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Genetic diversity and population structure analysis of Capsicum germplasm accessions
GU Xiao-zhen, CAO Ya-cong, ZHANG Zheng-hai, ZHANG Bao-xi, ZHAO Hong, ZHANG Xiao-min, WANG Hai-ping, LI Xi-xiang, WANG Li-hao
2019, 18 (6): 1312-1320.   DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(18)62132-X
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Genetic diversity plays an essential role in plant breeding and utilization.  Pepper is an important vegetable and spice crop worldwide.  The genetic diversity of 1 904 accessions of pepper conserved at the National Mid-term Genebank for Vegetables, Beijing, China was analyzed based on 29 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers, which were evenly distributed over 12 pepper chromosomes.  The pepper accessions were divided into two groups in a genetic structure analysis, and the two groups showed obvious differences in fruit type and geographical distribution.  We finally selected 248 accessions capturing 75.6% of the SSR alleles as the core collection for further research.  Insights into the genetic structure of pepper provide the basis for population-level gene mining and genetic improvement.
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Cloning and characterization of CaGID1s and CaGAI in Capsicum annuum L.
CAO Ya-cong, ZHANG Zheng-hai, WANG Li-hao, SUI Xiao-lei, ZHANG Zhen-xian, ZHANG Bao-xi
2016, 15 (4): 775-784.   DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(15)61275-8
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Fruit set and development are affected by many phytohormones, including gibberellin.  Little is known regarding molecular mechanism underlying gibberellin mediated fruit set and development especially in Capsicum.  Three gibberellin receptors, CaGID1b.1, CaGID1b.2 and CaGID1c, and a DELLA protein, CaGAI, have been identified in Capsicum annuum L.  During the fruit development, the expression level of CaGID1c was low, and the expression fold change is mild.  However, CaGID1b.1 and CaGID1b.2 were relatively higher and more acute, which indicates that CaGID1b.1 and CaGID1b.2 may play an important role in fruit pericarp, placenta and seed.  Ectopic expressions of CaGID1b.1, CaGID1b.2 and CaGID1c in Arabidopsis double mutant gid1a gid1c increased plant height, among which CaGID1b.2 had the most significant effect; CaGAI reduced plant height in double mutant rga-24/gai-t6, having a similar function to AtGID1 and AtGAI in stem elongation.  Yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assays indicated that CaGID1b.1 and CaGID1b.2 interact with CaGAI in a GA-dependent manner, while CaGID1c interacts with CaGAI in a GA-independent manner.  Our study reveals the key elements during gibberellin signaling in Capsicum and supports the critical importance of gibberellin for Capsicum fruit set and development.
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