Exploring the sound-modulated delay in tomato ripening through expression analysis of coding and non-coding RNAs.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Sound is omnipresent in nature. Recent evidence supports the notion that naturally occurring and artificially generated sound waves induce inter- and intracellular changes in plants. These changes, in turn, lead to diverse physiological changes, such as enhanced biotic and abiotic stress responses, in both crops and model plants.

Methods

We previously observed delayed ripening in tomato fruits exposed to 1 kHz sound vibrations for 6 h. Here, we evaluated the molecular mechanism underlying this delaying fruit ripening by performing RNA-sequencing analysis of tomato fruits at 6 h, 2 d, 5 d and 7 d after 1 kHz sound vibration treatment.

Key results

Bioinformatic analysis of differentially expressed genes and non-coding small RNAs revealed that some of

SUBMITTER: Kim JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324751 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature