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APICAL SPIKELET ABORTION (ASA) Controls Apical Panicle Development in Rice by Regulating Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis

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FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.636877

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apical panicle abortion; anther; Oryza sativa; reactive oxygen species; salicylic acid

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  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFD0100903]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1812401]
  3. Karst Science Research Center of Guizhou Province [U1812401]

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The asa mutant in rice showed pleiotropic phenotypes, including reduced plant height, increased tiller number, and decreased pollen fertility. RNA-seq analysis revealed significant impacts on biological processes related to reactive oxygen species (ROS) homeostasis and salicylic acid (SA) metabolism in the asa mutant. Additionally, under boron-deficient conditions, the asa mutant and OsASA-knockout plants exhibited increased levels of SA and upregulated expression of genes related to SA biosynthesis.
Panicle degradation causes severe yield reduction in rice. There are two main types of panicle degradation: apical spikelet abortion and basal degeneration. In this study, we isolated and characterized the apical panicle abortion mutant apical spikelet abortion (asa), which exhibits degeneration and defects in the apical spikelets. This mutant had a pleiotropic phenotype, characterized by reduced plant height, increased tiller number, and decreased pollen fertility. Map-based cloning revealed that OsASA encodes a boric acid channel protein that showed the highest expression in the inflorescence, peduncle, and anther. RNA-seq analysis of the asa mutant vs wild-type (WT) plants revealed that biological processes related to reactive oxygen species (ROS) homeostasis and salicylic acid (SA) metabolism were significantly affected. Furthermore, the asa mutants had an increased SA level and H2O2 accumulation in the young panicles compared to the WT plants. Moreover, the SA level and the expression of OsPAL3, OsPAL4, and OsPAL6 genes (related to SA biosynthesis) were significantly increased under boron-deficient conditions in the asa mutant and in OsASA-knockout plants. Collectively, these results suggest that the boron distribution maintained by OsASA is required for normal panicle development in a process that involves modulating ROS homeostasis and SA biosynthesis.

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