Abstract
Leaf color is an indicator of chlorophyll (Chl) level, and isolating leaf color mutants can facilitate the understanding of Chl metabolism regulation. Here, we describe an ethyl methanesulfonate-induced light color mutant white stem 1 (ws1) in common tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) that shows a phenotype highly similar to burley tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), a type of air-cured tobacco that has light-colored leaves with white veins. Compared with the wild type, the light green stem of ws1 gradually became pale white along with growth, while ws1 leaves lost green color rapidly, which was positively correlated with the decline of Chl levels. A series of genetic analyses indicated that the ws1 mutant phenotype was controlled by two recessive nuclear genes ws1a and ws1b which were preliminarily mapped to the intervals of tobacco simple sequence repeat markers linkage groups 5 and 24 using the BC1F2 populations, respectively. The allelism test further revealed that the same two genes controlled the burley character in burley tobacco. Based on the Chl-deficient phenotype of ws1 and the locations of the two genes, we hypothesized that ws1a and ws1b were paralogs of each other probably originated from the ancestral species N. sylvestris and N. tomentosiformis, respectively. Both genes might share similar biological functions and expression patterns, and play key roles in the regulation of Chl biosynthesis. These results laid a solid foundation for marker-assisted selection breeding and gene function analysis of the burley character in tobacco.
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We thank Prof. Yongfeng Guo of Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences for critically reading this manuscript. This work was supported by the China National Tobacco Company (Grant Nos. 110201201003 (JY-03) and 110201201004 (JY-04)).
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Wu, Q., Wu, X., Zhang, X. et al. Mapping of two white stem genes in tetraploid common tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). Mol Breeding 34, 1065–1074 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-014-0097-0
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