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- Title
RNA-Seq Analysis of Plant Maturity in Crested Wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum L.).
- Authors
Fangqin Zeng; Biligetu, Bill; Coulman, Bruce; Schellenberg, Michael P.; Yong-Bi Fu
- Abstract
Crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum L.) breeding programs aim to develop later maturing cultivars for extending early spring grazing inWestern Canada. Plant maturity is a complex genetic trait, and little is known about genes associated with late maturity in this species. An attempt was made using RNA-Seq to profile the transcriptome of crested wheatgrass maturity and to analyze differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between early and late maturing lines. Three cDNA libraries for each line were generated by sampling leaves at the stem elongation stage, spikes at the boot and anthesis stages. A total of 75,218,230 and 74,015,092 clean sequence reads were obtained for early and late maturing lines, respectively. De novo assembly of all sequence reads generated 401,587 transcripts with a mean length of 546 bp and N50 length of 691 bp. Out of 13,133 DEGs detected, 22, 17, and eight flowering related DEGs were identified for the three stages, respectively. Twelve DEGs, including nine flowering related DEGs at the stem elongation stage were further confirmed by qRT-PCR. The analysis of homologous genes of the photoperiod pathway revealed their lower expression in the late maturing line at the stem elongation stage, suggesting that their differential expression contributed to late maturity in crested wheatgrass.
- Subjects
CANADA; CRESTED wheatgrass; GENE expression in plants; PHOTOPERIODISM; PLANTS; ELONGATION factors (Biochemistry); AGRICULTURE
- Publication
Genes, 2017, Vol 8, Issue 11, p291
- ISSN
2073-4425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/genes8110291