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PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
Volume 172, Issue 1, Pages 91-105Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13296
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- Anhui Agricultural University [yj2019-10]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2019M652166]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31670672]
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In this study, a transcriptome analysis of moso bamboo shoots during early elongation stages revealed key candidate genes regulating plant hormone signal transduction, sugar and starch metabolism, and energy metabolism pathways. The cytokinin-signaling pathway was continuously active in the three successive elongation stages, indicating its importance in moso bamboo growth. Additionally, key genes involved in sugar, starch metabolism, and energy conversion were found to play essential roles in energy production and substrate synthesis during shoot growth.
Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), a high-value bamboo used to produce food (young shoots), building, and industrial goods. To explore key candidate genes regulating signal transduction and metabolic processes during the initiation of stem elongation in moso bamboo, a transcriptome analysis of the shoots during three successive early elongation stages was performed. From cluster and differential expression analyses, 2984 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were selected for an enrichment analysis. The DEGs were significantly enriched in the plant hormone signal transduction, sugar and starch metabolism, and energy metabolism pathways. Consequently, the DEG expression patterns of these pathways were analyzed, and the plant endogenous hormone and carbon metabolite (including sucrose, total soluble sugar, and starch) contents for each growth stage, of the shoot, were determined. The cytokinin-signaling pathway was continuously active in the three successive elongation stages, in which several cytokinin-signaling genes played indispensable roles. Additionally, many key DEGs regulating sugar, starch metabolism, and energy conversion, which are actively involved in energy production and substrate synthesis during the continuous growth of the shoots, were found. In summary, our study lays a foundation for understanding the mechanisms of moso bamboo growth and provides useful gene resources for breeding through genetic engineering.
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