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. 2024 Jun 13;43(7):170.
doi: 10.1007/s00299-024-03252-5.

GhGASA14 regulates the flowering time of upland cotton in response to GA3

Ying Li  1 , Wenmin Yuan  1 , Jialuo Peng  1 , Jisheng Ju  1 , Pingjie Ling  1 , Xuefeng Guo  1 , Junning Yang  1 , Qi Ma  2 , Hai Lin  2 , Jilian Li  2 , Caixiang Wang  3 , Junji Su  4
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GhGASA14 regulates the flowering time of upland cotton in response to GA3

Ying Li et al. Plant Cell Rep. .

Abstract

The silencing of GhGASA14 and the identification of superior allelic variation in its coding region indicate that GhGASA14 may positively regulate flowering and the response to GA3. Gibberellic acid-stimulated Arabidopsis (GASA), a member of the gibberellin-regulated short amino acid family, has been extensively investigated in several plant species and found to be critical for plant growth and development. However, research on this topic in cotton has been limited. In this study, we identified 38 GhGASAs that were dispersed across 18 chromosomes in upland cotton, and all of these genes had a GASA core domain. Transcriptome expression patterns and qRT-PCR results revealed that GhGASA9 and GhGASA14 exhibited upregulated expression not only in the floral organs but also in the leaves of early-maturing cultivars. The two genes were functionally characterized by virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS), and the budding and flowering times after silencing the target genes were later than those of the control (TRV:00). Compared with that in the water-treated group (MOCK), the flowering period of the different fruiting branches in the GA3-treated group was more concentrated. Interestingly, allelic variation was detected in the coding sequence of GhGASA14 between early-maturing and late-maturing accessions, and the frequency of this favorable allele was greater in high-latitude cotton cultivars than in low-latitude ones. Additionally, a significant linear relationship was observed between the expression level of GhGASA14 and flowering time among the 12 upland cotton accessions. Taken together, these results indicated that GhGASA14 may positively regulate flowering time and respond to GA3. These findings could lead to the use of valuable genetic resources for breeding early-maturing cotton cultivars in the future.

Keywords: Early maturity; Favorable allele; Flowering time; Gibberellic acid (GA); Upland cotton; Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS).

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