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- Title
Metabolic variation between japonica and indica rice cultivars as revealed by non-targeted metabolomics.
- Authors
Chaoyang Hu; Jianxin Shi; Sheng Quan; Bo Cui; Kleessen, Sabrina; Nikoloski, Zoran; Tohge, Takayuki; Alexander, Danny; Lining Guo; Hong Lin; Jing Wang; Xiao Cui; Jun Rao; Qian Luo; Xiangxiang Zhao; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Dabing Zhang
- Abstract
Seed metabolites are critically important both for plant development and human nutrition; however, the natural variation in their levels remains poorly characterized. Here we profiled 121 metabolites in mature seeds of a wide panel Oryza sativa japonica and indica cultivars, revealing correlations between the metabolic phenotype and geographic origin of the rice seeds. Moreover, japonica and indica subspecies differed significantly not only in the relative abundances of metabolites but also in their corresponding metabolic association networks. These findings provide important insights into metabolic adaptation in rice subgroups, bridging the gap between genome and phenome, and facilitating the identification of genetic control of metabolic properties that can serve as a basis for the future improvement of rice quality via metabolic engineering.
- Subjects
RICE varieties; RICE seeds; METABOLITES; METABOLOMICS; GENOMES
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2014, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/srep05067