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ReviewPlant physiology2021

Development of aerial and belowground tubers in potato is governed by photoperiod and epigenetic mechanism.

Kirtikumar R Kondhare, Amit Kumar, Nikita S Patil, Nilam N Malankar, Kishan Saha, Anjan K Banerjee

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Review in Plant physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Kirtikumar R KondhareBiology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0762-3767
Amit KumarBiology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.
Nikita S PatilBiology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2787-435X
Nilam N MalankarBiology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.
Kishan SahaBiology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.
Anjan K BanerjeeBiology Division, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1825-7926
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants exhibit diverse developmental plasticity and modulate growth responses under various environmental conditions. Potato (Solanum tuberosum), a modified stem and an important food crop, serves as a substantial portion of the world's subsistence food supply. In the past two decades, crucial molecular signals have been identified that govern the tuberization (potato development) mechanism. Interestingly, microRNA156 overexpression in potato provided the first evidence for induction of profuse aerial stolons and tubers from axillary meristems under short-day (SD) photoperiod. A similar phenotype was noticed for overexpression of epigenetic modifiers-MUTICOPY SUPRESSOR OF IRA1 (StMSI1) or ENAHNCER OF ZESTE 2 (StE[z]2), and knockdown of B-CELL-SPECIFIC MOLONEY MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS INTEGRATION SITE 1 (StBMI1). This striking phenotype represents a classic example of modulation of plant architecture and developmental plasticity. Differentiation of a stolon to a tuber or a shoot under in vitro or in vivo conditions symbolizes another example of organ-level plasticity and dual fate acquisition in potato. Stolon-to-tuber transition is governed by SD photoperiod, mobile RNAs/proteins, phytohormones, a plethora of small RNAs and their targets. Recent studies show that polycomb group proteins control microRNA156, phytohormone metabolism/transport/signaling and key tuberization genes through histone modifications to govern tuber development. Our comparative analysis of differentially expressed genes between the overexpression lines of StMSI1, StBEL5 (BEL1-LIKE transcription factor [TF]), and POTATO HOMEOBOX 15 TF revealed more than 1,000 common genes, indicative of a mutual gene regulatory network potentially involved in the formation of aerial and belowground tubers. In this review, in addition to key tuberization factors, we highlight the role of photoperiod and epigenetic mechanism that regulates the development of aerial and belowground tubers in potato.

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Cell PlasticityEpigenesis, GeneticPhotoperiodPlant TubersSolanum tuberosum

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PMID34734280
PMCPMC8567063
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