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SILENCING OF G-PROTEIN -SUBUNIT IN BARLEY (Hordeum vulgare L.) BY VIGS AND ITS EFFECT ON THE PLANT GROWTH

Muhammad Qasim SHAHID , Cuneyt UCARLI , Elif KARLIK , Semian Karaer UZUNER , Filiz GUREL

Abstract

G-proteins play important roles in a number of cellular and developmental processes in plants. In this study, we have cloned a 317-bp fragment encoding a part of barley G protein a-subunit into g-genome of barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV). Barley seedlings were inoculated with this construct denoted as pSL038-1/Ga at 3-leaf stage, and assayed for their growth, leaf area and membrane ion leakage. Silencing was achieved after 2 weeks of inoculation and confirmed by the decrease in Ga subunit mRNAs in barley leaves. There was a significant decrease in plant growth in terms of plant height and leaf area following the viral infection. Leaf area in silenced plants were decreased by >10% compared to control plants (wild-type or inoculated by BSMV-PDS constructs). In conclusion, silencing resulted in etiolated phenotypes and growth retardation. Our optimized VIGS protocol in barley could be adopted to evaluate extensive physiological parameters and molecular changes in Ga silenced plants.

Keyword: : BSMV, G-proteins, Ion Leakage, Phytoene desaturase (PDS), Virus induced gene silencing (VIGS). ,

Effects of Different Water Stress Levels on Biomass Yield and Agronomic Traits of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Varieties under Semi-Arid Conditio

Erdal GONULAL, Suleyman SOYLU, Mehmet SAHIN

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted in the Wielkopolska region at the Gorzyń Research Station, Poland (52.34°N, 15.54°E) in Central Europe. The study was conducted over a 3-year period (2017, 2018, 2019) as a two-factorial design with four replications in the RCBD. The aim of the research was to determine the effect of the cultivar (‘Bolero’, ‘Tytan’) and the inoculation (Nitragina–seeds inoculation, Nitroflora I–seeds inoculation, Nitroflora II–soil inoculation, HiStick® Lupin–seeds inoculation) on plant development, seeds chemical composition and yielding of narrow-leaved lupin. The weather conditions and experimental factors significantly influenced on productivity of narrow-leaved lupin ‘Tytan’. Drought during the growing season reduced seeds and protein yields. After inoculation of HiStck the seeds yield was significantly greater by 12.4% (p < 0.01) and the protein yield after application of Nitroflora I or HiStick by 13.9% (p < 0.01) and 19.2% (p < 0.01), respectively. Correlation coefficients showed strong relations between number of pods and seeds per plant in both cultivars regardless of the inoculation variant, however the strongest relations in both cultivar were proved on HiStick treatment.
Keyword: Biological nitrogen fixation, chemical composition, legumes, protein efficiency, yielding