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  • Plant Biology
  • Genomics
  • Agricultural Science

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  • Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a globally significant root crop.
  • Storage root (SR) development is critical for sweet potato yield.
  • Understanding the molecular basis of SR development is essential for crop improvement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the molecular mechanisms and regulatory networks governing sweet potato SR development.
  • To identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between high and low starch content sweet potato accessions.
  • To provide candidate genes for enhancing starch accumulation in sweet potato.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative transcriptome analysis of root tissues from high and low starch sweet potato accessions at three developmental stages.
  • Assembly of 46,840 unigenes using Illumina sequencing.
  • Identification and enrichment analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs).
  • Validation of key DEGs using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR).

Main Results:

  • Transcriptome analysis revealed an increasing number of DEGs with SR development, highlighting diverging molecular pathways between accessions.
  • DEGs were significantly enriched in pathways related to starch biosynthesis, plant hormone regulation, and genetic information processing.
  • Expression patterns of starch biosynthesis-related DEGs were confirmed via qRT-PCR.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides valuable genomic resources for understanding sweet potato SR development.
  • Identified DEGs offer potential targets for genetic engineering to improve sweet potato starch content.
  • This research contributes to the molecular breeding of high-yield and high-starch sweet potato varieties.