Ziying Jiang,Tongrui Liu,Qi Zhang,Lili Dong,Xinyi Deng
The branch number of plants is an important agronomic trait that directly influences the ornamental characters and production costs of ornamental plants. Shoot branching has always been a hot topic for Petunia hybrida. During our research, we isolated the homologous gene of narrow-leaf 1 (NAL1), denoted as PhNAL1. The expression level of PhNAL1 was higher in leaves and axils than in roots, stems, and flowers. Pertinent to shoot apex removal and 6-benzyladenine treatments, both interventions demonstrated a suppressive effect on the expression of PhNAL1. Through subcellular localization analysis, we found that PhNAL1 predominantly localized in the nucleus. By using RNA interference targeting PhNAL1, we induced a noticeable increase in branch number while concurrently reducing plant height of petunia. These findings demonstrate that PhNAL1 is involved in regulating branch development within petunia. This study provides genetic resources for the subsequent cultivation of new cultivars of petunia endowed with distinct branching characteristics.
The pollen coat, which forms on the pollen surface, consists of a lipid–protein matrix. It protects pollen from desiccation and is involved in adhesion, pollen–stigma recognition, and pollen hydration during interactions with the stigma. The classical methods used for pollen coat observation are scanning and transmission electron microscopy. In this work, we screened a collection of fluorescence dyes and identified two fluorescent brighteners FB-52 and FB-184. When they were used together with the exine-specific dye, Basic fuchsin, the pollen coat and the exine structures could be clearly visualized in the pollen of Brassica napus . This co-staining method was applied successfully in staining pollen from Fraxinus chinensis , Calystegia hederacea , and Petunia hybrida . Using this method, small pollen coat-containing cavities were detected in the outer pollen wall layer of Oryza sativa and Zea mays . We further showed these dyes are compatible with fluorescent protein markers. In the Arabidopsis thaliana transgenic line of GFP-tagged pollen coat protein GRP19, GRP19-GFP was observed to form particles at the periphery of pollen coat . This simple staining method is expected to be widely used for the studies of the palynology as well as the pollen–stigma interaction.
Yaoyao Qi,Leyi Xie,Zeyuan Deng,Bing Zhang,Hongyan Li
The stability and antioxidant activity changes of 10 phytochemicals (isoflavones: genistein, genistin, daidzein, daidzin, formononetin, and anthocyanidins: delphinidin, cyanidin, pelargonidin, malvidin, petunidin) and food representatives (soybeans and blueberries) during in vitro digestion were investigated. Results indicated that the stability of isoflavones and anthocyanidins decreased with digestion. Among the isoflavones, the loss rate of formononetin was the largest, reaching 98.24%, and that of daidzein was the smallest (22.78%). And after intestinal digestion, anthocyanidins degraded into phenolic acids and other compounds, and the loss rate was above 95%. The loss of phenolic compounds in food extract was smaller than the standards, and the loss rate of phenolic compounds in hydrolyzed blueberry extracts (90.66%–96.04%) was higher than that of soybean extract (31.22%–59.74%). Moreover, the antioxidant activity of isoflavones and anthocyanidins decreased after the oral phase. During the gastrointestinal phase, the ABTS, DPPH and FRAP of isoflavones increased, while the ORAC and CAA decreased. The antioxidant activity of anthocyanidins increased in the gastric digestion and decreased in the intestinal phase. The glucoside linkage in the A ring and the hydroxyl methoxylation in the B ring weakened the antioxidant activity of isoflavones, while the hydroxylation and methoxylation of B rings of anthocyanidins could enhance thier antioxidant activity. The changes in antioxidant activity of the two food extracts were consistent with their contents.
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