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Table 1 The featured BBM and BBM-related genes in different plants and their functions related to growth and development

From: Apprehending the potential of BABY BOOM transcription factors to mitigate cotton regeneration and transformation

Plant

Gene

Gene origin

Function

Rate

Reference

Brassicaceae

 Arabidopsis thaliana

AtBBM

Arabidopsis thaliana

Somatic embryogenesis, cell differentiation, cell growth, plant regeneration

*ng

Boutilier et al. 2002;

Passarinho et al. 2008;

Kulinska-Lukaszek et al. 2012; Lutz et al. 2015

 Brassica napus

BnBBM

Brassica napus

Somatic embryogenesis

*ng

Boutilier et al. 2002

Fabaceae

 Glycine max

GmBBM1

Glycine max

Somatic embryogenesis

2%∼28% incr.

El Ouakfaoui et al. 2010

Malvaceae

 Theobroma cacao

TcBBM

Theobroma cacao

Somatic embryogenesis (faster), biomarker for developmental process

5.5-fold incr.

Florez et al. 2015

Musaceae

 Musa acuminata

MaBBM1, MaBBM2

Musa acuminata

Somatic embryogenesis

*ng

Awasthi et al. 2017

Poaceae

 Oryza sativa

OsBBM1

Oryza sativa

Haploid induction, parthenogenesis

5–29% incr.

Khanday et al. 2019

 Oryza sativa

PsASGR-BBML

Pennisetum squamulatum

Haploid induction

25–89% incr.

Conner et al. 2017

 Oryza sativa

ZmBBM

Zea mays

Transformation efficiency

15-fold incr.

Lowe et al. 2016

 Pennisetum glaucum

PsASGR-BBML

Pennisetum squamulatum

Apomixis

35–36% incr.

Conner et al. 2015

 Saccharum officinarum

ZmBBM

Zea mays

Transformation efficiency

130–440-fold incr.

Lowe et al. 2016

 Sorghum bicolor

ZmBBM

Zea mays

Transformation efficiency

9-fold incr.

Lowe et al. 2016;

Mookan et al. 2017

 Zea mays

PsASGR-BBML

Pennisetum squamulatum

Haploid induction

47–80% incr.

Conner et al. 2017

 Zea mays

ZmBBM2

Zea mays

Bigger callus induction, proliferation, transformation efficiency (TE)

3.5∼6.6-fold incr. (20–21% TE)

Du et al. 2019

Zea mays

ZmBBM, ZmWUS2

Zea mays

Transformation efficiency

4–14% incr.

Masters et al. 2020

 L. kaempferi x L. olgensis

LkBBM2

L. kaempferi x L. olgensis

Number of adventitious root formation

100% incr.

Li et al. 2014

Pteridaceae

 Ceratopteris richardii

BnBBM

Brassica napus

Promote apogamy

44.8% incr.

Bui et al. 2017

Rosaceae

 Rosa canina

RcBBM1, RcBBM2

Rosa canina

Shoot regeneration

20% incr.

Yang et al. 2014

Rubiaceae

 Coffea arabica

CaBBM

Coffea arabica

Developmental process

*ng

Silva et al. 2015

Salicaceae

 Populus tomentosa

PtBBM

Populus tomentosa

Somatic embryogenesis (SE), transformation efficiency

39% incr. (SE),

29% incr. (TE)

Deng et al. 2009

Solanaceae

 Capsicum annuum

BnBBM

Brassica napus

Transformation efficiency

0.6–1.1% incr.

Heidmann et al. 2011

 Nicotiana tabacum

BnBBM, AtBBM

Brassica napus, Arabidopsis thaliana

Promote regeneration ability

*ng

Srinivasan et al. 2007

  1. *ng: the degree of effect was not given in literature, incr. increase