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Integrated endogenous hormones and transcriptome analysis contribute to fruit development related gene mining in Eriobotrya japonica.

Shoukai Lin, Bisha Wu, Yifang Xiong, Liyan Huang, Dahe Lin, Jingli Lin, Shunquan Lin, Jincheng Wu

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Shoukai Lin *College of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China.
Bisha Wu *College of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China.
Yifang Xiong *College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
Liyan HuangCollege of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China.
Dahe LinCollege of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China.
Jingli LinAffiliated Hospital of Putian University, Putian, 351100, China.
Shunquan LinCollege of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China. loquat@scau.edu.cn.
Jincheng WuCollege of Environmental and Biological Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Ecology-Toxicological Effects and Control for Emerging Contaminants, Key Laboratory of Ecological Environment and Information Atlas, Putian University, Putian, 351100, China. wjc2384@163.com.

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Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Project 2021N5014, 2022N5006, 2021J011106, 2022J011162, 2023J011006Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Project 2021N5014, 2022N5006, 2024N0062, 2021J011106, 2022J011162, 2023J011006Research Projects of Putian University 2024177Science and Technology Plan Project of Putian 2023GJGZ001, 2021ZP08, 2021ZP10, 2021ZP11
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Loquat has both a delicious taste and natural medicinal effects. Fruit yield is the foundation of loquat production. However, as loquat fruits ripen, the time course changes in endogenous hormones and the transcriptome are still unclear, and the mining of loquat fruit development-related genes is still limited. Pulps from four stages of fruit development, including 70 days after full-blooming (DAF) (Z01), 90 DAF (Z02), 110 DAF (Z03), and 130 DAF (Z04), were collected to detect the contents of endogenous hormones and conduct transcriptome analysis. The results revealed that the pulps thickened continuously at a steady speed, whereas the rapid fruit expansion before the Z02 stage could be attributed to a sharp expansion of seeds. In addition, the endogenous hormone levels of the pulps tended to differ among these four stages. A total of 39,051 genes were obtained, and each sample was compared. Z01-VS-Z02, Z01-VS-Z03, and Z01-VS-Z04 presented 2611, 12,594, and 19,214 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), respectively. We found that there were 259, 49, 47, 70, 169, 47, 22 and 33 DEGs related to Aux, GA, CTK, ABA, Eth, BR, SA and JA, respectively. GO and KEGG enrichment analyses revealed that the most obviously enriched terms were photosynthesis-antenna proteins, starch and sucrose metabolism, and photosynthesis. Cluster analysis of the expression trends of the DEGs revealed that 25 clusters were obtained, 16 of which were highly correlated with 1 to 5 hormones. A total of 25 and 28 core genes were systematically identified from clusters 21 and 25, respectively. Heterologous expression revealed that EjHsc70, a selected core gene, promoted Arabidopsis growth and could be involved in the development process of loquat fruit. This study provides new insights into fruit development in Eriobotrya japonica.

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EriobotryaFruitPlant Growth RegulatorsTranscriptomeGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenes, PlantPlant ProteinsPlant Growth RegulatorsPlant ProteinsEndogenous hormonesFruit developmentGene miningLoquatTranscriptome

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