PJB-2015-169
IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL GA-RELATED BUSH MUTANT IN PUMPKIN (CUCURBITA MOSCHATA DUCHESNE)
TAO WU1,3*, JIASHU CAO2, ZHIWEI QIN1,3 AND YALIN DU1,3
Abstract
Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne) bush mutant plants were characterized by short stems. The sensitivity of pumpkin bush mutant plants to exogenous hormones was identified in this study. Results revealed that internode elongation of bush mutant plants could respond to gibberellins (GA4+7 and GA3), but not to indole acetic acid (IAA) and brassinosteroids (BR); by contrast, the mutant phenotype of bush mutant plants could not be fully rescued by GA4+7 and GA3. The internode of bush mutant plants yielded a lower KS expression level than that of vine plants. Therefore, pumpkin bush mutant plants were designated as GA-related mutant plants eliciting a partial response to GAs; the action of IAA and BR might not be involved in the internode growth of pumpkin bush mutant plants, specifically Cucurbita moschata Duch.
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