PMID- 37836114 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231020 IS - 2223-7747 (Print) IS - 2223-7747 (Electronic) IS - 2223-7747 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 19 DP - 2023 Sep 25 TI - Continuous Cropping Inhibits Photosynthesis of Polygonatum odoratum. LID - 10.3390/plants12193374 [doi] LID - 3374 AB - Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce possesses widespread medicinal properties; however, the continuous cropping (CC) often leads to a severe consecutive monoculture problem (CMP), ultimately causing a decline in yield and quality. Photosynthesis is the fundamental process for plant growth development. Improving photosynthesis is one of the most promising approaches to increase plant yields. To better understand how P. odoratum leaves undergo photosynthesis in response to CC, this study analyzed the physiochemical indexes and RNA-seq. The physiochemical indexes, such as the content of chlorophyll (chlorophyll a, b, and total chlorophyll), light response curves (LRCs), and photosynthetic parameters (F(v)/F(m), F(v)/F(0), F(m)/F(0), Pi(abs), ABS/RC, TRo/RC, ETo/RC, and DIo/RC) were all changed in P. odoratum under the CC system. Furthermore, 13,798 genes that exhibited differential expression genes (DEGs) were identified in the P. odoratum leaves of CC and first cropping (FC) plants. Among them, 7932 unigenes were upregulated, while 5860 unigenes were downregulated. Here, the DEGs encoding proteins associated with photosynthesis and carbon assimilation showed a significant decrease in expression under the CC system, such as the PSII protein complex, PSI protein complex, Cytochorome b6/f complex, the photosynthetic electron transport chain, light-harvesting chlorophyll protein complex, and Calvin cycle, etc., -related gene. This study demonstrates that CC can suppress photosynthesis and carbon mechanism in P. odoratum, pinpointing potential ways to enhance photosynthetic efficiency in the CC of plants. FAU - Wang, Yan AU - Wang Y AD - College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China. AD - Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Developmental Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, National Center of Technology Innovation for Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China. FAU - Zhou, Yunyun AU - Zhou Y AD - College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China. AD - Biodiversity Institute, Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha 410018, China. FAU - Ye, Jing AU - Ye J AD - College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China. FAU - Jin, Chenzhong AU - Jin C AD - College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China. FAU - Hu, Yihong AU - Hu Y AD - College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology, Loudi 417000, China. LA - eng GR - 2021JJ40057, 2022JJ30312/Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China/ GR - 2020M682561/China Postdoctoral Science Foundation/ GR - 19A259, 20A277/Scientific Research Fund of the Hunan Provincial Education Department of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230925 PL - Switzerland TA - Plants (Basel) JT - Plants (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101596181 PMC - PMC10574191 OTO - NOTNLM OT - P. odoratum OT - RNA-seq OT - carbon assimilation OT - leaf OT - photosynthesis COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/10/14 10:49 MHDA- 2023/10/14 10:50 PMCR- 2023/09/25 CRDT- 2023/10/14 01:15 PHST- 2023/08/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/10/14 10:50 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/14 10:49 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/14 01:15 [entrez] PHST- 2023/09/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - plants12193374 [pii] AID - plants-12-03374 [pii] AID - 10.3390/plants12193374 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Plants (Basel). 2023 Sep 25;12(19):3374. doi: 10.3390/plants12193374.