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Padmavathi G, Bangale U, Rao K, Balakrishnan D, Arun M, Singh RK, Sundaram RM. Progress and prospects in harnessing wild relatives for genetic enhancement of salt tolerance in rice. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1253726. [PMID: 38371332 PMCID: PMC10870985 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1253726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
Abstract
Salt stress is the second most devastating abiotic stress after drought and limits rice production globally. Genetic enhancement of salinity tolerance is a promising and cost-effective approach to achieve yield gains in salt-affected areas. Breeding for salinity tolerance is challenging because of the genetic complexity of the response of rice plants to salt stress, as it is governed by minor genes with low heritability and high G × E interactions. The involvement of numerous physiological and biochemical factors further complicates this complexity. The intensive selection and breeding efforts targeted towards the improvement of yield in the green-revolution era inadvertently resulted in the gradual disappearance of the loci governing salinity tolerance and a significant reduction in genetic variability among cultivars. The limited utilization of genetic resources and narrow genetic base of improved cultivars have resulted in a plateau in response to salinity tolerance in modern cultivars. Wild species are an excellent genetic resource for broadening the genetic base of domesticated rice. Exploiting novel genes of underutilized wild rice relatives to restore salinity tolerance loci eliminated during domestication can result in significant genetic gain in rice cultivars. Wild species of rice, Oryza rufipogon and Oryza nivara, have been harnessed in the development of a few improved rice varieties like Jarava and Chinsura Nona 2. Furthermore, increased access to sequence information and enhanced knowledge about the genomics of salinity tolerance in wild relatives has provided an opportunity for the deployment of wild rice accessions in breeding programs, while overcoming the cross-incompatibility and linkage drag barriers witnessed in wild hybridization. Pre-breeding is another avenue for building material that are ready for utilization in breeding programs. Efforts should be directed towards systematic collection, evaluation, characterization, and deciphering salt tolerance mechanisms in wild rice introgression lines and deploying untapped novel loci to improve salinity tolerance in rice cultivars. This review highlights the potential of wild relatives of Oryza to enhance tolerance to salinity, track the progress of work, and provide a perspective for future research.
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- Guntupalli Padmavathi
- Crop Improvement Section, Plant Breeding, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, Plant Breeding, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, India
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- Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sugarcane Research Station, Vuyyuru, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, Plant Breeding, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, India
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- Crop Production Section, Agronomy, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, India
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- Crop Diversification and Genetics Section, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Crop Improvement Section, Plant Breeding, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (ICAR-IIRR), Hyderabad, India
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Trotti J, Trapani I, Gulino F, Aceto M, Minio M, Gerotto C, Mica E, Valè G, Barbato R, Pagliano C. Physiological Responses to Salt Stress at the Seedling Stage in Wild ( Oryza rufipogon Griff.) and Cultivated ( Oryza sativa L.) Rice. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:369. [PMID: 38337902 PMCID: PMC10857172 DOI: 10.3390/plants13030369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Domesticated rice Oryza sativa L. is a major staple food worldwide, and the cereal most sensitive to salinity. It originated from the wild ancestor Oryza rufipogon Griff., which was reported to possess superior salinity tolerance. Here, we examined the morpho-physiological responses to salinity stress (80 mM NaCl for 7 days) in seedlings of an O. rufipogon accession and two Italian O. sativa genotypes, Baldo (mildly tolerant) and Vialone Nano (sensitive). Under salt treatment, O. rufipogon showed the highest percentage of plants with no to moderate stress symptoms, displaying an unchanged shoot/root biomass ratio, the highest Na+ accumulation in roots, the lowest root and leaf Na+/K+ ratio, and highest leaf relative water content, leading to a better preservation of the plant architecture, ion homeostasis, and water status. Moreover, O. rufipogon preserved the overall leaf carbon to nitrogen balance and photosynthetic apparatus integrity. Conversely, Vialone Nano showed the lowest percentage of plants surviving after treatment, and displayed a higher reduction in the growth of shoots rather than roots, with leaves compromised in water and ionic balance, negatively affecting the photosynthetic performance (lowest performance index by JIP-test) and apparatus integrity. Baldo showed intermediate salt tolerance. Being O. rufipogon interfertile with O. sativa, it resulted a good candidate for pre-breeding towards salt-tolerant lines.
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- Jacopo Trotti
- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant’Eusebio 5, 13100 Vercelli, Italy; (J.T.); (F.G.); (M.A.); (E.M.); (G.V.); (R.B.)
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- Department of Science and Technological Innovation, University of Eastern Piedmont, Viale Teresa Michel 5, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
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- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant’Eusebio 5, 13100 Vercelli, Italy; (J.T.); (F.G.); (M.A.); (E.M.); (G.V.); (R.B.)
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- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant’Eusebio 5, 13100 Vercelli, Italy; (J.T.); (F.G.); (M.A.); (E.M.); (G.V.); (R.B.)
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (M.M.); (C.G.)
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (M.M.); (C.G.)
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- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant’Eusebio 5, 13100 Vercelli, Italy; (J.T.); (F.G.); (M.A.); (E.M.); (G.V.); (R.B.)
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- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant’Eusebio 5, 13100 Vercelli, Italy; (J.T.); (F.G.); (M.A.); (E.M.); (G.V.); (R.B.)
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- Department for Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, University of Eastern Piedmont, Piazza Sant’Eusebio 5, 13100 Vercelli, Italy; (J.T.); (F.G.); (M.A.); (E.M.); (G.V.); (R.B.)
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- Department of Science and Technological Innovation, University of Eastern Piedmont, Viale Teresa Michel 5, 15121 Alessandria, Italy
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Banu MSA, Huda KMK, Harun-Ur-Rashid M, Parveen S, Tuteja N. A DEAD box helicase Psp68 positively regulates salt stress responses in marker-free transgenic rice plants. Transgenic Res 2023; 32:293-304. [PMID: 37247124 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-023-00353-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Helicases are the motor proteins not only involved in transcriptional and post-transcription process but also provide abiotic stress tolerance in many crops. The p68, belong to the SF2 (DEAD-box helicase) family proteins and overexpression of Psp68 providing enhanced tolerance to transgenic rice plants. In this study, salinity tolerant marker-free transgenic rice has been developed by overexpressing Psp68 gene and phenotypically characterized. The Psp68 overexpressing marker-free transgenic rice plants were initially screened in the rooting medium containing salt stress and 20% polyethylene glycol (PEG). Stable integration and overexpression of Psp68 in marker-free transgenic lines were confirmed by molecular analyses including PCR, southern, western blot, and qRT-PCR analyses. The marker-free transgenic lines showed enhanced tolerance to salinity stress as displayed by early seed germination, higher chlorophyll content, reduced necrosis, more survival rate, improved seedling growth and more grain yield per plant. Furthermore, Psp68 overexpressing marker-free transgenics also accumulated less Na+ and higher K+ ions in the presence of salinity stress. Phenotypic analyses also revealed that marker-free transgenic rice lines efficiently scavenge ROS-mediated damages as displayed by lower H2O2 and malondialdehyde content, delayed electrolyte leakage, higher photosynthetic efficiency, membrane stability, proline content and enhanced activities of antioxidants enzymes. Overall, our results confirmed that Psp68 overexpression confers salinity stress tolerance in marker-free transgenics, hence the technique could be utilized to develop genetically modified crops without any biosafety issues.
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- Mst Sufara Akhter Banu
- Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), Dhaka, 1215, Bangladesh
- Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, 110067, India
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh.
- Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, 110067, India.
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- Plant Molecular Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, 110067, India
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Karumanchi AR, Sivan P, Kummari D, Rajasheker G, Kumar SA, Reddy PS, Suravajhala P, Podha S, Kishor PBK. Root and Leaf Anatomy, Ion Accumulation, and Transcriptome Pattern under Salt Stress Conditions in Contrasting Genotypes of Sorghum bicolor. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2400. [PMID: 37446963 DOI: 10.3390/plants12132400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023]
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Roots from salt-susceptible ICSR-56 (SS) sorghum plants display metaxylem elements with thin cell walls and large diameter. On the other hand, roots with thick, lignified cell walls in the hypodermis and endodermis were noticed in salt-tolerant CSV-15 (ST) sorghum plants. The secondary wall thickness and number of lignified cells in the hypodermis have increased with the treatment of sodium chloride stress to the plants (STN). Lignin distribution in the secondary cell wall of sclerenchymatous cells beneath the lower epidermis was higher in ST leaves compared to the SS genotype. Casparian thickenings with homogenous lignin distribution were observed in STN roots, but inhomogeneous distribution was evident in SS seedlings treated with sodium chloride (SSN). Higher accumulation of K+ and lower Na+ levels were noticed in ST compared to the SS genotype. To identify the differentially expressed genes among SS and ST genotypes, transcriptomic analysis was carried out. Both the genotypes were exposed to 200 mM sodium chloride stress for 24 h and used for analysis. We obtained 70 and 162 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) exclusive to SS and SSN and 112 and 26 DEGs exclusive to ST and STN, respectively. Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis unlocked the changes in metabolic pathways in response to salt stress. qRT-PCR was performed to validate 20 DEGs in each SSN and STN sample, which confirms the transcriptomic results. These results surmise that anatomical changes and higher K+/Na+ ratios are essential for mitigating salt stress in sorghum apart from the genes that are differentially up- and downregulated in contrasting genotypes.
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- Appa Rao Karumanchi
- Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur 522 209, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Division of Glycoscience, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Albanova University Center, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad 502 324, India
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- Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & Research (Deemed to Be University), Guntur 522 213, India
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad 502 324, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur 522 209, India
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- Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Hasanuzzaman M, Zhou M, Shabala S. How Does Stomatal Density and Residual Transpiration Contribute to Osmotic Stress Tolerance? PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:494. [PMID: 36771579 PMCID: PMC9919688 DOI: 10.3390/plants12030494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Osmotic stress that is induced by salinity and drought affects plant growth and development, resulting in significant losses to global crop production. Consequently, there is a strong need to develop stress-tolerant crops with a higher water use efficiency through breeding programs. Water use efficiency could be improved by decreasing stomatal transpiration without causing a reduction in CO2 uptake under osmotic stress conditions. The genetic manipulation of stomatal density could be one of the most promising strategies for breeders to achieve this goal. On the other hand, a substantial amount of water loss occurs across the cuticle without any contribution to carbon gain when the stomata are closed and under osmotic stress. The minimization of cuticular (otherwise known as residual) transpiration also determines the fitness and survival capacity of the plant under the conditions of a water deficit. The deposition of cuticular wax on the leaf epidermis acts as a limiting barrier for residual transpiration. However, the causal relationship between the frequency of stomatal density and plant osmotic stress tolerance and the link between residual transpiration and cuticular wax is not always straightforward, with controversial reports available in the literature. In this review, we focus on these controversies and explore the potential physiological and molecular aspects of controlling stomatal and residual transpiration water loss for improving water use efficiency under osmotic stress conditions via a comparative analysis of the performance of domesticated crops and their wild relatives.
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- Md. Hasanuzzaman
- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
- School of Biological Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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Shahzad B, Shabala L, Zhou M, Venkataraman G, Solis CA, Page D, Chen ZH, Shabala S. Comparing Essentiality of SOS1-Mediated Na+ Exclusion in Salinity Tolerance between Cultivated and Wild Rice Species. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23179900. [PMID: 36077294 PMCID: PMC9456175 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23179900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Soil salinity is a major constraint that affects plant growth and development. Rice is a staple food for more than half of the human population but is extremely sensitive to salinity. Among the several known mechanisms, the ability of the plant to exclude cytosolic Na+ is strongly correlated with salinity stress tolerance in different plant species. This exclusion is mediated by the plasma membrane (PM) Na+/H+ antiporter encoded by Salt Overly Sensitive (SOS1) gene and driven by a PM H+-ATPase generated proton gradient. However, it is not clear to what extent this mechanism is operational in wild and cultivated rice species, given the unique rice root anatomy and the existence of the bypass flow for Na+. As wild rice species provide a rich source of genetic diversity for possible introgression of abiotic stress tolerance, we investigated physiological and molecular basis of salinity stress tolerance in Oryza species by using two contrasting pairs of cultivated (Oryza sativa) and wild rice species (Oryza alta and Oryza punctata). Accordingly, dose- and age-dependent Na+ and H+ fluxes were measured using a non-invasive ion selective vibrating microelectrode (the MIFE technique) to measure potential activity of SOS1-encoded Na+/H+ antiporter genes. Consistent with GUS staining data reported in the literature, rice accessions had (~4–6-fold) greater net Na+ efflux in the root elongation zone (EZ) compared to the mature root zone (MZ). Pharmacological experiments showed that Na+ efflux in root EZ is suppressed by more than 90% by amiloride, indicating the possible involvement of Na+/H+ exchanger activity in root EZ. Within each group (cultivated vs. wild) the magnitude of amiloride-sensitive Na+ efflux was higher in tolerant genotypes; however, the activity of Na+/H+ exchanger was 2–3-fold higher in the cultivated rice compared with their wild counterparts. Gene expression levels of SOS1, SOS2 and SOS3 were upregulated under 24 h salinity treatment in all the tested genotypes, with the highest level of SOS1 transcript detected in salt-tolerant wild rice genotype O. alta (~5–6-fold increased transcript level) followed by another wild rice, O. punctata. There was no significant difference in SOS1 expression observed for cultivated rice (IR1-tolerant and IR29-sensitive) under both 0 and 24 h salinity exposure. Our findings suggest that salt-tolerant cultivated rice relies on the cytosolic Na+ exclusion mechanism to deal with salt stress to a greater extent than wild rice, but its operation seems to be regulated at a post-translational rather than transcriptional level.
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- Babar Shahzad
- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University; Foshan 528000, China
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, III Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area, Chennai 600113, India
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
- School of Science, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- School of Science, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University; Foshan 528000, China
- School of Biological Science, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
- Correspondence:
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Marker-Free Rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. IR 64) Overexpressing PDH45 Gene Confers Salinity Tolerance by Maintaining Photosynthesis and Antioxidant Machinery. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11040770. [PMID: 35453455 PMCID: PMC9025255 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11040770] [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: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Helicases function as key enzymes in salinity stress tolerance, and the role and function of PDH45 (pea DNA helicase 45) in stress tolerance have been reported in different crops with selectable markers, raising public and regulatory concerns. In the present study, we developed five lines of marker-free PDH45-overexpressing transgenic lines of rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. IR64). The overexpression of PDH45 driven by CaMV35S promoter in transgenic rice conferred high salinity (200 mM NaCl) tolerance in the T1 generation. Molecular attributes such as PCR, RT-PCR, and Southern and Western blot analyses confirmed stable integration and expression of the PDH45 gene in the PDH45-overexpressing lines. We observed higher endogenous levels of sugars (glucose and fructose) and hormones (GA, zeatin, and IAA) in the transgenic lines in comparison to control plants (empty vector (VC) and wild type (WT)) under salt treatments. Furthermore, photosynthetic characteristics such as net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (gs), intercellular CO2 (Ci), and chlorophyll (Chl) content were significantly higher in transgenic lines under salinity stress as compared to control plants. However, the maximum primary photochemical efficiency of PSII, as an estimated from variable to maximum chlorophyll a fluorescence (Fv/Fm), was identical in the transgenics to that in the control plants. The activities of antioxidant enzymes, such as catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), glutathione reductase (GR), and guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), were significantly higher in transgenic lines in comparison to control plants, which helped in keeping the oxidative stress burden (MDA and H2O2) lesser on transgenic lines, thus protecting the growth and photosynthetic efficiency of the plants. Overall, the present research reports the development of marker-free PDH45-overexpressing transgenic lines for salt tolerance that can potentially avoid public and biosafety concerns and facilitate the commercialization of genetically engineered crop plants.
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