Key Laboratory of Tropical Crop Biotechnology, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Biosciences and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, China.
Plant Signal Behav. 2009 Nov;4(11):1072-4. doi: 10.4161/psb.4.11.9738. Epub 2009 Nov 5.
Rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) is an important industrial crop for natural rubber production. Ethylene, as a stimulant of latex production in H. brasiliensis, has been widely used in commercial latex production. However, the mechanism of ethylene action are not completely elucidated, especially in molecular aspect. Here, we focus on the molecular biological progression of ethylene stimulation of latex production. Our data and all previous information showed ethylene had little direct effect on accelerating rubber biosynthesis. The prolonged latex flow and acceleration of sucrose metabolism by ethylene may be the main reasons for the stimulation of latex yield by ethylene.
橡胶树（Hevea brasiliensis）是生产天然橡胶的重要工业作物。乙烯作为橡胶树乳胶生产的刺激物，已广泛应用于商业乳胶生产中。然而，乙烯作用的机制尚未完全阐明，特别是在分子水平上。在这里，我们专注于乙烯刺激乳胶生产的分子生物学进展。我们的数据和所有以前的信息表明，乙烯对加速橡胶生物合成几乎没有直接影响。乙烯对乳胶产量的刺激作用可能主要是由于其延长乳胶流出时间和加速蔗糖代谢。
