Project description:Papaya (Carica papaya) is a trioecious species, with female, male, and hermaphrodite plants. Because of sex segregation, selecting hermaphroditic plants is vital for orchard establishment due to their higher commercial value. In addition to the costly sexing step, environmental stresses can result in abnormal flower development. However, molecular mechanisms that regulate sex differentiation in papaya are still poorly known. Thus, this study aimed to identify proteins associated with sex development in female and hermaphrodite flowers of papaya through comparative proteomic analysis. Proteins from flower buds at the early and late developmental stages of three papaya genotypes (UENF-CALIMAN 01, JS12, and Sunrise Solo 72/12) were studied via proteomic analysis via the combination of the shotgun method and nanoESI-HDMSE technology. In buds at an early stage of development, 496 proteins exhibited significantly different abundances between sexes for the SS72/12 genotype, 139 for the JS12 genotype, and 165 for the UC-01 genotype. At the final stage of development, there were 181 for SS72/12, 113 for JS12, and 125 for UC-01. The large group of differentially accumulated proteins (DAPs) between the sexes was related to metabolism, as shown by the observation of only the proteins that exhibited the same pattern of accumulation in the three genotypes. Specifically, carbohydrate metabolism proteins were up-regulated in hermaphrodite flower buds early in development, while those linked to monosaccharide and amino acid metabolism increased during late development. Enrichment of sporopollenin and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis pathways characterizes hermaphrodite samples across developmental stages, with predicted protein interactions highlighting the crucial role of phenylpropanoids in sporopollenin biosynthesis for pollen wall formation. Most of the DAPs played key roles in pectin, cellulose, and lignin synthesis and were essential for cell wall formation and male flower structure development, notably in the pollen coat. These findings suggest that hermaphrodite flowers require more energy for development, likely due to complex pollen wall formation. Overall, these insights illuminate the molecular mechanisms of papaya floral development, revealing complex regulatory networks and energetic demands in the formation of male reproductive structures.
Project description:affy_duplicature_lyon_rose. The objective is to identify the genes involved in petal doubling in rose. In this study we are using two rosa gallica genotypes: wild-type (simple flower rose) and Cardinal de Richelieu (double flower rose), and two rosa hybrida genotypes : Souvenir de la Malmaison, which has about 110 petal, and its bud sport cultivar, Souvenir de St Anne’s. In this study, we used a microarray approach to compare the transcriptome of double flower rose (CDR) versus simple flower rose (G). The objective is to identify genes whose expression is associated with the double flower phenotype. These genes are putative candidates involved in the control of petal organ number per flower. Floral buds were dissected under a microscope and pooled in eppendorf tubes. Tissue samples were harvested at the same time during 3 weeks in April 2007. Total RNA was extracted from the pools of flowers using the Plant RNA kit (Macherey Nagel), and then used to hybridize Rosa-Affymetrix microarrays. Keywords: genotype comparison
Project description:The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of ARF6 and ARF8 to flower gene expression. Flowers from arf6 arf8 plants undergo a developmental arrest at approximately stage 12, just prior to flower opening. Flowers from wild-type, ARF6/arf6 arf8/arf8, and arf6 arf8 plants were separated into stage 1-10 flowers, stage 11+12 flowers, and stage 13-14 flowers to define the developmental stages at which ARF6 and ARF8 are required for gene expression. Keywords: comparison of wild type and arf6 arf8 mutants
Project description:affy_duplicature_lyon_rose. The objective is to identify the genes involved in petal doubling in rose. In this study we are using two rosa gallica genotypes: wild-type (simple flower rose) and Cardinal de Richelieu (double flower rose), and two rosa hybrida genotypes : Souvenir de la Malmaison, which has about 110 petal, and its bud sport cultivar, Souvenir de St Anne’s. In this study, we used a microarray approach to compare the transcriptome of double flower rose (CDR) versus simple flower rose (G). The objective is to identify genes whose expression is associated with the double flower phenotype. These genes are putative candidates involved in the control of petal organ number per flower. Floral buds were dissected under a microscope and pooled in eppendorf tubes. Tissue samples were harvested at the same time during 3 weeks in April 2007. Total RNA was extracted from the pools of flowers using the Plant RNA kit (Macherey Nagel), and then used to hybridize Rosa-Affymetrix microarrays. Keywords: genotype comparison 8 arrays - rose. 4 genotypes, 2 replicates each.
Project description:To further elucidate the molecular mechanism underling sex determination at the divergence stage of male and female flowers, the comparative transcriptome analysis was performed. In total, 56,065 unigenes were generated 24,567 transcripts were identified. Among 608 differential expression genes (DEGs), 310 DEGs showed significant expression in males and 298 DEGs in females. The data showed that the sexual dimorphism of female flowers was affected by jasmonic acid, transcription factors and some genes related with activity of floral meristem, which were considered as the candidate sex determination genes. In this study, interesting information will be provided in understanding the development of unisexual flower and the regulatory networks hidden the sex determination in V. fordii, which is useful for the practice of improving its yield.
Project description:The production of heather (Calluna vulgaris) in Germany is highly dependent on cultivars with mutated flower morphology, the so-called diplocalyx bud bloomers. So far, this unique flower type of C. vulgaris has not been reported in any other plant species. The flowers are characterised by an extremely extended flower attractiveness, since the flower buds remain closed throughout the complete flowering season. The flowers of C. vulgaris bud bloomers are male sterile, because the stamens are missing. Furthermore, petals are converted into sepals. Therefore the diplocalyx bud bloomer flowers consist of two whorls of sepals directly followed by the gynoecium. A broad comparison of wild type and bud bloomer’s flowers was undertaken to identify genes differentially expressed in the bud flowering phenotype and in the wild type of C. vulgaris. Transcriptome sequence reads were generated using next generation 454 sequencing of two flower type specific cDNA libraries. In total, 360,000 sequence reads were obtained, assembled to 12,200 contigs, functionally mapped, and annotated. Transcript abundances in wild type and bud bloomer’s libraries were compared and 365 differentially expressed genes detected. Among these differentially genes, CvPI was identified which is the orthologue of the Arabidopsis B gene PISTILLATA (PI) and considered as the most promising candidate gene. Quantitative PCR was performed to analyse the gene expression levels of two C. vulgaris B genes CvPI and CvAP3 in both flower types. CvAP3 which is the orthologue of the Arabidopsis B gene APETALA (AP3) turned out to be ectopically expressed in sepals of wild type and bud bloomer flowers. CvPI expression was proven to be reduced in the flowers of bud blooming cultivars. Differential expression patterns of the B-class genes CvAP3 and CvPI were identified to cause characteristics of flower morphology in C. vulgaris wild type and bud blooming flowers leading to the following hypotheses: ectopic expression of CvAP3 is a convincing explanation for the formation of a completely petaloid perianth in the wild type and the “bud flowering” phenotype. In C. vulgaris, CvPI is essential for determination of petal and stamen identity. The characteristic transition of petals into sepals potentially depends on the observed deficiency of CvPI and CvAP3 expression in bud blooming flowers. However, the complete loss of stamens in bud blooming flowers remains to be explained.
Project description:The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of ARF6 and ARF8 to flower gene expression. Flowers from arf6 arf8 plants undergo a developmental arrest at approximately stage 12, just prior to flower opening. Flowers from wild-type, arf6/arf6 ARF8/arf8, and arf6 arf8 plants were separated into stage 1-10 flowers, stage 11+12 flowers, and stage 13-14 flowers to define the developmental stages at which ARF6 and ARF8 are required for gene expression.
Project description:Tomato flowering and fruit set require an optimal temperature of 25/22 ± 2˚C (day/night). When the air temperature reaches to above the optimal range (higher than 30/26˚C; day/night), only a small number of flower buds would develop into mature flowers and produce a reduced number of pollen. This project used the iodoTMT proteomics analysis method to identify heat-induced proteomes in these tomato flower buds.
Project description:Canna indica L. is an ornamental plant with petaloid staminodes and only a half fertile stamen in its flowers. The genetic basis for petaloid androecium remains unclear. In order to get comprehensive transcriptome data for further studies, RNA-Seq analysis were carried out. Two libraries from flower primordia and differentiated flowers of Canna indica were constructed and sequenced respectively, and totally 118,869 unigenes were assembled. The unigenes were aligned to the protein databases NR, NT, Swiss-Prot, KEGG, COG and GO (e-value<0.00001), and totally 67,299 unigenes were annotated. Our data constitute a preliminary basis for further studies on flower development of Canna indica.
Project description:Gene expression profile of flower buds at stage 13, open flowers at stage 14 and siliques at stages 15/16, according to Smyth et al., 1990) of ABAP1 overexpressing (ABAP1OE) plants compared to wild type flower buds, open flowers and siliques (Col-0) using a a whole-genome oligonucleotide array (Operon) (platform accession number accession number GPL1077). ABAP1 is a negative regulator of the cell cycle that binds to transcription factors and represses their target gene expression, including pre-replication complex genes. All experiments were performed in triplicate.