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Melatonin promotes adventitious root formation in apple by promoting the function of MdWOX11
- Source :
- BMC Plant Biology, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020), BMC Plant Biology
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background Melatonin (MT) is important for plant growth and development; however, it is not known whether MT is involved in apple adventitious root (AR) development. In this study, we treated Malus prunifolia (MP) at four different stages of AR development, and analyzed the level of the endogenous hormones MT, auxin (IAA), zeatin-riboside (ZR), abscisic acid (ABA), and gibberellins (GA1 + 3) in all four treatment groups and the untreated control group. The expression of MT, IAA biosynthesis, transport and signal transduction, the cell cycle, and root development related genes were quantified by RT-qPCR. The function of MdWOX11 was analyzed in transgenic apple plants. Results The promotion of AR development by MT was dependent on the stage of AR induction between 0 and 2 d in apple rootstocks. MT-treatment increased the level of IAA and crosstalk existed between MT and IAA during AR formation. The expression of MdWOX11 was induced by MT treatment and positively regulated AR formation in apple. Furthermore, transgenic lines that overexpressed MdWOX11 lines produced more ARs than ‘GL3’. Phenotypic analysis indicated that MdWOX11 overexpression lines were more sensitive to exogenous MT treatment than ‘GL3’, suggesting that MdWOX11 regulates AR formation in response to MT in apple rootstock. Conclusions MT promotes AR formation mainly during the AR induction stage by inducing IAA levels and upregulating MdWOX11.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
Transgene
MdWOX11
Transgenic plantlets
Endogeny
Plant Science
Biology
01 natural sciences
Plant Roots
Melatonin
Tissue Culture Techniques
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Plant Growth Regulators
Auxin
lcsh:Botany
medicine
Abscisic acid
chemistry.chemical_classification
Homeodomain Proteins
food and beverages
Cell cycle
Plants, Genetically Modified
Adventitious roots
Apple rootstocks
Cell biology
lcsh:QK1-989
030104 developmental biology
chemistry
Malus
Gibberellin
Activation of adventitious roots
Signal transduction
010606 plant biology & botany
medicine.drug
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712229
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Plant Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....051befbf5d4b2957eb89d13ae5645cfc