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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23108-9
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- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2016ZCQ02, BLYJ201613]
- program for Science and Technology of Beijing [Z171100002217005]
- Special Fund for Beijing Common Construction Project
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Bud dormancy transition is a vital developmental process for perennial plant survival. The process is precisely regulated by diverse endogenous genetic factors and environmental cues, but the mechanisms are not yet fully understood. Prunus mume is an ideal crop for bud dormancy analysis because of its early spring-flowering characteristics and small sequenced genome. Here, we analyzed the transcriptome profiles at the three endodormancy stages and natural flush stage using RNA sequencing combined with phytohormone and sugar content measurements. Significant alterations in hormone contents and carbohydrate metabolism have been observed, and alpha-amylases, Glucan Hydrolase Family 17 and diphosphate-glycosyltransferase family might play crucial roles in the interactions between hormones and sugars. The following hypothetical model for understanding the molecular mechanism of bud dormancy in Prunus mume is proposed: low temperatures exposure induces the significant up-regulation of eight C-repeat binding factor genes, which directly promotes all six dormancy-associated MADS-box genes, resulting in dormancy establishment. The prolonged cold and/or subsequently increasing temperature then decreases the expression levels of these two gene families, which alleviates the inhibition of FLOWERING LOCUS T and reopens the growth-promoting pathway, resulting in dormancy release and the initiation of the bud break process.
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