Comparative analysis of physiological parameters and transcriptional profile of different developmental stages of leaf +1 in sugarcane

• Grant number: 12/23345-0
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Regular Program Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2013
• End date: September 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Pant Physiology
• Principal Investigator: Lucia Mattiello
• Grantee: Lucia Mattiello
• Host Institution: Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Amanda Pereira de Souza ; Camila Caldana ; Helaine Carrer ; Marcelo Menossi Teixeira ; Marcos Silveira Buckeridge ; Marina Câmara Mattos Martins Soldi ; Renato Vicentini dos Santos

Abstract

Sugarcane is one of the most important crops in the world and Brazil is its principal producer. Bioethanol importance has increased investments on the acquisition of sugarcane varieties with higher sucrose content. It is known that when sugarcane is cultivated under high CO2 regime it responds with increased photosynthetic rate, plant height, biomass production, water use efficiency, industrial productivity and induction of genes related to photosynthetic system, thus, there is a genetic potential to increase sugarcane productivity. However, physiological and transcriptional evaluation of the different developmental stages present along leaf blade, highly studied in maize, has not been yet reported for sugarcane. The main objective is to evaluate physiological and transcriptional behavior of different segments (2 cm sections) from leaf +1 from sugarcane through (a) measurements of photosynthetic and fluorescence of chlorophyll a parameters throughout the day (6 am - 6 pm); (b) expression of genes related to sink/source transition in order to evaluate tissue maturity along leaf blade during the day; (c) evaluate sugar composition in each leaf segment e correlate them with photosynthetic and expression of sink/source genes during the day; (d) evaluate N content in each leaf segment e correlate them with photosynthetic and expression of sink/source genes during the day; (e) evaluate transcriptional profile using the RNA-seq technique from contrasting leaf segments along the day to identify those genes related to high photosynthetic rate assemble. Our results will allow the identification of new biotechnological targets that could be used to produce sugarcane varieties with higher agronomic performance. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MATTIELLO, LUCIA; RIANO-PACHON, DIEGO MAURICIO; MATTOS MARTINS, MARINA CAMARA; DA CRUZ, LARISSA PRADO; BASSI, DENIS; RIBEIRO MARCHIORI, PAULO EDUARDO; RIBEIRO, RAFAEL VASCONCELOS; VENEZIANO LABATE, MONICA T.; LABATE, CARLOS ALBERTO; MENOSSI, MARCELO. Physiological and transcriptional analyses of developmental stages along sugarcane leaf. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY, v. 15, DEC 29 2015. (12/23345-0)

BASSI, DENIS; MENOSSI, MARCELO; MATTIELLO, LUCIA. Nitrogen supply influences photosynthesis establishment along the sugarcane leaf. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 8, FEB 2 2018. (14/03562-2, 12/23345-0)