A comparison of differential gene expression in response to the onset of water stress between three hybrid Brachiaria genotypes

Brachiaria (Trin.) Griseb. (syn. Urochloa P. Beauv.) is a C4 grass genus belonging to the Panicoideae. Native to Africa, these grasses are now widely grown as forages in tropical areas worldwide and are the subject of intensive breeding, particularly in South America. Tolerance to abiotic stresses s...

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Main Authors: Jones, Charlotte, Vega, José de, Worthington, Margaret, Thomas, Ann, Gasior, Dagmara, Harper, John, Doonan, John, Fu, Yuan, Bosch, Maurice, Corke, Fiona, Arango, Jacobo, Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés, Jiménez, Juan de la Cruz, Armstead, Ian, Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis
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Published: Frontiers Media 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113731
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author Jones, Charlotte
Vega, José de
Worthington, Margaret
Thomas, Ann
Gasior, Dagmara
Harper, John
Doonan, John
Fu, Yuan
Bosch, Maurice
Corke, Fiona
Arango, Jacobo
Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés
Jiménez, Juan de la Cruz
Armstead, Ian
Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis
author_browse Arango, Jacobo
Armstead, Ian
Bosch, Maurice
Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés
Corke, Fiona
Doonan, John
Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis
Fu, Yuan
Gasior, Dagmara
Harper, John
Jiménez, Juan de la Cruz
Jones, Charlotte
Thomas, Ann
Vega, José de
Worthington, Margaret
author_facet Jones, Charlotte
Vega, José de
Worthington, Margaret
Thomas, Ann
Gasior, Dagmara
Harper, John
Doonan, John
Fu, Yuan
Bosch, Maurice
Corke, Fiona
Arango, Jacobo
Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés
Jiménez, Juan de la Cruz
Armstead, Ian
Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis
author_sort Jones, Charlotte
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Brachiaria (Trin.) Griseb. (syn. Urochloa P. Beauv.) is a C4 grass genus belonging to the Panicoideae. Native to Africa, these grasses are now widely grown as forages in tropical areas worldwide and are the subject of intensive breeding, particularly in South America. Tolerance to abiotic stresses such as aluminum and drought are major breeding objectives. In this study, we present the transcriptomic profiling of leaves and roots of three Brachiaria interspecific hybrid genotypes with the onset of water stress, Br12/3659-17 (gt-17), Br12/2360-9 (gt-9), and Br12/3868-18 (gt-18), previously characterized as having good, intermediate and poor tolerance to drought, respectively, in germplasm evaluation programs. RNA was extracted from leaf and root tissue of plants at estimated growing medium water contents (EWC) of 35, 15, and 5%. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were compared between different EWCs, 35/15, 15/5, and 35/5 using DESeq2. Overall, the proportions of DEGs enriched in all three genotypes varied in a genotype-dependent manner in relation to EWC comparison, with intermediate and sensitive gt-9 and gt-18 being more similar to each other than to drought tolerant gt-17. More specifically, GO terms relating to carbohydrate and cell wall metabolism in the leaves were enriched by up-regulated DEGs in gt-9 and gt-18, but by down-regulated DEGs in gt-17. Across all genotypes, analysis of DEG enzyme activities indicated an excess of down-regulated putative apoplastic peroxidases in the roots as water stress increased. This suggests that changes in root cell-wall architecture may be an important component of the response to water stress in Brachiaria.
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spelling CGSpace1137312025-11-11T19:09:06Z A comparison of differential gene expression in response to the onset of water stress between three hybrid Brachiaria genotypes Jones, Charlotte Vega, José de Worthington, Margaret Thomas, Ann Gasior, Dagmara Harper, John Doonan, John Fu, Yuan Bosch, Maurice Corke, Fiona Arango, Jacobo Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés Jiménez, Juan de la Cruz Armstead, Ian Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis abiotic stress cellars drought stress gene expression estrés abiótico bodegas estrés de sequia Brachiaria (Trin.) Griseb. (syn. Urochloa P. Beauv.) is a C4 grass genus belonging to the Panicoideae. Native to Africa, these grasses are now widely grown as forages in tropical areas worldwide and are the subject of intensive breeding, particularly in South America. Tolerance to abiotic stresses such as aluminum and drought are major breeding objectives. In this study, we present the transcriptomic profiling of leaves and roots of three Brachiaria interspecific hybrid genotypes with the onset of water stress, Br12/3659-17 (gt-17), Br12/2360-9 (gt-9), and Br12/3868-18 (gt-18), previously characterized as having good, intermediate and poor tolerance to drought, respectively, in germplasm evaluation programs. RNA was extracted from leaf and root tissue of plants at estimated growing medium water contents (EWC) of 35, 15, and 5%. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were compared between different EWCs, 35/15, 15/5, and 35/5 using DESeq2. Overall, the proportions of DEGs enriched in all three genotypes varied in a genotype-dependent manner in relation to EWC comparison, with intermediate and sensitive gt-9 and gt-18 being more similar to each other than to drought tolerant gt-17. More specifically, GO terms relating to carbohydrate and cell wall metabolism in the leaves were enriched by up-regulated DEGs in gt-9 and gt-18, but by down-regulated DEGs in gt-17. Across all genotypes, analysis of DEG enzyme activities indicated an excess of down-regulated putative apoplastic peroxidases in the roots as water stress increased. This suggests that changes in root cell-wall architecture may be an important component of the response to water stress in Brachiaria. 2021-03-19 2021-05-18T10:56:29Z 2021-05-18T10:56:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113731 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Jones, C.; De Vega, J.; Worthington, M.; Thomas, A.; Gasior, D.; Harper, J.; Doonan, J.; Fu, Y.; Bosch, M.; Corke, F.; Arango, J.; Cardoso, J.A.; Jimenez, J.de la Cruz; Armstead, I.; Fernandez-Fuentes, N. (2021) A comparison of differential gene expression in response to the onset of water stress between three hybrid Brachiaria genotypes. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 637956. 16 p. ISSN: 1664-462X
spellingShingle abiotic stress
cellars
drought stress
gene expression
estrés abiótico
bodegas
estrés de sequia
Jones, Charlotte
Vega, José de
Worthington, Margaret
Thomas, Ann
Gasior, Dagmara
Harper, John
Doonan, John
Fu, Yuan
Bosch, Maurice
Corke, Fiona
Arango, Jacobo
Cardoso Arango, Juan Andrés
Jiménez, Juan de la Cruz
Armstead, Ian
Fernandez-Fuentes, Narcis
A comparison of differential gene expression in response to the onset of water stress between three hybrid Brachiaria genotypes
title A comparison of differential gene expression in response to the onset of water stress between three hybrid Brachiaria genotypes
title_full A comparison of differential gene expression in response to the onset of water stress between three hybrid Brachiaria genotypes
title_fullStr A comparison of differential gene expression in response to the onset of water stress between three hybrid Brachiaria genotypes
title_full_unstemmed A comparison of differential gene expression in response to the onset of water stress between three hybrid Brachiaria genotypes
title_short A comparison of differential gene expression in response to the onset of water stress between three hybrid Brachiaria genotypes
title_sort comparison of differential gene expression in response to the onset of water stress between three hybrid brachiaria genotypes
topic abiotic stress
cellars
drought stress
gene expression
estrés abiótico
bodegas
estrés de sequia
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113731
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