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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (6): 54-63.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2025-0463

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Transcriptome Analysis of Sucrose Induced Areca Taro in Vitro and Key Genes Screening

LUO Yanyu(), WEI Liguo, LIU Weiguang, YANG Zhijian, ZHANG Jinzhong, CHEN Jiwei, HUANG Shaoli()   

  1. Guangzhou Academy of Agricultural and Rural Sciences, Guangzhou 510335
  • Received:2025-06-21 Revised:2025-10-11 Online:2026-03-25 Published:2026-03-30

Abstract:

To explore the relevant mechanisms underlying corm development and identify key genes regulating this process in Areca taro (Colocasia esculenta cv. Binlang), this study used in vitro plantlets of Guangdong Tanbu Wengang Areca taro as experimental materials. Transcriptome sequencing was performed on the corms of in vitro taro cultured under different sucrose concentration treatments to screen differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with corm development, and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) technology was employed to verify the expression profiles of candidate genes. The results showed that a total of 89,320 unigenes were obtained from 4 comparison groups, with 20,458 DEGs identified, including 9,925 upregulated genes and 10,533 downregulated genes. GO functional enrichment analysis revealed that these DEGs were mainly enriched in biological processes, particularly in responses to biological stimuli and cellular oxidation-detoxification. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis indicated that the pathways enriched by these DEGs were mainly phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, plant hormone signal transduction, starch and sucrose metabolism, and plant-pathogen interaction. In addition, 15 core candidate genes were selected from the starch and sucrose metabolism pathways and plant hormone signal transduction pathways in this study. The expression patterns of genes verified by qRT-PCR were basically consistent with the transcriptome sequencing results. This study provides important data support for investigating the molecular mechanism of taro corm expansion and lays a theoretical foundation for further deciphering the regulatory network of Areca taro corm development.

Key words: Areca taro, sucrose, in vitro taro corms, transcriptome analysis, tuber development