Abstract
AbstractApples (Malus domestica Borkh) are prone to pre-harvest fruit drop which is more pronounced in ‘Honeycrisp’. Using a transcriptomic approach, we analyzed the molecular mechanisms of fruit retention in ‘Honeycrisp’. A total of 726 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in the abscission zone of hexanal-treated and untreated fruit (FAZ). Hexanal down-regulated the genes involved in ethylene biosynthesis, such as S-adenosylmethionine synthase (SAM2) and 1-aminocyclopropane-1carboxylic acid oxidases (ACO3, ACO4 and ACO4-like). Genes related to ABA biosynthesis (FDPS and CLE25) were also down-regulated. On the contrary, gibberellic acid (GA) biosynthesis genes, gibberellin 20 oxidase1-like (GA20OX-like) and ent-kaurene oxidase (KO) were up-regulated. Further, hexanal down-regulated the expression of genes related to cell-wall remodelling enzymes such as polygalacturonase (PG1), glucanases (endo-β-1,4-glucanase; EG) and expansins (EXPA1-like, EXPA6, EXPA8, EXPA10-like, EXPA16-like). Hexanal also reduced ethylene, and abscisic acid (ABA) production at commercial harvest stage. Hexanal reduced ethylene production in fruits and thus reduced the sensitivity of FAZ cells to ethylene and ABA. Simultaneously, hexanal maintained the cell-wall integrity of FAZ cells by regulating genes involved in cell-wall modifications. Our findings show that fruit abscission is delayed by hexanal, by down regulating ABA through an ethylene-dependent mechanism.HighlightHexanal, a naturally occurring plant compound, increased fruit retention in apples by decreasing ethylene and ABA production and maintaining the cell-wall integrity in the fruit abscission zone.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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