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- Title
Differential response to heat stress in outer and inner onion bulb scales.
- Authors
Galsurker, Ortal; Doron-Faigenboim, Adi; Teper-Bamnolker, Paula; Daus, Avinoam; Lers, Amnon; Eshel, Dani
- Abstract
The formation of brown protective skin in onion bulbs can be induced by rapid post-harvest heat treatment. Onions that are peeled to different depths and are exposed to heat stress show that only the outer scales form the dry brown skin, whereas the inner scales maintain high water content and do not change color. Our study demonstrates that browning of the outer scale during heat treatment is due to an enzymatic process that is associated with high levels of oxidation components, such as peroxidase and quercetin glucoside. De novo transcriptome analysis revealed differential molecular responses of the outer and inner scales to heat stress. Genes involved in lipid metabolism, oxidation pathways, and cell-wall modification were highly expressed in the outer scale during heating. Defense response-related genes such as those encoding heat-shock proteins, antioxidative stress defense, or production of osmoprotectant metabolites were mostly induced in the inner scale in response to heat exposure. These transcriptomic data led to a conceptual model that suggests sequential processes for the development of browning and desiccation of the outer scale versus processes associated with defense response and heat tolerance in the inner scales.
- Subjects
ONIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of heat; ENZYMATIC browning; PHYSIOLOGICAL oxidation; TRANSCRIPTOMES
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018, Vol 69, Issue 16, p4047
- ISSN
0022-0957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jxb/ery189