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Published on April 2, 2004; 10.1104/pp.103.033001
Received September 5, 2003
Returned for revision December 10, 2003
Accepted January 27, 2004
Heterosis of Biomass Production in Arabidopsis. Establishment during Early Development
Rhonda C. Meyer *, Ottó Törjék , Martina Becher , and Thomas Altmann
Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany
University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Genetics, Golm, Germany
Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany; University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Department of Genetics, Golm, Germany
* Corresponding author; email: meyer{at}mpimp-golm.mpg.de.
Heterosis has been widely used in agriculture to increase yield and to broaden adaptability of hybrid varieties and is applied to an increasing number of crop species. We performed a systematic survey of the extent and degree of heterosis for dry biomass in 63 Arabidopsis accessions crossed to three reference lines (Col-0, C24, and Nd). We detected a high heritability (69%) for biomass production in Arabidopsis. Among the 169 crosses analyzed, 29 exhibited significant mid-parent-heterosis for shoot biomass. Furthermore, we analyzed two divergent accessions, C24 and Col-0, the F1 hybrids of which were shown to exhibit hybrid vigor, in more detail. In the combination Col-0/C24, heterosis for biomass was enhanced at higher light intensities; we found 51% to 66% mid-parent-heterosis at low and intermediate light intensities (60 and 120 µmol m-2 s-1), and 161% at high light intensity (240 µmol m-2 s-1). While at the low and intermediate light intensities relative growth rates of the hybrids were higher only in the early developmental phase (0-15 d after sowing [DAS]), at high light intensity the hybrids showed increased relative growth rates over the entire vegetative phase (until 25 DAS). An important finding was the early onset of heterosis for biomass; in the cross Col-0/C24, differences between parental and hybrid lines in leaf size and dry shoot mass could be detected as early as 10 DAS. The widespread occurrence of heterosis in the model plant Arabidopsis opens the possibility to investigate the genetic basis of this phenomenon using the tools of genetical genomics.
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