Expression of Gibberellin Metabolism Genes and Signalling Components in Dwarf Phenotype of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Plants Growing on Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus) Rootstocks
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Effect of Rootstocks on Stem Elongation of Breadfruit Scions
2.2. Effect of Rootstocks on the Expression of GA Metabolic Genes
2.3. Effect of Rootstocks on DELLA Protein Abundance and Transcript Levels
2.4. Restoration of Stem Elongation by GA Treatment
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Materials and Treatments
4.2. Quantitative Real-Time PCR
4.3. Cloning of DELLA cDNAs from “Gold Noli” Breadfruit
4.4. Western Blotting
4.5. Statistical Analyses
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Zhou, Y.; Underhill, S.J.R. Expression of Gibberellin Metabolism Genes and Signalling Components in Dwarf Phenotype of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Plants Growing on Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus) Rootstocks. Plants 2020, 9, 634. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9050634
Zhou Y, Underhill SJR. Expression of Gibberellin Metabolism Genes and Signalling Components in Dwarf Phenotype of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Plants Growing on Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus) Rootstocks. Plants. 2020; 9(5):634. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9050634
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhou, Yuchan, and Steven J. R. Underhill. 2020. "Expression of Gibberellin Metabolism Genes and Signalling Components in Dwarf Phenotype of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Plants Growing on Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus) Rootstocks" Plants 9, no. 5: 634. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9050634