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ArticleBMC plant biology2021

Transcriptome profiling reveals the effects of drought tolerance in Giant Juncao.

Jing Zhou, Siqi Chen, Wenjiao Shi, Rakefet David-Schwartz, Sutao Li, Fulin Yang, Zhanxi Lin

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Article in BMC plant biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jing ZhouNational Engineering Research Center of Juncao, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China. zhoujing_lz@hotmail.com.
Siqi ChenCollege of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Wenjiao ShiCollege of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Rakefet David-SchwartzInstitute of Plant Sciences, Volcani Center, Agriculture Research Organization, 50250, Bet Dagan, Israel.
Sutao LiCollege of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Fulin YangCollege of Animal Sciences (College of Bee Science), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Zhanxi LinNational Engineering Research Center of Juncao, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University · CNAgricultural Research Organization · IL

Funding

Education department of Fujian Province JT180120National Natural Science Foundation of China 41775105Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province 2019J05053
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGiant Juncao is often used as feed for livestock because of its huge biomass. However, drought stress reduces forage production by affecting the normal growth and development of plants. Therefore, investigating the molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance will provide important information for the improvement of drought tolerance in this grass.

resultsA total of 144.96 Gb of clean data was generated and assembled into 144,806 transcripts and 93,907 unigenes. After 7 and 14 days of drought stress, a total of 16,726 and 46,492 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were observed, respectively. Compared with normal irrigation, 16,247, 23,503, and 11,598 DEGs were observed in 1, 5, and 9 days following rehydration, respectively. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analyses revealed abiotic stress-responsive genes and pathways related to catalytic activity, methyltransferase activity, transferase activity, and superoxide metabolic process. We also identified transcription factors belonging to several families, including basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH), WRKY, NAM (no apical meristem), ATAF1/2 and CUC2 (cup-shaped cotyledon) (NAC), fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR1), B3, myeloblastosis (MYB)-related, and basic leucine zipper (bZIP) families, which are important drought-rehydration-responsive proteins. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis was also used to analyze the RNA-seq data to predict the interrelationship between genes. Twenty modules were obtained, and four of these modules may be involved in photosynthesis and plant hormone signal transduction that respond to drought and rehydration conditions.

conclusionsOur research is the first to provide a more comprehensive understanding of DEGs involved in drought stress at the transcriptome level in Giant Juncao with different drought and recovery conditions. These results may reveal insights into the molecular mechanisms of drought tolerance in Giant Juncao and provide diverse genetic resources involved in drought tolerance research.

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Animal FeedDroughtsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, PlantPoaceaeStress, PhysiologicalTranscriptomeDrought resistanceGiant JuncaoRNA-sequenceTranscription factorsTranscriptome

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