Transcriptome and metabolome profiling reveal the effects of hormones on current-year shoot growth in Chinese ‘Cuiguan’ pear grafted onto vigorous rootstock ‘Duli’ and dwarf rootstock ‘Quince A’

Author:

Liang Zhenxu,Wang Qinghua,Sun Mingde,Du Ruirui,Jin Wanmei,Liu Songzhong

Abstract

Abstract Background Dwarf rootstocks have important practical significance for high-density planting in pear orchards. The shoots of ‘Cuiguan’ grafted onto the dwarf rootstock were shorter than those grafted onto the vigorous rootstock. However, the mechanism of shorter shoot formation is not clear. Results In this study, the current-year shoot transcriptomes and phytohormone contents of ‘CG‒QA’ (‘Cuiguan’ was grafted onto ‘Quince A’, and ‘Hardy’ was used as interstock) and ‘CG‒DL’ (‘Cuiguan’ was grafted onto ‘Duli’, and ‘Hardy’ was used as interstock) were compared. The transcriptome results showed that a total of 452 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, including 248 downregulated genes and 204 upregulated genes; the plant hormone signal transduction and zeatin biosynthesis pathways were significantly enriched in the top 20 KEGG enrichment terms. Abscisic acid (ABA) was the most abundant hormone in ‘CG‒QA’ and ‘CG‒DL’; auxin and cytokinin (CTK) were the most diverse hormones; additionally, the contents of ABA, auxin, and CTK in ‘CG‒DL’ were higher than those in ‘CG‒QA’, while the fresh shoot of ‘CG‒QA’ accumulated more gibberellin (GA) and salicylic acid (SA). Metabolome and transcriptome co-analysis identified three key hormone-related DEGs, of which two (Aldehyde dehydrogenase gene ALDH3F1 and YUCCA2) were upregulated and one (Cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase gene CKX3) was downregulated. Conclusions Based on the results of transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis, we found that auxin and CTK mainly regulated the shoot differences of ‘CG–QA’ and ‘CG–DL’, and other hormones such as ABA, GA, and SA synergistically regulated this process. Three hormone-related genes ALDH3F1, YUCCA2, and CKX3 were the key genes contributing to the difference in shoot growth between ‘CG–QA’ and ‘CG–DL’ pear. This research provides new insight into the molecular mechanism underlying shoot shortening after grafted onto dwarf rootstocks.

Funder

Youth Research Fund of Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences

Science and Technology Innovation Capacity Building Program of Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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