Project description:We investigated root associated fungi in young Norway spruce (Picea abies) cuttings rooted from slow- and fast-growing trees showing variable growth rate in long-term field experiments and compared their roots’ gene expression patterns five and 18 months after adventitious root initiation. Gene expression patterns of adventitious roots could not be systematically linked with the growth phenotype at the initiation of root formation, and thus fundamental differences in the receptiveness of fungal symbionts could not be assumed.
Project description:The goal is to look at changes in the pattern of expression of the xylem transcriptome through the growth season in two spruces (Picea glauca and Picea abies).
Project description:Analysis of the subunits composition of the thylakoids protein complexes in Picea abies (Norway spruce) by means of two-dimensional large-pore Blue-Native/sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D lpBN/SDS-PAGE) and in-gel tryptic digestion of single spots.
Project description:Transcriptome analysis of small RNA was performed using pollen and embryonic callus, and vegetative tissues, needles of Picea abies to address differences in small RNA profiles between reproductive tissues and vegetative tissues in gymnosperm.
Project description:Histone modification H3K27me3 profilings by the CUT&RUN method (Skene et al., 2017) were performed using embryonic callus and non-embryonic callus of Picea abies to identify genes related to somatic embryogenesis capacity.
Project description:The goal is to look at changes in the pattern of expression of the xylem transcriptome through the growth season in two spruces (Picea glauca and Picea abies). One-color comparison of active xylem collected in June, July, August and September, in two spruce species. Six biological repetitions per time point and specie, for a total of 48 slides.
Project description:The widespread use of plant grafting has enabled different plants to join and combine their best properties to improve stress tolerance, growth and yields. Grafting is commonly performed between closely related eudicots or gymnosperms where mechanisms permit tissue fusion yet limit success as plants become unrelated. To investigate these aspects, we developed a micrografting method using young conifer tree seedlings that enabled divergent conifer members to successfully graft. Conifer grafts showed rapid connection of phloem and xylem at the junction, while a genome-wide transcriptome analysis of the Picea abies (Norway spruce) healing junction revealed differential expression of thousands of genes including those related to auxin response and cell wall biogenesis. We compared these genes to those induced during Arabidopsis thaliana graft healing and found a common activation of cambium, cell division, phloem and xylem-related genes. A gene regulatory network analysis revealed that PHYTOCHROME A SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION 1 (PAT1) acted as a central hub during Picea grafting and was also induced during Arabidopsis grafting. Arabidopsis mutants lacking PATs failed to attach tissues or successfully graft, while complementing Arabidopsis PAT mutants with the Picea abies PAT1 homolog could rescue tissue attachment and enhance callus formation. Together, our data demonstrate a competency for young tissues to graft to distantly related species and identifies the PAT gene family as conserved regulators of graft healing and tissue regeneration in eudicots and gymnosperms.
Project description:The widespread use of plant grafting has enabled different plants to join and combine their best properties to improve stress tolerance, growth and yields. Grafting is commonly performed between closely related eudicots or gymnosperms where mechanisms permit tissue fusion yet limit success as plants become unrelated. To investigate these aspects, we developed a micrografting method using young conifer tree seedlings that enabled divergent conifer members to successfully graft. Conifer grafts showed rapid connection of phloem and xylem at the junction, while a genome-wide transcriptome analysis of the Picea abies (Norway spruce) healing junction revealed differential expression of thousands of genes including those related to auxin response and cell wall biogenesis. We compared these genes to those induced during Arabidopsis thaliana graft healing and found a common activation of cambium, cell division, phloem and xylem-related genes. A gene regulatory network analysis revealed that PHYTOCHROME A SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION 1 (PAT1) acted as a central hub during Picea grafting and was also induced during Arabidopsis grafting. Arabidopsis mutants lacking PATs failed to attach tissues or successfully graft, while complementing Arabidopsis PAT mutants with the Picea abies PAT1 homolog could rescue tissue attachment and enhance callus formation. Together, our data demonstrate a competency for young tissues to graft to distantly related species and identifies the PAT gene family as conserved regulators of graft healing and tissue regeneration in eudicots and gymnosperms.
