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Transcriptome-Based Identification of Candidate Flowering-Associated Genes of Blueberry in a Plant Factory with Artificial Lighting (PFAL) under Short-Day-Length Conditions

文献类型: 外文期刊

作者: An, Haishan 1 ; Zhang, Jiaying 1 ; Li, Shuigen 1 ; Zhang, Xueying 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Shanghai Acad Agr Sci, Forestry & Fruit Tree Res Inst, 1000 Jinqi Rd, Shanghai 201403, Peoples R China

2.Shanghai Key Lab Protected Hort Technol, 1000 Jinqi Rd, Shanghai 201403, Peoples R China

关键词: Vaccinium corymbosum L.; plant factory; candidate flowering genes; chilling

期刊名称:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES ( 影响因子:5.6; 五年影响因子:6.2 )

ISSN: 1661-6596

年卷期: 2024 年 25 卷 6 期

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: In blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.), a perennial shrub, flower bud initiation is mediated by a short-day (SD) photoperiod and buds bloom once the chilling requirement is satisfied. A plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL) is a planting system that can provide a stable and highly efficient growing environment for blueberry production. However, the characteristics of bud differentiation of blueberry plants inside PFAL systems are poorly understood. To better understand flower bud initiation and the flowering mechanism of blueberry in PFAL systems, the anatomical structure of apical buds under SD conditions in a PFAL system was observed using the southern highbush cultivar 'Misty' and a transcriptomic analysis was performed to identify the candidate flowering genes. The results indicated that the apical bud of 'Misty' differentiated gradually along with SD time course and swelled obviously when chilling was introduced. A total of 39.28 Gb clean data were generated, and about 20.31-24.11 Mb high-quality clean reads were assembled, yielding a total of 17370 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), of which 9637 were up-regulated and 7733 were down-regulated. Based on the functional annotation, 26 DEGs were identified including 20 flowering-related and 6 low-temperature DEGs, out of which the expressive level of four flowering-related DEGs (VcFT2, VcFPA, VcFMADS1, and VcCOP1) and two low-temperature-induced DEGs (VcTIL-1 and VcLTI 65-like) were confirmed by qRT-PCR with a good consistency with the pattern of transcriptome. Functional analysis indicated that VcFT2 was highly conserved with nuclear and cytoplasmic subcellular localization and was expressed mainly in blueberry leaf tissue. In Arabidopsis, ectopic overexpression of VcFT2 results in an early flowering phenotype, indicating that VcFT2 is a vital regulator of the SD-mediated flowering pathway in blueberry. These results contribute to the investigation of photoperiod-mediated flowering mechanisms of blueberry in PFAL systems.

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