BrCER1 intron mutation causing a wax deficient phenotype in Chinese cabbage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cuticular wax is one of the most important substances that cover the aerial parts of most plants and protect them from biotic and abiotic stresses. Plants lacking wax powder on their surface are more popular in terms of appearance and quality. Although most wax deficiency mutants are of high commercial value, most genetic and biochemical studies have been conducted in Arabidopsis, and only a few studies have been conducted in Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis).

Results

In the present study, we described a glossy leaf mutant from the ethyl methanesulfonate mutagenesis population of Chinese cabbage doubled haploid line 'FT'. In the M5075 mutant leaves, wax crystals were completely absent and leaf cuticular permeability was increased. Genetic analysis

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12502517 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature