Project description:Here We revealed the complex mechanism of viviparity in water lily. The transcriptomic signatures identified in this pathway are important basis for future breeding and research of viviparity in water lily and other plant species.
Project description:Soybean plants were subjected to water deficit, heat stress, and combination of water deficit and heat stress. Flower parts, sepal, anther, ovary and stigma were collected from 8-10 different plants at R1 stage growing under three above mentioned stress conditions, and under control conditions 10 days after initiation of the stresses. Differential gene expression compared to control was studied using RNAseq method.
Project description:n Arabidopsis thaliana, the non-pollinated floral stigma degenerates about 3 to 4 days after flower opening. This data set describes the changes in the stigma transcriptome profiles during this senescence process. Three timepoints cover the young (TP1), the mature (TP2), and the senescent (TP3) stigma.
Project description:In many plant species, flower stigma secretions are important in early stages of sexual reproduction. Previous chemical analysis and proteomic characterization of these exudates provided insights into their biological function. Nevertheless, the presence of nucleic acids in the stigma exudates has not been previously reported. Here we studied the stigma exudates of Pyrus communis, Pyrus pyrifolia and Pyrus syriaca, and showed them to harbor extracellular RNAs of various sizes. RNA sequencing revealed, for the first time, the presence of known Rosaceae mature micro-RNAs (miRs), also abundant in the stigma source tissue. Predicted targets of the exudate miRs in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome include genes involved in various biological processes. Several of these genes are pollen transcribed, suggesting possible involvement of exudate miRs in transcriptional regulation of the pollen. Moreover, extracellular miRs can potentially act across kingdoms and target genes of stigma interacting organisms/microorganisms, thus opening novel applicative avenues in HortSciences.
Project description:Microarray experiments were used to build a profile of candidate stigma genes that facilitate early pollination events. Of over 24,000 genes probed, we identified 11,403 genes expressed in stigma tissue, 317 of these that are stigma specific (not expressed in control tissues). Keywords: Comparative hybridization
