Project description:The barley brittle stem mutants, fs2, designated X054 and M245, have reduced levels of cellulose compared with their isogenic parents Ohichi and Shiroseto. A custom-designed microarray, based on Agilent technology and including genes involved in cell wall metabolism, was used to compare transcript levels in the mutant and parental lines. For both mutants, the microarray revealed a marked decrease in mRNA for the HvCesA4 cellulose synthase gene in specific zones of stem internodes, and this was confirmed by quantitative PCR.
Project description:Affymetrix Barley1 GeneChip microarray was used to study the transcriptome of two fast neutron barley mutants FN362 and FN363 allelic to characterized necrotic leaf spot 3 (nec3) mutants. PCR screening of the 21 genes at least two-fold down-regulated in mutants did not show any deletions in the genome of mutants and, thus, failed to identify a gene responsible for the nec3 mutant phenotype suggesting that either probe set for the NEC3 gene is not on the Barley1 GeneChip, or that the expression of wt NEC3 is confined to specific developmental stage or tissue type.
Project description:Affymetrix Barley1 GeneChip microarray was used to study the transcriptome of two fast neutron barley mutants FN362 and FN363 allelic to characterized necrotic leaf spot 3 (nec3) mutants. PCR screening of the 21 genes at least two-fold down-regulated in mutants did not show any deletions in the genome of mutants and, thus, failed to identify a gene responsible for the nec3 mutant phenotype suggesting that either probe set for the NEC3 gene is not on the Barley1 GeneChip, or that the expression of wt NEC3 is confined to specific developmental stage or tissue type. Transcriptome of the two barley fast neutron mutants was compared to the transcriptome of parental variety Steptoe
Project description:The barley brittle stem mutants, fs2, designated X054 and M245, have reduced levels of cellulose compared with their isogenic parents Ohichi and Shiroseto. A custom-designed microarray, based on Agilent technology and including genes involved in cell wall metabolism, was used to compare transcript levels in the mutant and parental lines. For both mutants, the microarray revealed a marked decrease in mRNA for the HvCesA4 cellulose synthase gene in specific zones of stem internodes, and this was confirmed by quantitative PCR. Genes expression was measured for the upper and lower zones from the 4th internodes of stems. Plant were at Zadocks developmental stage 49. Gene expression was compared between mutants and their wildtype parents.
Project description:The aim of the study was the elucidation of drought-induced molecular events related to plant hormones occurring in crown tissue of barley, the key organ for cereal survival. Experiments involving large-scale measurements of gene expression at transcript and protein level, hormone abundance, and phenotypic variability in a set of selected barley mutants were carried out to uncover how disturbance of GAs, BRs and SLs homeostasis may affect the barley multivariate response to drought. The characterization included early stages of plant development and continued to the later stages, with observation of effects on the whole-plant architecture and yield formation. The integration of all data allowed to enrich the knowledge of regulatory networks in barley exposed to drought.
Project description:Purpose: The powdery mildew fungus, Blumeria graminis, is an obligate biotrophic pathogen of cereals and has significant impact on food security (Dean et al., 2012). B. graminis f. sp. hordei (Bgh) is the causal agent of powdery mildew on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). We sought to address the temporal regulation of membrane trafficking associated gene expression in barley-powdery mildew interactions. We created an isogenic panel of immune signaling mutants to address three main questions: (i) which Blumeria secreted proteins are differentially regulated in response to different compromised genotypes, (ii) which barley membrane trafficking genes are altered in response to pathogen attack, and (iii) how are these genes interacting across genotypes and infection stages.
Project description:A large-scale time course expression profiling of wild type (Mla12/Rar1/Rom1) and mutants (mla12-M66, M82 (rar1-1), M100 (rar1-2) and rom1) of barley cultivar Sultan 5 was conducted to understand the molecular mechanisms of delayed powdery mildew resistance. Barley plants were inoculated with powdery mildew pathogen isolate 5874. First leaves of inoculated and non-inoculated plants were harvested at six time points after pathogen inoculation. The experiment was laid out in split-split-plot design with 180 experimental units (3 replications x 2 treatments (inoculated and non-inoculated) x 5 genotypes x 6 time points).
Project description:we investigated the transcriptome of barley albina and xantha mutants and the corresponding wild type to assess the effect of the chloroplast on expression of cold-regulated genes Keywords: stress response