CRISPR-Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of the flowering repressor gene VcCENTRORADIALIS (VcCEN) induces early flowering in tetraploid highbush blueberry
Abstract
Flowering
marks
the
vegetative-to-reproductive
growth
transition
and
is
most
important
event
in
plant
life
cycle.
Unlike
annual
plants,
perennial
fruit
trees
flower
set
fruits
only
after
an
extended
juvenile
phase
(i.e.,
several
years),
which
impediment
to
efficient
breeding
gene
function
analyses.
In
this
study,
we
generated
early
flowering
blueberry
line
via
CRISPR-Cas9-mediated
mutagenesis
of
VcCENTRORADIALIS
(VcCEN ).
The
expression
VcCEN
apical
bud
was
negatively
correlated
with
formation.
Moreover,
cultivar
that
flowers
both
autumn
spring,
VcCEN
expression
level
lower
decreased
earlier
than
normal
spring.
data
suggested
functions
as
a
repressor.
CRISPR-Cas9
vector
harboring
gRNA
targeting
VcCEN was
introduced
into
genome
Agrobacterium-mediated
transformation.
Mutations
(e.g.,
1–10
bp
indels)
were
detected
stable
transformants,
all
alleles
tetraploid
mutated
some
lines.
Compared
wild-type
(WT),
cen
mutants
exhibited
repressed
vegetative
growth.
Additionally,
mutants,
first
occurred
within
1
year
Agrobacterium
infection,
approximately
1–2
years
WT.
single
terminal
without
entering
dormancy,
whereas
WT
produced
multiple
axillary
bloomed
exposure
chilling
conditions
then
warm
temperatures.
This
trait
conducive
functional
analyses,
especially
crops
long
phase.

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 7, 2024
Язык: Английский