Project description:Purpose:Identification of genes and miRNAs responsible for salt tolerance in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) would help reveal the molecular mechanisms of salt tolerance. We performed physiological experiments and transcriptome sequencing (mRNA-seq and small RNA-seq) of cotton leaves under salt stress using Illumina sequencing technology. And quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT–PCR) methods and to evaluate protocols for optimal high-throughput data analysis Methods:We investigated two distinct salt stress phases—dehydration (4 h) and ionic stress (osmotic restoration; 24 h)—that were identified by physiological changes of 14-day-old seedlings of two cotton genotypes, one salt tolerant and the other salt sensitive, during a 72-h NaCl exposure. A comparative transcriptomics approach was used to monitor gene and miRNA differential expression at two time points (4 and 24 h) in leaves of the two cotton genotypes under salinity conditions. Results:During a 24-h salt exposure, 819 transcription factor unigenes were differentially expressed in both genotypes, with 129 unigenes specifically expressed in the salt-tolerant genotype. Under salt stress, 108 conserved miRNAs from known families were differentially expressed at two time points in the salt-tolerant genotype. Conclusions:Our comprehensive transcriptome analysis has provided new insights into salt-stress response of upland cotton. The results should contribute to the development of genetically modified cotton with salt tolerance.
Project description:Five allotetraploid cotton species have adapted, through their transcriptional responses, to unique environments with distinct levels of inherent abiotic stresses. The transcriptional responses of leaf and root tissue in five allotetraploid cotton species (Gossypium hirsutum, G. barbadense, G. tomentosum, G. mustelinum, and G. darwinii) under salt stress have been investigated in this study using cotton long oligonucleotide microarrays. Physiological responses to salinity such as stomatal conductance, ion and osmoprotectant contents were also measured as indicators of imposed stress. Accessions from these five cotton species were hydroponically grown and gradually introduced to a NaCl treatment (15 dS m-1). The microarray results identified 2721 and 2460 differentially expressed genes under salt stress that were significant in leaf and root tissue, respectively. Many of these genes were classified under gene ontology (GO) categories that suggest abiotic stress. These allotetraploid cottons shared transcriptional responses to salinity, but also showed responses that were species-specific. No consistent differences in transcriptional response among the previously estimated phylogenetic branches were found. Stomatal conductance, ion accumulation, and betaine, trigonelline, and trehalose contents also indicated salt stress. This global assessment of transcriptional and physiological responses to salt stress of these cotton species may identify possible gene targets for crop improvement and evolutionary studies of cotton. Keywords: CEGC Cotton oligo salt stress
Project description:Five allotetraploid cotton species have adapted, through their transcriptional responses, to unique environments with distinct levels of inherent abiotic stresses. The transcriptional responses of leaf and root tissue in five allotetraploid cotton species (Gossypium hirsutum, G. barbadense, G. tomentosum, G. mustelinum, and G. darwinii) under salt stress have been investigated in this study using cotton long oligonucleotide microarrays. Physiological responses to salinity such as stomatal conductance, ion and osmoprotectant contents were also measured as indicators of imposed stress. Accessions from these five cotton species were hydroponically grown and gradually introduced to a NaCl treatment (15 dS m-1). The microarray results identified 2721 and 2460 differentially expressed genes under salt stress that were significant in leaf and root tissue, respectively. Many of these genes were classified under gene ontology (GO) categories that suggest abiotic stress. These allotetraploid cottons shared transcriptional responses to salinity, but also showed responses that were species-specific. No consistent differences in transcriptional response among the previously estimated phylogenetic branches were found. Stomatal conductance, ion accumulation, and betaine, trigonelline, and trehalose contents also indicated salt stress. This global assessment of transcriptional and physiological responses to salt stress of these cotton species may identify possible gene targets for crop improvement and evolutionary studies of cotton. Keywords: CEGC Cotton oligo salt stress The transcriptional responses of leaf and root tissue in five allotetraploid cotton species (Gossypium hirsutum, G. barbadense, G. tomentosum, G. mustelinum, and G. darwinii) under salt stress have been investigated in this study using cotton long oligonucleotide microarrays. Physiological responses to salinity such as stomatal conductance, ion and osmoprotectant contents were also measured as indicators of imposed stress. Accessions from these five cotton species were hydroponically grown and gradually introduced to a NaCl treatment (15 dS m-1).
Project description:To gain insight into the functions of salt-regulated miRNAs, target genes were identified through degradome sequencing approach. Three cotton RNA libraries were constructed and sequenced under normal consideration, osmotic and ionic stress. A total of 73,988,644 reads represented by 3,254,054 unique reads from the 5’ ends of uncapped and poly-adenylated RNAs were obtained. The PairFinder software was used to identify the sliced targets for the known miRNAs and novel miRNAs. These sequences were further compared with transcriptome sequencing data of G. arboretum and G. raimondii. We obtained the data from (Cotton Genome Project, http://cgp.genomics.org.cn/page/species/index.jsp).Based on degradome sequencing, 31 target genes were identified for 20 cotton miRNA families. The abundance of transcripts was plotted for each transcript. Conserved miRNAs target conserved homologous genes in diverse plant species.
Project description:Purpose: Identification and characterization of thermotolerance candidate genes during early seedling stage by comparative transcriptome analysis. We performed transcriptome sequencing (mRNA-seq) of cotton leaves under high temprature stress using Illumina sequencing technology. And quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRTâPCR) methods and to evaluate protocols for optimal high-throughput data analysis Methods: A comparative transcriptomics approach was used to monitor gene differential expression at two time points (4 and 8 h) in leaves of the two cotton genotypes under high temprature conditions. Results: During a 8-h salt exposure,among 9,777 differentially expressed unigenes (DEUs) were identified during at least one time point, 7,296 DEUs representing different classes of protein kinases, transcription factors, and heat shock proteins as well as downstream thermotolerance-related genes are reported. Gene ontology enrichment and biochemical pathway analyses showed these DEUs were mainly related to carbohydrate metabolism, secondary metabolites, and plant hormone signalling. Conclusions: Our findings offer high efficiency technique for early charactering thermotolerance in cotton and provide the information for the candidate genes to improve thermotolerance of cotton cultivars. Leaf mRNA profiles of 20-day-old seedlings of two cotton genotypes, one heat tolerant and the other heat sensitive during a 8-h high-temperature exposure were generated by deep sequencing, using Illumina HiSeq 2000 system.
Project description:Plants respond to stress by using multiple gene regulatory mechanisms including the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. The stresses suffered by plants under salinity include osmotic stress and ion stress. In this study, three cotton small RNA libraries were constructed and sequenced under normal consideration, osmotic and ionic stress. The length distribution of obtained small RNAs was significantly different between libraries. A total of 228 cotton miRNAs were identified. Of them 24 were novel miRNAs. There were 88 and 75 miRNAs with different expression in response to the influence of osmotic and ionic factors of saline stress, respectively. The identification of these small RNAs as well as elucidating their functional significance broadens our understanding of the post-transcriptional gene regulations in response to salt stress.
Project description:Salinity is a major abiotic stress at critical stages of seed germination and seedling establishment. Germination rate (GR) and field emergence rate (FER) are the key traits that determine the basic number of plants stand under field conditions. To explore molecular mechanisms in upland cotton under salt stress, a population of 177 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) and their parents were evaluated for seed germination traits (GP, germination potential; GR; FW, fresh weight; DW, dry weight; GL, germinal length) and seedling traits (FER; SH, seedling height; NL, Number of main stem leaves) in 2016-2018. Based on the linkage map contained 2,859 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and simple sequence repeats (SSR) markers, traits under salt stress (E1) and normal condition, (E2) and the converted relative index (R-value) of three years’ trials were used to map quantitative trait loci (QTL). A total of three QTL and two clusters were detected as salt-tolerant QTL. Three QTL (qGR-Chr4-3, qFER-Chr12-3, qFER-Chr15-1) were detected under salt stress and R-value, which explained phenotypic variance of 9.62%-13.67%, and 4.2%-4.72%, 4.75%-8.96%, respectively. Two clusters (Loci-Chr4-2 and Loci-Chr5-4) harboring the QTL for four germination traits (GR, FER, GL, NL) and six seedling traits (GR, FER, DW, FW, SH, NL) were detected related under salt stress. A total of 691 genes were found in the candidate QTL or clusters. Among them, four genes (Gh_A04G1106, Gh_A05G3246, Gh_A05G3177, Gh_A05G3266) showed expression changes between sensitive and tolerant lines under salt stress, and were assigned as candidate genes in response to salt stress. The consistent salt-tolerance QTL identified in both germination and seedling stages will facilitate new information for cotton breeding.
Project description:To gain insight into the functions of salt-regulated miRNAs, target genes were identified through degradome sequencing approach. Three cotton RNA libraries were constructed and sequenced under normal consideration, osmotic and ionic stress. A total of 73,988,644 reads represented by 3,254,054 unique reads from the 5â ends of uncapped and poly-adenylated RNAs were obtained. The PairFinder software was used to identify the sliced targets for the known miRNAs and novel miRNAs. These sequences were further compared with transcriptome sequencing data of G. arboretum and G. raimondii. We obtained the data from (Cotton Genome Project, http://cgp.genomics.org.cn/page/species/index.jsp).Based on degradome sequencing, 31 target genes were identified for 20 cotton miRNA families. The abundance of transcripts was plotted for each transcript. Conserved miRNAs target conserved homologous genes in diverse plant species. Three cDNA libraries were constructed using total RNA obtained from control samples (CK), the 4 h and 5 d salt-treated samples. A total of 74,351,180 sequence reads were obtained from three libraries. After removing the 3p and 5p adapter sequences and filtering out low quality âânââ sequences, 864,720, 1,217,757 and 1,171,577 clean reads remained in the CK, 4 h and 5 d samples, respectively.
Project description:Comparative transcriptome profiles of cotton (G. hirsutum L. cv. Bikaneri narma) during boll development stages (0, 2, 5 and 10 dpa) under bollworm infested biotic stress. Cotton is one of the most commercially important fibre crops in the world and used as a source for natural textile fibre and cottonseed oil. The biotic stress is one of the major constraints for crop production. Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) is one the major insect pest in cotton and drastically damages the cotton boll. To decipher the molecular mechanisms involved in cotton boll/fibre cell development, transcriptome analysis has been carried out by comparing G. hirsutum L cv. Bikaneri narma cotton boll samples induced by biotic stress (bollworm infested) and that their respective control cotton bolls collected under field conditions. Cotton bolls were collected at fibre initiation (0, 2 dpa/days post anthesis) and elongation (5, 10 dpa) stages for both control and biotic stress condition and gene expression profiles were analyzed by Affymetrix cotton GeneChip Genome array.