Studying on the strictly self-compatibility mechanism of 'Liuyefeitao' peach (Prunus persica L.)

PLoS One. 2018 Aug 1;13(8):e0200914. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200914. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

Peach (Prunus persica L.) generally exhibits self-pollination, however, they can also be pollinated by other varieties of pollen. Here we found two varieties that are different from other peaches: 'Daifei' and 'Liuyefeitao'. 'Daifei' produces less pollen, which needs artificial pollination, honeybee pollination, and the fruit setting depends on other varieties of peach pollen. 'Liuyefeitao' exhibits strictly self-pollination, hence pollen from other species is rejected. To explore the mechanism of this phenomenon, we performed a high-throughput sequencing of the stigma (including style) of 'Daifei' and 'Liuyefeitao' to explain the rejection mechanism of other varieties of pollen of 'Liuyefeitao' peach. In our study, we found one S gene, and lots of non-S-locus factors such as: F-box proteins, Ub/26S, MAPKs, RLK, and transcription factor were differential expressed between 'Daifei' and 'Liuyefeitao'. We supposed that the strictly self-compatible of 'Liuyefeitao' may result from the synthesis of these factors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Flowers / genetics
  • Flowers / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Plant Proteins / genetics
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Pollination / genetics
  • Pollination / physiology*
  • Prunus persica / genetics
  • Prunus persica / physiology*
  • Species Specificity
  • Transcriptome

Substances

  • Plant Proteins

Grants and funding

The work was supported by: the Natural Science Foundations of Shandong, China (ZR2017YL024), http://jihlx.sdstc.gov.cn/STDPMS/ZR/Default.aspx; Agricultural Well-seed Engineering of Shandong, China (2016LZGC034), http://jihlx.sdstc.gov.cn/STDPMS/ZR/Default.aspx. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.