Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 295-302.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2021-0924

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Establishing Tobacco Rattle Virus-mediated Gene Silencing System for Primula forbesii

FU Si-tong(), SI Wei-jia, LIU Ying, CHENG Tang-ren, WANG Jia, ZHANG Qi-xiang, PAN Hui-tang()   

  1. School of Landscape Architecture,Beijing Forestry University/National Engineering Research Center for Floriculture/Beijing Key Laboratory of Ornamental Plants Germplasm Innovation & Molecular Breeding/Beijing Laboratory of Urban and Rural Ecological Environment,Beijing 100083
  • Received:2021-07-16 Online:2022-04-26 Published:2022-05-06
  • Contact: PAN Hui-tang E-mail:Fusitong01@163.com;htpan@bjfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Primula forbesii is a biennial herbaceous flower,which has high ornamental value as a landscape plant. It is also an ideal material to study heterostyly. In this study,a rapid and efficient verification technology of gene function is established for P. forbesii laying a foundation for studying the function of genes in P. forbesii. The optimal infection object,infection solution formula,bacterial solution concentration and infection mode of tobacco rattle virus(TRV)vector in P. forbesii were explored,and the VIGS system suitable for P. forbesii was established. The results showed that the OD600 value of bacterial solution containing TRV1 and PfPDS-TRV2 was adjusted to 1.0 in the infection solution of 200 μmol/L AS,10 mmol/L MgCl2 and 10 mmol/L MES. After mixing,P. forbesii was infected by abaxial leaf injection. The treated plant leaves were used in PCR with primers on TRV virus vector,and the virus vectors of TRV1 and TRV2 were detected in the plants with phenotypic changes and the no-load group. The expression of PfPDS in albino plants was significantly lower than that in the no-load group and the control group. The infection efficiency of the established VIGS system was 60%,the silencing phenotype lasted for 12 months,and could play a silencing role from leaf to sepal. Due to the long duration of silencing effect,all genes can be verified by this method.

Key words: Primula forbesii, tobacco rattle virus, gene silencing