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Novick KA, Ficklin DL, Grossiord C, Konings AG, Martínez-Vilalta J, Sadok W, Trugman AT, Williams AP, Wright AJ, Abatzoglou JT, Dannenberg MP, Gentine P, Guan K, Johnston MR, Lowman LEL, Moore DJP, McDowell NG. The impacts of rising vapour pressure deficit in natural and managed ecosystems. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2024; 47:3561-3589. [PMID: 38348610 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2023] [Revised: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
Abstract
An exponential rise in the atmospheric vapour pressure deficit (VPD) is among the most consequential impacts of climate change in terrestrial ecosystems. Rising VPD has negative and cascading effects on nearly all aspects of plant function including photosynthesis, water status, growth and survival. These responses are exacerbated by land-atmosphere interactions that couple VPD to soil water and govern the evolution of drought, affecting a range of ecosystem services including carbon uptake, biodiversity, the provisioning of water resources and crop yields. However, despite the global nature of this phenomenon, research on how to incorporate these impacts into resilient management regimes is largely in its infancy, due in part to the entanglement of VPD trends with those of other co-evolving climate drivers. Here, we review the mechanistic bases of VPD impacts at a range of spatial scales, paying particular attention to the independent and interactive influence of VPD in the context of other environmental changes. We then evaluate the consequences of these impacts within key management contexts, including water resources, croplands, wildfire risk mitigation and management of natural grasslands and forests. We conclude with recommendations describing how management regimes could be altered to mitigate the otherwise highly deleterious consequences of rising VPD.
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- Kimberly A Novick
- O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Plant Ecology Research Laboratory (PERL), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Community Ecology Unit, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape WSL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- CREAF, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Management of Complex Systems Department, University of California, Merced, California, USA
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- Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
- Center for Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence and Physics (LEAP), Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Agroecosystem Sustainability Center, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumers, and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Engineering, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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- School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
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Jing Y, Pei T, Zhang S, Li C, Zhan M, Li C, Gong X, Mao K, Liu C, Ma F. Overexpression of FERONIA receptor kinase MdMRLK2 regulates lignin accumulation and enhances water use efficiency in apple under long-term water deficit condition. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 39039969 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
Abstract
Water use efficiency (WUE) is crucial for apple tree fitness and survival, especially in response to climatic changes. The receptor-like kinase FERONIA is reportedly an essential regulator of plant stress responses, but its role in regulating WUE under water deficit conditions is unclear. Here, we found that overexpressing the apple FERONIA receptor kinase gene, MdMRLK2, enhanced apple WUE under long-term water deficit conditions. Under drought treatment, 35S::MdMRLK2 apple plants exhibited higher photosynthetic capacity and antioxidant enzyme activities than wild-type (WT) plants. 35S::MdMRLK2 apple plants also showed increased biomass accumulation, root activity, and water potential compared to WT plants. Moreover, MdMRLK2 physically interacts with and phosphorylates cinnamoyl-CoA reductase 1, MdCCR1, an enzyme essential for lignin synthesis, at position Ser260. This interaction likely contributed to increased vessel density, vascular cylinder area, and lignin content in 35S::MdMRLK2 apple plants under drought conditions. Therefore, our findings reveal a novel function of MdMRLK2 in regulating apple WUE under water deficit conditions.
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- Yuanyuan Jing
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
- Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, 832003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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Rui M, Chen R, Jing Y, Wu F, Chen ZH, Tissue D, Jiang H, Wang Y. Guard cell and subsidiary cell sizes are key determinants for stomatal kinetics and drought adaptation in cereal crops. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 242:2479-2494. [PMID: 38622763 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19757] [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: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Climate change-induced drought is a major threat to agriculture. C4 crops have a higher water use efficiency (WUE) and better adaptability to drought than C3 crops due to their smaller stomatal morphology and faster response. However, our understanding of stomatal behaviours in both C3 and C4 Poaceae crops is limited by knowledge gaps in physical traits of guard cell (GC) and subsidiary cell (SC). We employed infrared gas exchange analysis and a stomatal assay to explore the relationship between GC/SC sizes and stomatal kinetics across diverse drought conditions in two C3 (wheat and barley) and three C4 (maize, sorghum and foxtail millet) upland Poaceae crops. Through statistical analyses, we proposed a GCSC-τ model to demonstrate how morphological differences affect stomatal kinetics in C4 Poaceae crops. Our findings reveal that morphological variations specifically correlate with stomatal kinetics in C4 Poaceae crops, but not in C3 ones. Subsequent modelling and experimental validation provide further evidence that GC/SC sizes significantly impact stomatal kinetics, which affects stomatal responses to different drought conditions and thereby WUE in C4 Poaceae crops. These findings emphasize the crucial advantage of GC/SC morphological characteristics and stomatal kinetics for the drought adaptability of C4 Poaceae crops, highlighting their potential as future climate-resilient crops.
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- Mengmeng Rui
- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- BGI-Sanya, Sanya, 572025, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
- Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, 2753, Australia
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- Center for Data Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Burgess AJ, Ugalde JM. SOS: speed of stomata opening and closing is influenced by vapor pressure deficit. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 195:251-253. [PMID: 38319740 PMCID: PMC11060658 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2024] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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- Alexandra J Burgess
- Assistant Features Editor, Plant Physiology, American Society of Plant Biologists
- Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK
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- Assistant Features Editor, Plant Physiology, American Society of Plant Biologists
- INRES-Chemical Signalling, University of Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 144, 53113 Bonn, Germany
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Ginzburg DN, Cox JA, Rhee SY. Non-destructive, whole-plant phenotyping reveals dynamic changes in water use efficiency, photosynthesis, and rhizosphere acidification of sorghum accessions under osmotic stress. PLANT DIRECT 2024; 8:e571. [PMID: 38464685 PMCID: PMC10918709 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Noninvasive phenotyping can quantify dynamic plant growth processes at higher temporal resolution than destructive phenotyping and can reveal phenomena that would be missed by end-point analysis alone. Additionally, whole-plant phenotyping can identify growth conditions that are optimal for both above- and below-ground tissues. However, noninvasive, whole-plant phenotyping approaches available today are generally expensive, complex, and non-modular. We developed a low-cost and versatile approach to noninvasively measure whole-plant physiology over time by growing plants in isolated hydroponic chambers. We demonstrate the versatility of our approach by measuring whole-plant biomass accumulation, water use, and water use efficiency every two days on unstressed and osmotically stressed sorghum accessions. We identified relationships between root zone acidification and photosynthesis on whole-plant water use efficiency over time. Our system can be implemented using cheap, basic components, requires no specific technical expertise, and should be suitable for any non-aquatic vascular plant species.
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- Daniel N. Ginzburg
- Department of Plant BiologyCarnegie Institution for ScienceStanfordCaliforniaUSA
- Present address:
Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of Plant BiologyCarnegie Institution for ScienceStanfordCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Plant BiologyCarnegie Institution for ScienceStanfordCaliforniaUSA
- Present address:
Plant Resilience Institute, Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Plant Biology, and Plant, Soil, and Microbial SciencesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
- Present address:
Water and Life Interface InstituteEast LansingMichigan48824USA
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Sharma N, Raman H, Wheeler D, Kalenahalli Y, Sharma R. Data-driven approaches to improve water-use efficiency and drought resistance in crop plants. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 336:111852. [PMID: 37659733 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
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With the increasing population, there lies a pressing demand for food, feed and fibre, while the changing climatic conditions pose severe challenges for agricultural production worldwide. Water is the lifeline for crop production; thus, enhancing crop water-use efficiency (WUE) and improving drought resistance in crop varieties are crucial for overcoming these challenges. Genetically-driven improvements in yield, WUE and drought tolerance traits can buffer the worst effects of climate change on crop production in dry areas. While traditional crop breeding approaches have delivered impressive results in increasing yield, the methods remain time-consuming and are often limited by the existing allelic variation present in the germplasm. Significant advances in breeding and high-throughput omics technologies in parallel with smart agriculture practices have created avenues to dramatically speed up the process of trait improvement by leveraging the vast volumes of genomic and phenotypic data. For example, individual genome and pan-genome assemblies, along with transcriptomic, metabolomic and proteomic data from germplasm collections, characterised at phenotypic levels, could be utilised to identify marker-trait associations and superior haplotypes for crop genetic improvement. In addition, these omics approaches enable the identification of genes involved in pathways leading to the expression of a trait, thereby providing an understanding of the genetic, physiological and biochemical basis of trait variation. These data-driven gene discoveries and validation approaches are essential for crop improvement pipelines, including genomic breeding, speed breeding and gene editing. Herein, we provide an overview of prospects presented using big data-driven approaches (including artificial intelligence and machine learning) to harness new genetic gains for breeding programs and develop drought-tolerant crop varieties with favourable WUE and high-yield potential traits.
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- Niharika Sharma
- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia.
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- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia
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- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia
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- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana 502324, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan 333031, India
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Weerarathne LVY, Jahufer Z, Schäufele R, Lopez I, Matthew C. A comparative analysis of agronomic water-use efficiency and its proxy measures as derived from key morpho-physiological and supportive quantitative genetics attributes of perennial ryegrass under imposed drought. PLANT-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS (HOBOKEN, N.J.) 2023; 4:291-307. [PMID: 37829998 PMCID: PMC10565840 DOI: 10.1002/pei3.10123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
Abstract
Water-use efficiency (WUE) is an under-researched but very important drought tolerance trait in forage breeding. This research estimated quantitative genetic parameters of morpho-physiological traits linked to agronomic water-use efficiency (WUEA) and its proxy measures based on δ13C (WUEi) or gas exchange (evapotranspiration, WUEAET, or stomatal conductance WUEASC) of genotypes from half-sib families of Lolium perenne L. (PRG) in a simulated summer drought cycle. Principal component analysis (PCA) of trait data distinguished a group of PRG genotypes where high WUEA and dry matter yield was associated with deep rooting, leaf hydration at more negative leaf osmotic and water potential, and reduced soil moisture depletion. Plants with this trait association sustained net assimilation and postdefoliation regrowth in drought. However, WUEi, WUEASC, and WUEAET were poorly correlated with most traits of interest at p < .05. Another PCA revealed a weak association between WUEA and its proxy measures under conditions tested. Quantitative genetic parameters including high estimates of narrow-sense heritability (h n 2 > 0.7 ; p < .05 ) of WUEA and related traits emphasized the genetic potential of the key trait combination for selecting PRG for improved drought tolerance. Research findings highlight the relative importance of WUEA and its proxy measures in the broad definition of PRG drought tolerance for breeding purposes.
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- L. V. Y. Weerarathne
- Department of Crop Science, Faculty of AgricultureUniversity of PeradeniyaPeradeniyaSri Lanka
- School of Agriculture and Environment, College of SciencesMassey UniversityPalmerston NorthNew Zealand
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Faculty of ScienceThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- Crop Physiology, School of Life SciencesTechnical University of MunichFreisingGermany
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, College of SciencesMassey UniversityPalmerston NorthNew Zealand
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, College of SciencesMassey UniversityPalmerston NorthNew Zealand
- College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and TechnologyLanzhou UniversityLanzhouChina
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Vadez V, Pilloni R, Grondin A, Hajjarpoor A, Belhouchette H, Brouziyne Y, Chehbouni G, Kharrou MH, Zitouna-Chebbi R, Mekki I, Molénat J, Jacob F, Bossuet J. Water use efficiency across scales: from genes to landscapes. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2023; 74:4770-4788. [PMID: 36779607 PMCID: PMC10474597 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Water scarcity is already set to be one of the main issues of the 21st century, because of competing needs between civil, industrial, and agricultural use. Agriculture is currently the largest user of water, but its share is bound to decrease as societies develop and clearly it needs to become more water efficient. Improving water use efficiency (WUE) at the plant level is important, but translating this at the farm/landscape level presents considerable challenges. As we move up from the scale of cells, organs, and plants to more integrated scales such as plots, fields, farm systems, and landscapes, other factors such as trade-offs need to be considered to try to improve WUE. These include choices of crop variety/species, farm management practices, landscape design, infrastructure development, and ecosystem functions, where human decisions matter. This review is a cross-disciplinary attempt to analyse approaches to addressing WUE at these different scales, including definitions of the metrics of analysis and consideration of trade-offs. The equations we present in this perspectives paper use similar metrics across scales to make them easier to connect and are developed to highlight which levers, at different scales, can improve WUE. We also refer to models operating at these different scales to assess WUE. While our entry point is plants and crops, we scale up the analysis of WUE to farm systems and landscapes.
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- Vincent Vadez
- French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), UMR DIADE, University of Montpellier, 911 Av. Agropolis BP65401, 34394, Montpellier, France
- International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, 502 324, Telangana, India
- LMI LAPSE, CERAAS-ISRA, Thiès, Senegal
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- French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), UMR DIADE, University of Montpellier, 911 Av. Agropolis BP65401, 34394, Montpellier, France
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- French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), UMR DIADE, University of Montpellier, 911 Av. Agropolis BP65401, 34394, Montpellier, France
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- French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), UMR DIADE, University of Montpellier, 911 Av. Agropolis BP65401, 34394, Montpellier, France
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- ABSys, Université de Montpellier, CIHEAM-IAMM, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI), MENA Office, Giza 12661, Egypt
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- International Water Research Institute (IWRI), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) UMR CESBIO, Benguerir 43150, Morocco
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- International Water Research Institute (IWRI), Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) UMR CESBIO, Benguerir 43150, Morocco
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- INRGREF, Carthage University, B.P. 10, 2080 Ariana, Tunisia
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- UMR LISAH, Université de Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, Institut Agro Montpellier, AgroParisTech, Montpellier, France
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- UMR LISAH, Université de Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, Institut Agro Montpellier, AgroParisTech, Montpellier, France
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Lv X, Li Y, Chen R, Rui M, Wang Y. Stomatal Responses of Two Drought-Tolerant Barley Varieties with Different ROS Regulation Strategies under Drought Conditions. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:antiox12040790. [PMID: 37107165 PMCID: PMC10135251 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12040790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Drought stress is a major obstacle to agricultural production. Stomata are central to efforts to improve photosynthesis and water use. They are targets for manipulation to improve both processes and the balance between them. An in-depth understanding of stomatal behavior and kinetics is important for improving photosynthesis and the WUE of crops. In this study, a drought stress pot experiment was performed, and a transcriptome analysis of the leaves of three contrasting, cultivated barley genotypes Lumley (Lum, drought-tolerant), Golden Promise (GP, drought-sensitive), and Tadmor (Tad, drought-tolerant), generated by high-throughput sequencing, were compared. Lum exhibited a different WUE at the leaf and whole-plant levels and had greater CO2 assimilation, with a higher gs under drought stress. Interestingly, Lum showed a slower stomatal closure in response to a light-dark transition and significant differences compared to Tad in stomatal response to the exogenous application of ABA, H2O2, and CaCl2. A transcriptome analysis revealed that 24 ROS-related genes were indeed involved in drought response regulation, and impaired ABA-induced ROS accumulation in Lum was identified using ROS and antioxidant capacity measurements. We conclude that different stomatal ROS responses affect stomatal closure in barley, demonstrating different drought regulation strategies. These results provide valuable insight into the physiological and molecular basis of stomatal behavior and drought tolerance in barley.
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- Xiachen Lv
- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Roeder J, Liu J, Doch I, Ruschhaupt M, Christmann A, Grill E, Helmke H, Hohmann S, Lehr S, Frackenpohl J, Yang Z. Abscisic acid agonists suitable for optimizing plant water use. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 13:1071710. [PMID: 36743550 PMCID: PMC9894685 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1071710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Climate change and overexploitation of groundwater resources cause constraints on water demand for agriculture, thus threatening crop productivity. For future food security, there is an urgent need for crops of high water use efficiency combined with high crop productivity, i.e. having high water productivity. High water productivity means efficient biomass accumulation at reduced transpiration. Recent studies show that plants are able to optimize carbon uptake per water transpired with little or no trade-off in yield. The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a pivotal role in minimizing leaf transpiration and mediating enhanced water productivity. Hence, ABA and more chemically stable ABA agonists have the potential to improve crop water productivity. Synthesis, screening, and identification of suitable ABA agonists are major efforts currently undertaken. In this study, we used yeast expressing the plant ABA signal pathway to prescreen ABA-related cyano cyclopropyl compounds (CCPs). The yeast analysis allowed testing the ABA agonists for general toxicity, efficient uptake, and specificity in regulating different ABA receptor complexes. Subsequently, promising ABA-mimics were analyzed in vitro for ligand-receptor interaction complemented by physiological analyses. Several CCPs activated ABA signaling in yeast and plant cells. CCP1, CCP2, and CCP5 were by an order of magnitude more efficient than ABA in minimizing transpiration of Arabidopsis plants. In a progressive drought experiment, CCP2 mediated an increase in water use efficiency superior to ABA without trade-offs in biomass accumulation.
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- Jan Roeder
- Department of Botany, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Botany, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Botany, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Botany, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Department of Botany, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Botany, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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Villalobos-López MA, Arroyo-Becerra A, Quintero-Jiménez A, Iturriaga G. Biotechnological Advances to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:12053. [PMID: 36233352 PMCID: PMC9570234 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231912053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 10/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The major challenges that agriculture is facing in the twenty-first century are increasing droughts, water scarcity, flooding, poorer soils, and extreme temperatures due to climate change. However, most crops are not tolerant to extreme climatic environments. The aim in the near future, in a world with hunger and an increasing population, is to breed and/or engineer crops to tolerate abiotic stress with a higher yield. Some crop varieties display a certain degree of tolerance, which has been exploited by plant breeders to develop varieties that thrive under stress conditions. Moreover, a long list of genes involved in abiotic stress tolerance have been identified and characterized by molecular techniques and overexpressed individually in plant transformation experiments. Nevertheless, stress tolerance phenotypes are polygenetic traits, which current genomic tools are dissecting to exploit their use by accelerating genetic introgression using molecular markers or site-directed mutagenesis such as CRISPR-Cas9. In this review, we describe plant mechanisms to sense and tolerate adverse climate conditions and examine and discuss classic and new molecular tools to select and improve abiotic stress tolerance in major crops.
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- Miguel Angel Villalobos-López
- Laboratorio de Genómica Funcional y Biotecnología de Plantas, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ex-Hacienda San Juan Molino Carretera Estatal Km 1.5, Santa Inés-Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla 90700, Tlaxcala, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Genómica Funcional y Biotecnología de Plantas, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ex-Hacienda San Juan Molino Carretera Estatal Km 1.5, Santa Inés-Tecuexcomac-Tepetitla 90700, Tlaxcala, Mexico
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- División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Tecnológico Nacional de México/I.T. Roque, Km. 8 Carretera Celaya-Juventino Rosas, Roque, Celaya 38110, Guanajato, Mexico
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- División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Tecnológico Nacional de México/I.T. Roque, Km. 8 Carretera Celaya-Juventino Rosas, Roque, Celaya 38110, Guanajato, Mexico
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Affortit P, Effa-Effa B, Ndoye MS, Moukouanga D, Luchaire N, Cabrera-Bosquet L, Perálvarez M, Pilloni R, Welcker C, Champion A, Gantet P, Diedhiou AG, Manneh B, Aroca R, Vadez V, Laplaze L, Cubry P, Grondin A. Physiological and genetic control of transpiration efficiency in African rice, Oryza glaberrima Steud. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:5279-5293. [PMID: 35429274 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Improving crop water use efficiency, the amount of carbon assimilated as biomass per unit of water used by a plant, is of major importance as water for agriculture becomes scarcer. In rice, the genetic bases of transpiration efficiency, the derivation of water use efficiency at the whole-plant scale, and its putative component trait transpiration restriction under high evaporative demand remain unknown. These traits were measured in 2019 in a panel of 147 African rice (Oryza glaberrima) genotypes known to be potential sources of tolerance genes to biotic and abiotic stresses. Our results reveal that higher transpiration efficiency is associated with transpiration restriction in African rice. Detailed measurements in a subset of highly contrasted genotypes in terms of biomass accumulation and transpiration confirmed these associations and suggested that root to shoot ratio played an important role in transpiration restriction. Genome wide association studies identified marker-trait associations for transpiration response to evaporative demand, transpiration efficiency, and its residuals, with links to genes involved in water transport and cell wall patterning. Our data suggest that root-shoot partitioning is an important component of transpiration restriction that has a positive effect on transpiration efficiency in African rice. Both traits are heritable and define targets for breeding rice with improved water use strategies.
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- Pablo Affortit
- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
- CENAREST, Libreville, Gabon
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- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
- CERAAS, Thiès, Senegal
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- LEPSE, Université de Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- LEPSE, Université de Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
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- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
- CERAAS, Thiès, Senegal
- LMI LAPSE, Dakar, Senegal
- ICRISAT, Patancheru, India
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- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
- LMI LAPSE, Dakar, Senegal
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- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
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- DIADE, Université de Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
- CERAAS, Thiès, Senegal
- LMI LAPSE, Dakar, Senegal
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Gleason SM, Barnard DM, Green TR, Mackay S, Wang DR, Ainsworth EA, Altenhofen J, Brodribb TJ, Cochard H, Comas LH, Cooper M, Creek D, DeJonge KC, Delzon S, Fritschi FB, Hammer G, Hunter C, Lombardozzi D, Messina CD, Ocheltree T, Stevens BM, Stewart JJ, Vadez V, Wenz J, Wright IJ, Yemoto K, Zhang H. Physiological trait networks enhance understanding of crop growth and water use in contrasting environments. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:2554-2572. [PMID: 35735161 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plant function arises from a complex network of structural and physiological traits. Explicit representation of these traits, as well as their connections with other biophysical processes, is required to advance our understanding of plant-soil-climate interactions. We used the Terrestrial Regional Ecosystem Exchange Simulator (TREES) to evaluate physiological trait networks in maize. Net primary productivity (NPP) and grain yield were simulated across five contrasting climate scenarios. Simulations achieving high NPP and grain yield in high precipitation environments featured trait networks conferring high water use strategies: deep roots, high stomatal conductance at low water potential ("risky" stomatal regulation), high xylem hydraulic conductivity and high maximal leaf area index. In contrast, high NPP and grain yield was achieved in dry environments with low late-season precipitation via water conserving trait networks: deep roots, high embolism resistance and low stomatal conductance at low leaf water potential ("conservative" stomatal regulation). We suggest that our approach, which allows for the simultaneous evaluation of physiological traits, soil characteristics and their interactions (i.e., networks), has potential to improve our understanding of crop performance in different environments. In contrast, evaluating single traits in isolation of other coordinated traits does not appear to be an effective strategy for predicting plant performance.
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- Sean M Gleason
- United States Department of Agriculture, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Geography & Department of Environment and Sustainability, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Berthoud, Colorado, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Tasmania Node, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, PIAF, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Queensland Node, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, PIAF, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Ås, Norway
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Université Bordeaux, INRAE, BIOGECO, Pessac, cedex, France
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- Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Queensland Node, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Climate & Global Dynamics Lab, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, Western Sydney University Node, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Water Management and Systems Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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Ozeki K, Miyazawa Y, Sugiura D. Rapid stomatal closure contributes to higher water use efficiency in major C4 compared to C3 Poaceae crops. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 189:188-203. [PMID: 35134220 PMCID: PMC9070804 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Understanding water use characteristics of C3 and C4 crops is important for food security under climate change. Here, we aimed to clarify how stomatal dynamics and water use efficiency (WUE) differ in fluctuating environments in major C3 and C4 crops. Under high and low nitrogen conditions, we evaluated stomatal morphology and kinetics of stomatal conductance (gs) at leaf and whole-plant levels in controlled fluctuating light environments in four C3 and five C4 Poaceae species. We developed a dynamic photosynthesis model, which incorporates C3 and C4 photosynthesis models that consider stomatal dynamics, to evaluate the contribution of rapid stomatal opening and closing to photosynthesis and WUE. C4 crops showed more rapid stomatal opening and closure than C3 crops, which could be explained by smaller stomatal size and higher stomatal density in plants grown at high nitrogen conditions. Our model analysis indicated that accelerating the speed of stomatal closure in C3 crops to the level of C4 crops could enhance WUE up to 16% by reducing unnecessary water loss during low light periods, whereas accelerating stomatal opening only minimally enhanced photosynthesis. The present results suggest that accelerating the speed of stomatal closure in major C3 crops to the level of major C4 crops is a potential breeding target for the realization of water-saving agriculture.
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- Kengo Ozeki
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Campus Planning Office, Kyushu University, Nishi, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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Liao Q, Gu S, Kang S, Du T, Tong L, Wood JD, Ding R. Mild water and salt stress improve water use efficiency by decreasing stomatal conductance via osmotic adjustment in field maize. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 805:150364. [PMID: 34818800 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Water and salt stress often occur simultaneously in heavily irrigated arid agricultural areas, yet they are usually studied in isolation. To understand the physiological bases of water use efficiency (WUE) of field-grown maize (Zea mays) at multi-scales under combined water and salt stress, we investigated the joint effects of water and salt stress on physiology, growth, yield, and WUE of two genotypes (XY335 and ZD958). We measured leaf stomatal conductance (gs), net photosynthesis rate (A) and hydraulic traits, whole-plant growth and water use (ET), and final biomass and grain yield. Leaf osmotic adjustment was a key trait of the physiological differences between XY335 and ZD958 under water and salt stress. Although the responses of the two genotypes were different, mild water and salt stress improved intrinsic water use efficiency (iWUE = A/gs) by (i) decreasing gsvia increasing osmotic adjustment and hydraulic resistance, and (ii) declining A via increasing stomatal limitations rather than reducing photosynthetic capacity. Joint water and salt stress had a synergistic effect on reproductive growth and grain formation of maize. Mild water and salt stress reduced ET, stabilized grain yield, and improved grain WUE via declining gs, maintaining photosynthetic capacity, and improving harvest index. Collectively, our study provides a novel insight into the physiological mechanisms of WUE and demonstrates an approach for the efficient management of water and salt by using a growth stage-based deficit irrigation strategy or/and selecting genotypes with strong osmotic adjustment capacity and high harvest index.
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- Qi Liao
- Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; Shiyanghe Experimental Station for Improving Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Education and Gansu Government, Wuwei, Gansu Province 733009, China
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- Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; Shiyanghe Experimental Station for Improving Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Education and Gansu Government, Wuwei, Gansu Province 733009, China
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- Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; Shiyanghe Experimental Station for Improving Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Education and Gansu Government, Wuwei, Gansu Province 733009, China
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- Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; Shiyanghe Experimental Station for Improving Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Education and Gansu Government, Wuwei, Gansu Province 733009, China
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- Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; Shiyanghe Experimental Station for Improving Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Education and Gansu Government, Wuwei, Gansu Province 733009, China
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- School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Center for Agricultural Water Research in China, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; Shiyanghe Experimental Station for Improving Water Use Efficiency in Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Education and Gansu Government, Wuwei, Gansu Province 733009, China.
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Agricultural Water Use Efficiency: Is There Any Spatial Correlation between Different Regions? LAND 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/land11010077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Affected by global climate change and water shortages, food security continues to be challenged. Improving agricultural water use efficiency is essential to guarantee food security. China has been suffering from water scarcity for a long time, and insufficient water supply in the agricultural sector has seriously threatened regional food security and sustainable development. This study adopted the super-efficiency slack-based model (SBM) to measure the provincial agricultural water use efficiency (AWUE). Then, we applied the vector autoregression (VAR) Granger causality test and social network analysis (SNA) method to explore the spatial correlation of AWUE between different provinces and reveal the interprovincial transmission mechanism of spillover effects in AWUE. The results show the following: (1) In China, the provincial AWUE was significantly enhanced, and the gaps in provincial AWUE have widened in the past 20 years. (2) There were apparent spatial heterogeneity and correlations of provincial AWUE. The provinces with higher AWUE were mainly located in economically developed and coastal areas. (3) The correlation of AWUE between provinces showed significant network structure characteristics. Fujian, Hebei, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Hubei Qinghai were central to the network, with high centrality. (4) The AWUE spatial correlation network could be divided into four blocks. Each block played a different role in the cross-provincial transmission of spillover effects. Therefore, it is necessary to manage the agricultural water resources and improve water use efficiency from the perspective of the network.
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Delfin EF, Drobnitch ST, Comas LH. Plant strategies for maximizing growth during water stress and subsequent recovery in Solanum melongena L. (eggplant). PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256342. [PMID: 34469437 PMCID: PMC8409672 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Climate change is projected to increase the incidence of severe drought in many regions, potentially requiring selection for different traits in crop species to maintain productivity under water stress. In this study, we identified a suite of hydraulic traits associated with high productivity under water stress in four genotypes of S. melongena L. We also assessed the potential for recovery of this suite of traits from drought stress after re-watering. We observed that two genotypes, PHL 4841 and PHL 2778, quickly grew into large plants with smaller, thicker leaves and increasingly poor hydraulic status (a water-spender strategy), whereas PHL 2789 and Mara maintained safer water status and larger leaves but sacrificed large gains in biomass (a water-saver strategy). The best performing genotype under water stress, PHL 2778, additionally showed a significant increase in root biomass allocation relative to other genotypes. Biomass traits of all genotypes were negatively impacted by water deficit and remained impaired after a week of recovery; however, physiological traits such as electron transport capacity of photosystem II, and proportional allocation to root biomass and fine root length, and leaf area recovered after one week, indicating a strong capacity for eggplant to rebound from short-term deficits via recovery of physiological activity and allocation to resource acquiring tissues. These traits should be considered in selection and breeding of eggplant hybrids for future agricultural outlooks.
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- Evelyn F. Delfin
- Institute of Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
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- Soil and Crop Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Ergo VV, Veas RE, Vega CRC, Lascano R, Carrera CS. Leaf photosynthesis and senescence in heated and droughted field-grown soybean with contrasting seed protein concentration. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 166:437-447. [PMID: 34157606 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Soybean plants under heat and drought generate a multiplicity of responses in photosynthesis and senescence, impairing growth, yield, and seed quality. The goal of this study was to analyze and quantify independent and combined effects of heat and drought during seed filling on photosynthesis and senescence, and its subsequent effects on the filling duration in soybean genotypes contrasting on seed protein. Two field experiments were conducted using high and low seed protein genotypes. During seed filling plants were exposed to four treatments: control (ambient temperature and soil water content near field capacity), heat stress (HS, episodes above 32 °C 6 h d-1) during 15-d, drought stress (DS, soil water content ≤ 25% of field capacity) during the entire seed filling, and HS × DS. We found non-genotypic variation in leaf photosynthesis in both experiments. Irrigated HS, did no alter photosynthesis and senescence. Drought, regardless of heat, reduced photosynthesis, carbohydrate production and affected membranes integrity, leading to premature leaf senescence and shortening the filling duration. The magnitude of responses was similar between drought alone and stresses combined, indicating a dominant role of drought over heat. The seed filling duration was not shorter in high protein compared to low protein genotype, nor was senescence pattern altered across treatments. These results indicated that the higher seed protein content exhibited by some genotypes are not necessarily associated with an earlier onset of senescence and shortening of the filling period as suggested by previous studies analyzing genotypes differing in protein concentration.
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- Verónica V Ergo
- Unidad de Estudios Agropecuarios (UDEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Córdoba, Camino 60 cuadras km 5.5, 5119, Argentina; CONICET, Argentina.
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- Unidad de Estudios Agropecuarios (UDEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Córdoba, Camino 60 cuadras km 5.5, 5119, Argentina
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- INTA Estación Experimental Manfredi, Manfredi, Córdoba, Ruta Nacional N 9 Km 636, 5988, Argentina
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- Unidad de Estudios Agropecuarios (UDEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Córdoba, Camino 60 cuadras km 5.5, 5119, Argentina; CONICET, Argentina; Cátedra de Fisiología Vegetal (FCEFyN-UNC), Vélez Sarsfield 299, Córdoba, 5000, Argentina
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- Unidad de Estudios Agropecuarios (UDEA), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Córdoba, Camino 60 cuadras km 5.5, 5119, Argentina; CONICET, Argentina.
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Gleason SM, Nalezny L, Hunter C, Bensen R, Chintamanani S, Comas LH. Growth and grain yield of eight maize hybrids are aligned with water transport, stomatal conductance, and photosynthesis in a semi-arid irrigated system. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 172:1941-1949. [PMID: 33749003 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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There is increasing interest in understanding how trait networks can be manipulated to improve the performance of crop species. Working towards this goal, we have identified key traits linking the acquisition of water, the transport of water to the sites of evaporation and photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and growth across eight maize hybrid lines grown under well-watered and water-limiting conditions in Northern Colorado. Under well-watered conditions, hybrids with higher end-of-season growth and grain yield exhibited higher leaf-specific conductance, lower operating water potentials, higher rates of midday stomatal conductance, higher rates of net CO2 assimilation, and greater leaf osmotic adjustment. This trait network was similar under water-limited conditions with the notable exception that linkages between water transport, midday stomatal conductance, and growth were even stronger than under fully watered conditions. The maintenance of high leaf-specific conductance throughout the day was achieved via higher maximal conductance rates rather than lower susceptibility to conductance loss. Our results suggest that efforts to improve maize performance in well-watered and water-limiting conditions would benefit from considering the physiological trait networks governing water and carbon flux rather than focusing on single traits independently of one another.
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- Sean M Gleason
- Water Management and Systems Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Water Management and Systems Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Water Management and Systems Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Syngenta Biotechnology Inc., Stanton, Minnesota, USA
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- Water Management and Systems Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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Hammer GL, Cooper M, Reynolds MP. Plant production in water-limited environments. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:5097-5101. [PMID: 34245562 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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- Graeme L Hammer
- The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Centre for Crop Science, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, Centre for Crop Science, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
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Tuberosa R, Cattivelli L, Ceriotti A, Gadaleta A, Beres BL, Pozniak CJ. Editorial: Proceedings of FSTP3 Congress-A Sustainable Durum Wheat Chain for Food Security and Healthy Lives. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:675510. [PMID: 33897752 PMCID: PMC8063101 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.675510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- Roberto Tuberosa
- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Italy
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- Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology, National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science (DISAAT), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Jia X, Mao K, Wang P, Wang Y, Jia X, Huo L, Sun X, Che R, Gong X, Ma F. Overexpression of MdATG8i improves water use efficiency in transgenic apple by modulating photosynthesis, osmotic balance, and autophagic activity under moderate water deficit. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2021; 8:81. [PMID: 33790273 PMCID: PMC8012348 DOI: 10.1038/s41438-021-00521-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Water deficit is one of the major limiting factors for apple (Malus domestica) production on the Loess Plateau, a major apple cultivation area in China. The identification of genes related to the regulation of water use efficiency (WUE) is a crucial aspect of crop breeding programs. As a conserved degradation and recycling mechanism in eukaryotes, autophagy has been reported to participate in various stress responses. However, the relationship between autophagy and WUE regulation has not been explored. We have shown that a crucial autophagy protein in apple, MdATG8i, plays a role in improving salt tolerance. Here, we explored its biological function in response to long-term moderate drought stress. The results showed that MdATG8i-overexpressing (MdATG8i-OE) apple plants exhibited higher WUE than wild-type (WT) plants under long-term moderate drought conditions. Plant WUE can be increased by improving photosynthetic efficiency. Osmoregulation plays a critical role in plant stress resistance and adaptation. Under long-term drought conditions, the photosynthetic capacity and accumulation of sugar and amino acids were higher in MdATG8i-OE plants than in WT plants. The increased photosynthetic capacity in the OE plants could be attributed to their ability to maintain optimal stomatal aperture, organized chloroplasts, and strong antioxidant activity. MdATG8i overexpression also promoted autophagic activity, which was likely related to the changes described above. In summary, our results demonstrate that MdATG8i-OE apple lines exhibited higher WUE than WT under long-term moderate drought conditions because they maintained robust photosynthesis, effective osmotic adjustment processes, and strong autophagic activity.
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- Xin Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Center of Pear Engineering Technology Research, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, 210095, Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, 712100, Yangling, Shaanxi, China.
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He A, Niu S, Yang D, Ren W, Zhao L, Sun Y, Meng L, Zhao Q, Paré PW, Zhang J. Two PGPR strains from the rhizosphere of Haloxylon ammodendron promoted growth and enhanced drought tolerance of ryegrass. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 161:74-85. [PMID: 33578287 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Haloxylon ammodendron, a typical xerophyte, tolerates various abiotic stresses and is widely distributed in desert areas. Two PGPR strains, Bacillus sp. WM13-24 and Pseudomonas sp. M30-35, were previously isolated from the rhizosphere of H. ammodendron in Tengger Desert, Gansu province, northwest China. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of M30-35 and WM13-24 in drought stress alleviation of ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Under normal condition, both M30-35 and WM13-24 increased shoot fresh and dry weight, chlorophyll content, total nitrogen and phosphorus contents and altered phytohormone distribution compared to control. Moreover, after 7 days of drought stress, WM13-24 and M30-35 enhanced photosynthetic capacity, relative water content, the activities of catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) and proline content, resulted in decreased malondialdehyde (MDA) content, relative membrane permeability (RMP) and H2O2 accumulation; interestingly, the two strains decreased ABA content in leaves. This study demonstrated that the two PGPR strains promoted ryegrass growth and root development via regulating plant hormone distribution and enhanced drought tolerance of ryegrass through improving the activities of antioxidant enzymes, regulating ABA signaling and maintaining plant growth. Our results indicated that PGPR strains from rhizosphere of the desert plant species could be considered as promising bioinoculants for grass plants.
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- Aolei He
- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center of Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center of Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center of Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center of Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center of Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center of Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu Province, School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center of Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center of Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409-1061, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Center of Grassland Microbiome, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China.
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Zhang Z, Gong J, Li X, Ding Y, Wang B, Shi J, Liu M, Yang B. Underlying mechanism on source-sink carbon balance of grazed perennial grass during regrowth: Insights into optimal grazing regimes of restoration of degraded grasslands in a temperate steppe. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 277:111439. [PMID: 33035939 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Overgrazing is the main driver of grassland degradation and productivity reduction in northern China. The restoration of degraded grasslands depends on optimal grazing regimes that modify the source-sink balance to promote best carbon (C) assimilation and allocation, thereby promoting rapid compensatory growth of the grazed plants. We used in situ13CO2 labeling and field regrowth studies of Stipa grandis P.A. Smirn.to examine the effects of different grazing intensities (light, medium, heavy, and grazing exclusion) on photosynthetic C assimilation and partitioning, on reallocation of non-structural carbohydrates during regrowth, and on the underlying regulatory mechanisms. Light grazing increased the sink demand of newly expanded leaves and significantly promoted 13C fixation by increasing the photosynthetic capacity of the leaves and accelerating fructose transfer from the stem. Although C assimilation decreased under medium and heavy grazing, S. grandis exhibited a tolerance strategy that preferentially allocated more starch and 13C to the roots for storage to balance sink competition between newly expanded leaves and the roots. Sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS), sucrose synthase (SS), and other plant hormones regulated source-sink imbalances during regrowth. Abscisic acid promoted accumulation of aboveground biomass by stimulating stem SPS activity, whereas jasmonate increased root starch synthesis, thereby increasing belowground biomass. Overall, S. grandis could optimize source-sink relationships and above- and belowground C allocation to support regrowth after grazing by the regulating activities of SPS, SS and other hormones. These results provide new insights into C budgets under grazing and guidance for sustainable grazing management in semi-arid grasslands.
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- Zihe Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- Grassland Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 120 Ulanqab East Street, Saihan District, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, 010021, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Tourism and Resources Environment, Taishan University, Tai'an, Shandong province, 271021, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Protection and Utilization, Faculty of Geographical Science, No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
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Zhao S, Gao H, Jia X, Wei J, Mao K, Ma F. MdHB-7 Regulates Water Use Efficiency in Transgenic Apple ( Malus domestica) Under Long-Term Moderate Water Deficit. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:740492. [PMID: 34777421 PMCID: PMC8582324 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.740492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Improved water use efficiency (WUE) promotes plant survival and crop yield under water deficit conditions. Although the plant-specific HD-Zip I transcription factors have important roles in plant adaptation to various abiotic stresses, including water deficit, their functions in regulating WUE of apple (Malus domestica) are poorly understood. We characterized the role of MdHB-7 in WUE regulation by subjecting MdHB-7 transgenic plants to long-term moderate soil water deficit. The long-term WUE (WUEL) of transgenic apple plants with MdHB-7 overexpression or MdHB-7 RNA interference (RNAi) differed significantly from that of control plants. Upregulation of MdHB-7 caused reduced stomatal density, whereas the suppression of MdHB-7 increased stomatal density under both normal and long-term moderate soil water deficit conditions. Moderate reduction in stomatal density helped to improve the WUE of MdHB-7 overexpression transgenic plants, especially under water deficit conditions. MdHB-7 overexpression plants maintained high rates of photosynthesis that were conducive to the accumulation of biomass and the improvement of WUEL. MdHB-7 overexpression also alleviated the inhibition of root growth caused by long-term moderate soil water deficit and improved root vitality and hydraulic conductivity, which were essential for improving plant WUEL. By contrast, MdHB-7 RNA interference reduced the WUEL of transgenic plants by inhibiting these factors under normal and long-term moderate soil water deficit conditions. Taken together, our results provide solid evidence for a crucial role of MdHB-7 in the regulation of apple WUEL and provide new insights for improving the WUE of apple plants under moderate soil water deficit.
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Furbank RT, Sharwood R, Estavillo GM, Silva-Perez V, Condon AG. Photons to food: genetic improvement of cereal crop photosynthesis. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:2226-2238. [PMID: 32083680 PMCID: PMC7135014 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Photosynthesis has become a major trait of interest for cereal yield improvement as breeders appear to have reached the theoretical genetic limit for harvest index, the mass of grain as a proportion of crop biomass. Yield improvements afforded by the adoption of green revolution dwarfing genes to wheat and rice are becoming exhausted, and improvements in biomass and radiation use efficiency are now sought in these crops. Exploring genetic diversity in photosynthesis is now possible using high-throughput techniques, and low-cost genotyping facilitates discovery of the genetic architecture underlying this variation. Photosynthetic traits have been shown to be highly heritable, and significant variation is present for these traits in available germplasm. This offers hope that breeding for improved photosynthesis and radiation use efficiency in cereal crops is tractable and a useful shorter term adjunct to genetic and genome engineering to boost yield potential.
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- Robert T Furbank
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Evans JR, Lawson T. From green to gold: agricultural revolution for food security. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:2211-2215. [PMID: 32251509 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- John R Evans
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, UK
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