- 著者
- Haruna Yada Chihiro Matsumoto Xiaonan Xie Kazuhisa Kato Hiroki Ikeda
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science
- 雑誌
- The Horticulture Journal (ISSN:21890102)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.UTD-356, (Released:2022-03-16)
Fruit mass is an important factor for determining the yield of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), with higher mass being an important objective. Most fruit traits, including fruit mass, are quantitative, and numerous quantitative trait loci (QTL) control these traits. Previous studies investigating tomato introgression lines (ILs) revealed several QTLs for fruit yield, and suggested that IL12-1 is a potential line to increase fruit mass. Our aim was to facilitate genetic studies of the diverse characteristics of wild relatives of tomato. Therefore, tomato ILs from a cross between Solanum pennellii and the cultivar S. lycopersicum ‘M82’ were used. ILs that carry a S. pennellii chromosome segment on chromosome 12 of ‘M82’ were evaluated further for fruit mass expansion and regulation. IL12-1-1, a subline of IL12-1, was found to produce large ripening fruits compared with ‘M82’, a phenotype that resulted in increased pericarp thicknesses. To investigate the physiological mechanisms contributing to the increased fruit mass of IL12-1-1, the cell counts of fruit pericarp tissues during fruit development were evaluated. Cell numbers of IL12-1-1 fruit pericarp at 20 days after flowering were higher than those of ‘M82’, a difference that most likely occurred during the cell division phase. In addition, the levels of the phytohormones auxin and cytokinin, which are known to be related to cell division of the fruit tissue, were higher in IL12-1-1 compared with ‘M82’. Therefore, differences in these phytohormones between ‘M82’ and IL12-1-1 may be affected by the number of cells in the pericarp tissues. Expression analysis of Solyc12g005250 (SlKLP) and Solyc12g005310 (SlGH3-15), which are located in the IL12-1-1 region of the S. pennellii chromosome, showed significant differences between ‘M82’ and IL12-1-1 during the cell division phase; a better understanding of IL12-1-1 cellular and molecular features can contribute to the breeding and increased production of tomato crops.
- 著者
- Kanjana Worarad Xiaonan Xie Inna Martha Rumainum Chairat Burana Kenji Yamane
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 園芸学会
- 雑誌
- The Horticulture Journal (ISSN:21890102)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- pp.OKD-043, (Released:2016-12-29)
- 被引用文献数
- 5
Fluridone, an inhibitor of carotenoid biosynthesis, is known to prevent abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis and to affect the germination and dormancy of seeds in several plant species. This study investigated the effects of fluridone on seed germination of the ornamental peach ‘Yaguchi’, and on the transcript levels of genes related to seed dormancy in this plant. Seeds were rinsed for 2 days under running tap water (RS), then soaked for 1 day in 100 μM fluridone (F), and kept at 5°C for 2 weeks (2W). The germination rate significantly increased from 0% to 9.5% in the RS+F treatment and to 71.4% in the RS+F+2W treatment, while no germination occurred in the RS and RS+2W treatments. Seedlings in RS+F and RS+F+2W treatments formed dwarf shoots, i.e. about 10 cm, and morphological lesions on the leaves. The ABA content in embryonic axes decreased after RS and increased with RS+2W. It was decreased by the RS+F+2W treatment. RS+F+2W downregulated ABA-hy3, which encodes enzymes with key roles in ABA catabolism, while its effects on 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED1) in relation to ABA synthesis fluctuated. In contrast, Empfindlicherim Dunkelroten Licht 1 (EID1) was upregulated after fluridone treatment, suggesting that fluridone may activate positive ABA signaling pathways. Expression of GA2-oxidase8 (GA2-ox8) was not affected by fluridone. MADS-box protein JOINTLESS (LeMADS) and Late embryogenesis abundant protein D-34 (LEA D-34) were downregulated in the RS+F+2W treatment, suggesting that the expression of these genes are controlled by low temperature and the ABA inhibitor, and are involved in seed dormancy. These results suggest that ABA inhibitor treatments can be an alternative method to promote germination by controlling ABA content and its metabolism, and consequently changing expression of certain ABA- and dormancy-related genes including ABA-hy3, EID1, LeMADS, and LEA D-34, even under insufficient chilling conditions.