Signaling pathways mediating the induction of apple fruitlet abscission.

نویسندگان

  • Alessandro Botton
  • Giulia Eccher
  • Claudio Forcato
  • Alberto Ferrarini
  • Maura Begheldo
  • Monica Zermiani
  • Stefano Moscatello
  • Alberto Battistelli
  • Riccardo Velasco
  • Benedetto Ruperti
  • Angelo Ramina
چکیده

Apple (Malus × domestica) represents an interesting model tree crop for studying fruit abscission. The physiological fruitlet drop occurring in this species can be easily magnified by using thinning chemicals, such as benzyladenine (BA), to obtain fruits with improved quality and marketability. Despite the economic importance of this process, the molecular determinants of apple fruitlet abscission are still unknown. In this research, BA was used to obtain fruitlet populations with different abscission potentials to be analyzed by means of a newly released 30K oligonucleotide microarray. RNAs were extracted from cortex and seed of apple fruitlets sampled over a 4-d time course, during which BA triggers fruit drop, and used for microarray hybridization. Transcriptomic profiles of persisting and abscising fruitlets were tested for statistical association with abscission potential, allowing us to identify molecular signatures strictly related to fruit destiny. A hypothetical model for apple fruitlet abscission was obtained by putting together available transcriptomic and metabolomic data. According to this model, BA treatment would establish a nutritional stress within the tree that is primarily perceived by the fruitlet cortex whose growth is blocked by resembling the ovary growth inhibition found in other species. In weaker fruits, this stress is soon visible also at the seed level, likely transduced via reactive oxygen species/sugar and hormones signaling cross talk, and followed by a block of embryogenesis and the consequent activation of the abscission zone.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Plant physiology

دوره 155 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011