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Mahmood T, Abdullah M, Ahmar S, Yasir M, Iqbal MS, Yasir M, Ur Rehman S, Ahmed S, Rana RM, Ghafoor A, Nawaz Shah MK, Du X, Mora-Poblete F. Incredible Role of Osmotic Adjustment in Grain Yield Sustainability under Water Scarcity Conditions in Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 9:E1208. [PMID: 32942703 PMCID: PMC7569908 DOI: 10.3390/plants9091208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Interrogations of local germplasm and landraces can offer a foundation and genetic basis for drought tolerance in wheat. Potential of drought tolerance in a panel of 30 wheat genotypes including varieties, local landraces, and wild crosses were explored under drought stress (DS) and well-watered (WW) conditions. Considerable variation for an osmotic adjustment (OA) and yield components, coupled with genotype and environment interaction was observed, which indicates the differential potential of wheat genotypes under both conditions. Reduction in yield per plant (YP), thousand kernel weight (TKW), and induction of OA was detected. Correlation analysis revealed a strong positive association of YP with directly contributing yield components under both environments, indicating the impotence of these traits as a selection-criteria for the screening of drought-tolerant genotypes for drylands worldwide. Subsequently, the association of OA with TKW which contributes directly to YP, indicates that wheat attains OA to extract more water from the soil under low water-potential. Genotypes including WC-4, WC-8 and LLR-29 showed more TKW under both conditions, among them; LLR-29 also has maximum OA and batter yield comparatively. Result provides insight into the role of OA in plant yield sustainability under DS. In this study, we figure out the concept of OA and its incredible role in sustainable plant yield in wheat.
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- Tahir Mahmood
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Pir Mehar Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan; (T.M.); (M.A.); (S.A.); (M.Y.); (M.S.I.); (R.M.R.)
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang (CAAS), Anyang 455000, China;
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Pir Mehar Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan; (T.M.); (M.A.); (S.A.); (M.Y.); (M.S.I.); (R.M.R.)
- Crop Science Institute, Agronomy Department, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Pir Mehar Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan; (T.M.); (M.A.); (S.A.); (M.Y.); (M.S.I.); (R.M.R.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Pir Mehar Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan; (T.M.); (M.A.); (S.A.); (M.Y.); (M.S.I.); (R.M.R.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Pir Mehar Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan; (T.M.); (M.A.); (S.A.); (M.Y.); (M.S.I.); (R.M.R.)
- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang (CAAS), Anyang 455000, China;
- Ayub Agricultural Research Institute Faisalabad, Cotton Research Institute, Multan 60000, Pakistan
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang (CAAS), Anyang 455000, China;
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- Institute of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture, Multan 60000, Pakistan;
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China;
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Pir Mehar Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan; (T.M.); (M.A.); (S.A.); (M.Y.); (M.S.I.); (R.M.R.)
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- Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan;
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Pir Mehar Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46000, Pakistan; (T.M.); (M.A.); (S.A.); (M.Y.); (M.S.I.); (R.M.R.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Cotton Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Anyang (CAAS), Anyang 455000, China;
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Khadka K, Raizada MN, Navabi A. Recent Progress in Germplasm Evaluation and Gene Mapping to Enable Breeding of Drought-Tolerant Wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1149. [PMID: 32849707 PMCID: PMC7417477 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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There is a need to increase wheat productivity to meet the food demands of the ever-growing human population. However, accelerated development of high yielding varieties is hindered by drought, which is worsening due to climate change. In this context, germplasm diversity is central to the development of drought-tolerant wheat. Extensive collections of these genetic resources are conserved in national and international genebanks. In addition to phenotypic assessments, the use of advanced molecular techniques (e.g., genotype by sequencing) to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for drought tolerance related traits is useful for genome- and marker-assisted selection based approaches. Therefore, to assist wheat breeders at a critical time, we searched the recent peer-reviewed literature (2011-current), first, to identify wheat germplasm observed to be useful genetic sources for drought tolerance, and second, to report QTLs associated with drought tolerance. Though many breeders limit the parents used in breeding programs to a familiar core collection, the results of this review show that larger germplasm collections have been sources of useful genes for drought tolerance in wheat. The review also demonstrates that QTLs for drought tolerance in wheat are associated with diverse physio-morphological traits, at different growth stages. Here, we also briefly discuss the potential of genome engineering/editing to improve drought tolerance in wheat. The use of CRISPR-Cas9 and other gene-editing technologies can be used to fine-tune the expression of genes controlling drought adaptive traits, while high throughput phenotyping (HTP) techniques can potentially accelerate the selection process. These efforts are empowered by wheat researcher consortia.
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- Kamal Khadka
- Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Saleem MH, Rehman M, Kamran M, Afzal J, Noushahi HA, Liu L. Investigating the potential of different jute varieties for phytoremediation of copper-contaminated soil. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:30367-30377. [PMID: 32462620 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09232-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Copper (Cu), with many documented cases of Cu toxicity in agriculture lands, is becoming an increasingly common issue in and elsewhere in China. However, fibrous crop such as jute is being used as phytoremediation candidate in Cu-contaminated soils due to its huge biomass. A pot experiment was conducted using four different varieties (HT, C-3, GC, and SH) of jute grown in highly Cu-contaminated soil (2221 mg kg-1), collected from Hubei Province, China. Results from this study showed that C-3 and HT were more resistant to Cu stress, while GC and SH had a serious effect due to high concentration of Cu and a significant decrease in growth and biomass. Furthermore, Cu in roots, leaves, stem core, and bast were higher in C-3 and HT compared with GC and SH. Likewise, at post-harvesting stage, maximum Cu concentration from Cu-contaminated soil was extracted by C-3 and HT while small amount was accumulated by GC and SH. The high content of malondialdehyde (MDA) in the leaves of GC and SH indicated that Cu induced oxidative damage while the antioxidative enzyme activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) were increased to scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) formed during oxidative stress in the plants. Conclusively, it can be identified that when grown in Cu-contaminated soil, C-3 and HT have greater ability to grow in polluted soils and possible phytoremediation materials to revoke a large amount of Cu.
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- Muhammad Hamzah Saleem
- MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System core in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System core in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- School of Agriculture, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650504, China
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- Key Laboratory of Arable Land Conservation (Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River), Ministry of Agriculture, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System core in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System core in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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Shokat S, Sehgal D, Vikram P, Liu F, Singh S. Molecular Markers Associated with Agro-Physiological Traits under Terminal Drought Conditions in Bread Wheat. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E3156. [PMID: 32365765 PMCID: PMC7247584 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21093156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Terminal drought stress poses a big challenge to sustain wheat grain production in rain-fed environments. This study aimed to utilize the genetically diverse pre-breeding lines for identification of genomic regions associated with agro-physiological traits at terminal stage drought stress in wheat. A total of 339 pre-breeding lines panel derived from three-way crosses of 'exotics × elite × elite' lines were evaluated in field conditions at Obregon, Mexico for two years under well irrigated as well as drought stress environments. Drought stress was imposed at flowering by skipping the irrigations at pre and post anthesis stage. Results revealed that drought significantly reduced grain yield (Y), spike length (SL), number of grains spikes-1 (NGS) and thousand kernel weight (TKW), while kernel abortion (KA) was increased. Population structure analysis in this panel uncovered three sub-populations. Genome wide linkage disequilibrium (LD) decay was observed at 2.5 centimorgan (cM). The haplotypes-based genome wide association study (GWAS) identified significant associations of Y, SL, and TKW on three chromosomes; 4A (HB10.7), 2D (HB6.10) and 3B (HB8.12), respectively. Likewise, associations on chromosomes 6B (HB17.1) and 3A (HB7.11) were found for NGS while on chromosome 3A (HB7.12) for KA. The genomic analysis information generated in the study can be efficiently utilized to improve Y and/or related parameters under terminal stage drought stress through marker-assisted breeding.
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- Sajid Shokat
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 13, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark;
- Wheat Breeding Group, Plant Breeding and Genetics Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) km, 45, Carretera Mex-Veracruz, El-Batan, Texcoco CP 56237, Mexico;
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- International Potato Center, NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi 110012, India;
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegård Allé 13, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark;
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) km, 45, Carretera Mex-Veracruz, El-Batan, Texcoco CP 56237, Mexico;
- Geneshifters, 222 Mary Jena Lane, Pullman, WA 99163, USA
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Guo X, Xin Z, Yang T, Ma X, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Ren Y, Lin T. Metabolomics Response for Drought Stress Tolerance in Chinese Wheat Genotypes ( Triticum aestivum). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 9:E520. [PMID: 32316652 PMCID: PMC7238273 DOI: 10.3390/plants9040520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Revised: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Metabolomics is an effective biotechnological tool that can be used to attain comprehensive information on metabolites. In this study, the profiles of metabolites produced by wheat seedlings in response to drought stress were investigated using an untargeted approach with ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS) to determine various physiological processes related to drought tolerance from the cross between drought-tolerant genotype (HX10) and drought-sensitive genotype (YN211). The current study results showed that under drought stress, HX10 exhibited higher growth indices than YN211. After drought stress treatment, a series of phenolics accumulated higher in HX10 than in YN211, whereas the amount of thymine, a pyrimidine, is almost 13 folds of that in YN211. These metabolites, as well as high levels of different amino acids, alkaloids, organic acids, and flavonoids in the drought treated HX10 could help to explain its strong drought-tolerant capacity. The current study explored the understanding of the mechanisms involved in the drought response of wheat seedling; these metabolome data could also be used for potential QTL or GWAS studies to identify locus (loci) or gene(s) associated with these metabolic traits for the crop improvement.
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- Xiaoyang Guo
- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (X.G.); (Z.X.); (X.M.); (Z.W.); (Y.R.)
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (X.G.); (Z.X.); (X.M.); (Z.W.); (Y.R.)
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- Industrial Crops Research Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China;
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (X.G.); (Z.X.); (X.M.); (Z.W.); (Y.R.)
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 10081, China;
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (X.G.); (Z.X.); (X.M.); (Z.W.); (Y.R.)
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (X.G.); (Z.X.); (X.M.); (Z.W.); (Y.R.)
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; (X.G.); (Z.X.); (X.M.); (Z.W.); (Y.R.)
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This article comments on:Melandri G, AbdElgawad H, Riewe D, Hageman JA, Asard H, Beemster GTS, Kadam N, Jagadish K, Altmann T, Ruyter-Spira1 C, Bouwmeester H. 2019. Biomarkers for grain yield stability in rice under drought stress. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, 669–683.
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- Ronan Sulpice
- National University Ireland Galway, Plant Systems Biology Laboratory, Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, Galway, Ireland
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Chen L, Fang Y, Li X, Zeng K, Chen H, Zhang H, Yang H, Cao D, Hao Q, Yuan S, Zhang C, Guo W, Chen S, Yang Z, Shan Z, Zhang X, Qiu D, Zhan Y, Zhou XA. Identification of soybean drought-tolerant genotypes and loci correlated with agronomic traits contributes new candidate genes for breeding. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 102:109-122. [PMID: 31820285 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-019-00934-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Drought tolerance level of 136 soybean genotypes, the correlations among traits were evaluated, and several important drought-tolerant genotypes, traits, SNPs and genes were possibly useful for soybean genetic breeding. Drought is an adverse environmental factor affecting crops growth, development, and yield. Promising genotypes and genes with improved tolerance to drought are probably effective ways to alleviate the situation. In this study, our main task was to determine drought tolerance level of 136 soybean genotypes, the correlations among physiological and agronomic traits under drought, and drought-tolerant single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) and genes. In this study, twenty-six varieties were identified as excellent tolerant genotypes to stress among which S14, S93 and S135 with high drought-tolerant index (DTI > 1.3) and yield (Y > 300 kg). Fourteen varieties were identified as drought-sensitive genotypes, such as S25, S45 and S58, with low drought-tolerant index (DTI < 0.5). 422 SNPs and 302 genes correlated with seed number per plant (SNPP), maturity (M), number of seeds per pod (NSPP), node number of main stem (NNMS), Stem diameter (SD) and pull stem (PS) were detected under well-watered and drought conditions by genome-wide association study (GWAS). Among them, we found SNPs (Chr 3:1758920-1958934) between drought-tolerant and sensitive genotypes. 13 genes (Glyma.03G017800, Glyma.03G018000, Glyma.03G018200, Glyma.03G018400, Glyma.03G018500, Glyma.03G018600, Glyma.03G018700, Glyma.03G018800, Glyma.03G018900, Glyma.03G019000, Glyma.03G019100, Glyma.03G019200, Glyma.03G019300) correlated with NNMS were detected. By qRT-PCR, the expression level of Glyma.03G018000 and Glyma.03G018900 in drought-tolerant varieties was significantly increased, but low or no expression in sensitive varieties under drought stress. This study provides important drought-tolerant genotypes, traits, SNPs and potential genes, possibly useful for soybean genetic breeding.
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- Limiao Chen
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Key Lab of Cereal Quality Research and Genetic Improvement, Xinjiang Production and Construction Crops, Shihezi, 832000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Key Lab of Cereal Quality Research and Genetic Improvement, Xinjiang Production and Construction Crops, Shihezi, 832000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- Crop Research Institute, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural and Reclamation Science, Key Lab of Cereal Quality Research and Genetic Improvement, Xinjiang Production and Construction Crops, Shihezi, 832000, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Wuhan, 430062, China.
- Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xudong 2nd Road, Wuhan, 430062, China.
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Cai K, Chen X, Han Z, Wu X, Zhang S, Li Q, Nazir MM, Zhang G, Zeng F. Screening of Worldwide Barley Collection for Drought Tolerance: The Assessment of Various Physiological Measures as the Selection Criteria. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1159. [PMID: 32849716 PMCID: PMC7403471 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Drought is a devastating environmental constraint affecting the agronomic production of barley. To facilitate the breeding process, abundant germplasm resources and reliable evaluation systems to identify the true drought-tolerant barley genotypes are needed. In this study, 237 cultivated and 190 wild barley genotypes, originating from 28 countries, were screened for drought tolerance under the conditions of both water deficit and polyethylene glycol (PEG)-simulated drought at seedling stage. Drought stress significantly reduced the plant growth of all barley genotypes, but no significant difference in drought-induced reduction in the performance of barley seedlings was observed under these two drought conditions. Both cultivated and wild barley subspecies displayed considerable genotypic variability in drought tolerance, which underpinned the identification of 18 genotypes contrasting in drought tolerance. A comparative analysis of drought effects on biomass, water relation, photosynthesis, and osmotic adjustment was undertaken using these contrasting barley genotypes, in order to verify the reliability of the screening and to obtain the credible traits as screening criteria of drought tolerance in barley. As expected, the selected drought-tolerant genotypes showed much less reduction in shoot biomass than drought-sensitive ones under water deficit, which was significantly positively correlated with the results of large-scale screening, confirming the reliability of the screening for drought tolerance under two drought conditions in this study. Likewise, the traits of water relation, photosynthetic activity, and osmotic adjustment differed greatly between the contrasting genotypes under water deficit stress, and they were highly correlated to the growth of barley seedlings, suggesting the potential of them to be the selection criteria for drought tolerance. The analysis of the variable importance of these traits in drought tolerance indicated that sap osmolality and relative water content in the youngest fully-expanded leaf are the suitable selection criteria of screening for drought tolerance in barley at seedling stage.
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- Kangfeng Cai
- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Fanrong Zeng,
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Khan R, Zhou P, Ma X, Zhou L, Wu Y, Ullah Z, Wang S. Transcriptome Profiling, Biochemical and Physiological Analyses Provide New Insights towards Drought Tolerance in Nicotiana tabacum L. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:E1041. [PMID: 31847498 PMCID: PMC6947287 DOI: 10.3390/genes10121041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2019] [Revised: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Drought stress is one of the main factors limiting crop production, which provokes a number of changes in plants at physiological, anatomical, biochemical and molecular level. To unravel the various mechanisms underpinning tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) drought stress tolerance, we conducted a comprehensive physiological, anatomical, biochemical and transcriptome analyses of three tobacco cultivars (i.e., HongHuaDaJinYuan (H), NC55 (N) and Yun Yan-100 (Y)) seedlings that had been exposed to drought stress. As a result, H maintained higher growth in term of less reduction in plant fresh weight, dry weight and chlorophyll content as compared with N and Y. Anatomical studies unveiled that drought stress had little effect on H by maintaining proper leaf anatomy while there were significant changes in the leaf anatomy of N and Y. Similarly, H among the three varieties was the least affected variety under drought stress, with more proline content accumulation and a powerful antioxidant defense system, which mitigates the negative impacts of reactive oxygen species. The transcriptomic analysis showed that the differential genes expression between HongHuaDaJinYuan, NC55 and Yun Yan-100 were enriched in the functions of plant hormone signal transduction, starch and sucrose metabolism, and arginine and proline metabolism. Compared to N and Y, the differentially expressed genes of H displayed enhanced expression in the corresponding pathways under drought stress. Together, our findings offer insights that H was more tolerant than the other two varieties, as evidenced at physiological, biochemical, anatomical and molecular level. These findings can help us to enhance our understanding of the molecular mechanisms through the networks of various metabolic pathways mediating drought stress adaptation in tobacco.
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- Rayyan Khan
- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Qingdao 266101, China; (R.K.); (L.Z.); (Y.W.); (Z.U.); (S.W.)
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- College of Agronomy, Resource and Environment, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin 300384, China;
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Qingdao 266101, China; (R.K.); (L.Z.); (Y.W.); (Z.U.); (S.W.)
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Qingdao 266101, China; (R.K.); (L.Z.); (Y.W.); (Z.U.); (S.W.)
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Qingdao 266101, China; (R.K.); (L.Z.); (Y.W.); (Z.U.); (S.W.)
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Qingdao 266101, China; (R.K.); (L.Z.); (Y.W.); (Z.U.); (S.W.)
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Tobacco Biology and Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, Qingdao 266101, China; (R.K.); (L.Z.); (Y.W.); (Z.U.); (S.W.)
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Qaseem MF, Qureshi R, Shaheen H. Effects of Pre-Anthesis Drought, Heat and Their Combination on the Growth, Yield and Physiology of diverse Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes Varying in Sensitivity to Heat and drought stress. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6955. [PMID: 31061444 PMCID: PMC6502848 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43477-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Independent and combined drought and heat stress negatively affect wheat yield and physiology. The present study was aimed to quantify effects of Drought [D], heat [H] and combined heat and drought [HD] during reproductive stage on wheat yield and to identify physio-biochemical traits which were strongly associated with improved yield and tolerance of wheat under stressful conditions. One hundred and eight elite diverse wheat genotypes were exposed to [H], [D] and [HD] treatments from heading till maturity. Grain yield was reduced by 56.47%, 53.05% and 44.66% under [HD], [H] and [D] treatment, respectively. The [HD] treatment affects the grain yield by reducing metabolism and mobilization of reserves to developing grains and leaves. Disintegration of membrane structure, chlorophyll and protein molecules was higher under [H] stress than [D] stress while water status of genotypes and sink strength was more affected by [D] than [H] stress. Multivariate analysis showed a strong correlation of chlorophyll content before and after anthesis, water-soluble carbohydrates (WSC), proline content (PC) and all other studies agronomic and physiological traits with grain yield while days to anthesis (DTA) and days to maturity (DTM) were negatively associated with grain yield under stress showing advantage of early maturity during stress. Traits having a major contribution in the first two principal components under different stress treatments may lead to improved varieties with heat and drought stress tolerance. To best of over knowledge, the present study is the first detailed study which used physiological and biochemical traits to explain the variation in grain yield and related traits in diverse wheat germplasm.
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- Mirza Faisal Qaseem
- Department of Botany PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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- Department of Botany PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- Department of Biosciences COMSATS University Islamabad, Park Road, Islamabad 45550, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Marker-trait association for grain weight of spring barley in well-watered and drought environments. Mol Biol Rep 2019; 46:2907-2918. [PMID: 30904979 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-019-04750-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Climate change will increase the effect of drought stress which is one of major constrains for barley production and productivity in Egypt. Identification and development new cultivars having a high drought tolerance combined with a high yield are urgently needed. In this study, a set of 60 highly homozygous and diverse barley genotypes was evaluated in well-watered (N) and dry (D) environments for two successive seasons. Five yield traits were scored; plant height, spike length, days to flowering, grain yield per spike (GYPS), and thousand kernel weight (TKW). High genetic variation was found among genotypes in all studied traits under N and D. High heritability for all traits was observed in both seasons. The drought susceptibility index (DSI) for GYPS and TKW was estimated to determine the tolerant and susceptible genotypes in both seasons. As a result, four spring barley genotypes were considered drought tolerant for TKW and GYPS in both seasons. A set of ten single sequence repeats primers, developed from wheat genome, were tested in the 60 genotypes. All SSR primers had a high polymorphism among the genotypes producing 82 marker alleles. Single marker analysis was performed for DSI, TKW, and GYPS in both seasons. Twenty QTLs were found to be associated with low DSI and high GYPS and TKW in N and D. The marker alleles associated with the 20 QTL were screened in the four tolerant genotypes. PNBYT15 included only one marker allele associated with one QTL, while, SCYT-28 included six marker alleles controlling nine QTL. The high genetic variation and heritability for the studied traits indicated that these traits could be used for selection for high yielding and drought tolerance. The four drought tolerant genotypes can be used for a further breeding program to improve drought tolerance in barley.
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Zhang Y, Wang Z, Fan Z, Li J, Gao X, Zhang H, Zhao Q, Wang Z, Liu Z. Phenotyping and evaluation of CIMMYT WPHYSGP nursery lines and local wheat varieties under two irrigation regimes. BREEDING SCIENCE 2019; 69:55-67. [PMID: 31086484 PMCID: PMC6507716 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.18104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/13/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Accurate evaluation of morphological and physiological traits is critical for selection of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars exhibiting high yield, which is stable over different growing conditions. In order to use selection index based on high yield, high grain quality and drought tolerance in wheat, a set of 145 CIMMYT Wheat Physiological Germplasm Screening Nursery lines and seven local spring wheat varieties were phenotyped and evaluated for physiological and yield traits under two irrigation regimes during the 2011 and 2012 growing seasons in Xinjiang, China. The results showed that drought-stress significantly increased canopy temperature but reduced grain yield, grain weight per spike, normalized difference vegetation index at the flowering and grain filling stages, chlorophyll content at the grain filling stage, grain plumpness, grain number per spike, thousand-grain weight, and plant height. Grain weight per spike, plant height and grain plumpness explained 61.8% of the total phenotypic variation in grain yield under no-stress conditions, where they were the three principal factors most closely related to grain yield. Under drought-stress conditions, canopy temperature at the grain filling stage, plant height and grain plumpness were the three principal factors affecting grain yield, and contributed 44.8% of the total phenotypic variation in grain yield. Finally, ten genotypes, including three local varieties, 'Xinchun 11', 'Xinchun 23' and 'Xinchun 29', with appropriate plant height and high and stable yield under both no-stress and drought-stress conditions over the two years of trials, were identified and can be recommended as core parents for spring wheat drought tolerance breeding in Xinjiang, China.
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- Yueqiang Zhang
- College of Agronomy & Biotechnology, China Agricultural University,
Beijing 100193,
China
- Institute of Nuclear and Biological Technologies, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Desert Oasis Region, Ministry of Agriculture,
Urumqi, Xinjiang 830091,
China
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- Institute of Nuclear and Biological Technologies, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Desert Oasis Region, Ministry of Agriculture,
Urumqi, Xinjiang 830091,
China
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- Institute of Nuclear and Biological Technologies, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Desert Oasis Region, Ministry of Agriculture,
Urumqi, Xinjiang 830091,
China
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- Institute of Nuclear and Biological Technologies, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Desert Oasis Region, Ministry of Agriculture,
Urumqi, Xinjiang 830091,
China
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- Institute of Nuclear and Biological Technologies, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Desert Oasis Region, Ministry of Agriculture,
Urumqi, Xinjiang 830091,
China
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- Institute of Nuclear and Biological Technologies, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Desert Oasis Region, Ministry of Agriculture,
Urumqi, Xinjiang 830091,
China
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- Institute of Nuclear and Biological Technologies, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in Desert Oasis Region, Ministry of Agriculture,
Urumqi, Xinjiang 830091,
China
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- Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Urumqi, Xinjiang 830091,
China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing 100101,
China
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Iannucci A, Codianni P. Phenotypic Parent Selection Within a Khorasan Wheat Collection and Genetic Variation in Advanced Breeding Lines Derived by Hybridization With Durum Wheat. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1460. [PMID: 31850007 PMCID: PMC6903774 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Tetraploid relatives of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husnot) represent an important reservoir of economically useful genes for development of new wheat cultivars. Two field experiments were conducted at Foggia (Italy), in the 2004 to 2006 and 2012 to 2015 growing seasons. In the first, 77 Khorasan wheat [T. turgidum subsp. turanicum (Jakubz.) Á. Löve & D. Löve] accessions from 23 countries of four geographic regions (Africa, Asia, Europe, and others) were evaluated to explore breeding opportunities. Seven agronomic traits were used to describe the diversity among the accessions: days to heading (HT), plant height (PH), grain yield (GY), specific weight (SW) as an indication of the density of the grain, 1000-grain weight (TGW), protein content, and gluten content. The total Shannon-Weaver diversity index was used to estimate phenotypic diversity, which ranged from monomorphic for PC (0.39) to highly polymorphic for TGW (0.67). A high level of total variation (87%) was attributed to the within-region diversity. The accessions grouped into six clusters, and seven elite accessions were selected as parents for crosses with durum wheat. In the second experiment, ten parents (seven Khorasan accessions and three durum wheat cultivars) and 790 F6 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) from the different T. durum × T. turgidum subsp. turanicum crosses were included to study genotypic and phenotypic variability of the same agronomic traits, plus the susceptibility index (SI) for disease. The genotypic coefficients of variation were lower than the phenotypic ones for all of the traits, which showed an environment effect on expression of these traits. High broad-sense heritability (h2 b > 86%) was recorded for all traits, and high h2 b coupled with high genetic gain as percentage of the mean (ΔG) was observed for HT, PH, GY, and SW, and for SI. This suggests that selection for these traits will provide good responses. Four principal components explained 70% of the total variation, and the genotypes were clustered into 20 groups. According to the results, some lines could be tested in varietal registration trials, and/or could be used as a significant breeding pool for durum wheat cultivar development in Mediterranean area.
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Identification of Two Novel Wheat Drought Tolerance-Related Proteins by Comparative Proteomic Analysis Combined with Virus-Induced Gene Silencing. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19124020. [PMID: 30545152 PMCID: PMC6321273 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19124020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2018] [Revised: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Drought is a major adversity that limits crop yields. Further exploration of wheat drought tolerance-related genes is critical for the genetic improvement of drought tolerance in this crop. Here, comparative proteomic analysis of two wheat varieties, XN979 and LA379, with contrasting drought tolerance was conducted to screen for drought tolerance-related proteins/genes. Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) technology was used to verify the functions of candidate proteins. A total of 335 differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) were exclusively identified in the drought-tolerant variety XN979. Most DAPs were mainly involved in photosynthesis, carbon fixation, glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism, and several other pathways. Two DAPs (W5DYH0 and W5ERN8), dubbed TaDrSR1 and TaDrSR2, respectively, were selected for further functional analysis using VIGS. The relative electrolyte leakage rate and malonaldehyde content increased significantly, while the relative water content and proline content significantly decreased in the TaDrSR1- and TaDrSR2-knock-down plants compared to that in non-knocked-down plants under drought stress conditions. TaDrSR1- and TaDrSR2-knock-down plants exhibited more severe drooping and wilting phenotypes than non-knocked-down plants under drought stress conditions, suggesting that the former were more sensitive to drought stress. These results indicate that TaDrSR1 and TaDrSR2 potentially play vital roles in conferring drought tolerance in common wheat.
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Jacobson A, Doxey S, Potter M, Adams J, Britt D, McManus P, McLean J, Anderson A. Interactions Between a Plant Probiotic and Nanoparticles on Plant Responses Related to Drought Tolerance. Ind Biotechnol (New Rochelle N Y) 2018. [DOI: 10.1089/ind.2017.0033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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- Astrid Jacobson
- Department of Plants, Soils and Climate, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT
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- Department of Biology, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT
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- Department of Bioengineering, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT
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- Department of Bioengineering, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT
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- Department of Bioengineering, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT
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- Department of Biology, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT
- Department of Bioengineering, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT
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Time-Series Multispectral Indices from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery Reveal Senescence Rate in Bread Wheat. REMOTE SENSING 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/rs10060809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Genetic variations of HvP5CS1 and their association with drought tolerance related traits in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). Sci Rep 2017; 7:7870. [PMID: 28801593 PMCID: PMC5554244 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08393-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Delta-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase gene1 (P5CS1) is the key gene involved in the biosynthesis of proline and is significantly induced by drought stress. The exploration of genetic variation in HvP5CS1 may facilitate a better understanding of the mechanism of drought adaptation in barley. In the current study, 41 polymorphisms including 16 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 25 insertions/deletions (indels) were detected in HvP5CS1 among 287 barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) accessions collected worldwide, with 13 distinct haplotypes identified in the barley collection. Five polymorphisms in HvP5CS1 were significantly (P < 0.001) associated with drought tolerance related traits in barley. The phenotypic variation of a given trait explained by each associated polymorphism ranged from 4.43% to 9.81%. Two sequence variations that were significantly (P < 0.0001) associated with grain yield had marginally significant positive Tajima’s D values in the sliding window, so they might have been selected for environmental adaptation. Meanwhile, two haplotypes HvP5CS1_H1 and HvP5CS1_H4, which contained desired alleles of the two variations mentioned above, were significantly (P < 0.001) associated with drought tolerance related traits, and explained 5.00~11.89% of the phenotypic variations. These variations associated with drought tolerance related traits can be used as potential markers for improving drought tolerance in barley.
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Mansour MMF, Ali EF. Evaluation of proline functions in saline conditions. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2017; 140:52-68. [PMID: 28458142 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2017.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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More than one third of the world's irrigated lands are affected by salinity, which has great impact on plant growth and yield worldwide. Proline accumulation under salt stress has been indicated to correlate with salt tolerance. Exogenous application as well as genetic engineering of metabolic pathways involved in the metabolism of proline has been successful in improving tolerance to salinity. Correlation between proline accumulation as well as its proposed roles and salt adaptation, however, has not been clearly confirmed in several plant species. In addition, the studies relating proline functions and plant salt tolerance are always carried out in growth chambers, and are not successfully verified in field conditions. Further, plant salt tolerance is a complex trait, and studies based solely on proline accumulation do not adequately explain its functions in salinity tolerance, and thus it is difficult to interpret the discrepancies among different data. Moreover, several reports indicate that Pro role in salt tolerance is a matter of debates, as whether Pro accumulation has adaptive significance or is a consequence of alterations in cellular metabolism induced by salinity. As no consensus is obtained on the exact roles of proline production, proline exact roles in the adaptation to saline environments is therefore still lacking and is even a matter of debates. It is obvious that comprehensive future research is needed to establish the proline exact mechanism by which it enhances plant salt tolerance. We propose, however, that proline might be essential for improving salinity tolerance in some species/cultivars, but may not be relevant in others. Evidence supporting both arguments has been presented in order to reassess the feasibility of the proposed roles of Pro in plant salt tolerance mechanism.
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- Mohamed Magdy F Mansour
- Dept. of Botany, Fac. of Science, Ain Shams Univ., Cairo 11566, Egypt; Dept. of Biology, Fac. of Science, Taif Univ., Taif, Saudi Arabia.
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- Dept. of Horticulture (Floriculture), Fac. of Agriculture, Assuit Univ., Assuit, Egypt; Dept. of Biology, Fac. of Science, Taif Univ., Taif, Saudi Arabia
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Mwadzingeni L, Shimelis H, Rees DJG, Tsilo TJ. Genome-wide association analysis of agronomic traits in wheat under drought-stressed and non-stressed conditions. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0171692. [PMID: 28234945 PMCID: PMC5325217 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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This study determined the population structure and genome-wide marker-trait association of agronomic traits of wheat for drought-tolerance breeding. Ninety-three diverse bread wheat genotypes were genotyped using the Diversity Arrays Technology sequencing (DArTseq) protocol. The number of days-to-heading (DTH), number of days-to-maturity (DTM), plant height (PHT), spike length (SPL), number of kernels per spike (KPS), thousand kernel weight (TKW) and grain yield (GYLD), assessed under drought-stressed and non-stressed conditions, were considered for the study. Population structure analysis and genome-wide association mapping were undertaken based on 16,383 silico DArTs loci with < 10% missing data. The population evaluated was grouped into nine distinct genetic structures. Inter-chromosomal linkage disequilibrium showed the existence of linkage decay as physical distance increased. A total of 62 significant (P < 0.001) marker-trait associations (MTAs) were detected explaining more than 20% of the phenotypic variation observed under both drought-stressed and non-stressed conditions. Significant (P < 0.001) MTA event(s) were observed for DTH, PHT, SPL, SPS, and KPS; under both stressed and non-stressed conditions, while additional significant (P < 0.05) associations were observed for TKW, DTM and GYLD under non-stressed condition. The MTAs reported in this population could be useful to initiate marker-assisted selection (MAS) and targeted trait introgression of wheat under drought-stressed and non-stressed conditions, and for fine mapping and cloning of the underlying genes and QTL.
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- Learnmore Mwadzingeni
- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
- Agricultural Research Council-Small Grain Institute (ARC-SGI), Bethlehem, South Africa
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- School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- Agricultural Research Council-Biotechnology Platform, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Agricultural Research Council-Small Grain Institute (ARC-SGI), Bethlehem, South Africa
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