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Shi J, Wang Y, Fan X, Li R, Yu C, Peng Z, Gao Y, Liu Z, Duan L. A novel plant growth regulator B2 mediates drought resistance by regulating reactive oxygen species, phytohormone signaling, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, and starch metabolism pathways in Carex breviculmis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 213:108860. [PMID: 38936070 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108860] [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: 04/07/2024] [Revised: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Drought is one of the most common environmental stressors that severely threatens plant growth, development, and productivity. B2 (2,4-dichloroformamide cyclopropane acid), a novel plant growth regulator, plays an essential role in drought adaptation, significantly enhancing the tolerance of Carex breviculmis seedlings. Its beneficial effects include improved ornamental value, sustained chlorophyll content, increased leaf dry weight, elevated relative water content, and enhanced root activity under drought conditions. B2 also directly scavenges hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anion contents while indirectly enhancing the activities of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, catalase, and ascorbate peroxidase) to detoxify reactive oxygen species (ROS) oxidative damage. Transcriptome analysis demonstrated that B2 activates drought-responsive transcription factors (AP2/ERF-ERF, WRKY, and mTERF), leading to significant upregulation of genes associated with phenylpropanoid biosynthesis (HCT, POD, and COMT). Additionally, these transcription factors were found to suppress the degradation of starch. B2 regulates phytohormone signaling related-genes, leading to an increase in abscisic acid contents in drought-stressed plants. Collectively, these findings offer new insights into the intricate mechanisms underlying C. breviculmis' resistance to drought damage, highlighting the potential application of B2 for future turfgrass establishment and management with enhanced drought tolerance.
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- Jiannan Shi
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- Institute of Grassland Flowers and Ecology, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Agricultural Application and New Technique, College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, 102206, China; Engineering Research Center of Plant Growth Regulator, Ministry of Education, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100093, China.
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He Z, Shang X, Wang X, Xing Y, Zhang T, Yun J. The contribution of Ca and Mg to the accumulation of amino acids in maize: from the response of physiological and biochemical processes. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:579. [PMID: 38890571 PMCID: PMC11186291 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05287-y] [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: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND The quality of maize kernels is significantly enhanced by amino acids, which are the fundamental building blocks of proteins. Meanwhile, calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg), as important nutrients for maize growth, are vital in regulating the metabolic pathways and enzyme activities of amino acid synthesis. Therefore, our study analyzed the response process and changes of amino acid content, endogenous hormone content, and antioxidant enzyme activity in kernels to the coupling addition of sugar alcohol-chelated Ca and Mg fertilizers with spraying on maize. RESULT (1) The coupled addition of Ca and Mg fertilizers increased the Ca and Mg content, endogenous hormone components (indole-3-acetic acid, IAA; gibberellin, GA; zeatin riboside, ZR) content, antioxidant enzyme activity, and amino acid content of maize kernels. The content of Ca and Mg in kernels increased with the increasing levels of Ca and Mg fertilizers within a certain range from the filling to the wax ripening stage, and significantly positively correlated with antioxidant enzyme activities. (2) The contents of IAA, GA, and ZR continued to rise, and the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) were elevated, which effectively enhanced the ability of cells to resist oxidative damage, promoted cell elongation and division, and facilitated the growth and development of maize. However, the malondialdehyde (MDA) content increased consistently, which would attack the defense system of the cell membrane plasma to some extent. (3) Leucine (LEU) exhibited the highest percentage of essential amino acid components and a gradual decline from the filling to the wax ripening stage, with the most substantial beneficial effect on essential amino acids. (4) CAT and SOD favorably governed essential amino acids, while IAA and MDA negatively regulated them. The dominant physiological driving pathway for the synthesis of essential amino acids was "IAA-CAT-LEU", in which IAA first negatively drove CAT activity, and CAT then advantageously controlled LEU synthesis. CONCLUSION These findings provide a potential approach to the physiological and biochemical metabolism of amino acid synthesis, and the nutritional quality enhancement of maize kernel.
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- Zhaoquan He
- School of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China.
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chinese Jujube, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China.
- Key Laboratory of Applied Ecology of Universities in Shaanxi Province on the Loess Plateau, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chinese Jujube, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China
- College of Land Resource and Environment, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chinese Jujube, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Ecology of Universities in Shaanxi Province on the Loess Plateau, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chinese Jujube, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China
- Key Laboratory of Applied Ecology of Universities in Shaanxi Province on the Loess Plateau, Yan'an University, Yan'an, 716000, China
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- Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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Liao Z, Liu L, Rennenberg H, Du B. Water deprivation modifies the metabolic profile of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) leaves. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2024; 176:e14365. [PMID: 38802725 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Lavender plantation is globally expanded due to the increasing demand of its essential oil and its popularity as an ornamental species. However, lavender plantations, and consequently essential oil industries, are threatened by more frequent and severe drought episodes in a globally changing climate. Still little is known about the changes in the general metabolome, which provides the precursors of essential oil production, by extended drought events. Prolonged drought fundamentally results in yield losses and changing essential oil composition. In the present study, the general metabolome of a main cultivated lavender species (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.) in response to water deprivation (WD) and re-watering was analyzed to identify the metabolomics responses. We found prolonged WD resulted in significant accumulations of glucose, 1,6-anhydro-β-D-glucose, sucrose, melezitose and raffinose, but declines of allulose, β-D-allose, altrose, fructose and D-cellobiose accompanied by decreased organic acids abundances. Amino acids and aromatic compounds of p-coumaric acid, hydrocaffeic acid and caffeic acid significantly accumulated at prolonged WD, whereas aromatics of cis-ferulic acid, taxifolin and two fatty acids (i.e., palmitic acid and stearic acid) significantly decreased. Prolonged WD also resulted in decreased abundances of polyols, particularly myo-inositol, galactinol and arabitol. The altered metabolite profiles by prolonged WD were mostly not recovered after re-watering, except for branched-chain amino acids, proline, serine and threonine. Our study illustrates the complex changes of leaf primary and secondary metabolic processes of L. angustifolia by drought events and highlights the potential impact of these precursors of essential oil production on the lavender industry.
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- Zhengqiao Liao
- College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, China
- Ecological Security and Protection Key laboratory of Sichuan Province, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, China
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- College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, China
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- Chair of Tree Physiology, Institute of Forest Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Center of Molecular Ecophysiology (CMEP), College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, China
- Ecological Security and Protection Key laboratory of Sichuan Province, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, China
- Chair of Tree Physiology, Institute of Forest Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Fang S, Wan Z, Shen T, Liang G. Potassium attenuates drought damage by regulating sucrose metabolism and gene expression in sesame leaf. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 209:108547. [PMID: 38522132 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108547] [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: 10/01/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Drought has been considered the most restrictive environmental constraint on agricultural production worldwide. Photosynthetic carbohydrate metabolism is a critical biochemical process connected with crop production and quality traits. A pot experiment was carried out under four potassium (K) rates (0, 0.75, 1.5 and 2.25 g pot-1 of K, respectively) and two water regimes to investigate the role of K in activating defense mechanisms on sucrose metabolism against drought damage in sesame. The soil moisture contents are 75 ± 5% (well-watered, WW) and 45 ± 5% (drought stress, DS) of field capacity respectively. The results showed that DS plants without K application have lower activities of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (Rubisco), sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS), soluble acid invertase (SAI), and chlorophyll content and higher activity of sucrose synthase (SuSy), which resulted in declined synthesis and distribution of photosynthetic products to reproductive organs. Under drought, there was a significant positive correlation between leaf sucrose metabolizing enzymes and sucrose content. Plants subjected to drought stress increased the concentrations of soluble sugar and sucrose to produce osmo-protectants and energy sources for plants acclimating to stress but decreased starch content. Conversely, K application enhanced the carbohydrate metabolism, biomass accumulation and partitioning, thereby contributing to higher seed oil and protein yield (28.8%-43.4% and 27.5%-40.7%) as compared to K-deficiency plants. The positive impacts of K application enhanced as increasing K rates, and it was more pronounced in drought conditions. Furthermore, K application upregulated the gene expression of SiMYB57, SiMYB155, SiMYB176 and SiMYB192 while downregulated SiMYB108 and SiMYB171 in drought conditions, which may help to alleviate drought susceptibility. Conclusively, our study illustrated that the enhanced photo-assimilation and translocation process caused by the changes in sucrose metabolism activities under K application as well as regulation of MYB gene expression contributes towards drought resistance of sesame.
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- Sheng Fang
- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding, Ministry of Education/College of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China.
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Sun Z, Li Z, Lin X, Hu Z, Jiang M, Tang B, Zhao Z, Xing M, Yang X, Zhu H. Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the Starch Synthase Gene Family in Sweet Potato and Two of Its Closely Related Species. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:400. [PMID: 38674335 PMCID: PMC11049646 DOI: 10.3390/genes15040400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2024] [Revised: 03/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
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The starch synthase (SS) plays important roles in regulating plant growth and development and responding to adversity stresses. Although the SS family has been studied in many crops, it has not been fully identified in sweet potato and its two related species. In the present study, eight SSs were identified from Ipomoea batatas (I. batata), Ipomoea trifida (I. trifida), and Ipomoea trlioba (I. trlioba), respectively. According to the phylogenetic relationships, they were divided into five subgroups. The protein properties, chromosomal location, phylogenetic relationships, gene structure, cis-elements in the promoter, and interaction network of these proteins were also analyzed; stress expression patterns were systematically analyzed; and real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis was performed. Ipomoea batatas starch synthase (IbSSs) were highly expressed in tuber roots, especially Ipomoea batatas starch synthase 1 (IbSS1) and Ipomoea batatas starch synthase 6 (IbSS6), which may play an important role in root development and starch biosynthesis. At the same time, the SS genes respond to potassium deficiency, hormones, cold, heat, salt, and drought stress. This study offers fresh perspectives for enhancing knowledge about the roles of SSs and potential genes to enhance productivity, starch levels, and resistance to environmental stresses in sweet potatoes.
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- College of Coastal Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China; (Z.S.); (Z.L.); (X.L.); (Z.H.); (M.J.); (B.T.); (Z.Z.); (M.X.); (X.Y.)
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Niu L, Wang W, Li Y, Wu X, Wang W. Maize multi-omics reveal leaf water status controlling of differential transcriptomes, proteomes and hormones as mechanisms of age-dependent osmotic stress response in leaves. STRESS BIOLOGY 2024; 4:19. [PMID: 38498254 PMCID: PMC10948690 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-024-00159-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Drought-induced osmotic stress severely affects the growth and yield of maize. However, the mechanisms underlying the different responses of young and old maize leaves to osmotic stress remain unclear. To gain a systematic understanding of age-related stress responses, we compared osmotic-stress-induced changes in maize leaves of different ages using multi-omics approaches. After short-term osmotic stress, old leaves suffered more severe water deficits than young leaves. The adjustments of transcriptomes, proteomes, and hormones in response to osmotic stress were more dynamic in old leaves. Metabolic activities, stress signaling pathways, and hormones (especially abscisic acid) responded to osmotic stress in an age-dependent manner. We identified multiple functional clusters of genes and proteins with potential roles in stress adaptation. Old leaves significantly accumulated stress proteins such as dehydrin, aquaporin, and chaperones to cope with osmotic stress, accompanied by senescence-like cellular events, whereas young leaves exhibited an effective water conservation strategy mainly by hydrolyzing transitory starch and increasing proline production. The stress responses of individual leaves are primarily determined by their intracellular water status, resulting in differential transcriptomes, proteomes, and hormones. This study extends our understanding of the mechanisms underlying plant responses to osmotic stress.
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- Liangjie Niu
- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Wheat and Maize Crop Science, College of Life Sciences, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
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Schmitt KFM, do Amaral Junior AT, Kamphorst SH, Pinto VB, de Lima VJ, de Oliveira UA, Viana FN, Leite JT, Gomes LP, Silva JGDS, Lamêgo DL, Bernado WDP, de Souza GAR, de Almeida FA, de Souza Filho GA, Silveira V, Campostrini E. Decoding the effects of drought stress on popcorn (Zea mays var. everta) flowering combining proteomics and physiological analysis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 208:108444. [PMID: 38382344 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108444] [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: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Under conditions of soil water limitation and adequate irrigation, we conducted an investigation into the growth dynamics, gas exchange performance, and proteomic profiles of two inbred popcorn lines-L71, characterized as drought-tolerant, and L61, identified as drought-sensitive. Our goal was to uncover the mechanisms associated with tolerance to soil water limitation during the flowering. The plants were cultivated until grain filling in a substrate composed of perlite and peat within 150cm long lysimeter, subjected to two water conditions (WC): i) irrigated (WW) at lysimeter capacity (LC - 100%), and ii) water-stressed (WS). Under WS conditions, the plants gradually reached 45% of LC and were maintained at this level for 10 days. Irrespective of the WC, L71 exhibited the highest values of dry biomass in both shoot and root systems, signifying its status as the most robust genotype. The imposed water limitation led to early senescence, chlorophyll degradation, and increased anthocyanin levels, with a more pronounced impact observed in L61. Traits related to gas exchange manifested differences between the lines only under WS conditions. A total of 1838 proteins were identified, with 169 differentially accumulated proteins (DAPs) in the tolerant line and 386 DAPs in the sensitive line. Notably, differences in energy metabolism, photosynthesis, oxidative stress response, and protein synthesis pathways were identified as the key distinctions between L71 and L61. Consequently, our findings offer valuable insights into the alterations in proteomic profiles associated with the adaptation to soil water limitation in popcorn.
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- Katia Fabiane Medeiros Schmitt
- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Instituto Latino-Americano de Ciências da Vida e da Natureza. Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana.
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- Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Tecidual, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia (CBB). Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Pesquisador em Ciências agronômicas GDM Seeds, Porto Nacional, TO, 77500-000, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Química e Função de Proteínas e Peptídes, CBB. Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia, CBB. Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia, CBB. Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28013-602, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Melhoramento Vegetal, Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Agronômica, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Av. Prof. Alberto Lamego 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, 28013-602, Brazil.
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Hui T, Bao L, Shi X, Zhang H, Xu K, Wei X, Liang J, Zhang R, Qian W, Zhang M, Su C, Jiao F. Grafting seedling rootstock strengthens tolerance to drought stress in polyploid mulberry (Morus alba L.). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 208:108441. [PMID: 38377887 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108441] [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: 11/26/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024]
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The economically adaptable mulberry (Morus alba L.) has a long history of grafting in China, yet the physiological mechanisms and advantages in drought tolerance remain unexplored. In our study, we investigated the responses of self-rooted 2X (diploid), 3X (triploid), and 4X (tetraploid) plants, as well as polyploid plants grafted onto diploid seedling rootstocks (2X/2X, 3X/2X, and 4X/2X) under drought stress. We found that self-rooted diploid plants exhibited the most severe phenotypic damage, lowest water retention, photosynthetic capacity, and the least effective osmotic stress adjustment compared to tetraploid and triploid plants. However, grafted diploid and triploid plants showed effective mitigation of drought-induced damage, with higher relative water content and improved soil water retention. Grafted plants also improved the photosystem response to drought stress through elevated photosynthetic potential, closed stomatal aperture, and faster recovery of chlorophyll biosynthesis in the leaves. Additionally, grafted plants altered osmotic protective compound levels, including starch, soluble sugar, and proline content, thereby enhancing drought resistance. Absolute quantification PCR indicated that the expression levels of proline synthesis-related genes in grafted plants were not influenced after drought stress, whereas they were significantly increased in self-rooted plants. Consequently, our findings support that self-rooted triploid and tetraploid mulberries exhibited superior drought resistance compared to diploid plants. Moreover, grafting onto seedling rootstocks enhanced tolerance against drought stress in diploid and triploid mulberry, but not in tetraploid. Our study provides valuable insights for a comprehensive analysis of physiological effects in response to drought stress between stem-roots and seedling rootstocks.
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- Tian Hui
- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- The Sericultural and Silk Research Institute, College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China.
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Lv A, Su L, Fan N, Wen W, Wang Z, Zhou P, An Y. Chloroplast-targeted late embryogenesis abundant 1 increases alfalfa tolerance to drought and aluminum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 193:2750-2767. [PMID: 37647543 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Late embryogenesis-abundant (LEA) proteins are important stress-response proteins that participate in protecting plants against abiotic stresses. Here, we investigated LEA group 3 protein MsLEA1, containing the typically disordered and α-helix structure, via overexpression and RNA interference (RNAi) approaches in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) under drought and aluminum (Al) stresses. MsLEA1 was highly expressed in leaves and localized in chloroplasts. Overexpressing MsLEA1 increased alfalfa tolerance to drought and Al stresses, but downregulating MsLEA1 decreased the tolerance. We observed a larger stomatal aperture and a lower water use efficiency in MsLEA1 RNAi lines compared with wild-type plants under drought stress. Photosynthetic rate, Rubisco activity, and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity increased or decreased in MsLEA1-OE or MsLEA1-RNAi lines, respectively, under drought and Al stress. Copper/zinc SOD (Cu/Zn-SOD), iron SOD (Fe-SOD), and Rubisco large subunit proteins (Ms1770) were identified as binding partners of MsLEA1, which protected chloroplast structure and function under drought and Al stress. These results indicate that MsLEA1 recruits and protects its target proteins (SOD and Ms1770) and increases alfalfa tolerance against drought and Al stresses.
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- Aimin Lv
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai 201101, China
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Zi L, Reynaert S, Nijs I, De Boeck H, Verbruggen E, Beemster GTS, Asard H, AbdElgawad H. Biochemical composition changes can be linked to the tolerance of four grassland species under more persistent precipitation regimes. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2023; 175:e14083. [PMID: 38148201 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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Climate models suggest that the persistence of summer precipitation regimes (PRs) is on the rise, characterized by both longer dry and longer wet durations. These PR changes may alter plant biochemical composition and thereby their economic and ecological characteristics. However, impacts of PR persistence have primarily been studied at the community level, largely ignoring the biochemistry of individual species. Here, we analyzed biochemical components of four grassland species with varying sensitivity to PR persistence (Holcus lanatus, Phleum pratense, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Plantago lanceolata) along a range of increasingly persistent PRs (longer consecutive dry and wet periods) in a mesocosm experiment. The more persistent PRs decreased nonstructural sugars, whereas they increased lignin in all species, possibly reducing plant quality. The most sensitive species Lychnis seemed less capable of altering its biochemical composition in response to altered PRs, which may partly explain its higher sensitivity. The more tolerant species may have a more robust and dynamic biochemical network, which buffers the effects of changes in individual biochemical components on biomass. We conclude that the biochemical composition changes are important determinants for plant performance under increasingly persistent precipitation regimes.
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- Lin Zi
- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Sajeevan RS, Abdelmeguid I, Saripella GV, Lenman M, Alexandersson E. Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of different potato cultivars provides insight into early blight disease caused by Alternaria solani. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 23:130. [PMID: 36882678 PMCID: PMC9993742 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04135-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Early blight, caused by the necrotrophic fungal pathogen Alternaria solani, is an economically important disease affecting the tuber yield worldwide. The disease is mainly controlled by chemical plant protection agents. However, over-using these chemicals can lead to the evolution of resistant A. solani strains and is environmentally hazardous. Identifying genetic disease resistance factors is crucial for the sustainable management of early blight but little effort has been diverted in this direction. Therefore, we carried out transcriptome sequencing of the A. solani interaction with different potato cultivars with varying levels of early blight resistance to identify key host genes and pathways in a cultivar-specific manner. RESULTS In this study, we have captured transcriptomes from three different potato cultivars with varying susceptibility to A. solani, namely Magnum Bonum, Désirée, and Kuras, at 18 and 36 h post-infection. We identified many differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between these cultivars, and the number of DEGs increased with susceptibility and infection time. There were 649 transcripts commonly expressed between the potato cultivars and time points, of which 627 and 22 were up- and down-regulated, respectively. Interestingly, overall the up-regulated DEGs were twice in number as compared to down-regulated ones in all the potato cultivars and time points, except Kuras at 36 h post-inoculation. In general, transcription factor families WRKY, ERF, bHLH, MYB, and C2H2 were highly enriched DEGs, of which a significant number were up-regulated. The majority of the key transcripts involved in the jasmonic acid and ethylene biosynthesis pathways were highly up-regulated. Many transcripts involved in the mevalonate (MVA) pathway, isoprenyl-PP, and terpene biosynthesis were also up-regulated across the potato cultivars and time points. Compared to Magnum Bonum and Désirée, multiple components of the photosynthesis machinery, starch biosynthesis and degradation pathway were down-regulated in the most susceptible potato cultivar, Kuras. CONCLUSIONS Transcriptome sequencing identified many differentially expressed genes and pathways, thereby contributing to the improved understanding of the interaction between the potato host and A. solani. The transcription factors identified are attractive targets for genetic modification to improve potato resistance against early blight. The results provide important insights into the molecular events at the early stages of disease development, help to shorten the knowledge gap, and support potato breeding programs for improved early blight disease resistance.
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- Radha Sivarajan Sajeevan
- Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 23422, Lomma, Sweden.
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- Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 23422, Lomma, Sweden
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, EG-11795, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 23422, Lomma, Sweden
- CropTailor AB, Department of Chemistry, Division of Pure and Applied Biochemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 23422, Lomma, Sweden
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- Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 23422, Lomma, Sweden.
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Dai M, Yang X, Chen Q, Bai Z. Comprehensive genomic identification of cotton starch synthase genes reveals that GhSS9 regulates drought tolerance. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1163041. [PMID: 37089638 PMCID: PMC10113511 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1163041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Introduction Starch metabolism is involved in the stress response. Starch synthase (SS) is the key enzyme in plant starch synthesis, which plays an indispensable role in the conversion of pyrophosphoric acid to starch. However, the SS gene family in cotton has not been comprehensively identified and systematically analyzed. Result In our study, a total of 76 SS genes were identified from four cotton genomes and divided into five subfamilies through phylogenetic analysis. Genetic structure analysis proved that SS genes from the same subfamily had similar genetic structure and conserved sequences. A cis-element analysis of the SS gene promoter showed that it mainly contains light response elements, plant hormone response elements, and abiotic stress elements, which indicated that the SS gene played key roles not only in starch synthesis but also in abiotic stress response. Furthermore, we also conducted a gene interaction network for SS proteins. Silencing GhSS9 expression decreased the resistance of cotton to drought stress. These findings suggested that SS genes could be related to drought stress in cotton, which provided theoretical support for further research on the regulation mechanism of SS genes on abiotic starch synthesis and sugar levels.
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- Maohua Dai
- Dryland Farming Institute, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences/Hebei Key Laboratory of Crops Drought Resistance, Hengshui, China
- Engineering Research Centre of Cotton, Ministry of Education/College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China
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- Dryland Farming Institute, Hebei Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences/Hebei Key Laboratory of Crops Drought Resistance, Hengshui, China
- Cash Crop Research Institute of Jiangxi Province, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
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- Engineering Research Centre of Cotton, Ministry of Education/College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, China
- *Correspondence: Quanjia Chen, ; Zhigang Bai,
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- Cash Crop Research Institute of Jiangxi Province, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
- *Correspondence: Quanjia Chen, ; Zhigang Bai,
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Kausar R, Wang X, Komatsu S. Crop Proteomics under Abiotic Stress: From Data to Insights. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11212877. [PMID: 36365330 PMCID: PMC9657731 DOI: 10.3390/plants11212877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Revised: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Food security is a major challenge in the present world due to erratic weather and climatic changes. Environmental stress negatively affects plant growth and development which leads to reduced crop yields. Technological advancements have caused remarkable improvements in crop-breeding programs. Proteins have an indispensable role in developing stress resilience and tolerance in crops. Genomic and biotechnological advancements have made the process of crop improvement more accurate and targeted. Proteomic studies provide the information required for such targeted approaches. The crosstalk among cellular components is being analyzed by subcellular proteomics. Additionally, the functional diversity of proteins is being unraveled by post-translational modifications during abiotic stress. The exploration of precise cellular responses and the networking among different cellular organelles help in the prediction of signaling pathways and protein-protein interactions. High-throughput mass-spectrometry-based protein studies are now possible due to incremental advancements in mass-spectrometry techniques, sample protocols, and bioinformatic tools as well as the increasing availability of plant genome sequence information for multiple species. In this review, the key role of proteomic analysis in identifying the abiotic-stress-responsive mechanisms in various crops was summarized. The development and availability of advanced computational tools were discussed in detail. The highly variable protein responses among different crops have provided a wide avenue for molecular-marker-assisted genetic buildup studies to develop smart, high-yielding, and stress-tolerant varieties to cope with food-security challenges.
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- Rehana Kausar
- Department of Botany, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad 13100, Pakistan
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Fukui University of Technology, Fukui 910-8505, Japan
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Liu H, Wang Q, Wang J, Liu Y, Renzeng W, Zhao G, Niu K. Key factors for differential drought tolerance in two contrasting wild materials of Artemisia wellbyi identified using comparative transcriptomics. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:445. [PMID: 36114467 PMCID: PMC9482295 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03830-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Drought is a significant condition that restricts vegetation growth on the Tibetan Plateau. Artemisia wellbyi is a unique semi-shrub-like herb in the family Compositae, which distributed in northern and northwest of Tibetan Plateau. It is a dominant species in the community that can well adapt to virous environment stress, such as drought and low temperature. Therefore, A. wellbyi. has a potential ecological value for soil and water conservation of drought areas. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of A. wellbyi. that defense drought stress can acquire the key genes for drought resistance breeding of A. wellbyi. and provide a theoretical basis for vegetation restoration of desertification area. However, they remain unclear. Thus, our study compared the transcriptomic characteristics of drought-tolerant "11" and drought-sensitive "6" material of A. wellbyi under drought stress. RESULTS A total of 4875 upregulated and 4381 downregulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were induced by drought in the tolerant material; however, only 1931 upregulated and 4174 downregulated DEGs were induced by drought in the sensitive material. The photosynthesis and transcriptional regulation differed significantly with respect to the DEGs number and expression level. We found that CDPKs (calmodulin-like domain protein kinases), SOS3 (salt overly sensitive3), MAPKs (mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades), RLKs (receptor like kinase), and LRR-RLKs (repeat leucine-rich receptor kinase) were firstly involved in response to drought stress in drought tolerant A. wellbyi. Positive regulation of genes associated with the metabolism of ABA (abscisic acid), ET (ethylene), and IAA (indole acetic acid) could play a crucial role in the interaction with other transcriptional regulatory factors, such as MYBs (v-myb avian myeloblastosis viral oncogene homolog), AP2/EREBPs (APETALA2/ethylene-responsive element binding protein family), WRKYs, and bHLHs (basic helix-loop-helix family members) and receptor kinases, and regulate downstream genes for defense against drought stress. In addition, HSP70 (heat shock protein70) and MYB73 were considered as the hub genes because of their strong association with other DEGs. CONCLUSIONS Positive transcriptional regulation and negative regulation of photosynthesis could be associated with better growth performance under drought stress in the drought-tolerant material. In addition, the degradation of sucrose and starch in the tolerant A. wellbyi to alleviate osmotic stress and balance excess ROS. These results highlight the candidate genes that are involved in enhancing the performance of drought-tolerant A. wellbyi and provide a theoretical basis for improving the performance of drought-resistant A. wellbyi.
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- Huan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystems, College of Grassland Science, Ministry of Education, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystems, College of Grassland Science, Ministry of Education, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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- Tibet Grassland Science Research Institute, Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850000 China
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- Tibet Grassland Science Research Institute, Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850000 China
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- Tibet Grassland Science Research Institute, Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850000 China
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- Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystems, College of Grassland Science, Ministry of Education, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystems, College of Grassland Science, Ministry of Education, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070 China
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Xu Z, Chen J, Meng S, Xu P, Zhai C, Huang F, Guo Q, Zhao L, Quan Y, Shangguan Y, Meng Z, Wen T, Zhang Y, Zhang X, Zhao J, Xu J, Liu J, Gao J, Ni W, Chen X, Ji W, Wang N, Lu X, Wang S, Wang K, Zhang T, Shen X. Genome sequence of Gossypium anomalum facilitates interspecific introgression breeding. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2022; 3:100350. [PMID: 35733334 PMCID: PMC9483115 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Crop wild relatives are an important reservoir of natural biodiversity. However, incorporating wild genetic diversity into breeding programs is often hampered by reproductive barriers and a lack of accurate genomic information. We assembled a high-quality, accurately centromere-anchored genome of Gossypium anomalum, a stress-tolerant wild cotton species. We provided a strategy to discover and transfer agronomically valuable genes from wild diploid species to tetraploid cotton cultivars. With a (Gossypium hirsutum × G. anomalum)2 hexaploid as a bridge parent, we developed a set of 74 diploid chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSLs) of the wild cotton species G. anomalum in the G. hirsutum background. This set of CSSLs included 70 homozygous substitutions and four heterozygous substitutions, and it collectively contained about 72.22% of the G. anomalum genome. Twenty-four quantitative trait loci associated with plant height, yield, and fiber qualities were detected on 15 substitution segments. Integrating the reference genome with agronomic trait evaluation of the CSSLs enabled location and cloning of two G. anomalum genes that encode peroxiredoxin and putative callose synthase 8, respectively, conferring drought tolerance and improving fiber strength. We have demonstrated the power of a high-quality wild-species reference genome for identifying agronomically valuable alleles to facilitate interspecific introgression breeding in crops.
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- Zhenzhen Xu
- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops (MOE), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- JOIN HOPE SEEDS Co., Ltd., Changji, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops (MOE), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China; Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops (MOE), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China; Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops (MOE), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Genetics, Breeding and Multiple Utilization of Crops (MOE), Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
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- Institute of Crop Science, Plant Precision Breeding Academy, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Resources, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Cotton and Rapeseed (Nanjing), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Institute of Industrial Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, China.
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Reynaert S, Zi L, AbdElgawad H, De Boeck HJ, Vindušková O, Nijs I, Beemster G, Asard H. Does previous exposure to extreme precipitation regimes result in acclimated grassland communities? THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:156368. [PMID: 35654184 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Climate change will likely increase weather persistence in the mid-latitudes, resulting in precipitation regimes (PR) with longer dry and wet periods compared to historic averages. This could affect terrestrial ecosystems substantially through the increased occurrence of repeated, prolonged drought and water logging conditions. Climate history is an important determinant of ecosystem responses to consecutive environmental extremes, through direct damage, community restructuring as well as morphological and physiological acclimation in species or individuals. However, it is unclear how community restructuring and individual metabolic acclimation effects interact to determine ecosystem responses to subsequent climate extremes. Here, we investigated, if and how, differences in exposure to extreme or historically normal PR induced long-lasting (i.e. legacy) effects at the level of community (e.g., species composition), plant (e.g., biomass), and molecular composition (e.g., sugars, lipids, stress markers). Experimental grassland communities were exposed to long (extreme) or short (historically normal) dry/wet cycles in year 1 (Y1), followed by exposure to an identical PR or the opposite PR in year 2 (Y2). Results indicate that exposure to extreme PR in Y1, reduced diversity but induced apparent acclimation effects in all climate scenarios, stimulating biomass (higher productivity and structural sugar content) in Y2. In contrast, plants pre-exposed to normal PR, showed more activated stress responses (higher proline and antioxidants) under extreme PR in Y2. Overall, Y1 acclimation effects were strongest in the dominant grasses, indicating comparatively high phenotypical plasticity. However, Y2 drought intensity also correlated with grass productivity and structural sugar findings, suggesting that responses to short-term soil water deficits contributed to the observed patterns. Interactions between different legacy effects are discussed. We conclude that more extreme PR will likely alter diversity in the short-to midterm and select for acclimated grassland communities with increased productivity and attenuated molecular stress responses under future climate regimes.
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- Simon Reynaert
- Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium.
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium; Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, 62511, Egypt
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- Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium; Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University, Prague 128 01, Czech Republic
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- Plants and Ecosystems (PLECO), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Integrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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Hernandez JO, Park BB. The Leaf Trichome, Venation, and Mesophyll Structural Traits Play Important Roles in the Physiological Responses of Oak Seedlings to Water-Deficit Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158640. [PMID: 35955770 PMCID: PMC9369340 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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In this study, we investigated the effects of water-deficit stress on the leaf anatomical traits, physiological traits, and stem starch content in Quercus acutissima Carruth and Quercus serrata Murray by subjecting their seedlings to well-watered (WW) and water-deficit stress (WS) treatments. The water stress-induced changes in trichome density, trichome-to-stomata ratio, mesophyll thickness, vein density, vein distance, vein loopiness, vessel diameter, transpiration (E), stomatal conductance (gs), water use efficiency (WUE), and starch content were analyzed between two time points. While trichome density did not vary between treatments in Q. acutissima, it dramatically increased in Q. serrata (62.63–98.96 trichomes mm−2) at the final week. The WS-treated seedlings had a thicker palisade mesophyll (162.85–169.56 µm) than the WW-treated samples (118.56–132.25 µm) in both species. The vein density and loopiness increased significantly in the WS-treated Q. serrata seedlings. Small-sized vessels (10–50 µm) were more frequent in the WS than the WW in Q. serrata. The E, gs, WUE, and starch content declined significantly in the WS-treated seedlings compared with WW-treated samples in both species. Further, principal component analysis revealed significant relationships between anatomical and physiological traits, particularly in the WS-treated seedlings of Q. serrata. The coordinated changes in leaf anatomical traits, physiological traits, and stem starch content indicate an important role in the survival of Q. acutissima and Q. serrata seedlings in water-deficit stress environments, although Q. serrata may show higher survivability under prolonged water stress than Q. acutissima.
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- Jonathan O. Hernandez
- Department of Forest Biological Sciences, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines;
- Department of Environment and Forest Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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- Department of Environment and Forest Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
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Li X, Ding M, Wang M, Yang S, Ma X, Hu J, Song F, Wang L, Liang W. Proteome profiling reveals changes in energy metabolism, transport and antioxidation during drought stress in Nostoc flagelliforme. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:162. [PMID: 35365086 PMCID: PMC8973743 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03542-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Drought is an important abiotic stress that constrains the growth of many species. Despite extensive study in model organisms, the underlying mechanisms of drought tolerance in Nostoc flagelliforme remain elusive. RESULTS We characterized the drought adaptation of N. flagelliforme by a combination of proteomics and qRT-PCR. A total of 351 differentially expressed proteins involved in drought stress adaptation were identified. It was found that the expression of several nutrient influx transporters was increased, including molybdate ABC transporter substrate binding protein (modA), sulfate ABC transporter substrate-binding protein (sbp) and nitrate ABC transporter (ntrB), while that of efflux transporters for toxic substances was also increased, including arsenic transporting ATPase (ArsA), potassium transporter (TrkA) and iron ABC transporter substrate-binding protein (VacB). Additionally, photosynthetic components were reduced while sugars built up during drought stress. Non-enzymatic antioxidants, orange carotenoid protein (OCP) homologs, cytochrome P450 (CYP450), proline (Pro) and ascorbic acid (AsA) were all altered during drought stress and may play important roles in scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS). CONCLUSION In this study, N. flagelliforme may regulates its adaptation to drought stress through the changes of protein expression in photosynthesis, energy metabolism, transport, protein synthesis and degradation and antioxidation. HIGHLIGHTS • A total of 351 DEPs involved in adaptation to drought stress were identified. • Changes in the expression of six OCP homologs were found in response to drought stress. • Differential expression of transporters played an important role in drought stress adaptation. • Most PSII proteins were downregulated, while PSI proteins were unchanged in response to drought stress. • Sugar metabolism was upregulated in response to drought stress.
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- Xiaoxu Li
- College of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Ningxia University, Yinchuan, 750021, China.
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Wang J, Sidharth S, Zeng S, Jiang Y, Chan YO, Lyu Z, McCubbin T, Mertz R, Sharp RE, Joshi T. Bioinformatics for plant and agricultural discoveries in the age of multiomics: A review and case study of maize nodal root growth under water deficit. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2022; 174:e13672. [PMID: 35297059 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Advances in next-generation sequencing and other high-throughput technologies have facilitated multiomics research, such as genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and phenomics. The resultant emerging multiomics data have brought new challenges as well as opportunities, as seen in the plant and agriculture science domains. We reviewed several bioinformatic and computational methods, models, and platforms, and we have highlighted some of our in-house developed efforts aimed at multiomics data analysis, integration, and management issues faced by the research community. A case study using multiomics datasets generated from our studies of maize nodal root growth under water deficit stress demonstrates the power of these datasets and some other publicly available tools. This analysis also sheds light on the landscape of such applied bioinformatic tools currently available for plant and crop science studies and introduces emerging trends and how they may affect the future.
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- Juexin Wang
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Division of Plant Science and Technology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Liang Y, Wei G, Ning K, Li M, Zhang G, Luo L, Zhao G, Wei J, Liu Y, Dong L, Chen S. Increase in carbohydrate content and variation in microbiome are related to the drought tolerance of Codonopsis pilosula. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 165:19-35. [PMID: 34034158 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Drought stress is one of the main limiting factors in geographical distribution and production of Codonopsis pilosula. Understanding the biochemical and genetic information of the response of C. pilosula to drought stress is urgently needed for breeding tolerant varieties. Here, carbohydrates, namely trehalose, raffinose, maltotetraose, sucrose, and melezitose, significantly accumulated in C. pilosula roots under drought stress and thus served as biomarkers for drought stress response. Compared with those in the control group, the expression levels of key genes such as adenosine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphorylase, starch branching enzyme, granule-bound starch synthase, soluble starch synthase, galacturonate transferase, cellulose synthase A catalytic subunit, cellulase Korrigan in the carbohydrate biosynthesis pathway were markedly up-regulated in C. pilosula roots in the drought treatment group, some of them even exceeded 70%. Notably, and that of key genes including trehalose-6-phosphatase, trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase, galactinol synthase, and raffinose synthase in the trehalose and raffinose biosynthesis pathways was improved by 12.6%-462.2% in C. pilosula roots treated by drought stress. The accumulation of carbohydrates in C. pilosula root or rhizosphere soil was correlated with microbiome variations. Analysis of exogenous trehalose and raffinose confirmed that increased carbohydrate content improved the drought tolerance of C. pilosula in a dose-dependent manner. This study provided solid foundation for breeding drought-tolerant C. pilosula varieties and developing drought-resistant microbial fertilizers.
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- Yichuan Liang
- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 611137, China; Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Conservation and Development of Southern Medicine, Hainan Branch of the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Haikou, 570311, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 611137, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Beijing for Identification and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
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Engineering Climate-Change-Resilient Crops: New Tools and Approaches. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22157877. [PMID: 34360645 PMCID: PMC8346029 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22157877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Environmental adversities, particularly drought and nutrient limitation, are among the major causes of crop losses worldwide. Due to the rapid increase of the world's population, there is an urgent need to combine knowledge of plant science with innovative applications in agriculture to protect plant growth and thus enhance crop yield. In recent decades, engineering strategies have been successfully developed with the aim to improve growth and stress tolerance in plants. Most strategies applied so far have relied on transgenic approaches and/or chemical treatments. However, to cope with rapid climate change and the need to secure sustainable agriculture and biomass production, innovative approaches need to be developed to effectively meet these challenges and demands. In this review, we summarize recent and advanced strategies that involve the use of plant-related cyanobacterial proteins, macro- and micronutrient management, nutrient-coated nanoparticles, and phytopathogenic organisms, all of which offer promise as protective resources to shield plants from climate challenges and to boost stress tolerance in crops.
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Cao L, Qin B, Zhang YX. Exogenous application of melatonin may contribute to enhancement of soybean drought tolerance via its effects on glucose metabolism. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2021.1941254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- Liang Cao
- Soybean Cultivation Laboratory, Agricultural College, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, P.R. China
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- Soybean Cultivation Laboratory, Agricultural College, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, P.R. China
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- Soybean Cultivation Laboratory, Agricultural College, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, P.R. China
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Signori-Müller C, Oliveira RS, Barros FDV, Tavares JV, Gilpin M, Diniz FC, Zevallos MJM, Yupayccana CAS, Acosta M, Bacca J, Chino RSC, Cuellar GMA, Cumapa ERM, Martinez F, Mullisaca FMP, Nina A, Sanchez JMB, da Silva LF, Tello L, Tintaya JS, Ugarteche MTM, Baker TR, Bittencourt PRL, Borma LS, Brum M, Castro W, Coronado ENH, Cosio EG, Feldpausch TR, Fonseca LDM, Gloor E, Llampazo GF, Malhi Y, Mendoza AM, Moscoso VC, Araujo-Murakami A, Phillips OL, Salinas N, Silveira M, Talbot J, Vasquez R, Mencuccini M, Galbraith D. Non-structural carbohydrates mediate seasonal water stress across Amazon forests. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2310. [PMID: 33875648 PMCID: PMC8055652 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22378-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) are major substrates for plant metabolism and have been implicated in mediating drought-induced tree mortality. Despite their significance, NSC dynamics in tropical forests remain little studied. We present leaf and branch NSC data for 82 Amazon canopy tree species in six sites spanning a broad precipitation gradient. During the wet season, total NSC (NSCT) concentrations in both organs were remarkably similar across communities. However, NSCT and its soluble sugar (SS) and starch components varied much more across sites during the dry season. Notably, the proportion of leaf NSCT in the form of SS (SS:NSCT) increased greatly in the dry season in almost all species in the driest sites, implying an important role of SS in mediating water stress in these sites. This adjustment of leaf NSC balance was not observed in tree species less-adapted to water deficit, even under exceptionally dry conditions. Thus, leaf carbon metabolism may help to explain floristic sorting across water availability gradients in Amazonia and enable better prediction of forest responses to future climate change.
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- Caroline Signori-Müller
- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, Programa de Pós Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
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- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Peru
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil
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- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Peru
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- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Perú
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil
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- Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, Cusco, Peru
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- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Earth System Science Centre, National Institute for Space Research, São José dos Campos, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil
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- Sección Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
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- Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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- Sección Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
- Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Manejo de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil
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- Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- CREAF, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Barcelona, Spain
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Ogden AJ, Abdali S, Engbrecht KM, Zhou M, Handakumbura PP. Distinct Preflowering Drought Tolerance Strategies of Sorghum bicolor Genotype RTx430 Revealed by Subcellular Protein Profiling. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21249706. [PMID: 33352693 PMCID: PMC7767018 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Drought is the largest stress affecting agricultural crops, resulting in substantial reductions in yield. Plant adaptation to water stress is a complex trait involving changes in hormone signaling, physiology, and morphology. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is a C4 cereal grass; it is an agricultural staple, and it is particularly drought-tolerant. To better understand drought adaptation strategies, we compared the cytosolic- and organelle-enriched protein profiles of leaves from two Sorghum bicolor genotypes, RTx430 and BTx642, with differing preflowering drought tolerances after 8 weeks of growth under water limitation in the field. In agreement with previous findings, we observed significant drought-induced changes in the abundance of multiple heat shock proteins and dehydrins in both genotypes. Interestingly, our data suggest a larger genotype-specific drought response in protein profiles of organelles, while cytosolic responses are largely similar between genotypes. Organelle-enriched proteins whose abundance significantly changed exclusively in the preflowering drought-tolerant genotype RTx430 upon drought stress suggest multiple mechanisms of drought tolerance. These include an RTx430-specific change in proteins associated with ABA metabolism and signal transduction, Rubisco activation, reactive oxygen species scavenging, flowering time regulation, and epicuticular wax production. We discuss the current understanding of these processes in relation to drought tolerance and their potential implications.
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- Aaron J. Ogden
- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA 99354, USA; (A.J.O.); (S.A.); (K.M.E.)
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA 99354, USA; (A.J.O.); (S.A.); (K.M.E.)
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- Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, WA 99354, USA; (A.J.O.); (S.A.); (K.M.E.)
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA;
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA;
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