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Breeding of Flower Type

Flower type breeding is an important goal of ornamental flower breeding. The determinants of flower type include the morphology of the flower organs, especially the petals' composition, number, size, and symmetry. Ornamental flowers have a wide variety of shapes, and the flower type breeding objectives of different flowers vary greatly. The market demand for ornamental flowers has forced breeders to create new varieties with novel appearances.

Lifeasible can use molecular breeding technology for flower type improvement to help customers solve individual problems in the process of breeding ornamental flowers.

How We Help

Studies on floral morphology are currently focused on the molecular mechanisms of petal morphogenesis. Although there are various flower types, the formation and early growth of various flower organ primordia depend on the sequential expression and interaction of organ-determining genes, i.e., the ABC model of flower organ development. Petal radial or bipartite symmetry determinants also have a regulatory role in petal morphogenesis. The morphology of floral branches also influences the overall morphology of ornamental flowers. We are able to provide specific molecular breeding services based on the above molecular mechanisms of ornamental flower morphogenesis.

  • We are able to use chimeric repressor ear silencing technology to construct chimeric protein overexpression vectors to control members of the ABC model and floral symmetry determinants to alter floral phenotypes.
  • We are able to use Agrobacterium tumefaciens transformation technology to introduce floral branch development regulatory genes into ornamental flowers to alter flower morphology.

Figure 1. Proposed models for flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana. (Thomson, et al., 2019)Figure 1. Proposed models for flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana. (Thomson, et al., 2019)

What We Provide

Breeding Double-Flower Phenotype

Double-flower is one of the main breeding objectives of ornamental flowers, characterized by overdeveloped petals. The molecular mechanisms that determine the double-flower phenotype vary in different flowers. We are able to use transcriptome sequencing to help our customers identify genes that play a crucial role in double-flower formation and development and the molecular mechanisms of double-flower formation. We use molecular breeding tools to provide double-flower breeding services based on specific molecular mechanisms.

Petal Size Improvement

Petal size is an important factor affecting the ornamental value of a flower. We can use molecular biology techniques to help our customers change petal size based on the petal size regulation mechanism to produce flowers with higher ornamental value.

Breeding of ornamental flower types is complex, and customer needs vary widely. You can tell us what you need by filling out the online form or contacting us directly, and we look forward to working with you to create new ornamental flowers.

Lifeasible provides the most comprehensive and efficient solutions for breeding ornamental flowers. We are committed to helping our customers cultivate more ornamental flowers. We look forward to providing you with the most professional and efficient service to meet your individual needs. If you are interested in our services or have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Reference

  1. Thomson B, Wellmer F. Molecular regulation of flower development. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2019; 131: 185-210.

※ It should be noted that our service is only used for research.

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