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Yang Q, Luo L, Jiao X, Chen X, Liu Y, Liu Z. APETALA2-like Floral Homeotic Protein Up-Regulating FaesAP1_2 Gene Involved in Floral Development in Long-Homostyle Common Buckwheat. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:7193. [PMID: 39000299 PMCID: PMC11241573 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25137193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2024] [Revised: 06/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/28/2024] [Indexed: 07/16/2024] Open
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In the rosid species Arabidopsis thaliana, the AP2-type AP2 transcription factor (TF) is required for specifying the sepals and petals identities and confers a major A-function to antagonize the C-function in the outer floral whorls. In the asterid species Petunia, the AP2-type ROB TFs are required for perianth and pistil development, as well as repressing the B-function together with TOE-type TF BEN. In Long-homostyle (LH) Fagopyrum esculentum, VIGS-silencing showed that FaesAP2 is mainly involved in controlling filament and style length, but FaesTOE is mainly involved in regulating filament length and pollen grain development. Both FaesAP2 (AP2-type) and FaesTOE (TOE-type) are redundantly involved in style and/or filament length determination instead of perianth development. However, neither FaesAP2 nor FaesTOE could directly repress the B and/or C class genes in common buckwheat. Moreover, the FaesAP1_2 silenced flower showed tepal numbers, and filament length decreased obviously. Interestingly, yeast one-hybrid (Y1H) and dual-luciferase reporter (DR) further suggested that FaesTOE directly up-regulates FaesAP1_2 to be involved in filament length determination in LH common buckwheat. Moreover, the knockdown of FaesTOE expression could result in expression down-regulation of the directly target FaesAP1_2 in the FaesTOE-silenced LH plants. Our findings uncover a stamen development pathway in common buckwheat and offer deeper insight into the functional evolution of AP2 orthologs in the early-diverging core eudicots.
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- College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China; (Q.Y.); (L.L.); (X.J.); (X.C.); (Y.L.)
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Ye P, Che X, Liu Y, Zeng M, Guo W, Long Y, Liu T, Wang Z. Genome-wide identification and characterization of the AP2/ERF gene family in loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L.). PeerJ 2024; 12:e17388. [PMID: 38799072 PMCID: PMC11122039 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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The loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) is one of the most profitable forest species worldwide owing to its quick growth, high wood yields, and strong adaptability. The AP2/ERF gene family plays a widespread role in the physiological processes of plant defense responses and the biosynthesis of metabolites. Nevertheless, there are no reports on this gene family in loblolly pine (P. taeda). In this study, a total of 303 members of the AP2/ERF gene family were identified. Through multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis, they were classified into four subfamilies, including AP2 (34), RAV (17), ERF (251), and Soloist (1). An analysis of the conservation domains, conserved motifs, and gene structure revealed that every PtAP2/ERF transcription factor (TF) had at least one AP2 domain. While evolutionary conservation was displayed within the same subfamilies, the distribution of conserved domains, conserved motifs, and gene architectures varied between subfamilies. Cis-element analysis revealed abundant light-responsive elements, phytohormone-responsive elements, and stress-responsive elements in the promoter of the PtAP2/ERF genes. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses of potential target genes showed that the AP2/ERF gene family might play a critical role in plant growth and development, the response to environmental stresses, and metabolite biosynthesis. Utilizing quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), we examined the expression patterns of 10 randomly selected genes from Group IX after 6 h of treatments with mechanical injury, ethephon (Eth), and methyl jasmonate (MeJA). The AP2/ERF gene family in the loblolly pine was systematically analyzed for the first time in this study, offering a theoretical basis for exploring the functions and applications of AP2/ERF genes.
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- Peiqi Ye
- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Ahmad N, Fatima S, Mehmood MA, Zaman QU, Atif RM, Zhou W, Rahman MU, Gill RA. Targeted genome editing in polyploids: lessons from Brassica. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1152468. [PMID: 37409308 PMCID: PMC10318174 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1152468] [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: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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CRISPR-mediated genome editing has emerged as a powerful tool for creating targeted mutations in the genome for various applications, including studying gene functions, engineering resilience against biotic and abiotic stresses, and increasing yield and quality. However, its utilization is limited to model crops for which well-annotated genome sequences are available. Many crops of dietary and economic importance, such as wheat, cotton, rapeseed-mustard, and potato, are polyploids with complex genomes. Therefore, progress in these crops has been hampered due to genome complexity. Excellent work has been conducted on some species of Brassica for its improvement through genome editing. Although excellent work has been conducted on some species of Brassica for genome improvement through editing, work on polyploid crops, including U's triangle species, holds numerous implications for improving other polyploid crops. In this review, we summarize key examples from genome editing work done on Brassica and discuss important considerations for deploying CRISPR-mediated genome editing more efficiently in other polyploid crops for improvement.
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- Niaz Ahmad
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Bioinformatics & Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, Sanya Nanfan Research Institute of Hainan University, Sanya, China
- College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- National Center of Genome Editing, Center of Advanced Studies, Agriculture and Food Security, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Spectroscopy Sensing, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory for Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Xing M, Li H, Liu G, Zhu B, Zhu H, Grierson D, Luo Y, Fu D. A MADS-box transcription factor, SlMADS1, interacts with SlMACROCALYX to regulate tomato sepal growth. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 322:111366. [PMID: 35779674 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In flowering plants, sepals play important roles in the development of flowers and fruit, and both processes are regulated by MADS-box (MADS) transcription factors (TFs). SlMADS1 was previously reported to act as a negative regulator of fruit ripening. In this study, expression analysis shown that its transcripts were very highly expressed during the development of sepals. To test the role of SlMADS1, we generated KO-SlMADS1 (knock-out) tomato mutants by CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats and CRISPR-associated protein 9) technology and over-expression of SlMADS1 (OE-SlMADS1). The sepals and individual cells of KO-SlMADS1 mutants were significantly elongated, compared with the wild type (WT), whereas the sepals of OE-SlMADS1 tomatoes were significantly shorter and their cells were wider. RNA-seq (RNA-sequencing) of sepal samples showed that ethylene-, gibberellin-, auxin-, cytokinin- and cell wall metabolism-related genes were significantly affected in both KO-SlMADS1 and OE-SlMADS1 plants with altered sepal size. Since SlMACROCALYX (MC) is known to regulate the development of tomato sepals, we also studied the relationship between SlMC and SlMADS1 and the result showed that SlMADS1 interacts directly with SlMC. In addition, we also found that manipulating SlMADS1 expression alters the development of tomato plant leaves, roots and plant height. These results enrich our understanding of sepal development and the function of SlMADS1 throughout the plant.
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- Mengyang Xing
- Laboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Quality Biology/Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China; Plant Sciences Division, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD UK
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- Laboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Laboratory of Fruit Biology, College of Food Science & Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China.
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Hu D, Jing J, Snowdon RJ, Mason AS, Shen J, Meng J, Zou J. Exploring the gene pool of Brassica napus by genomics-based approaches. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2021; 19:1693-1712. [PMID: 34031989 PMCID: PMC8428838 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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De novo allopolyploidization in Brassica provides a very successful model for reconstructing polyploid genomes using progenitor species and relatives to broaden crop gene pools and understand genome evolution after polyploidy, interspecific hybridization and exotic introgression. B. napus (AACC), the major cultivated rapeseed species and the third largest oilseed crop in the world, is a young Brassica species with a limited genetic base resulting from its short history of domestication, cultivation, and intensive selection during breeding for target economic traits. However, the gene pool of B. napus has been significantly enriched in recent decades that has been benefit from worldwide effects by the successful introduction of abundant subgenomic variation and novel genomic variation via intraspecific, interspecific and intergeneric crosses. An important question in this respect is how to utilize such variation to breed crops adapted to the changing global climate. Here, we review the genetic diversity, genome structure, and population-level differentiation of the B. napus gene pool in relation to known exotic introgressions from various species of the Brassicaceae, especially those elucidated by recent genome-sequencing projects. We also summarize progress in gene cloning, trait-marker associations, gene editing, molecular marker-assisted selection and genome-wide prediction, and describe the challenges and opportunities of these techniques as molecular platforms to exploit novel genomic variation and their value in the rapeseed gene pool. Future progress will accelerate the creation and manipulation of genetic diversity with genomic-based improvement, as well as provide novel insights into the neo-domestication of polyploid crops with novel genetic diversity from reconstructed genomes.
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- Dandan Hu
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Plant Science & TechnologyHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Plant Science & TechnologyHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- Department of Plant BreedingIFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and NutritionJustus Liebig UniversityGiessenGermany
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- Department of Plant BreedingIFZ Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and NutritionJustus Liebig UniversityGiessenGermany
- Plant Breeding DepartmentINRESThe University of BonnBonnGermany
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Plant Science & TechnologyHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Plant Science & TechnologyHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic ImprovementCollege of Plant Science & TechnologyHuazhong Agricultural UniversityWuhanChina
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Zumajo-Cardona C, Pabón-Mora N, Ambrose BA. The Evolution of euAPETALA2 Genes in Vascular Plants: From Plesiomorphic Roles in Sporangia to Acquired Functions in Ovules and Fruits. Mol Biol Evol 2021; 38:2319-2336. [PMID: 33528546 PMCID: PMC8136505 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The field of evolutionary developmental biology can help address how morphological novelties evolve, a key question in evolutionary biology. In Arabidopsis thaliana, APETALA2 (AP2) plays a role in the development of key plant innovations including seeds, flowers, and fruits. AP2 belongs to the AP2/ETHYLENE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING FACTOR family which has members in all viridiplantae, making it one of the oldest and most diverse gene lineages. One key subclade, present across vascular plants is the euAPETALA2 (euAP2) clade, whose founding member is AP2. We reconstructed the evolution of the euAP2 gene lineage in vascular plants to better understand its impact on the morphological evolution of plants, identifying seven major duplication events. We also performed spatiotemporal expression analyses of euAP2/TOE3 genes focusing on less explored vascular plant lineages, including ferns, gymnosperms, early diverging angiosperms and early diverging eudicots. Altogether, our data suggest that euAP2 genes originally contributed to spore and sporangium development, and were subsequently recruited to ovule, fruit and floral organ development. Finally, euAP2 protein sequences are highly conserved; therefore, changes in the role of euAP2 homologs during development are most likely due to changes in regulatory regions.
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- Cecilia Zumajo-Cardona
- New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458, United States.,The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, United States
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- Instituto de Biología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín 050010, Colombia
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Peng J, Zhao Y, Dong M, Liu S, Hu Z, Zhong X, Xu Z. Exploring the evolutionary characteristics between cultivated tea and its wild relatives using complete chloroplast genomes. BMC Ecol Evol 2021; 21:71. [PMID: 33931026 PMCID: PMC8086295 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-021-01800-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Background Cultivated tea is one of the most important economic and ecological trees distributed worldwide. Cultivated tea suffer from long-term targeted selection of traits and overexploitation of habitats by human beings, which may have changed its genetic structure. The chloroplast is an organelle with a conserved cyclic genomic structure, and it can help us better understand the evolutionary relationship of Camellia plants. Results We conducted comparative and evolutionary analyses on cultivated tea and wild tea, and we detected the evolutionary characteristics of cultivated tea. The chloroplast genome sizes of cultivated tea were slightly different, ranging from 157,025 to 157,100 bp. In addition, the cultivated species were more conserved than the wild species, in terms of the genome length, gene number, gene arrangement and GC content. However, comparing Camellia sinensis var. sinensis and Camellia sinensis var. assamica with their cultivars, the IR length variation was approximately 20 bp and 30 bp, respectively. The nucleotide diversity of 14 sequences in cultivated tea was higher than that in wild tea. Detailed analysis on the genomic variation and evolution of Camellia sinensis var. sinensis cultivars revealed 67 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 46 insertions/deletions (indels), and 16 protein coding genes with nucleotide substitutions, while Camellia sinensis var. assamica cultivars revealed 4 indels. In cultivated tea, the most variable gene was ycf1. The largest number of nucleotide substitutions, five amino acids exhibited site-specific selection, and a 9 bp sequence insertion were found in the Camellia sinensis var. sinensis cultivars. In addition, phylogenetic relationship in the ycf1 tree suggested that the ycf1 gene has diverged in cultivated tea. Because C. sinensis var. sinensis and its cultivated species were not tightly clustered. Conclusions The cultivated species were more conserved than the wild species in terms of architecture and linear sequence order. The variation of the chloroplast genome in cultivated tea was mainly manifested in the nucleotide polymorphisms and sequence insertions. These results provided evidence regarding the influence of human activities on tea. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12862-021-01800-1.
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- Jiao Peng
- Hunan Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Environmental and Resources Plant, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, People's Republic of China.,Hunan Provincial Key Lab of Dark Tea and Jin-Hua, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Environmental and Resources Plant, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, People's Republic of China.,Hunan Provincial Key Lab of Dark Tea and Jin-Hua, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Lab of Dark Tea and Jin-Hua, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Lab of Dark Tea and Jin-Hua, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Lab of Dark Tea and Jin-Hua, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Lab of Dark Tea and Jin-Hua, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Research Center of Engineering Technology for Utilization of Environmental and Resources Plant, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan, People's Republic of China. .,Hunan Provincial Key Lab of Dark Tea and Jin-Hua, Hunan City University, Yiyang, 413000, Hunan, People's Republic of China. .,Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Management of Western Forest Bio-Disaster, College of Forestry, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
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Singh S, Bhatia R, Kumar R, Behera TK, Kumari K, Pramanik A, Ghemeray H, Sharma K, Bhattacharya RC, Dey SS. Elucidating Mitochondrial DNA Markers of Ogura-Based CMS Lines in Indian Cauliflowers ( Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.) and Their Floral Abnormalities Due to Diversity in Cytonuclear Interactions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:631489. [PMID: 33995434 PMCID: PMC8120243 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.631489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Mitochondrial markers can be used to differentiate diverse mitotypes as well as cytoplasms in angiosperms. In cauliflower, cultivation of hybrids is pivotal in remunerative agriculture and cytoplasmic male sterile lines constitute an important component of the hybrid breeding. In diversifying the source of male sterility, it is essential to appropriately differentiate among the available male sterile cytoplasms in cauliflower. PCR polymorphism at the key mitochondrial genes associated with male sterility will be instrumental in analyzing, molecular characterization, and development of mitotype-specific markers for differentiation of different cytoplasmic sources. Presence of auto- and alloplasmic cytonuclear combinations result in complex floral abnormalities. In this context, the present investigation highlighted the utility of organelle genome-based markers in distinguishing cytoplasm types in Indian cauliflowers and unveils the epistatic effects of the cytonuclear interactions influencing floral phenotypes. In PCR-based analysis using a set of primers targeted to orf-138, 76 Indian cauliflower lines depicted the presence of Ogura cytoplasm albeit the amplicons generated exhibited polymorphism within the ofr-138 sequence. The polymorphic fragments were found to be spanning over 200-280 bp and 410-470 bp genomic regions of BnTR4 and orf125, respectively. Sequence analysis revealed that such cytoplasmic genetic variations could be attributed to single nucleotide polymorphisms and insertion or deletions of 31/51 nucleotides. The cytoplasmic effects on varying nuclear-genetic backgrounds rendered an array of floral abnormalities like reduction in flower size, fused flowers, splitted style with the exposed ovule, absence of nonfunctional stamens, and petaloid stamens. These floral malformations caused dysplasia of flower structure affecting female fertility with inefficient nectar production. The finding provides an important reference to ameliorate understanding of mechanism of cytonuclear interactions in floral organ development in Brassicas. The study paves the way for unraveling developmental biology of CMS phenotypes in eukaryotic organisms and intergenomic conflict in plant speciation.
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- Saurabh Singh
- Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Floriculture and Landscaping, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Kullu Valley, India
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- Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station, Kullu Valley, India
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- Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Mohd Saad NS, Severn-Ellis AA, Pradhan A, Edwards D, Batley J. Genomics Armed With Diversity Leads the Way in Brassica Improvement in a Changing Global Environment. Front Genet 2021; 12:600789. [PMID: 33679880 PMCID: PMC7930750 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.600789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Meeting the needs of a growing world population in the face of imminent climate change is a challenge; breeding of vegetable and oilseed Brassica crops is part of the race in meeting these demands. Available genetic diversity constituting the foundation of breeding is essential in plant improvement. Elite varieties, land races, and crop wild species are important resources of useful variation and are available from existing genepools or genebanks. Conservation of diversity in genepools, genebanks, and even the wild is crucial in preventing the loss of variation for future breeding efforts. In addition, the identification of suitable parental lines and alleles is critical in ensuring the development of resilient Brassica crops. During the past two decades, an increasing number of high-quality nuclear and organellar Brassica genomes have been assembled. Whole-genome re-sequencing and the development of pan-genomes are overcoming the limitations of the single reference genome and provide the basis for further exploration. Genomic and complementary omic tools such as microarrays, transcriptomics, epigenetics, and reverse genetics facilitate the study of crop evolution, breeding histories, and the discovery of loci associated with highly sought-after agronomic traits. Furthermore, in genomic selection, predicted breeding values based on phenotype and genome-wide marker scores allow the preselection of promising genotypes, enhancing genetic gains and substantially quickening the breeding cycle. It is clear that genomics, armed with diversity, is set to lead the way in Brassica improvement; however, a multidisciplinary plant breeding approach that includes phenotype = genotype × environment × management interaction will ultimately ensure the selection of resilient Brassica varieties ready for climate change.
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- School of Biological Sciences Western Australia and UWA Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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Li Q, Zhang L, Pan F, Guo W, Chen B, Yang H, Wang G, Li X. Transcriptomic analysis reveals ethylene signal transduction genes involved in pistil development of pumpkin. PeerJ 2020; 8:e9677. [PMID: 32879792 PMCID: PMC7442037 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Development of female flowers is an important process that directly affects the yield of Cucubits. Little information is available on the sex determination and development of female flowers in pumpkin, a typical monoecious plant. In the present study, we used aborted and normal pistils of pumpkin for RNA-Seq analysis and determined the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) to gain insights into the molecular mechanism underlying pistil development in pumpkin. A total of 3,817 DEGs were identified, among which 1,341 were upregulated and 2,476 were downregulated. The results of transcriptome analysis were confirmed by real-time quantitative RT-PCR. KEGG enrichment analysis showed that the DEGs were significantly enriched in plant hormone signal transduction and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathway. Eighty-four DEGs were enriched in the plant hormone signal transduction pathway, which accounted for 12.54% of the significant DEGs, and most of them were annotated as predicted ethylene responsive or insensitive transcription factor genes. Furthermore, the expression levels of four ethylene signal transduction genes in different flower structures (female calyx, pistil, male calyx, stamen, leaf, and ovary) were investigated. The ethyleneresponsive DNA binding factor, ERDBF3, and ethylene responsive transcription factor, ERTF10, showed the highest expression in pistils and the lowest expression in stamens, and their expression levels were 78- and 162-times more than that in stamens, respectively. These results suggest that plant hormone signal transduction genes, especially ethylene signal transduction genes, play an important role in the development of pistils in pumpkin. Our study provides a theoretical basis for further understanding of the mechanism of regulation of ethylene signal transduction genes in pistil development and sex determination in pumpkin.
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- Qingfei Li
- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xin Xiang, China.,Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Plant Resource Utilization and Germplasm Enhancement, Xin Xiang, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xin Xiang, China.,Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Plant Resource Utilization and Germplasm Enhancement, Xin Xiang, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xin Xiang, China.,Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Plant Resource Utilization and Germplasm Enhancement, Xin Xiang, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xin Xiang, China.,Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Plant Resource Utilization and Germplasm Enhancement, Xin Xiang, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xin Xiang, China.,Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Plant Resource Utilization and Germplasm Enhancement, Xin Xiang, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xin Xiang, China.,Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Plant Resource Utilization and Germplasm Enhancement, Xin Xiang, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xin Xiang, China.,Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Plant Resource Utilization and Germplasm Enhancement, Xin Xiang, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xin Xiang, China.,Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Horticultural Plant Resource Utilization and Germplasm Enhancement, Xin Xiang, China
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Jiang W, Zhang X, Song X, Yang J, Pang Y. Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of APETALA2/Ethylene-Responsive Element Binding Factor Superfamily Genes in Soybean Seed Development. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:566647. [PMID: 33013987 PMCID: PMC7498640 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.566647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Glycine max is one of the most important grain and oil crops, and improvement of seed yield is one of the major objectives in soybean breeding. The AP2/ERF superfamily members are involved in regulating flower and seed development in many species, and therefore play key roles in seed yield. However, it is still unknown that how many AP2/ERF members were presented in the G. max genome and whether these AP2/ERF family members function in flower and seed development in G. max. Here, we identified 380 AP2/ERF superfamily genes in the G. max genome. Phylogenetic analysis showed that 323 members were grouped into the ERF family, and 49 into the AP2 family. Among the AP2 family, 14 members of the euAP2 lineage showed high identity with their orthologs, and eight member of the ANT lineage were expressed highly in the seeds. Furthermore, seven of them (GmAP2-1 to GmAP2-7) were successfully cloned and over-expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana. The transgenic Arabidopsis plants over-expressing these GmAP2 genes flowered earlier relative to the wild type control. The seed length and width, and seed area of these over-expression lines were increased compared with the wild type, and seed weight of over-expression lines of GmAP2-1, GmAP2-4, GmAP2-5, and GmAP2-6 were greater than those of the wild type. Furthermore, the seed number per silique of the over-expression lines for GmAP2 genes were not affected except GmAP2-5. Collectively, GmAP2-1, GmAP2-4, and GmAP2-6 played important roles in regulating seed weight by affecting seed length, width and area, and further controlling seed yield.
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- Wenbo Jiang
- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Yongzhen Pang,
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Lei M, Li ZY, Wang JB, Fu YL, Xu L. Ectopic expression of the Aechmea fasciata APETALA2 gene AfAP2-2 reduces seed size and delays flowering in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 139:642-650. [PMID: 31048121 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The Bromeliaceae family, which is distributed pantropically, is one of the most morphologically diverse families. Except for the edible pineapple (Ananas comosus), the vast majority of bromeliads cultivated worldwide are appreciated mainly for their ornamental value. As subtropical and tropical flowering plants, these bromeliads, among with Aechmea fasciata, have significant economic importance. However, the molecular mechanism of flowering in bromeliads remains unrevealed. In this study, an APETALA2 (AP2) homologue, AfAP2-2, which belongs to the AP2/ethylene response element binding protein (AP2/EREBP) transcription factor superfamily, was identified in A. fasciata. AfAP2-2 contains two conserved AP2 domains and is a nuclear-localized transactivator. The expression level of AfAP2-2 was predominantly higher in vegetative organs of the reproductive phase than in those of the vegetative phase. Ectopic expression of AfAP2-2 in Arabidopsis specifically delayed flowering in short-day (SD) conditions. Furthermore, the size and weight of seeds of AfAP2-2-overexpressing Arabidopsis plants were significantly reduced compared to those of the wild type (WT). Our findings suggest that AfAP2-2 might be a negative regulator of flowering and seed size and weight. These results may help facilitate the molecular breeding of bromeliads.
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- Ming Lei
- Institute of Tropical Crop Genetic Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, 571737, China; Guangxi Key Laboratory of Medicinal Resources Protection and Genetic Improvement, Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning, Guangxi, 530023, China; Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Danzhou, 571737, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Crops Germplasm Resources Genetic Improvement and Innovation, Danzhou, 571737, China; Mid Tropical Crop Gene Bank of National Crop Resources, Danzhou, 571737, China.
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- Institute of Tropical Crop Genetic Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, 571737, China; Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Danzhou, 571737, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Crops Germplasm Resources Genetic Improvement and Innovation, Danzhou, 571737, China; Mid Tropical Crop Gene Bank of National Crop Resources, Danzhou, 571737, China.
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- Institute of Tropical Crop Genetic Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, 571737, China; Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Danzhou, 571737, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Crops Germplasm Resources Genetic Improvement and Innovation, Danzhou, 571737, China; Mid Tropical Crop Gene Bank of National Crop Resources, Danzhou, 571737, China.
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- Institute of Tropical Crop Genetic Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, 571737, China; Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Danzhou, 571737, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Crops Germplasm Resources Genetic Improvement and Innovation, Danzhou, 571737, China; Mid Tropical Crop Gene Bank of National Crop Resources, Danzhou, 571737, China.
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- Institute of Tropical Crop Genetic Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, 571737, China; Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Germplasm Enhancement in Southern China, Danzhou, 571737, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Crops Germplasm Resources Genetic Improvement and Innovation, Danzhou, 571737, China; Mid Tropical Crop Gene Bank of National Crop Resources, Danzhou, 571737, China.
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Xu J, Hua K, Lang Z. Genome editing for horticultural crop improvement. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2019; 6:113. [PMID: 31645967 PMCID: PMC6804600 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-019-0196-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Revised: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Horticultural crops provide humans with many valuable products. The improvement of the yield and quality of horticultural crops has been receiving increasing research attention. Given the development and advantages of genome-editing technologies, research that uses genome editing to improve horticultural crops has substantially increased in recent years. Here, we briefly review the different genome-editing systems used in horticultural research with a focus on clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated 9 (Cas9)-mediated genome editing. We also summarize recent progress in the application of genome editing for horticultural crop improvement. The combination of rapidly advancing genome-editing technology with breeding will greatly increase horticultural crop production and quality.
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- Jiemeng Xu
- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Center of Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China
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Stansell Z, Farnham M, Björkman T. Complex Horticultural Quality Traits in Broccoli Are Illuminated by Evaluation of the Immortal BolTBDH Mapping Population. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1104. [PMID: 31620146 PMCID: PMC6759917 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Improving horticultural quality in regionally adapted broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) and other B. oleracea crops is challenging due to complex genetic control of traits affecting morphology, development, and yield. Mapping horticultural quality traits to genomic loci is an essential step in these improvement efforts. Understanding the mechanisms underlying horticultural quality enables multi-trait marker-assisted selection for improved, resilient, and regionally adapted B. oleracea germplasm. The publicly-available biparental double-haploid BolTBDH mapping population (Chinese kale × broccoli; N = 175) was evaluated for 25 horticultural traits in six trait classes (architecture, biomass, phenology, leaf morphology, floral morphology, and head quality) by multiple quantitative trait loci mapping using 1,881 genotype-by-sequencing derived single nucleotide polymorphisms. The physical locations of 56 single and 41 epistatic quantitative trait locus (QTL) were identified. Four head quality QTL (OQ_C03@57.0, OQ_C04@33.3, OQ_CC08@25.5, and OQ_C09@49.7) explain a cumulative 81.9% of phenotypic variance in the broccoli heading phenotype, contain the FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) homologs Bo9g173400 and Bo9g173370, and exhibit epistatic effects. Three key genomic hotspots associated with pleiotropic control of the broccoli heading phenotype were identified. One phenology hotspot reduces days to flowering by 7.0 days and includes an additional FLC homolog Bo3g024250 that does not exhibit epistatic effects with the three horticultural quality hotspots. Strong candidates for other horticultural traits were identified: BoLMI1 (Bo3g002560) associated with serrated leaf margins and leaf apex shape, BoCCD4 (Bo3g158650) implicated in flower color, and BoAP2 (Bo1g004960) implicated in the hooked sepal horticultural trait. The BolTBDH population provides a framework for B. oleracea improvement by targeting key genomic loci contributing to high horticultural quality broccoli and enabling de novo mapping of currently unexplored traits.
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- Zachary Stansell
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
- Cornell Agritech, Cornell University, Geneva, NY, United States
- *Correspondence: Zachary Stansell,
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- USDA-ARS Vegetable Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, Charleston, SC, United States
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
- Cornell Agritech, Cornell University, Geneva, NY, United States
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Xiang L, Liu C, Luo J, He L, Deng Y, Yuan J, Wu C, Cai Y. A tuber mustard AP2/ERF transcription factor gene, BjABR1, functioning in abscisic acid and abiotic stress responses, and evolutionary trajectory of the ABR1 homologous genes in Brassica species. PeerJ 2018; 6:e6071. [PMID: 30581669 PMCID: PMC6294115 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The AP2/ERF superfamily of transcription factors is one of the largest transcription factor families in plants and plays an important role in plant development processes and stress responses. In this study, BjABR1, an AP2/ERF superfamily gene, from tuber mustard (Brassica juncea var. tumida Tsen et Lee), sharing high amino acid sequence similarity with the AtABR1 (Arabidopsis thaliana AP2-like abscisic acid repressor 1) gene, were performed functional research, and the ABR1 homologous genes in Brassica species were identified and performed phylogenetic analysis. The promoter sequence of BjABR1 contained many phytohormone- and stress-related cis-elements; ABA (abscisic acid) and abiotic stresses can induce BjABR1 expression in tuber mustard; overexpression of BjABR1 in Arabidopsis can alleviate plant sensitivity to ABA and salt and osmotic stresses, and the alleviation may be due to changes in stress/ABA-induced gene expression. These results indicated that BjABR1 functions in ABA and abiotic stress responses. By BLAST searches against the genome database of five Brassica species (three diploids, B. rapa, B. nigra, and B. oleracea, and two allotetraploid, B. juncea and B. napus) using the protein sequence of AtABR1, 3, 3, 3, 6, and 5 ABR1 homologous genes in B. nigra, B. rapa, B. oleracea, B. juncea, and B. napus were identified, respectively, and they shared high sequence similarity. By sequence analysis, annotation mistakes of the protein-coding regions of two ABR1 homologous genes, GSBRNA2T00134741001 and BjuB007684, were found and corrected. Then, the evolution analysis of these ABR1 homologous genes showed that the ancestor of the three diploid species had three ABR1 homologous genes and each diploid inherited all the three genes from their ancestor; then, allotetraploid B. juncea inherited all the six genes from B. rapa and B. nigra with no gene lost, while allotetraploid B. napus inherited all the three genes from B. oleracea and two genes from B. rapa with one gene lost, indicating that ABR1 homologous genes possessed greater hereditary conservation in Brassica species. The ABR1 homologous genes between B. rapa and B. oleracea shared much higher sequence similarity compared to that of B. nigra in diploid species, indicating that ABR1 homologous genes in B. nigra had experienced more rapid evolution, and B. rapa and B. oleracea may share closer relationship compared to B. nigra. Moreover, the spatial and temporal expression analysis of six ABR1 homologous genes of tuber mustard showed that they possessed different expression models. These results imply that ABR1 homologous genes are important to Brassica plants, and they may possess similar function in ABA and abiotic stress responses but play a role in different tissues and growing stages of plant. This study will provide the foundation to the functional research of ABR1 homologous genes in the Brassica species and help to reveal and understand the evolution mechanisms of Brassica species.
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- Liuxin Xiang
- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing Key Laboratory on Big Data for Bio Intelligence, School of Bioinformatics, School of Software Engineering, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing Key Laboratory on Big Data for Bio Intelligence, School of Bioinformatics, School of Software Engineering, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing Key Laboratory on Big Data for Bio Intelligence, School of Bioinformatics, School of Software Engineering, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing Key Laboratory on Big Data for Bio Intelligence, School of Bioinformatics, School of Software Engineering, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing Key Laboratory on Big Data for Bio Intelligence, School of Bioinformatics, School of Software Engineering, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing Key Laboratory on Big Data for Bio Intelligence, School of Bioinformatics, School of Software Engineering, Chongqing, China
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- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing Key Laboratory on Big Data for Bio Intelligence, School of Bioinformatics, School of Software Engineering, Chongqing, China
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- Henan University, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Henan Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Kaifeng, Henan, China
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