The application belongs to the field of
plant genetic engineering and
biotechnology, and particularly relates to application of CmEXPB1
gene of melon in improving fruit resistance to
cracking. The
nucleotide sequence of the
gene is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1. The
gene CmEXPB1 is cloned from melon cDNA, and it is found by real-time fluorescent quantitative technology that the expression amount of the gene in the peel of melon resistant to
cracking is significantly higher than that in the peel of melon susceptible to
cracking. A
plant expression vector is constructed, and is transformed into tomato, and it is found that the peel
hardness, cortex layer
toughness and tightness of the transgenic strain are significantly higher than those of the
wild type, and the
brittleness is significantly reduced;
cell wall component determination finds that the contents of
cellulose,
hemicellulose and protopectin of the transgenic tomato are increased, and the contents of soluble
pectin and
lignin are reduced, thereby confirming that CmEXPB1 enhances the resistance to cracking by regulating the composition of
cell wall. The application lays a theoretical foundation for studying the fruit resistance to cracking, and also provides a gene resource for cultivating horticultural plants with
high resistance to cracking.