Journal
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
Volume 214, Issue 1, Pages 81-96Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14284
Keywords
Moso bamboo; pith development; shoot apical meristem (SAM); differentiation; spiral growth; transcriptome profiling; underground shoot growth
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [31670602, 31301808, 31460177]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- Open Research Funds of the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Fudan University [SKLGE-1509]
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The primary thickening growth of Moso (Phyllostachys edulis) underground shoots largely determines the culm circumference. However, its developmental mechanisms remain largely unknown. Using an integrated anatomy, mathematics and genomics approach, we systematically studied cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the growth of Moso underground shoots. We discovered that the growth displayed a spiral pattern and pith played an important role in promoting the primary thickening process of Moso underground shoots and driving the evolution of culms with different sizes among different bamboo species. Different with model plants, the shoot apical meristem (SAM) of Moso is composed of six layers of cells. Comparative transcriptome analysis identified a large number of genes related to the vascular tissue formation that were significantly upregulated in a thick wall variant with narrow pith cavity, mildly spiral growth, and flat and enlarged SAM, including those related to plant hormones and those involved in cell wall development. These results provide a systematic perspective on the primary thickening growth of Moso underground shoots, and support a plausible mechanism resulting in the narrow pith cavity, weak spiral growth but increased vascular bundle of the thick wall Moso.
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