Phylogenetic and Cophylogenetic Analyses of the Leaf-Nodule Symbiosis inArdisiaSubgenusCrispardisia(Myrsinaceae): Evidence from Nuclear and Chloroplast Markers and BacterialrrnOperons

2014 ◽  
Vol 175 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuan Ku ◽  
Jer-Ming Hu
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Markers ◽  
Nodule Symbiosis

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes of cultivars and wild species of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam)

BMC Genomics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shizhuo Xiao ◽  
Pan Xu ◽  
Yitong Deng ◽  
Xibin Dai ◽  
Lukuan Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Chloroplast Genome ◽  
Wild Species ◽  
Ipomoea Batatas ◽  
Nuclear Genome ◽  
Ipomoea Trifida ◽  
Chloroplast Markers ◽  
Chloroplast Genomes ◽  
Chloroplast Dna Markers

Abstract Background Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) is an important food crop. However, the genetic information of the nuclear genome of this species is difficult to determine accurately because of its large genome and complex genetic background. This drawback has limited studies on the origin, evolution, genetic diversity and other relevant studies on sweetpotato. Results The chloroplast genomes of 107 sweetpotato cultivars were sequenced, assembled and annotated. The resulting chloroplast genomes were comparatively analysed with the published chloroplast genomes of wild species of sweetpotato. High similarity and certain specificity were found among the chloroplast genomes of Ipomoea spp. Phylogenetic analysis could clearly distinguish wild species from cultivars. Ipomoea trifida and Ipomoea tabascana showed the closest relationship with the cultivars, and different haplotypes of ycf1 could be used to distinguish the cultivars from their wild relatives. The genetic structure was analyzed using variations in the chloroplast genome. Compared with traditional nuclear markers, the chloroplast markers designed based on the InDels on the chloroplast genome showed significant advantages. Conclusions Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes of 107 cultivars and several wild species of sweetpotato was performed to help analyze the evolution, genetic structure and the development of chloroplast DNA markers of sweetpotato.

scholarly journals Aboveground plant-to-plant communication reduces root nodule symbiosis and soil nutrient concentrations

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuta Takahashi ◽  
Kaori Shiojiri ◽  
Akira Yamawo
Keyword(s):  
Root Nodule ◽  
Total Phenolics ◽  
Root Nodules ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Chemical Defenses ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Soil C ◽  
Plant Communication ◽  
Root Nodule Symbiosis ◽  
Nodule Symbiosis

AbstractAboveground communication between plants is well known to change defense traits in leaves, but its effects on belowground plant traits and soil characteristics have not been elucidated. We hypothesized that aboveground plant-to-plant communication reduces root nodule symbiosis via induction of bactericidal chemical defense substances and changes the soil nutrient environment. Soybean plants were exposed to the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from damaged shoots of Solidago canadensis var. scabra, and leaf defense traits (total phenolics, saponins), root saponins, and root nodule symbiosis traits (number and biomass of root nodules) were measured. Soil C/N ratios and mineral concentrations were also measured to estimate the effects of resource uptake by the plants. We found that total phenolics were not affected. However, plants that received VOCs had higher saponin concentrations in both leaves and roots, and fewer root nodules than untreated plants. Although the concentrations of soil minerals did not differ between treatments, soil C/N ratio was significantly higher in the soil of communicated plants. Thus, the aboveground plant-to-plant communication led to reductions in root nodule symbiosis and soil nutrient concentrations. Our results suggest that there are broader effects of induced chemical defenses in aboveground plant organs upon belowground microbial interactions and soil nutrients, and emphasize that plant response based on plant-to-plant communications are a bridge between above- and below-ground ecosystems.

scholarly journals MODIFICATION OF CHLOROPLAST GENE TRANSMISSION IN SOMATIC FUSION PRODUCTS AND VEGETATIVE ZYGOTES OF CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDI BY 5-FLUORODEOXYURIDINE

Genetics ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 99 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 371-381
Author(s):  
Rene F Matagne ◽  
Marie-Paule Hermesse
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Gene ◽  
Maternal Transmission ◽  
Maternal Parent ◽  
Somatic Fusion ◽  
Chloroplast Markers ◽  
Chloroplast Genomes ◽  
Mutant Strains ◽  
Sexual Crosses ◽  
Fusion Products ◽  
Allele Transmission

ABSTRACT Sexual crosses and somatic fusions were performed between complementing wall-less arg- mutant strains bearing chloroplast markers for resistance to antibiotics. The mode of chloroplast allele transmission was investigated in the diploid colonies developed from both vegetative zygotes and fusion products. Before mating or fusion, one or both of the parental strains were grown for 4 or 8 days on agar containing 5-fluorodeoxyuridine (FUdR, 0.1 to 1.0 mM), which selectively reduces the amount of chloroplast DNA in Chlamydomonas. When one parent was pregrown on FUdR, the frequency of vegetative zygotes transmitting chloroplast alleles of both parents (biparental or BP zygotes) decreased, the reduction being more drastic when the mt parent was treated. Transmission was mainly uniparental maternal (UPm) or paternal (UPp) depending on whether the mt- or the mt+ parent was pregrown for 8 days in the presence of 1 .OmM FUdR. Treatment of both parents led to a strong maternal transmission. In the experiments involving somatic fusion between parent 1 and parent 2(same or opposite mt), the ratio UP1/UP2, which was approximately equal to 1 in the control, decreased or increased according to whether the cells of parent 1 or 2 were pregrown on FUdR. In parallel, the frequency of BP fusion products always decreased. When both parental strains were treated with FUdR, the frequency of BP fusion products also decreased and the ratio UP,/cTP, was roughly equal to 1. The effect of FUdR can be interpreted in terms of reduction of the input frequencies of parental chloroplast genomes at the time of gametic or somatic cell fusion, the bias in favor of the maternal parent being operational only in sexual crosses.

scholarly journals SymGRASS: a database of sugarcane orthologous genes involved in arbuscular mycorrhiza and root nodule symbiosis

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Carlos Belarmino ◽  
Roberta Lane de Oliveira Silva ◽  
Nina da Mota Soares Cavalcanti ◽  
Nicolas Krezdorn ◽  
Ederson Akio Kido ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arbuscular Mycorrhiza ◽  
Root Nodule ◽  
Orthologous Genes ◽  
Root Nodule Symbiosis ◽  
Nodule Symbiosis

scholarly journals Multiple origins of insular woodiness on the Canary Islands are consistent with palaeoclimatic aridification

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Hooft van Huysduynen ◽  
Steven Janssens ◽  
Vincent Merckx ◽  
Rutger Vos ◽  
Luis Valente ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Canary Island ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Evolutionary Transition ◽  
North African ◽  
Island Species ◽  
Chloroplast Markers ◽  
Multiple Origins ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Level

ABSTRACTAimInsular woodiness, referring to the evolutionary transition from herbaceousness towards woodiness on islands, has arisen at least 38 times on the Canary Islands. Distribution patterns and physiological experiments have suggested a link between insular woodiness and increased drought stress resistance in current-day species, but we do not know in which palaeoclimatic conditions these insular woody lineages originated. Therefore, we estimated the timing of colonisation events and origin of woodiness of multiple Canary Island lineages and reviewed the palaeoclimate based on literature.LocationCanary Islands (Spain).Taxon37 lineages, including 24 insular woody and 13 non-insular woody (i.e. herbaceous, ancestrally woody, and derived woody).MethodsTo enable a simultaneous dating analysis for all 37 lineages, two chloroplast markers (matK and rbcL) for 135 Canary Island species and 103 closely related continental relatives were sequenced and aligned to an existing matK-rbcL dataset including ca 24,000 species that was calibrated with 42 fossils from outside the Canaries. After constraining the species to the family level, 200 RAxML runs were performed and dated with TreePL.ResultsWoodiness in 80-90% of the insular woody lineages originated within the last 7 Myr, coinciding with the onset of major aridification events nearby the Canaries (start of north African desertification, followed by Messinian salinity crisis); in ca 55-65% of the insular woody lineages studied, woodiness developed within the last 3.2 Myr during which Mediterranean seasonality (yearly summer droughts) became established on the Canaries, followed by dry Pleistocene glacial fluctuations.Main conclusionsAlthough details of the initial colonisation and settlement of many island plant lineages remain elusive, our results are consistent with palaeodrought as a potential driver for woodiness in most of the insular woody Canary Island lineages studied.

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