Cytological, physiological and transcriptomic analysis of variegated Leaves in Primulina pungentisepala offspring.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primulina pungentisepala is suitable for use as a potted plant because of its beautiful leaf variegation, which is significantly different in its selfed offspring. However, the mechanism of P. pungentisepala leaf variegation is unclear. In this study, two types of offspring showing the greatest differences were compared in terms of leaf structure, chlorophyll contents, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and transcriptomes to provide a reference for studying the molecular mechanism of structural leaf variegation.

Results

Air spaces were found between water storage tissue, and the palisade tissue cells were spherical in the white type. The content of chlorophyll a and total chlorophyll (chlorophyll a + b) was significantly lower in the white type, but there were no

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9434889 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature