Abstract
Flowering is a complicated developmental process of physiological and morphological stages under the control of a number of external signals and internal factors. Floral malformation occurring during flower development stage is serious constraint having crippling effect on mango flowering and production leading to heavy economic losses. In mango there is lack of information about the gene expression profile during flower development. We therefore performed transcriptome analysis of Mangifera indica cultivar Amrapalli, by isolating total RNA from different stages of bud development in healthy and malformed tissues. The next generation sequencing were performed using 2 × 150 PE chemistry on the Illumina NextSeq platform resulting in 20.31, 20.77, 20.32, 27.92 and 18.59 million PE reads in MB-1, MB-2, MB-3, HB-1 and HB-2 stages respectively. Higher differential expressions copy numbers of seven flowering genes (MYB30, TPL, bHLH, FTIP1, CDKC2, CPK33, and ATH1) were observed in both the healthybud and panicle development stages as compared to malformed bud development stages. Among the other differentially expressed pattern of flowering genes in six possible combinations, the highly upregulated genes are UBP12, EFS, AGL8, AGL14, AGL20, AGL24, KIN10, MYB30, SUS2, FTIP1, CCT and LDL2 and down regulated genes were like TIL1, TIC, DCL3, GA20OX3, CCT, AP1, AGL6, AGL8, MYB30, AGL8, GCT and GA3OX1. The data set provides information on transcripts putatively associated with embryonic flower, earlier flowering, flowering time control, terminal flower and mads-box protein in healthy and malformed tissues. Out of the observed differentially expressed genes, the transcript profiles of GA20OX3, AGL24 and LDL2, the key genes regulating floral transition and differentiation, were validated through qRT-PCR. Our study provides a resource for exploring the complex molecular mechanisms in flower development and malformations in mango.
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Abbreviations
- AGL:
-
Agamous-Like
- AP2:
-
Apetala2
- ATH1:
-
Arabidopsis thaliana Homeobox Gene 1
- bHLH:
-
Basic Helix–Loop–Helix
- CCT:
-
CO, CO-like and Timing of Cab
- CDF1:
-
Cycling DOF Factor 1
- CDKC2:
-
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase
- CLF:
-
Curly Leaf
- COP1:
-
Constitutive Photomorphogenic 1
- CPK6:
-
Calcium Dependent Protein Kinase 6
- CRY2:
-
Cryptochrome 2
- CUL3:
-
Cullin 3A
- DCL3:
-
Dicer-Like 3
- DEGs:
-
Differentially expressed genes
- EFS:
-
Early flowering in short days
- ELF3:
-
Early Flowering 3
- EMF2:
-
Embryonic Flower 2
- FC:
-
Fold change
- FY:
-
Flowering time control protein FY
- FKF1:
-
Flavin-Binding Kelch Repeat F box Protein
- FLK:
-
Flowering locus KH domain
- FTIP1:
-
FT-Interacting Protein 1
- GA20ox3:
-
Gibberellin20-Oxidase 3
- GA2-ox:
-
GA2-oxidase
- GA3-ox:
-
GA2-oxidase
- GCT:
-
Grand Central
- GI:
-
Gigantea
- GID1A:
-
Gibberellin Insensitive Dwarf1A
- GID1B:
-
GA Insensitive Dwarf 1B
- GID1C:
-
GA Insensitive Dwarf 1C
- HB-1:
-
Healthy bud stage 1
- HB16:
-
Homeobox Protein 16
- HB-2:
-
Healthy bud stage 2
- HUB1:
-
Histone Mono-Ubiquitination 1
- INO80:
-
Inositol Requiring 80
- JMJ14:
-
Jumonji 14
- KIN10:
-
Kinase 10
- LDL2:
-
Lysine Specific Demethylase Like 1
- LHY:
-
Late Elongated Hypocotyl
- LFY:
-
Leafy
- LRB1:
-
Light-Response BTB 1
- LWD2:
-
Light-Regulated WD 2
- MB-1:
-
Single swollen malformed bud stage 1
- MB-2:
-
Multiple malformed bud stage 2
- MB-3:
-
Multiple malformed panicle development stage 3
- MBD9:
-
Methyl-CPG-Binding Domain 9
- NF-YB1:
-
Nuclear Factor Y Subunit B1
- NUC:
-
Nut-Cracker
- PIF:
-
Phytochrome-Interacting Factor
- PIL6:
-
Phytochrome-Interacting Factor Like
- PRR3:
-
Pseudo-Response Regulator 3
- RAP2.7:
-
Related to AP2.7
- REF6:
-
Relative to Early Flowering
- RFI2:
-
Red and Far-Red Insensitive 2
- RVE2:
-
Reveille 2
- SDG25:
-
Set Domain Protein 25
- SPL5:
-
Squamosa Promoter Binding Protein-LIKE 5
- SPL9:
-
Squamosa Promoter Binding Protein-Like 9
- SUS2:
-
Sucrose Synthase 2
- SUS4:
-
Sucrose Synthase 4
- SUVR5:
-
SU(VAR)3-9-Related Protein 5
- SVP:
-
Short Vegetative Phase
- TEM1:
-
Tempranillo 1
- TIC:
-
Time for Coffee
- TIL1:
-
Tilted 1
- TPL:
-
Topless
- TPS1:
-
Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase 1
- UBC1:
-
Ubiquitin Carrier Protein 1
- UBP12:
-
Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 12
- UGT:
-
UDP-Glucosyl Transferase
- VOZ1:
-
Vascular Plant one Zinc Finger Protein 1
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Yadav, A., Jayaswal, P.K., Venkat Raman, K. et al. Transcriptome analysis of flowering genes in mango (Mangifera indica L.) in relation to floral malformation. J. Plant Biochem. Biotechnol. 29, 193–212 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-019-00541-z
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