A 43 bp-deletion in the F3'H gene reducing anthocyanins is responsible
for buds-keeping-green at low temperature in broccoli
Abstract
Most broccoli cultivars or accessions have green buds at an appropriate
growth environment. They would develop red or purple buds at cold
temperature, while some have green buds both at normal growth or cold
temperature. In this study, through BSA-seq, fine mapping and
transcriptome analyses, we identified a candidate gene ( F3’H)
responsible for reducing the accumulation of anthocyanins in a mutant GS
and HX-16 broccoli (DH line) ( Brassica oleracea L. var.
italica), which would have caused green buds even at low
temperature. A 43-bp deletion was detected in the CDS of the F3’H
gene of HX-16 and mutant GS, which largely reduced the expression of
F3’H and the accumulation of cyanidin and delphinidin in the
mutant GS. The expression of F3’H was up-regulated at low
temperature in the wild line PS.The detection of 43-bp deletion in the
broccoli germplasm resources and other varietas in Brassica
oleracea showed that there could be other factors for green buds at low
temperature in Brassica oleracea. This study provides the
critical genetic and molecular information for the molecular breeding of
B. oleracea and illuminates the molecular basis of the
low-temperature effect on buds’ color in broccoli.