Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate target mRNAs by inducing degradation or preventing translation of their target mRNAs. Winter wheat, Triticum aestivum., is an important crop plant, yet there are only a few studies on the association of miRNAs and growth and development of winter wheat grown in the field. Here we carried out experimental analysis of miRNAs in wheat leaves by analyzing small RNA profiles at different growth stages.
Project description:Canola plants inoculated with plant growth-promoting bacteria either expressing ACC deaminase or not to determine the effect on plant gene expression using an Arabidopsis microarray.
Project description:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single strand small non-coding RNAs that regulate target mRNAs at post-transcription level. Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), is an important crop plant all over the world. Long term cold exposure (vernalization) is necessary for winter wheat transition from vegetative growth to reproductive growth, yet the involvement of miRNAs in these stages remains unknown. Therefore, we performed next generation sequencing of small RNAs profiles in crown tissues at three-leaf stage, winter dormancy stage, spring greenup stage and jointing stage.
Project description:In order to understand the salt response-mechanisms and ability of plant growth promoting bacteria to moderate harmful effect of salt, two Canola cultivars, salt-tolerant Hyola308, and salt-sensitive Sarigol, were treated with Inoculation with plant growth promoting bacteria, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and salt. For this quantitative proteomics technique was used.
Project description:Canola plants inoculated with plant growth-promoting bacteria either expressing ACC deaminase or not to determine the effect on plant gene expression using an Arabidopsis microarray. 3 replicates for each ACD+ and ACD- bacteria, each compared with untreated control.
Project description:Iron (Fe) plays a pivotal role in several metabolic and biosynthetic pathways essential for plant growth. Fe deficiency in plants severely affects the overall crop yield. Despite several studies on iron deficiency responses in different plant species, these mechanisms remain unclear in the allohexaploid wheat, which is the most widely cultivated commercial crop. In order to gain a comprehensive insight into molecular responses of bread wheat when exposed to iron deficiency, we studied transcriptomic changes in the roots and flag leaves of wheat plants subjected to iron-deficient and iron-sufficient conditions during early grain filling.
2020-11-24 | GSE162027 | GEO
Project description:Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Resource Centre Canola Microbiome
Project description:The purpose of this experiment was to study the effects of the bacterial enzyme ACC deaminase on the transcriptional changes within canola seedlings. Seedlings from seeds treated with the plant growth-promoting bacteria Pseudomonas putida UW4 which expresses a high level of ACC deaminase and its ACC deaminase-minus mutant were compared to untreated seedlings along with a transgenic line of canola expressing the ACC deaminase enzyme in the roots. ACC deaminase breaks down 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid, the biosynthetic precursor to the plant hormone ethylene, lowering ethylene levels and improving plant fitness. Plants treated with the ACC deaminase-containing bacteria and transgenic plants expressing ACC deaminase are more tolerant to a variet of stresses and this expression study helps to illuminate the pathways responsible for the growth promotion provided by the beneficial bacteria and the role of the enzyme itself.
Project description:Background: The soil environment is responsible for sustaining most terrestrial plant life on earth, yet we know surprisingly little about the important functions carried out by diverse microbial communities in soil. Soil microbes that inhabit the channels of decaying root systems, the detritusphere, are likely to be essential for plant growth and health, as these channels are the preferred locations of new root growth. Understanding the microbial metagenome of the detritusphere and how it responds to agricultural management such as crop rotations and soil tillage will be vital for improving global food production. Methods: The rhizosphere soils of wheat and chickpea growing under + and - decaying root were collected for metagenomics sequencing. A gene catalogue was established by de novo assembling metagenomic sequencing. Genes abundance was compared between bulk soil and rhizosphere soils under different treatments. Conclusions: The study describes the diversity and functional capacity of a high-quality soil microbial metagenome. The results demonstrate the contribution of the microbiome from decaying root in determining the metagenome of developing root systems, which is fundamental to plant growth, since roots preferentially inhabit previous root channels. Modifications in root microbial function through soil management, can ultimately govern plant health, productivity and food security.
Project description:To study the expression profiles of hexaploid wheat chromosome 3B genes during the life cycle of a wheat plant and establish a transcriptome atlas for this chromosome, deep transcriptome sequencing was conducted in duplicates in 15 wheat samples corresponding to five different organs (leaf, shoot, root, spike, and grain) at three developmental stages each. Strand-non-specific and strand-specific libraries were used to produce 2.52 billion paired-end reads (232 Gb) and 615.3 single-end reads (62 Gb), respectively.