Molecular characterization of mutations in white-flowered torenia plants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Torenia (Torenia fournieri Lind.) is a model plant increasingly exploited in studies in various disciplines, including plant engineering, biochemistry, physiology, and ecology. Additionally, cultivars with different flower colors have been bred and made commercially available. Flower color in torenia is mainly attributed to the accumulation of anthocyanins, but the molecular mechanisms inducing flower color mutations in torenia have not been well elucidated. In this study, we therefore attempted to identify the cause of white coloration in torenia by comparing the white-flowered cultivar Crown White (CrW) with Crown Violet (CrV), a violet-flowered variety.

Results

In an expression analysis, no flavanone 3-hydroxylase (TfF3H) transcript accumulation was detected in

SUBMITTER: Nishihara M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4234012 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature