Flower-specific expression of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens isopentenyltransferase gene results in radial expansion of floral organs in Petunia hybrida |
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Authors: | Verdonk Julian C Shibuya Kenichi Loucas Holly M Colquhoun Thomas A Underwood Beverly A Clark David G |
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Institution: | Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA |
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Abstract: | Biotechnology has the potential to modify commercially important traits of crops, such as fruit size and stress tolerance. To date, the floricultural industry has not profited significantly from these possibilities to manipulate, for example, flower size. Cytokinins are known to be involved in many aspects of plant development, including cell division. Increasing the amount of cytokinins has the potential to increase the size of an organ, such as the flower or the fruit. The Agrobacterium tumefaciens cytokinin biosynthesis gene isopentenyltransferase ( ipt ) has been shown to increase cytokinin levels when introduced into plants. Moreover, it has a dramatic effect on the vegetative development of plants. The expression of the ipt gene under the control of the flower-specific Arabidopsis APETALA3 promoter in petunia ( Petunia hybrida ) increases the flower size dramatically, but with no effect on vegetative development. The resulting transgenic plants produced flowers with larger corolla diameter and greater total floral fresh weight. This strategy has the potential for use in the production of ornamental crops with large flowers and crop species with larger fruit. |
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Keywords: | Agrobacterium tumefaciens biotechnology cytokinin flower development isopentenyltransferase Petunia hybrida |
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