Physiological and molecular effects of gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol on young clonal palm growth and development

Gibberellin (GA) and paclobutrazol (PBZ) are both plant hormones for stimulating and retardant of plant growth and development, respectively. The role of both hormones in oil palm growth and development is not thoroughly investigated. Therefore, this study focused on the physiological effects of gib...

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Main Author:	Chai, Sook Keat
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2021
Subjects:	Palms - Growth Gibberellic acid
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/104792/1/FBSB%202022%208%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.1047922023-10-10T07:51:05Z Physiological and molecular effects of gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol on young clonal palm growth and development 2021-05 Chai, Sook Keat Gibberellin (GA) and paclobutrazol (PBZ) are both plant hormones for stimulating and retardant of plant growth and development, respectively. The role of both hormones in oil palm growth and development is not thoroughly investigated. Therefore, this study focused on the physiological effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) or PBZ application on young clonal oil palm and its associated molecular responses. It also involved optimization of a tissue preparation procedure for cryosectioning in future transcriptome profiling of inflorescences. Sucrose treatment with snap freezing of fresh oil palm inflorescences provided cryosections with good cellular morphology and higher RNA yields and quality. On phytohormone application, GA3 and PBZ treatments were separately conducted on young clonal palms for 56 weeks. The GA3-treated palms were taller with longer fronds than the control but produced lower biomass. These physiological changes were associated with a higher expression of cell cycle-related genes such as MYB3R-1, E2FB, CK1d, CDK5RAP3 and SRO1 and cellulose synthase CSLC5 (five-fold) and CCR1 (three-fold) for lignin synthesis. In contrast, PBZ application likely blocked GA biosynthesis by suppressing expression of GA biosynthesis genes GA20ox and GA3ox. PBZ-treated palms were shorter in height and frond length with lower biomass. Higher expression of the growth suppressor RCC and two- to eight-fold lower expression of cytoskeletal motor genes actin 3 and kinesin 3, cellulose synthase CESA2, pectin activator WAK3 and pectin lyase-like suggested that PBZ may suppressed cell expansion in leaves by enhancing secondary cell wall rigidity in oil palm. Besides that, lower SPAD values together with two- to five-fold lower expression of chlorophyll synthesis genes UROD, ChlD, LIL3, PORA and CAO suggested that GA3 suppressed chlorophyll synthesis in GA3-treated palms. Conversely, three fold higher GGR expression in leaflets of PBZ-treated palms associating with higher SPAD values suggested that accumulated geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) due to suppression of GA synthesis might be channeled towards chlorophyll synthesis. On reproductive development, late flowering in PBZ-treated palms correlated with suppression of floral activator SOC1 while late flowering GA3-treated palms displayed elevated expression of flowering repressors LSD1 (three-fold) and GATA21 (two- to five-fold) and reduced expression of the flowering accelerator COL5 (three-fold). However, sex of inflorescences was not affected by these treatments. In conclusion, GA3 treatment of oil palm promoted height increment and frond elongation by promoting cell division and elongation but suppressed biomass production. On the contrary, growth retardation following PBZ treatment might be attributed to suppression of cell expansion. Both GA3 and PBZ treatments appeared to delay flowering but did not affect sex determination in young clonal oil palms. Palms - Growth Gibberellic acid 2021-05 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/104792/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/104792/1/FBSB%202022%208%20IR.pdf text en public doctoral Universiti Putra Malaysia Palms - Growth Gibberellic acid Namasivayam, Parameswari
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
collection	PSAS Institutional Repository
language	English
advisor	Namasivayam, Parameswari
topic	Palms - Growth Gibberellic acid
spellingShingle	Palms - Growth Gibberellic acid Chai, Sook Keat Physiological and molecular effects of gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol on young clonal palm growth and development
description	Gibberellin (GA) and paclobutrazol (PBZ) are both plant hormones for stimulating and retardant of plant growth and development, respectively. The role of both hormones in oil palm growth and development is not thoroughly investigated. Therefore, this study focused on the physiological effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) or PBZ application on young clonal oil palm and its associated molecular responses. It also involved optimization of a tissue preparation procedure for cryosectioning in future transcriptome profiling of inflorescences. Sucrose treatment with snap freezing of fresh oil palm inflorescences provided cryosections with good cellular morphology and higher RNA yields and quality. On phytohormone application, GA3 and PBZ treatments were separately conducted on young clonal palms for 56 weeks. The GA3-treated palms were taller with longer fronds than the control but produced lower biomass. These physiological changes were associated with a higher expression of cell cycle-related genes such as MYB3R-1, E2FB, CK1d, CDK5RAP3 and SRO1 and cellulose synthase CSLC5 (five-fold) and CCR1 (three-fold) for lignin synthesis. In contrast, PBZ application likely blocked GA biosynthesis by suppressing expression of GA biosynthesis genes GA20ox and GA3ox. PBZ-treated palms were shorter in height and frond length with lower biomass. Higher expression of the growth suppressor RCC and two- to eight-fold lower expression of cytoskeletal motor genes actin 3 and kinesin 3, cellulose synthase CESA2, pectin activator WAK3 and pectin lyase-like suggested that PBZ may suppressed cell expansion in leaves by enhancing secondary cell wall rigidity in oil palm. Besides that, lower SPAD values together with two- to five-fold lower expression of chlorophyll synthesis genes UROD, ChlD, LIL3, PORA and CAO suggested that GA3 suppressed chlorophyll synthesis in GA3-treated palms. Conversely, three fold higher GGR expression in leaflets of PBZ-treated palms associating with higher SPAD values suggested that accumulated geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) due to suppression of GA synthesis might be channeled towards chlorophyll synthesis. On reproductive development, late flowering in PBZ-treated palms correlated with suppression of floral activator SOC1 while late flowering GA3-treated palms displayed elevated expression of flowering repressors LSD1 (three-fold) and GATA21 (two- to five-fold) and reduced expression of the flowering accelerator COL5 (three-fold). However, sex of inflorescences was not affected by these treatments. In conclusion, GA3 treatment of oil palm promoted height increment and frond elongation by promoting cell division and elongation but suppressed biomass production. On the contrary, growth retardation following PBZ treatment might be attributed to suppression of cell expansion. Both GA3 and PBZ treatments appeared to delay flowering but did not affect sex determination in young clonal oil palms.
format	Thesis
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author	Chai, Sook Keat
author_facet	Chai, Sook Keat
author_sort	Chai, Sook Keat
title	Physiological and molecular effects of gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol on young clonal palm growth and development
title_short	Physiological and molecular effects of gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol on young clonal palm growth and development
title_full	Physiological and molecular effects of gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol on young clonal palm growth and development
title_fullStr	Physiological and molecular effects of gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol on young clonal palm growth and development
title_full_unstemmed	Physiological and molecular effects of gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol on young clonal palm growth and development
title_sort	physiological and molecular effects of gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol on young clonal palm growth and development
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2021
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/104792/1/FBSB%202022%208%20IR.pdf
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Physiological and molecular effects of gibberellic acid and paclobutrazol on young clonal palm growth and development

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