MSH1-induced heritable enhanced growth vigor through grafting is associated with the RdDM pathway in plants

Hardik Kundariya; Xiaodong Yang; Kyla Morton; Robersy Sanchez; Michael J. Axtell; Samuel F. Hutton; Michael Fromm; Sally A. Mackenzie

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19140-x

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

MSH1-induced heritable enhanced growth vigor through grafting is associated with the RdDM pathway in plants

Hardik Kundariya,
Xiaodong Yang,
Kyla Morton,
Robersy Sanchez,
Michael J. Axtell,
Samuel F. Hutton,
Michael Fromm,
Sally A. Mackenzie

Affiliations

Hardik Kundariya: Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska
Xiaodong Yang: Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University
Kyla Morton: EpiCrop Technologies, Inc.
Robersy Sanchez: Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University
Michael J. Axtell: Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University
Samuel F. Hutton: Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida
Michael Fromm: EpiCrop Technologies, Inc.
Sally A. Mackenzie: Departments of Biology and Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19140-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The meiotic transmissibility and progeny phenotypic influence of graft-mediated epigenetic changes remain unclear. Here, the authors use the msh1 mutant in the rootstock to trigger heritable enhanced growth vigor in Arabidopsis and tomato, and show it is associated with the RNA-directed DNA methylation pathway.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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