1. The document discusses qualitative and quantitative traits in ornamental crops and approaches for their improvement, including conventional breeding methods, non-conventional methods, and biotechnological approaches.
2. It provides examples of traits improved in various ornamental crops through hybridization, including disease resistance in gladiolus, watermelon, and carnation.
3. The role of biotechnology in improving traits such as flower color, shape, size, fragrance, and stress resistance through genetic engineering approaches is described. Genes transferred to confer fungal and bacterial resistance in various ornamental crops are listed.
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Modern approaches for improving qualitative and quantitative traits in ornamental flowers
1. Credit seminar
By: Tanya Thakur
L-2012-A-27-D
Modern approaches for
improvement of
qualitative and quantitative traits
in ornamental flowers
2. Qualitative and Quantitative Traits
Character Qualitative Quantitative
Genetic control Two or many alleles of a
single gene or few major
genes
Many alleles of many
gene
Inheritance Monogenic Polygenic
Environmental effects Little or no modifications More influenced
Classified as Grouped into categories
(discontinuous variability)
Continuous range of
variability from one to
second extreme
Examples Black or white colour,
disease susceptibility or
resistance, fragrant or non
fragrant, flower form
Plant height, flower
and seed yield
Poehlman and Borthakur, 1959
3. Crop Qualitative Quantitative Reference
Rose Glossy leaf, climbing
habit, double flower,
mildew resistance
Vigour, fragrance,
thorniness, leaf width,
shape of bud and open
flower
Wylie, 1954
Lily Lily mottle virus
resistance in Asiatic lily
Van Heusden et al, 2002
Carnation Doubleness Imai, 1938
Lutescent seedling,
club neck, dwarfness
Bhatt, 1989
Gladiolus Colour of florets Flower earliness, plant
height, spike length , no of
florets per spike
Cohat, 1988
Marigold Double flower
Flatness of florets
Flower colour
Flower and seed yield,
plant height
Towner, 1961
Punnet, 1924
Singh and Swarup, 1973
Qualitative and Quantitative Traits in Ornamental Crops
4. Approaches for Improvement of Traits
Breeding methods
Conventional
Non
Conventional
Hybridization Mutation
Biotechnological
approaches
Genetic engineering
Tissue culture
X
5. • Fusarium resistance in gladiolus
Beauty Spot x Pssitacinus hybrid Hybrid-82-10-90
Watermelon Pink x Lady Jhon Hybrid 82-7-59
Watermelon Pink x Mansoer Hybrid 82-18-16
(Negi et al, 1991)
• Bacterial wilt resistance in carnation
Super Gold x Dianthus capitatus
(spray)
91 BO4-2 (Onozaki et al, 1998)
Tolerant
Resistance
6. • Fusarium resistance in lily
L. dauricum x L. longiflorum cv. Gelria
(Resistant) (Susceptible)
Hybrid (Resistant)
(Loffler et al, 1996)
• Fragrance in rose
Seedling x Prima Ballerina
Fragrant Cloud (super fragrance)
(Wheatcroft, 1970)
Both parents should be essentially fragrant for fragrance in hybrid
(Swarup et al, 1973)
7. • A new pink mini cut flower gerbera cv. 'Summer Ring'
Grandeur x Nova Zembla
Summer Ring
(Chung et al, 2008)
• First summer flowering gladiolus
Gladiolus natalensis x G. oppositiflorus
(2n=90) (2n=30)
Gladiolus gandavensis
(2n=60) (De, 2011)
8. • Marigold hybrids released by IARI
Cracker Jack x Golden Jubilee Golden Yellow x Sun Giant
Pusa Narangi Gainda Pusa Basanti Gainda
(loose flower and carotenoid) (pots and beds)
AICRP on Floriculture, 2007
9. Dianthus plumarius Yellow carnation
Chalcones
•Inter specific hybridization in Dianthus plumarius –
Garden pink for transferring yellow colour
Gatt et al, 1998
X
X
Dianthus plumarius D. knappii
Flavone and flavonol
glucosides
10. Hybrids released by PAU, Ludhiana
Hybrid Parentage Flower colour Diseases
tolerance
Punjab Glad- 1 Happy End x True Yellow Orange with
yellow center
Moderately
against Botrytis
and Fusarium
Punjab Flame Sylvia x White
Prosperity
Carmine pink Moderately
against Botrytis
Punjab Glance Happy End x Yellow
Stone
Orange with
yellow centre
Moderately
against Botrytis
Punjab Lemon
Delight
Jacksonville Gold x
White Prosperity
Lemon yellow Moderately
against Botrytis
Punjab Pink
Elegance
Suchitra x White
Prosperity
Soft pink Moderately
against Botrytis
AICRP on Floriculture, 2014
Gladiolus
13. Chrysanthemum
Hybrid Parentage Flower
colour
Flower type Flower size
(cm)
Winter
Queen
White Bouquet x
Flirt
Pink Spoon 9.1
Yellow
Delight
White Bouquet x
Gul-e-Sahir
Yellow Pompon 5.2
Royal Purple Bindiya x Rage Purple-pink Anemone 5.25
Autumn Joy White Bouquet x
Flirt
Shiny pink Decorative 6.6
Anmol Puncho x Rage Yellow Anemone 4.0
AICRP on Floriculture, 2014
20. ROLE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING IN IMPROVEMENT OF TRAITS
IN ORNAMENTALS
Biotic and abiotic stress resistance
Development of new novel flower colors
Flowers:
improved shape, size and form
improved floral fragrance
increased vase life
23. Fungal and Bacterial Resistance
Host Gene transferred Resistance Reference
Carnation Osmotin, PR-1 and/or
chitinase
Fusarium oxysporum f.
sp. Dianthi
Zuker et al, 2001
Chrysanthemum Rice chitinase Botrytis Takatsu et al, 1999
Rose Anti-microbial
peptide Ace-AMP I
Sphaerotheca pannosa Li et al, 2003
Geranium Onion anti-microbial
protein
Botrytis cinerea and
bacteria
Bi et al 1999
Geranium Cercopin Xanthomonas Renou et al, 2000
Oncidium
orchids
Sweet pepper
ferredoxin-like
protein
Bacterial soft rot caused
by Erwinia carotovora
Liau et al, 2003
Rose Rice chitinase Diplocarpon rosae Marchant et al, 1998
24. Resistance to Abiotic Stress - Heat stress
Expression of At DREB1A gene
from Arabidopsis in
Chrysanthemum
Transgenic plant and Wild
Type (WT) plant exposed to
45°C as heat stress for 36
hours
3 week after heat stress –
70 % transgenic plant survived
20 % Wild type plant survived
Leaf electrolyte leaking
significantly lower in
transgenic plants than Wild
type
Hong et al, 2009
25. Flower colour pigments
Flavonoid Betalain Carotenoid
Anthocyanin
Cyanidin
Pelargonidin
Delphinidin
Forkmann, 1991
Development of Novel Flower Colour
26. • Anthocyanin (glycosides) are major contributing to flower
colour (Stafford, 1990)
• Phenylalanine is the precursor and synthesized by phenyl propanoid
pathway (Springob et al, 2003; Tanaka and Mason, 2003)
• The flower colour modification via genetic engineering is focused on
metabolic engineering of the flavonoid pathway
• Primary function of flavonoid pigments in flowers-
Attract insects and other animals which help in crosspollination
(Brouillard and Dangles, 1993)
Provide protection against U.V radiation (Dixon et al, 1995)
28. Antisense RNA technology
Genetic engineering for white colour
1. Inhibition of chalcone synthase
enzyme by Antisense RNA
technology (in Petunia)
Unstable duplex
No translation
Antisense CHSSense CHS
Antisense CHS gene
Sense CHS
Antisense RNA technology
29. 2. DFR and F3H Silencing
• When F3H is silenced in carnations transgenic plants were obtained with reduced
anthocyanin and increased fragrance (Zuker et al, 2002)
• Successful reduction of anthocyanin biosynthesis has been
reported in Petunia (Krol et al, 1988)
• Gerbera (Elomaa, 1993)
• Chrysanthemum (Courtney-Gutterson et al, 1994)
• Rose (Gutterson, 1995)
• Carnation (Gutterson, 1995)
30. Petunia
Cyanidin Delphinidin No pelargonidin due to
substrate specificity of DFR
Genetic engineering for orange and red colour(pelargonidin)
A1 gene
dihydroquercetin 4 reductase dihydrokaempferol
(Meyer et al, 1987)
31. Pigment Crop Reference Enzymes
Chalcones
(yellow)
Dianthus caryophyllus CHS, C2′GT
Silencing CHI
Aurones
(bright yellow)
Snapdragon, dahlia Aurone synthase
6′-deoxychalcones Cosmos, dahlia Davies and Schwinn
(1997)
CHS with CHR
•
Silencing of CHI Unstable
chalcone acc.
(Van blockland et al, 1993)
No yellow pigment
Petunia
32. • One of the aurone synthases, aureusidin synthase recently purified from
yellow snapdragon petals (Nakayama et al, 2000)
CHR
chalcones,
butein 3-O-
glucoside and
butein 4-O-
glucoside
C2' GT Stabilize chalcones
(Ishida et al, 2003 and Okuhara et al, 2004)
Petunia
Carnation
33. Genetic engineering for blue colour
• Rose, Chrysanthemum, and Carnations - no blue color - no delphinidin - lack of
F3′5′H in their flowers
• Blue carnations - Florigene, Australia (1996)
F 3' 5' H
Low
delphinidin
Petunia
Carnation (Brugliera et al, 2000)
Cytochrome b5
gene + F3'5' H
34. • Florigene's new lilac- and mauve-hued carnations- 'Moondust' and
'Moonglow' dominate the North and South American carnation cut-
flower markets
F3'5'H + DFR
(Fukui et al, 2003)
35. • Blue rose- In 2004, Florigene gave mauve-lilac roses like 'BlueMoon' and 'Vol de
Nuit'
Delphinidin
Petunia
Delphinidin
+ cyanidin
Red rose cv. Cardinal Dark burgandy not blue
RNAi technology- BLOCK DFR
Iris DFR
Pansy delphinidin
Three-gene package
Blue Moon
Tanaka et al, 2009
36. Colour modified flowers
(A). Torenia hybrida cv. Summerwave Blue.
Left; the host, middle; a transgenic line
(co-suppressed DFR ) right; transgenic line
(co-suppressed CHS) (Suzuki et al, 2000)
(B) Lobelia erinus, Left: the host, right; a
transgenic lobelia (lisianthus F3¢5¢H)
(Kanno et al, 2003)
(F) Orange petunia (pelargonidin made
from red one producing cyanidin by down
regulation of the F3¢H and expression of
rose DFR) (Mizutani et al, 2003)
(E) Torenia cv. Summerwave blue produced
pink flowers (co-suppression F3¢5¢H) and
darker pink flowers (over-expression F3¢H
in pink flower) (Ueyama et al, 2002)
(G) Yellow petunia (expressing Lotus
japonica PKR)
37. • ABC Model was given to identify the floral organ identify gene (FOIG)
• Gene A for sepal development (first outermost whorl)
• Genes A and B together for petals in the second whorl
• Genes B and C determine the stamens in the third whorl
• Gene C alone specifies the carpel in the fourth whorl
(Coen and Meyerowitz, 1991)
Flower shape modification
38. • Antirrhinum majus B genes DEF and GLO in transgenic Torenia resulted in
the conversion of sepals to petals
• C gene from Rosa rugosa in Torenia resulted in a carpeloid structure in place
of sepals (Kitahara et al, 2004)
Homeotic genes
Flower shape modification
Arabidopsis- Agamous gene Antirrhinum- Deficiencies gene
39. Modification of Plant Architecture
• Tobacco phytochrome B1 gene Chrysanthemum cv. ‘Iridon’
Shorter plants
Larger branch angles
(Zheng et al, 2001)
• rolC Transgenic carnation (Cv. White Sim)
increased axillary bud break
48% more stem cuttings/mother plant
3 times more flowering stems
Stem cuttings from rolC plants exhibited better rooting
(Zuker et al, 1999)
40. Floral Scent Modification
• Secondary metabolites
• Volatile, low-molecular-weight, give the flowers their unique, characteristic
fragrances
• Types of scent compounds :
Class Precursor Types Examples
Terpenoid isopentenyldiphosphate(IPP)
and dimethylallyl diphosphate
(DMAPP)
Monoterpene
Sesquiterpene
Diterpene
Geraniol, linalool
Caryophyllene
Phytol
Phenylpropanoids
(benzoids )
Aromatic amino acid
(phenylalanine)
(shikimate pathway)
Eugenol,
Methyleugenol
Methylcinnmate
Fatty acid
derivatives
Linoleic and linolenic acid Methyl jasmonate
Jasmone
Dudareva and Pichersky, 2006
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41. Genes responsible for scent production
Flower crop Genes responsible floral volatiles Reference
Clarkia breweri
(S)-linalool synthase (LIS) gene Dudareva et al, 1996
Isoeugenol-O-methyl transferase (IEMT) Wang et al, 1997
Benzyl alcohol acetyl-transferase (BEAT) Dudareva et al, 1998
Salicylic acid carboxyl methyl transferase
(SAMT)
Ross et al, 1999
Benzoic acid carboxyl methyl transferase
(BAMT)
Pichersky and Dudareva,
2000
Benzyl alcohol benzyl transferase (BEBT) Dudareva et al, 2000
Petunia hybrida
P. axillaris
Benzoic acid/salicylic acid and carbonyl
methyl transferase (BSMT)
Negre et al, 2003
Benzyl alcohol /phenyl ethanol benzyl
transferase (BPBT)
Boatright et al, 2004
42. Rosa hybrida
Germacrene D synthase Gueterman et al, 2002
Geraniol/citronellol acetyl transferase Shalit et al, 2003
Benzyl alcohol /phenyl ethanol benzyl
transferase (BPBT)
Boatright et al, 2004
Orcinol-O-methyl transferase (OOMT)
R. chinensis Phloroglucinol-O-methyl transferase
(POMT)
Lavid et al, 2002
Antirrhinum majus
(Snapdragon)
Mycene synthase
Ocimene synthase
Dudareva et al, 2000
Stephanotis floribunda
(Madagascar Jasmine)
Salicylic acid carboxyl methyl
transferase (SAMT)
Pott et al, 2002
Arabidopsis thaliana (S)-linalool synthase (LIS)
Caryophyllene methyl transferase
(BSMT)
Chen et al, 2003
Vanda Mimi Palmer Linalool synthase (LIS), acetyl-CoA
acetyltransferase (ACA), 1-
deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase
(DXPS), 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-
coenzyme A reductase (HMGR)
43. ODORANT1 regulates fragrance in petunia flowers cv. Mitchell
• Petunia hybrida : volatile benzenoids ODORANT1 (ODO1)
• Flowers fragrant in the evening and at night
• Transcript levels of ODO1 before the onset of volatile emission
decreased when volatile emission declined
• ODO1 transgenic P. hybrida Mitchell benzenoid levels synthesis of
precursors from shikimate pathway
44. Verdonk et al, 2005
Volatile benzenoids emission by Mitchell (M), RNAi lines (1,3,12,35)
45. PAP1 enhances phenylpropanoid and terpenoid production in Rosa
hybrida cv. Pariser Charme
• Arabidopsis PRODUCTION OF ANTHOCYANIN PIGMENT1 (PAP1) Rose
• PAP1-transgenic rose lines phenylpropanoid (color and scent) when
compared with control flowers (GUS)
• PAP1- lines 6.5 times terpenoid (scent)
Development of plant from somatic embryo
i, ii, iii
iv, v, vi
vi, viii, ix
GUS Transgenic control
GUS Transgenic control following X-Gluc
staining
PAP1 Transgenic line
46. The levels of emission ((e), µg per flower per 24 h) and internal pools ((p), µg per flower) of volatile
compounds produced by flowers of PAP1-transgenic lines 6, 11 and 12 when compared with control
Zvi et al, 2012
47. Clarkia breweri
benzyl alcohol acetyltransferase
(BEAT)
Eustoma grandiflorum
BEAT catalyzing the synthesis benzyl acetate which constitutes up to 40% of C. breweri’s
total scent output (Dudareva et al, 1998)
No benzyl acetate
No fragrance
benzyl alcohol acetyltransferase
(BEAT)
Alcohol substrate
5-7 times higher levels of benzyl
acetate
Fragrant
Aroma enhancement in transgenic Lisianthus using the Clarkia BEAT
gene
48. Control and transformed adult
flowering plantsLevel of benzyl acetate in control and
transgenic lines after feeding with BA or
water- (A) Leaf (B) Flower
Aranovich et al, 2007
50. Genetic engineering for long vase life
Ethylene is synthesized from the petals after full opening of the flower
during senescence (Reid and Wu, 1992; Woodson et al,1992)
Long vase life
Senescence
inhibition
Inhibit
ethylene
biosynthesis
Block
ethylene
action
(Adams and Yang, 1979)
aACS aACO
51. Strategies for long vase life
1. Antisense ACS and antisense ACO technology
2. Over expression of ACC deaminase (metabolises
ACC before it converts to ethylene)
3. Over expression SAM hydrolase which converts
ACC in other metabolite
4. Expression of gene for isopentenyl transferase (ipt)
giving increased level of cytokinin
52. Antisense ACC synthase (aBoACS1)
Antisense ACC oxidase (aBoACO1)
Delayed senescence of Petunia flower transformed with
antisense ACC synthase and oxidase genes
Antisense BoACO1 gene is more efficient than antisense BoACS1 gene to reduce ethylene
Ethylene
production
declines
Ethylene production by leaf of cultured stem
Huang et al, 2007
53. Antisense ACC oxidase delay carnation petal senescence
Carnation cv. ‘Scania’ and ‘White Sim’ containing the antisense ACO gene and
NPT II gene
Character Control Transgenic
Vase life 5 days 8-9 days
Senescence Inrolling of
petals
Discoloration
(normal)
Transformed and control plant after 8 day of harvest
54. Ethylene production by control and transgenic lines
Transgenic line
Exogenous
Ethylene
Induce ACS and ACO
Savin et al, 1995
55. Extended vase life of transgenic carnations using ipt gene
• Ipt gene increased level of cytokinin
• Transgenic carnations showed long vase life of 16 days in water. This is
double the life of non-GM varieties
(Kosugi et al, 2002)
56. Commercialization Hurdles -
for GE Ornamental crops
• Ornamentals have much smaller market value than food crops
• High cost of analysis, risk assessment and regulatory approval
- Super carnations, color-modified Torenia
• Regulatory approval for field testing takes months or years
• Molecular characterization require PCR-based identification test
for which fee of 30,000 EURO
Chandler, 2013
58. Heavily scented and boldly coloured tuberose
Cv. Yellow
Baby
Sensation Cinderella Double
Pink
Super
Gold
Flower Single Single Single Double Single
Flower
colour
Yellow Pink Lavender
pink
Pink Dark
yellow
Bulb
size
10 cm 10 cm 10 cm 12 cm 12 cm
Stem
length
35 cm 45 cm 35 cm 65 cm 65 cm
Ludwig & Co., Holland, 2013
www.floraculture.au
59. Conclusion
GE is breeding tools that future generations can use to tackle
environmental challenges
No genetic barriers
(gene from strawberry, maize)
Novelty through genetic engineering
(blue carnation and rose)
Speed of improvement
Altered plant byproduct, form and colour
Creation of genetic variation