Ethephon-Induced Ethylene Enhances Starch Degradation and Sucrose Transport with an Interactive Abscisic Acid-Mediated Manner in Mature Leaves of Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Plant Culture and Experimental Procedure
2.2. Determination of Total Chlorophyll Content
2.3. Collection of Phloem Exudates and Determination of Soluble Sugars and Starch
2.4. Determination of Phytohormones
2.5. RNA Extraction and Quantitative Real-timePCR
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Biomass, Chlorophyll Content, and Cab and SAG12 Gene Expression in Mature Leaves
3.2. Endogenous Hormonal Status and ABA Synthesis and Signaling-Related Gene Expression
3.3. Carbohydrate Status and Starch Degradation-related Gene Expression in Mature Leaves
3.4. Phloem Sucrose Loading and Sucrose Transport Gene Expression in Mature Leaves
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Lee, B.-R.; Zaman, R.; La, V.H.; Bae, D.-W.; Kim, T.-H. Ethephon-Induced Ethylene Enhances Starch Degradation and Sucrose Transport with an Interactive Abscisic Acid-Mediated Manner in Mature Leaves of Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.). Plants 2021, 10, 1670. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081670
Lee B-R, Zaman R, La VH, Bae D-W, Kim T-H. Ethephon-Induced Ethylene Enhances Starch Degradation and Sucrose Transport with an Interactive Abscisic Acid-Mediated Manner in Mature Leaves of Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.). Plants. 2021; 10(8):1670. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081670
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Bok-Rye, Rashed Zaman, Van Hien La, Dong-Won Bae, and Tae-Hwan Kim. 2021. "Ethephon-Induced Ethylene Enhances Starch Degradation and Sucrose Transport with an Interactive Abscisic Acid-Mediated Manner in Mature Leaves of Oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)" Plants 10, no. 8: 1670. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081670