Hairy Canola (Brasssica napus) re-visited: Down-regulating TTG1 in an AtGL3-enhanced hairy leaf background improves growth, leaf trichome coverage, and metabolite gene expression diversity.

Abstract excerpt

BACKGROUND: Through evolution, some plants have developed natural resistance to insects by having hairs (trichomes) on leaves and other tissues. The hairy trait has been neglected in Brassica breeding programs, which mainly focus on disease resistance, yield, and overall crop productivity. In Arabidopsis, a network of three classes of proteins consisting of TTG1 (a WD40 repeat protein), GL3 (a bHLH factor) and...

Topics

• Arabidopsis Proteins
• Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
• Brassica napus
• Down-Regulation
• Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
• Oxidation-Reduction
• Phenotype
• Plant Leaves
• Plants, Genetically Modified