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Far-red (FR) light influences plant development significantly through shade avoidance response and photosynthetic modulation, but there is limited knowledge on how FR treatments influence the growth and nutrition of vegetables at different maturity stages in controlled environment agriculture (CEA). Here, we comprehensively investigated the impacts of FR on the yield, morphology, and phytonutrients of ruby streaks mustard (RS) at microgreen, baby leaf, and flowering stages. Treatments including white control, white with supplementary FR, white followed by singularly applied FR, and enhanced white (WE) matching the extended daily light integral (eDLI) of FR were designed for separating the effects of light intensity and quality. Results showed that singular and supplemental FR affected plant development and nutrition similarly throughout the growth cycle, with light intensity and quality playing varying roles at different stages. Specifically, FR did not affect the fresh and dry weight of microgreens but increased those values for baby leaves, although not as effectively as WE. Meanwhile, FR caused significant morphological change and accelerated the development of leaves, flowers, and seedpods more dramatically than WE. With regard to phytonutrients, light treatments affected the metabolomic profiles for baby leaves more dramatically than microgreens and flowers. FR decreased the glucosinolate and anthocyanin contents in microgreens and baby leaves, while WE increased the contents of those compounds in baby leaves. This study illustrates the complex impacts of FR on RS and provides valuable information for selecting optimal lighting conditions in CEA.
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Biomasa , Flores , Planta de la Mostaza , Fitoquímicos , Hojas de la Planta , Luz Roja , Antocianinas/análisis , Flores/química , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Planta de la Mostaza/química , Planta de la Mostaza/crecimiento & desarrollo , Planta de la Mostaza/efectos de la radiación , Fotosíntesis/efectos de la radiación , Fitoquímicos/química , Hojas de la Planta/química , Hojas de la Planta/crecimiento & desarrollo , Hojas de la Planta/efectos de la radiaciónRESUMEN
Proper timing of flowering under different environmental conditions is critical for plant propagation. Light quality is a pivotal environmental cue that plays a critical role in flowering regulation. Plants tend to flower late under light with a high red (R)/far-red (FR) light ratio but early under light with a low R/FR light ratio. However, how plants fine-tune flowering in response to changes in light quality is not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that F-box of Flowering 2 (FOF2), an autonomous pathway-related regulator, physically interacts with VASCULAR PLANT ONE-ZINC FINGER 1 and 2 (VOZ1 and VOZ2), which are direct downstream factors of the R/FR light receptor phytochrome B (PHYB). We show that PHYB physically interacts with FOF2, mediates stabilization of the FOF2 protein under FR light and end-of-day FR light, and enhances FOF2 binding to VOZ2, which leads to degradation of VOZ2 by SCFFOF2 E3 ligase. By contrast, PHYB mediates degradation of FOF2 protein under R light and end-of-day R light. Genetic interaction studies demonstrated that FOF2 functions downstream of PHYB to promote FLC expression and inhibit flowering under both high R/FR light and simulated shade conditions, processes that are partially dependent on VOZ proteins. Taken together, our findings suggest a novel mechanism whereby plants fine-tune flowering time through a PHYB-FOF2-VOZ2 module that modulates FLC expression in response to changes in light quality.
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Proteínas de Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis , Flores , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Luz , Fitocromo B , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/fisiología , Arabidopsis/efectos de la radiación , Flores/genética , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Fitocromo B/metabolismo , Fitocromo B/genética , Proteínas de Dominio MADS/genética , Proteínas de Dominio MADS/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismoRESUMEN
Far-red radiation affects many plant processes, including reproductive organ abortion. Our research aimed to determine the role of apical dominance in far-red light-induced flower and fruit abortion in sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). We conducted several climate room experiments where plants were grown under white- or red-rich LED light, with or without additional far-red light. Additional far-red light enhanced apical dominance: it increased auxin levels in the apices of dominant shoots, and caused a greater difference in internode length and apical auxin levels between dominant and subordinate shoots. Additional far-red light stimulated fruit abortion in intact plants but not in decapitated plants, suggesting a crucial role of shoot apices in this effect. However, reducing basipetal auxin transport in the stems with N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid did not influence far-red light-stimulated fruit abortion, although auxin levels in the stem were largely reduced. Applying the synthetic auxin 1-naphthaleneacetic acid on decapitated apices did not influence fruit abortion. However, applying the auxin biosynthesis inhibitor yucasin to shoot apices reduced fruit abortion regardless of the light conditions, accompanied by slight shoot growth retardation. These findings suggest that the basipetal auxin stream does not mediate far-red light-stimulated fruit abortion. Far-red light-stimulated fruit abortion was associated with reduced sucrose accumulation and lower invertase activities in flowers. We suggest that under additional far-red light conditions, increased auxin levels in shoot apices promote fruit abortion probably through enhanced competition for assimilates between apices and flowers, which limits assimilate import into flowers.
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Capsicum , Flores , Frutas , Ácidos Indolacéticos , Luz , Capsicum/crecimiento & desarrollo , Capsicum/fisiología , Capsicum/efectos de la radiación , Capsicum/metabolismo , Flores/fisiología , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Frutas/crecimiento & desarrollo , Frutas/metabolismo , Frutas/efectos de la radiación , Frutas/fisiología , Ácidos Indolacéticos/metabolismo , Luz RojaRESUMEN
Plants use photoperiodism to activate flowering in response to a particular daylength. In rice, flowering is accelerated in short-day conditions, and even a brief exposure to light during the dark period (night-break) is sufficient to delay flowering. Although many of the genes involved in controlling flowering in rice have been uncovered, how the long- and short-day flowering pathways are integrated, and the mechanism of photoperiod perception is not understood. While many of the signaling components controlling photoperiod-activated flowering are conserved between Arabidopsis and rice, flowering in these two systems is activated by opposite photoperiods. Here we establish that photoperiodism in rice is controlled by the evening complex (EC). We show that mutants in the EC genes LUX ARRYTHMO (LUX) and EARLY FLOWERING3 (ELF3) paralogs abolish rice flowering. We also show that the EC directly binds and suppresses the expression of flowering repressors, including PRR37 and Ghd7. We further demonstrate that light acts via phyB to cause a rapid and sustained posttranslational modification of ELF3-1. Our results suggest a mechanism by which the EC is able to control both long- and short-day flowering pathways.
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Flores , Oryza , Fotoperiodo , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/crecimiento & desarrollo , Flores/genética , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Luz , Oryza/genética , Oryza/crecimiento & desarrollo , Oryza/efectos de la radiación , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismoRESUMEN
The main focus of the study was to determine the content of phenolic acids, flavonoids, and organic acids in the flowers of Tagetes patula 'Petite Gold' and 'Petite Orange'. The growth of the plants was assessed depending on the cultivation conditions. The above plants were illuminated with white light, whereas the 'Petite Gold' ones with white light enhanced with blue or red light. Both cultivars grew in a two-level-mineral compounds organic substrate. The research showed that the French marigold flowers were rich in phenolic compounds and organic acids. The 'Petite Gold' flowers had more bioactive compounds compared with the 'Petite Orange' flowers. Three flavonoids, 10 phenolic acids and seven organic acids were found in the 'Petite Gold' flowers. The artificial lighting used during the cultivation of the plants showed diversified influence on the content of organic compounds in their flowers. The measurements of the plants' morphological traits and the number of inflorescences showed that illumination with red light resulted in a better effect. Large plants with numerous inflorescences grew in the substrate with a lower content of nutrients.
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Ácidos/análisis , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Luz , Compuestos Orgánicos/análisis , Fenoles/análisis , Extractos Vegetales/análisis , Tagetes/química , Color , Flores/metabolismo , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Extractos Vegetales/efectos de la radiaciónRESUMEN
Specialized metabolites from plants are important for human health due to their antioxidant properties. Light is one of the main factors modulating the biosynthesis of specialized metabolites, determining the cascade response activated by photoreceptors and the consequent modulation of expressed genes and biosynthetic pathways. Recent developments in light emitting diode (LED) technology have enabled improvements in artificial light applications for horticulture. In particular, the possibility to select specific spectral light compositions, intensities and photoperiods has been associated with altered metabolite content in a variety of crops. This review aims to analyze the effects of indoor LED lighting recipes and management on the specialized metabolite content in different groups of crop plants (namely medicinal and aromatic plants, microgreens and edible flowers), focusing on the literature from the last 5 years. The literature collection produced a total of 40 papers, which were analyzed according to the effects of artificial LED lighting on the content of anthocyanins, carotenoids, phenols, tocopherols, glycosides, and terpenes, and ranked on a scale of 1 to 3. Most studies applied a combination of red and blue light (22%) or monochromatic blue (23%), with a 16 h day-1 photoperiod (78%) and an intensity greater than 200 µmol m-2 s-1 (77%). These treatment features were often the most efficient in enhancing specialized metabolite content, although large variations in performance were observed, according to the species considered and the compound analyzed. The review aims to provide valuable indications for the definition of the most promising spectral components toward the achievement of nutrient-rich indoor-grown products. © 2021 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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Flores/química , Hojas de la Planta/química , Plantas Comestibles/metabolismo , Plantas Medicinales/metabolismo , Verduras/efectos de la radiación , Carotenoides/química , Carotenoides/metabolismo , Producción de Cultivos/instrumentación , Producción de Cultivos/métodos , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Flores/metabolismo , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Luz , Fenoles/química , Fenoles/metabolismo , Hojas de la Planta/crecimiento & desarrollo , Hojas de la Planta/metabolismo , Hojas de la Planta/efectos de la radiación , Plantas Comestibles/química , Plantas Comestibles/crecimiento & desarrollo , Plantas Comestibles/efectos de la radiación , Plantas Medicinales/química , Plantas Medicinales/crecimiento & desarrollo , Plantas Medicinales/efectos de la radiación , Verduras/química , Verduras/crecimiento & desarrollo , Verduras/metabolismoRESUMEN
Many species have cuticular striations that play a range of roles, from pollinator attraction to surface wettability. In Hibiscus trionum, the striations span multiple cells at the base of the petal to form a pattern that produces a type of iridescence. It is postulated, using theoretical models, that the pattern of striations could result from mechanical instabilities. By combining the application of mechanical stress with high-resolution imaging, we demonstrate that the cuticle buckles to create a striated pattern. Through mechanical modeling and cryo-SEM fractures, we show that the cuticle behaves like a bilayer system with a stiff film on a compliant substrate. The pattern of buckling aligns with the direction of the stress to create a larger-scale pattern. Our findings contribute to the understanding of the formation of tissue-wide patterns in living organisms.
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Hibiscus/química , Luz , Fenómenos Mecánicos/efectos de la radiación , Fuerza Compresiva , Microscopía por Crioelectrón , Flores/química , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Flores/ultraestructura , Hibiscus/crecimiento & desarrollo , Hibiscus/efectos de la radiación , Modelos Teóricos , Semillas/química , Semillas/crecimiento & desarrollo , Estrés MecánicoRESUMEN
Saffron is a valuable plant and one of the most expensive spices worldwide. Nowadays, there is a tendency to produce this crop in indoor plant production systems. However, the production of saffron is restricted by the need for the reproduction of high-quality corms. In this study, we investigated the effect of different ratios of red (R) and blue (B) light spectra (including 100% B (monochromatic B), 75%, 50%, 40%, 25% B, and 0% B (monochromatic R) on the photosynthetic performance and biomass partitioning as well as morphological and biochemical characteristics of saffron. The growth of flower, root, and corm was improved by increasing the proportion of B to R light. B-grown plants were characterized by the highest photosynthetic functionality with efficient electron transport and lower energy dissipation when compared to R-grown plants. B light directed biomass toward the corms and floral organs, while R light directed it toward the leaves. In saffron, the weight of a daughter corm is of great importance since it determines the yield of the next year. As the ratio of B to R light increased, the daughter corms also became heavier, at the cost of reducing their number, though increasing the proportion of B-enhanced antioxidant capacity as well as the activity of ascorbate peroxidase and catalase while superoxide dismutase activity was enhanced in R-grown plants. In conclusion, B light increased the production of high-quality daughter corms and altered biomass partitioning towards harvestable organs (corms and flowers) in saffron plants.
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Crocus/efectos de la radiación , Productos Agrícolas/efectos de la radiación , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Luz , Fotosíntesis/efectos de la radiación , Antioxidantes/metabolismo , Biomasa , Metabolismo de los Hidratos de Carbono/efectos de la radiación , Carotenoides/metabolismo , Clorofila/metabolismo , Crocus/crecimiento & desarrollo , Crocus/metabolismo , Productos Agrícolas/crecimiento & desarrollo , Productos Agrícolas/metabolismo , Enzimas/metabolismo , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Flores/metabolismoRESUMEN
Xishuangbanna (XIS) cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. var. xishuangbannesis Qi et Yuan), is a botanical variety of cucumber cultivars native to southwest China that possesses excellent agronomic traits for cucumber improvement. However, breeding utilization of XIS cucumber is limited due to the current poor understanding of its photoperiod-sensitive flowering characteristics. In this study, genetic and transcriptomic analysis were conducted to reveal the molecular basis of photoperiod-regulated flowering in XIS cucumber. A major-effect QTL locus DFF1.1 was identified that controls the days to first flowering (DFF) of XIS cucumbers with a span of 1.38 Mb. Whole-genome re-sequencing data of 9 cucumber varieties with different flowering characteristics in response to photoperiod suggested that CsaNFYA1 was the candidate gene of DFF1.1, which harbored a single non-synonymous mutation in its fifth exon. Transcriptomic analysis revealed the positive roles of auxin and ethylene in accelerating flowering under short-day (SD) light-dark cycles when compared with equal-day/night treatment. Carbohydrate storage and high expression levels of related genes were important reasons explaining early flowering of XIS cucumber under SD conditions. By combining with the RNA-Seq data, the co-expression network suggested that CsaNFYA1 integrated multiple types of genes to regulate the flowering of XIS cucumber. Our findings explain the internal regulatory mechanisms of a photoperiodic flowering pathway. These findings may guide the use of photoperiod shifts to promote flowering of photoperiod-sensitive crops.
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Cucumis sativus/crecimiento & desarrollo , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Fotoperiodo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Sitios de Carácter Cuantitativo , Transcriptoma , Mapeo Cromosómico , Cromosomas de las Plantas , Cucumis sativus/genética , Cucumis sativus/metabolismo , Cucumis sativus/efectos de la radiación , Flores/genética , Flores/metabolismo , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Genoma de Planta , Fitomejoramiento , Proteínas de Plantas/genéticaRESUMEN
Photons during the dark period delay flowering in short-day plants (SDP). Red photons applied at night convert phytochromes to the active far-red absorbing form (Pfr), leading to inhibition of flowering. Far-red photons (greater than 700 nm) re-induce flowering when applied after a pulse of red photons during the dark period. However, far-red photons at sufficiently high intensity and duration delay flowering in sensitive species. Mechanistically, this response occurs because phytochrome-red (Pr) absorbance is not zero beyond 700 nm. We applied nighttime photons from near infrared (NIR) LEDs (peak 850 nm) over a 12 h dark period. Flowering was delayed in Glycine max and Cannabis sativa (two photosensitive species) by 3 and 12 days, respectively, as the flux of photons from NIR LEDs was increased up to 83 and 116 µmol m-2 s-1. This suggests that long wavelength photons from NIR LEDs can activate phytochromes (convert Pr to Pfr) and thus alter plant development.
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Cannabis/crecimiento & desarrollo , Glycine max/crecimiento & desarrollo , Rayos Infrarrojos , Fitocromo/metabolismo , Cannabis/metabolismo , Cannabis/efectos de la radiación , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Flores/metabolismo , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Fotones , Tallos de la Planta/crecimiento & desarrollo , Tallos de la Planta/metabolismo , Tallos de la Planta/efectos de la radiación , Glycine max/metabolismo , Glycine max/efectos de la radiaciónRESUMEN
KEY MESSAGE: A population of lettuce that segregated for photoperiod sensitivity was planted under long-day and short-day conditions. Genetic mapping revealed two distinct sets of QTLs controlling daylength-independent and photoperiod-sensitive flowering time. The molecular mechanism of flowering time regulation in lettuce is of interest to both geneticists and breeders because of the extensive impact of this trait on agricultural production. Lettuce is a facultative long-day plant which changes in flowering time in response to photoperiod. Variations exist in both flowering time and the degree of photoperiod sensitivity among accessions of wild (Lactuca serriola) and cultivated (L. sativa) lettuce. An F6 population of 236 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) was previously developed from a cross between a late-flowering, photoperiod-sensitive L. serriola accession and an early-flowering, photoperiod-insensitive L. sativa accession. This population was planted under long-day (LD) and short-day (SD) conditions in a total of four field and screenhouse trials; the developmental phenotype was scored weekly in each trial. Using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) data of the RILs, quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping revealed five flowering time QTLs that together explained more than 20% of the variation in flowering time under LD conditions. Using two independent statistical models to extract the photoperiod sensitivity phenotype from the LD and SD flowering time data, we identified an additional five QTLs that together explained more than 30% of the variation in photoperiod sensitivity in the population. Orthology and sequence analysis of genes within the nine QTLs revealed potential functional equivalents in the lettuce genome to the key regulators of flowering time and photoperiodism, FD and CONSTANS, respectively, in Arabidopsis.
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Cromosomas de las Plantas/genética , Flores/fisiología , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas/efectos de la radiación , Lactuca/fisiología , Fotoperiodo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Sitios de Carácter Cuantitativo , Mapeo Cromosómico/métodos , Flores/genética , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Lactuca/genética , Lactuca/efectos de la radiación , Fenotipo , Proteínas de Plantas/genéticaRESUMEN
To the present day, no efficient plant protection method against economically important bacterial phytopathogens from the Pectobacteriaceae family has been implemented into agricultural practice. In this view, we have performed a multivariate optimization of the operating parameters of the reaction-discharge system, employing direct current atmospheric pressure glow discharge, generated in contact with a flowing liquid cathode (FLC-dc-APGD), for the production of a plasma-activated liquid (PAL) of defined physicochemical and anti-phytopathogenic properties. As a result, the effect of the operating parameters on the conductivity of PAL acquired under these conditions was assessed. The revealed optimal operating conditions, under which the PAL of the highest conductivity was obtained, were as follows: flow rate of the solution equaled 2.0 mL min-1, the discharge current was 30 mA, and the inorganic salt concentration (ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3) in the solution turned out to be 0.50% (m/w). The developed PAL exhibited bacteriostatic and bactericidal properties toward Dickeya solani IFB0099 and Pectobacterium atrosepticum IFB5103 strains, with minimal inhibitory and minimal bactericidal concentrations equaling 25%. After 24 h exposure to 25% PAL, 100% (1-2 × 106) of D. solani and P. atrosepticum cells lost viability. We attributed the antibacterial properties of PAL to the presence of deeply penetrating, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS), which were, in this case, OH, O, O3, H2O2, HO2, NH, N2, N2+, NO2-, NO3-, and NH4+. Putatively, the generated low-cost, eco-friendly, easy-to-store, and transport PAL, exhibiting the required antibacterial and physicochemical properties, may find numerous applications in the plant protection sector.
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Antibacterianos/farmacología , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Pectobacterium/metabolismo , Especies de Nitrógeno Reactivo/metabolismo , Agricultura , Antibacterianos/química , Presión Atmosférica , Líquidos Corporales/química , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Peróxido de Hidrógeno/metabolismo , Nitratos/farmacología , Pectobacterium/crecimiento & desarrollo , Pectobacterium/efectos de la radiación , Gases em Plasma/farmacología , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/químicaRESUMEN
Eggplant is rich in anthocyanins, which are thought to be highly beneficial for human health. There is no study on weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) of anthocyanin biosynthesis in eggplant. Here, transcriptome data of 33 eggplant pericarp samples treated with light were used for WGCNA to identify significant modules. Total 13000 DEGs and 12 modules were identified, and the most significant module was associated with the secondary metabolites pathways. In addition, the hub gene SmWRKY44 with high connectivity was selected and its function was verified. The expression of SmWRKY44 showed a significant correlation with anthocyanin accumulation in the eggplant peels, leaves, and flowers. SmWRKY44-OE Arabidopsis significantly increased the accumulation of anthocyanins. Yeast two-hybrid and BiFC assays showed that SmWRKY44 could interact with SmMYB1, and it was also found that they could jointly promote the biosynthesis of anthocyanins in eggplant leaves through transient expression analysis. Our work provides a new direction for studying the molecular mechanism of light-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis in eggplant.
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Antocianinas/biosíntesis , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Solanum melongena/genética , Transcriptoma , Antocianinas/efectos de la radiación , Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Flores/genética , Flores/metabolismo , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Frutas/genética , Frutas/metabolismo , Frutas/efectos de la radiación , Expresión Génica , Redes Reguladoras de Genes , Hojas de la Planta/genética , Hojas de la Planta/metabolismo , Hojas de la Planta/efectos de la radiación , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Solanum melongena/metabolismo , Solanum melongena/efectos de la radiación , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismoRESUMEN
KEY MESSAGE: The new 4.2-kb transposable insertion in the intron of ZmCCT reversely responded relative to the known 5.1-kb transposable insertion to photoperiods between low- and high-latitude regions. Flowering time is a key trait for cereal adaptation that is controlled by a complex genetic background in maize. The effect of multiple alleles from a quantitative trait locus (QTL) on flowering time remains largely unknown. Here, we fine-mapped a major QTL for flowering time on maize chromosome 10 corresponding to ZmCCT, where a new allele with a 4.2-kilobase (kb) transposable insertion was present in the intron. The known allele with a 5.1-kb transposon insertion in the promoter of ZmCCT enhances flowering in high-latitude regions, but has no effect on flowering time in low-latitude regions in comparison with the null allele lacking this insertion. However, our new allele with a 4.2-kb insertion reduced flowering in the low-latitude region, but produced unchanged flowering time in the high-latitude region relative to the 5.1-kb transposable insertion. Transcription analysis revealed that the new allele with 4.2-kb insertion versus the 5.1-kb insertion repressed and unchanged the transcription of ZmCCT in the low- and high-latitude regions, respectively. Thus, the allele with the 4.2-kb transposable insertion showed a completely opposite response to photoperiods between these two regions. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the 4.2-kb transposable insertion in the two Northern flint corns originated from tropical maize. RNA-seq analysis and dual-luciferase transient expression assays further identified a conserved gene regulation network of ZmCCT between maize and rice, in which ZmCCT directly repressed the transcription of the florigen gene ZCN8 via ZmEhd1. Our results suggest that transposable elements play an important role in maize adaptation.
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Cromosomas de las Plantas/genética , Elementos Transponibles de ADN , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Fotoperiodo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Zea mays/crecimiento & desarrollo , Adaptación Fisiológica , Mapeo Cromosómico/métodos , Flores/genética , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Fenotipo , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Sitios de Carácter Cuantitativo , Zea mays/genética , Zea mays/efectos de la radiaciónRESUMEN
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are key elements involved in post-transcriptional regulation. Ataxin-2 (ATXN2) is an evolutionarily conserved RBP protein, whose function has been studied in several model organisms, from Saccharomyces cerevisiae to the Homo sapiens. ATXN2 interacts with poly(A) binding proteins (PABP) and binds to specific sequences at the 3'UTR of target mRNAs to stabilize them. CTC-Interacting Domain3 (CID3) and CID4 are two ATXN2 orthologs present in plant genomes whose function is unknown. In the present study, phenotypical and transcriptome profiling were used to examine the role of CID3 and CID4 in Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that they act redundantly to influence pathways throughout the life cycle. cid3cid4 double mutant showed a delay in flowering time and a reduced rosette size. Transcriptome profiling revealed that key factors that promote floral transition and floral meristem identity were downregulated in cid3cid4 whereas the flowering repressor FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) was upregulated. Expression of key factors in the photoperiodic regulation of flowering and circadian clock pathways, were also altered in cid3cid4, as well as the expression of several transcription factors and miRNAs encoding genes involved in leaf growth dynamics. These findings reveal that ATXN2 orthologs may have a role in developmental pathways throughout the life cycle of plants.
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Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/crecimiento & desarrollo , Arabidopsis/efectos de la radiación , Ataxina-2/química , Luz , Proteínas de Unión al ARN/metabolismo , Homología de Secuencia de Aminoácido , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Regulación hacia Abajo/genética , Flores/genética , Flores/fisiología , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Redes Reguladoras de Genes , Mutación/genética , Hojas de la Planta/genética , Hojas de la Planta/crecimiento & desarrollo , Proteínas de Unión al ARN/genética , Transcriptoma/genéticaRESUMEN
As day-neutral (DN) woody perennial plants, the flowering time of roses (Rosa spp.) is assumed to be independent of the photoperiodic conditions; however, light responses of rose plants are not well understood. Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis) plants were grown under two light intensities (low light [LL], 92 µmol·m-2·s-1; or high light [HL], 278 µmol·m-2·s-1), and either with or without an end-of-day far-red (EOD-FR) treatment. Flowering was significantly delayed in the LL condition compared with the HL, but was not affected by EOD-FR treatment. The time until flowering positively corresponded with the mRNA and protein levels of phytochrome-interacting factors (PIFs; RcPIFs). The heterologous expression of RcPIF1, RcPIF3, or RcPIF4 in the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) pifq quadruple mutant partially rescued the mutant's shorter hypocotyl length. Simultaneous silencing of three RcPIFs in R. chinensis accelerated flowering under both LL and HL, with a more robust effect in LL, establishing RcPIFs as flowering suppressors in response to light intensity. The RcPIFs interacted with the transcription factor CONSTANS (RcCO) to form a RcPIFs-RcCO complex, which interfered with the binding of RcCO to the promoter of FLOWERING LOCUS T (RcFT), thereby inhibiting its expression. Furthermore, this inhibition was enhanced when RcPIFs were stabilized by LL, leading to delayed flowering under LL compared with HL. Our results not only revealed another layer of PIF functioning in the flowering of woody perennial plants, but also established a mechanism of light response in DN plants.
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Fitocromo/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Rosa/genética , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/fisiología , Flores/genética , Flores/fisiología , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Expresión Génica , Hipocótilo/genética , Hipocótilo/fisiología , Hipocótilo/efectos de la radiación , Mutación , Fotoperiodo , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Rosa/fisiología , Rosa/efectos de la radiación , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , TransgenesRESUMEN
In many fruiting plant species, flower abscission is induced by low light stress. Here, we elucidated how signaling mediated by the peptide INFLORESCENCE DEFICIENT IN ABSCISSION (IDA) controls low light-induced flower drop in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). We analyzed the expression patterns of an IDA-Like gene (SlIDL6) during low light-induced flower abscission, and used tandem mass spectrometry to identify and characterize the mature SlIDL6 peptide. Tomato knockout lines were created to investigate the in vivo function of SlIDL6. In addition, yeast one-hybrid assays were used to investigate the binding of the SlWRKY17 transcription factor to the SlIDL6 promoter, and silencing of SlWRKY17 expression delayed low light-induced flower abscission. SlIDL6 was specifically expressed in the abscission zone and at high levels during low light-induced abscission and ethylene treatment. SlIDL6 knockout lines showed delayed low light-induced flower drop, and the application of SlIDL6 peptide accelerated abscission. Overexpression of SlIDL6 rescued the ida mutant phenotype in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), suggesting functional conservation between species. SlIDL6-mediated abscission was via an ethylene-independent pathway. We report a SlWRKY17-SlIDL6 regulatory module that functions in low light promoted abscission by increasing the expression of enzymes involved in cell wall remodeling and disassembly.
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Etilenos/metabolismo , Reguladores del Crecimiento de las Plantas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Transducción de Señal , Solanum lycopersicum/genética , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/fisiología , Arabidopsis/efectos de la radiación , Pared Celular/metabolismo , Flores/genética , Flores/fisiología , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Inflorescencia/genética , Inflorescencia/fisiología , Inflorescencia/efectos de la radiación , Solanum lycopersicum/fisiología , Solanum lycopersicum/efectos de la radiación , Fenotipo , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Plantas Modificadas Genéticamente , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas/genética , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismoRESUMEN
Soybean is a typical short-day (SD) plant. It undergoes reproductive growth only when the day length becomes shorter than a critical length. Fourteen major genes/loci affecting soybean flowering and maturity period have been mapped to date. These are E1 and E7 on chr6, E1La, E1Lb, E6, E8, and J on chr4, E2 on chr10, E3 on chr19, E4 on chr20, E9 on chr6, E10 on chr8, Dt1 on chr19, and GmAGL1 on chr14. The functional allele of all these genes, except E6, E9, J, and GmAGL1, delay flowering, while the non-functional counterpart accelerates flowering and maturity. The contribution of the E1 gene in delaying flowering is highest. Four non-functional/dysfunctional allelic variants of the E1 gene are already known, which accelerates the flowering by 20-25 days and are being used in development of early maturing soybean varieties in many parts of the world. In this study, seeds of the late maturing Indian variety NRC 37 were irradiated with gamma rays to develop an early maturing variety. One early maturing variant was obtained. Molecular characterization of the gene responsible for early flowering proved it to be a non-functional variant of the E1 gene with major deletion.
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Flores , Glycine max , Alelos , Flores/genética , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Rayos gamma , Mutación , Glycine max/genética , Glycine max/efectos de la radiaciónRESUMEN
Photoperiod sensitivity is a key factor in plant adaptation and crop production. In the short-day plant soybean, adaptation to low latitude environments is provided by mutations at the J locus, which confer extended flowering phase and thereby improve yield. The identity of J as an ortholog of Arabidopsis ELF3, a component of the circadian evening complex (EC), implies that orthologs of other EC components may have similar roles. Here we show that the two soybean homeologs of LUX ARRYTHMO interact with J to form a soybean EC. Characterization of mutants reveals that these genes are highly redundant in function but together are critical for flowering under short day, where the lux1 lux2 double mutant shows extremely late flowering and a massively extended flowering phase. This phenotype exceeds that of any soybean flowering mutant reported to date, and is strongly reminiscent of the "Maryland Mammoth" tobacco mutant that featured in the seminal 1920 study of plant photoperiodism by Garner and Allard [W. W. Garner, H. A. Allard, J. Agric. Res. 18, 553-606 (1920)]. We further demonstrate that the J-LUX complex suppresses transcription of the key flowering repressor E1 and its two homologs via LUX binding sites in their promoters. These results indicate that the EC-E1 interaction has a central role in soybean photoperiod sensitivity, a phenomenon also first described by Garner and Allard. EC and E1 family genes may therefore constitute key targets for customized breeding of soybean varieties with precise flowering time adaptation, either by introgression of natural variation or generation of new mutants by gene editing.
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Adaptación Fisiológica , Flores/metabolismo , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas/efectos de la radiación , Glycine max/metabolismo , Fotoperiodo , Proteínas de Plantas/metabolismo , Flores/genética , Flores/crecimiento & desarrollo , Flores/efectos de la radiación , Fenotipo , Fitomejoramiento , Proteínas de Plantas/genética , Glycine max/genética , Glycine max/crecimiento & desarrollo , Glycine max/efectos de la radiaciónRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) proteins play important roles in epigenetic gene regulation, and have diverse molecular, cellular, and biological functions in plants. MBD proteins have been functionally characterized in various plant species, including Arabidopsis, wheat, maize, and tomato. In rice, 17 sequences were bioinformatically predicted as putative MBD proteins. However, very little is known regarding the function of MBD proteins in rice. RESULTS: We explored the expression patterns of the rice OsMBD family genes and identified 13 OsMBDs with active expression in various rice tissues. We further characterized the function of a rice class I MBD protein OsMBD707, and demonstrated that OsMBD707 is constitutively expressed and localized in the nucleus. Transgenic rice overexpressing OsMBD707 displayed larger tiller angles and reduced photoperiod sensitivity-delayed flowering under short day (SD) and early flowering under long day (LD). RNA-seq analysis revealed that overexpression of OsMBD707 led to reduced photoperiod sensitivity in rice and to expression changes in flowering regulator genes in the Ehd1-Hd3a/RFT1 pathway. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggested that OsMBD707 plays important roles in rice growth and development, and should lead to further studies on the functions of OsMBD proteins in growth, development, or other molecular, cellular, and biological processes in rice.