The Expression Analysis of WUSCHEL Gene under High and Low Temperature in Tomato Seedling

fasciated and lc loci controlled locule number of tomato fruit. The candidate gene of fasciated loci had been cloned the lc loci was also been fine mapping and two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located near WUSCHEL were found to be responsible for locule number. But whether WUSCHEL was the candidate gene of lc loci had not been known. In this study, we analyzed the expression of WUSCHEL in tomato with different locule number and under high and low temperature. The result showed that WUSCHEL expressed higher in FL1 which fruit with 2-4 locules than in MLK1 with 15 locules. We identified the WUSCHEL might be candidate gene of lc loci.