ArticleBMC plant biology2019
How fall dormancy benefits alfalfa winter-survival? Physiologic and transcriptomic analyses of dormancy process.
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- Identification of genetic loci associated with five agronomic traits in alfalfa using multi-environment trials.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2023Article
- Application of machine learning to explore the genomic prediction accuracy of fall dormancy in autotetraploid alfalfa.Horticulture research · 2023Article
- A Pan-Transcriptome Analysis Indicates Efficient Downregulation of the FIB Genes Plays a Critical Role in the Response of Alfalfa to Cold Stress.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Identification and Characterization of Regulatory Pathways Controlling Dormancy Under Lower Temperature in Alfalfa (Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses of non-structural carbohydrates in red maple leaves.Functional & integrative genomics · 2021Article
- Genome-Wide Association Analysis Coupled With Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Candidate Genes Related to Salt Stress in Alfalfa (Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundFall dormancy and freezing tolerance characterized as two important phenotypic traits, have great effects on productivity and persistence of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Despite the fact that one of the most limiting traits for alfalfa freezing tolerance in winter is fall dormancy, the interplay between fall dormancy and cold acclimation processes of alfalfa remains largely unknown. We compared the plant regrowth, winter survival, raffinose and amino acids accumulation, and genome-wide differentially expressed genes of fall-dormant cultivar with non-dormant cultivar under cold acclimation.
resultsAveraged over both years, the non-dormant alfalfa exhibited largely rapid regrowth compared with fall dormant alfalfa after last cutting in autumn, but the winter survival rate of fall dormant alfalfa was about 34-fold higher than that of non-dormant alfalfa. The accumulation of raffinose and amino acids were significantly increased in fall dormant alfalfa, whereas were decreased in non-dormant alfalfa under cold acclimation. Expressions of candidate genes encoding raffinose biosynthesis genes were highly up-regulated in fall dormant alfalfa, but down-regulated in non-dormant alfalfa under cold acclimation. In fall dormant alfalfa, there was a significantly down-regulated expression of candidate genes encoding the glutamine synthase, which is indirectly involved in the proline metabolism. A total of eight significantly differentially expressed transcription factors (TFs) related to CBF and ABRE-BFs were identified. The most up-regulated TFs in fall dormant alfalfa cultivar were ABF4 and DREB1C.
conclusionsFall dormant alfalfa drastically increased raffinose and amino acids accumulation under cold acclimation. Raffinose-associated and amino acid-associated genes involved in metabolic pathways were more highly expressed in fall dormant alfalfa than non-dormant alfalfa under cold acclimation. This global survey of transcriptome profiles provides new insights into the interplay between fall dormancy and cold acclimation in alfalfa.
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