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Solis CA, Yong MT, Zhou M, Venkataraman G, Shabala L, Holford P, Shabala S, Chen ZH. Evolutionary Significance of NHX Family and NHX1 in Salinity Stress Adaptation in the Genus Oryza. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23042092. [PMID: 35216206 PMCID: PMC8879705 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Rice (Oryza sativa), a staple crop for a substantial part of the world’s population, is highly sensitive to soil salinity; however, some wild Oryza relatives can survive in highly saline environments. Sodium/hydrogen antiporter (NHX) family members contribute to Na+ homeostasis in plants and play a major role in conferring salinity tolerance. In this study, we analyzed the evolution of NHX family members using phylogeny, conserved domains, tertiary structures, expression patterns, and physiology of cultivated and wild Oryza species to decipher the role of NHXs in salt tolerance in Oryza. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the NHX family can be classified into three subfamilies directly related to their subcellular localization: endomembrane, plasma membrane, and tonoplast (vacuolar subfamily, vNHX1). Phylogenetic and structural analysis showed that vNHX1s have evolved from streptophyte algae (e.g., Klebsormidium nitens) and are abundant and highly conserved in all major land plant lineages, including Oryza. Moreover, we showed that tissue tolerance is a crucial trait conferring tolerance to salinity in wild rice species. Higher Na+ accumulation and reduced Na+ effluxes in leaf mesophyll were observed in the salt-tolerant wild rice species O. alta, O. latifolia, and O. coarctata. Among the key genes affecting tissue tolerance, expression of NHX1 and SOS1/NHX7 exhibited significant correlation with salt tolerance among the rice species and cultivars. This study provides insights into the evolutionary origin of plant NHXs and their role in tissue tolerance of Oryza species and facilitates the inclusion of this trait during the development of salinity-tolerant rice cultivars.
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- Celymar Angela Solis
- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia; (C.A.S.); (M.-T.Y.); (P.H.)
- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia; (M.Z.); (L.S.)
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia; (C.A.S.); (M.-T.Y.); (P.H.)
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia; (M.Z.); (L.S.)
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- Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, III Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area, Chennai 600113, India;
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia; (M.Z.); (L.S.)
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia; (C.A.S.); (M.-T.Y.); (P.H.)
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia; (M.Z.); (L.S.)
- International Research Centre for Environmental Membrane Biology, Foshan University, Foshan 528000, China
- Correspondence: (S.S.); (Z.-H.C.); Tel.: +61-245-701-934 (Z.-H.C.)
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia; (C.A.S.); (M.-T.Y.); (P.H.)
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
- Correspondence: (S.S.); (Z.-H.C.); Tel.: +61-245-701-934 (Z.-H.C.)
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DNA-Based Tools to Certify Authenticity of Rice Varieties—An Overview. Foods 2022; 11:foods11030258. [PMID: 35159410 PMCID: PMC8834242 DOI: 10.3390/foods11030258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most cultivated and consumed crops worldwide. It is mainly produced in Asia but, due to its large genetic pool, it has expanded to several ecosystems, latitudes and climatic conditions. Europe is a rice producing region, especially in the Mediterranean countries, that grow mostly typical japonica varieties. The European consumer interest in rice has increased over the last decades towards more exotic types, often more expensive (e.g., aromatic rice) and Europe is a net importer of this commodity. This has increased food fraud opportunities in the rice supply chain, which may deliver mixtures with lower quality rice, a problem that is now global. The development of tools to clearly identify undesirable mixtures thus became urgent. Among the various tools available, DNA-based markers are considered particularly reliable and stable for discrimination of rice varieties. This review covers aspects ranging from rice diversity and fraud issues to the DNA-based methods used to distinguish varieties and detect unwanted mixtures. Although not exhaustive, the review covers the diversity of strategies and ongoing improvements already tested, highlighting important advantages and disadvantages in terms of costs, reliability, labor-effort and potential scalability for routine fraud detection.
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Inagaki N, Asami H, Hirabayashi H, Uchino A, Imaizumi T, Ishimaru K. A Rice Ancestral Genetic Resource Conferring Ideal Plant Shapes for Vegetative Growth and Weed Suppression. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:748531. [PMID: 34899776 PMCID: PMC8664436 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.748531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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To maximize crop growth, crops need to capture sunlight efficiently. This property is primarily influenced by the shape of the crops such as the angle, area, and arrangement of leaves. We constructed a rice (Oryza sativa L.) inbred line that displayed an ideal transition of plant shapes in terms of sunlight receiving efficiency. During vegetative growth, this line exhibited tiller spreading with increased tiller number, which formed a parabolic antenna-like structure. The architecture probably improved light reception efficiency of individuals compared with the recurrent parent. The line achieved not only acceleration of the vegetative growth, but also significant suppression of weed growth under the canopy. The increased light reception efficiency of the line has consequently reduced the amount of incident light to the ground and supplied significant competitiveness against weeds. The spread tillers became erect from the entry of the reproductive growth phase, adaptively sustaining light reception efficiency in thicker stands. The line carries a small chromosomal segment from Oryza rufipogon Griff., a putative progenitor of Asian cultivated rice. The introduced chromosome segment had little effect on grain yield and quality. Our results shed light on potentials hidden in the wild rice chromosome segment to achieve the valuable traits.
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- Noritoshi Inagaki
- Research Center for Advanced Analysis, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Western Region Agricultural Research Center (Kinki, Chugoku, and Shikoku Regions), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Fukuyama, Japan
- Institute for Plant Protection, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Central Region Agricultural Research Center (Kanto, Tokai, and Hokuriku Regions), National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsu, Japan
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- Institute for Plant Protection, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan
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Kumar N, Chhokar RS, Meena RP, Kharub AS, Gill SC, Tripathi SC, Gupta OP, Mangrauthia SK, Sundaram RM, Sawant CP, Gupta A, Naorem A, Kumar M, Singh GP. Challenges and opportunities in productivity and sustainability of rice cultivation system: a critical review in Indian perspective. CEREAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 2021; 50:573-601. [PMID: 34642509 PMCID: PMC8498983 DOI: 10.1007/s42976-021-00214-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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ABSTRACT Rice-wheat cropping system, intensively followed in Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP), played a prominent role in fulfilling the food grains demand of the increasing population of South Asia. In northern Indian plains, some practices such as intensive rice cultivation with traditional method for long-term have been associated with severe deterioration of natural resources, declining factor productivity, multiple nutrients deficiencies, depleting groundwater, labour scarcity and higher cost of cultivation, putting the agricultural sustainability in question. Varietal development, soil and water management, and adoption of resource conservation technologies in rice cultivation are the key interventions areas to address these challenges. The cultivation of lesser water requiring crops, replacing rice in light-textured soil and rainfed condition, should be encouraged through policy interventions. Direct seeding of short duration, high-yielding and stress tolerant rice varieties with water conservation technologies can be a successful approach to improve the input use efficiency in rice cultivation under medium-heavy-textured soils. Moreover, integrated approach of suitable cultivars for conservation agriculture, mechanized transplanting on zero-tilled/unpuddled field and need-based application of water, fertilizer and chemicals might be a successful approach for sustainable rice production system in the current scenario. In this review study, various challenges in productivity and sustainability of rice cultivation system and possible alternatives and solutions to overcome such challenges are discussed in details.
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- Neeraj Kumar
- ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana 132001 India
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- ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana 132001 India
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- ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana 132001 India
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- ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana 132001 India
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- ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana 132001 India
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- ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana 132001 India
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- ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana 132001 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030 India
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- ICAR- Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462038 India
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- ICAR- Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462038 India
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- ICAR- Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Regional Research Station-Kukma, Bhuj, Gujarat 370105 India
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Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Regional Centre, Chandigarh, 160019 India
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- ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, Haryana 132001 India
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