Transcriptome profiling of barnyard millet (Echinochloa frumentacea L.) during grain development to reveal the genomic insights into iron accumulation.

ABSTRACT: In the realm of food nutritional security, the development of mineral-rich grains assumes a pivotal role in combating malnutrition. Within the scope of the current investigation, we endeavoured to discern the transcripts accountable for the improved accumulation of grain-Fe within Indian barnyard millet. This pursuit entailed transcriptome sequencing of genotypes BAR-1433 (with high Fe content) and BAR-1423 (with low Fe content) during two distinct stages of spike development-spike emergence and milking stage. In the context of spike emergence, we identified a cohort of 895 up-regulated transcripts and 126 down-regulated transcripts that delineated the difference between the high and low grain-Fe genotypes. In contrast, during the milking stage, the tally of up-regulated transcripts reache

SUBMITTER: Padhiyar SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11109794 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature