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- Title
Ferrous iron-induced increases in capitate glandular trichome density and upregulation of CbHO-1 contributes to increases in blinin content in Conyza blinii.
- Authors
Zheng, Tianrun; Wang, Maojia; Zhan, Junyi; Sun, Wenjun; Yang, Qin; Lin, Zhiyi; Bu, Tongliang; Tang, Zizhong; Li, Chenglei; Yan, Jun; Shan, Zhi; Chen, Hui
- Abstract
<bold>Main conclusion</bold>: Ferrous iron can promote the development of glandular trichomes and increase the content of blinin, which depends on CbHO-1 expression. Conyza blinii (C. blinii) is a unique Chinese herbal medicine that grows in Sichuan Province, China. Because the habitat of C. blinii is an iron ore mining area with abundant iron content, this species can be used as one of the best materials to study the mechanism of plant tolerance to iron. In this study, C. blinii was treated with ferrous-EDTA solutions at different concentrations, and it was found that the tolerance value of C. blinii to iron was 200 μM. Under this concentration, the plant height, root length, biomass, and iron content of C. blinii increased to the maximum values, and the effect was dependent on the upregulated expression of CbHO-1. At the same time, under ferrous iron, the photosynthetic capacity and capitate glandular trichome density of C. blinii also significantly increased, providing precursors and sites for the synthesis of blinin, thus significantly increasing the content of blinin. These processes were also dependent on the high expression of CbHO-1. Correlation analysis showed that there were strong positive correlations between iron content, capitate glandular trichome density, CbHO-1 gene expression, and blinin content. This study explored the effects of ferrous iron on the physiology and biochemistry of C. blinii, greatly improving our understanding of the mechanism of iron tolerance in C. blinii.
- Publication
Planta: An International Journal of Plant Biology, 2020, Vol 252, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
0032-0935
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00425-020-03492-1