Consumers’ choices are mainly based on fruit external characteristics such as the final size, weight, and shape. The majority of edible fruit are by tree fruit species, among which peach is the genomic and genetic reference for Prunus. In this research, we used a peach with a slow ripening (SR) phenotype, identified in the Fantasia (FAN) nectarine, associated with misregulation of genes involved in mesocarp identity and showing a reduction of final fruit size. By investigating the ploidy level, we observed a progressive increase in endoreduplication in mesocarp, which occurred in the late phases of FAN fruit development, but not in SR fruit. During fruit growth, we also detected that genes involved in endoreduplication were differentially modulated in FAN compared to SR. The differential transcriptional outputs were consistent with different chromatin states at loci of endoreduplication genes. The impaired expression of genes controlling cell cycle and endocycle as well as those claimed to play a role in fruit tissue identity result in the small final size of SR fruit

Farinati, S.; Forestan, C.; Canton, M.; Galla, G.; Bonghi, C.; Varotto, S. (2021). Regulation of fruit growth in a peach slow ripening phenotype. GENES, 12 (4): 482. doi: 10.3390/genes12040482 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/68012

Regulation of fruit growth in a peach slow ripening phenotype

Galla, Giulio;
2021-01-01

Abstract

Consumers’ choices are mainly based on fruit external characteristics such as the final size, weight, and shape. The majority of edible fruit are by tree fruit species, among which peach is the genomic and genetic reference for Prunus. In this research, we used a peach with a slow ripening (SR) phenotype, identified in the Fantasia (FAN) nectarine, associated with misregulation of genes involved in mesocarp identity and showing a reduction of final fruit size. By investigating the ploidy level, we observed a progressive increase in endoreduplication in mesocarp, which occurred in the late phases of FAN fruit development, but not in SR fruit. During fruit growth, we also detected that genes involved in endoreduplication were differentially modulated in FAN compared to SR. The differential transcriptional outputs were consistent with different chromatin states at loci of endoreduplication genes. The impaired expression of genes controlling cell cycle and endocycle as well as those claimed to play a role in fruit tissue identity result in the small final size of SR fruit
Cell division
Chromatin states
Drupe
Endoreduplication
Fruit size
Mesocarp gene identity
Prunus
Settore AGR/03 - ARBORICOLTURA GENERALE E COLTIVAZIONI ARBOREE
2021
Farinati, S.; Forestan, C.; Canton, M.; Galla, G.; Bonghi, C.; Varotto, S. (2021). Regulation of fruit growth in a peach slow ripening phenotype. GENES, 12 (4): 482. doi: 10.3390/genes12040482 handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10449/68012
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