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García Y, Dow BS, Parachnowitsch AL. Water deficit changes patterns of selection on floral signals and nectar rewards in the common morning glory. AOB PLANTS 2023; 15:plad061. [PMID: 37899982 PMCID: PMC10601024 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plad061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023]
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Understanding whether and how resource limitation alters phenotypic selection on floral traits is key to predict the evolution of plant-pollinator interactions under climate change. Two important resources predicted to decline with our changing climate are pollinators and water in the form of increased droughts. Most work, however, has studied these selective agents separately and in the case of water deficit, studies are rare. Here, we use the common morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea) to investigate the effects of experimental reduction in pollinator access and water availability on floral signals and nectar rewards and their effects on phenotypic selection on these traits. We conducted a manipulative experiment in a common garden, where we grew plants in three treatments: (1) pollinator restriction, (2) water reduction and (3) unmanipulated control. Plants in pollinator restriction and control treatments were well-watered compared to water deficit. We found that in contrast to pollinator restriction, water deficit had strong effects altering floral signals and nectar rewards but also differed in the direction and strength of selection on these traits compared to control plants. Water deficit increased the opportunity for selection, and selection in this treatment favoured lower nectar volumes and larger floral sizes, which might further alter pollinator visitation. In addition, well-watered plants, both in control and pollinator deficit, showed similar patterns of selection to increase nectar volume suggesting non-pollinator-mediated selection on nectar. Our study shows that floral traits may evolve in response to reduction in water access faster than to declines in pollinators and reinforces that abiotic factors can be important agents of selection for floral traits. Although only few experimental selection studies have manipulated access to biotic and abiotic resources, our results suggest that this approach is key for understanding how pollination systems may evolve under climate change.
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- Yedra García
- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, 10 Bailey Dr, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, 10 Bailey Dr, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, 10 Bailey Dr, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3, Canada
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A Genome-Wide Association study in Arabidopsis thaliana to decipher the adaptive genetics of quantitative disease resistance in a native heterogeneous environment. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0274561. [PMID: 36190949 PMCID: PMC9529085 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Pathogens are often the main selective agents acting in plant communities, thereby influencing the distribution of polymorphism at loci affecting resistance within and among natural plant populations. In addition, the outcome of plant-pathogen interactions can be drastically affected by abiotic and biotic factors at different spatial and temporal grains. The characterization of the adaptive genetic architecture of disease resistance in native heterogeneous environments is however still missing. In this study, we conducted an in situ Genome-Wide Association study in the spatially heterogeneous native habitat of a highly genetically polymorphic local mapping population of Arabidopsis thaliana, to unravel the adaptive genetic architecture of quantitative disease resistance. Disease resistance largely differed among three native soils and was affected by the presence of the grass Poa annua. The observation of strong crossing reactions norms among the 195 A. thaliana genotypes for disease resistance among micro-habitats, combined with a negative fecundity-disease resistance relationship in each micro-habitat, suggest that alternative local genotypes of A. thaliana are favored under contrasting environmental conditions at the scale of few meters. A complex genetic architecture was detected for disease resistance and fecundity. However, only few QTLs were common between these two traits. Heterogeneous selection in this local population should therefore promote the maintenance of polymorphism at only few candidate resistance genes.
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Carvalho C, Davis R, Connallon T, Gleadow RM, Moore JL, Uesugi A. Multivariate selection mediated by aridity predicts divergence of drought-resistant traits along natural aridity gradients of an invasive weed. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 234:1088-1100. [PMID: 35118675 PMCID: PMC9311224 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Geographical variation in the environment underpins selection for local adaptation and evolutionary divergence among populations. Because many environmental conditions vary across species' ranges, identifying the specific environmental variables underlying local adaptation is profoundly challenging. We tested whether natural selection mediated by aridity predicts clinal divergence among invasive populations of capeweed (Arctotheca calendula) that established and spread across southern Australia during the last two centuries. Using common garden experiments with two environmental treatments (wet and dry) that mimic aridity conditions across capeweed's invasive range, we estimated clinal divergence and effects of aridity on fitness and multivariate phenotypic selection in populations sampled along aridity gradients in Australia. We show that: (1) capeweed populations have relatively high fitness in aridity environments similar to their sampling locations; (2) the magnitude and direction of selection strongly differs between wet and dry treatments, with drought stress increasing the strength of selection; and (3) differences in directional selection between wet and dry treatments predict patterns of clinal divergence across the aridity gradient, particularly for traits affecting biomass, flowering phenology and putative antioxidant expression. Our results suggest that aridity-mediated selection contributes to trait diversification among invasive capeweed populations, possibly facilitating the expansion of capeweed across southern Australia.
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- Carter Carvalho
- School of Biological SciencesMonash UniversityClaytonVic.3800Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesMonash UniversityClaytonVic.3800Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesMonash UniversityClaytonVic.3800Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesMonash UniversityClaytonVic.3800Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesMonash UniversityClaytonVic.3800Australia
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- School of Biological SciencesMonash UniversityClaytonVic.3800Australia
- Biosciences and Food Technology DivisionSchool of ScienceRMIT UniversityBundooraVic.3083Australia
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de Pedro M, Mayol M, González-Martínez SC, Regalado I, Riba M. Environmental patterns of adaptation after range expansion in Leontodon longirostris: The effect of phenological events on fitness-related traits. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2022; 109:602-615. [PMID: 35067917 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1815] [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: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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PREMISE Because of expected range shifts associated with climate change, there is a renewed interest in the evolutionary factors constraining adaptation, among which are genetic bottlenecks, drift, and increased mutational load after range expansion. Here we study adaptation in the short-lived species Leontodon longirostris showing reduced genetic diversity and increased genetic load along an expansion route. METHODS We assessed the phenological patterns of variation, and their effect on fitness-related traits, on 42 L. longirostris populations and six populations of the sister taxa L. saxatilis in a common garden located within the current range of both species. The comparison among L. longirostris populations allowed us to test for genetic clines consistent with local adaptation, whereas the comparison between taxa provided evidence for common adaptive features at the species level. RESULTS We found significant within-species variability for most traits, as well as differences with its close relative L. saxatilis. In general, seeds from drier, warmer, and unpredictable habitats showed overall lower and more restricted conditions for germination, seedlings emerged later and plants flowered earlier. Consequently, genotypes from arid and unpredictable environments attained smaller reproductive sizes and allocated more biomass to reproduction. Flowering time had the strongest direct effect on total plant size, but seedling emergence also showed an important indirect effect. CONCLUSIONS Our results show the crucial role of phenological patterns in shaping adaptive clines for major life-history stage transitions. Furthermore, the genetic load observed in L. longirostris does not seem to preclude adaptation to the climatic variability encountered along the expansion route.
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- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain
- Univ. Autònoma Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain
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- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain
- Univ. Autònoma Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain
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Sartori K, Violle C, Vile D, Vasseur F, de Villemereuil P, Bresson J, Gillespie L, Fletcher LR, Sack L, Kazakou E. Do leaf nitrogen resorption dynamics align with the slow‐fast continuum? A test at the intraspecific level. Funct Ecol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Kevin Sartori
- CEFE Univ Montpellier CNRS EPHE, IRD Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 Montpellier France
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- CEFE Univ Montpellier CNRS EPHE, IRD Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 Montpellier France
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- LEPSE Univ Montpellier INRAE, Institut Agro Montpellier France
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- CEFE Univ Montpellier CNRS EPHE, IRD Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 Montpellier France
- LEPSE Univ Montpellier INRAE, Institut Agro Montpellier France
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- Institut de Systématique Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), École Pratique des Hautes Études PSL, MNHN, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université des Antilles Paris France
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- CEFE Univ Montpellier CNRS EPHE, IRD Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 Montpellier France
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- CEFE Univ Montpellier CNRS EPHE, IRD Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 Montpellier France
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- CEFE Univ Montpellier CNRS EPHE, IRD Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3 Montpellier France
- Univ Montpellier Institut Agro, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier France
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Fogelström E, Zacchello G, Ehrlén J. Simultaneous selection on vegetative and reproductive phenology in a perennial herb. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e8610. [PMID: 35222970 PMCID: PMC8847147 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The timing of different life‐history events is often correlated, and selection might only rarely be exerted independently on the timing of a single event. In plants, phenotypic selection has often been shown to favor earlier flowering. However, little is known about to what extent this selection acts directly versus indirectly via vegetative phenology, and if selection on the two traits is correlational. We estimated direct, indirect, and correlational phenotypic selection on vegetative and reproductive phenology over 3 years for flowering individuals of the perennial herb Lathyrus vernus. Direct selection favored earlier flowering and shorter timespans between leaf‐out and flowering in all years. However, early flowering was associated with early leaf‐out, and the direction of selection on leaf‐out day varied among years. As a result, selection on leaf‐out weakened selection for early flowering in one of the study years. We found no evidence of correlational selection. Our results highlight the importance of including temporally correlated traits when exploring selection on the phenology of seasonal events.
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- Elsa Fogelström
- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Science Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
- Bolin Centre for Climate Research Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, Plant Ecology and Evolution Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Science Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
- Bolin Centre for Climate Research Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden
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Boinot M, Karakas E, Koehl K, Pagter M, Zuther E. Cold stress and freezing tolerance negatively affect the fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions under field and controlled conditions. PLANTA 2022; 255:39. [PMID: 35032192 PMCID: PMC8761124 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03809-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Higher acclimated freezing tolerance improved winter survival, but reduced reproductive fitness of Arabidopsis thaliana accessions under field and controlled conditions. Low temperature is one of the most important abiotic factors influencing plant fitness and geographical distribution. In addition, cold stress is known to influence crop yield and is therefore of great economic importance. Increased freezing tolerance can be acquired by the process of cold acclimation, but this may be associated with a fitness cost. To assess the influence of cold stress on the fitness of plants, long-term field trials over 5 years were performed with six natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana ranging from very tolerant to very sensitive to freezing. Fitness parameters, as seed yield and 1000 seed mass, were measured and correlation analyses with temperature and freezing tolerance data performed. The results were compared with fitness parameters from controlled chamber experiments over 3 years with application of cold priming and triggering conditions. Winter survival and seed yield per plant were positively correlated with temperature in field experiments. In addition, winter survival and 1000 seed mass were correlated with the cold-acclimated freezing tolerance of the selected Arabidopsis accessions. The results provide strong evidence for a trade-off between higher freezing tolerance and reproductive fitness in A. thaliana, which might have ecological impacts in the context of global warming.
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- Maximilian Boinot
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, 9220, Aalborg East, Denmark
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam, Germany.
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Libourel C, Baron E, Lenglet J, Amsellem L, Roby D, Roux F. The Genomic Architecture of Competitive Response of Arabidopsis thaliana Is Highly Flexible Among Plurispecific Neighborhoods. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:741122. [PMID: 34899774 PMCID: PMC8656689 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.741122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plants are daily challenged by multiple abiotic and biotic stresses. A major biotic constraint corresponds to competition with other plant species. Although plants simultaneously interact with multiple neighboring species throughout their life cycle, there is still very limited information about the genetics of the competitive response in the context of plurispecific interactions. Using a local mapping population of Arabidopsis thaliana, we set up a genome wide association study (GWAS) to estimate the extent of genetic variation of competitive response in 12 plant species assemblages, based on three competitor species (Poa annua, Stellaria media, and Veronica arvensis). Based on five phenotypic traits, we detected strong crossing reaction norms not only between the three bispecific neighborhoods but also among the plurispecific neighborhoods. The genetic architecture of competitive response was highly dependent on the identity and the relative abundance of the neighboring species. In addition, most of the enriched biological processes underlying competitive responses largely differ among neighborhoods. While the RNA related processes might confer a broad range response toolkit for multiple traits in diverse neighborhoods, some processes, such as signaling and transport, might play a specific role in particular assemblages. Altogether, our results suggest that plants can integrate and respond to different species assemblages depending on the identity and number of each neighboring species, through a large range of candidate genes associated with diverse and unexpected processes leading to developmental and stress responses.
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- Cyril Libourel
- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement, Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement, Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire Evolution, Ecologie et Paléontologie, UMR CNRS 8198, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Evolution, Ecologie et Paléontologie, UMR CNRS 8198, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Evolution, Ecologie et Paléontologie, UMR CNRS 8198, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement, Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microbes-Environnement, Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- Laboratoire Evolution, Ecologie et Paléontologie, UMR CNRS 8198, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France
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Stanschewski CS, Rey E, Fiene G, Craine EB, Wellman G, Melino VJ, S. R. Patiranage D, Johansen K, Schmöckel SM, Bertero D, Oakey H, Colque-Little C, Afzal I, Raubach S, Miller N, Streich J, Amby DB, Emrani N, Warmington M, Mousa MAA, Wu D, Jacobson D, Andreasen C, Jung C, Murphy K, Bazile D, Tester M. Quinoa Phenotyping Methodologies: An International Consensus. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:1759. [PMID: 34579292 PMCID: PMC8472428 DOI: 10.3390/plants10091759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Quinoa is a crop originating in the Andes but grown more widely and with the genetic potential for significant further expansion. Due to the phenotypic plasticity of quinoa, varieties need to be assessed across years and multiple locations. To improve comparability among field trials across the globe and to facilitate collaborations, components of the trials need to be kept consistent, including the type and methods of data collected. Here, an internationally open-access framework for phenotyping a wide range of quinoa features is proposed to facilitate the systematic agronomic, physiological and genetic characterization of quinoa for crop adaptation and improvement. Mature plant phenotyping is a central aspect of this paper, including detailed descriptions and the provision of phenotyping cards to facilitate consistency in data collection. High-throughput methods for multi-temporal phenotyping based on remote sensing technologies are described. Tools for higher-throughput post-harvest phenotyping of seeds are presented. A guideline for approaching quinoa field trials including the collection of environmental data and designing layouts with statistical robustness is suggested. To move towards developing resources for quinoa in line with major cereal crops, a database was created. The Quinoa Germinate Platform will serve as a central repository of data for quinoa researchers globally.
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- Clara S. Stanschewski
- Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia; (C.S.S.); (E.R.); (G.F.); (G.W.); (V.J.M.); (D.S.R.P.)
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia; (C.S.S.); (E.R.); (G.F.); (G.W.); (V.J.M.); (D.S.R.P.)
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia; (C.S.S.); (E.R.); (G.F.); (G.W.); (V.J.M.); (D.S.R.P.)
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA; (E.B.C.); (K.M.)
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia; (C.S.S.); (E.R.); (G.F.); (G.W.); (V.J.M.); (D.S.R.P.)
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia; (C.S.S.); (E.R.); (G.F.); (G.W.); (V.J.M.); (D.S.R.P.)
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia; (C.S.S.); (E.R.); (G.F.); (G.W.); (V.J.M.); (D.S.R.P.)
- Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany; (N.E.); (C.J.)
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- Water Desalination and Reuse Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department Physiology of Yield Stability, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany;
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- Department of Plant Production, School of Agriculture, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1417DSE, Argentina;
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- Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia;
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2630 Taastrup, Denmark; (C.C.-L.); (D.B.A.); (C.A.)
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- Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;
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- Department of Information and Computational Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee AB15 8QH, UK;
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 430 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI 53706, USA;
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- Biosciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA; (J.S.); (D.J.)
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2630 Taastrup, Denmark; (C.C.-L.); (D.B.A.); (C.A.)
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany; (N.E.); (C.J.)
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- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Agriculture and Food, Kununurra, WA 6743, Australia;
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- Department of Arid Land Agriculture, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia;
- Department of Vegetables, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt
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- Shanxi Jiaqi Agri-Tech Co., Ltd., Taiyuan 030006, China;
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- Biosciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA; (J.S.); (D.J.)
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2630 Taastrup, Denmark; (C.C.-L.); (D.B.A.); (C.A.)
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany; (N.E.); (C.J.)
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA; (E.B.C.); (K.M.)
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- CIRAD, UMR SENS, 34398 Montpellier, France;
- SENS, CIRAD, IRD, University Paul Valery Montpellier 3, 34090 Montpellier, France
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- Center for Desert Agriculture, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Saudi Arabia; (C.S.S.); (E.R.); (G.F.); (G.W.); (V.J.M.); (D.S.R.P.)
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Höckerstedt L, Susi H, Laine A. Effect of maternal infection on progeny growth and resistance mediated by maternal genotype and nutrient availability. THE JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 2021; 109:1439-1451. [PMID: 33776136 PMCID: PMC7986887 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Maternal effects of pathogen infection on progeny development and disease resistance may be adaptive and have important consequences for population dynamics. However, these effects are often context-dependent and examples of adaptive transgenerational responses from perennials are scarce, although they may be a particularly important mechanism generating variation in the offspring of long-lived species.Here, we studied the effect of maternal infection of Plantago lanceolata by Podosphaera plantaginis, a fungal parasite, on the growth, flower production and resistance of the progeny of six maternal genotypes in nutrient-rich and nutrient-poor environments. For this purpose, we combined a common garden study with automated phenotyping measurements of early life stages, and an inoculation experiment.Our results show that the effects of infection on the mother plants transcend to impact their progeny. Although maternal infection decreased total leaf and flower production of the progeny by the end of the growing season, it accelerated early growth and enhanced resistance to the pathogen P. plantaginis.We also discovered that the effects of maternal infection affected progeny development and resistance through a three way-interaction between maternal genotype, maternal infection status and nutrient availability. Synthesis. Our results emphasize the importance of maternal effects mediated through genotypic and environmental factors in long-living perennials and suggest that maternal infection can create a layer of phenotypic diversity in resistance. These results may have important implications for both epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of host-parasite interactions in the wild.
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- Layla Höckerstedt
- Research Centre for Ecological Change, Organismal and Evolutionary BiologyFaculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Climate System ResearchFinnish Meteorological InstituteHelsinkiFinland
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- Research Centre for Ecological Change, Organismal and Evolutionary BiologyFaculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
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- Research Centre for Ecological Change, Organismal and Evolutionary BiologyFaculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesUniversity of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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Natural selection on traits and trait plasticity in Arabidopsis thaliana varies across competitive environments. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21632. [PMID: 33303799 PMCID: PMC7728774 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-77444-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Interspecific competition reduces resource availability and can affect evolution. We quantified multivariate selection in the presence and absence of strong interspecific competition using a greenhouse experiment with 35 natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. We assessed selection on nine traits representing plant phenology, growth, and architecture, as well as their plasticities. Competition reduced biomass and fitness by over 98%, and plastic responses to competition varied by genotype (significant G × E) for all traits except specific leaf area (SLA). Competitive treatments altered selection on flowering phenology and plant architecture, with significant selection on all phenology traits and most architecture traits under competition-present conditions but little indication that selection occurred in the absence of competitors. Plasticity affected fitness only in competition-present conditions, where plasticity in flowering time and early internode lengths was adaptive. The competitive environment caused changes in the trait correlation structure and surprisingly reduced phenotypic integration, which helped explain some of the observed selection patterns. Despite this overall shift in the trait correlation matrix, genotypes with delayed flowering had lower SLA (thicker, tougher leaves) regardless of the competitive environment, a pattern we have not seen previously reported in the literature. Overall, our study highlights multiple ways in which interspecific competition can alter selective regimes, contributing to our understanding of variability in selection processes over space and time.
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Presotto A, Hernández F, Mercer KL. Phenotypic selection under two contrasting environments in wild sunflower and its crop-wild hybrid. Evol Appl 2019; 12:1703-1717. [PMID: 31462924 PMCID: PMC6708420 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Hybridization is a common phenomenon in plants and can lead to the introgression of alleles from one population into another, generate new hybrid lineages, or cause species extinction. The environmental conditions and the genetic background of the participating populations may influence these outcomes since they can affect the fitness of hybrids, thereby increasing or decreasing the chances of introgression. Thus, it is important to understand the context-dependent prospects for introgression of alleles into diverse populations and under multiple ecological environments. Crop-wild hybridization presents an opportunity to explore these dynamics in agroecosystems. To this end, we used diverse wild and hybrid sunflowers from across the northern United States as a basis for evaluating variation in morphological traits and assessing context-dependent selection. These crop-wild hybrids and their wild counterparts were grown under agricultural conditions in the field with and without wheat competition. Interactions between origin and cross type affected expression of early functional traits, while interactions between competition and cross type acted on reproductive traits. A smattering of early and reproductive traits was affected by interactions between cross type and competition that varied by origin (i.e., 3-way interactions). Seven functional traits, especially number of branches and tertiary head diameter, underwent net and direct directional selection, while six out of these seven traits appear to also be experiencing nonlinear selection dynamics. In general, wild-like traits were favored under both sets of conditions, while, under wheat competition, some crop-like traits related to fast growth and primary head diameter became important. These data reaffirm the hypothesis that stressful conditions establish a scenario more suitable for crop introgression and clarify that nonlinear selection dynamics may play a role in this process.
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- Alejandro Presotto
- Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida (CERZOS), Departamento de AgronomíaUniversidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)‐ CONICETBahía BlancaBuenos AiresArgentina
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- Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiárida (CERZOS), Departamento de AgronomíaUniversidad Nacional del Sur (UNS)‐ CONICETBahía BlancaBuenos AiresArgentina
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- Department of Horticulture and Crop ScienceOhio State UniversityColumbusOH
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Takou M, Wieters B, Kopriva S, Coupland G, Linstädter A, De Meaux J. Linking genes with ecological strategies in Arabidopsis thaliana. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:1141-1151. [PMID: 30561727 PMCID: PMC6382341 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Arabidopsis thaliana is the most prominent model system in plant molecular biology and genetics. Although its ecology was initially neglected, collections of various genotypes revealed a complex population structure, with high levels of genetic diversity and substantial levels of phenotypic variation. This helped identify the genes and gene pathways mediating phenotypic change. Population genetics studies further demonstrated that this variation generally contributes to local adaptation. Here, we review evidence showing that traits affecting plant life history, growth rate, and stress reactions are not only locally adapted, they also often co-vary. Co-variation between these traits indicates that they evolve as trait syndromes, and reveals the ecological diversification that took place within A. thaliana. We argue that examining traits and the gene that control them within the context of global summary schemes that describe major ecological strategies will contribute to resolve important questions in both molecular biology and ecology.
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- Max Planck Institute of Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, University of Cologne, Germany
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, Germany
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Nowak J, Frérot H, Faure N, Glorieux C, Liné C, Pourrut B, Pauwels M. Can zinc pollution promote adaptive evolution in plants? Insights from a one-generation selection experiment. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:5561-5572. [PMID: 30215761 PMCID: PMC6255711 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ery327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Human activities generate environmental stresses that can lead plant populations to become extinct. Population survival would require the evolution of adaptive responses that increase tolerance to these stresses. Thus, in pseudometallophyte species that have colonized anthropogenic metalliferous habitats, the evolution of increased metal tolerance is expected in metallicolous populations. However, the mechanisms by which metal tolerance evolves remain unclear. In this study, parent populations were created from non-metallicolous families of Noccaea caerulescens. They were cultivated for one generation in mesocosms and under various levels of zinc (Zn) contamination to assess whether Zn in soil represents a selective pressure. Individual plant fitness estimates were used to create descendant populations, which were cultivated in controlled conditions with moderate Zn contamination to test for adaptive evolution in functional traits. The number of families showing high fitness estimates in mesocosms was progressively reduced with increasing Zn levels in soil, suggesting increasing selection for metal tolerance. In the next generation, adaptive evolution was suggested for some physiological and ecological traits in descendants of the most exposed populations, together with a significant decrease of Zn hyperaccumulation. Our results confirm experimentally that Zn alone can be a significant evolutionary pressure promoting adaptive divergence among populations.
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- Julien Nowak
- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR – Unité Evolution-Ecologie-Paléontologie, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR – Unité Evolution-Ecologie-Paléontologie, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR – Unité Evolution-Ecologie-Paléontologie, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR – Unité Evolution-Ecologie-Paléontologie, Lille, France
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- ISA, Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, Lille Cedex, France
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR – Unité Evolution-Ecologie-Paléontologie, Lille, France
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Kumar A, Sandhu N, Dixit S, Yadav S, Swamy BPM, Shamsudin NAA. Marker-assisted selection strategy to pyramid two or more QTLs for quantitative trait-grain yield under drought. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 11:35. [PMID: 29845495 PMCID: PMC5975061 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-018-0227-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Marker-assisted breeding will move forward from introgressing single/multiple genes governing a single trait to multiple genes governing multiple traits to combat emerging biotic and abiotic stresses related to climate change and to enhance rice productivity. MAS will need to address concerns about the population size needed to introgress together more than two genes/QTLs. In the present study, grain yield and genotypic data from different generations (F3 to F8) for five marker-assisted breeding programs were analyzed to understand the effectiveness of synergistic effect of phenotyping and genotyping in early generations on selection of better progenies. RESULTS Based on class analysis of the QTL combinations, the identified superior QTL classes in F3/BC1F3/BC2F3 generations with positive QTL x QTL and QTL x background interactions that were captured through phenotyping maintained its superiority in yield under non-stress (NS) and reproductive-stage drought stress (RS) across advanced generations in all five studies. The marker-assisted selection breeding strategy combining both genotyping and phenotyping in early generation significantly reduced the number of genotypes to be carried forward. The strategy presented in this study providing genotyping and phenotyping cost savings of 25-68% compared with the traditional marker-assisted selection approach. The QTL classes, Sub1 + qDTY 1.1 + qDTY 2.1 + qDTY 3.1 and Sub1 + qDTY 2.1 + qDTY 3.1 in Swarna-Sub1, Sub1 + qDTY 1.1 + qDTY 1.2 , Sub1 + qDTY 1.1 + qDTY 2.2 and Sub1 + qDTY 2.2 + qDTY 12.1 in IR64-Sub1, qDTY 2.2 + qDTY 4.1 in Samba Mahsuri, Sub1 + qDTY 3.1 + qDTY 6.1 + qDTY 6.2 and Sub1 + qDTY 6.1 + qDTY 6.2 in TDK1-Sub1 and qDTY 12.1 + qDTY 3.1 and qDTY 2.2 + qDTY 3.1 in MR219 had shown better and consistent performance under NS and RS across generations over other QTL classes. CONCLUSION "Deployment of this procedure will save time and resources and will allow breeders to focus and advance only germplasm with high probability of improved performance. The identification of superior QTL classes and capture of positive QTL x QTL and QTL x background interactions in early generation and their consistent performance in subsequent generations across five backgrounds supports the efficacy of a combined MAS breeding strategy".
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- Arvind Kumar
- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
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- International Rice Research Institute, DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Current address: Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor Malaysia
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Subrahmaniam HJ, Libourel C, Journet EP, Morel JB, Muños S, Niebel A, Raffaele S, Roux F. The genetics underlying natural variation of plant-plant interactions, a beloved but forgotten member of the family of biotic interactions. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 93:747-770. [PMID: 29232012 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 12/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Despite the importance of plant-plant interactions on crop yield and plant community dynamics, our understanding of the genetic and molecular bases underlying natural variation of plant-plant interactions is largely limited in comparison with other types of biotic interactions. By listing 63 quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping and global gene expression studies based on plants directly challenged by other plants, we explored whether the genetic architecture and the function of the candidate genes underlying natural plant-plant interactions depend on the type of interactions between two plants (competition versus commensalism versus reciprocal helping versus asymmetry). The 16 transcriptomic studies are unevenly distributed between competitive interactions (n = 12) and asymmetric interactions (n = 4, all focusing on response to parasitic plants). By contrast, 17 and 30 QTL studies were identified for competitive interactions and asymmetric interactions (either weed suppressive ability or response to parasitic plants), respectively. Surprisingly, no studies have been carried out on the identification of genetic and molecular bases underlying natural variation in positive interactions. The candidate genes underlying natural plant-plant interactions can be classified into seven categories of plant function that have been identified in artificial environments simulating plant-plant interactions either frequently (photosynthesis, hormones), only recently (cell wall modification and degradation, defense pathways against pathogens) or rarely (ABC transporters, histone modification and meristem identity/life history traits). Finally, we introduce several avenues that need to be explored in the future to obtain a thorough understanding of the genetic and molecular bases underlying plant-plant interactions within the context of realistic community complexity.
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
- AGIR, Université de Toulouse, INRA, INPT, INP-EI PURPAN, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- BGPI, INRA, CIRAD, SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- LIPM, Université de Toulouse, INRA, CNRS, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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A single plant can interact both positively and negatively with its neighbors through the processes of facilitation and competition, respectively. Much of the variation in the balance of facilitation and competition that individuals experience can be explained by the degree of physical stress and the sizes or ages of plants during the interaction. Germination phenology partly controls both of these factors, but its role in defining the facilitation-competition balance has not been explicitly considered. I performed an experiment in a population of the winter annual Arabidopsis thaliana (Brassicaceae) to test whether germinating during physically stressful periods leads to facilitation while germinating during periods that promote growth and reproduction leads to competition. I manipulated germination and neighbor presence across two years in order to quantify the effects of the local plant community on survival, fecundity, and total fitness as a function of germination phenology. Neighbors increased survival when germination occurred under conditions that were unsuitable for survival, but they reduced fecundity in germinants that were otherwise the most fecund. Later germination was associated with facilitation in the first year but competition in the second year. These episodes of facilitation and competition opposed each other, leading to no net effect of neighbors when averaged over all cohorts. These results indicate that variation in germination timing can explain some of the variation in the facilitation-competition balance in plant communities.
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- Lindsay D Leverett
- Program in Ecology and Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 27705, USA
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Yakub M, Tiffin P. Living in the city: urban environments shape the evolution of a native annual plant. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2017; 23:2082-2089. [PMID: 27718531 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Urban environments are warmer, have higher levels of atmospheric CO2 and have altered patterns of disturbance and precipitation than nearby rural areas. These differences can be important for plant growth and are likely to create distinct selective environments. We planted a common garden experiment with seeds collected from natural populations of the native annual plant Lepidium virginicum, growing in five urban and nearby rural areas in the northern United States to determine whether and how urban populations differ from those from surrounding rural areas. When grown in a common environment, plants grown from seeds collected from urban areas bolted sooner, grew larger, had fewer leaves, had an extended time between bolting and flowering, and produced more seeds than plants grown from seeds collected from rural areas. Interestingly, the rural populations exhibited larger phenotypic differences from one another than urban populations. Surprisingly, genomic data revealed that the majority of individuals in each of the urban populations were more closely related to individuals from other urban populations than they were to geographically proximate rural areas - the one exception being urban and rural populations from New York which were nearly identical. Taken together, our results suggest that selection in urban environments favors different traits than selection in rural environments and that these differences can drive adaptation and shape population structure.
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- Mohamed Yakub
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, 1479 Gortner Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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Conti L. Hormonal control of the floral transition: Can one catch them all? Dev Biol 2017; 430:288-301. [PMID: 28351648 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2017.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 03/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The transition to flowering marks a key adaptive developmental switch in plants which impacts on their survival and fitness. Different signaling pathways control the floral transition, conveying both endogenous and environmental cues. These cues are often relayed and/or modulated by different hormones, which might confer additional developmental flexibility to the floral process in the face of varying conditions. Among the different hormonal pathways, the phytohormone gibberellic acid (GA) plays a dominant role. GA is connected with the other floral pathways through the GA-regulated DELLA proteins, acting as versatile interacting modules for different signaling proteins. In this review, I will highlight the role of DELLAs as spatial and temporal modulators of different consolidated floral pathways. Next, building on recent data, I will provide an update on some emerging themes connecting other hormone signaling cascades to flowering time control. I will finally provide examples for some established as well as potential cross-regulatory mechanisms between hormonal pathways mediated by the DELLA proteins.
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- Lucio Conti
- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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Roux F, Bergelson J. The Genetics Underlying Natural Variation in the Biotic Interactions of Arabidopsis thaliana: The Challenges of Linking Evolutionary Genetics and Community Ecology. Curr Top Dev Biol 2016; 119:111-56. [PMID: 27282025 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2016.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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In the context of global change, predicting the responses of plant communities in an ever-changing biotic environment calls for a multipronged approach at the interface of evolutionary genetics and community ecology. However, our understanding of the genetic basis of natural variation involved in mediating biotic interactions, and associated adaptive dynamics of focal plants in their natural communities, is still in its infancy. Here, we review the genetic and molecular bases of natural variation in the response to biotic interactions (viruses, bacteria, fungi, oomycetes, herbivores, and plants) in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana as well as the adaptive value of these bases. Among the 60 identified genes are a number that encode nucleotide-binding site leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR)-type proteins, consistent with early examples of plant defense genes. However, recent studies have revealed an extensive diversity in the molecular mechanisms of defense. Many types of genetic variants associate with phenotypic variation in biotic interactions, even among the genes of large effect that tend to be identified. In general, we found that (i) balancing selection rather than directional selection explains the observed patterns of genetic diversity within A. thaliana and (ii) the cost/benefit tradeoffs of adaptive alleles can be strongly dependent on both genomic and environmental contexts. Finally, because A. thaliana rarely interacts with only one biotic partner in nature, we highlight the benefit of exploring diffuse biotic interactions rather than tightly associated host-enemy pairs. This challenge would help to improve our understanding of coevolutionary quantitative genetics within the context of realistic community complexity.
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- F Roux
- INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, Castanet-Tolosan, France; CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, Castanet-Tolosan, France.
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- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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Moriuchi KS, Friesen ML, Cordeiro MA, Badri M, Vu WT, Main BJ, Aouani ME, Nuzhdin SV, Strauss SY, von Wettberg EJB. Salinity Adaptation and the Contribution of Parental Environmental Effects in Medicago truncatula. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0150350. [PMID: 26943813 PMCID: PMC4778912 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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High soil salinity negatively influences plant growth and yield. Some taxa have evolved mechanisms for avoiding or tolerating elevated soil salinity, which can be modulated by the environment experienced by parents or offspring. We tested the contribution of the parental and offspring environments on salinity adaptation and their potential underlying mechanisms. In a two-generation greenhouse experiment, we factorially manipulated salinity concentrations for genotypes of Medicago truncatula that were originally collected from natural populations that differed in soil salinity. To compare population level adaptation to soil salinity and to test the potential mechanisms involved we measured two aspects of plant performance, reproduction and vegetative biomass, and phenological and physiological traits associated with salinity avoidance and tolerance. Saline-origin populations had greater biomass and reproduction under saline conditions than non-saline populations, consistent with local adaptation to saline soils. Additionally, parental environmental exposure to salt increased this difference in performance. In terms of environmental effects on mechanisms of salinity adaptation, parental exposure to salt spurred phenological differences that facilitated salt avoidance, while offspring exposure to salt resulted in traits associated with greater salt tolerance. Non-saline origin populations expressed traits associated with greater growth in the absence of salt while, for saline adapted populations, the ability to maintain greater performance in saline environments was also associated with lower growth potential in the absence of salt. Plastic responses induced by parental and offspring environments in phenology, leaf traits, and gas exchange contribute to salinity adaptation in M. truncatula. The ability of plants to tolerate environmental stress, such as high soil salinity, is likely modulated by a combination of parental effects and within-generation phenotypic plasticity, which are likely to vary in populations from contrasting environments.
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- Ken S. Moriuchi
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Plant Cell Biotechnology, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Centre of Biotechnology of Borj Cedria, B.P. 901, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Evolution and Ecology and Center for Population Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences and International Center for Tropical Botany, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Kushlan Institute for Tropical Science, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, United States of America
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Baron E, Richirt J, Villoutreix R, Amsellem L, Roux F. The genetics of intra‐ and interspecific competitive response and effect in a local population of an annual plant species. Funct Ecol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Etienne Baron
- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales UMR CNRS 8198 Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – Lille 1 F‐59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
- INRA Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes‐Microorganismes (LIPM) UMR441 F‐31326 Castanet‐Tolosan France
- CNRS Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes‐Microorganismes (LIPM) UMR2594 F‐31326 Castanet‐Tolosan France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales UMR CNRS 8198 Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – Lille 1 F‐59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales UMR CNRS 8198 Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – Lille 1 F‐59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales UMR CNRS 8198 Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – Lille 1 F‐59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales UMR CNRS 8198 Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – Lille 1 F‐59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
- INRA Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes‐Microorganismes (LIPM) UMR441 F‐31326 Castanet‐Tolosan France
- CNRS Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes‐Microorganismes (LIPM) UMR2594 F‐31326 Castanet‐Tolosan France
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Migicovsky Z, Kovalchuk I. Transgenerational inheritance of epigenetic response to cold in Arabidopsis thaliana. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Interspecific Competition in Arabidopsis thaliana: A Knowledge Gap Is Starting to Close. PROGRESS IN BOTANY 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08807-5_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Burghardt LT, Metcalf CJE, Wilczek AM, Schmitt J, Donohue K. Modeling the influence of genetic and environmental variation on the expression of plant life cycles across landscapes. Am Nat 2014; 185:212-27. [PMID: 25616140 DOI: 10.1086/679439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Organisms develop through multiple life stages that differ in environmental tolerances. The seasonal timing, or phenology, of life-stage transitions determines the environmental conditions to which each life stage is exposed and the length of time required to complete a generation. Both environmental and genetic factors contribute to phenological variation, yet predicting their combined effect on life cycles across a geographic range remains a challenge. We linked submodels of the plasticity of individual life stages to create an integrated model that predicts life-cycle phenology in complex environments. We parameterized the model for Arabidopsis thaliana and simulated life cycles in four locations. We compared multiple "genotypes" by varying two parameters associated with natural genetic variation in phenology: seed dormancy and floral repression. The model predicted variation in life cycles across locations that qualitatively matches observed natural phenology. Seed dormancy had larger effects on life-cycle length than floral repression, and results suggest that a genetic cline in dormancy maintains a life-cycle length of 1 year across the geographic range of this species. By integrating across life stages, this approach demonstrates how genetic variation in one transition can influence subsequent transitions and the geographic distribution of life cycles more generally.
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- Liana T Burghardt
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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Chao DY, Baraniecka P, Danku J, Koprivova A, Lahner B, Luo H, Yakubova E, Dilkes B, Kopriva S, Salt DE. Variation in sulfur and selenium accumulation is controlled by naturally occurring isoforms of the key sulfur assimilation enzyme ADENOSINE 5'-PHOSPHOSULFATE REDUCTASE2 across the Arabidopsis species range. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 166:1593-608. [PMID: 25245030 PMCID: PMC4226352 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.247825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Natural variation allows the investigation of both the fundamental functions of genes and their role in local adaptation. As one of the essential macronutrients, sulfur is vital for plant growth and development and also for crop yield and quality. Selenium and sulfur are assimilated by the same process, and although plants do not require selenium, plant-based selenium is an important source of this essential element for animals. Here, we report the use of linkage mapping in synthetic F2 populations and complementation to investigate the genetic architecture of variation in total leaf sulfur and selenium concentrations in a diverse set of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) accessions. We identify in accessions collected from Sweden and the Czech Republic two variants of the enzyme ADENOSINE 5'-PHOSPHOSULFATE REDUCTASE2 (APR2) with strongly diminished catalytic capacity. APR2 is a key enzyme in both sulfate and selenate reduction, and its reduced activity in the loss-of-function allele apr2-1 and the two Arabidopsis accessions Hodonín and Shahdara leads to a lowering of sulfur flux from sulfate into the reduced sulfur compounds, cysteine and glutathione, and into proteins, concomitant with an increase in the accumulation of sulfate in leaves. We conclude from our observation, and the previously identified weak allele of APR2 from the Shahdara accession collected in Tadjikistan, that the catalytic capacity of APR2 varies by 4 orders of magnitude across the Arabidopsis species range, driving significant differences in sulfur and selenium metabolism. The selective benefit, if any, of this large variation remains to be explored.
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- Dai-Yin Chao
- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom (D.-Y.C., J.D., D.E.S.);Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (P.B., A.K., S.K.); andDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (B.L., H.L., E.Y., B.D.)
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom (D.-Y.C., J.D., D.E.S.);Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (P.B., A.K., S.K.); andDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (B.L., H.L., E.Y., B.D.)
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom (D.-Y.C., J.D., D.E.S.);Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (P.B., A.K., S.K.); andDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (B.L., H.L., E.Y., B.D.)
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom (D.-Y.C., J.D., D.E.S.);Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (P.B., A.K., S.K.); andDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (B.L., H.L., E.Y., B.D.)
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom (D.-Y.C., J.D., D.E.S.);Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (P.B., A.K., S.K.); andDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (B.L., H.L., E.Y., B.D.)
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom (D.-Y.C., J.D., D.E.S.);Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (P.B., A.K., S.K.); andDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (B.L., H.L., E.Y., B.D.)
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom (D.-Y.C., J.D., D.E.S.);Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (P.B., A.K., S.K.); andDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (B.L., H.L., E.Y., B.D.)
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom (D.-Y.C., J.D., D.E.S.);Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (P.B., A.K., S.K.); andDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (B.L., H.L., E.Y., B.D.)
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom (D.-Y.C., J.D., D.E.S.);Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (P.B., A.K., S.K.); andDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (B.L., H.L., E.Y., B.D.)
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- Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom (D.-Y.C., J.D., D.E.S.);Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom (P.B., A.K., S.K.); andDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 (B.L., H.L., E.Y., B.D.)
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The genetic basis of natural variation in seed size and seed number and their trade-off using Arabidopsis thaliana MAGIC lines. Genetics 2014; 198:1751-8. [PMID: 25313128 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.170746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Offspring number and size are key traits determining an individual's fitness and a crop's yield. Yet, extensive natural variation within species is observed for these traits. Such variation is typically explained by trade-offs between fecundity and quality, for which an optimal solution is environmentally dependent. Understanding the genetic basis of seed size and number, as well as any possible genetic constraints preventing the maximization of both, is crucial from both an evolutionary and applied perspective. We investigated the genetic basis of natural variation in seed size and number using a set of Arabidopsis thaliana multiparent advanced generation intercross (MAGIC) lines. We also tested whether life history affects seed size, number, and their trade-off. We found that both seed size and seed number are affected by a large number of mostly nonoverlapping QTL, suggesting that seed size and seed number can evolve independently. The allele that increases seed size at most identified QTL is from the same natural accession, indicating past occurrence of directional selection for seed size. Although a significant trade-off between seed size and number is observed, its expression depends on life-history characteristics, and generally explains little variance. We conclude that the trade-off between seed size and number might have a minor role in explaining the maintenance of variation in seed size and number, and that seed size could be a valid target for selection.
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Caffarra A, Zottele F, Gleeson E, Donnelly A. Spatial heterogeneity in the timing of birch budburst in response to future climate warming in Ireland. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2014; 58:509-519. [PMID: 24037345 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0720-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2013] [Revised: 08/02/2013] [Accepted: 08/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In order to predict the impact of future climate warming on trees it is important to quantify the effect climate has on their development. Our understanding of the phenological response to environmental drivers has given rise to various mathematical models of the annual growth cycle of plants. These models simulate the timing of phenophases by quantifying the relationship between development and its triggers, typically temperature. In addition, other environmental variables have an important role in determining the timing of budburst. For example, photoperiod has been shown to have a strong influence on phenological events of a number of tree species, including Betula pubescens (birch). A recently developed model for birch (DORMPHOT), which integrates the effects of temperature and photoperiod on budburst, was applied to future temperature projections from a 19-member ensemble of regional climate simulations (on a 25 km grid) generated as part of the ENSEMBLES project, to simulate the timing of birch budburst in Ireland each year up to the end of the present century. Gridded temperature time series data from the climate simulations were used as input to the DORMPHOT model to simulate future budburst timing. The results showed an advancing trend in the timing of birch budburst over most regions in Ireland up to 2100. Interestingly, this trend appeared greater in the northeast of the country than in the southwest, where budburst is currently relatively early. These results could have implications for future forest planning, species distribution modeling, and the birch allergy season.
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- Amelia Caffarra
- Centre de Recherche de Climatologie-UMR Biogéosciences, uB/CNRS 6262, Université de Bourgogne, 6, bd Gabriel, 21000, Dijon, France,
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Baldauf C, da Silva AS, Sfair JC, Ferreira R, dos Santos FAM. Harvesting Increases Reproductive Activity inHimatanthus drasticus(Mart.) Plumel (Apocynaceae), a Non-Timber Forest Product of the Brazilian Savanna. Biotropica 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Cristina Baldauf
- Department of Plant Biology; State University of Campinas (UNICAMP); CP 6109 CEP 13083-970 Campinas SP Brazil
- Department of Animal Sciences; Federal Rural University of Semiarid Region (UFERSA); CEP 59625-900 Mossoró RN Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology; Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE); CEP 50670-901 Recife PE Brazil
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Brouillette LC, Mason CM, Shirk RY, Donovan LA. Adaptive differentiation of traits related to resource use in a desert annual along a resource gradient. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 201:1316-1327. [PMID: 24325125 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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• Plant resource-use traits are generally hypothesized to be adaptively differentiated for populations distributed along resource gradients. Although nutrient limitations are expected to select for resource-conservative strategies, water limitations may select for either resource-conservative or -acquisitive strategies. We test whether population differentiation reflects local adaptation for traits associated with resource-use strategies in a desert annual (Helianthus anomalus) distributed along a gradient of positively covarying water and nutrient availability. • We compared quantitative trait variation (Q(ST)) with neutral genetic differentiation (F(ST)), in a common garden glasshouse study, for leaf economics spectrum (LES) and related traits: photosynthesis (A(mass), A(area)), leaf nitrogen (N(mass), N(area)), leaf lifetime (LL), leaf mass per area (LMA), leaf water content (LWC), water-use efficiency (WUE, estimated as δ(13)C) and days to first flower (DFF). • Q(ST)-F(ST) differences support adaptive differentiation for Amass , N(mass), N(area), LWC and DFF. The trait combinations associated with drier and lower fertility sites represent correlated trait evolution consistent with the more resource-acquisitive end of the LES. There was no evidence for adaptive differentiation for A(area), LMA and WUE. • These results demonstrate that hot dry environments can selectively favor correlated evolution of traits contributing to a resource-acquisitive and earlier reproduction 'escape' strategy, despite lower fertility.
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- Larry C Brouillette
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, 2502 Miller Plant Sciences, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, 2502 Miller Plant Sciences, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, 2502 Miller Plant Sciences, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, 2502 Miller Plant Sciences, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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Manzano-Piedras E, Marcer A, Alonso-Blanco C, Picó FX. Deciphering the adjustment between environment and life history in annuals: lessons from a geographically-explicit approach in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87836. [PMID: 24498381 PMCID: PMC3912251 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The role that different life-history traits may have in the process of adaptation caused by divergent selection can be assessed by using extensive collections of geographically-explicit populations. This is because adaptive phenotypic variation shifts gradually across space as a result of the geographic patterns of variation in environmental selective pressures. Hence, large-scale experiments are needed to identify relevant adaptive life-history traits as well as their relationships with putative selective agents. We conducted a field experiment with 279 geo-referenced accessions of the annual plant Arabidopsis thaliana collected across a native region of its distribution range, the Iberian Peninsula. We quantified variation in life-history traits throughout the entire life cycle. We built a geographic information system to generate an environmental data set encompassing climate, vegetation and soil data. We analysed the spatial autocorrelation patterns of environmental variables and life-history traits, as well as the relationship between environmental and phenotypic data. Almost all environmental variables were significantly spatially autocorrelated. By contrast, only two life-history traits, seed weight and flowering time, exhibited significant spatial autocorrelation. Flowering time, and to a lower extent seed weight, were the life-history traits with the highest significant correlation coefficients with environmental factors, in particular with annual mean temperature. In general, individual fitness was higher for accessions with more vigorous seed germination, higher recruitment and later flowering times. Variation in flowering time mediated by temperature appears to be the main life-history trait by which A. thaliana adjusts its life history to the varying Iberian environmental conditions. The use of extensive geographically-explicit data sets obtained from field experiments represents a powerful approach to unravel adaptive patterns of variation. In a context of current global warming, geographically-explicit approaches, evaluating the match between organisms and the environments where they live, may contribute to better assess and predict the consequences of global warming.
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- Esperanza Manzano-Piedras
- Departamento de Ecología Integrativa, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
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- CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología Integrativa, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
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Migicovsky Z, Yao Y, Kovalchuk I. Transgenerational phenotypic and epigenetic changes in response to heat stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2014; 9:e27971. [PMID: 24513700 PMCID: PMC4091214 DOI: 10.4161/psb.27971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Revised: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Exposure to heat stress causes physiological and epigenetic changes in plants, which may also be altered in the progeny. We compared the progeny of stressed and control Arabidopsis thaliana wild type and Dicer-like mutant dcl2, dcl3, and dcl4 plants for variations in physiology and molecular profile, including global genome methylation, mRNA levels, and histone modifications in the subset of differentially expressed genes at normal conditions and in response to heat stress. We found that the immediate progeny of heat-stressed plants had fewer, but larger leaves, and tended to bolt earlier. Transposon expression was elevated in the progeny of heat-stressed plants, and heat stress in the same generation tended to decrease global genome methylation. Progeny of stressed plants had increased expression of HSFA2, and reduction in MSH2, ROS1, and several SUVH genes. Gene expression positively correlated with permissive histone marks and negatively correlated with repressive marks. Overall, the progeny of heat stressed plants varied in both their physiology and epigenome and dcl2 and dcl3 mutants were partially deficient for these changes.
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Migicovsky Z, Kovalchuk I. Transgenerational changes in plant physiology and in transposon expression in response to UV-C stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2014; 9:e976490. [PMID: 25482751 PMCID: PMC4622705 DOI: 10.4161/15592324.2014.976490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Revised: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Stress has a negative impact on crop yield by altering a gain in biomass and affecting seed set. Recent reports suggest that exposure to stress also influences the response of the progeny. In this paper, we analyzed seed size, leaf size, bolting time and transposon expression in 2 consecutive generations of Arabidopsis thaliana plants exposed to moderate UV-C stress. Since previous reports suggested a potential role of Dicer-like (DCL) proteins in the establishment of transgenerational response, we used dcl2, dcl3 and dcl4 mutants in parallel with wild-type plants. These studies revealed that leaf number decreased in the progeny of UV-C stressed plants, and bolting occurred later. Transposons were also re-activated in the progeny of stressed plants. Changes in the dcl mutants were less prominent than in wild-type plants. DCL2 and DCL3 appeared to be more important in the transgenerational stress memory than DCL4 because transgenerational changes were less profound in the dcl2 and dcl3 mutants.
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- Zoe Migicovsky
- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Lethbridge; Lethbridge, AB, Canada
- Department of Biology; Dalhousie University; Halifax, Nova Scotia
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Lethbridge; Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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Brachi B, Villoutreix R, Faure N, Hautekèete N, Piquot Y, Pauwels M, Roby D, Cuguen J, Bergelson J, Roux F. Investigation of the geographical scale of adaptive phenological variation and its underlying genetics in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Ecol 2013; 22:4222-4240. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Revised: 05/21/2013] [Accepted: 05/23/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Benjamin Brachi
- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales; UMR CNRS 8198; Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1; F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
- Department of Ecology and Evolution; University of Chicago; Chicago IL 60637 USA
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales; UMR CNRS 8198; Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1; F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales; UMR CNRS 8198; Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1; F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales; UMR CNRS 8198; Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1; F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales; UMR CNRS 8198; Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1; F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales; UMR CNRS 8198; Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1; F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
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- INRA; Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM); UMR441; F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan France
- CNRS; Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM); UMR2594; F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales; UMR CNRS 8198; Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1; F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution; University of Chicago; Chicago IL 60637 USA
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales; UMR CNRS 8198; Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille - Lille 1; F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France
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Brachi B, Faure N, Bergelson J, Cuguen J, Roux F. Genome-wide association mapping of flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana in nature: genetics for underlying components and reaction norms across two successive years. ACTA BOTANICA GALLICA : BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE BOTANIQUE DE FRANCE 2013; 160:205-219. [PMID: 24470785 PMCID: PMC3901435 DOI: 10.1080/12538078.2013.807302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Often used as a proxy for the transition to reproduction, flowering time (FT) is an integrative trait of two successive biological processes, i.e. bolting time (BT) and the interval between bolting and flowering time (INT). In this study, we aimed to identify candidate genes associated with these composite traits in Arabidopsis thaliana using a field experiment. Genome-wide association (GWA) mapping was performed on BT, INT and FT based on a sample of 179 worldwide natural accessions genotyped for 216,509 SNPs. The high resolution conferred by GWA mapping indicates that FT is an integrative trait at the genetic level, with distinct genetics for BT and INT. BT is shaped largely by genes involved in the circadian clock whereas INT is shaped by genes involved in both the hormone pathways and cold acclimation. Finally, the florigen TSF appears to be the main integrator of environmental and internal signals in ecologically realistic conditions. Based on FT scored in a previous field experiment, we also studied the genetics underlying reaction norms across two years. Only four genes were common to both years, emphasizing the need to repeat field experiments. The gene regulation model appeared as the main genetic model for genotype × year interactions.
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- Benjamin Brachi
- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, UMR CNRS 8198, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, UMR CNRS 8198, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 E. 57 Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, UMR CNRS 8198, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex France
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- Laboratoire Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, UMR CNRS 8198, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille – Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex France
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Matesanz S, Horgan-Kobelski T, Sultan SE. Phenotypic plasticity and population differentiation in an ongoing species invasion. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44955. [PMID: 23028702 PMCID: PMC3446995 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 08/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The ability to succeed in diverse conditions is a key factor allowing introduced species to successfully invade and spread across new areas. Two non-exclusive factors have been suggested to promote this ability: adaptive phenotypic plasticity of individuals, and the evolution of locally adapted populations in the new range. We investigated these individual and population-level factors in Polygonum cespitosum, an Asian annual that has recently become invasive in northeastern North America. We characterized individual fitness, life-history, and functional plasticity in response to two contrasting glasshouse habitat treatments (full sun/dry soil and understory shade/moist soil) in 165 genotypes sampled from nine geographically separate populations representing the range of light and soil moisture conditions the species inhabits in this region. Polygonum cespitosum genotypes from these introduced-range populations expressed broadly similar plasticity patterns. In response to full sun, dry conditions, genotypes from all populations increased photosynthetic rate, water use efficiency, and allocation to root tissues, dramatically increasing reproductive fitness compared to phenotypes expressed in simulated understory shade. Although there were subtle among-population differences in mean trait values as well as in the slope of plastic responses, these population differences did not reflect local adaptation to environmental conditions measured at the population sites of origin. Instead, certain populations expressed higher fitness in both glasshouse habitat treatments. We also compared the introduced-range populations to a single population from the native Asian range, and found that the native population had delayed phenology, limited functional plasticity, and lower fitness in both experimental environments compared with the introduced-range populations. Our results indicate that the future spread of P. cespitosum in its introduced range will likely be fueled by populations consisting of individuals able to express high fitness across diverse light and moisture conditions, rather than by the evolution of locally specialized populations.
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- Silvia Matesanz
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Biology Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Biology Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, United States of America
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