Abstract:In order to understand the thermo-sensitivity of heat sensitive mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana, the thermo-sensitivities were compared among six mutants, including hsp70-15, apx2, hop1-2-3, hsfa7a, fes1a and hot1. The results showed that the thermo-sensitivities of six mutants were higher than that of WT, but there were significant difference among them. The 8-day-old seedlings were adapted at 38℃ for 2 h at first, then they were under heat stress at 45℃. Seedlings of mutant hot1 showed albinism with high mortality under 45℃ for 90 min. Seedlings of mutant fes1a also suffered high death rate under 45℃ for 105 min. Further, seedlings of mutants apx2, hsfa7a and hop1-2-3 showed almost identical injury phenomenon under 45℃ for 135 min, their heat injury were more severe than that of mutant hsp70-15. Therefore, the thermo-sensitivities of six mutants were in the order of hot1>fes1a>apx2, hsfa7a and hop1-2-3>hsp70-15.
