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. 2022 Apr;22(2):215-233.
doi: 10.1007/s10142-022-00833-z. Epub 2022 Feb 23.

Unravelling the treasure trove of drought-responsive genes in wild-type peanut through transcriptomics and physiological analyses of root

Feba Jacob Thoppurathu  1 , Zahra Ghorbanzadeh  2 , Ashish Kumar Vala  3 , Rasmieh Hamid  4 , Meera Joshi  3
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Unravelling the treasure trove of drought-responsive genes in wild-type peanut through transcriptomics and physiological analyses of root

Feba Jacob Thoppurathu et al. Funct Integr Genomics. 2022 Apr.

Abstract

Peanut is one of the most valuable legumes, grown mainly in arid and semi-arid regions, where its production may be hindered by the lack of water. Therefore, breeding drought tolerant varieties is of great importance for peanut breeding programs around the world. Unlike cultivated peanuts, wild peanuts have greater genetic diversity and are an important source of alleles conferring tolerance/resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses. To decipher the transcriptome changes under drought stress, transcriptomics of roots of highly tolerant Arachis duranensis (ADU) and moderately susceptible A. stenosperma (AST) genotypes were performed. Transcriptome analysis revealed an aggregate of 1465 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), and among the identified DEGs, there were 366 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Gene ontology and Mapman analyses revealed that the ADU genotype had a higher number of transcripts related to DNA methylation or demethylation, phytohormone signal transduction and flavonoid production, transcription factors, and responses to ethylene. The transcriptome analysis was endorsed by qRT-PCR, which showed a strong correlation value (R2 = 0.96). Physio-biochemical analysis showed that the drought-tolerant plants produced more osmolytes, ROS phagocytes, and sugars, but less MDA, thus attenuating the effects of drought stress. In addition, three SNPs of the gene encoding transcription factor NFAY (Aradu.YE2F8), expansin alpha (Aradu.78HGD), and cytokinin dehydrogenase 1-like (Aradu.U999X) exhibited polymorphism in selected different genotypes. Such SNPs could be useful for the selection of drought-tolerant genotypes.

Keywords: Drought stress; Peanut wild relatives; RNA-seq; Roots; qRT-PCR.

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