Red petal spots are beneficial for attracting cotton pollinators and producing hybrid seeds,and the anthocyanin pathway is generally regarded as a metabolic cause of petal coloration.The current study identified an MY...Red petal spots are beneficial for attracting cotton pollinators and producing hybrid seeds,and the anthocyanin pathway is generally regarded as a metabolic cause of petal coloration.The current study identified an MYB-encoding gene(Gar07G09390,Ga MYB)as a candidate gene involved in cotton coloration by map-based cloning,and this MYB could positively regulate a candidate glutathione S transferase gene(Gar07G08900,Ga GST).To unveil potentially involved genes within the Ga MYB-regulating-Ga GST route,color metabolites of both Ga MYB-and Ga GST-virus-induced gene silencing(VIGS)petals were investigated,revealing that they were largely glycosyl-decorated flavonoids.Accordingly,a transcriptomic survey of both VIGS petals identified a glycosyl-transferase gene(Ga GT,Gar02G15390).Notably,this Ga GT is adjacent to one of the genome-wide association study loci concerning petal spots in Gossypium arboreum,and it is also positively regulated by Ga MYB.This new regulatory route including both GST and GT regulated by MYB is conserved among the three cotton species examined in this study(Gossypium arboreum,Gossypium hirsutum,and Gossypium barbadense).Accordingly,comprehensively evaluating the influence of these candidates and their homologs on cotton coloration may provide a more in-depth understanding of cotton coloration,ultimately facilitating the breeding of more colorful cotton.展开更多
基金supported by Major Projects in Agricultural Biological Breeding(2023ZD0403902)the HAAFS Science and Technology Innovation Special Project(2022KJCXZX-MHS-1)。
文摘Red petal spots are beneficial for attracting cotton pollinators and producing hybrid seeds,and the anthocyanin pathway is generally regarded as a metabolic cause of petal coloration.The current study identified an MYB-encoding gene(Gar07G09390,Ga MYB)as a candidate gene involved in cotton coloration by map-based cloning,and this MYB could positively regulate a candidate glutathione S transferase gene(Gar07G08900,Ga GST).To unveil potentially involved genes within the Ga MYB-regulating-Ga GST route,color metabolites of both Ga MYB-and Ga GST-virus-induced gene silencing(VIGS)petals were investigated,revealing that they were largely glycosyl-decorated flavonoids.Accordingly,a transcriptomic survey of both VIGS petals identified a glycosyl-transferase gene(Ga GT,Gar02G15390).Notably,this Ga GT is adjacent to one of the genome-wide association study loci concerning petal spots in Gossypium arboreum,and it is also positively regulated by Ga MYB.This new regulatory route including both GST and GT regulated by MYB is conserved among the three cotton species examined in this study(Gossypium arboreum,Gossypium hirsutum,and Gossypium barbadense).Accordingly,comprehensively evaluating the influence of these candidates and their homologs on cotton coloration may provide a more in-depth understanding of cotton coloration,ultimately facilitating the breeding of more colorful cotton.
