Project description:This study was initiated with the objective of identifying the anther/tapetum specific promoters from cotton floral buds. Cotton is an important commercial crop. Hybrid cotton varieties are developed to obtain improved yield and fiber quality. Most of the hybrid seed production in cotton is carried out by hand emasculation, which requires large amount of manpower, resulting in high cost of hybrid seed. We are developing barnase-barstar based male sterility system, which would be a better alternative for hybrid development. The tapetum specific promoters are main requirement for such a system. The study was thus carried out to identify genes expressed in the anthers. Cotton bud sizes were correlated with tapetum development. RNA was isolated from following tissues: • Anther tissues from buds at pre-meiotic stage of development (Tapetum absent) • Buds without anther tissues at pre-meiotic stage of development • Anther tissues from buds during meiosis (Tapetum present) • Buds without anther tissues during meiosis • Anther tissues from buds at post-meiotic stage of development (Tapetum degenerated) • Buds without anther tissues at post-meiotic stage of development • Leaf tissues • Seedling 5 days after germination Biotin labeled cRNA was hybridized on Affymertix cotton Genechip Genome array following Affymetrix protocols. Three biological replicates were maintained.
Project description:Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is the major contributor of feedstock for the fabric industry and thus building genomic resources in cotton such as this study are a way to understand the cotton plant's biology. Cotton cultivars that suppress PHYA1D (PhyA1 homeolog on the D genome of a tetraploid) exhibit early-flowering, increased fiber length and increased seed yield. In our proposed study, flower buds (also called squares) samples were collected from control (Croker 312 wildtype line) and RNAi lines carrying the PhyA1D suppression. RNA samples from the two lines including three biological replicates were subjected to RNA-seq sequencing to elucidate the transcriptome profile.
Project description:This study was initiated with the objective of identifying the anther/tapetum specific promoters from cotton floral buds. Cotton is an important commercial crop. Hybrid cotton varieties are developed to obtain improved yield and fiber quality. Most of the hybrid seed production in cotton is carried out by hand emasculation, which requires large amount of manpower, resulting in high cost of hybrid seed. We are developing barnase-barstar based male sterility system, which would be a better alternative for hybrid development. The tapetum specific promoters are main requirement for such a system. The study was thus carried out to identify genes expressed in the anthers.
Project description:ra05-11_cmsrapeseed - rfppr - -To understand how/if fertility and the mitochondrial background are interlinked. -To understand how the mitochondrial background influences the nuclear gene expression. -Compare and describe the total nuclear gene expression of CMS vs. fertile and CMS vs. Restored. -Describe and analyse genes that differ in expression (of special interest are genes that differs in both comparisons). -Group genes e.g. floral genes, highly expressed genes, transcription factors, nuclear encoded genes targeted for the mitochondrion. -Comparing two CMS-systems to elucidate differences and similarities between them. - Flower buds from three B. napus lines (Pactol, CMS, Rfo PPR) at one developmental stage (stage 8). Keywords: wt vs mutant comparison 6 dye-swap - CATMA arrays
Project description:ra05-11_cmsrapeseed - rfppr - -To understand how/if fertility and the mitochondrial background are interlinked. -To understand how the mitochondrial background influences the nuclear gene expression. -Compare and describe the total nuclear gene expression of CMS vs. fertile and CMS vs. Restored. -Describe and analyse genes that differ in expression (of special interest are genes that differs in both comparisons). -Group genes e.g. floral genes, highly expressed genes, transcription factors, nuclear encoded genes targeted for the mitochondrion. -Comparing two CMS-systems to elucidate differences and similarities between them. - Flower buds from three B. napus lines (Pactol, CMS, Rfo PPR) at one developmental stage (stage 8). Keywords: wt vs mutant comparison
Project description:ra05-11_cmsrapeseed - cms4:19 and at chr3 - -To understand how/if fertility and the mitochondrial background are interlinked. -To understand how the mitochondrial background influences the nuclear gene expression. -Compare and describe the total nuclear gene expression of CMS vs. fertile and CMS vs. Restored. -Describe and analyse genes that differ in expression (of special interest are genes that differs in both comparisons). -Group genes e.g. floral genes, highly expressed genes, transcription factors, nuclear encoded genes targeted for the mitochondrion. -Comparing two CMS-systems to elucidate differences and similarities between them. - Flower buds from four different B. napus lines (fertile cv Hanna, CMS-line 4:19, restored line 46, cv Hanna with the additon of A. thaliana chr 3) at two developmental stages (stages 0-5 and stage 8). Keywords: wt vs mutant comparison 16 dye-swap - CATMA arrays
Project description:Patterns of indeterminate and determinate growth specify plant architecture and influence crop productivity. In cotton (Gossypium hirsutum), SINGLE FLOWER TRUSS (SFT) stimulates the transition to flowering and determinate growth while its closely related antagonist SELF-PRUNING (SP) maintains meristems in indeterminate states to favor vegetative growth. To identify the molecular programs regulating cotton growth habits, and understand how altered expression of GhSFT and GhSP perturbs these programs, we used RNA-Seq to determine the gene expression networks involved in wild photoperiodic, domesticated day-neutral, and GhSFT- and GhSP-regulated architectures. GhSFT or GhSP affected the expression of genes regulating meristem fate and metabolic pathways. Gene ontology analysis predicted enrichment of transcripts involved in photosynthesis, secondary metabolism, and cell wall biosynthesis, and these hypotheses were functionally verified. Weighted gene co-expression network analyses using multiple cotton datasets identified diverse genetic modules highly correlated with SFT or SP, including those that may benefit crop management.