Low Infection of Phelipanche aegyptiaca in Micro-Tom Mutants Deficient in CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE 8

Autor: Yusuke Yamada, Koichiro Shimomura, Yoshihiro Okabe, Hiroshi Ezura, Mina Katayama, Kaori Yoneyama, Junna Saito, Shoko Hasegawa, Kohki Akiyama, Mikihisa Umehara, Shinjiro Yamaguchi, Koh Aoki, Masato Shindo, Takuya Tsutsumi, Shunsuke Fukushima, Tohru Ariizumi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume 19
Issue 9
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 19, Iss 9, p 2645 (2018)
ISSN: 1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19092645
Popis: Strigolactones (SLs), a group of plant hormones, induce germination of root-parasitic plants and inhibit shoot branching in many plants. Shoot branching is an important trait that affects the number and quality of flowers and fruits. Root-parasitic plants, such as Phelipanche spp., infect tomato roots and cause economic damage in Europe and North Africa&mdash
hence why resistant tomato cultivars are needed. In this study, we found carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 8-defective mutants of Micro-Tom tomato (slccd8) by the &ldquo
targeting induced local lesions in genomes&rdquo
(TILLING) method. The mutants showed excess branching, which was suppressed by exogenously applied SL. Grafting shoot scions of the slccd8 mutants onto wild-type (WT) rootstocks restored normal branching in the scions. The levels of endogenous orobanchol and solanacol in WT were enough detectable, whereas that in the slccd8 mutants were below the detection limit of quantification analysis. Accordingly, root exudates of the slccd8 mutants hardly stimulated seed germination of root parasitic plants. In addition, SL deficiency did not critically affect the fruit traits of Micro-Tom. Using a rhizotron system, we also found that Phelipanche aegyptiaca infection was lower in the slccd8 mutants than in wild-type Micro-Tom because of the low germination. We propose that the slccd8 mutants might be useful as new tomato lines resistant to P. aegyptiaca.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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