Comparative transcriptome analysis provides insights into the mechanism of pear dwarfing  

作　　者：TANG Zi-kai SUN Man-yi LI Jia-ming SONG Bo-bo LIU Yue-yuan TIAN Yi-ke WANG Cai-hong WU Jun 

机构地区：[1]College of Horticulture,State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement,Nanjing Agricultural University,Nanjing 210095,P.R.China [2]College of Horticulture,Qingdao Agricultural University,Qingdao 266109,P.R.China

出　　处：《Journal of Integrative Agriculture》2022年第7期1952-1967,共16页农业科学学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFD1000200);the Earmarked Fund for Jiangsu Agricultural Industry Technology System,China(JATS[2020]401);the National Science Foundation of China(31801835);the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-28);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(BK20180516);the Agricultural Variety Improvement Project of Shandong Province,China(2019LZGC008)。

摘　　要：Dwarfism is an important trait which is closely related to the efficiency of fruit orchard management and production.However,dwarfing cannot be widely applied in the cultivation of pears,especially Asian pears.Developing varieties with dwarf characteristics is a goal of paramount importance in pear breeding.In the present study,dwarf phenotype pears(DPPs)and arborescent phenotype pears(APPs)were obtained from the offspring of a cross between‘Aiyuxiang’and‘Cuiguan’pear cultivars,which exhibited dwarfed and arborescent statures,respectively.When compared with APPs,the heights of DPPs showed a 62.8%reduction,and the internode lengths were significantly shorter.Crossgrafting between DPPs and APPs demonstrated that the dwarfed phenotype of DPPs was primarily induced by the aerial portions of the plant,and independent of the root system.Observations of stem tissue sections showed that DPP cells were arranged chaotically with irregular shapes,and the average length was larger than that of the APP cells.A total of 1401 differently expressed genes(DEGs)in shoot apices between DPPs and APPs were identified by RNA-sequencing(RNA-Seq),and these DEGs were mainly enriched in the‘phytohormone-related pathways,cell wall metabolism and cell division’categories.Moreover,101 DEGs were identified as transcription factors(TFs).In DPPs,several brassinosteroids(BR)signaling and cell cycle-related genes were significantly down-regulated,while genes involved in BR and GA degradation were up-regulated.Comprehensive analysis of RNA-Seq data and stem tissue sections suggested that the dwarfed phenotype of DPPs could be primarily attributed to deficiencies in cell division.Previous work using simple sequence repeat(SSR)markers narrowed the location of the gene responsible for the dwarf phenotype of‘Le Nain Vert’.Through combined analysis of our transcriptomic data with the SSR results,we identified four genes as promising candidates for the dwarf phenotype,among which,a DELLA gene could be the most promising.The results prese

关 键 词：PEAR dwarf phenotype RNA-SEQ cell division PHYTOHORMONES 

分 类 号：S661.2[农业科学—果树学]