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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Wounding induces suberin deposition, relevant gene expressions and changes of endogenous phytohormones in Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita) tubers

Linyao Liu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7091-0494 A , Ping Geng B , Xueyuan Jin C , Xiaopeng Wei https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6168-4520 A * , Jing Xue A , Xiaobo Wei https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0101-6605 D , Lihua Zhang A , Mengpei Liu A , Liang Zhang E , Wei Zong A and Linchun Mao https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5015-0144 F *
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A College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China.

B College of Energy and Power Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, Henan 450002, China.

C College of Clinical Medicine, Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology, Haikou, Hainan 571126, China.

D School of Food and Wine, Ningxia University, Ningxia Key Laboratory for Food Microbial-Applications Technology and Safety Control, Yinchuan, 750021, China.

E Wencheng Institution of Modern Agriculture and Healthcare Industry, Wenzhou 325300, China.

F College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Agro-Food Processing, Zhejiang R&D Center of Food Technology and Equipment, Fuli Institute of Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.


Handling Editor: David Cahill

Functional Plant Biology 50(9) 691-700 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP22280
Submitted: 16 November 2022  Accepted: 19 June 2023   Published: 13 July 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Wounds on Chinese yam (Dioscorea opposita) tubers can ocurr during harvest and handling, and rapid suberisation of the wound is required to prevent pathogenic infection and desiccation. However, little is known about the causal relationship among suberin deposition, relevant gene expressions and endogenous phytohormones levels in response to wounding. In this study, the effect of wounding on phytohormones levels and the expression profiles of specific genes involved in wound-induced suberisation were determined. Wounding rapidly increased the expression levels of genes, including PAL, C4H, 4CL, POD, KCSs, FARs, CYP86A1, CYP86B1, GPATs, ABCGs and GELPs, which likely involved in the biosynthesis, transport and polymerisation of suberin monomers, ultimately leading to suberin deposition. Wounding induced phenolics biosynthesis and being polymerised into suberin poly(phenolics) (SPP) in advance of suberin poly(aliphatics) (SPA) accumulation. Specifically, rapid expression of genes (e.g. PAL, C4H, 4CL, POD) associated with the biosynthesis and polymerisation of phenolics, in consistent with SPP accumulation 3 days after wounding, followed by the massive accumulation of SPA and relevant gene expressions (e.g. KCSs, FARs, CYP86A1/B1, GPATs, ABCGs, GELPs). Additionally, wound-induced abscisic acid (ABA) and jasmonic acid (JA) consistently correlated with suberin deposition and relevant gene expressions indicating that they might play a central role in regulating wound suberisation in yam tubers.

Keywords: abscisic acid, Chinese yam tuber, deposition, jasmonic acid, suberin poly(aliphatics), suberin poly(phenolics), suberisation and wound healing.


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