Xin Guo , Xiaohui Yu , Chenyu Lin , Pingjuan Zhao , Bin Wang , Liangping Zou , Shuxia Li , Xiaoling Yu , Yinhua Chen , Peng Zhang , Ming Peng , Mengbin Ruan
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Abstract
Chilling-induced accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is harmful to plants, which usually produce anthocyanins to scavenge ROS as protection from chilling stress. As a tropical crop, cassava is hypersensitive to chilling, but the biochemical basis of this hypersensitivity remains unclear. We previously generated MeMYB2-RNAi transgenic cassava with increased chilling tolerance. Here we report that MeMYB2-RNAi transgenic cassava accumulated less ROS but more cyanidin-3-O-glucoside than the wild type under early chilling stress. Under this stress, the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway was more active in MeMYB2-RNAi lines than in the wild type, and several genes involved in the pathway, including MeTT8, were up-regulated by MeMYB2-RNAi in the transgenic cassava. MeMYB2 bound to the MeTT8 promoter and blocked its expression under both normal and chilling conditions, thereby inhibiting anthocyanin accumulation. MeTT8 was shown to bind to the promoter of Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (MeDFR-2) and increased MeDFR-2 expression. MeMYB2 appears to act as an inhibitor of chilling-induced anthocyanin accumulation during the rapid response of cassava to chilling stress.
Crop JournalAgricultural and Biological Sciences-Agronomy and Crop Science
CiteScore
9.90
自引率
3.00%
发文量
638
审稿时长
41 days
期刊介绍:
The major aims of The Crop Journal are to report recent progresses in crop sciences including crop genetics, breeding, agronomy, crop physiology, germplasm resources, grain chemistry, grain storage and processing, crop management practices, crop biotechnology, and biomathematics.
The regular columns of the journal are Original Research Articles, Reviews, and Research Notes. The strict peer-review procedure will guarantee the academic level and raise the reputation of the journal. The readership of the journal is for crop science researchers, students of agricultural colleges and universities, and persons with similar academic levels.