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AGRONOMY-BASEL
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12010161
关键词
apple; autotetraploid; phenotypic characteristics; drought tolerance
资金
- Polish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as a grant Biological Progress in Crop Production [49]
Polyploidization is an important source of variability for plant breeding. This study focused on the phenotypic characterization of 'Redchief' tetraploids and assessed their response to drought at both the physiological and genetic levels. The results showed that the tetraploid clones exhibited superior resistance to drought and altered growth parameters compared to the diploid plants.
Polyploidization is an important source of variability for plant breeding. Polyploids are often characterised by increased resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Since drought and pathogen attack are the main threats to apple cultivation, obtaining new sources of resistance is an important issue for apple breeding. The newly obtained autotetraploid clones of apple cv. 'Redchief' showed superior resistance to fire blight. The aim of the presented research was the in-depth phenotypic characterisation of 'Redchief' tetraploids and assessment of their response to drought at the physiological and genetic level. The growth of own-rooted five-year-old trees of 'Redchief' tetraploids was poor compared with diploids; all growth parameters-the number and length of current season shoots, the total length of current season shoots per tree and the cross-section area of the trunk-were reduced in tetraploid clones. Grafting on M9 rootstock improved the growth characteristics of 'Redchief' tetraploids. Compared with diploid plants, the leaves of tetraploids were thicker, with altered shape, higher chlorophyll content, and larger stomata, but the stomatal density decreased. The leaf anatomical structure of tetraploids was changed, the adaxial and abaxial epidermis and both types of mesophyll were significantly thicker than in diploids. Moreover, the pollen grains of tetraploids were larger, but their viability and germination were reduced. Under conditions of limited water supply, the reduction in growth parameters was smaller and the physiological parameters were higher in the 'Redchief' tetraploid clone 4x-25 than in diploid plants. The expression of APX gene was higher in tetraploids than in diploids 15 days after drought stress induction. The results suggest the enhanced drought tolerance of the studied 'Redchief' autotetraploid clone compared with its diploid counterpart.
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