Project description:Rice has evolved regulatory programs and specialized cell types that allow the plant to withstand different environments. To understand how rice root systems cope with water stresses, we profiled translatomes (ribosome-associated mRNAs) and accessible chromatin of developmentally-defined root cell populations from well-watered and drained control (aerobic control), water deficit, waterlogged, fully submerged plants and recovery conditions. Whereas, the waterlogging responses are limited to specific root domains, water deficit and submergence signatures are extensive, and mostly reversible after 1 day of recovery, relative to control roots. Root systems were also evaluated in rice cultivated in a paddy field. Specific responses include a halt in the cell-cycle and DNA synthesis-related genes translation in meristematic tissue under submergence and exo/endodermis suberin-related pathways bolstering under water deficit. Chromatin accessibility and translatome data integration was used to generate inferred regulatory networks that are dynamically regulated by changing water availability. The data collection is further enriched by translatome and chromatin accessibility data for the root systems of plate-grown seedlings (7 day old) and those cultivated in a paddy field (49 day old). An atlas of eight cell population translatomes for field-grown plants exhibited robust cell type expression. Collectively, these data for specific cell populations at multiple developmental ages and in multiple environments including growth two limiting water stresses will serve as a community resource.
Project description:Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xoc) are important bacterial pathogens of the worldwide staple and grass model, rice. Xoo invades rice vascular tissue to cause bacterial leaf blight, a serious disease of rice throughout the world. Xoc colonizes the parenchyma tissue to cause bacterial leaf steak, a disease of emerging importance. We have designed oligonucleotide probes (50-70-mers) represented 2,858 Xoo genes and 1,816 Xoc genes annotated by The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR). To validate the Xo arrays, self-hybridization samples and tests of the non-specific hybridization using randomly spotted oligonucleotides corresponding to the hygromycin phosphotransferase gene (hph), and blank spot and of the correlation coefficient between biological replicates as well as between duplicate spots revealed that the data generated from our oligo array were highly reliable and consistent. To demonstrate application of Xo array, we performed expression profiling experiments on arrays hybridized with RNA of Xoo and Xoc grown in the two different nutrient-condition media. Several sets of genes involved in bacterial movement, chemotaxis, and hrp genes differentially express in response to different treatment. Due to comprehensive views of microarray study, extended biological events of plant-bacteria interaction was described. This publicly available microarray for Xanthomonas oryzae (Xo) is an enabling resource for a large and international community of scientists to better understand not only Xo biology but also many other Xanthomonas species that cause significant losses on crops. Keywords: Media condition response
Project description:Microbes play key roles in diverse biogeochemical processes including nutrient cycling. However, responses of soil microbial community at the functional gene level to long-term fertilization, especially integrated fertilization (chemical combined with organic fertilization) remain unclear. Here we used microarray-based GeoChip techniques to explore the shifts of soil microbial functional community in a nutrient-poor paddy soil with long-term (21 years).The long-term fertilization experiment site (set up in 1990) was located in Taoyuan agro-ecosystem research station (28°55’N, 111°27’E), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hunan Province, China, with a double-cropped rice system. fertilization at various regimes.
Project description:Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are pivotal element for proper plant growth and development. We performed microarray analysis of rice shoot and root after nitrogen deficiency (-N) treatment under phosphorus deficiency (-P) condition to obtain a global view of gene regulations associated with plant response to -N under -P condition.
Project description:Analysis of root gene expression of salt-tolerant genotypes FL478, Pokkali and IR63731, and salt-sensitive genotype IR29 under control and salinity-stressed conditions during vegetative growth. Results provide insight into the genetic basis of salt tolerance in indica rice. Keywords: stress response