scholarly journals Transcriptomic profiling and discovery of key genes involved in adventitious root formation from green cuttings of highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haishan An ◽  
Jiaying Zhang ◽  
Fangjie Xu ◽  
Shuang Jiang ◽  
Xueying Zhang

Abstract Background: Propagation of cuttings is frequently used in various plant species, including blueberry, which shows special root characteristics that may hinder adventitious root (AR) formation. AR formation is influenced by various factors, and auxin is considered to play a central role; however, little is known of the related regulatory mechanisms. In this study, a comparative transcriptome analysis of green cuttings treated with or without indole-butyric acid (IBA) was performed via RNA_seq to identify candidate genes associated with IBA-induced AR formation. Results: Rooting phenotypes, especially the rooting rate, were significantly promoted by exogenous auxin in the IBA application. Blueberry AR formation was an auxin-induced process, during which adventitious root primordium initiation (rpi) began at 14 days after cutting (DAC), root primordium (rp) was developed at 21 DAC, mature AR was observed at 28 DAC and finally outgrowth from the stem occurred at 35 DAC. Higher IAA levels and lower ABA and zeatin contents might facilitate AR formation and development. A time series transcriptome analysis identified 14970 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) during AR formation, of which there were 7467 upregulated and 7503 downregulated genes. Of these, approximately 35 candidate DEGs involved in the auxin-induced pathway and AR formation were further identified, including 10 auxin respective genes ( ARFs and SAURs ), 13 transcription factors ( LOB domain-containing protein ( LBD s)), 6 auxin transporters ( AUX22 , LAX3/5 and PIN-like 6 ( PIL6s )) and 6 rooting-associated genes ( root meristem growth factor 9 ( RGF9 ), lateral root primordium 1 ( LRP1s ), and dormancy-associated protein homologue 3 ( DRMH3 )). All these identified DEGs were highly upregulated in certain stages during AR formation, indicating their potential roles in blueberry AR formation. Conclusions: The transcriptome profiling results indicated candidate genes or major regulatory factors that influence adventitious root formation in blueberry and provided a comprehensive understanding of the rooting mechanism underlying the auxin-induced AR formation from blueberry green cuttings.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haishan An ◽  
Jiaying Zhang ◽  
Fangjie Xu ◽  
Shuang Jiang ◽  
Xueying Zhang

Abstract Background: Propagation of cuttings is frequently used in various plant species, including blueberry, which shows special root characteristics that may hinder adventitious root (AR) formation. AR formation is influenced by various factors, and auxin is considered to play a central role; however, little is known of the related regulatory mechanisms. In this study, a comparative transcriptome analysis of green cuttings treated with or without indole-butyric acid (IBA) was performed via RNA_seq to identify candidate genes associated with IBA-induced AR formation.Results: Rooting phenotypes, especially the rooting rate, were significantly promoted by exogenous auxin in the IBA application. Blueberry AR formation was an auxin-induced process, during which adventitious root primordium initiation (rpi) began at 14 days after cutting (DAC), root primordium (rp) was developed at 21 DAC, mature AR was observed at 28 DAC and finally outgrowth from the stem occurred at 35 DAC. Higher IAA levels and lower ABA and zeatin contents might facilitate AR formation and development. A time series transcriptome analysis identified 14970 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) during AR formation, of which there were 7467 upregulated and 7503 downregulated genes. Of these, approximately 35 candidate DEGs involved in the auxin-induced pathway and AR formation were further identified, including 10 auxin respective genes (ARFs and SAURs), 13 transcription factors (LOB domain-containing protein (LBDs)), 6 auxin transporters (AUX22, LAX3/5 and PIN-like 6 (PIL6s)) and 6 rooting-associated genes (root meristem growth factor 9 (RGF9), lateral root primordium 1 (LRP1s), and dormancy-associated protein homologue 3 (DRMH3)). All these identified DEGs were highly upregulated in certain stages during AR formation, indicating their potential roles in blueberry AR formation.Conclusions: The transcriptome profiling results indicated candidate genes or major regulatory factors that influence adventitious root formation in blueberry and provided a comprehensive understanding of the rooting mechanism underlying the auxin-induced AR formation from blueberry green cuttings.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haishan An ◽  
Jiaying Zhang ◽  
Fangjie Xu ◽  
Shuang Jiang ◽  
Xueying Zhang

Abstract Background Propagation of cuttings was mostly used in various plant species including blueberry, the special root characteristics of blueberry usually resulted in a difficulty in adventitious root (AR) formation. The AR formation was influenced by various factors, of which auxin was considered to play a center role, however little is known of the related regulative mechanisms. In this study, transcriptome analysis using RNA_seq from the stem of green cuttings of southern highbush blueberry 'Biloxi' was performed to discover candidate genes associated with AR formation.Results Rooting phenotypes, especially rooting rate, was significantly promoted by exogenous auxin IBA application. The adventitious root primordium initiation (rpi) began to be formed at 14 day (d) after cutting, developed into root primordium (rp) at 21d, finally the rp further developed to mature AR at 28d. Higher IAA and lower ABA and zeatin might facilitate the AR formation and development. A time series transcriptome analysis indentified 14970 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) during AR formation, of which there were 7467 up-regulated and 7503 down-regulated genes, respectively. Of these, about 35 candidate DEGs involved in auxin-induced pathway and AR formation were further identified, including 10 auxin respective genes ARFs and SAURs , 13 transcription factors LOB domain-containing protein ( LBD s), 6 auxin transporter AUX22 , LAX3/5 and PIN-like 6s ( PIL6s ) and 6 rooting-associated genes root meristem growth factor 9 ( RGF9 ), lateral root primordium 1 ( LRP1s ), dormancy-associated protein homolog 3 ( DRMH3 ). All these identified DEGs were highly up-regulated in certain AR developed stage, indicating their potential roles in blueberry AR formation.Conclusions The transcriptome profiling indicated candidate genes or major regulative factors that influence adventitious root formation in blueberry, and provided a comprehensive understanding of rooting mechanism of the auxin-induced AR formation from blueberry green cuttings.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haishan An ◽  
Jiaying Zhang ◽  
Fangjie Xu ◽  
Shuang Jiang ◽  
Xueying Zhang

Abstract Background: Propagation of cuttings was mostly used in various plant species including blueberry, the special root characteristics of blueberry usually resulted in a difficulty in adventitious root (AR) formation. The AR formation was influenced by various factors, of which auxin was considered to play a center role, however little is known of the related regulative mechanisms. In this study, a comparative transcriptome analysis using RNA_seq of green cuttings treated with or without IBA was performed to identify candidate genes associated with IBA-induced AR formation. Results: Rooting phenotypes, especially rooting rate, was significantly promoted by exogenous auxin IBA application. Blueberry AR formation was a auxin-induced process, during which the adventitious root primordium initiation (rpi) began to be formed at 14 day after cutting (DAC), developed into root primordium (rp) at 21 DAC, then further developed to mature AR at 28 DAC and finally outgrowth from stem at 35 DAC. Higher IAA level and lower content of ABA and zeatin might facilitate the AR formation and development. A time series transcriptome analysis indentified 14970 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) during AR formation, of which there were 7467 up-regulated and 7503 down-regulated genes, respectively. Of these, about 35 candidate DEGs involved in auxin-induced pathway and AR formation were further identified, including 10 auxin respective genes ARFs and SAURs, 13 transcription factors LOB domain-containing protein (LBDs), 6 auxin transporter AUX22, LAX3/5 and PIN-like 6s (PIL6s) and 6 rooting-associated genes root meristem growth factor 9 (RGF9), lateral root primordium 1 (LRP1s), dormancy-associated protein homolog 3 (DRMH3). All these identified DEGs were highly up-regulated in certain stage during AR formation, indicating their potential roles in blueberry AR formation. Conclusions: The transcriptome profiling indicated candidate genes or major regulative factors that influence adventitious root formation in blueberry, and provided a comprehensive understanding of rooting mechanism of the auxin-induced AR formation from blueberry green cuttings.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. e100997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirhossein Ahkami ◽  
Uwe Scholz ◽  
Burkhard Steuernagel ◽  
Marc Strickert ◽  
Klaus-Thomas Haensch ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e107201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kang Wei ◽  
Li-Yuan Wang ◽  
Li-Yun Wu ◽  
Cheng-Cai Zhang ◽  
Hai-Lin Li ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Aslam ◽  
Parvaiz A. Raina ◽  
Rouf Ur Rafiq ◽  
T.O. Siddiqi ◽  
Zafar A. Reshi

Himalayan yew (<em>Taxus wallichiana</em> Zucc.), is an economically valuable plant and critically endangered due to overexploitation for the isolation of Taxol,an exciting anticancer drug from its bark and leaves. Since the species is unisexual and due to its long seed dormancy period and rapid loss of viability coupled with low survival percentage, its natural regeneration from seeds is very poor. As the seed raised plants add little growth, propagation by stem cuttings was tried under natural conditions and a considerable success was achieved after making use of different auxins (Indole-3- Acetic Acid-IAA, Indole Butyric Acid-IBA and Naphthalene Acetic Acid-NAA) in different concentrations. A Randomized block design (RBD) was adopted for laying the experiment of the present study. Of the ten treatments studied, IBA at 500ppm performed best of all the treatments and registered higher callusing percentage, rooting percentage, number of roots and length of roots in the juvenile shoot cuttings of the species. The results achieved through the application ofplant growth regulators (PGRs)by way of adventitious root formation (ARF) could be useful for the management of this understory coniferous tree species, whether for conservation, habitat restoration or for the production of Taxol,a promising anti-cancer agent. The technique evolved will be the most handy, quickest, inexpensive and can be applied any where in its natural habitat for the restoration and restocking of this valuable plant, which is otherwise facing the peril of extinction throughout the range of its distribution including Indian Himalayas.


Planta ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 254 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Millicent A. Otiende ◽  
Klaus Fricke ◽  
Julius O. Nyabundi ◽  
Kamau Ngamau ◽  
Mohammad R. Hajirezaei ◽  
...  

Abstract Main conclusion Enhanced levels of indole-3-acetic and raised auxin to cytokinin ratios in the stem base contribute to the positive acropetal gradient in rooting capacity of leafy single-node stem cuttings of rose. Abstract Cuttings excised from different nodal positions in stock plants can differ in subsequent adventitious root formation. We investigated the involvement of the auxin–cytokinin balance in position-affected rooting of Rosa hybrida. Leafy single-node stem cuttings of two rose cultivars were excised from top versus bottom positions. Concentrations of IAA and cytokinins were monitored in the bud region and the stem base during 8 days after planting using chromatography–MS/MS technology. The effects of nodal position and external supply of indole-butyric acid on rooting were analyzed. Most cytokinins increased particularly in the bud region and peaked at day two before the bud break was recorded. IAA increased in both tissues between day one and day eight. Top versus bottom cuttings revealed higher levels of isopentenyladenosine (IPR) in both tissues as well as higher concentrations of IAA and a higher ratio of IAA to cytokinins particularly in the stem base. The dynamic of hormones and correlation analysis indicated that the higher IPR contributed to the enhanced IAA in the bud region which served as auxin source for the auxin homeostasis in the stem base, where IAA determined the auxin–cytokinin balance. Bottom versus top cuttings produced lower numbers and lengths of roots, whereas this deficit was counterbalanced by auxin application. Further considering other studies of rose, it is concluded that cytokinin-, sucrose- and zinc-dependent auxin biosynthesis in the outgrowing buds is an important factor that contributes to the enhanced IAA levels and auxin/cytokinin ratios in the stem base of apical cuttings, promoting root induction.


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