OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to study the xylogenesis processes occurring in the 16-year-old straight-grained silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) and Karelian birch (Betula pendula Roth var. carelica (Mercl.) Hämet-Ahti)with figured wood.
METHODS: Hydrogen peroxide and superoxide radical contents and peroxidase activity were determined spectrophotometrically. Gene expression for PAL family genes and the UPBEAT1 gene was assessed using qRT-PCR.
RESULTS: Principal component analysis has confirmed trees with straight-grained and figured wood to be different according to UPBEAT1-ROS-POD-PAL system functioning.
CONCLUSIONS: The higher superoxide radical/hydrogen peroxide ratio in figured Karelian birch, along with UPBEAT1 transcription factor and PAL genes upregulation, distinguished it from straight-grained silver birch. This metabolic picture confirmed the shift of Karelian birch xylogenesis towards proliferation processes, accompanied by ROS and phenolic compounds\' flow and POD activity.
目的:该研究旨在研究16岁的直纹白桦树(BetulapendulaRoth)和卡累利阿桦树(BetulapendulaRothvar。carelica(Mercl.)Hämet-Ahti)withfiguredwood.
方法:采用分光光度法测定过氧化氢和超氧自由基含量及过氧化物酶活性。使用qRT-PCR评估PAL家族基因和UPBEAT1基因的基因表达。
结果:主成分分析已经证实,根据UPBEAT1-ROS-POD-PAL系统的功能,具有直纹和花纹木材的树木是不同的。
结论:卡累利阿桦木中的超氧化物自由基/过氧化氢比例较高,随着UPBEAT1转录因子和PAL基因的上调,区别于直纹白桦树。此代谢图证实了卡累利阿桦木发生向增殖过程的转变,伴有ROS和酚类化合物流动和POD活性。