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Low-phosphorus (low-P) stress has a significant limiting effect on crop yield and quality. Although the molecular mechanisms of the transcriptional level responsible for the low-P stress response have been studied in detail, the underlying epigenetic mechanisms in gene regulation remain largely unknown. In this study, we evaluated the changes in DNA methylation, gene expression and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) abundance genome-wide in response to low-P stress in two representative soybean genotypes with different P-efficiencies. The DNA methylation levels were slightly higher under low-P stress in both genotypes. Integrative methylation and transcription analysis suggested a complex regulatory relationship between DNA methylation and gene expression that may be associated with the type, region, and extent of methylation. Association analysis of low-P-induced differential methylation and gene expression showed that transcriptional alterations of a small part of genes were associated with methylation changes. Dynamic methylation alterations in transposable element (TE) regions in the CHH methylation context correspond with changes in the amount of siRNA under low-P conditions, indicating an important role of siRNAs in modulating TE activity by guiding CHH methylation in TE regions. Together, these results could help to elucidate the epigenetic regulation mechanisms governing the responses of plants to abiotic stresses.

Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals Dynamic Epigenomic Differences in Soybean Response to Low-Phosphorus Stress