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Wang Y, Niu S, Deng X, Bai D, Chen Z, Deng X, Huang D. Genome-wide association study, population structure, and genetic diversity of the tea plant in Guizhou Plateau. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:79. [PMID: 38287242 PMCID: PMC10826100 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-04761-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 01/31/2024]
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BACKGROUND Guizhou Plateau, as one of the original centers of tea plant, has a profound multi-ethnic cultural heritage and abundant tea germplasm resources. However, the impact of indigenous community factors on the genetic diversity, population structure and geographical distribution of tea plant is still unclear. RESULTS Using the genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach, we collected 415 tea plant accessions from the study sites, estimated genetic diversity, developed a core collection, and conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) based on 99,363 high-quality single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A total of 415 tea accessions were clustered into six populations (GP01, GP02, GP03, GP04, GP05 and GP06), and the results showed that GP04 and GP05 had the highest and lowest genetic diversity (Pi = 0.214 and Pi = 0.145, respectively). Moreover, 136 tea accessions (33%) were selected to construct the core set that can represent the genetic diversity of the whole collection. By analyzing seven significant SNP markers associated with the traits such as the germination period of one bud and two leaves (OTL) and the germination period of one bud and three leaves (OtL), four candidate genes possibly related to OTL and OtL were identified. CONCLUSIONS This study revealed the impact of indigenous communities on the population structure of 415 tea accessions, indicating the importance of cultural practices for protection and utilization of tea plant genetic resources. Four potential candidate genes associated with the OTL and OtL of tea plant were also identified, which will facilitate genetic research, germplasm conservation, and breeding.
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- Yihan Wang
- College of Tea Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550025, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550025, China.
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- School of Architecture, Guizhou university, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550025, China
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- College of Tea Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550025, China
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- lnstitute of Tea, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550006, China.
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- College of Tea Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550025, China
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- College of Tea Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550025, China
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Lastochkina O, Yuldashev R, Avalbaev A, Allagulova C, Veselova S. The Contribution of Hormonal Changes to the Protective Effect of Endophytic Bacterium Bacillus subtilis on Two Wheat Genotypes with Contrasting Drought Sensitivities under Osmotic Stress. Microorganisms 2023; 11:2955. [PMID: 38138099 PMCID: PMC10745732 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11122955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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A comparative analysis was conducted to evaluate the effects of seed priming with endophytic bacterium Bacillus subtilis 10-4 (BS) on the hormonal system and cell wall tolerance (lipid peroxidation (LPO), electrolyte leakage (EL), and root lignin deposition) of two Triticum aestivum L. (wheat) varieties with contrasting drought sensitivities (Ekada 70-drought-tolerant (DT); Salavat Yulaev-drought-sensitive (DS)) under normal conditions and 12% polyethylene glycol-6000 (PEG)-induced osmotic stress. The results showed that under normal conditions, the growth stimulation in wheat plants by BS was attributed to changes in the hormonal balance, particularly an increase in endogenous indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) accumulation. However, under stress, a significant hormonal imbalance was observed in wheat seedlings, characterized by a pronounced accumulation of abscisic acid (ABA) and a decrease in the levels of IAA and cytokinins (CK). These effects were reflected in the inhibition of plant growth. BS exhibited a protective effect on stressed plants, as evidenced by a significantly lower amplitude of stress-induced changes in the hormonal system: maintaining the content of IAA at a level close to the control, reducing stress-induced ABA accumulation, and preventing CK depletion. These effects were further reflected in the normalization of growth parameters in dehydrated seedlings, as well as a decrease in leaf chlorophyll degradation, LPO, and EL, along with an increase in lignin deposition in the basal part of the roots in both genotypes. Overall, the findings demonstrate that BS, producing phytohormones, specifically IAA and ABA, had a more pronounced protective effect on DT plants, as evidenced by a smaller amplitude of stress-induced hormonal changes, higher leaf chlorophyll content, root lignin deposition, and lower cell membrane damage (LPO) and permeability (EL) compared to DS plants.
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- Oksana Lastochkina
- Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics—Subdivision of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 71 Pr. Oktyabrya, 450054 Ufa, Russia (A.A.); (S.V.)
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Behzadi Y, Salehi A, Dehnavi MM, Balouchi H. Improvement of biochemical and antioxidant responses of borage ( Borago officinalis L.) under drought stress conditions with the use of vermicompost and zinc sulfate. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 29:1881-1896. [PMID: 38222282 PMCID: PMC10784244 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-023-01363-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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Drought poses a significant threat to crop production systems. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the impact of vermicompost and foliar application of zinc sulfate under conditions of reduced irrigation on the physiological properties of Borage. A two-year experiment was conducted following a split factorial design within a randomized complete block design with three replications at Yasouj University Research Station in 2017 and 2018. The primary factor involved three levels of irrigation cut-off (I1: full irrigation, I2: irrigation cut-off at the flowering stage, and I3: irrigation cut-off during the seed-filling stage). The sub-factor included vermicompost fertilizer at three different levels (N0: control, N1: 5 ton ha-1, and N2: 10 ton ha-1), and foliar application of zinc sulfate at three levels (Z0: control, Z1: 2 and Z2: 4 mg l-1). During the flowering stage stress, foliar application of 4 mg l-1 of zinc sulfate resulted in an increased chlorophyll a + b content in plants (2.91 mg g-1 FW), while the control showed the lowest amount (2.56 mg g-1 FW). Vermicompost supplementation improved chlorophyll a + b content during the seed-filling stage under conditions of irrigation cut-off. The results indicated that an increase in vermicompost fertilizer application led to an elevation in relative water content (RWC), with the highest RWC (79.2%) achieved when 10 ton ha-1 of vermicompost was applied. Irrigation cut-off during the seed-filling stage resulted in increased electrolyte leakage and higher fertilizer usage, thus reducing cell damage. Furthermore, the findings revealed that applying 2 and 4 mg l-1 zinc sulfate reduced malondialdehyde content by 5% and 9%, respectively. The catalase, peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase activities demonstrated an increased response to stress mitigation treatments. However, their activities decreased as vermicompost and zinc sulfate levels increased. The study demonstrated that the highest biomass was obtained when 10 ton ha-1 of vermicompost and 2 mg l-1 of zinc sulfate were applied. The flowering stage of the plant exhibited the most significant negative impact under stress conditions. Nonetheless, using vermicompost and zinc sulfate, particularly during the seed-filling phase, alleviated the adverse effects of drought stress. In conclusion, our findings indicate that, although drought stress resulted in increased electrolyte leakage due to elevated free radical production, vermicompost, and zinc sulfate played a role in reducing stress.
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- Yaghoub Behzadi
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran
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Gao H, Ge W, Bai L, Zhang T, Zhao L, Li J, Shen J, Xu N, Zhang H, Wang G, Lin X. Proteomic analysis of leaves and roots during drought stress and recovery in Setaria italica L. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1240164. [PMID: 37885665 PMCID: PMC10598781 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1240164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Drought is a major environmental factor that limits agricultural crop productivity and threatens food security. Foxtail millet is a model crop with excellent abiotic stress tolerance and is consequently an important subject for obtaining a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying plant responses to drought and recovery. Here the physiological and proteomic responses of foxtail millet (cultivar Yugu1) leaves and roots to drought treatments and recovery were evaluated. Drought-treated foxtail millet exhibited increased relative electrolyte leakage and decreased relative water content and chlorophyll content compared to control and rewatering plants. A global analysis of protein profiles was evaluated for drought-treated and recovery treatment leaves and roots. We also identified differentially abundant proteins in drought and recovery groups, enabling comparisons between leaf and root tissue responses to the conditions. The principal component analysis suggested a clear distinction between leaf and root proteomes for the drought-treated and recovery treatment plants. Gene Ontology enrichment and co-expression analyses indicated that the biological responses of leaves differed from those in roots after drought and drought recovery. These results provide new insights and data resources to investigate the molecular basis of tissue-specific functional responses of foxtail millet during drought and recovery, thereby significantly informing crop breeding.
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- Hui Gao
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, Department of Life Science and Technology, College of Marine Resources and Environment, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
- Institute of Millet Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Utilization for Featured Coarse Cereals(Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Key Laboratory of Minor Cereal Crops of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China
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- College of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Millet Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Utilization for Featured Coarse Cereals(Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Key Laboratory of Minor Cereal Crops of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Institute of Millet Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Utilization for Featured Coarse Cereals(Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Key Laboratory of Minor Cereal Crops of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, Department of Life Science and Technology, College of Marine Resources and Environment, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, Department of Life Science and Technology, College of Marine Resources and Environment, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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- College of Landscape and Tourism, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Institute of Millet Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Utilization for Featured Coarse Cereals(Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Key Laboratory of Minor Cereal Crops of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Institute of Millet Crops, Hebei Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences/Key Laboratory of Genetic Improvement and Utilization for Featured Coarse Cereals(Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Key Laboratory of Minor Cereal Crops of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, Department of Life Science and Technology, College of Marine Resources and Environment, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China
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Barratt LJ, Reynolds IJ, Franco Ortega S, Harper AL. Transcriptomic and co-expression network analyses on diverse wheat landraces identifies candidate master regulators of the response to early drought. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1212559. [PMID: 37426985 PMCID: PMC10326901 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1212559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023]
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Introduction Over four billion people around the world rely on bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as a major constituent of their diet. The changing climate, however, threatens the food security of these people, with periods of intense drought stress already causing widespread wheat yield losses. Much of the research into the wheat drought response has centred on the response to drought events later in development, during anthesis or grain filling. But as the timing of periods of drought stress become increasingly unpredictable, a more complete understanding of the response to drought during early development is also needed. Methods Here, we utilized the YoGI landrace panel to identify 10,199 genes which were differentially expressed under early drought stress, before weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was used to construct a co-expression network and identify hub genes in modules particularly associated with the early drought response. Results Of these hub genes, two stood out as novel candidate master regulators of the early drought response - one as an activator (TaDHN4-D1; TraesCS5D02G379200) and the other as a repressor (uncharacterised gene; TraesCS3D02G361500). Discussion As well as appearing to coordinate the transcriptional early drought response, we propose that these hub genes may be able to regulate the physiological early drought response due to potential control over the expression of members of gene families well-known for their involvement in the drought response in many plant species, namely dehydrins and aquaporins, as well as other genes seemingly involved in key processes such as, stomatal opening, stomatal closing, stomatal morphogenesis and stress hormone signalling.
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Tsai SH, Hsiao YC, Chang PE, Kuo CE, Lai MC, Chuang HW. Exploring the Biologically Active Metabolites Produced by Bacillus cereus for Plant Growth Promotion, Heat Stress Tolerance, and Resistance to Bacterial Soft Rot in Arabidopsis. Metabolites 2023; 13:metabo13050676. [PMID: 37233717 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13050676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Eight gene clusters responsible for synthesizing bioactive metabolites associated with plant growth promotion were identified in the Bacillus cereus strain D1 (BcD1) genome using the de novo whole-genome assembly method. The two largest gene clusters were responsible for synthesizing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and encoding extracellular serine proteases. The treatment with BcD1 resulted in an increase in leaf chlorophyll content, plant size, and fresh weight in Arabidopsis seedlings. The BcD1-treated seedlings also accumulated higher levels of lignin and secondary metabolites including glucosinolates, triterpenoids, flavonoids, and phenolic compounds. Antioxidant enzyme activity and DPPH radical scavenging activity were also found to be higher in the treated seedlings as compared with the control. Seedlings pretreated with BcD1 exhibited increased tolerance to heat stress and reduced disease incidence of bacterial soft rot. RNA-seq analysis showed that BcD1 treatment activated Arabidopsis genes for diverse metabolite synthesis, including lignin and glucosinolates, and pathogenesis-related proteins such as serine protease inhibitors and defensin/PDF family proteins. The genes responsible for synthesizing indole acetic acid (IAA), abscisic acid (ABA), and jasmonic acid (JA) were expressed at higher levels, along with WRKY transcription factors involved in stress regulation and MYB54 for secondary cell wall synthesis. This study found that BcD1, a rhizobacterium producing VOCs and serine proteases, is capable of triggering the synthesis of diverse secondary metabolites and antioxidant enzymes in plants as a defense strategy against heat stress and pathogen attack.
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- Sih-Huei Tsai
- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences, National Chiayi University, Chiayi 600355, Taiwan
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Li X, Liu L, Sun S, Li Y, Jia L, Ye S, Yu Y, Dossa K, Luan Y. Transcriptome analysis reveals the key pathways and candidate genes involved in salt stress responses in Cymbidium ensifolium leaves. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:64. [PMID: 36721093 PMCID: PMC9890885 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04050-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cymbidium ensifolium L. is known for its ornamental value and is frequently used in cosmetics. Information about the salt stress response of C. ensifolium is scarce. In this study, we reported the physiological and transcriptomic responses of C. ensifolium leaves under the influence of 100 mM NaCl stress for 48 (T48) and 96 (T96) hours. RESULTS Leaf Na+ content, activities of the antioxidant enzymes i.e., superoxide dismutase, glutathione S-transferase, and ascorbate peroxidase, and malondialdehyde content were increased in salt-stressed leaves of C. ensifolium. Transcriptome analysis revealed that a relatively high number of genes were differentially expressed in CKvsT48 (17,249) compared to CKvsT96 (5,376). Several genes related to salt stress sensing (calcium signaling, stomata closure, cell-wall remodeling, and ROS scavenging), ion balance (Na+ and H+), ion homeostasis (Na+/K+ ratios), and phytohormone signaling (abscisic acid and brassinosteroid) were differentially expressed in CKvsT48, CKvsT96, and T48vsT96. In general, the expression of genes enriched in these pathways was increased in T48 compared to CK while reduced in T96 compared to T48. Transcription factors (TFs) belonging to more than 70 families were differentially expressed; the major families of differentially expressed TFs included bHLH, NAC, MYB, WRKY, MYB-related, and C3H. A Myb-like gene (CenREV3) was further characterized by overexpressing it in Arabidopsis thaliana. CenREV3's expression was decreased with the prolongation of salt stress. As a result, the CenREV3-overexpression lines showed reduced root length, germination %, and survival % suggesting that this TF is a negative regulator of salt stress tolerance. CONCLUSION These results provide the basis for future studies to explore the salt stress response-related pathways in C. ensifolium.
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- Xiang Li
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 650021, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, 650224, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Wetland Conservation, Restoration and Ecological Services, Southwest Forestry University, 650224, Kunming, China
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- Department of Life Technology Teaching and Research, School of Life Science, Southwest Forestry University, 650224, Kunming, China
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- Department of Life Technology Teaching and Research, School of Life Science, Southwest Forestry University, 650224, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Southwest Forestry University, 650224, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, 650224, Kunming, China
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- CIRAD, UMR AGAP Institute, F-34398, Montpellier, France
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 650021, Kunming, China.
- Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, 650224, Kunming, China.
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Crop Root Responses to Drought Stress: Molecular Mechanisms, Nutrient Regulations, and Interactions with Microorganisms in the Rhizosphere. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23169310. [PMID: 36012575 PMCID: PMC9409098 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Roots play important roles in determining crop development under drought. Under such conditions, the molecular mechanisms underlying key responses and interactions with the rhizosphere in crop roots remain limited compared with model species such as Arabidopsis. This article reviews the molecular mechanisms of the morphological, physiological, and metabolic responses to drought stress in typical crop roots, along with the regulation of soil nutrients and microorganisms to these responses. Firstly, we summarize how root growth and architecture are regulated by essential genes and metabolic processes under water-deficit conditions. Secondly, the functions of the fundamental plant hormone, abscisic acid, on regulating crop root growth under drought are highlighted. Moreover, we discuss how the responses of crop roots to altered water status are impacted by nutrients, and vice versa. Finally, this article explores current knowledge of the feedback between plant and soil microbial responses to drought and the manipulation of rhizosphere microbes for improving the resilience of crop production to water stress. Through these insights, we conclude that to gain a more comprehensive understanding of drought adaption mechanisms in crop roots, future studies should have a network view, linking key responses of roots with environmental factors.
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Lu F, Duan W, Cui Y, Zhang J, Zhu D, Zhang M, Yan Y. 2D-DIGE based proteome analysis of wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium 7XL/7DS translocation line under drought stress. BMC Genomics 2022; 23:369. [PMID: 35568798 PMCID: PMC9107758 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08599-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Drought stress is the most limiting factor for plant growth and crop production worldwide. As a major cereal crop, wheat is susceptible to drought. Thus, discovering and utilizing drought-tolerant gene resources from related species are highly important for improving wheat drought resistance. In this study, the drought tolerance of wheat Zhongmai 8601-Thinopyrum intermedium 7XL/7DS translocation line YW642 was estimated under drought stress, and then two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) based proteome analysis of the developing grains was performed to uncover the drought-resistant proteins. Results The results showed that 7XL/7DS translocation possessed a better drought-tolerance compared to Zhongmai 8601. 2D-DIGE identified 146 differential accumulation protein (DAP) spots corresponding to 113 unique proteins during five grain developmental stages of YW642 under drought stress. Among them, 55 DAP spots corresponding to 48 unique proteins displayed an upregulated expression, which were mainly involved in stress/defense, energy metabolism, starch metabolism, protein metabolism/folding and transport. The cis-acting element analysis revealed that abundant stress-related elements were present in the promoter regions of the drought-responsive protein genes, which could play important roles in drought defense. RNA-seq and RT-qPCR analyses revealed that some regulated DAP genes also showed a high expression level in response to drought stress. Conclusions Our results indicated that Wheat-Th. intermedium 7XL/7DS translocation line carried abundant drought-resistant proteins that had potential application values for wheat drought tolerance improvement. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-022-08599-1.
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- Fengkun Lu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China
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- College of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (College of Tree Peony), Heze University, 2269 Daxue Road, Heze, 274015, Shandong, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Plant Gene Resources and Biotechnology for Carbon Reduction and Environmental Improvement, College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China.
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Physiological and Molecular Responses of 'Dusa' Avocado Rootstock to Water Stress: Insights for Drought Adaptation. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10102077. [PMID: 34685886 PMCID: PMC8537572 DOI: 10.3390/plants10102077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Avocado consumption is increasing year by year, and its cultivation has spread to many countries with low water availability, which threatens the sustainability and profitability of avocado orchards. However, to date, there is not much information on the behavior of commercial avocado rootstocks against drought. The aim of this research was to evaluate the physiological and molecular responses of ‘Dusa’ avocado rootstock to different levels of water stress. Plants were deficit irrigated until soil water content reached 50% (mild-WS) and 25% (severe-WS) of field capacity. Leaf water potential (Ψw), net CO2 assimilation rates (AN), transpiration rate (E), stomatal conductance (gs), and plant transpiration rates significantly decreased under both WS treatments, reaching significantly lower values in severe-WS plants. After rewatering, mild- and severe-WS plants showed a fast recovery in most physiological parameters measured. To analyze root response to different levels of drought stress, a cDNA avocado stress microarray was carried out. Plants showed a wide transcriptome response linked to the higher degree of water stress, and functional enrichment of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) revealed abundance of common sequences associated with water stress, as well as specific categories for mild-WS and severe-WS. DEGs previously linked to drought tolerance showed overexpression under both water stress levels, i.e., several transcription factors, genes related to abscisic acid (ABA) response, redox homeostasis, osmoprotection, and cell-wall organization. Taken altogether, physiological and molecular data highlight the good performance of ‘Dusa’ rootstock under low-water-availability conditions, although further water stress experiments must be carried out under field conditions.
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Gomez Mansur NM, Pena LB, Bossio AE, Lewi DM, Beznec AY, Blumwald E, Arbona V, Gómez-Cadenas A, Benavides MP, Gallego SM. An isopentenyl transferase transgenic wheat isoline exhibits less seminal root growth impairment and a differential metabolite profile under Cd stress. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 173:223-234. [PMID: 33629739 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Cadmium is one of the most important contaminants and it induces severe plant growth restriction. In this study, we analyzed the metabolic changes associated with root growth restriction caused by cadmium in the early seminal root apex of wheat. Our study included two genotypes: the commercial variety ProINTA Federal (WT) and the PSARK ::IPT (IPT) line which exhibit high-grade yield performance under water deficit. Root tips of seedlings grown for 72 h without or with 10 μM CdCl2 (Cd-WT and Cd-IPT) were compared. Root length reduction was more severe in Cd-WT than Cd-IPT. Cd decreased superoxide dismutase activity in both lines and increased catalase activity only in the WT. In Cd-IPT, ascorbate and guaiacol peroxidase activities raised compared to Cd-WT. The hormonal homeostasis was altered by the metal, with significant decreases in abscisic acid, jasmonic acid, 12-oxophytodienoic acid, gibberellins GA20, and GA7 levels. Increases in flavonoids and phenylamides were also found. Root growth impairment was not associated with a decrease in expansin (EXP) transcripts. On the contrary, TaEXPB8 expression increased in the WT treated by Cd. Our findings suggest that the line expressing the PSARK ::IPT construction increased the homeostatic range to cope with Cd stress, which is visible by a lesser reduction of the root elongation compared to WT plants. The decline of root growth produced by Cd was associated with hormonal imbalance at the root apex level. We hypothesize that activation of phenolic secondary metabolism could enhance antioxidant defenses and contribute to cell wall reinforcement to deal with Cd toxicity.
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- Nabila M Gomez Mansur
- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas "Profesor Alejandro C. Paladini" (IQUIFIB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas "Profesor Alejandro C. Paladini" (IQUIFIB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética E. A. Favret, CICVyA, INTA. N. Repetto y de los Reseros s/n, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética E. A. Favret, CICVyA, INTA. N. Repetto y de los Reseros s/n, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética E. A. Favret, CICVyA, INTA. N. Repetto y de los Reseros s/n, Hurlingham, Argentina
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, California, USA
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- Departament de Ciències Agràries i del Medi Natural, Ecofisiologia i Biotecnologia. Campus Riu Sec, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain
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- Departament de Ciències Agràries i del Medi Natural, Ecofisiologia i Biotecnologia. Campus Riu Sec, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain
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- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas "Profesor Alejandro C. Paladini" (IQUIFIB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas "Profesor Alejandro C. Paladini" (IQUIFIB), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Bano H, Athar HUR, Zafar ZU, Ogbaga CC, Ashraf M. Peroxidase activity and operation of photo-protective component of NPQ play key roles in drought tolerance of mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilcziek]. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 172:603-614. [PMID: 33491210 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Developing drought-tolerant cultivars is mainly restricted due to poor knowledge of the mechanism behind drought tolerance. In the present work, available germplasm of Vigna radiata (mung bean) was screened for drought tolerance using multiple agronomic and physiological parameters and used to selected one drought-tolerant (NM-13-1) and one drought-sensitive (NM-54) cultivar for further studies. Plant water status and PSII activity were found to be potential physiological discriminating traits. Changes in PSII and PSI activity, accumulation of proline, oxidative damage, and antioxidants were further assessed in selected drought-sensitive and drought-tolerant cultivars. Drought stress reduced PSII efficiency and electron transport in both mung bean cultivars. Drought increased NPQ and Y(NPQ), a greater increase in NPQ and Y(NPQ) was found in the drought-tolerant cv NM-13-1, indicating that the drought-tolerant cultivar managed over-excitation of PSII by safe heat dissipation via photo-protective component of NPQ. A decrease in PSI efficiency with an increase in donor end limitation of PSI in both mung bean cultivars further confirmed that the electron transport through PSII became down-regulated. However, the drought-sensitive cv. NM-54 had poor ability to manage over-excitation of PSII through buildup of Y(NPQ) thereby causing greater oxidative stress. Mung bean cultivars counteracted oxidative stress by accumulation of proline and increasing POD activities. Drought-tolerant cv. NM-13-1 had higher proline accumulation and antioxidant potential than in the drought-sensitive cultivar. Overall, drought tolerance in the mung bean cultivars can be related to plant water status, PSII activity, Y(NPQ), and POD activity, which can be effectively used for selecting mung bean cultivars for drought tolerance.
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- Hussan Bano
- Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- Department of Botany, The Women University Multan, Multan, Pakistan
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- Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Jones C, De Vega J, Worthington M, Thomas A, Gasior D, Harper J, Doonan J, Fu Y, Bosch M, Corke F, Arango J, Cardoso JA, de la Cruz Jimenez J, Armstead I, Fernandez-Fuentes N. A Comparison of Differential Gene Expression in Response to the Onset of Water Stress Between Three Hybrid Brachiaria Genotypes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:637956. [PMID: 33815444 PMCID: PMC8017340 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.637956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Brachiaria (Trin.) Griseb. (syn. Urochloa P. Beauv.) is a C4 grass genus belonging to the Panicoideae. Native to Africa, these grasses are now widely grown as forages in tropical areas worldwide and are the subject of intensive breeding, particularly in South America. Tolerance to abiotic stresses such as aluminum and drought are major breeding objectives. In this study, we present the transcriptomic profiling of leaves and roots of three Brachiaria interspecific hybrid genotypes with the onset of water stress, Br12/3659-17 (gt-17), Br12/2360-9 (gt-9), and Br12/3868-18 (gt-18), previously characterized as having good, intermediate and poor tolerance to drought, respectively, in germplasm evaluation programs. RNA was extracted from leaf and root tissue of plants at estimated growing medium water contents (EWC) of 35, 15, and 5%. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were compared between different EWCs, 35/15, 15/5, and 35/5 using DESeq2. Overall, the proportions of DEGs enriched in all three genotypes varied in a genotype-dependent manner in relation to EWC comparison, with intermediate and sensitive gt-9 and gt-18 being more similar to each other than to drought tolerant gt-17. More specifically, GO terms relating to carbohydrate and cell wall metabolism in the leaves were enriched by up-regulated DEGs in gt-9 and gt-18, but by down-regulated DEGs in gt-17. Across all genotypes, analysis of DEG enzyme activities indicated an excess of down-regulated putative apoplastic peroxidases in the roots as water stress increased. This suggests that changes in root cell-wall architecture may be an important component of the response to water stress in Brachiaria.
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- Charlotte Jones
- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Department of Horticulture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Cali, Colombia
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, Faculty of Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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Qin C, Ahanger MA, Lin B, Huang Z, Zhou J, Ahmed N, Ai S, Mustafa NSA, Ashraf M, Zhang L. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals the regulatory effects of acetylcholine on salt tolerance of Nicotiana benthamiana. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2021; 181:112582. [PMID: 33246307 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Salinity is a major cause of crop losses worldwide. Acetylcholine (ACh) can ameliorate the adverse effects of abiotic stresses on plant growth, including salinity stress; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms of this process are unclear. Here, seedlings of Nicotiana benthamiana grown under normal conditions or exposed to 150 mmol L-1 NaCl salinity stress were then treated with a root application of 10 μM ACh. Exogenous ACh application resulted in the downregulation of the activity of the antioxidant enzymes, ascorbate peroxidase, and catalase. ACh-treated plants had lower levels of reactive oxygen species, including the superoxide anion radical and hydrogen peroxide. Transcriptome analysis indicated that ACh treatment under salt stress promoted the differential expression of 658 genes in leaves of N. benthamiana (527 were upregulated and 131 were downregulated). Gene ontology enrichment and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway analyses revealed that exogenous ACh application was associated with a substantial increase in the transcripts of genes related to cell wall peroxidases, xyloglucan endotransglucosylases or hydrolases, and expansins, indicating that ACh activates cell wall biosynthesis in salt-stressed plants. ACh also enhanced the expression of genes associated with the auxin, gibberellin, brassinosteroid, and salicylic acid signalling pathways, indicating that ACh induces the activation of these pathways under salt stress. Collectively, these findings indicate that ACh-induced salt tolerance in N. benthamiana seedlings is mediated by the inhibition of antioxidant enzymes, activation of cell wall biosynthesis, and hormone signalling pathways. Stress-induced genes involved in osmotic regulation and oxidation resistance were induced by ACh under salt stress. The genes whose transcript levels were elevated by ACh treatment in salt-stressed N. benthamiana could be used as molecular markers of the physiological status of plants under salt stress.
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- Cheng Qin
- College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- Cangzhou Central Hospital, 061000 Cangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, 712100, Yangling, China
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- Shaanxi Tobacco Scientific Institution, 71000, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Pomology, National Research Centre, 12622 Cairo, Egypt
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- University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, 712100, Yangling, China.
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Zhu X, Zhang N, Liu X, Wang S, Li S, Yang J, Wang F, Si H. StMAPK3 controls oxidase activity, photosynthesis and stomatal aperture under salinity and osmosis stress in potato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 156:167-177. [PMID: 32956929 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3 (MAPK3) is involved in plant growth and development, as well as response to adverse stress. Here we aimed to explore the role of StMAPK3 in response to salt and osmosis stress. Polyethylene glycol (PEG) (5% and 10%) and mannitol (40 mM and 80 mM) were used to induce osmosis stress. To induce salinity stress, potato plant was cultured with NaCl (40 mM and 80 mM). StMAPK3 overexpression and RNA interference-mediated StMAPK3 knockdown were constructed to explore the role of StMAPK3 in potato growth, stomatal aperture size, activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD), and contents of H2O2, proline and malonaldehyde (MDA). Meanwhile, we detected transpiration, net photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and water use efficiency. Subcellular location of StMAPK3 protein was also detected. PEG, mannitol and NaCl treatments induced the accumulation of StMAPK3 mRNA in potato plants. StMAPK3 protein was located on the membrane and nucleus. Abnormal expression of StMAPK3 changed potato phenotypes, enzyme activity of SOD, CAT and POD, as well as H2O2, proline and MDA contents under osmosis and salinity stress. Photosynthesis and stomatal aperture were regulated by StMAPK3 in potato treated by PEG, mannitol and NaCl. Modulation of potato phenotypes and physiological activity indicates StMAPK3 as a regulator of osmosis and salinity tolerance.
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- Xi Zhu
- College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China; Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China; College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China; College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China; Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China; College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China
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- College of Agronomy, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China; Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science, Gansu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic and Germplasm Enhancement, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China; College of Life Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, PR China.
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Su P, Yan J, Li W, Wang L, Zhao J, Ma X, Li A, Wang H, Kong L. A member of wheat class III peroxidase gene family, TaPRX-2A, enhanced the tolerance of salt stress. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 20:392. [PMID: 32847515 PMCID: PMC7449071 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02602-1] [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: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Salt and drought are the main abiotic stresses that restrict the yield of crops. Peroxidases (PRXs) are involved in various abiotic stress responses. Furthermore, only few wheat PRXs have been characterized in the mechanism of the abiotic stress response. RESULTS In this study, a novel wheat peroxidase (PRX) gene named TaPRX-2A, a member of wheat class III PRX gene family, was cloned and its response to salt stress was characterized. Based on the identification and evolutionary analysis of class III PRXs in 12 plants, we proposed an evolutionary model for TaPRX-2A, suggesting that occurrence of some exon fusion events during evolution. We also detected the positive selection of PRX domain in 13 PRXs involving our evolutionary model, and found 2 or 6 positively selected sites during TaPRX-2A evolution. Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) results showed that TaPRX-2A exhibited relatively higher expression levels in root tissue than those exhibited in leaf and stem tissues. TaPRX-2A expression was also induced by abiotic stresses and hormone treatments such as polyethylene glycol 6000, NaCl, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), salicylic acid (SA), methyljasmonic acid (MeJA) and abscisic acid (ABA). Transgenic wheat plants with overexpression of TaPRX-2A showed higher tolerance to salt stress than wild-type (WT) plants. Confocal microscopy revealed that TaPRX-2A-eGFP was mainly localized in cell nuclei. Survival rate, relative water content, and shoot length were higher in TaPRX-2A-overexpressing wheat than in the WT wheat, whereas root length was not significantly different. The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), and catalase (CAT) were enhanced in TaPRX-2A-overexpressing wheat compared with those in the WT wheat, resulting in the reduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and malondialdehyde (MDA) content. The expression levels of downstream stress-related genes showed that RD22, TLP4, ABAI, GST22, FeSOD, and CAT exhibited higher expressions in TaPRX-2A-overexpressing wheat than in WT under salt stress. CONCLUSIONS The results show that TaPRX-2A plays a positive role in the response to salt stress by scavenging ROS and regulating stress-related genes.
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- Peisen Su
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018 People’s Republic of China
- College of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong 271018 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, 271018 People’s Republic of China
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Vincent C, Rowland D, Schaffer B, Bassil E, Racette K, Zurweller B. Primed acclimation: A physiological process offers a strategy for more resilient and irrigation-efficient crop production. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 295:110240. [PMID: 32534621 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Optimizing plant physiological function is essential to maintaining crop yields under water scarcity and in developing more water-efficient production practices. However, the most common strategies in addressing water conservation in agricultural production have focused on water-efficient technologies aimed at managing water application or on improving crop water-use efficiency through breeding. Few management strategies explicitly consider the management or manipulation of plant physiological processes, but one which does is termed primed acclimation (PA). The PA strategy uses the physiological processes involved in priming to pre-acclimate plants to water deficits while reducing irrigation. It has been shown to evoke multi-mechanistic responses across numerous crop species. A combination of existing literature and emerging studies find that mechanisms for pre-acclimating plants to water deficit stress include changes in root:shoot partitioning, root architecture, water use, photosynthetic characteristics, osmotic adjustment and anti-oxidant production. In many cases, PA reduces agricultural water use by improving plant access to existing soil water. Implementing PA in seasonally water-limited environments can mitigate yield losses to drought. Genotypic variation in PA responses offers the potential to screen for crop varieties with the greatest potential for beneficial priming responses and to identify specific priming and acclimation mechanisms. In this review we: 1) summarize the concept of priming within the context of plant stress physiology; 2) review the development of a PA management system that utilizes priming for water conservation in agroecosystems; and 3) address the future of PA, how it should be evaluated across crop species, and its utility in managing crop stress tolerance.
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- Christopher Vincent
- Horticultural Sciences Department, Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 700 Old Lee Jackson Road, Lake Alfred, FL, USA.
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110500, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 18905 S.W. 280 Street, Homestead, FL, 33031, USA
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 18905 S.W. 280 Street, Homestead, FL, 33031, USA.
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- Agronomy Department, University of Florida, P.O. Box 110500, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 9555, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA.
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Zhai R, Ye S, Zhu G, Lu Y, Ye J, Yu F, Chu Q, Zhang X. Identification and integrated analysis of glyphosate stress-responsive microRNAs, lncRNAs, and mRNAs in rice using genome-wide high-throughput sequencing. BMC Genomics 2020; 21:238. [PMID: 32183693 PMCID: PMC7076996 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6637-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Glyphosate has become the most widely used herbicide in the world. Therefore, the development of new varieties of glyphosate-tolerant crops is a research focus of seed companies and researchers. The glyphosate stress-responsive genes were used for the development of genetically modified crops, while only the EPSPS gene has been used currently in the study on glyphosate-tolerance in rice. Therefore, it is essential and crucial to intensify the exploration of glyphosate stress-responsive genes, to not only acquire other glyphosate stress-responsive genes with clean intellectual property rights but also obtain non-transgenic glyphosate-tolerant rice varieties. This study is expected to elucidate the responses of miRNAs, lncRNAs, and mRNAs to glyphosate applications and the potential regulatory mechanisms in response to glyphosate stress in rice. RESULTS Leaves of the non-transgenic glyphosate-tolerant germplasm CA21 sprayed with 2 mg·ml- 1 glyphosate (GLY) and CA21 plants with no spray (CK) were collected for high-throughput sequencing analysis. A total of 1197 DEGs, 131 DELs, and 52 DEMs were identified in the GLY samples in relation to CK samples. Genes were significantly enriched for various biological processes involved in detoxification of plant response to stress. A total of 385 known miRNAs from 59 miRNA families and 94 novel miRNAs were identified. Degradome analysis led to the identification of 32 target genes, of which, the squamosa promoter-binding-like protein 12 (SPL12) was identified as a target of osa-miR156a_L + 1. The lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory network consisted of osa-miR156a_L + 1, two transcripts of SPL12 (LOC_Os06g49010.3 and LOC_Os06g49010.5), and 13 lncRNAs (e.g., MSTRG.244.1 and MSTRG.16577.1). CONCLUSION Large-scale expression changes in coding and noncoding RNA were observed in rice mainly due to its response to glyphosate. SPL12, osa-miR156, and lncRNAs (e.g., MSTRG.244.1 and MSTRG.16577.1) could be a novel ceRNA mechanism in response to glyphosate in rice by regulating transcription and metal ions binding. These findings provide a theoretical basis for breeding glyphosate-tolerant rice varieties and for further research on the biogenesis of glyphosate- tolerance in rice.
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- Rongrong Zhai
- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198, Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021 Zhejiang China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198, Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021 Zhejiang China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198, Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021 Zhejiang China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198, Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021 Zhejiang China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198, Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021 Zhejiang China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198, Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021 Zhejiang China
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- Institute of Crop and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 198, Shiqiao Road, Hangzhou, 310021 Zhejiang China
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Gallé Á, Benyó D, Csiszár J, Györgyey J. Genome-wide identification of the glutathione transferase superfamily in the model organism Brachypodium distachyon. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2019; 46:1049-1062. [PMID: 31575388 DOI: 10.1071/fp19023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The detoxification of harmful metabolites can determine the effectiveness of plant stress responses. Scavenging some of these toxic stress by-products through the reduced form of glutathione is catalysed by members of the glutathione transferase (GST) enzyme superfamily. The involvement of these enzymes was studied in the model organism Brachypodium distachyon (L.)P.Beauv. Bd21 and in its derivative Bd21-3, a more drought tolerant line. Osmotic stress treatment resulted in a decrease in the water potential of both Brachypodium genotypes, the difference between the control and treated plant's ψw decreased by the last sampling day in Bd21-3, suggesting some degree of adaptation to the applied osmotic stress. Increased GST activity revealed a severe defence reaction against the harmful imbalance of the redox environment. Screening for the gene sequences led to the identification of 91 full-length or partial GST sequences. Although purple false brome has a relatively small genome, the number of identified GST genes was almost as high as the number predicted in wheat. The estimation of GST expression showed stress-induced differences: higher expression levels or the fast induction of BdGSTF8, BdGSTU35 and BdGSTU42 gene products presumably indicate a strong detoxification under osmotic stress.
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- Ágnes Gallé
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary; and Corresponding author.
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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Iquebal MA, Sharma P, Jasrotia RS, Jaiswal S, Kaur A, Saroha M, Angadi UB, Sheoran S, Singh R, Singh GP, Rai A, Tiwari R, Kumar D. RNAseq analysis reveals drought-responsive molecular pathways with candidate genes and putative molecular markers in root tissue of wheat. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13917. [PMID: 31558740 PMCID: PMC6763491 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49915-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Drought is one of the major impediments in wheat productivity. Traditional breeding and marker assisted QTL introgression had limited success. Available wheat genomic and RNA-seq data can decipher novel drought tolerance mechanisms with putative candidate gene and marker discovery. Drought is first sensed by root tissue but limited information is available about how roots respond to drought stress. In this view, two contrasting genotypes, namely, NI5439 41 (drought tolerant) and WL711 (drought susceptible) were used to generate ~78.2 GB data for the responses of wheat roots to drought. A total of 45139 DEGs, 13820 TF, 288 miRNAs, 640 pathways and 435829 putative markers were obtained. Study reveals use of such data in QTL to QTN refinement by analysis on two model drought-responsive QTLs on chromosome 3B in wheat roots possessing 18 differentially regulated genes with 190 sequence variants (173 SNPs and 17 InDels). Gene regulatory networks showed 69 hub-genes integrating ABA dependent and independent pathways controlling sensing of drought, root growth, uptake regulation, purine metabolism, thiamine metabolism and antibiotics pathways, stomatal closure and senescence. Eleven SSR markers were validated in a panel of 18 diverse wheat varieties. For effective future use of findings, web genomic resources were developed. We report RNA-Seq approach on wheat roots describing the drought response mechanisms under field drought conditions along with genomic resources, warranted in endeavour of wheat productivity.
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- Mir Asif Iquebal
- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, PUSA, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, PUSA, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, PUSA, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, PUSA, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, PUSA, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India.
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, Library Avenue, PUSA, New Delhi, 110012, India.
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Wang RJ, Gao XF, Yang J, Kong XR. Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify Favorable SNP Allelic Variations and Candidate Genes That Control the Timing of Spring Bud Flush of Tea ( Camellia sinensis) Using SLAF-seq. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:10380-10391. [PMID: 31464444 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b03330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The timing of spring bud flush (TBF) is of economic importance for tea plant (Camellia sinensis) breeding. We employed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify favorable single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) allelic variations as well as candidate genes that control TBF of C. sinensis using specific-locus-amplified fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq) in a diversity panel comprising 151 tea plant germplasm resources. GWAS analysis revealed 26 SNPs associated with TBF in three years, and we eventually identified a final significant SNP for TBF. To identify candidate genes possibly related to TBF, we screened seven candidate genes within 100 kb regions surrounding the trait-related SNP loci. Furthermore, the favorable allelic variation, the "TT" genotype in the SNP loci, was discovered, and a derived cleaved amplified polymorphism (dCAPS) marker was designed that cosegregated with TBF, which could be used for marker-assisted selection (MAS) breeding in C. sinensis. The results obtained from this study can provide a theoretical and applied basis for the MAS of early breeding in tea plants in the future.
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- Rang Jian Wang
- Institute of Tea , Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences , 1 Hutouyang Road, Shekou , Fu'an , Fujian 355015 , China
- Fujian Branch , National Center for Tea Improvement , 1 Hutouyang Road, Shekou , Fu'an , Fujian 355015 , China
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- Institute of Tea , Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences , 1 Hutouyang Road, Shekou , Fu'an , Fujian 355015 , China
- Fujian Branch , National Center for Tea Improvement , 1 Hutouyang Road, Shekou , Fu'an , Fujian 355015 , China
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- Institute of Tea , Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences , 1 Hutouyang Road, Shekou , Fu'an , Fujian 355015 , China
- Fujian Branch , National Center for Tea Improvement , 1 Hutouyang Road, Shekou , Fu'an , Fujian 355015 , China
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- Institute of Tea , Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences , 1 Hutouyang Road, Shekou , Fu'an , Fujian 355015 , China
- Fujian Branch , National Center for Tea Improvement , 1 Hutouyang Road, Shekou , Fu'an , Fujian 355015 , China
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Using intervarietal substitution lines for the identification of wheat chromosomes involved in early responses to water-deficit stress. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0221849. [PMID: 31465430 PMCID: PMC6715202 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Water deficit induces reactive oxygen species (ROS) overproduction, which in turn inhibits plant growth and development. High concentrations of ROS disrupt the osmotic balance in plant cells and alter membrane integrity. Chromosomes carrying structural or regulatory genes must be detected to better understand plant response mechanisms to stress. The aim of our study was to identify Triticum aestivum L. chromosomes involved in early responses to short-term water-deficit stress (1, 3 and 6 h). In the present study, intervarietal substitution lines of drought-tolerant 'Saratovskaya 29' and sensitive 'Janetzkis Probat' wheat cultivars were examined. We studied the biochemical plant response system and conducted an analysis of catalase, ascorbate peroxidase and guaiacol peroxidase activities, levels of lipid peroxidation and changes in relative water content. Our results determined that the first reaction was a significant increase in guaiacol peroxidase (GPX) activity. However, the strongest impact on plant responses was found for catalase (CAT), which caused a significant decrease in lipid peroxidation (LPO) levels. Our findings indicate that chromosomes 5A, 4B, 6B and 7D are associated with early responses to short-term osmotic stress in wheat.
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Yan J, Su P, Li W, Xiao G, Zhao Y, Ma X, Wang H, Nevo E, Kong L. Genome-wide and evolutionary analysis of the class III peroxidase gene family in wheat and Aegilops tauschii reveals that some members are involved in stress responses. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:666. [PMID: 31438842 PMCID: PMC6704529 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6006-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background The class III peroxidase (PRX) gene family is a plant-specific member of the PRX superfamily that is closely related to various physiological processes, such as cell wall loosening, lignification, and abiotic and biotic stress responses. However, its classification, evolutionary history and gene expression patterns are unclear in wheat and Aegilops tauschii. Results Here, we identified 374, 159 and 169 PRXs in Triticum aestivum, Triticum urartu and Ae. tauschii, respectively. Together with PRXs detected from eight other plants, they were classified into 18 subfamilies. Among subfamilies V to XVIII, a conserved exon-intron structure within the “001” exon phases was detected in the PRX domain. Based on the analysis, we proposed a phylogenetic model to infer the evolutionary history of the exon-intron structures of PRX subfamilies. A comparative genomics analysis showed that subfamily VII could be the ancient subfamily that originated from green algae (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii). Further integrated analysis of chromosome locations and collinearity events of PRX genes suggested that both whole genome duplication (WGD) and tandem duplication (TD) events contributed to the expansion of T. aestivum PRXs (TaePRXs) during wheat evolution. To validate functions of these genes in the regulation of various physiological processes, the expression patterns of PRXs in different tissues and under various stresses were studied using public microarray datasets. The results suggested that there were distinct expression patterns among different tissues and PRXs could be involved in biotic and abiotic responses in wheat. qRT-PCR was performed on samples exposed to drought, phytohormone treatments and Fusarium graminearum infection to validate the microarray predictions. The predicted subcellular localizations of some TaePRXs were consistent with the confocal microscopy results. We predicted that some TaePRXs had hormone-responsive cis-elements in their promoter regions and validated these predicted cis-acting elements by sequencing promoters. Conclusion In this study, identification, classification, evolution, and expression patterns of PRXs in wheat and relative plants were performed. Our results will provide information for further studies on the evolution and molecular mechanisms of wheat PRXs. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-019-6006-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jun Yan
- College of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, People's Republic of China.,State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount Carmel, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, People's Republic of China.
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Nadarajah K, Kumar IS. Drought Response in Rice: The miRNA Story. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20153766. [PMID: 31374851 PMCID: PMC6696311 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20153766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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As a semi-aquatic plant, rice requires water for proper growth, development, and orientation of physiological processes. Stress is induced at the cellular and molecular level when rice is exposed to drought or periods of low water availability. Plants have existing defense mechanisms in planta that respond to stress. In this review we examine the role played by miRNAs in the regulation and control of drought stress in rice through a summary of molecular studies conducted on miRNAs with emphasis on their contribution to drought regulatory networks in comparison to other plant systems. The interaction between miRNAs, target genes, transcription factors and their respective roles in drought-induced stresses is elaborated. The cross talk involved in controlling drought stress responses through the up and down regulation of targets encoding regulatory and functional proteins is highlighted. The information contained herein can further be explored to identify targets for crop improvement in the future.
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- Kalaivani Nadarajah
- School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Malaysia.
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- School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Malaysia
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Fradera-Sola A, Thomas A, Gasior D, Harper J, Hegarty M, Armstead I, Fernandez-Fuentes N. Differential gene expression and gene ontologies associated with increasing water-stress in leaf and root transcriptomes of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne). PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220518. [PMID: 31361773 PMCID: PMC6667212 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) is a forage and amenity grass species widely cultivated in temperate regions worldwide. As such, perennial ryegrass populations are exposed to a range of environmental conditions and stresses on a seasonal basis and from year to year. One source of potential stress is limitation on water availability. The ability of these perennial grasses to be able to withstand and recover after periods of water limitation or drought can be a key component of grassland performance. Thus, we were interested in looking at changes in patterns of gene expression associated with increasing water stress. Clones of a single genotype of perennial ryegrass were grown under non-flowering growth room conditions in vermiculite supplemented with nutrient solution. Leaf and root tissue was sampled at 4 times in quadruplicate relating to estimated water contents of 35%, 15%, 5% and 1%. RNA was extracted and RNAseq used to generate transcriptome profiles at each sampling point. Transcriptomes were assembled using the published reference genome sequence and differential gene expression analysed using 3 different programmes, DESeq2, edgeR and limma (with the voom transformation), individually and in combination, deriving Early, Middle and Late stage comparisons. Identified differentially expressed genes were then associated with enriched GO terms using BLAST2GO. For the leaf, up-regulated differentially expressed genes were strongly associated with GO terms only during the Early stage and the majority of GO terms were associated with only down-regulated genes at the Middle or Late stages. For the roots, few differentially expressed genes were identified at either Early or Middle stages. Only one replicate at 1% estimated water content produced high quality data for the root, however, this indicated a high level of differential expression. Again the majority of enriched GO terms were associated with down-regulated genes. The performance of the different analysis programmes and the annotations associated with identified differentially expressed genes is discussed.
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- Albert Fradera-Sola
- Quantitative Proteomics, Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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Lü XP, Gao HJ, Zhang L, Wang YP, Shao KZ, Zhao Q, Zhang JL. Dynamic responses of Haloxylon ammodendron to various degrees of simulated drought stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2019; 139:121-131. [PMID: 30889477 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2019.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 03/03/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Haloxylon ammodendron, a C4 perennial, succulent and xero-halophytic shrub, is highly resistant to harsh environments, therefore, exploring the stress resistance mechanism will be beneficial for the use of xerophytes to prevent desertification. To determine osmotic adjustment (OA) and antioxidase functions under simulated drought stress, 8-week-old seedlings were treated with sorbitol solutions to maintain osmotic potentials (Ψs) at a control and -0.5 and -1.0 MPa. Under -0.5 MPa osmotic stress, H. ammodendron stably maintained the water content of assimilating branches, a result that was not significantly different from the result of the control group. Moreover, the Ψs decreased significantly, which helped plants absorb water efficiently from the environment, as H. ammodendron accumulated massive osmotic regulators in its assimilating branches to adjust shoot Ψs. Specifically, the contribution of Na+ to shoot Ψs was up to 45%, and Na+ became the main osmotic regulator of OA. During the treatments, the content and contribution of K+ remained stable. However, the total contribution of three organic osmotic regulators (free proline, betaine and soluble sugar) was only 20%, and betaine was the main organic osmotic regulator, accounting for approximately 15% of the 20% contribution. Moreover, H. ammodendron seedlings presented strong antioxidases, especially when there was a high activity level of superoxide dismutase, and with an increase in treatment time and degree of osmotic stress, the activity of peroxidase and catalase increased significantly. Substantial accumulation of osmotic adjustment substances was an important strategy for H. ammodendron to cope with simulated drought stress, in particular, H. ammodendron absorbed much Na+ and transported Na+ into the assimilating branch for OA. The scavenging of reactive oxygen species by antioxidases was another adaptation strategy for H. ammodendron to adapt to simulated drought stress.
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- Xin-Pei Lü
- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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Geng H, Shi J, Fuerst EP, Wei J, Morris CF. Physical Mapping of Peroxidase Genes and Development of Functional Markers for TaPod-D1 on Bread Wheat Chromosome 7D. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:523. [PMID: 31068962 PMCID: PMC6491870 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Peroxidase (POD) activity in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain influences natural carotenoid pigment content and is associated with the color of flour, and processing and product quality. Here, we report the molecular characterization and physical mapping of POD genes in bread wheat. The complete genomic DNA (gDNA) sequence of two POD genes (TaPod-A2 and TaPod-D1), and the partial gDNA sequence of two additional POD genes (TaPod-A3 and TaPod-B1) from wheat were characterized using in silico cloning and validated through laboratory experiments. Using a set of 21 nullisomic-tetrasomic (NT) lines, six group-7 ditelosomic (Dt) lines, and 38 group-7 deletion (Del) lines of Chinese Spring (CS), TaPod-A2 and TaPod-D1 were found to be physically located on 0.73-0.83 and on the most distal 0.39 fraction arm length (FL) of 7AS and 7DS in cv. CS, respectively; whereas, TaPod-A3 and TaPod-B1 were assigned to the 0.40-0.49 and 0.40-0.48 FL of 7AL and 7BL, respectively. Based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of two alleles at the TaPod-D1 locus, two functional markers POD-7D1 and POD-7D6 were developed, amplifying 540- and 640-bp, fragments in varieties with higher and lower POD activities, respectively. A total of 224 wheat varieties were analyzed and showed a significant association between the polymorphic fragments and POD activity using POD-7D1 and POD-7D6 markers. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated the average POD activities of 115 varieties with TaPod-D1a were significantly lower than 109 varieties with TaPod-D1b (P < 0.01). This study provides useful information of the POD genes in bread wheat, insight into wheat genome synteny and structure, gene-specific markers, and contributes a valuable resource for quality improvement in wheat breeding programs.
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- Hongwei Geng
- College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China
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- College of Agronomy, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Ürümqi, China
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States, Affiliated with the Western Wheat Quality Laboratory
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- National Wheat Improvement Center, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China
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- USDA-ARS Western Wheat Quality Laboratory, E-202 Food Science and Human Nutrition Facility East, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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Meng L, Zhang T, Geng S, Scott PB, Li H, Chen S. Comparative proteomics and metabolomics of JAZ7-mediated drought tolerance in Arabidopsis. J Proteomics 2019; 196:81-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Dudziak K, Zapalska M, Börner A, Szczerba H, Kowalczyk K, Nowak M. Analysis of wheat gene expression related to the oxidative stress response and signal transduction under short-term osmotic stress. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2743. [PMID: 30808876 PMCID: PMC6391441 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39154-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Water shortage is a major environmental stress that causes the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The increase in ROS production induces molecular responses, which are key factors in determining the level of plant tolerance to stresses, including drought. The aim of this study was to determine the expression levels of genes encoding MAPKs (MAPK3 and MAPK6), antioxidant enzymes (CAT, APX and GPX) and enzymes involved in proline biosynthesis (P5CS and P5CR) in Triticum aestivum L. seedlings in response to short-term drought conditions. A series of wheat intervarietal substitution lines (ISCSLs) obtained by the substitution of single chromosomes from a drought-sensitive cultivar into the genetic background of a drought-tolerant cultivar was used. This source material allowed the chromosomal localization of the genetic elements involved in the response to the analyzed stress factor (drought). The results indicated that the initial plant response to drought stress resulted notably in changes in the expression of MAPK6 and CAT and both the P5CS and P5CR genes. Our results showed that the substitution of chromosomes 3B, 5A, 7B and 7D had the greatest impact on the expression level of all tested genes, which indicates that they contain genetic elements that have a significant function in controlling tolerance to water deficits in the wheat genome.
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- Karolina Dudziak
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 15 Akademicka St., 20-950, Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 15 Akademicka St., 20-950, Lublin, Poland
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Corrensstrasse 3, D-06466, Stadt Seeland, Gatersleben, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, Microbiology and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 8 Skromna St., 20-704, Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 15 Akademicka St., 20-950, Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 15 Akademicka St., 20-950, Lublin, Poland.
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Zhang L, Wu M, Yu D, Teng Y, Wei T, Chen C, Song W. Identification of Glutathione Peroxidase (GPX) Gene Family in Rhodiola crenulata and Gene Expression Analysis under Stress Conditions. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:E3329. [PMID: 30366446 PMCID: PMC6274781 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Glutathione peroxidases (GPXs) are important enzymes in the glutathione-ascorbate cycle for catalyzing the reduction of H₂O₂ or organic hydroperoxides to water. GPXs play an essential role in plant growth and development by participating in photosynthesis, respiration, and stress tolerance. Rhodiola crenulata is a popular traditional Chinese medicinal plant which displays an extreme energy of tolerance to harsh alpine climate. The GPXs gene family might provide R. crenulata for extensively tolerance to environment stimulus. In this study, five GPX genes were isolated from R. crenulata. The protein amino acid sequences were analyzed by bioinformation softwares with the results that RcGPXs gene sequences contained three conserve cysteine residues, and the subcellular location predication were in the chloroplast, endoplasmic reticulum, or cytoplasm. Five RcGPXs members presented spatial and temporal specific expression with higher levels in young and green organs. And the expression patterns of RcGPXs in response to stresses or plant hormones were investigated by quantitative real-time PCR. In addition, the putative interaction proteins of RcGPXs were obtained by yeast two-hybrid with the results that RcGPXs could physically interact with specific proteins of multiple pathways like transcription factor, calmodulin, thioredoxin, and abscisic acid signal pathway. These results showed the regulation mechanism of RcGPXs were complicated and they were necessary for R. crenulata to adapt to the treacherous weather in highland.
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- Lipeng Zhang
- College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China.
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- College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China.
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- College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China.
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- College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China.
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- College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China.
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- College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China.
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- College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071 China.
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Hitting the Wall-Sensing and Signaling Pathways Involved in Plant Cell Wall Remodeling in Response to Abiotic Stress. PLANTS 2018; 7:plants7040089. [PMID: 30360552 PMCID: PMC6313904 DOI: 10.3390/plants7040089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2018] [Revised: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Plant cells are surrounded by highly dynamic cell walls that play important roles regulating aspects of plant development. Recent advances in visualization and measurement of cell wall properties have enabled accumulation of new data about wall architecture and biomechanics. This has resulted in greater understanding of the dynamics of cell wall deposition and remodeling. The cell wall is the first line of defense against different adverse abiotic and biotic environmental influences. Different abiotic stress conditions such as salinity, drought, and frost trigger production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) which act as important signaling molecules in stress activated cellular responses. Detection of ROS by still-elusive receptors triggers numerous signaling events that result in production of different protective compounds or even cell death, but most notably in stress-induced cell wall remodeling. This is mediated by different plant hormones, of which the most studied are jasmonic acid and brassinosteroids. In this review we highlight key factors involved in sensing, signal transduction, and response(s) to abiotic stress and how these mechanisms are related to cell wall-associated stress acclimatization. ROS, plant hormones, cell wall remodeling enzymes and different wall mechanosensors act coordinately during abiotic stress, resulting in abiotic stress wall acclimatization, enabling plants to survive adverse environmental conditions.
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Kumar J, Gunapati S, Kianian SF, Singh SP. Comparative analysis of transcriptome in two wheat genotypes with contrasting levels of drought tolerance. PROTOPLASMA 2018; 255:1487-1504. [PMID: 29651660 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-018-1237-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Drought tolerance is a complex trait that is governed by multiple genes. The study presents differential transcriptome analysis between drought-tolerant (Triticum aestivum Cv. C306) and drought-sensitive (Triticum aestivum Cv. WL711) genotypes, using Affymetrix GeneChip® Wheat Genome Array. Both genotypes exhibited diverse global transcriptional responses under control and drought conditions. Pathway analysis suggested significant induction or repression of genes involved in secondary metabolism, nucleic acid synthesis, protein synthesis, and transport in C306, as compared to WL711. Significant up- and downregulation of transcripts for enzymes, hormone metabolism, and stress response pathways were observed in C306 under drought. The elevated expression of plasma membrane intrinsic protein 1 and downregulation of late embryogenesis abundant in the leaf tissues could play an important role in delayed wilting in C306. The other regulatory genes such as MT, FT, AP2, SKP1, ABA2, ARF6, WRKY6, AOS, and LOX2 are involved in defense response in C306 genotype. Additionally, transcripts with unknown functions were identified as differentially expressed, which could participate in drought responses.
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- Jitendra Kumar
- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India
- USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India.
- Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali, India.
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Li J, Wang X, Lin X, Yan G, Liu L, Zheng H, Zhao B, Tang J, Guo YD. Alginate-derived oligosaccharides promote water stress tolerance in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2018; 130:80-88. [PMID: 29980096 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.06.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Marine alginate-derived oligosaccharides (ADOs) are prepared from degraded alginate. Our experiments were carried out to determine the mechanism of ADOs to improve resistance to water stress in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). We evaluated the effects of ADOs on physiological indices, photosynthesis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, antioxidant enzyme activities, and relative expression levels of drought resistance genes. The growth of drought stressed cucumber decreased markedly. However, treatment with ADOs significantly improved the diameter, fresh weight, photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, maximum quantum yield of photosystem II (Fv/Fm) and chlorophyll degradation; thus, reversing the effects of drought stress. Moreover, the antioxidant levels and ROS scavenging enzyme activities also increased in response to the ADOs. Additionally, the genes involved in abscisic aid (ABA) signaling and the drought stress response, such as superoxide dismutase [Cu-Zn] (CsSOD(Cu-Zn)), the peroxidase superfamily protein (CsPOD3), ABA deficient 2 (CsABA2), responsive to ABA 18 (CsRAB18), abscisic acid insensitive 5 (CsABI5), responsive to dehydration 22 (CsRD22), and responsive to dehydration 29A (CsRD29A) were upregulated by ADOs. The ABA content was also improved by ADOs. Our results suggest that ADOs induced the expression of some antioxidant enzyme synthetic genes involved in the ABA signaling pathway by stimulating ABA synthesis to improve the drought resistance capacity in cucumber.
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- Jiaqi Li
- College of Horticulture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Horticulture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Horticulture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing LEILI Marine Bioindustry Inc, Beijing, 100091, China
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- College of Horticulture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Agricultural Institute of Haidian, Beijing, 100080, China
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- College of Horticulture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Beijing LEILI Marine Bioindustry Inc, Beijing, 100091, China.
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- College of Horticulture, Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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Moon S, Chandran AKN, An G, Lee C, Jung KH. Genome-wide analysis of root hair-preferential genes in rice. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 11:48. [PMID: 30159808 PMCID: PMC6115326 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-018-0241-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Root hairs are valuable in taking up nutrients and water from the rhizosphere and serving as sites of interactions with soil microorganisms. By increasing the external surface area of the roots or interacting with rhizobacteria, root hairs directly and indirectly promote plant growth and yield. Transcriptome data can be used to understand root-hair development in rice. RESULT We performed Agilent 44 K microarray experiments with enriched root-hair samples and identified 409 root hair-preferential genes in rice. The expression patterns of six genes were confirmed using a GUS reporter system and quantitative RT-PCR analysis. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis demonstrated that 13 GO terms, including oxygen transport and cell wall generation, were highly over-represented in those genes. Although comparative analysis between rice and Arabidopsis revealed a large proportion of orthologous pairs, their spatial expression patterns were not conserved. To investigate the molecular network associated with root hair-preferential genes in rice, we analyzed the PPI network as well as coexpression data. Subsequently, we developed a refined network consisting of 24 interactions between 10 genes and 18 of their interactors. CONCLUSION Identification of root hair-preferential genes and in depth analysis of those genes will be a useful reference to accelerate the understanding of root-hair development in rice.
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- Sunok Moon
- Department of Genetic Engineering and Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Korea
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- Department of Plant and Environmental New Resources, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Korea.
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, 17104, Korea.
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Loci and candidate genes controlling root traits in wheat seedlings-a wheat root GWAS. Funct Integr Genomics 2018; 19:91-107. [PMID: 30151724 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-018-0630-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 07/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Two hundred one hexaploid wheat accessions, representing 200 years of selection and breeding history, were sampled from the National Small Grains Collection in Aberdeen, ID, and evaluated for five root traits at the seedling stage. A paper roll-supported hydroponic system was used for seedling growth. Replicated roots samples were analyzed by WinRHIZO. We observed accessions with nearly no branching and accessions with up to 132 cm of branching. Total seminal root length ranged from 70 to 248 cm, a 3.5-fold difference. Next-generation sequencing was used to produce single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and genomic libraries that were aligned to the wheat reference genome IWGSCv1 and were called single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers. After filtering and imputation, a total of 20,881 polymorphic sites were used to perform association mapping in TASSEL. Gene annotations were conducted for identified marker-trait associations (MTAs) with - log10P > 3.5 (p value < 0.003). In total, we identified 63 MTAs with seven for seminal axis root length (SAR), 24 for branching (BR), four for total seminal root length (TSR), eight for root dry matter (RDM), and 20 for root diameter (RD). Putative proteins of interest that we identified include chalcone synthase, aquaporin, and chymotrypsin inhibitor for SAR, MYB transcription factor and peroxidase for BR, zinc fingers and amino acid transporters for RDM, and cinnamoyl-CoA reductase for RD. We evaluated the effects of height-reducing Rht alleles and the 1B/1R translocation event on root traits and found presence of the Rht-B1b allele decreased RDM, while presence of the Rht-D1b allele increased TSR and decreased RD.
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Zhang L, Wu M, Teng Y, Jia S, Yu D, Wei T, Chen C, Song W. Overexpression of the Glutathione Peroxidase 5 ( RcGPX5) Gene From Rhodiola crenulata Increases Drought Tolerance in Salvia miltiorrhiza. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1950. [PMID: 30687353 PMCID: PMC6333746 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Excessive cellular accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) due to environmental stresses can critically disrupt plant development and negatively affect productivity. Plant glutathione peroxidases (GPXs) play an important role in ROS scavenging by catalyzing the reduction of H2O2 and other organic hydroperoxides to protect plant cells from oxidative stress damage. RcGPX5, a member of the GPX gene family, was isolated from a traditional medicinal plant Rhodiola crenulata and constitutively expressed in Salvia miltiorrhiza under control of the CaMV 35S promoter. Transgenic plants showed increased tolerance to oxidative stress caused by application of H2O2 and drought, and had reduced production of malondialdehyde (MDA) compared with the wild type. Under drought stress, seedlings of the transgenic lines wilted later than the wild type and recovered growth 1 day after re-watering. In addition, the reduced glutathione (GSH) and total glutathione (T-GSH) contents were higher in the transgenic lines, with increased enzyme activities including glutathione reductase (GR), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and GPX. These changes prevent H2O2 and O2 - accumulation in cells of the transgenic lines compared with wild type. Overexpression of RcGPX5 alters the relative expression levels of multiple endogenous genes in S. miltiorrhiza, including transcription factor genes and genes in the ROS and ABA pathways. In particular, RcGPX5 expression increases the mass of S. miltiorrhiza roots while reducing the concentration of the active ingredients. These results show that heterologous expression of RcGPX5 in S. miltiorrhiza can affect the regulation of multiple biochemical pathways to confer tolerance to drought stress, and RcGPX5 might act as a competitor with secondary metabolites in the S. miltiorrhiza response to environmental stimuli.
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Luo ZB, Luo J. Uncovering the physiological mechanisms that allow nitrogen availability to affect drought acclimation in Catalpa bungei. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1453-1456. [PMID: 29036386 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Zhi-Bin Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Silviculture of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Shi H, Ma W, Song J, Lu M, Rahman SU, Bui TTX, Vu DD, Zheng H, Wang J, Zhang Y. Physiological and transcriptional responses of Catalpa bungei to drought stress under sufficient- and deficient-nitrogen conditions. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1457-1468. [PMID: 28985426 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Many semi-arid ecosystems are simultaneously limited by soil water and nitrogen (N). We conducted a greenhouse experiment to address how N availability impacts drought-resistant traits of Catalpa bungei C. A. Mey at the physiological and molecular level. A factorial design was used, consisting of sufficient-N and deficient-N combined with moderate drought and well-watered conditions. Seedling biomass and major root parameters were significantly suppressed by drought under the deficient-N condition, whereas N application mitigated the inhibiting effects of drought on root growth, particularly that of fine roots with a diameter <0.2 mm. Intrinsic water-use efficiency was promoted by N addition under both water conditions, whereas stable carbon isotope compositions (δ13C) was promoted by N addition only under the well-watered condition. Nitrogen application positively impacted drought adaptive responses including osmotic adjustment and homeostasis of reactive oxygen species, the content of free proline, soluble sugar and superoxide dismutase activity: all were increased upon drought under sufficient-N conditions but not under deficient-N conditions. The extent of abscisic acid (ABA) inducement upon drought was elevated by N application. Furthermore, an N-dependent crosstalk between ABA, jasmonic acid and indole acetic acid at the biosynthesis level contributed to better drought acclimation. Moreover, the transcriptional level of most genes responsible for the ABA signal transduction pathway, and genes encoding the antioxidant enzymes and plasma membrane intrinsic proteins, are elevated upon drought only under sufficient-N addition. These observations confirmed at the molecular level that major adaptive responses to drought are dependent on sufficient N nutrition. Although N uptake was decreased under drought, N-use efficiency and transcription of most genes encoding N metabolism enzymes were elevated, demonstrating that active N metabolism positively contributed drought resistance and growth of C. bungei under sufficient-N conditions.
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- Huili Shi
- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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Landi S, Hausman JF, Guerriero G, Esposito S. Poaceae vs. Abiotic Stress: Focus on Drought and Salt Stress, Recent Insights and Perspectives. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:1214. [PMID: 28744298 PMCID: PMC5504180 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Poaceae represent the most important group of crops susceptible to abiotic stress. This large family of monocotyledonous plants, commonly known as grasses, counts several important cultivated species, namely wheat (Triticum aestivum), rice (Oryza sativa), maize (Zea mays), and barley (Hordeum vulgare). These crops, notably, show different behaviors under abiotic stress conditions: wheat and rice are considered sensitive, showing serious yield reduction upon water scarcity and soil salinity, while barley presents a natural drought and salt tolerance. During the green revolution (1940-1960), cereal breeding was very successful in developing high-yield crops varieties; however, these cultivars were maximized for highest yield under optimal conditions, and did not present suitable traits for tolerance under unfavorable conditions. The improvement of crop abiotic stress tolerance requires a deep knowledge of the phenomena underlying tolerance, to devise novel approaches and decipher the key components of agricultural production systems. Approaches to improve food production combining both enhanced water use efficiency (WUE) and acceptable yields are critical to create a sustainable agriculture in the future. This paper analyzes the latest results on abiotic stress tolerance in Poaceae. In particular, the focus will be directed toward various aspects of water deprivation and salinity response efficiency in Poaceae. Aspects related to cell wall metabolism will be covered, given the importance of the plant cell wall in sensing environmental constraints and in mediating a response; the role of silicon (Si), an important element for monocots' normal growth and development, will also be discussed, since it activates a broad-spectrum response to different exogenous stresses. Perspectives valorizing studies on landraces conclude the survey, as they help identify key traits for breeding purposes.
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- Simone Landi
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Napoli “Federico II”Napoli, Italy
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- Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and TechnologyEsch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Environmental Research and Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and TechnologyEsch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Napoli “Federico II”Napoli, Italy
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Ghahremani M, Stigter KA, Plaxton W. Extraction and Characterization of Extracellular Proteins and Their Post-Translational Modifications from Arabidopsis thaliana Suspension Cell Cultures and Seedlings: A Critical Review. Proteomes 2016; 4:E25. [PMID: 28248235 PMCID: PMC5217358 DOI: 10.3390/proteomes4030025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Revised: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Proteins secreted by plant cells into the extracellular space, consisting of the cell wall, apoplastic fluid, and rhizosphere, play crucial roles during development, nutrient acquisition, and stress acclimation. However, isolating the full range of secreted proteins has proven difficult, and new strategies are constantly evolving to increase the number of proteins that can be detected and identified. In addition, the dynamic nature of the extracellular proteome presents the further challenge of identifying and characterizing the post-translational modifications (PTMs) of secreted proteins, particularly glycosylation and phosphorylation. Such PTMs are common and important regulatory modifications of proteins, playing a key role in many biological processes. This review explores the most recent methods in isolating and characterizing the plant extracellular proteome with a focus on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, highlighting the current challenges yet to be overcome. Moreover, the crucial role of protein PTMs in cell wall signalling, development, and plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress is discussed.
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- Mina Ghahremani
- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.
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Sofo A, Scopa A, Hashem A, Abd‐Allah EF. Lipid metabolism and oxidation in plants subjected to abiotic stresses. PLANT‐ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION 2016:205-213. [DOI: 10.1002/9781119081005.ch11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Shi Y, Zhang Y, Han W, Feng R, Hu Y, Guo J, Gong H. Silicon Enhances Water Stress Tolerance by Improving Root Hydraulic Conductance in Solanum lycopersicum L. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:196. [PMID: 26941762 PMCID: PMC4761792 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Silicon (Si) can improve drought tolerance in plants, but the mechanism is still not fully understood. Previous research has been concentrating on Si's role in leaf water maintenance in Si accumulators, while little information is available on its role in water uptake and in less Si-accumulating plants. Here, we investigated the effects of Si on root water uptake and its role in decreasing oxidative damage in relation to root hydraulic conductance in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Zhongza No.9') under water stress. Tomato seedlings were subjected to water stress induced by 10% (w/v) polyethylene glycol-6000 in the absence or presence of 2.5 mM added silicate. The results showed that Si addition ameliorated the inhibition in tomato growth and photosynthesis, and improved water status under water stress. The root hydraulic conductance of tomato plants was decreased under water stress, and it was significantly increased by added Si. There was no significant contribution of osmotic adjustment in Si-enhanced root water uptake under water stress. The transcriptions of plasma membrane aquaporin genes were not obviously changed by Si under water stress. Water stress increased the production of reactive oxygen species and induced oxidative damage, while added Si reversed these. In addition, Si addition increased the activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase and the levels of ascorbic acid and glutathione in the roots under stress. It is concluded that Si enhances the water stress tolerance via enhancing root hydraulic conductance and water uptake in tomato plants. Si-mediated decrease in membrane oxidative damage may have contributed to the enhanced root hydraulic conductance.
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- Yu Shi
- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural UniversityTaigu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural UniversityTaigu, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
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- College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F UniversityYangling, China
- *Correspondence: Haijun Gong,
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He X, Zeng J, Cao F, Ahmed IM, Zhang G, Vincze E, Wu F. HvEXPB7, a novel β-expansin gene revealed by the root hair transcriptome of Tibetan wild barley, improves root hair growth under drought stress. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2015; 66:7405-19. [PMID: 26417018 PMCID: PMC4765802 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Tibetan wild barley is a treasure trove of useful genes for crop improvement including abiotic stress tolerance, like drought. Root hair of single-celled structures plays an important role in water and nutrition uptake. Polyethylene-glycol-induced drought stress hydroponic/petri-dish experiments were performed, where root hair morphology and transcriptional characteristics of two contrasting Tibetan wild barley genotypes (drought-tolerant XZ5 and drought-sensitive XZ54) and drought-tolerant cv. Tadmor were compared. Drought-induced root hair growth was only observed in XZ5. Thirty-six drought tolerance-associated genes were identified in XZ5, including 16 genes specifically highly expressed in XZ5 but not Tadmor under drought. The full length cDNA of a novel β-expansin gene (HvEXPB7), being the unique root hair development related gene in the identified genes, was cloned. The sequence comparison indicated that HvEXPB7 carried both DPBB_1 and Pollon_allerg_1 domains. HvEXPB7 is predominantly expressed in roots. Subcellular localization verified that HvEXPB7 is located in the plasma membrane. Barley stripe mosaic virus induced gene silencing (BSMV-VIGS) of HvEXPB7 led to severely suppressed root hairs both under control and drought conditions, and significantly reduced K uptake. These findings highlight and confer the significance of HvEXPB7 in root hair growth under drought stress in XZ5, and provide a novel insight into the genetic basis for drought tolerance in Tibetan wild barley.
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- Xiaoyan He
- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Fosøgsvej 1, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark
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- Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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Li Y, Xu B, Du Q, Zhang D. Transcript abundance patterns of Populus C-repeat binding factor2 orthologs and genetic association of PsCBF2 allelic variation with physiological and biochemical traits in response to abiotic stress. PLANTA 2015; 242:295-312. [PMID: 25916311 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2307-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We conducted a candidate gene-based approach to search for genetic associations between 10 SNPs in PsCBF2 and 10 abiotic stress-related traits. The increasing incidence of abiotic stresses and the limitations of available treatments, particularly in trees, highlight the need to improve our understanding of the mechanisms of stress responses. In Arabidopsis, C-repeat binding factor 2 (CBF2) plays an important role in freezing tolerance and cold acclimation. Here, we isolated orthologs of CBF2 from five Populus species. Expression profiling revealed that the Populus CBF2s were preferentially induced in response to cold, with CBF2 transcript abundances ranging from 5.4- to 62-fold higher than in unstressed controls of the corresponding species. In addition, we used a candidate gene-based approach in Populus simonii Carr. to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in PsCBF2 associated with physiological and biochemical traits. PsCBF2 showed high nucleotide diversity (π T = 0.00549, θ w = 0.01406) and low average linkage disequilibrium (r (2) = 0.061). Association studies in 528 individuals of an association population showed that nine SNPs (false discovery rate Q < 0.10) and one haplotype (Q < 0.10) were significantly associated with differences in four physiological and biochemical traits (P < 0.005), with each marker explaining 1.31-5.87 % of the total variance in the corresponding trait. PsCBF2 transcript levels differed significantly in abundance among genotypic classes for most of the significant SNPs. Identification of these significant associations will help reveal the molecular basis of physiological differences and provide a starting point for marker-assisted selection for traits involved in stress tolerance in P. simonii.
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- Ying Li
- National Engineering Laboratory for Tree Breeding, College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, No. 35, Qinghua East Road, Beijing, 100083, People's Republic of China,
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Sofo A, Scopa A, Nuzzaci M, Vitti A. Ascorbate Peroxidase and Catalase Activities and Their Genetic Regulation in Plants Subjected to Drought and Salinity Stresses. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:13561-78. [PMID: 26075872 PMCID: PMC4490509 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160613561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Revised: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), an important relatively stable non-radical reactive oxygen species (ROS) is produced by normal aerobic metabolism in plants. At low concentrations, H2O2 acts as a signal molecule involved in the regulation of specific biological/physiological processes (photosynthetic functions, cell cycle, growth and development, plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses). Oxidative stress and eventual cell death in plants can be caused by excess H2O2 accumulation. Since stress factors provoke enhanced production of H2O2 in plants, severe damage to biomolecules can be possible due to elevated and non-metabolized cellular H2O2. Plants are endowed with H2O2-metabolizing enzymes such as catalases (CAT), ascorbate peroxidases (APX), some peroxiredoxins, glutathione/thioredoxin peroxidases, and glutathione sulfo-transferases. However, the most notably distinguished enzymes are CAT and APX since the former mainly occurs in peroxisomes and does not require a reductant for catalyzing a dismutation reaction. In particular, APX has a higher affinity for H2O2 and reduces it to H2O in chloroplasts, cytosol, mitochondria and peroxisomes, as well as in the apoplastic space, utilizing ascorbate as specific electron donor. Based on recent reports, this review highlights the role of H2O2 in plants experiencing water deficit and salinity and synthesizes major outcomes of studies on CAT and APX activity and genetic regulation in drought- and salt-stressed plants.
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- Adriano Sofo
- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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- School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy.
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Bela K, Horváth E, Gallé Á, Szabados L, Tari I, Csiszár J. Plant glutathione peroxidases: emerging role of the antioxidant enzymes in plant development and stress responses. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 176:192-201. [PMID: 25638402 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Revised: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The plant glutathione peroxidase (GPX) family consists of multiple isoenzymes with distinct subcellular locations which exhibit different tissue-specific expression patterns and environmental stress responses. Contrary to most of their counterparts in animal cells, plant GPXs contain cysteine instead of selenocysteine in their active site and while some of them have both glutathione peroxidase and thioredoxin peroxidase functions, the thioredoxin regenerating system is much more efficient in vitro than the glutathione system. At present, the function of these enzymes in plants is not completely understood. The occurrence of thiol-dependent activities of plant GPX isoenzymes suggests that - besides detoxification of H2O2 and organic hydroperoxides - they may be involved in regulation of the cellular redox homeostasis by maintaining the thiol/disulfide or NADPH/NADP(+) balance. GPXs may represent a link existing between the glutathione- and the thioredoxin-based system. The various thiol buffers, including Trx, can affect a number of redox reactions in the cells most probably via modulation of thiol status. It is still required to identify the in vivo reductant for particular GPX isoenzymes and partners that GPXs interact with specifically. Recent evidence suggests that plant GPXs does not only protect cells from stress induced oxidative damage but they can be implicated in plant growth and development. Following a more general introduction, this study summarizes present knowledge on plant GPXs, highlighting the results on gene expression analysis, regulation and signaling of Arabidopsis thaliana GPXs and also suggests some perspectives for future research.
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- Krisztina Bela
- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre of HAS, Temesvári krt. 62., H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., H-6726 Szeged, Hungary.
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Anjum NA, Sofo A, Scopa A, Roychoudhury A, Gill SS, Iqbal M, Lukatkin AS, Pereira E, Duarte AC, Ahmad I. Lipids and proteins--major targets of oxidative modifications in abiotic stressed plants. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:4099-121. [PMID: 25471723 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3917-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Stress factors provoke enhanced production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in plants. ROS that escape antioxidant-mediated scavenging/detoxification react with biomolecules such as cellular lipids and proteins and cause irreversible damage to the structure of these molecules, initiate their oxidation, and subsequently inactivate key cellular functions. The lipid- and protein-oxidation products are considered as the significant oxidative stress biomarkers in stressed plants. Also, there exists an abundance of information on the abiotic stress-mediated elevations in the generation of ROS, and the modulation of lipid and protein oxidation in abiotic stressed plants. However, the available literature reflects a wide information gap on the mechanisms underlying lipid- and protein-oxidation processes, major techniques for the determination of lipid- and protein-oxidation products, and on critical cross-talks among these aspects. Based on recent reports, this article (a) introduces ROS and highlights their relationship with abiotic stress-caused consequences in crop plants, (b) examines critically the various physiological/biochemical aspects of oxidative damage to lipids (membrane lipids) and proteins in stressed crop plants, (c) summarizes the principles of current technologies used to evaluate the extent of lipid and protein oxidation, (d) synthesizes major outcomes of studies on lipid and protein oxidation in plants under abiotic stress, and finally, (e) considers a brief cross-talk on the ROS-accrued lipid and protein oxidation, pointing to the aspects unexplored so far.
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- Naser A Anjum
- CESAM-Centre for Environmental & Marine Studies and Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal,
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Han Y, Chen Y, Yin S, Zhang M, Wang W. Over-expression of TaEXPB23, a wheat expansin gene, improves oxidative stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco plants. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 173:62-71. [PMID: 25462079 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Revised: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Expansins are cell wall proteins inducing cell wall loosening and participate in all plant growth and development processes which are associated with cell wall modifications. Here, TaEXPB23, a wheat expansin gene, was investigated and the tolerance to oxidative stress was strongly enhanced in over-expression tobacco plants. Our results revealed that over-expressing TaEXPB23 influenced the activity of antioxidant enzymes: in particular, the activity of the cell wall-bound peroxidase. The enhanced tolerance to oxidative stress and increased cell wall-bound peroxidase activity were partly inhibited by an anti-expansin antibody. The Arabidopsis expansin mutant atexpb2 showed reduced cell wall-bound peroxidase activity and decreased oxidative stress tolerance. In addition, atexpb2 exhibited lower chlorophyll contents and the germination rate compared to wild type (WT). Taken together, these results provided a new insight on the role of expansin proteins in plant stress tolerance by cell wall bound peroxidase.
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- Yangyang Han
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China; Plastic Surgery Institute of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong 261041, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271018, PR China.
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Wu S, Liang D, Ma F. Leaf micromorphology and sugar may contribute to differences in drought tolerance for two apple cultivars. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 80:249-258. [PMID: 24811680 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Apple trees (Malus domestica L.) are often exposed to severe water stress in the summertime. We determined how levels of nonstructural carbohydrates (NC) changed in the leaves of two cultivars - drought-tolerant 'QinGuan' and drought-sensitive 'NaganoFuji' - when plants were subjected for 10 d to a sudden water deficit. Photosynthetic performance was investigated in terms of gas exchange and antioxidant enzyme activity. Two separate irrigation scenarios were tested with one-year-old plants grafted onto Malus hupehensis (Pamp.) Rehd. rootstock: 1) water applied to 75% field capacity (FC) (Control, CK) and 2) irrigation withheld to achieve <75% FC ranging from 30 to 75% (Treatment, T). At Days 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, and 10 of the experiment, we recorded net CO2 assimilation, stomatal conductance, leaf transpiration rates, and intercellular CO2 concentrations. All of those parameters showed decreases in plants from both stress scenarios, although those declines were not as dramatic in 'QinGuan'. The photosynthetic rate reduced primarily because of stomatal closure. In both cultivars, water stress induced the accumulation of NC, especially sorbitol, suggesting that this polyol has a role in osmoregulation. The rise in sorbitol levels was much steeper in 'QinGuan'. Likewise, the interaction between superoxide dismutase and peroxidase activities varied between cultivars. In 'QinGuan', the malondialdehyde concentration was much lower and more closely correlated with a high Suc/NC ratio when compared with 'NaganoFuji'. Scanning electron microscopy revealed a drought-resisting apparent structure in 'QinGuan'. Overall, our results from both external and internal examinations demonstrated that 'QinGuan' is more drought-tolerant than 'NaganoFuji'.
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- Shan Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, PR China.
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Campo S, Baldrich P, Messeguer J, Lalanne E, Coca M, San Segundo B. Overexpression of a Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase Confers Salt and Drought Tolerance in Rice by Preventing Membrane Lipid Peroxidation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 165:688-704. [PMID: 24784760 PMCID: PMC4044838 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.230268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The OsCPK4 gene is a member of the complex gene family of calcium-dependent protein kinases in rice (Oryza sativa). Here, we report that OsCPK4 expression is induced by high salinity, drought, and the phytohormone abscisic acid. Moreover, a plasma membrane localization of OsCPK4 was observed by transient expression assays of green fluorescent protein-tagged OsCPK4 in onion (Allium cepa) epidermal cells. Overexpression of OsCPK4 in rice plants significantly enhances tolerance to salt and drought stress. Knockdown rice plants, however, are severely impaired in growth and development. Compared with control plants, OsCPK4 overexpressor plants exhibit stronger water-holding capability and reduced levels of membrane lipid peroxidation and electrolyte leakage under drought or salt stress conditions. Also, salt-treated OsCPK4 seedlings accumulate less Na+ in their roots. We carried out microarray analysis of transgenic rice overexpressing OsCPK4 and found that overexpression of OsCPK4 has a low impact on the rice transcriptome. Moreover, no genes were found to be commonly regulated by OsCPK4 in roots and leaves of rice plants. A significant number of genes involved in lipid metabolism and protection against oxidative stress appear to be up-regulated by OsCPK4 in roots of overexpressor plants. Meanwhile, OsCPK4 overexpression has no effect on the expression of well-characterized abiotic stress-associated transcriptional regulatory networks (i.e. ORYZA SATIVA DEHYDRATION-RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN1 and ORYZA SATIVA No Apical Meristem, Arabidopsis Transcription Activation Factor1-2, Cup-Shaped Cotyledon6 genes) and LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT genes in their roots. Taken together, our data show that OsCPK4 functions as a positive regulator of the salt and drought stress responses in rice via the protection of cellular membranes from stress-induced oxidative damage.
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- Sonia Campo
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-Universitat de Barcelona, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (S.C., P.B., J.M., M.C., B.S.S.); andOryzon Genomics, Cornella de Llobregat, 08940 Barcelona, Spain (E.L.)
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-Universitat de Barcelona, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (S.C., P.B., J.M., M.C., B.S.S.); andOryzon Genomics, Cornella de Llobregat, 08940 Barcelona, Spain (E.L.)
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-Universitat de Barcelona, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (S.C., P.B., J.M., M.C., B.S.S.); andOryzon Genomics, Cornella de Llobregat, 08940 Barcelona, Spain (E.L.)
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-Universitat de Barcelona, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (S.C., P.B., J.M., M.C., B.S.S.); andOryzon Genomics, Cornella de Llobregat, 08940 Barcelona, Spain (E.L.)
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-Universitat de Barcelona, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (S.C., P.B., J.M., M.C., B.S.S.); andOryzon Genomics, Cornella de Llobregat, 08940 Barcelona, Spain (E.L.)
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona-Universitat de Barcelona, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Valles, 08193 Barcelona, Spain (S.C., P.B., J.M., M.C., B.S.S.); andOryzon Genomics, Cornella de Llobregat, 08940 Barcelona, Spain (E.L.)
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