Overexpression of Arabidopsis CBF1 Gene in Transgenic Furenzhi banana ( Musa spp. AA group) Improves Resistance to Low Temperature

Cold is an environmental factor that limits the growing season of banana and adversely affects fruit quality and productivity. C-repeat/dehydration responsive element binding factor 1 (CBF1) play important roles in the responses of plants to low-temperature and cold. To test the function and potential use of cold-induced factor CBF1 in improving the chill tolerance of banana, AtCBF1 driven by a cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter was introduced into banana plants by Agrobacterium -mediated transformation of embryogenic cell suspensions (ECSs) of banana cultivar Furenzhi (AA). The presence of AtCBF1 transgenes in regenerated plants was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern blots. s-glucoronidase (GUS) histochemical assays reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and real-time PCR analysis demonstrated that foreign genes were stably expressed in regenerated plants. Transgenic banana showed growth retardation, thicker leaves and higher chlorophyll content than non-transformed plants. While relative electrolyte leakage (REL) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were significantly lower in transgenic banana plants than in non-transformed plants under low temperature stress. An obviously higher cold tolerance was observed among the transgenic plants in the cold detection. These results suggest that over-expression of AtCBF 1 in transgenic banana plants plays an important role in improving tolerance to low-temperature.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Molecular plant breeding

• Publication date

  2016-12-16

• Fields of study

  Biology, Agricultural and Food Sciences, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.5376/mpb.2016.07.0034
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