Abstract
BackgroundAxillary bud is an important agronomic and economic trait in cut chrysanthemum. Bud outgrowth is an intricate process controlled by complex molecular regulatory networks, physio-chemical integrators and environmental stimuli. Temperature is one of the key regulators of bud’s fate. However, little is known about the temperature-mediated control of axillary bud at molecular levels in chrysanthemum. A comprehensive study was designed to study the bud outgrowth at normal and elevated temperature in cut chrysanthemum. Leaf morphology, histology, physiological parameters were studied to correlate the leaf activity with bud morphology, sucrose and hormonal regulation and the molecular controllers.ResultsTemperature caused differential bud outgrowth along bud positions. Photosynthetic leaf area, physiological indicators and sucrose utilization were changed considerable due to high temperature. Comparative transcriptome analysis identified a significant proportion of bud position-specific genes.Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) showed that axillary bud control can be delineated by modules of coexpressed genes; especially, MEtan3, MEgreen2 and MEantiquewhite presented group of genes specific to bud length. A comparative analysis between different bud positions in two temperatures revealed the morpho-physiological traits associated with specific modules. Moreover, the transcriptional regulatory networks were configured to identify key determinants of bud outgrowth. Cell division, organogenesis, accumulation of storage compounds and metabolic changes were prominent during the bud emergence.ConclusionsRNA-seq data coupled with morpho-physiological integrators from three bud positions at two temperature regimes brings a robust source to understand bud outgrowth status influenced by high temperature in cut chrysanthemum. Our results provide helpful information for elucidating the regulatory mechanism of temperature on axillary bud growth in chrysanthemum.
Highlights
Axillary bud is an important agronomic and economic trait in cut chrysanthemum
RNA-seq data coupled with morpho-physiological integrators from three bud positions at two temperature regimes brings a robust source to understand bud outgrowth status influenced by high temperature in cut chrysanthemum
Our results provide helpful information for elucidating the regulatory mechanism of temperature on axillary bud growth in chrysanthemum
Summary
Axillary bud is an important agronomic and economic trait in cut chrysanthemum. Bud outgrowth is an intricate process controlled by complex molecular regulatory networks, physio-chemical integrators and environmental stimuli. Temperature is one of the key regulators of bud’s fate. Little is known about the temperature-mediated control of axillary bud at molecular levels in chrysanthemum. A comprehensive study was designed to study the bud outgrowth at normal and elevated temperature in cut chrysanthemum. Histology, physiological parameters were studied to correlate the leaf activity with bud morphology, sucrose and hormonal regulation and the molecular controllers
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