Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (3): 1-11.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2016.03.002

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Research Progress of the Physiological and Molecular Regulation Mechanism of Hevea brasiliensis in Response to Ethephon Stimulation

WEI Ming-ming, LI Wei-guo, GAO Xin-sheng, HUANG Xiao   

  1. State Centre for Rubber Breeding, Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Rubber Tree of Ministry of Agriculture, Rubber Research Institute, CATAS, Danzhou 571737
  • Received:2015-04-14 Online:2016-03-24 Published:2016-03-25

Abstract: Application of the ethephon stimulation, as an important means to increase the yield of rubber tree, has been widely used in the production of natural rubber. However, the regulatory mechanism of rubber tree in response to ethephon stimulation is still unclear, which has become one of problems that need to be solved urgently in developing the new rubber tree stimulation agent and breeding new rubber tree varieties with ethephon stimulation resistance. This paper summarized such researches in recent years, the genes related to the ethylene signal transduction pathway of rubber tree, the biological regulation mechanism of rubber tree in response to ethephon stimulation, and the side effects of ethephon stimulation to rubber tree, aiming to provide references for deeply studying the molecular mechanism of the rubber tree in response to ethephon stimulation.

Key words: Hevea brasiliensis, ethephon, regulation mechanism