Molecular Insights into the Accelerated Sprouting of and Apical Dominance Release in Potato Tubers Subjected to Post-Harvest Heat Stress
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Post-Harvest HS Promotes Tuber Sprouting and the Release of Apical Dominance
2.2. Dynamic Transcriptome Profiling of Tuber Apical Bud Meristematic Tissue during HS Treatment
2.3. Identification of DEGs with a Similar Temporal Expression Pattern
2.4. Identification of DEGs with a Similar Temporal Expression Pattern
2.5. Identification of the Candidate DEGs Potentially Involved in HS Treatment-Induced Sprouting Variations
3. Discussion
3.1. The Impact of HS Treatment on Post-Harvest Potato Tuber Sprouting
3.2. Transcriptome Unveils Potential Mechanisms of HS Affecting Potato Sprouting
3.3. Limitations of This Study
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Growth and Tuber Treatments
4.2. RNA Extraction and Quantitative Real-Time PCR
4.3. Library Construction and RNA-Seq
4.4. DEGs Analysis
4.5. KEGG and GO Enrichment Analysis
4.6. Cluster and Heatmap Analysis
4.7. Functional Network Analysis
4.8. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Liu, T.; Wu, Q.; Zhou, S.; Xia, J.; Yin, W.; Deng, L.; Song, B.; He, T. Molecular Insights into the Accelerated Sprouting of and Apical Dominance Release in Potato Tubers Subjected to Post-Harvest Heat Stress. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 1699. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25031699
Liu T, Wu Q, Zhou S, Xia J, Yin W, Deng L, Song B, He T. Molecular Insights into the Accelerated Sprouting of and Apical Dominance Release in Potato Tubers Subjected to Post-Harvest Heat Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024; 25(3):1699. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25031699
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Tengfei, Qiaoyu Wu, Shuai Zhou, Junhui Xia, Wang Yin, Lujun Deng, Botao Song, and Tianjiu He. 2024. "Molecular Insights into the Accelerated Sprouting of and Apical Dominance Release in Potato Tubers Subjected to Post-Harvest Heat Stress" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25, no. 3: 1699. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25031699