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Huiping Lai¹, Jinjin Li¹, Jingyi Tang¹

¹The Innovation and Application Engineering Technology Research Center of Ornamental Plant Germplasm Resources in Fujian Province, College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.

Physiologia plantarum

|February 23, 2026

Resumen

Los investigadores descubrieron genes clave que controlan la formación de flores multi-pétalo en orquídeas Cymbidium ensifolium. Este estudio revela cómo los genes CeLFY y CeAP1 promueven el crecimiento de los pétalos mientras que los genes CeAG reprimidos conducen al aborto del gineostemo, lo que ayuda a la cría ornamental.

Área de la Ciencia:

Genética vegetal; Biología del desarrollo; Investigación de Orchidaceae

Sus antecedentes:

Cymbidium ensifolium muestra una diversidad floral significativa, siendo las variedades multi-pétalo objetivos ornamentales valiosos.; La base genética para el desarrollo de flores multi-pétalo en esta especie no se comprende bien.

Objetivo del estudio:

Elucidar los mecanismos moleculares que rigen la formación de la estructura floral multi-pétalo en Cymbidium ensifolium.; Identificar genes clave y vías regulatorias involucradas en el desarrollo de los órganos del perianto y el aborto del gineostemo.

Principales métodos:

Enfoque integrado: observación fenotípica, citología, secuenciación de transcriptoma, perfil de expresión génica.; Validación funcional: ensayos transgénicos, ensayos de levadura de un híbrido (Y1H), ensayos de reportero de doble luciferasa (DLR).; Análisis de genes reguladores clave: CeLFY, CeAP1s y CeAGs.

Principales resultados:

La sobreexpresión de CeLFY y CeAP1 se correlacionó con un aumento en la formación de sépalos y pétalos en variedades multi-pétalo.; La subexpresión de CeAGs se relacionó con la ausencia del gineostemo.; CeLFY activa CeAP1s, promoviendo la proliferación de pétalos, mientras que las alteraciones en los promotores de CeAG reducen la unión de CeLFY, reprimiendo el desarrollo del gineostemo.

Conclusiones:

CeLFY y CeAP1s son reguladores positivos cruciales del desarrollo de los órganos del perianto.; Las variaciones estructurales en los promotores de CeAG contribuyen al aborto del gineostemo al reducir la unión de CeLFY.; Estos hallazgos proporcionan un marco molecular para comprender y mejorar los rasgos ornamentales en las orquídeas.

Palabras clave:

CeLFY Cymbidium ensifolium flores multi-pétalo promotor

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