Source leaves are regulated by sink strengths through non-coding RNAs and alternative polyadenylation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The yield of major crops is generally limited by sink capacity and source strength. Cucumber is a typical raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs)-transporting crop. Non-coding RNAs and alternative polyadenylation (APA) play important roles in the regulation of growth process in plants. However, their roles on the sink‒source regulation have not been demonstrated in RFOs-translocating species.

Results

Here, whole-transcriptome sequencing was applied to compare the leaves of cucumber under different sink strength, that is, no fruit-carrying leaves (NFNLs) and fruit-carrying leaves (FNLs) at 12th node from the bottom. The results show that 1101 differentially expressed (DE) mRNAs, 79 DE long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and 23 DE miRNAs were identified, which were enri

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11360537 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature