Comparative transcriptome and microbial community sequencing provide insight into yellow-leaf phenotype of Camellia japonica.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leaf color variation is a common trait in plants and widely distributed in many plants. In this study, a leaf color mutation in Camellia japonica (cultivar named as Maguxianzi, M) was used as material, and the mechanism of leaf color variation was revealed by physiological, cytological, transcriptome and microbiome analyses.

Results

The yellowing C. japonica (M) exhibits lower pigment content than its parent (cultivar named as Huafurong, H), especially chlorophyll (Chl) and carotenoid, and leaves of M have weaker photosynthesis. Subsequently, the results of transmission electron microscopy(TEM) exhibited that M chloroplast was accompanied by broken thylakoid membrane, degraded thylakoid grana, and filled with many vesicles. Furthermore, comparative transcriptome s

SUBMITTER: Fu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8431858 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature