Journal
ANNALS OF BOTANY
Volume 115, Issue 7, Pages 1155-1162Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv052
Keywords
Adventitious root formation; auxin; IAA; strigolactone; SL; rice; Oryza sativa; root growth; plant hormone
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2011CB100302]
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [31071846, 31172022, 31471936]
- Ministry of Education of China [IRT1256]
- 111 Project [12009]
- UU-COE Research Project from Utsunomiya University
- PAPD in Jiangsu Province of China
- China Scholarship Council (CSC)
- Innovative Plan of Jiangsu Province of China [CXLX13_280, 568]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26850069] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Background and Aims Strigolactones (SLs) and their derivatives are plant hormones that have recently been identified as regulating root development. This study examines whether SLs play a role in mediating production of adventious roots (ARs) in rice (Oryza sativa), and also investigates possible interactions between SLs and auxin. Methods Wild-type (WT), SL-deficient (d10) and SL-insensitive (d3) rice mutants were used to investigate AR development in an auxin-distribution experiment that considered DR5:: GUS activity, [H-3] indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) transport, and associated expression of auxin transporter genes. The effects of exogenous application of GR24 (a synthetic SL analogue), NAA (alpha-naphthylacetic acid, exogenous auxin) and NPA (N-1-naphthylphalamic acid, a polar auxin transport inhibitor) on rice AR development in seedlings were investigated. Key Results The rice d mutants with impaired SL biosynthesis and signalling exhibited reduced AR production compared with the WT. Application of GR24 increased the number of ARs and average AR number per tiller in d10, but not in d3. These results indicate that rice AR production is positively regulated by SLs. Higher endogenous IAA concentration, stronger expression of DR5:: GUS and higher [H-3] IAA activity were found in the d mutants. Exogenous GR24 application decreased the expression of DR5:: GUS, probably indicating that SLs modulate AR formation by inhibiting polar auxin transport. The WT and the d10 and d3 mutants had similar expression of DR5:: GUS regardless of exogenous application of NAA or NPA; however, AR number was greater in the WT than in the d mutants. Conclusions The results suggest that AR formation is positively regulated by SLs via the D3 response pathway. The positive effect of NAA application and the opposite effect of NPA application on AR number of WT plants also suggests the importance of auxin for AR formation, but the interaction between auxin and SLs is complex.
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