ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2017, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 60-67. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2017.01.010

Special Issue: Drought and water saving

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Transcriptome Profiling of Loquat Leaves under Drought Stress

WANG Dan, GONG Ronggao   

  1. College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
  • Received:2016-11-09 Published:2017-02-28

Abstract: The transcriptome of loquat leaves under drought stress were sequenced by Illumina HiSeqhigh-throughput platform which is a new generation of sequencing technology. This study was conducted to elucidate functional gene, analyzed its differential expressed gene and provided a theoretical basis for its genetic improvement. The sequencing data was assembled by de novo assembly and the differential expressed gene screened was annotated in COG, GO and KEGG database. The sequencing results showed that 88 530 transcripts with the mean length of 740.64 bp were conducted. 41 748 ORFs were predicted by opening reading fragment.Clusters of orthologous groups performed the transcripts into 24 categories.All assembled transcripts and ORFs were divided into 54 branches by Gene ontology and 291 pathways by the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes annotations analyses.25 197 DEGs were enriched in 30 metabolic pathways and numerous genes related to enzyme activity,hormone metabolism and signal transduction inferred that might be connected with drought stress of loquat.Moreover, DEGs in carotenoid biosynthesis, brassinosteroid biosynthesis and diterpenoid biosynthesis showed a similar expression.Furthermore, DEGs were confirmed by qRT-PCR and peroxidase,protein kinase byr2, Serine/threonine protein kinase,abscisic acid 8'-hydroxylase and indole-3-acetic acid-amido synthetase were down regulated, Cytochrome P450 734A1 was on the contrary.This study not only provided valuable genetic resources and a comprehensive map of drought-responsive genes in this species but also a data basis for further explorer molecular response mechanism to drought stress in loquat.

Key words: Loquat, Drought stress, Transcriptome, Differential expression

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WANG Dan, GONG Ronggao. Transcriptome Profiling of Loquat Leaves under Drought Stress[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2017, 32(1): 60-67. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2017.01.010.

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