Effect of light conditions on trophic level and gene expression of partially mycoheterotrophic orchid, Cymbidium goeringii.

ABSTRACT: Partial mycoheterotrophic i.e., mixotrophic, plants are the species which partially depend on mycorrhizal fungi for its nutrients. Although some of these plants are known to show plasticity in the degree of fungal dependence induced by the changes in light condition, the genetic background of this plasticity is largely unsolved. Here, we investigated the relationships between environmental conditions and nutrient sources based on ¹³C and ¹⁵N enrichment in mixotrophic orchid Cymbidium goeringii. We also shaded them for 2 months and evaluated the effect of light condition on the nutrient sources based on the abundance of ¹³C and ¹⁵N and the gene expressions by RNA-seq based de novo assembly. The shading had no effect on isotope enrichment, p

SUBMITTER: Chagi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9980479 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature