Temporal and spatial control of expression of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes in developing flowers of Antirrhinum majus

The co-ordination of expression of anthocyanin biosynthetic genes was studied in developing flowers. Four genes encoding enzymes operating late in the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway are induced together during flower development but the early steps appear to be induced more rapidly. Co-ordination of expression could imply a common regulatory mechanism controlling the expression of metabolically related genes. The data presented here show that while four genes may share such a mechanism for the control of their expression during flower development, different control processes regulate the early steps of the pathway. Spatially, gene expression is patterned across the flower and appears to be very similar for all the biosynthetic genes. However, the observed influence of the regulatory gene Delila shows that the spatial co-ordination of gene expression must involve more than one regulatory system. Delila itself appears to have a dual function, being required for activation of expression of the later genes in the flower tube but repressing chalcone synthase gene expression in the mesophyll of the corolla lobes. It is postulated that common signals induce the expression of genes in the pathway during flower development. The data presented here suggest that the same regulatory mechanism interprets these signals for four of the genes encoding the later biosynthetic enzymes, but that different or modified mechanisms interpret the signals to control expression of chalcone synthase and chalcone isomerase genes in Antirrhinum flowers.     

成簇基因的时空表达调控

成簇基因具有不同单个基因的特性,同一簇内基因大多有类似的结构,功能以及表达模式,基因之间时空表达模式及表达量高度协调,提示同一簇基因是作为统一整体进行调节的,具有共同的调节机制。基因成簇排列是实现基因时空协调表表达的基础,是遗传信息的一种高级组织形式,具有强大的进化优势,要揭示成簇基因表达调控的基本规律,应从顺式作用元件,反式作用因子,染色质等层次,进行整体的以及多基因相互作用的研究,这些机制的阐     

红掌花药培养

研究了发育时期、基因型、培养基、低温预处理等因素对红掌花药愈伤组织诱导的影响.结果表明,小孢子中晚期是红掌花药培养的适宜时期;基因型对花药膨大率有显著的影响;不同培养基上的Sweet Dream和Jungle Bush的花药膨大率差异显著;低温预处理明显提高Sweet Dream的花药膨大率.从Sweet Dream花药诱导出致密和疏松两种愈伤组织,两种愈伤组织芽分化率和生根率存在明显差异,致密愈伤组织的小苗生根率为95.00%,而疏松愈伤组织的小苗生根率为30.00%.Sweet Dream的花药再生植株与叶片再生植株在形态特征上有差异,染色体鉴定结果表明,花药再生植株均是二倍体.     

Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in Anthurium andraeanum hybrids

Summary A method for the production of somatic embryos and subsequent plant regeneration for Anthurium andraeanum Linden ex André (Monocotyledonae) hybrids is described. Whole leaf blade explants, derived from plantlets grown in vitro, formed translucent embryogénic calli at their basal ends within one month of culture in the dark. Secondary somatic embryos formed frequently and without an intervening callus on surfaces of primary embryos. Embryogenesis was induced with three genotypes using a modified half-strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 1.0 to 4.0 mg l^–1 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 0.33 to 1.0 mg l^–1 kinetin. A combination of 2% sucrose with 1% glucose in the medium favored embryogenesis over 3% sucrose alone. Whole leaf blades on medium solidified with 0.18% Gelrite produced more somatic embryos than leaves on medium with 0.7% Bacto-agar. Within two to three months after culture initiation, embryos were transferred to modified MS medium containing 0.2 mg l^–1 6-benzyladenine (BA) and 2% sucrose and placed in the light for conversion into plantlets. Rooted plantlets were recovered and transferred into pots with tree fern fiber medium and grown in the greenhouse.Abbreviations MS Murashige and Skoog (1962) - 2,4-D 2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - BA 6-benzyladenine     

Engineering of the rose flavonoid biosynthetic pathway successfully generated blue-hued flowers accumulating delphinidin

Flower color is mainly determined by anthocyanins. Rosa hybrida lacks violet to blue flower varieties due to the absence of delphinidin-based anthocyanins, usually the major constituents of violet and blue flowers, because roses do not possess flavonoid 3',5'-hydoxylase (F3'5'H), a key enzyme for delphinidin biosynthesis. Other factors such as the presence of co-pigments and the vacuolar pH also affect flower color. We analyzed the flavonoid composition of hundreds of rose cultivars and measured the pH of their petal juice in order to select hosts of genetic transformation that would be suitable for the exclusive accumulation of delphinidin and the resulting color change toward blue. Expression of the viola F3'5'H gene in some of the selected cultivars resulted in the accumulation of a high percentage of delphinidin (up to 95%) and a novel bluish flower color. For more exclusive and dominant accumulation of delphinidin irrespective of the hosts, we down-regulated the endogenous dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) gene and overexpressed the Irisxhollandica DFR gene in addition to the viola F3'5'H gene in a rose cultivar. The resultant roses exclusively accumulated delphinidin in the petals, and the flowers had blue hues not achieved by hybridization breeding. Moreover, the ability for exclusive accumulation of delphinidin was inherited by the next generations.     

Flower color diversity revealed by differential expression of flavonoid biosynthetic genes and flavonoid accumulation in herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.)

Herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora Pall.) is an important ornamental plant which contains different flower colors. In this paper, eight genes encoding phenylalanine ammonialyase (PAL), chalcone synthase (CHS), chalcone isomerase (CHI), flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H), flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase (F3′H), dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR), anthocyanidin synthase (ANS), UDP-glucose: flavonoid 3-o-glucosyltransferase (UF3GT) were isolated. Moreover, the expression patterns of these eight genes and UF5GT in the flowers were investigated in three cultivars, that is, ‘Hongyanzhenghui’, ‘Yulouhongxing’ and ‘Huangjinlun’ with purplish-red, white and yellow flower respectively. Furthermore, flavonoid accumulation in the flowers was also analyzed. The results showed that in different organs, most of genes expressed higher in flowers than in other organs. During the development of flowers, all genes could be divided into four groups. The first group (PlPAL) was highly expressed in S1 and S4. The second group (PlCHS and PlCHI) was at a high expression level throughout the whole developmental stages. The third group (PlF3H, PlF3′H, PlDFR, PlANS and PlUF5GT) gradually decreased with the development of flowers. The fourth group (PlUF3GT) gradually increased during the flower development. In addition, anthoxanthins and anthocyanins were detected in ‘Hongyanzhenghui’ and ‘Yulouhongxing’, chalcones and anthoxanthins were found in ‘Huangjinlun’. When different color flowers were concerned, low expression level of PlCHI induced most of the substrate accumulation in the form of chalcones and displaying yellow, changing a small part of substrates to anthoxanthins, and there was no anthocyanin synthesis in ‘Huangjinlun’ because of low expression level of DFR. In ‘Yulouhongxing’, massive expressions of upstream genes and low expression of DFR caused synthesis of a great deal of anthoxanthins and a small amount of colorless anthocyanins. In ‘Hongyanzhenghui’, a large number of colored anthocyanins were changed from anthoxanthins because of PlDFR, PlANS and PlUF3GT high expressions. These results would provide us a theoretical basis to understand the formation of P. lactiflora flower colors.     

温度对火鹤花生长发育的影响

本文就温度对火鹤花生长发育的影响进行研究,结果表明,全年中日均温15℃的时段,火鹤花产量和品质最差,并造成寒害;日均温29.5℃的时段,有轻微高温伤害;日均温26℃时段最适于火鹤花生长,此时切花品质最好.     

花烛离体培养中的壮苗

针对花烛离体培养中普遍存在的长期培养导致再生苗生长势退化的现象,研究了如何恢复再生苗生长势,获得健壮的无菌苗.结果表明,花烛离体培养中,随着继代次数的增加,外源生长调节剂浓度应逐步降低直至0;活性炭对无菌苗生长势的恢复有较显著效果.无菌苗茎尖是离体培养体系重建中诱导愈伤组织最适宜的外植体;诱导愈伤组织的适宜培养基为改良的MS 1.0 mg·L-16-BA 0.1 mg·L-1 2,4-D;TDZ诱导芽的效果明显优于6-BA,MS 0.01 mg·L-1 TDZ较适合于芽诱导.     

红掌组培苗继代过程中细菌污染的防治试验

针对红掌组织培养过程中易出现细菌污染的问题,进行多种抗菌素处理及二次升汞灭菌处理对细菌污染的防治比较试验。结果表明,用300mg/L青霉素+180mg/L链霉素溶液注射到培养基表面,能有效控制细菌污染,且对组培苗生长影响最小。     

花烛离体培养叶色变异株系的相关性状

以花烛(Anthurium andraeanum)间接器官发生途径中再生出的一株花叶变异植株为原始材料, 进行增殖并对得到的3个叶色变异株系的叶色相关性状进行了初步研究。结果表明: 通过愈伤组织器官发生途径和腋芽增殖途径对这一花叶苗进行增殖, 均分离到3种变异株系, 即花叶苗、黄化苗和天鹅绒绿色叶片苗; 天鹅绒绿色苗叶片中的叶绿素含量比正常离体苗的含量低; 叶片解剖结构表明, 叶绿体在叶肉细胞中的分布与其叶片表现型相同, 天鹅绒绿色叶片与正常叶片在解剖结构上无明显差异。花烛原套只具有1层细胞, 无明显的L2层分生结构, 因此叶肉的薄壁细胞完全由向各个方向分裂的原体细胞发育而来, 这种组织结构导致花叶叶片中含有叶绿体的细胞和不含有叶绿体的薄壁细胞呈不规则分布。这种花叶株系可以作为育种材料或直接作为盆栽花烛进行推广。     

花烛离体培养叶色变异株系的相关性状

以花烛（Anthurium andraeanum）间接器官发生途径中再生出的一株花叶变异植株为原始材料,进行增殖并对得到的3个叶色变异株系的叶色相关性状进行了初步研究。结果表明：通过愈伤组织器官发生途径和腋芽增殖途径对这一花叶苗进行增殖,均分离到3种变异株系,即花叶苗、黄化苗和天鹅绒绿色叶片苗;天鹅绒绿色苗叶片中的叶绿素含量比正常离体苗的含量低;叶片解剖结构表明,叶绿体在叶肉细胞中的分布与其叶片表现型相同,天鹅绒绿色叶片与正常叶片在解剖结构上无明显差异。花烛原套只具有1层细胞,无明显的L2层分生结构,因此叶肉的薄壁细胞完全由向各个方向分裂的原体细胞发育而来,这种组织结构导致花叶叶片中含有叶绿体的细胞和不含有叶绿体的薄壁细胞呈不规则分布。这种花叶株系可以作为育种材料或直接作为盆栽花烛进行推广。     

Anthurium andraeanum Plantlets Produced from Callus Tissues Cultivated in vitro

During the last 3 years a method has been developed to reproduce Anthurium andraeanum Lind. through callus cultures. The procedural sequence is as follows: callus induction on excised leaf fragments, callus subculture on solid and in liquid media, adventitious sprout formation in callus on solid media, and rooting of excised sprouts. Recently 20 adult genotypes were propagated by this method.     

TDZ和CPPU对红掌快速繁殖的影响

以红掌带主脉叶切片、叶柄切段为外植体,研究TDZ和CPPU对其快速繁殖的影响。结果表明,在愈伤组织诱导上,与6-BA相比,TDZ和CPPU具有更强的诱导外植体脱分化活性;TDZ 1.0mg/L和6-BA0.5mg/L配比是诱导红掌外植体脱分化的最佳配方,与其它培养基比较,愈伤组织诱导率提高50.0%~166.0%。在附加TDZ 0.3mg/L+NAA 0.1~0.4mg/L或CPPU 0.3mg/L+NAA 0.1~0.4mg/L的MS培养基上,愈伤组织均能很好分化,并能长成完整植株。     

Production of red-flowered plants by genetic engineering of multiple flavonoid biosynthetic genes

Orange- to red-colored flowers are difficult to produce by conventional breeding techniques in some floricultural plants. This is due to the deficiency in the formation of pelargonidin, which confers orange to red colors, in their flowers. Previous researchers have reported that brick-red colored flowers can be produced by introducing a foreign dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) with different substrate specificity in Petunia hybrida, which does not accumulate pelargonidin pigments naturally. However, because these experiments used dihydrokaempferol (DHK)-accumulated mutants as transformation hosts, this strategy cannot be applied directly to other floricultural plants. Thus in this study, we attempted to produce red-flowered plants by suppressing two endogenous genes and expressing one foreign gene using tobacco as a model plant. We used a chimeric RNAi construct for suppression of two genes (flavonol synthase [FLS] and flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase [F3′H]) and expression of the gerbera DFR gene in order to accumulate pelargonidin pigments in tobacco flowers. We successfully produced red-flowered tobacco plants containing high amounts of additional pelargonidin as confirmed by HPLC analysis. The flavonol content was reduced in the transgenic plants as expected, although complete inhibition was not achieved. Expression analysis also showed that reduction of the two-targeted genes and expression of the foreign gene occurred simultaneously. These results demonstrate that flower color modification can be achieved by multiple gene regulation without use of mutants if the vector constructs are designed resourcefully. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae causing spadix rot in Anthurium andraeanum

Spadix rot was reported in Anthurium andraeanum cultivation farms in southern Thailand. The pathogen was identified as Lasiodiplodia theobromae, based on morphology and the nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and translation elongation factor 1-α (EF1-α) genes. Pathogenicity test proved Koch's postulates, supporting that L. theobromae caused spadix rot in A. andraeanum. To our knowledge, this is the first report of L. theobromae causing spadix rot in A. andraeanum, in Thailand and elsewhere.     

花烛无菌苗液体增殖培养的影响因子

以花烛(Anthurium andraeanum Lind.)品种Sonate无菌苗为材料,研究了液体培养条件下不同植物生长调节剂、蔗糖浓度、培养方式等因子对腋芽增殖的影响,并比较了Sonate、Valentino和Julanba 3个品种间腋芽增殖的差异。结果表明:在液体振荡培养条件下,以Nitsch BA0.5mgL-1 KT1.0mgL-1 蔗糖30gL-1为Sonate品种适宜的增殖培养基;在20μmolm-2s-1弱光下培养25d后转至40μmolm-2s-1正常光照下培养,对Sonate品种的增殖效果较好,腋芽诱导数平均可达11.1个,腋芽平均长度为1.4cm。花烛腋芽增殖能力在品种间存在差异,但3个品种均可在以上培养基和光照条件下快速增殖,其中以Sonate和Valentino品种的增殖较快。     

红掌茎段侧芽离体快繁技术研究

以红掌嫩茎为外植体,诱导侧芽萌发,并进行增殖和生根培养,研究不同生长调节剂浓度配比对茎段侧芽萌发、增殖、无菌苗生根的影响以及增殖培养过程中愈伤组织的抑制等因素。结果表明,侧芽诱导的适宜培养基为MS+6-BA 2.0 mg/L+NAA 0.5 mg/L,萌发率达87.5%;最适增殖培养基为MS+6-BA 0.8 mg/L+NAA 0.2 mg/L+VB2 8.0 mg/L,增殖系数3.8;最适生根培养基为1/2MS+NAA 0.5 mg/L,生根率98%;在增殖培养基中添加适量VB2能较好地抑制愈伤组织的生成,防止愈伤组分织分化形成芽,从而达到以芽繁芽的目的。