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ArticleThe New phytologist2019

RNA interference suppression of AGAMOUS and SEEDSTICK alters floral organ identity and impairs floral organ determinacy, ovule differentiation, and seed-hair development in Populus.

Haiwei Lu, Amy L Klocko, Amy M Brunner, Cathleen Ma, Anna C Magnuson, Glenn T Howe, Xinmin An, Steven H Strauss

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Article in The New phytologist, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Haiwei LuDepartment of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
Amy L KlockoDepartment of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
Amy M BrunnerDepartment of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
Cathleen MaDepartment of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
Anna C MagnusonDepartment of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
Glenn T HoweDepartment of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
Xinmin AnNational Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Steven H StraussDepartment of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA.
Oregon State University · USBeijing Forestry University · CNVirginia Tech · US

Funding

National Science Foundation I/UCRC Center for Advanced Forestry 0736283TBGRC industrial cooperative at Oregon State UniversityUSDA Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program 2010-33522-21736USDA Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program 2011-68005-30407USDA-IFAS OREZ-FS-671-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of the floral homeotic gene AGAMOUS (AG) and its close homologues in development of anemophilous, unisexual catkins has not previously been studied. We transformed two RNA interference (RNAi) constructs, PTG and its matrix-attachment-region flanked version MPG, into the early-flowering female poplar clone 6K10 (Populus alba) to suppress the expression of its two duplicate AG orthologues. By early 2018, six out of 22 flowering PTG events and 11 out of 12 flowering MPG events showed modified floral phenotypes in a field trial in Oregon, USA. Flowers in catkins from modified events had 'carpel-inside-carpel' phenotypes. Complete disruption of seed production was observed in seven events, and sterile anther-like organs in 10 events. Events with strong co-suppression of both the two AG and two SEEDSTICK (STK) paralogues lacked both seeds and associated seed hairs. Alterations in all of the modified floral phenotypes were stable over 4 yr of study. Trees from floral-modified events did not differ significantly (P < 0.05) from nonmodified transgenic or nontransgenic controls in biomass growth or leaf morphology. AG and STK genes show strong conservation of gene function during poplar catkin development and are promising targets for genetic containment of exotic or genetically engineered trees.

Indexed as

RNA InterferenceFlowersGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlant LeavesPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedPopulusRNA, MessengerSeedsTreesPlant ProteinsRNA, MessengerAGAMOUScontainmentfloweringmatrix attachment regionPopulusRNAiSEEDSTICKsterility

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