Possible Mechanism of Sucrose and Trehalose-6-Phosphate in Regulating the Secondary Flower on the Strong Upright Spring Shoots of Blueberry Planted in Greenhouse
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Flower Buds Differentiation Characteristics on Strong Upright Spring Shoots of Blueberry
2.2. The Spatiotemporal Changes of Carbohydrates during Flower Bud Differentiation
2.3. Tre6P Content and the Related Genes’ Expression during Flower Bud Differentiation
2.4. Expression of Flower Related Genes during Flower Bud Differentiation
2.5. Correlation Analysis among Carbohydrate and Tre6P Related Genes and Flowering Genes
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Materials
4.2. Microscopic Observation of Flower Buds Differentiation Process
4.3. Soluble Sugars, Starch, and Tre6P Content Analyses
4.3.1. Sucrose, Fructose, and Glucose Content
4.3.2. Starch Content
4.3.3. Tre6P Content
4.4. RNA Extraction and RT-qPCR
4.5. Data Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Wu, H.-L.; Zhang, S.-L.; Feng, X.; Zhang, Y.-Q.; Zhou, B.-J.; Cao, M.; Wang, Y.-P.; Guo, B.-S.; Hou, Z.-X. Possible Mechanism of Sucrose and Trehalose-6-Phosphate in Regulating the Secondary Flower on the Strong Upright Spring Shoots of Blueberry Planted in Greenhouse. Plants 2024, 13, 2350. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172350
Wu H-L, Zhang S-L, Feng X, Zhang Y-Q, Zhou B-J, Cao M, Wang Y-P, Guo B-S, Hou Z-X. Possible Mechanism of Sucrose and Trehalose-6-Phosphate in Regulating the Secondary Flower on the Strong Upright Spring Shoots of Blueberry Planted in Greenhouse. Plants. 2024; 13(17):2350. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172350
Chicago/Turabian StyleWu, Hui-Ling, Sui-Lin Zhang, Xin Feng, Ya-Qian Zhang, Bing-Jie Zhou, Man Cao, Ya-Ping Wang, Bao-Shi Guo, and Zhi-Xia Hou. 2024. "Possible Mechanism of Sucrose and Trehalose-6-Phosphate in Regulating the Secondary Flower on the Strong Upright Spring Shoots of Blueberry Planted in Greenhouse" Plants 13, no. 17: 2350. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172350