Affiliation:
1. Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences , Haikou 571101, Hainan , China
2. College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou 510642 , Guangdong , China
Abstract
Abstract
Flowering in off-season longan (Dimocarpus longan L.) can be induced effectively by the application of potassium chlorate (KClO3), but the mechanism of the physiological induction is largely unknown to decipher its mechanism and identify genes potentially regulating the process, and comparative analysis via RNA-Seq was performed between vegetative and KClO3-induced floral buds. A total of 18,649 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified between control and treated samples. Gene ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analysis revealed that DEGs related to plant hormone signal transduction, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway, starch and sucrose metabolism, and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis were enriched in our data. A total of 29 flowering-related DEGs were identified in our study, such as APETALA1 (AP1), APETALA2 (AP2), AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 3/ETTIN (ARF3), SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE 8 (SPL8), AGAMOUS (AG), and others. The upregulation of AP2 and SPL genes indicates that the age-related pathway is activated and influences the floral induction in KClO3-induced longan floral buds by coordinated regulation of genes related to AP1, AG, and ARF3. This study provides a valuable resource for studying molecular mechanisms underlying chlorate-induced floral transition in off-season longan, which may benefit the development and production of off-season tropical/subtropical fruit trees.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Neuroscience
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