The invention belongs to the technical field of
plant genetic engineering and
molecular breeding, and particularly relates to application of a soybean GmUGT72E1
gene in regulation and control of soybean
plant height and enhancement of resistance of soybeans to drought and alkali stress.
Plant height is a key agronomic character influencing lodging resistance and
photosynthetic efficiency of soybeans, drought and alkali stress are core
abiotic stress factors restricting yield and quality of the soybeans, and the three factors jointly lead to remarkable global soybean yield reduction loss.
Gene cloning, vector construction and transgenic function
verification prove that overexpression of the GmUGT72E1
gene can reduce the
plant height of soybeans by 15%-25%, meanwhile, the tolerance of the soybeans to drought and alkali stress is remarkably improved, the relative
water content of leaves under the
drought stress is increased by 25%-30% compared with that of
wild type leaves, and
chlorophyll under the alkali stress is increased by 40%-50% compared with that of the
wild type leaves. According to the application disclosed by the invention, the dual regulation and control functions of the GmUGT72E1
gene are defined, key gene resources and
technical support are provided for soybean dwarf stress-resistant collaborative improvement, dwarf stress-resistant soybean varieties can be cultivated by means of transgenosis, gene editing and the like, and the application has important agricultural application value.