Expression of cold resistance genes from winter rapeseed of Brassica rapa and B.napus under chilling stress
To understand different cold-tolerance of Brassica rapa and B.napus,3 genes were investigated under chilling stresses at 4℃,-4℃ and-8℃.The genes included BnCOR25 (from B.napus),BnICE1 (from B.napus),and Cu/Zn-SOD (from B.rapa).6 different cold-resistant winter rapeseeds were used as materials and analyzed after 5d chilling treatments and normal control (at 24℃,CK).qRT-PCR results showed that BnCOR25,BnICE1 and Cu/Zn-SOD were not activated and expressed at the same level in both B.rapa and B.napus at 24℃.Under chilling,their relative expressions in B.rapa increased when the temperature decreased,and reached to the peak at-4℃.Among them,BnCOR25 reached the peak at 4℃ and Cu/Zn-SOD at-4℃ in B.napus.BnICE1 expression was always lower than CK.At-8℃,genes expressions of both types were decreased and low.Compared to B.napus,these 3 genes expressions in B.rapa were significantly higher.Compared to cold-sensitive rapeseed,those with higher cold tolerance had higher expression.It indicated that cold-tolerance was related to these 3 genes and two types of rapeseed had their different responses.