Molecular mechanism underlying the effect of maleic hydrazide treatment on starch accumulation in S. polyrrhiza 7498 fronds

Background: Duckweed is considered a promising feedstock for bioethanol production due to its high biomass and starch production. The starch content can be promoted by plant growth regulators after the vegetative reproduction being inhibited. Maleic hydrazide (MH) has been reported to inhibit plant...

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Main Authors: Feng, G. (Author), Gao, X. (Author), Ji, X. (Author), Li, X. (Author), Shen, G. (Author), Sun, J. (Author), Wang, Y. (Author), Xiang, B. (Author), Zhu, Y. (Author)
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Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2021
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245 1 0 |a Molecular mechanism underlying the effect of maleic hydrazide treatment on starch accumulation in S. polyrrhiza 7498 fronds 
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520 3 |a Background: Duckweed is considered a promising feedstock for bioethanol production due to its high biomass and starch production. The starch content can be promoted by plant growth regulators after the vegetative reproduction being inhibited. Maleic hydrazide (MH) has been reported to inhibit plant growth, meantime to increase biomass and starch content in some plants. However, the molecular explanation on the mechanism of MH action is still unclear. Results: To know the effect and action mode of MH on the growth and starch accumulation in Spirodela polyrrhiza 7498, the plants were treated with different concentrations of MH. Our results showed a substantial inhibition of the growth in both fronds and roots, and increase in starch contents of plants after MH treatment. And with 75 µg/mL MH treatment and on the 8th day of the experiment, starch content was the highest, about 40 mg/g fresh weight, which is about 20-fold higher than the control. The I2-KI staining and TEM results confirmed that 75 µg/mL MH-treated fronds possessed more starch and big starch granules than that of the control. No significant difference for both in the photosynthetic pigment content and the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of PII was found. Differentially expressed transcripts were analyzed in S. polyrrhiza 7498 after 75 µg/mL MH treatment. The results showed that the expression of some genes related to auxin response reaction was down-regulated; while, expression of some genes involved in carbon fixation, C4 pathway of photosynthesis, starch biosynthesis and ABA signal transduction pathway was up-regulated. Conclusion: The results provide novel insights into the underlying mechanisms of growth inhibition and starch accumulation by MH treatment, and provide a selective way for the improvement of starch production in duckweed. © 2021, The Author(s). 
650 0 4 |a bioaccumulation 
650 0 4 |a Biochemistry 
650 0 4 |a bioenergy 
650 0 4 |a Bioethanol 
650 0 4 |a Bio-ethanol production 
650 0 4 |a carbon fixation 
650 0 4 |a Carbon fixation 
650 0 4 |a Cell proliferation 
650 0 4 |a Chlorophyll fluorescence parameters 
650 0 4 |a Ecology 
650 0 4 |a ethanol 
650 0 4 |a Genes 
650 0 4 |a Growth kinetics 
650 0 4 |a inhibition 
650 0 4 |a Maleic hydrazide 
650 0 4 |a molecular analysis 
650 0 4 |a Molecular mechanism 
650 0 4 |a Molecular mechanism 
650 0 4 |a Photosynthetic pigment contents 
650 0 4 |a pigment 
650 0 4 |a Plant growth regulators 
650 0 4 |a Polyrrhiza 
650 0 4 |a Signal transduction 
650 0 4 |a Signal transduction pathways 
650 0 4 |a Spirodela polyrrhiza 
650 0 4 |a starch 
650 0 4 |a Starch 
650 0 4 |a Starch accumulation 
650 0 4 |a Starch accumulation 
650 0 4 |a Starch biosynthesis 
700 1 |a Feng, G.  |e author 
700 1 |a Gao, X.  |e author 
700 1 |a Ji, X.  |e author 
700 1 |a Li, X.  |e author 
700 1 |a Shen, G.  |e author 
700 1 |a Sun, J.  |e author 
700 1 |a Wang, Y.  |e author 
700 1 |a Xiang, B.  |e author 
700 1 |a Zhu, Y.  |e author 
773 |t Biotechnology for Biofuels