Callose plays an important role in plant development and response to multiple biotic abiotic stresses. synthase (CalS; EC 2.4.1.34), the main enzyme callose synthesis, has been studied a number of crops but not cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). In this study, 10 genes encoding putative were identified classified into four clades. Expression levels CsCalS genes, which varied considerably, detected ...

Anther development is crucial for controlling crop fertility. To elucidate the underlying mechanisms of reproductive highland barley (called Qingke in Chinese), two main cultivars, Zangqing 2000 and Ximala 22, were utilized. Transcriptome analysis showed that lipid, sugar phenylpropane metabolisms might be major pathways associated with male fertility by analyzing possible common DEGs before an...

Gibberellin (GA) plays important roles in regulating many aspects of plant development. GA derepresses its signaling pathway by promoting the degradation of DELLA proteins, a family of nuclear growth repressors. Although the floral organ identity is established in flowers of the GA-deficient mutant ga1-3, the growth of all floral organs is severely retarded. In particular, abortive anther devel...

Pollen–pistil interaction is a basic process in the reproductive biology of flowering plants and has been subject intense fundamental research that pronounced practical value. The phytohormones ethylene (ET) cytokinin (CK) together with other hormones such as auxin, gibberellin (GA), jasmonic acid (JA), abscisic (ABA), brassinosteroids (BRs) influence different stages plant development growth. ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Anther appendages play diverse roles in anther dehiscence and pollen dispersal. This study aims to explore the pollen-dispensing mechanism triggered by special anther appendages in Incarvillea arguta. METHODS Field studies were conducted to record floral characteristics, pollinator visitations, and flower-pollinator interactions. Measurements of flowers and pollinators wer...

7365AB, a recessive genetic male sterility system, is controlled by BnMs3 in Brassica napus, which encodes a Tic40 protein required for tapetum development. However, the role of BnMs3 in rapeseed anther development is still largely unclear. In this research, cytological analysis revealed that anther development of a Bnms3 mutant has defects in the transition of the tapetum to the secretory type...

The functions of the vast majority of genes encoding R2R3 MYB domain proteins remain unknown. The closely related MYB33 and MYB65 genes of Arabidopsis thaliana have high sequence similarity to the barley (Hordeum vulgare) GAMYB gene. T-DNA insertional mutants were isolated for both genes, and a myb33 myb65 double mutant was defective in anther development. In myb33 myb65 anthers, the tapetum un...