Potential of the Oryza officinalis to augment the cold tolerance genetic mechanisms of Oryza sativa by network complementation

Benildo de los Reyes, Isaiah Catalino M Pabuayon, Hajime Ohyanaggi, Masahiro Fujita, Bipush Osti, Matthew R Shenton, Yusuke Kakaei, Yasukazu Nakamura, Darshan S Brar, Nori Kurata, Benildo de los Reyes

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Abstract

Oryza officinalis is an accessible alien donor for genetic improvement of rice. Comparison across a representative panel of Oryza species showed that the wild O. officinalis and cultivated O. sativa ssp. japonica have similar cold tolerance potentials. The possibility that either distinct or similar genetic mechanisms are involved in the low temperature responses of each species was addressed by comparing their transcriptional networks. General similarities were supported by shared transcriptomic signatures indicative of equivalent metabolic, hormonal, and defense status. However, O. officinalis has maintained an elaborate cold-responsive brassinosteroid-regulated BES1-network that appeared to have been fragmented in O. sativa. BES1-network is potentially important for integrating growth-related responses with physiological adjustments and defenses through the protection of photosynthetic machinery and maintenance of stomatal aperture, oxidative defenses, and osmotic adjustment. Equiv
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14
JournalNature Scientific Reports
StatePublished - Oct 2018

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