Expression and function analysis of FaCO gene in Festuca arundinacea / 生物工程学报

Photoperiod plays an important role in transformation from vegetative growth to reproductive growth in plants. CONSTANS (CO), as a unique gene in the photoperiod pathway, responds to changes of day length to initiate flowering in the plant. In this study, the expression level of FaCONSTANS (FaCO) gene under long-day, short-day, continuous light and continuous darkness conditions was analyzed by real-time quantitative PCR. We constructed the over-expression vector p1300-FaCO and infected into Arabidopsis thaliana by Agrobacterium-mediated method. We constructed the silencing vector p1300-FaCO-RNAi and infected into Festuca arundinacea by Agrobacterium-mediated method. The expression of FaCO gene was regulated by photoperiod. The over-expression of FaCO promoted flowering in wild type of Arabidopsis thaliana under long day condition and rescued the late flowering phenotype in co-2 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana. Silencing FaCO gene in Festuca arundinacea by RNAi showed late-flowering phenotype or always kept in the vegetative growth stage. Our understanding the function of FaCO in flowering regulation will help further understand biological function of this gene in Festuca arundinacea.

Tissue culture of shoot-tip and plantlet regeneration of Camptotheca acumunata / 中草药

Object To explore the artificial propagation of the medicinal plant, Camptotheca acuminata Decne. Methods The shoot-tip was tested as the explants and cultured on culture media with different portions of hormone. Results The best medium for bud induction was the B5 basic medium with additions of 6-BA (0.2 mg/L), IBA (0.05 mg/L), and AS (afenine sulfate, 10 mg/L). While B5 with the additions of IBA (0.5 mg/L), KT (0.1 mg/L), and AS (10 mg/L) was suitable for rooting. The seedling was cultivated and grew well on the base material mixed with perlite-soil (3∶7). The survival rate of transplant was up to 96%. Conclusion The above mentioned method provides a new effective way to exploit this plant resources.