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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
卷 66, 期 9, 页码 2659-2672出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv061
关键词
Apple; bud dormancy; Castel Gala; chilling requirement; FLC-like; microarray; Royal Gala
资金
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq, Brazil)
- Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP, Brazil)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Rio grande do Sul (FAPERGS, Brazil)
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria - Embrapa
Photosynthesis, flavonoid biosynthesis, tricarboxylic acid cycle, and ribosome biogenesis genes were significantly regulated during apple bud dormancy progression. PRE1-like and FLC-like genes are master candidates for control of bud phenology.Apple production depends on the fulfilment of a chilling requirement for bud dormancy release. Insufficient winter chilling results in irregular and suboptimal bud break in the spring, with negative impacts on apple yield. Trees from apple cultivars with contrasting chilling requirements for bud break were used to investigate the expression of the entire set of apple genes in response to chilling accumulation in the field and controlled conditions. Total RNA was analysed on the AryANE v.1.0 oligonucleotide microarray chip representing 57 000 apple genes. The data were tested for functional enrichment, and differential expression was confirmed by real-time PCR. The largest number of differentially expressed genes was found in samples treated with cold temperatures. Cold exposure mostly repressed expression of transcripts related to photosynthesis, and long-term cold exposure repressed flavonoid biosynthesis genes. Among the differentially expressed selected candidates, we identified genes whose annotations were related to the circadian clock, hormonal signalling, regulation of growth, and flower development. Two genes, annotated as FLOWERING LOCUS C-like and MADS AFFECTING FLOWERING, showed strong differential expression in several comparisons. One of these two genes was upregulated in most comparisons involving dormancy release, and this gene's chromosomal position co-localized with the confidence interval of a major quantitative trait locus for the timing of bud break. These results indicate that photosynthesis and auxin transport are major regulatory nodes of apple dormancy and unveil strong candidates for the control of bud dormancy.
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