Transcriptomic Analyses Reveals Molecular Regulation of Photosynthesis by Epichloë endophyte in Achnatherum inebrians under Blumeria graminis Infection
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material and Experimental Design
2.2. Measurement of Photosynthetic Data
2.3. RNA Extraction and Transcriptome Analysis
2.4. Meta-Analysis Data Collection
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Plant Growth and Biomass
3.2. Photosynthesis Index
3.3. Kegg Pathway Enrichment Analysis of the DEGs
3.4. DEGs of Regulatory Pathways Related to Photosynthesis
3.5. Go Functional Enrichment Analysis of the DEGs
3.6. Meta-Analysis
4. Discussion
4.1. Effects of Biotic and Abiotic Stresses on Photosynthesis
4.2. Effects of Epichloë endophyte on Photosynthesis
4.3. Presence of Epichloë endophyte Alters Photosynthetic Genes
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Treatments | df | Photosynthetic Rate | Intercellular CO2 Concentration | Transpiration Rate | Stomatal Conductance | ||||
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F | p | F | p | F | p | F | p | ||
P | 1 | 106.787 | 0.000 | 98.877 | 0.000 | 46.759 | 0.000 | 40.290 | 0.000 |
E | 1 | 211.323 | 0.000 | 219.716 | 0.000 | 65.380 | 0.000 | 88.861 | 0.000 |
P × E | 1 | 3.628 | 0.061 | 5.547 | 0.021 | 3.235 | 0.077 | 0.181 | 0.672 |
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Zhu, Y.; Zhu, S.; Zhang, F.; Zhao, Z.; Christensen, M.J.; Nan, Z.; Zhang, X. Transcriptomic Analyses Reveals Molecular Regulation of Photosynthesis by Epichloë endophyte in Achnatherum inebrians under Blumeria graminis Infection. J. Fungi 2022, 8, 1201. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8111201
Zhu Y, Zhu S, Zhang F, Zhao Z, Christensen MJ, Nan Z, Zhang X. Transcriptomic Analyses Reveals Molecular Regulation of Photosynthesis by Epichloë endophyte in Achnatherum inebrians under Blumeria graminis Infection. Journal of Fungi. 2022; 8(11):1201. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8111201
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhu, Yue, Shibo Zhu, Fang Zhang, Zhenrui Zhao, Michael J. Christensen, Zhibiao Nan, and Xingxu Zhang. 2022. "Transcriptomic Analyses Reveals Molecular Regulation of Photosynthesis by Epichloë endophyte in Achnatherum inebrians under Blumeria graminis Infection" Journal of Fungi 8, no. 11: 1201. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8111201