Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Korea Conference (한국식물학회:학술대회논문집)

korean Society of Plant Biologists (한국식물학회)
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PHOTOMORPHOGENIC MUTANTS OF TOMATO

  • Kendrick, Richard E. (Department of Plant Physiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands and Laboratory for Photoperception and Signal Transduction, Frontier Research Program, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research)
  • Published : 1994.09.01
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Abstract

Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) has been chosen as a model species for the study of hotomorphogenesis. The aurea (au) and yellow-green-2 (yg-2) mutants which are severely photochrome deficient appear to be phytochrome chromophore mutants. Mutants modified with respect to specific members of the phytochrome gene family: the far-red light-insensitive mutant (fri, for phytochrome A) and the temporarily red light-insensitive mutant (tri, for phytochrome B1) have been identified. Mutants that exhibit an exaggerated phytochrome response are putative transduction-chain mutants affecting an amplification step in phytochrome signal transduction. These mutants are being used to understand the complexities of juvenile anthocyanin in the hypocotyl during seedling de-etiolation.

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