期刊
PLANT CELL REPORTS
卷 35, 期 9, 页码 1943-1954出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-2008-9
关键词
Brassica rapa; Circadian clocks; GIGANTEA (GI); RNAi; Salt stress resistance; Tissue culture
资金
- Research Program for Agricultural Science & Technology Development, National Academy of Agricultural Science [PJ10025]
- Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea, BioGreen 21 Program [PJ01106901, PJ01106902, PJ009615]
Here we report the enhancement of tolerance to salt stress in Brassica rapa (Chinese cabbage) through the RNAi-mediated reduction of GIGANTEA ( GI ) expression. Circadian clocks integrate environmental signals with internal cues to coordinate diverse physiological outputs. The GIGANTEA (GI) gene was first discovered due to its important contribution to photoperiodic flowering and has since been shown to be a critical component of the plant circadian clock and to contribute to multiple environmental stress responses. We show that the GI gene in Brassica rapa (BrGI) is similar to Arabidopsis GI in terms of both expression pattern and function. BrGI functionally rescued the late-flowering phenotype of the Arabidopsis gi-201 loss-of-function mutant. RNAi-mediated suppression of GI expression in Arabidopsis Col-0 and in the Chinese cabbage, B. rapa DH03, increased tolerance to salt stress. Our results demonstrate that the molecular functions of GI described in Arabidopsis are conserved in B. rapa and suggest that manipulation of gene expression through RNAi and transgenic overexpression could enhance tolerance to abiotic stresses and thus improve agricultural crop production.
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