Abstract
The function of a 1.1-kb transcript of WAG, a wheat AGAMOUS homolog, has not been clarified.To analyze its function, it was fused with the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter and introduced into torenia (Torenia fournieri).Torenia transformants grew normally with regular plant height, size and shape of leaves, and development of inflorescence.However, the corolla was significantly smaller in 10 transformants out of 21.Generally, the vertical and horizontal diameters of the lip part of the corolla, as well as the length of the corolla (including the tube part), were all reduced in the smaller flowers, suggesting that the size of the corolla was reduced equally in all dimensions.Southern blot analysis showed the existence of the WAG gene in the genomes of these plants.We report that WAG reduces the size of the corolla in torenia.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Torenia transformants had normal plant height, leaves, and inflorescence development.
- Material
- transformantse0
- Outcome
- regular plant height, size and shape of leaves, and development of inflorescencee0
ToreniaNot reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“Torenia transformants grew normally with regular plant height, size and shape of leaves, and development of inflorescence”
Claim · model-written summary
Ten of 21 transformants had significantly smaller corollas.
- Treatment
- Introduction of WAGt0
- Gene
- WAGt0
- Outcome
- corollae0
- Direction
- smallere0
- Value
- 10 transformants out of 21e0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“the corolla was significantly smaller in 10 transformants out of 21”
e1“introduced into torenia (Torenia fournieri)”
t0“Introduction of WAG”
Claim · model-written summary
Vertical and horizontal lip diameters and total corolla length were reduced in the smaller flowers.
- Organ / stage
- corollae0
- Outcome
- vertical and horizontal diameters of the lip part of the corolla, as well as the length of the corollae0
- Direction
- reducede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the vertical and horizontal diameters of the lip part of the corolla, as well as the length of the corolla (including the tube part), were all reduced in the smaller flowers”
e1“introduced into torenia (Torenia fournieri)”
Claim · model-written summary
Southern blotting detected WAG in the transformant genomes.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Southern blot analysis showed the existence of the WAG gene in the genomes of these plants”
e1“introduced into torenia (Torenia fournieri)”