Nutrition metabolism plays an important role in the alternate bearing of the olive tree (Olea europaea L.).

ABSTRACT: The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is widely known for its strong tendency for alternate bearing, which severely affects the fruit yield from year to year. Microarray based gene expression analysis using RNA from olive samples (on-off years leaves and ripe-unripe fruits) are particularly useful to understand the molecular mechanisms influencing the periodicity in the olive tree. Thus, we carried out genome wide transcriptome analyses involving different organs and temporal stages of the olive tree using the NimbleGen Array containing 136,628 oligonucleotide probe sets. Cluster analyses of the genes showed that cDNAs originated from different organs could be sorted into separate groups. The nutritional control had a particularly remarkable impact on the alternate bearing of olive, as shown b

SUBMITTER: Turktas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3610735 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature