GISH Analysis of Sweet Potato Wild Relative Ipomoea trifida (4x)

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-343
Author(s):  
Su-Qiong XIANG
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Luo ◽  
Robert Reid ◽  
Daniella Freese ◽  
Changbao Li ◽  
Jonathan Watkins ◽  
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2022 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 686
Author(s):  
Sifan Sun ◽  
Xu Li ◽  
Shaopei Gao ◽  
Nan Nie ◽  
Huan Zhang ◽  
...  

WRKY transcription factors are one of the important families in plants, and have important roles in plant growth, abiotic stress responses, and defense regulation. In this study, we isolated a WRKY gene, ItfWRKY70, from the wild relative of sweet potato Ipomoea trifida (H.B.K.) G. Don. This gene was highly expressed in leaf tissue and strongly induced by 20% PEG6000 and 100 μM abscisic acid (ABA). Subcellar localization analyses indicated that ItfWRKY70 was localized in the nucleus. Overexpression of ItfWRKY70 significantly increased drought tolerance in transgenic sweet potato plants. The content of ABA and proline, and the activity of SOD and POD were significantly increased, whereas the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) and H2O2 were decreased in transgenic plants under drought stress. Overexpression of ItfWRKY70 up-regulated the genes involved in ABA biosynthesis, stress-response, ROS-scavenging system, and stomatal aperture in transgenic plants under drought stress. Taken together, these results demonstrated that ItfWRKY70 plays a positive role in drought tolerance by accumulating the content of ABA, regulating stomatal aperture and activating the ROS scavenging system in sweet potato.


Genome ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosanna Freyre ◽  
Masaru Iwanaga ◽  
Gisella Orjeda

Twenty-two synthetic hexaploids and 33 triploids with 2n pollen production of Ipomoea trifida were used in crosses to estimate their male and female fertility and their crossability with sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Several important conclusions were drawn. (i) The fertility of pollen of the triploid plants was confirmed, which suggested they are truly functional 2n pollen. (ii) The average male fertility of hexaploid plants was higher than that of triploid with 2n pollen production plants. (iii) 2n egg production was observed in several triploid genotypes, (iv) From a polycross, 3079 seeds with normal shapes were produced. These represent a population of hexaploid I. trifida with a wide genetic base, and they may be important material for sweet-potato improvement, (v) A total of 3275 seeds were obtained from crosses with six sweet-potato female parents, of which only 60 germinated, indicating the existence of an interspecific barrier. The implications of 2n gametes for breeding and evolution of sweet potato are also discussed.Key words: Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea trifida, 2n gametes, sexual polyploidization, triploid.


2009 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuyuki Kakeda ◽  
Tatsuya Urabayashi ◽  
Tomoe Ohashi ◽  
Taisuke Oguro ◽  
Yasuo Kowyama

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