Project description:Waterlogging is a major abiotic stress causing oxygen depletion and carbon dioxide accumulation in the rhizosphere. Barley is more susceptible to waterlogging stress than other cereals. To gain a better understanding of the effect of waterlogging stress in barley, we carried out a genome-wide gene expression analysis in roots of Yerong and Deder2 barley genotypes under waterlogging and control (well-watered) conditions by RNA-Sequencing, using Illumina HiSeq™ 4000 platform.
Project description:We hypothesized that the genome segments of cultivated barley should show certain similarity with its ancestral wild barley. Instead of whole genome sequences, we employed RNA-Seq to investigated the genomic origin of modern cultivated barley using some representative wild barley genotypes from the Near East and Tibet, and representative world-wide selections of cultivated barley.
Project description:NILs containing five parental lines, three wild barley genotypes ssp. spontaneum: HID 4 (A), Iraq; HID 64 (B), Turkey; and HID 369 (C), Israel, one ssp. agriocrithon: HID 382(D)) and cv. Morex (ssp. vulgare, USA). Purpose: Variant calling to identifie markers associated with a awn length QTL on the distal part of chromosome 7HL
Project description:In the present study, we investigated the transcriptome features during hulless barley grain development. Using Illumina paired-end RNA-Sequencing, we generated two data sets of the developing grain transcriptomes from two hulless barley landraces.
Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study was to investigate the mechanisms involved in the initiation and development of crown-roots (CRs) in barley and to estimate the role of cytokinins (CKs) in this process. Method: stranded libraries were obtained from RNA extracted from the stem base of 1 day-after-germination (DAG) and 10DAG-seedlings of wild-type (WT) and AtCKX-overexpressing barley lines (OE-CKX). OE-CKX lines have a reduced content of endogenous CKs and are characterized by a higher number of CRs. Libraries were deep sequenced on Illumina HighSeq platform. Each sample was investigated in three independent biological replicates. Results: Using a data analysis workflow optimized for barley, we identified more than 4000 transcripts differentially expressed in the stem base of 1DAG and 10DAG-seedlings. Expression as determined by RNA-seq was validated by real-time PCR. Our data were compared to the transcriptomic profiling obtained from rice and we were able to identify genes potentially involved in the initiation/development of CRs in barley. Also the use of the transgenic line with altered endogenous CK content allowed us to conclude about the role of CKs in the process. Conclusions: Our study represents the first analysis aiming to understand the initiation and development of CRs in barley.
