Effects of Saline-Alkali Stress on Sugar Metabolism of Jujube Fruit: A Metabolomic Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Materials and Treatments
2.2. Determination of the Microstructure of Jujube Fruit
2.3. Determination of Sugar Composition
2.4. Metabolomics Assay
2.5. Quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR)
2.6. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Phenotypic Changes in Jujube Fruit under Different Salinity-Alkali Treatments
3.2. Change in Sugar Component Content
3.3. Metabolomics Analysis
3.4. Screening of Differentially-Accumulated Metabolites
3.5. Expression Analysis of Genes Related to Carbohydrate Metabolism Enzymes
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sugar Constituent | Regression Equation | Correlation Coefficient |
---|---|---|
Fructose | y = 749.23X1.6239 | R2 = 0.9993 |
Glucose | y = 1046.9X1.5509 | R2 = 0.9991 |
Sucrose | y = 1055X1.6852 | R2 = 0.9989 |
Gene Symbol | Primer Sequence (5′-3′) | Primer Sequence (3′-5′) |
---|---|---|
ZjSPS1 | AGTCCCACTCGCTACTTCGT | TCCAAATCCTCCAGCACATA |
ZjSPS2 | TCCCAAGCCCTCAGGTATTT | GTAGTTTCTGTTTGCGTGTAG |
ZjSS1 | AAGTCATAAGATCCGCACAG | AACACGAACATATTCCCAAA |
ZjvINV2 | ACCCGATAACCCGAAGGAAG | GTCTGTACGGACGCCCAACC |
ZjFK2 | CCCTCCTTTCCTACGACCCG | ATCGCTAACCTTGATCTCCTCTGC |
ZjHK2 | TGATAGCCCTAATCCAAACT | TATCTGCCTCTTCTGACATTC |
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Wang, Y.; Feng, Y.; Yan, M.; Zhou, X.; Yuan, Z.; Zhang, Q.; Yan, H.; Wu, C. Effects of Saline-Alkali Stress on Sugar Metabolism of Jujube Fruit: A Metabolomic Analysis. Agronomy 2023, 13, 2239. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092239
Wang Y, Feng Y, Yan M, Zhou X, Yuan Z, Zhang Q, Yan H, Wu C. Effects of Saline-Alkali Stress on Sugar Metabolism of Jujube Fruit: A Metabolomic Analysis. Agronomy. 2023; 13(9):2239. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092239
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Yan, Yifeng Feng, Min Yan, Xiaofeng Zhou, Ze Yuan, Qiaoqiao Zhang, Haoyu Yan, and Cuiyun Wu. 2023. "Effects of Saline-Alkali Stress on Sugar Metabolism of Jujube Fruit: A Metabolomic Analysis" Agronomy 13, no. 9: 2239. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092239