Soil-Mulching Treatment Enhances the Content of Stilbene in Grape Berries: A Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis

Soil mulching is a useful agronomic practice that promotes early fruit maturation and affects fruit quality. However, the regulatory mechanism of fruit metabolites under soil-mulching treatments remains unknown. In this study, variations in the gene sets and metabolites of grape berries after mulchi...

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Main Authors: Bo Wang, Weimin Wu, Zhuangwei Wang, Zhenxiao Chen, Xicheng Wang
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Weimin Wu
Zhuangwei Wang
Zhenxiao Chen
Xicheng Wang
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Zhuangwei Wang
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Xicheng Wang
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description Soil mulching is a useful agronomic practice that promotes early fruit maturation and affects fruit quality. However, the regulatory mechanism of fruit metabolites under soil-mulching treatments remains unknown. In this study, variations in the gene sets and metabolites of grape berries after mulching (rice straw + felt + plastic film) using transcriptome and metagenomic sequencing were investigated. The results of the cluster analysis and orthogonal projection to latent structures discriminant analysis of the metabolites showed a difference between the mulching and control groups, as did the principal component analysis results for the transcriptome. In total, 36 differentially expressed metabolites were identified, of which 10 (resveratrol, ampelopsin F, piceid, 3,4′-dihydroxy-5-methoxystilbene, ε-viniferin, trans resveratrol, epsilon-viniferin, 3′-hydroxypterostilbene, 1-methyl-resveratrol, and pterostil-bene) were stilbenes. Their content increased after mulching, indicating that stilbene synthase activity increased after mulching. The weighted gene co-expression network analysis revealed that the turquoise and blue modules were positively and negatively related to stilbene compounds. The network analysis identified two seed genes (VIT_09s0054g00610, VIT_13s0156g00260) and two transcription factors (VIT_13s0156g00260, VIT_02s0025g04590). Overall, soil mulching promoted the accumulation of stilbene compounds in grapes, and the results provided key genetic information for further studies.
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spelling doaj-art-35f458edf0464be2af196201820060132025-08-20T02:16:50ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582024-10-011319320810.3390/foods13193208Soil-Mulching Treatment Enhances the Content of Stilbene in Grape Berries: A Transcriptomic and Metabolomic AnalysisBo Wang0Weimin Wu1Zhuangwei Wang2Zhenxiao Chen3Xicheng Wang4Institute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, No. 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, ChinaInstitute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, No. 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, ChinaInstitute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, No. 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, ChinaInstitute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, No. 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, ChinaInstitute of Pomology, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Horticultural Crop Genetic Improvement, No. 50 Zhongling Street, Nanjing 210014, ChinaSoil mulching is a useful agronomic practice that promotes early fruit maturation and affects fruit quality. However, the regulatory mechanism of fruit metabolites under soil-mulching treatments remains unknown. In this study, variations in the gene sets and metabolites of grape berries after mulching (rice straw + felt + plastic film) using transcriptome and metagenomic sequencing were investigated. The results of the cluster analysis and orthogonal projection to latent structures discriminant analysis of the metabolites showed a difference between the mulching and control groups, as did the principal component analysis results for the transcriptome. In total, 36 differentially expressed metabolites were identified, of which 10 (resveratrol, ampelopsin F, piceid, 3,4′-dihydroxy-5-methoxystilbene, ε-viniferin, trans resveratrol, epsilon-viniferin, 3′-hydroxypterostilbene, 1-methyl-resveratrol, and pterostil-bene) were stilbenes. Their content increased after mulching, indicating that stilbene synthase activity increased after mulching. The weighted gene co-expression network analysis revealed that the turquoise and blue modules were positively and negatively related to stilbene compounds. The network analysis identified two seed genes (VIT_09s0054g00610, VIT_13s0156g00260) and two transcription factors (VIT_13s0156g00260, VIT_02s0025g04590). Overall, soil mulching promoted the accumulation of stilbene compounds in grapes, and the results provided key genetic information for further studies.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/19/3208mulchinggrapestilbenetranscriptomemetabolomicsberry quality
spellingShingle Bo Wang
Weimin Wu
Zhuangwei Wang
Zhenxiao Chen
Xicheng Wang
Soil-Mulching Treatment Enhances the Content of Stilbene in Grape Berries: A Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis
Foods
mulching
grape
stilbene
transcriptome
metabolomics
berry quality
title Soil-Mulching Treatment Enhances the Content of Stilbene in Grape Berries: A Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis
title_full Soil-Mulching Treatment Enhances the Content of Stilbene in Grape Berries: A Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis
title_fullStr Soil-Mulching Treatment Enhances the Content of Stilbene in Grape Berries: A Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Soil-Mulching Treatment Enhances the Content of Stilbene in Grape Berries: A Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis
title_short Soil-Mulching Treatment Enhances the Content of Stilbene in Grape Berries: A Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Analysis
title_sort soil mulching treatment enhances the content of stilbene in grape berries a transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis
topic mulching
grape
stilbene
transcriptome
metabolomics
berry quality
url https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/19/3208
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