文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Ding, Feng ¹ ; Li, Haoran ¹ ; Wang, Jinying ³ ; Peng, Hongxiang ² ; Chen, Houbin ⁴ ; Hu, Fuchu ⁵ ; Lai, Biao ⁶ ; Wei, Yon ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Guangxi Acad Agr Sci, Guangxi Crop Genet Improvement & Biotechnol Key L, Nanning 530007, Guangxi, Peoples R China

2.Guangxi Acad Agr Sci, Hort Res Inst, Nanning 530007, Guangxi, Peoples R China

3.Guangxi Univ, Coll Agr, State Key Lab Conservat & Utilizat Subtrop Agrobi, Nanning 530004, Guangxi, Peoples R China

4.South China Agr Univ, Hort Coll, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, Peoples R China

5.Hainan Acad Agr Sci, Inst Trop Fruit Trees, Hainan Prov Key Lab Trop FruitTree Biol, Haikou 510642, Hainan, Peoples R China

6.Yangtze Normal Univ, Sch Adv Agr & Bioengn, Chongqing 408100, Peoples R China

7.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Inst Trop Biosci & Biotechnol, Haikou 571101, Hainan, Peoples R China

8.Hainan Univ, Coll Hort, Haikou 570228, Hainan, Peoples R China

关键词： Litchi chinensis; LcFT1; Promoter difference; Molecular markers; Crossbreeding

期刊名称：BMC PLANT BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：4.215； 五年影响因子：4.96 ）

ISSN： 1471-2229

年卷期： 2021 年 21 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Background Litchi is a well-known subtropical fruit crop. However, irregular bearing attributed to unstable flowering is a major ongoing problem for the development of the litchi industry. In a previous study, our laboratory proved that litchi flowering was induced by low temperature and that a FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) homologue gene named LcFT1 played a pivotal role in this process. The present study aimed to understand the natural variation in FT among litchi germplasm resources and designed markers to verify easy- and difficult-flowering litchi germplasms. A grafting experiment was also carried out to explore whether it could shorten the seedling stage of litchi seedlings. Results Two types of LcFT1 promoter existed in different litchi germplasm resources, and we named them the 'easy-flowering type of LcFT1 promoter' and 'difficult-flowering type of LcFT1 promoter', which resulted in three different LcFT1 genotypes of litchi germplasm resources, including the homozygous easy-flowering type of the LcFT1 genotype, homozygous difficult-flowering type of the LcFT1 genotype and heterozygous LcFT1 genotype of litchi germplasm resources. The homozygous easy-flowering type of the LcFT1 genotype and heterozygous LcFT1 genotype of the litchi germplasm resources completed their floral induction more easily than the homozygous difficult-flowering type of the LcFT1 genotype of litchi germplasm resources. Herein, we designed two kinds of efficient molecular markers based on the difference in LcFT1 promoter sequences and applied them to identify of the easy- and difficult-flowering litchi germplasm resources. These two kinds of molecular markers were capable of clearly distinguishing the easy- from difficult-flowering litchi germplasm resources at the seedling stage and provided the same results. Meanwhile, grafting the scion of seedlings to the annual branches of adult litchi trees could significantly shorten the seedling stage. Conclusions Understanding the flowering characteristics of litchi germplasm resources is essential for easy-flowering litchi breeding. In the present study, molecular markers provide a rapid and accurate approach for identifying the flowering characteristics. The application of these molecular markers not only significantly shortened the artificial crossbreeding cycle of easy-flowering litchi cultivars but also greatly saved manpower, material resources and land.