The cytological basis of self-incompatibility in goji (Lycium barbarum) and the cloning of S-RNase gene

• Published in: Planta Vol. 262; no. 2; p. 33
• Main Authors: Wu, Jiali, Nan, Xiongxiong, Qin, Ken, Dai, Guoli, Zhang, Xin, Yang, Zijun, Wang, Zhonghua, Wang, Cuiping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Artificial pollination; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Breeding; Cloning; Cloning, Molecular; Cross-pollination; Cultivars; Ecology; Flowers - cytology; Flowers - genetics; Flowers - physiology; Forestry; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genes; Incompatibility; Life Sciences; Medicinal plants; Original Article; Plant Breeding; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Plant reproduction; Plant reproductive structures; Plant Sciences; Pollination; Pollination - genetics; Pollination - physiology; Ribonucleases - genetics; Ribonucleases - metabolism; Self-incompatibility; Self-Incompatibility in Flowering Plants - genetics; Self-Incompatibility in Flowering Plants - physiology; Sigma factor; China; Cell biology; Gametophytic self-incompatibility; Pollination biology; determinant; S determinant

Main conclusion Goji displays characteristics of gametophytic self-incompatibility. The S-RNase gene, expressed in the style, serves as the S determinant in the pistil, playing a key role in regulating goji's self-incompatibility. Goji, a plant commonly found worldwide, has been traditionally u...