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P-26<br />

Identification of ABA inducible genes from cold-hardy Vitis amurensis Rupr. Cv. Zuoshan-<br />

1 by suppression subtractive hybridization<br />

Y. Zhang* 1.2 , J. Wu 1 , H. Zhang 1 , J. Lu 1,2<br />

1 College of Food Science <strong>and</strong> Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing,<br />

China; 2 Center for Viticulture <strong>and</strong> Small Fruit Research, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee,<br />

Florida, USA<br />

*Corresponding author: olivia.yl.zhang@gmail.com<br />

Vitis amurensis Rupr., distributed in the Northeast of China, is the most cold hardy grape<br />

species. It can tolerate temperatures as low as -40-50 C when fully cold acclimated. Our study<br />

showed that as the temperature drops, the cold hardy“Zuoshan-1”grapevine accumulates ABA<br />

quicker <strong>and</strong> in higher concentration than less cold hardy Vitis species. To better underst<strong>and</strong> the<br />

molecular mechanisms of ABA <strong>and</strong> its role in the grape cold hardiness, we constructed a<br />

suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) cDNA library to isolate ABA inducible genes of<br />

“Zuoshan-1”. In a total of 214 r<strong>and</strong>omly picked clones, 167 were successfully sequenced from<br />

the ABA-induced library, from which 31 contigs were assembled. Blasting analysis revealed<br />

that14 contigs were homologous to Vitis or plant species while the other 17 contigs showed high<br />

homology to Escherichia coli, which were apparently resulted from E.coli contamination.<br />

Functional analysis indicated that the putative functions of these contigs were associated <strong>with</strong><br />

photosynthesis, cell defense or detoxification, <strong>and</strong> signal transduction.<br />

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