The Difference and Mechanism in Tolerance to Low-Potassium among Cotton Seedlings Over-Expressed Arabidopsis AtCIPK 23, AtAKT 1 and AtCBL 1 Genes |
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| Authors: | Zhang Bin Liu Ji Zhang Chaojun Kong Depei Wang Peng Yang Zhao’en Li Fuguang Zhang Xueyan |
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| Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang, Henan 455000, China |
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| Abstract: | Objective] To provide theoretical basis for potassium efficient cotton breeding, this work aimed to evaluate the influence of low potassium on transgenic cotton seedlings over-expressing Arabidopsis thaliana’s AtCIPK 23, AtAKT 1 and AtCBL 1 genes, respectively. Method] Hydroponics was used to explore the growth vigor, dry weight, potassium concentration and accumulation of transgenic cotton and CCRI 24 seedlings under low and optimum potassium conditions. Furthermore, the root morphology, potassium utilization index, potassium transport ability and the severity to damage were comprehensively analyzed to uncover the possible physiological mechanisms. Result] Under the optimum conditions of potassium, the transgenic plants and control grew well and showed no significant difference. However, with low potassium stress, the dry weight of plants over-expressing AtAKT 1 gene was 1.66 times of CCRI 24. Its total root length, root surface area and volume were about 3 times than those of CCRI 24. The AtAKT 1 plants also displayed obvious growth advantage, higher potassium utilization index and transport ability, and the severity to damage was lower. Plants over-expressing AtCIPK 23 and AtCBL 1 genes, however, were almost the same as the CCRI 24. Conclusion] This study revealed that the ability of cotton’s resistance to low potassium was significantly improved by over-expression of AtAKT 1 gene, an exogenous potassium ion channel protein gene from Arabidopsis thaliana. |
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| Keywords: | CCRI 24 seedling tolerance to low-potassium potassium utilization stress |
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