PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kosař, Michal
AU  - Holková, Lumila
AU  - Březinová Belcredi, Natálie
AU  - Ehrenbergerová, Jaroslava
TI  - HPPD gene expression in relation to vitamin E content in spring barley
DP  - 2014 Oct 11
TA  - Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
PG  - 13--18
VI  - 57
IP  - 4
AID - 10.11118/actaun200957040013
IS  - 12118516
AB  - The enzyme 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) has a very important role in the biosynthetic pathway of vitamin E. Its activity influences the final level of tocols in plant tissues. Seven barley cultivars with different vitamin E level were grown under control conditions and activity of HPPD gene was measured four, eight and twelve days after pollination of ear tissues. It was found that activity of HPPD gene corresponded with vitamin E content detected in grains (r = 0.77*). The relationship between the gene activity for HPPD eight and twelve days after pollination and vitamin E content was also confirmed for analyzed cultivars grown in the field conditions (r = 0.85*).