Overexpression of Improves High Temperature Tolerance in Cucumber

Overview

Journal Front Plant Sci

Date 2018 Jun 28

PMID 29946334

Citations 17

Authors

Bingwei Yu

Shuangshuang Yan

Huoyan Zhou

Riyue Dong

Jianjun Lei

Changming Chen

Bihao Cao

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Abstract

High temperature (HT) stress affects the growth and production of cucumbers, but genetic resources with high heat tolerance are very scarce in this crop. Calmodulin (CaM) has been confirmed to be related to the regulation of HT stress resistance in plants. , a CaM gene, was isolated from cucumber inbred line "02-8." Its expression was characterized in the present study. transcripts differed among the organs and tissues of cucumber plants and could be induced by HTs or abscisic acid, but not by salicylic acid. transcripts exhibited subcellular localization to the cytoplasm and nuclei of cells. Overexpression of in cucumber plants has the potential to improve their heat tolerance and protect against oxidative damage and photosynthesis system damage by regulating the expression of HT-responsive genes in plants, including chlorophyll catabolism-related genes under HT stress. Taken together, our results provide useful insights into stress tolerance in cucumber.

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