 ppm) and total glucosinolate content (14–17 °C, 55–75%, and 1300–1600 ppm) were different. Furthermore, the glucosinolate content in kale decreased with the increase of temperature and relative humidity levels, and increased with the increase of CO2 concentration. Most of the physical growth variables showed strong positive correlations with each other but negative correlations with glucosinolate components. The findings of this study could be used by growers to maintain optimum environmental conditions for the better growth and production of glucosinolate-rich kale leaves in protected cultivation facilities.
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- Milon Chowdhury
- Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea; (M.C.); (M.N.I.); (M.A.); (M.N.R.); (W.-H.L.)
- Department of Smart Agricultural Systems, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea;
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- Department of Smart Agricultural Systems, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea;
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- Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea; (M.C.); (M.N.I.); (M.A.); (M.N.R.); (W.-H.L.)
- Department of Smart Agricultural Systems, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea;
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- Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea; (M.C.); (M.N.I.); (M.A.); (M.N.R.); (W.-H.L.)
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- Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea; (M.C.); (M.N.I.); (M.A.); (M.N.R.); (W.-H.L.)
- Department of Smart Agricultural Systems, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea;
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- Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea; (M.C.); (M.N.I.); (M.A.); (M.N.R.); (W.-H.L.)
- Department of Smart Agricultural Systems, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea;
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- Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea; (M.C.); (M.N.I.); (M.A.); (M.N.R.); (W.-H.L.)
- Department of Smart Agricultural Systems, Graduate School, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-42-821-6712
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Calderwood A, Hepworth J, Woodhouse S, Bilham L, Jones DM, Tudor E, Ali M, Dean C, Wells R, Irwin JA, Morris RJ. Comparative transcriptomics reveals desynchronisation of gene expression during the floral transition between Arabidopsis and Brassica rapa cultivars. QUANTITATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 2:e4. [PMID: 37077206 PMCID: PMC10095958 DOI: 10.1017/qpb.2021.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Comparative transcriptomics can be used to translate an understanding of gene regulatory networks from model systems to less studied species. Here, we use RNA-Seq to determine and compare gene expression dynamics through the floral transition in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana and the closely related crop Brassica rapa. We find that different curve registration functions are required for different genes, indicating that there is no single common 'developmental time' between Arabidopsis and B. rapa. A detailed comparison between Arabidopsis and B. rapa and between two B. rapa accessions reveals different modes of regulation of the key floral integrator SOC1, and that the floral transition in the B. rapa accessions is triggered by different pathways. Our study adds to the mechanistic understanding of the regulatory network of flowering time in rapid cycling B. rapa and highlights the importance of registration methods for the comparison of developmental gene expression data.
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- Alexander Calderwood
- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
- VIB-UGent Centre for Plant Systems Biology, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Cui X, Zheng Y, Lu Y, Issakidis-Bourguet E, Zhou DX. Metabolic control of histone demethylase activity involved in plant response to high temperature. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 185:1813-1828. [PMID: 33793949 PMCID: PMC8133595 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Jumonji C (JmjC) domain proteins are histone lysine demethylases that require ferrous iron and alpha-ketoglutarate (or α-KG) as cofactors in the oxidative demethylation reaction. In plants, α-KG is produced by isocitrate dehydrogenases (ICDHs) in different metabolic pathways. It remains unclear whether fluctuation of α-KG levels affects JmjC demethylase activity and epigenetic regulation of plant gene expression. In this work, we studied the impact of loss of function of the cytosolic ICDH (cICDH) gene on the function of histone demethylases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Loss of cICDH resulted in increases of overall histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3) and enhanced mutation defects of the H3K4me3 demethylase gene JMJ14. Genetic analysis suggested that the cICDH mutation may affect the activity of other demethylases, including JMJ15 and JMJ18 that function redundantly with JMJ14 in the plant thermosensory response. Furthermore, we show that mutation of JMJ14 affected both the gene activation and repression programs of the plant thermosensory response and that JMJ14 and JMJ15 repressed a set of genes that are likely to play negative roles in the process. The results provide evidence that histone H3K4 demethylases are involved in the plant response to elevated ambient temperature.
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- Xiaoyun Cui
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding and Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay 91405, France
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Duque L, Poelman EH, Steffan-Dewenter I. Effects of ozone stress on flowering phenology, plant-pollinator interactions and plant reproductive success. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 272:115953. [PMID: 33190978 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Tropospheric ozone is a highly oxidative pollutant with the potential to alter plant metabolism. The direct effects of ozone on plant phenotype may alter interactions with other organisms, such as pollinators, and, consequently, affect plant reproductive success. In a set of greenhouse experiments, we tested whether exposure of plants to a high level of ozone affected their phenological development, their attractiveness to four different pollinators (mason bees, honeybees, hoverflies and bumblebees) and, ultimately, their reproductive success. Exposure of plants to ozone accelerated flowering, particularly on plants that were growing in autumn, when light and temperature cues, that commonly promote flowering, were weaker. Simultaneously, there was a tendency for ozone-exposed plants to disinvest in vegetative growth. Plant exposure to ozone did not substantially affect pollinator preference, but bumblebees had a tendency to visit more flowers on ozone-exposed plants, an effect that was driven by the fact that these plants tended to have more open flowers, meaning a stronger attraction signal. Honeybees spent more time per flower on ozone-exposed plants than on control plants. Acceleration of flower production and the behavioural responses of pollinators to ozone-exposed plants resulted in retained reproductive fitness of plants pollinated by bumblebees, honeybees and mason bees, despite the negative effects of ozone on plant growth. Plants that were pollinated by hoverflies had a reduction in reproductive fitness in response to ozone. In a natural setting, acceleration of flowering by ozone might foster desynchronization between plant and pollinator activities. This can have a strong impact on plants with short flowering periods and on plants that, unlike wild mustard, lack compensatory mechanisms to cope with the absence of pollinator activity in the beginning of flowering.
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- Laura Duque
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, PO Box 16, 6700AA, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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Dhami N, Cazzonelli CI. Prolonged cold exposure to Arabidopsis juvenile seedlings extends vegetative growth and increases the number of shoot branches. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2020; 15:1789320. [PMID: 32631114 PMCID: PMC8550187 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2020.1789320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Environmental factors such as photoperiod, temperature, phytohormones, sugars, and soil nutrients can affect the development of axillary meristems and emergence of shoot branches in plants. We investigated how an extended period of cold exposure to Arabidopsis plants before and after inflorescence meristem differentiation would affect plant growth and shoot branching. The number of rosette leaves and shoot branches increased when wild type (WT) juvenile seedlings, but not adult plants, were subjected to a prolonged cold exposure (10/7°C day/night cycle). As the duration of cold exposure to WT juvenile seedlings increased, so too did the rosette area, number of leaves, and rosette branches revealing an extended period of vegetative growth. The prolonged cold treatment also increased the primary inflorescence stem height and number of cauline branches in WT plants revealing a delay in reproductive development that could be altered by early (set domain group 8; sdg8) and late (methyltransferase 1; met1) flowering mutants. The axillary buds/leaf and rosette branches/leaf ratios declined significantly in WT, yet were enhanced in the loss-of-function of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 7 (ccd7) and teosinte branched 1 (brc1) hyper-branched mutants. This indicated that axillary meristem differentiation continued during the cold exposure, which did not directly impact axillary bud formation or shoot branching. We conclude that a prolonged cold exposure to juvenile seedlings prior to inflorescence meristem development extended vegetative growth and delayed the reproductive phase to allow additional leaf primordia and axillary meristems to differentiate that enhanced the number of shoot branches in Arabidopsis.
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- Namraj Dhami
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia
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Howard MM, Bae A, Pirani Z, Van N, Königer M. Impairment of chloroplast movement reduces growth and delays reproduction of Arabidopsis thaliana in natural and controlled conditions. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2020; 107:1309-1318. [PMID: 32965027 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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PREMISE The importance of chloroplast movement for plant growth in constant, controlled light and of nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) in variable, natural light are known. Here we concurrently investigated growth and reproduction of several Arabidopsis thaliana mutants to assess the relative importance of photoprotection via chloroplast movement and NPQ. METHODS Plants were grown outdoors (natural conditions) or in a growth chamber with variable light and chilling temperatures (controlled conditions). Phenotypic growth and reproductive variables were determined at set times before maturity in wild-type (WT) and phot1, phot2, phot1phot2 (e.g., impaired chloroplast movement, stomatal conductance, leaf flattening), chup1 (impaired chloroplast movement), and npq1 (reduced NPQ) plants. RESULTS Mutants were most adversely affected in natural conditions, with phot1phot2 and chup1 most severely impacted. These mutants bolted later and produced fewer leaves and siliques, less leaf biomass, and fewer secondary inflorescences than WT. In controlled conditions, leaf traits of these mutants were unaffected, but phot1phot2 bolted later and produced fewer secondary inflorescences and siliques than WT. For most variables, there were significant interactions between growth conditions and plant genotype. Many variables were correlated, but those relationships changed with growth conditions and genotype. CONCLUSIONS Phenotypic variables at the time of the harvest were strongly affected by growth conditions and genotype. In natural conditions, phot1phot2 and chup1 mutants were most adversely affected, demonstrating the importance of chloroplast movement. In controlled conditions, only phot1phot2 was consistently affected, also emphasizing the important, pleiotropic effects of phototropins. In both conditions, NPQ was less important.
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- Mia M Howard
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 02481, USA
- Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 02481, USA
- Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 02481, USA
- Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19129, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 02481, USA
- Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 02481, USA
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Zhang J, Xu M, Dwiyanti MS, Watanabe S, Yamada T, Hase Y, Kanazawa A, Sayama T, Ishimoto M, Liu B, Abe J. A Soybean Deletion Mutant That Moderates the Repression of Flowering by Cool Temperatures. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:429. [PMID: 32351532 PMCID: PMC7175460 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Ambient growing temperature and photoperiod are major environmental stimuli that summer annual crops use to adjust their reproductive phenology so as to maximize yield. Variation in flowering time among soybean (Glycine max) cultivars results mainly from allelic diversity at loci that control photoperiod sensitivity and FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) orthologs. However, variation in the thermal regulation of flowering and its underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In this study, we identified a novel mutant (ef1) that confers altered thermal regulation of flowering in response to cool ambient temperatures. Mapping analysis with simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers located the mutation in the upper part of chromosome 19, where no QTL for flowering has been previously reported. Fine-mapping and re-sequencing revealed that the mutation was caused by deletion of a 214 kbp genomic region that contains 11 annotated genes, including CONSTANS-LIKE 2b (COL2b), a soybean ortholog of Arabidopsis CONSTANS. Comparison of flowering times under different photo-thermal conditions revealed that early flowering in the mutant lines was most distinct under cool ambient temperatures. The expression of two FT orthologs, FT2a and FT5a, was dramatically downregulated by cool temperature, but the magnitude of the downregulation was lower in the mutant lines. Cool temperatures upregulated COL2b expression or delayed peak expression, particularly at the fourth trifoliate-leaf stage. Intriguingly, they also upregulated E1, a soybean-specific repressor of FT orthologs. Our results suggest that the ef1 mutation is involved in thermal regulation of flowering in response to cool ambient temperature, and the lack of COL2b in the mutant likely alleviates the repression of flowering by cool temperature. The ef1 mutant can be used as a novel gene resource in breeding soybean cultivars adapted to cool climate and in research to improve our understanding of thermal regulation of flowering in soybean.
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- Jingyu Zhang
- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin, China
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Takasaki, Japan
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Western Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Zentuji, Japan
- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan
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- School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Shen Y, Lei T, Cui X, Liu X, Zhou S, Zheng Y, Guérard F, Issakidis-Bourguet E, Zhou DX. Arabidopsis histone deacetylase HDA15 directly represses plant response to elevated ambient temperature. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 100:991-1006. [PMID: 31400169 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2018] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Elevated ambient temperatures affect plant growth and substantially impact biomass and crop yield. Recent results have indicated that chromatin remodelling is critical in plant thermal responses but how histone modification dynamics affects plant thermal response has not been clearly demonstarted. Here we show that Arabidopsis histone deacetylase genes HDA9, HDA15 and HDA19 play distinct roles in plant response to elevated ambient temperature. hda9 and hda19 mutants showed a warm-temperature-insensitive phenotype at 27°C, whereas hda15 plants displayed a constitutive warm-temperature-induced phenotype at 20°C and an enhanced thermal response at 27°C. The hda19 mutation led to upregulation of genes mostly related to stress response at both 20 and 27°C. The hda15 mutation resulted in upregulation of many warm temperature-responsive as well as metabolic genes at 20 and 27°C, while hda9 led to differential expression of a large number of genes at 20°C and impaired induction of warm-temperature-responsive genes at 27°C. HDA15 is associated with thermosensory mark genes at 20°C and that the association is decreased after shifting to 27°C, indicating that HDA15 is a direct repressor of plant thermal-responsive genes at normal temperature. In addition, as hda9, the hda15 mutation also led to upregulation of many metabolic genes and accumulation of primary metabolites. Furthermore, we show that HDA15 interacts with the transcription factor HFR1 (long Hypocotyl in Far Red1) to cooperatively repress warm-temperature response. Our study demonstrates that the histone deacetylases target to different sets of genes and play distinct roles in plant response to elevated ambient temperature.
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- Yuan Shen
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, China
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France
- Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Jianghan University, Wuhan, 430056, China
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France
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Liu Y, Ren X, Jeong BR. Night Temperature Affects the Growth, Metabolism, and Photosynthetic Gene Expression in Astragalus membranaceus and Codonopsis lanceolata Plug Seedlings. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 8:E407. [PMID: 31658714 PMCID: PMC6843391 DOI: 10.3390/plants8100407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Astragalus membranaceus and Codonopsis lanceolata are two important medical herbs used in traditional Oriental medicine for preventing cancer, obesity, and inflammation. Night temperature is an important factor that influences the plug seedling quality. However, little research has focused on how the night temperature affects the growth and development of plug seedlings of these two medicinal species. In this study, uniform plug seedlings were cultivated in three environmentally controlled chambers for four weeks under three sets of day/night temperatures (25/10 °C, 25/15 °C, or 25/20 °C), the same relative humidity (75%), photoperiod (12 h), and light intensity (150 μmol·m-2·s-1 PPFD) provided by white LEDs. The results showed that night temperature had a marked influence on the growth and development of both species. The night temperature of 15 °C notably enhanced the quality of plug seedlings evidenced by the increased shoot, root, and leaf dry weights, stem diameter, and Dickson's quality index. Moreover, a night temperature of 15 °C also stimulated and increased contents of primary and secondary metabolites, including soluble sugar, starch, total phenols and flavonoids. Furthermore, the 15 °C night temperature increased the chlorophyll content and stomatal conductance and decreased the hydrogen peroxide content. Analysis of the gene expression showed that granule-bound starch synthase (GBSS), ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase large chain (RBCL), and ferredoxin (FDX) were up-regulated when the night temperature was 15 °C. Taken together, the results suggested that 15 °C is the optimal night temperature for the growth and development of plug seedlings of A. membranaceus and C. lanceolata.
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- Ya Liu
- Department of Horticulture, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus Program), Graduate School of Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
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- Department of Horticulture, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus Program), Graduate School of Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
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- Department of Horticulture, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus Program), Graduate School of Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
- Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
- Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea.
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Schiessl S, Williams N, Specht P, Staiger D, Johansson M. Different copies of SENSITIVITY TO RED LIGHT REDUCED 1 show strong subfunctionalization in Brassica napus. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:372. [PMID: 31438864 PMCID: PMC6704554 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1973-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Correct timing of flowering is critical for plants to produce enough viable offspring. In Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), flowering time is regulated by an intricate network of molecular signaling pathways. Arabidopsis srr1-1 mutants lacking SENSITIVITY TO RED LIGHT REDUCED 1 (SRR1) expression flower early, particularly under short day (SD) conditions (1). SRR1 ensures that plants do not flower prematurely in such non-inductive conditions by controlling repression of the key florigen FT. Here, we have examined the role of SRR1 in the closely related crop species Brassica napus. RESULTS Arabidopsis SRR1 has five homologs in Brassica napus. They can be divided into two groups, where the A02 and C02 copies show high similarity to AtSRR1 on the protein level. The other group, including the A03, A10 and C09 copies all carry a larger deletion in the amino acid sequence. Three of the homologs are expressed at detectable levels: A02, C02 and C09. Notably, the gene copies show a differential expression pattern between spring and winter type accessions of B. napus. When the three expressed gene copies were introduced into the srr1-1 background, only A02 and C02 were able to complement the srr1-1 early flowering phenotype, while C09 could not. Transcriptional analysis of known SRR1 targets in Bna.SRR1-transformed lines showed that CYCLING DOF FACTOR 1 (CDF1) expression is key for flowering time control via SRR1. CONCLUSIONS We observed subfunctionalization of the B. napus SRR1 gene copies, with differential expression between early and late flowering accessions of some Bna.SRR1 copies. This suggests involvement of Bna.SRR1 in regulation of seasonal flowering in B. napus. The C09 gene copy was unable to complement srr1-1 plants, but is highly expressed in B. napus, suggesting specialization of a particular function. Furthermore, the C09 protein carries a deletion which may pinpoint a key region of the SRR1 protein potentially important for its molecular function. This is important evidence of functional domain annotation in the highly conserved but unique SRR1 amino acid sequence.
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- Sarah Schiessl
- Department of Plant Breeding, Justus Liebig University, IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- RNA Biology and Molecular Physiology, Faculty for Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitaetsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Justus Liebig University, IFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- RNA Biology and Molecular Physiology, Faculty for Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitaetsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- RNA Biology and Molecular Physiology, Faculty for Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitaetsstrasse 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Méndez-Vigo B, Ausín I, Zhu W, Mollá-Morales A, Balasubramanian S, Alonso-Blanco C. Genetic Interactions and Molecular Evolution of the Duplicated Genes ICARUS2 and ICARUS1 Help Arabidopsis Plants Adapt to Different Ambient Temperatures. THE PLANT CELL 2019; 31:1222-1237. [PMID: 30992321 PMCID: PMC6588312 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Understanding how plants adapt to ambient temperatures has become a major challenge prompted by global climate change. This has led to the identification of several genes regulating the thermal plasticity of plant growth and flowering time. However, the mechanisms accounting for the natural variation and evolution of such developmental plasticity remain mostly unknown. In this study, we determined that natural variation at ICARUS2 (ICA2), which interacts genetically with its homolog ICA1, alters growth and flowering time plasticity in relation to temperature in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Transgenic analyses demonstrated multiple functional effects for ICA2 and supported the notion that structural polymorphisms in ICA2 likely underlie its natural variation. Two major ICA2 haplogroups carrying distinct functionally active alleles showed high frequency, strong geographic structure, and significant associations with climatic variables related to annual and daily fluctuations in temperature. Genome analyses across the plant phylogeny indicated that the prevalent plant ICA genes encoding two tRNAHis guanylyl transferase 1 units evolved ∼120 million years ago during the early divergence of mono- and dicotyledonous clades. In addition, ICA1/ICA2 duplication occurred specifically in the Camelineae tribe (Brassicaceae). Thus, ICA2 appears to be ubiquitous across plant evolution and likely contributes to climate adaptation through modifications of thermal developmental plasticity in Arabidopsis.
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- Belén Méndez-Vigo
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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TCP Transcription Factors Associate with PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 and CRYPTOCHROME 1 to Regulate Thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. iScience 2019; 15:600-610. [PMID: 31078553 PMCID: PMC6547012 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Temperature, one of the most critical environmental cues, greatly affects plant growth, development, and reproduction. PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4), a key transcription factor in light signaling pathway, plays a central role in temperature-mediated growth responses. How higher temperature regulates the function of PIF4, however, is not well understood. Here we demonstrate that three phylogenetically related TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1/CYCLOIDEA/PCF (TCP) transcription factors, TCP5, TCP13, and TCP17, play fundamental roles in promoting thermoresponsive hypocotyl growth by positively regulating the activity of PIF4. TCP17 was found to interact with a blue light receptor, CRYPTOCHROME 1 (CRY1), at lower temperature, leading to reduced activity of TCP17. Higher temperature can increase the stability of TCP17, and release TCP17 from the CRY1-TCP17 complex, allowing it to upregulate the expression of PIF4 and enhance the transcriptional activity of PIF4. This study revealed the important roles of TCPs in regulating the activity of PIF4 in thermomorphogenesis. TCP transcription factors promote PIF4-mediated thermoresponsive hypocotyl growth TCP17 interacts with PIF4 to promote the transcriptional activity of PIF4 CRY1 interacts with TCP17 and represses the binding affinity of TCP17 with PIF4 Higher temperature releases TCP17 from the repression of CRY1
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Del Prete S, Molitor A, Charif D, Bessoltane N, Soubigou-Taconnat L, Guichard C, Brunaud V, Granier F, Fransz P, Gaudin V. Extensive nuclear reprogramming and endoreduplication in mature leaf during floral induction. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:135. [PMID: 30971226 PMCID: PMC6458719 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-1738-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The floral transition is a complex developmental event, fine-tuned by various environmental and endogenous cues to ensure the success of offspring production. Leaves are key organs in sensing floral inductive signals, such as a change in light regime, and in the production of the mobile florigen. CONSTANS and FLOWERING LOCUS T are major players in leaves in response to photoperiod. Morphological and molecular events during the floral transition have been intensively studied in the shoot apical meristem. To better understand the concomitant processes in leaves, which are less described, we investigated the nuclear changes in fully developed leaves during the time course of the floral transition. RESULTS We highlighted new putative regulatory candidates of flowering in leaves. We observed differential expression profiles of genes related to cellular, hormonal and metabolic actions, but also of genes encoding long non-coding RNAs and new natural antisense transcripts. In addition, we detected a significant increase in ploidy level during the floral transition, indicating endoreduplication. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate that differentiated mature leaves, possess physiological plasticity and undergo extensive nuclear reprogramming during the floral transition. The dynamic events point at functionally related networks of transcription factors and novel regulatory motifs, but also complex hormonal and metabolic changes.
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- Stefania Del Prete
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRA, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Bâtiment 630, Plateau du Moulon, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, INRA, AgroParisTech, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRA Centre de Versailles-Grignon, Bât. 2, RD10 Route de Saint-Cyr, 78000 Versailles, France
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Schultz JC, Edger PP, Body MJA, Appel HM. A galling insect activates plant reproductive programs during gall development. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1833. [PMID: 30755671 PMCID: PMC6372598 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-38475-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Many insect species have acquired the ability to redirect plant development to form unique organs called galls, which provide these insects with unique, enhanced food and protection from enemies and the elements. Many galls resemble flowers or fruits, suggesting that elements of reproductive development may be involved. We tested this hypothesis using RNA sequencing to quantify the transcriptional responses of wild grapevine (Vitis riparia) leaves to a galling parasite, phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae). If development of reproductive structures is part of gall formation, we expected to find significantly elevated expression of genes involved in flower and/or fruit development in developing galls as opposed to ungalled leaves. We found that reproductive gene ontology categories were significantly enriched in developing galls, and that expression of many candidate genes involved in floral development were significantly increased, particularly in later gall stages. The patterns of gene expression found in galls suggest that phylloxera exploits vascular cambium to provide meristematic tissue and redirects leaf development towards formation of carpels. The phylloxera leaf gall appears to be phenotypically and transcriptionally similar to the carpel, due to the parasite hijacking underlying genetic machinery in the host plant.
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- Jack C Schultz
- Division of Plant Sciences, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Bowman-Oddy Laboratories, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA.
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
- Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Bowman-Oddy Laboratories, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA
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- Division of Plant Sciences, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Bowman-Oddy Laboratories, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA
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Szaker HM, Darkó É, Medzihradszky A, Janda T, Liu HC, Charng YY, Csorba T. miR824/AGAMOUS-LIKE16 Module Integrates Recurring Environmental Heat Stress Changes to Fine-Tune Poststress Development. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1454. [PMID: 31824525 PMCID: PMC6886564 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Plant development is continually fine-tuned based on environmental factors. How environmental perturbations are integrated into the developmental programs and how poststress adaptation is regulated remains an important topic to dissect. Vegetative to reproductive phase change is a very important developmental transition that is complexly regulated based on endogenous and exogenous cues. Proper timing of flowering is vital for reproductive success. It has been shown previously that AGAMOUS LIKE 16 (AGL16), a MADS-box transcription factor negatively regulates flowering time transition through FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), a central downstream floral integrator. AGL16 itself is negatively regulated by the microRNA miR824. Here we present a comprehensive molecular analysis of miR824/AGL16 module changes in response to mild and recurring heat stress. We show that miR824 accumulates gradually in response to heat due to the combination of transient transcriptional induction and posttranscriptional stability. miR824 induction requires heat shock cis-elements and activity of the HSFA1 family and HSFA2 transcription factors. Parallel to miR824 induction, its target AGL16 is decreased, implying direct causality. AGL16 posttranscriptional repression during heat stress, however, is more complex, comprising of a miRNA-independent, and a miR824-dependent pathway. We also show that AGL16 expression is leaf vein-specific and overlaps with miR824 (and FT) expression. AGL16 downregulation in response to heat leads to a mild derepression of FT. Finally, we present evidence showing that heat stress regulation of miR824/AGL16 is conserved within Brassicaceae. In conclusion, due to the enhanced post-transcriptional stability of miR824, stable repression of AGL16 is achieved following heat stress. This may serve to fine-tune FT levels and alter flowering time transition. Stress-induced miR824, therefore, can act as a "posttranscriptional memory factor" to extend the acute impact of environmental fluctuations in the poststress period.
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- Henrik Mihály Szaker
- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, NARIC, Godollo, Hungary
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, NARIC, Godollo, Hungary
- *Correspondence: Tibor Csorba,
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Tyagi S, Mazumdar PA, Mayee P, Shivaraj SM, Anand S, Singh A, Madhurantakam C, Sharma P, Das S, Kumar A, Singh A. Natural variation in Brassica FT homeologs influences multiple agronomic traits including flowering time, silique shape, oil profile, stomatal morphology and plant height in B. juncea. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2018; 277:251-266. [PMID: 30466591 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Natural structural variants of regulatory proteins causing quantitative phenotypic consequences have not been reported in plants. Herein, we show that 28 natural structural variants of FT homeologs, isolated from 6 species of Brassica, differ with respect to amino-acid substitutions in regions critical for interactions with FD and represent two evolutionarily distinct categories. Analysis of structural models of selected candidates from Brassica juncea (BjuFT_AAMF1) and Brassica napus (BnaFT_CCLF) predicted stronger binding between BjuFT and Arabidopsis thaliana FD. Over-expression of BjuFT and BnaFT in wild type and ft-10 mutant backgrounds of Arabidopsis validated higher potency of BjuFT in triggering floral transition. Analysis of gain-of-function and artificial miRNA mediated silenced lines of B. juncea implicated Brassica FT in multiple agronomic traits beyond flowering, consistent with a pleiotropic effect. Several dependent and independent traits such as lateral branching, silique shape, seed size, oil-profile, stomatal morphology and plant height were found altered in mutant lines. Enhanced FT levels caused early flowering, which in turn was positively correlated to a higher proportion of desirable fatty acids (PUFA). However, higher FT levels also resulted in altered silique shape and reduced seed size, suggesting trait trade-offs. Modulation of FT levels for achieving optimal balance of trait values and parsing pair-wise interactions among a reportoire of regulatory protein homeologs in polyploid genomes are indeed future areas of crop research.
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- Shikha Tyagi
- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India; Department of Research, Ankur Seeds Pvt. Ltd., 27, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440018, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India; Departement de Phytologie, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India
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- Department of Energy and Environment, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India
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- Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- National Phytotron Facility, IARI, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, 10, Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110070, India.
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James AB, Sullivan S, Nimmo HG. Global spatial analysis of Arabidopsis natural variants implicates 5'UTR splicing of LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL in responses to temperature. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2018; 41. [PMID: 29520807 PMCID: PMC6033021 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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How plants perceive and respond to temperature remains an important question in the plant sciences. Temperature perception and signal transduction may occur through temperature-sensitive intramolecular folding of primary mRNA transcripts. Recent studies suggested a role for retention of the first intron in the 5'UTR of the clock component LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL (LHY) in response to changes in temperature. Here, we identified a set of haplotypes in the LHY 5'UTR, examined their global spatial distribution, and obtained evidence that haplotype can affect temperature-dependent splicing of LHY transcripts. Correlations of haplotype spatial distributions with global bioclimatic variables and altitude point to associations with annual mean temperature and temperature fluctuation. Relatively rare relict type accessions correlate with lower mean temperature and greater temperature fluctuation and the spatial distribution of other haplotypes may be informative of evolutionary processes driving colonization of ecosystems. We propose that haplotypes may possess distinct 5'UTR pre-mRNA folding thermodynamics and/or specific biological stabilities based around the binding of trans-acting RNA splicing factors, a consequence of which is scalable splicing sensitivity of a central clock component that is likely tuned to specific temperature environments.
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- Allan B. James
- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life SciencesUniversity of GlasgowGlasgowG12 8QQUK
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Anderson JV, Horvath DP, Doğramaci M, Dorn KM, Chao WS, Watkin EE, Hernandez AG, Marks MD, Gesch R. Expression of FLOWERING LOCUS C and a frameshift mutation of this gene on chromosome 20 differentiate a summer and winter annual biotype of Camelina sativa. PLANT DIRECT 2018; 2:e00060. [PMID: 31245730 PMCID: PMC6508819 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The nature of the vegetative to reproductive transition in the shoot apical meristem of Camelina sativa summer annual cultivar CO46 and winter annual cultivar Joelle was confirmed by treating seedlings with or without 8 weeks of vernalization. True to their life cycle classification, Joelle required a vernalization treatment to induce bolting and flowering, whereas CO46 did not. In this study, whole genome sequence, RNAseq, and resequencing of PCR-amplified transcripts for a key floral repressor were used to better understand factors involved in the flowering habit of summer and winter biotypes at the molecular level. Analysis of transcriptome data indicated that abundance for one of the three genes encoding the floral repressor FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC; Csa20 g015400) was 16-fold greater in Joelle compared to CO46 prior to vernalization. Abundance of this transcript decreased only slightly in CO46 postvernalization, compared to a substantial decrease in Joelle. The results observed in the winter annual biotype Joelle are consistent with repression of FLC by vernalization. Further characterization of FLC at both the genome and transcriptome levels identified a one base deletion in the 5th exon coding for a keratin-binding domain in chromosome 20 of CO46 and Joelle. The one base deletion detected in chromosome 20 FLC is predicted to result in a frameshift that would produce a nonfunctional protein. Analysis of whole genome sequence indicated that the one base deletion in chromosome 20 FLC occurred at a greater ratio in the summer biotype CO46 (2:1) compared to the winter biotype Joelle (1:4); similar trends were also observed for RNAseq and cDNA transcripts mapping to chromosome 20 FLC of CO46 and Joelle.
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- James V. Anderson
- Sunflower and Plant Biology Research UnitUSDA‐ARS, Red River Valley Agricultural Research CenterFargoNorth Dakota
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- Sunflower and Plant Biology Research UnitUSDA‐ARS, Red River Valley Agricultural Research CenterFargoNorth Dakota
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- Sunflower and Plant Biology Research UnitUSDA‐ARS, Red River Valley Agricultural Research CenterFargoNorth Dakota
- Sanford School of MedicineInternal Medicine DepartmentUniversity of South DakotaSioux FallsSouth Dakota
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- Department of Plant PathologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansas
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- Sunflower and Plant Biology Research UnitUSDA‐ARS, Red River Valley Agricultural Research CenterFargoNorth Dakota
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- Sunflower and Plant Biology Research UnitUSDA‐ARS, Red River Valley Agricultural Research CenterFargoNorth Dakota
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- Department of Crop Sciences2608 Institute for Genomic Biology, and Roy J. Carver Biotechnology CenterUniversity of IllinoisUrbanaIllinois
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- Department of Plant BiologyUniversity of MinnesotaSt. PaulMinnesota
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- USDA‐ARS, North Central Soil Conservation Research LaboratoryMorrisMinnesota
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Shu K, Luo X, Meng Y, Yang W. Toward a Molecular Understanding of Abscisic Acid Actions in Floral Transition. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 59:215-221. [PMID: 29361058 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The transition from the vegetative growth phase to flowering is a crucial checkpoint for plant reproduction and survival, especially under environmental stress conditions. Numerous factors regulate flowering time, including exogenous environmental cues such as day length and temperature, as well as salt and drought stresses, and endogenous phytohormone signaling cascades. Gibberellins and ABA are one classic combination of phytohormones which antagonistically regulate several biological processes, including seed dormancy and germination, primary root growth and seedling development. As regards control of flowering time, gibberellin exhibits a positive role, and represents an important pathway in the regulation of floral transition. However, over the past decades, numerous investigations have demonstrated that the contribution of the stress hormone ABA to floral transition is still controversial, as both positive and negative effects have been documented. It is important to determine why and how ABA shows this contradictory effect on flowering time. In this up to date review, primarily based on recent publications and emerging data, we summarize the distinct and contrasting roles of ABA on floral transition, while the detailed molecular mechanisms underlying these roles are discussed. Finally, the remaining challenges and open questions in this topic are presented.
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- Kai Shu
- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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- Institute of Ecological Agriculture, Department of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, 611130, China
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Fudge JB, Lee RH, Laurie RE, Mysore KS, Wen J, Weller JL, Macknight RC. Medicago truncatula SOC1 Genes Are Up-regulated by Environmental Cues That Promote Flowering. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:496. [PMID: 29755488 PMCID: PMC5934494 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Like Arabidopsis thaliana, the flowering of the legume Medicago truncatula is promoted by long day (LD) photoperiod and vernalization. However, there are differences in the molecular mechanisms involved, with orthologs of two key Arabidopsis thaliana regulators, FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) and CONSTANS (CO), being absent or not having a role in flowering time function in Medicago. In Arabidopsis, the MADS-box transcription factor gene, SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1 (AtSOC1), plays a key role in integrating the photoperiodic and vernalization pathways. In this study, we set out to investigate whether the Medicago SOC1 genes play a role in regulating flowering time. Three Medicago SOC1 genes were identified and characterized (MtSOC1a-MtSOC1c). All three MtSOC1 genes, when heterologously expressed, were able to promote earlier flowering of the late-flowering Arabidopsis soc1-2 mutant. The three MtSOC1 genes have different patterns of expression. However, consistent with a potential role in flowering time regulation, all three MtSOC1 genes are expressed in the shoot apex and are up-regulated in the shoot apex of plants in response to LD photoperiods and vernalization. The up-regulation of MtSOC1 genes was reduced in Medicago fta1-1 mutants, indicating that they are downstream of MtFTa1. Insertion mutant alleles of Medicago soc1b do not flower late, suggestive of functional redundancy among Medicago SOC1 genes in promoting flowering.
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- Jared B. Fudge
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, United States
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- Plant Biology Division, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, United States
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd., University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- *Correspondence: Richard C. Macknight,
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Johnson CR, Millwood RJ, Wang Z, Stewart CN. Light and temperature effects on miR156 transgenic switchgrass flowering: A simulated latitudinal study. PLANT DIRECT 2017; 1:e00026. [PMID: 31245673 PMCID: PMC6508523 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The control of flowering in perennial grasses is an important trait, especially among biofuel feedstocks. Lignocellulosic biomass may be increased commensurate with decreased or delayed flowering as the plant allocates energy for stems and leaves harvested for bioenergy at the end of the growing season. For transgenic feedstocks, such as switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) grown in its geographic center of distribution, it is foreseeable that regulators may require greatly decreased gene flow frequencies to enable commercialization. Transgenic switchgrass with various overexpression levels of a rice microRNA gene, miR156, when grown in field conditions, holds promise for decreased flowering, yielding high biomass, and altered cell wall traits, which renders it as a potential crossing partner for further breeding with switchgrass lines for decreased recalcitrance. In the current research, we simulated a latitudinal cline in controlled growth chamber experiments for various individual sites from the tropics to cool-temperate conditions which included weekly average high and low temperatures and day lengths over the switchgrass growing season for each simulated site: Guayaquil, Ecuador; Laredo, Texas, USA; and Brattleboro, Vermont, USA. Flowering and reproduction among transgenic lines with low (T-14 and T-35)-to-moderate (T-27 and T-37) overexpression of miR156 were assessed. Lower simulated latitudes (higher temperatures with low-variant day length) and long growing seasons promoted flowering of the miR156 transgenic switchgrass lines. Tropical conditions rescued the flowering phenotype in all transgenic lines except T-27. Higher numbers of plants in lines T-35 and T-37 and the controls produced panicles, which also occurred earlier in the study as temperatures increased and day length decreased. Line T-14 was the exception as more clonal replicates flowered in the cool-temperate (Vermont) conditions. Increased biomass was found in transgenic lines T-35 and T-37 in tropical conditions. No difference in biomass was found in subtropical (Texas) chambers, and two lines (T-14 and T-35) produced less biomass than the control in cool-temperate conditions. Our findings suggest that switchgrass plants engineered to overexpress miR156 for delayed flowering to promote bioconfinement and biomass production may be used for plant breeding at tropical sites.
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- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNUSA
- BioEnergy Science CenterOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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- BioEnergy Science CenterOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
- Noble Research InstituteArdmoreOKUSA
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- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNUSA
- BioEnergy Science CenterOak Ridge National LaboratoryOak RidgeTNUSA
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Leeggangers HACF, Nijveen H, Bigas JN, Hilhorst HWM, Immink RGH. Molecular Regulation of Temperature-Dependent Floral Induction in Tulipa gesneriana. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 173:1904-1919. [PMID: 28104719 PMCID: PMC5338654 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The vegetative-to-reproductive phase change in tulip (Tulipa gesneriana) is promoted by increasing temperatures during spring. The warm winters of recent years interfere with this process and are calling for new adapted cultivars. A better understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms would be of help, but unlike the model plant Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), very little is known about floral induction in tulip. To shed light on the gene regulatory network controlling flowering in tulip, RNA sequencing was performed on meristem-enriched tissue collected under two contrasting temperature conditions, low and high. The start of reproductive development correlated with rounding of the shoot apical meristem and induction of TGSQA expression, a tulip gene with a high similarity to Arabidopsis APETALA1 Gene Ontology enrichment analysis of differentially expressed genes showed the overrepresentation of genes potentially involved in floral induction, bulb maturation, and dormancy establishment. Expression analysis revealed that TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TgTFL1) and SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS1-like1 (TgSOC1-like1) might be repressors, whereas TgSOC1-like2 likely is an activator, of flowering. Subsequently, the flowering time-associated expression of eight potential flowering time genes was confirmed in three tulip cultivars grown in the field. Additionally, heterologous functional analyses in Arabidopsis resulted in flowering time phenotypes in line with TgTFL1 being a floral repressor and TgSOC1-like2 being a floral activator in tulip. Taken together, we have shown that long before morphological changes occur in the shoot apical meristem, the expression of floral repressors in tulip is suppressed by increased ambient temperatures, leading either directly or indirectly to the activation of potential flowering activators shortly before the commencement of the phase change.
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- Hendrika A C F Leeggangers
- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Seed Laboratory, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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H. C, J. JJ, S. S, L. MP, F. C, T. S. Induction of flowering in cassava through grafting. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.5897/jpbcs2016.0617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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