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Lauterberg M, Tschiersch H, Zhao Y, Kuhlmann M, Mücke I, Papa R, Bitocchi E, Neumann K. Implementation of theoretical non-photochemical quenching (NPQ (T)) to investigate NPQ of chickpea under drought stress with High-throughput Phenotyping. Sci Rep 2024; 14:13970. [PMID: 38886488 PMCID: PMC11183218 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63372-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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Non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) is a protective mechanism for dissipating excess energy generated during photosynthesis in the form of heat. The accelerated relaxation of the NPQ in fluctuating light can lead to an increase in the yield and dry matter productivity of crops. Since the measurement of NPQ is time-consuming and requires specific light conditions, theoretical NPQ (NPQ(T)) was introduced for rapid estimation, which could be suitable for High-throughput Phenotyping. We investigated the potential of NPQ(T) to be used for testing plant genetic resources of chickpea under drought stress with non-invasive High-throughput Phenotyping complemented with yield traits. Besides a high correlation between the hundred-seed-weight and the Estimated Biovolume, significant differences were observed between the two types of chickpea desi and kabuli for Estimated Biovolume and NPQ(T). Desi was able to maintain the Estimated Biovolume significantly better under drought stress. One reason could be the effective dissipation of excess excitation energy in photosystem II, which can be efficiently measured as NPQ(T). Screening of plant genetic resources for photosynthetic performance could take pre-breeding to a higher level and can be implemented in a variety of studies, such as here with drought stress or under fluctuating light in a High-throughput Phenotyping manner using NPQ(T).
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- Madita Lauterberg
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, Germany
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- Marche Polytechnic University (UNIVPM), Ancona, Italy
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland, Germany.
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Liu D, He Y, Wang Y, Chen W, Yang J, Zhang Y, Feng Y, Zhao Y, Lin S, Huang L. Tetrad stage transient cold stress skews auxin-mediated energy metabolism balance in Chinese cabbage pollen. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 195:1312-1332. [PMID: 38438131 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Changing ambient temperature often impairs plant development and sexual reproduction, particularly pollen ontogenesis. However, mechanisms underlying cold stress-induced male sterility are not well understood. Here, we exposed Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris) to different cold conditions during flowering and demonstrated that the tetrad stage was the most sensitive. After completion of pollen development at optimal conditions, transient cold stress at the tetrad stage still impacted auxin levels, starch and lipid accumulation, and pollen germination, ultimately resulting in partial male sterility. Transcriptome and metabolome analyses and histochemical staining indicated that the reduced pollen germination rate was due to the imbalance of energy metabolism during pollen maturation. The investigation of β-glucuronidase (GUS)-overexpressing transgenic plants driven by the promoter of DR5 (DR5::GUS report system) combined with cell tissue staining and metabolome analysis further validated that cold stress during the tetrad stage reduced auxin levels in mature pollen grains. Low-concentration auxin treatment on floral buds at the tetrad stage before cold exposure improved the cold tolerance of mature pollen grains. Artificially changing the content of endogenous auxin during pollen maturation by spraying chemical reagents and loss-of-function investigation of the auxin biosynthesis gene YUCCA6 by artificial microRNA technology showed that starch overaccumulation severely reduced the pollen germination rate. In summary, we revealed that transient cold stress at the tetrad stage of pollen development in Chinese cabbage causes auxin-mediated starch-related energy metabolism imbalance that contributes to the decline in pollen germination rate and ultimately seed set.
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- Dandan Liu
- Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Biology, Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya 572024, China
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- Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Biology, Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya 572024, China
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- Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Biology, Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Research Centre for Plant RNA Signaling, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Biology, Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Biology, Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Biology, Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Science, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- Laboratory of Cell & Molecular Biology, Institute of Vegetable Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya 572024, China
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Shamshad A, Rashid M, Hameed A, Imran Arshad HM. Identification of biochemical indices for brown spot (Bipolaris oryzae) disease resistance in rice mutants and hybrids. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0300760. [PMID: 38635807 PMCID: PMC11025958 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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Brown spot caused by Bipolaris oryzae is a major damaging fungal disease of rice which can decrease the yield and value of produce due to grain discoloration. The objectives of the current study were to investigate and understand the biochemical indices of brown spot disease resistance in rice. A total of 108 genotypes (mutant and hybrid) along with Super Basmati and parent RICF-160 were evaluated against brown spot disease. The genotypes exhibiting resistant and susceptible responses to brown spot disease according to the IRRI standard disease rating scale were screened and selected. To study the biochemical response mechanism, forty five selected genotypes along with Super Basmati and RICF-160 were analyzed using the biochemical markers. The physiological and biochemical analysis provided valuable insights and confirmed the resistance of rice hybrids and mutants against brown spot disease. Positive correlations were observed among stress bio-markers and disease response. Rice genotypes i.e. Mu-AS-8, Mu-AS-19, Mu-AS-20 and Mu-AS-35 exhibited moderate resistant response while Hy-AS-92, Hy-AS-98, Hy-AS-99, Hy-AS-101, Hy-AS-102 and Hy-AS-107 showed resistant response to brown spot disease. Brown spot resistant rice genotypes had lesser values of malondialdehyde and total oxidant status and higher antioxidant activities i.e. superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, total phenolic content and lycopene. The selected resistant rice genotypes had resistance capacity against Bipolaris oryzae stress. In conclusion, identified resistant mutants i.e. Mu-AS-8, Mu-AS-19, Mu-AS-20 and Mu-AS-35 and hybrids i.e. Hy-AS-92, Hy-AS-98, Hy-AS-99, Hy-AS-101, Hy-AS-102 and Hy-AS-107 could be used in rice breeding program to achieve sustainable rice production by coping the emerging challenge of brown spot disease under variable climate conditions.
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- Areeqa Shamshad
- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences NIAB-C, PIEAS, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences NIAB-C, PIEAS, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences NIAB-C, PIEAS, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology College, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences NIAB-C, PIEAS, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Danakumara T, Kumar N, Patil BS, Kumar T, Bharadwaj C, Jain PK, Nimmy MS, Joshi N, Parida SK, Bindra S, Kole C, Varshney RK. Unraveling the genetics of heat tolerance in chickpea landraces ( Cicer arietinum L.) using genome-wide association studies. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1376381. [PMID: 38590753 PMCID: PMC10999645 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1376381] [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: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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Chickpea, being an important grain legume crop, is often confronted with the adverse effects of high temperatures at the reproductive stage of crop growth, drastically affecting yield and overall productivity. The current study deals with an extensive evaluation of chickpea genotypes, focusing on the traits associated with yield and their response to heat stress. Notably, we observed significant variations for these traits under both normal and high-temperature conditions, forming a robust basis for genetic research and breeding initiatives. Furthermore, the study revealed that yield-related traits exhibited high heritability, suggesting their potential suitability for marker-assisted selection. We carried out single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping using the genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) method for a genome-wide association study (GWAS). Overall, 27 marker-trait associations (MTAs) linked to yield-related traits, among which we identified five common MTAs displaying pleiotropic effects after applying a stringent Bonferroni-corrected p-value threshold of <0.05 [-log10(p) > 4.95] using the BLINK (Bayesian-information and linkage-disequilibrium iteratively nested keyway) model. Through an in-depth in silico analysis of these markers against the CDC Frontier v1 reference genome, we discovered that the majority of the SNPs were located at or in proximity to gene-coding regions. We further explored candidate genes situated near these MTAs, shedding light on the molecular mechanisms governing heat stress tolerance and yield enhancement in chickpeas such as indole-3-acetic acid-amido synthetase GH3.1 with GH3 auxin-responsive promoter and pentatricopeptide repeat-containing protein, etc. The harvest index (HI) trait was associated with marker Ca3:37444451 encoding aspartic proteinase ortholog sequence of Oryza sativa subsp. japonica and Medicago truncatula, which is known for contributing to heat stress tolerance. These identified MTAs and associated candidate genes may serve as valuable assets for breeding programs dedicated to tailoring chickpea varieties resilient to heat stress and climate change.
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- ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Amlaha, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Prof. Chittaranjan Kole Foundation for Science & Society, Kolkatta, India
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Krieg CP, Smith DD, Adams MA, Berger J, Layegh Nikravesh N, von Wettberg EJ. Greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum). Sci Rep 2024; 14:5744. [PMID: 38459248 PMCID: PMC10923935 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56457-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024] Open
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Global climate change and land use change underlie a need to develop new crop breeding strategies, and crop wild relatives (CWR) have become an important potential source of new genetic material to improve breeding efforts. Many recent approaches assume adaptive trait variation increases towards the relative environmental extremes of a species range, potentially missing valuable trait variation in more moderate or typical climates. Here, we leveraged distinct genotypes of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum) that differ in their relative climates from moderate to more extreme and perform targeted assessments of drought and heat tolerance. We found significance variation in ecophysiological function and stress tolerance between genotypes but contrary to expectations and current paradigms, it was individuals from more moderate climates that exhibited greater capacity for stress tolerance than individuals from warmer and drier climates. These results indicate that wild germplasm collection efforts to identify adaptive variation should include the full range of environmental conditions and habitats instead of only environmental extremes, and that doing so may significantly enhance the success of breeding programs broadly.
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- Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia
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- CSIRO, Agriculture and Food, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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Istanbuli T, Nassar AE, Abd El-Maksoud MM, Tawkaz S, Alsamman AM, Hamwieh A. Genome-wide association study reveals SNP markers controlling drought tolerance and related agronomic traits in chickpea across multiple environments. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1260690. [PMID: 38525151 PMCID: PMC10957531 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1260690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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Chickpea, renowned for its exceptional nutritional value, stands as a crucial crop, serving as a dietary staple in various parts of the world. However, its productivity faces a significant challenge in the form of drought stress. This challenge highlights the urgent need to find genetic markers linked to drought tolerance for effective breeding programs. The primary objective of this study is to identify genetic markers associated with drought tolerance to facilitate effective breeding programs. To address this, we cultivated 185 chickpea accessions in two distinct locations in Lebanon over a two-year period, subjecting them to both irrigated and rain-fed environments. We assessed 11 drought-linked traits, including morphology, growth, yield, and tolerance score. SNP genotyping revealed 1344 variable SNP markers distributed across the chickpea genome. Genetic diversity across populations originating from diverse geographic locations was unveiled by the PCA, clustering, and structure analysis indicating that these genotypes have descend from five or four distinct ancestors. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) revealed several marker trait associations (MTAs) associated with the traits evaluated. Within the rainfed conditions, 11 significant markers were identified, each associated with distinct chickpea traits. Another set of 11 markers exhibited associations in both rainfed and irrigated environments, reflecting shared genetic determinants across these conditions for the same trait. The analysis of linkage disequilibrium (LD) highlighted two genomic regions with notably strong LD, suggesting significant interconnections among several investigated traits. This was further investigated by the correlation between major markers associated with these traits. Gene annotation of the identified markers has unveiled insights into 28 potential genes that play a role in influencing various chickpea drought-linked traits. These traits encompass crucial aspects such as blooming organ development, plant growth, seed weight, starch metabolism, drought regulation, and height index. Among the identified genes are CPN60-2, hsp70, GDSL(GELP), AHL16, NAT3, FAB1B, bZIP, and GL21. These genes collectively contribute to the multifaceted response of chickpea plants to drought stress. Our identified genetic factors exert their influence in both irrigated and rainfed environments, emphasizing their importance in shaping chickpea characteristics.
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- Tawffiq Istanbuli
- Biotechnology Department, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Terbol, Lebanon
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- Biotechnology Department, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Giza, Egypt
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- Biotechnology Department, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Giza, Egypt
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- Biotechnology Department, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Giza, Egypt
- Genome Mapping Department, Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt
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- Biotechnology Department, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Giza, Egypt
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Kalve S, House MA, Tar’an B. Freezing stress response of wild and cultivated chickpeas. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1310459. [PMID: 38375446 PMCID: PMC10876003 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1310459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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Chickpea is an economically and nutritionally important grain legume globally, however, cold stress has adverse effects on its growth. In cold countries, like Canada where the growing season is short, having cold stress-tolerant varieties is crucial. Crop wild relatives of chickpea, especially Cicer reticulatum, can survive in suboptimal environments and are an important resource for crop improvement. In this study, we explored the performance of eleven C. reticulatum wild accessions and two chickpea cultivars, CDC Leader and CDC Consul, together with a cold sensitive check ILC533 under freezing stress. Freezing tolerance was scored based on a 1-9 scale. The wild relatives, particularly Kesen_075 and CudiA_152, had higher frost tolerance compared to the cultivars, which all died after frost treatment. We completed transcriptome analysis via mRNA sequencing to assess changes in gene expression in response to freezing stress and identified 6,184 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in CDC Consul, and 7,842 DEGs in Kesen_075. GO (gene ontology) analysis of the DEGs revealed that those related to stress responses, endogenous and external stimuli responses, secondary metabolite processes, and photosynthesis were significantly over-represented in CDC Consul, while genes related to endogenous stimulus responses and photosynthesis were significantly over-represented in Kesen_075. These results are consistent with Kesen_075 being more tolerant to freezing stress than CDC Consul. Moreover, our data revealed that the expression of CBF pathway-related genes was impacted during freezing conditions in Kesen_075, and expression of these genes is believed to alleviate the damage caused by freezing stress. We identified genomic regions associated with tolerance to freezing stress in an F2 population derived from a cross between CDC Consul and Kesen_075 using QTL-seq analysis. Eight QTLs (P<0.05) on chromosomes Ca3, Ca4, Ca6, Ca7, Ca8, and two QTLs (P<0.01) on chromosomes Ca4 and Ca8, were associated with tolerance to freezing stress. Interestingly, 58 DEGs co-located within these QTLs. To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore the transcriptome and QTLs associated with freezing tolerance in wild relatives of chickpea under controlled conditions. Altogether, these findings provide comprehensive information that aids in understanding the molecular mechanism of chickpea adaptation to freezing stress and further provides functional candidate genes that can assist in breeding of freezing-stress tolerant varieties.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Mazkirat S, Baitarakova K, Kudaybergenov M, Babissekova D, Bastaubayeva S, Bulatova K, Shavrukov Y. SSR Genotyping and Marker-Trait Association with Yield Components in a Kazakh Germplasm Collection of Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.). Biomolecules 2023; 13:1722. [PMID: 38136593 PMCID: PMC10741797 DOI: 10.3390/biom13121722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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Genetic diversity and marker-trait association with yield-related components were assessed in 39 chickpea accessions from a germplasm collection with either spring or autumn-sown seeds in South-Eastern Kazakhstan. Chickpea accessions originated from Azerbaijan, Germany, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Syria, and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA). Eleven SSR markers were used for molecular genotyping. Yield and yield components were evaluated in nine traits in experiments with spring and autumn seed sowing. The number of alleles of polymorphic markers varied from 2 to 11. The greatest polymorphism was found in the studied chickpea genotypes using SSR marker TA22 (11 alleles), while NCPGR6 and NCPGR12 markers were monomorphic. In the studied chickpea accessions, unique alleles of the SSR loci TA14, TA46, TA76s, and TA142 were found that were not previously described by other authors. An analysis of correlation relationships between yield-related traits in chickpea revealed the dependence of yield on plant height, branching, and the setting of a large number of beans. These traits showed maximal values in experiments with chickpea plants from autumn seed sowing. An analysis of the relationship between the SSR markers applied and morphological yield-related traits revealed several informative markers associated with important traits, such as plant height, height to first pod, number of branches, number of productive nodes, number of pods per plant, hundred seed weight, seed weight per plant, and seed yield.
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- Shynar Mazkirat
- Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Growing, Almaty District, Almalybak 040909, Kazakhstan; (K.B.); (M.K.); (D.B.); (S.B.); (K.B.)
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- Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Growing, Almaty District, Almalybak 040909, Kazakhstan; (K.B.); (M.K.); (D.B.); (S.B.); (K.B.)
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- Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Growing, Almaty District, Almalybak 040909, Kazakhstan; (K.B.); (M.K.); (D.B.); (S.B.); (K.B.)
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- Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Growing, Almaty District, Almalybak 040909, Kazakhstan; (K.B.); (M.K.); (D.B.); (S.B.); (K.B.)
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- Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Growing, Almaty District, Almalybak 040909, Kazakhstan; (K.B.); (M.K.); (D.B.); (S.B.); (K.B.)
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- Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Growing, Almaty District, Almalybak 040909, Kazakhstan; (K.B.); (M.K.); (D.B.); (S.B.); (K.B.)
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- College of Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia
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El Haddad N, En-nahli Y, Choukri H, Aloui K, Mentag R, El-Baouchi A, Hejjaoui K, Rajendran K, Smouni A, Maalouf F, Kumar S. Metabolic Mechanisms Underlying Heat and Drought Tolerance in Lentil Accessions: Implications for Stress Tolerance Breeding. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3962. [PMID: 38068599 PMCID: PMC10708188 DOI: 10.3390/plants12233962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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Climate change has significantly exacerbated the effects of abiotic stresses, particularly high temperatures and drought stresses. This study aims to uncover the mechanisms underlying heat and drought tolerance in lentil accessions. To achieve this objective, twelve accessions were subjected to high-temperature stress (32/20 °C), while seven accessions underwent assessment under drought stress conditions (50% of field capacity) during the reproductive stage. Our findings revealed a significant increase in catalase activity across all accessions under both stress conditions, with ILL7814 and ILL7835 recording the highest accumulations of 10.18 and 9.33 under drought stress, respectively, and 14 µmol H2O2 mg protein-1 min-1 under high temperature. Similarly, ascorbate peroxidase significantly increased in all tolerant accessions due to high temperatures, with ILL6359, ILL7835, and ILL8029 accumulating the highest values with up 50 µmol ascorbate mg protein-1 min-1. In contrast, no significant increase was obtained for all accessions subjected to water stress, although the drought-tolerant accessions accumulated more APX activity (16.59 t to 25.08 µmol ascorbate mg protein-1 min-1) than the sensitive accessions. The accessions ILL6075, ILL7814, and ILL8029 significantly had the highest superoxide dismutase activity under high temperature, while ILL6363, ILL7814, and ILL7835 accumulated the highest values under drought stress, each with 22 to 25 units mg protein-1. Under both stress conditions, ILL7814 and ILL7835 recorded the highest contents in proline (38 to 45 µmol proline/g FW), total flavonoids (0.22 to 0.77 mg QE g-1 FW), total phenolics (7.50 to 8.79 mg GAE g-1 FW), total tannins (5.07 to 20 µg CE g-1 FW), and total antioxidant activity (60 to 70%). Further, ILL7814 and ILL6338 significantly recorded the highest total soluble sugar content under high temperature (71.57 and 74.24 mg g-1, respectively), while ILL7835 achieved the maximum concentration (125 mg g-1) under drought stress. The accessions ILL8029, ILL6104, and ILL7814 had the highest values of reducing sugar under high temperature with 0.62 to 0.79 mg g-1, whereas ILL6075, ILL6363, and ILL6362 accumulated the highest levels of this component under drought stress with 0.54 to 0.66 mg g-1. Overall, our findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the metabolomic responses of lentil to drought and heat stresses, serving as a valuable reference for lentil stress tolerance breeding.
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- Noureddine El Haddad
- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat 10112, Morocco; (Y.E.-n.); (H.C.); (K.A.)
- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et de Physiologie Végétales, Centre de Recherche BioBio, Faculté des Sciences, Mohammed V University Rabat, Rabat 10112, Morocco;
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat 10112, Morocco; (Y.E.-n.); (H.C.); (K.A.)
- Materials Science Center, Ecole Normale Supérieure, LPCMIO, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Rabat 10100, Morocco
- AgroBioSciences Program (AgBS), College of Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Science (CSAES), University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco; (A.E.-B.); (K.H.)
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat 10112, Morocco; (Y.E.-n.); (H.C.); (K.A.)
- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et de Physiologie Végétales, Centre de Recherche BioBio, Faculté des Sciences, Mohammed V University Rabat, Rabat 10112, Morocco;
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat 10112, Morocco; (Y.E.-n.); (H.C.); (K.A.)
- Laboratory of Ecology and Environment, Ben M’Sick Faculty of Sciences, University Hassan II, Casablanca 20800, Morocco
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- Biotechnology Research Unit, Regional Center of Agricultural Research of Rabat, National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), Rabat 10090, Morocco;
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- AgroBioSciences Program (AgBS), College of Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Science (CSAES), University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco; (A.E.-B.); (K.H.)
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- AgroBioSciences Program (AgBS), College of Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Science (CSAES), University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco; (A.E.-B.); (K.H.)
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- Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), VIT School of Agricultural Innovations and Advanced Learning (VAIAL), Vellore 632014, India;
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et de Physiologie Végétales, Centre de Recherche BioBio, Faculté des Sciences, Mohammed V University Rabat, Rabat 10112, Morocco;
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Beirut 1108 2010, Lebanon;
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), New Delhi 110012, India;
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Basso MF, Contaldi F, Celso FL, Karalija E, Paz-Carrasco LC, Barone G, Ferrante A, Martinelli F. Expression profile of the NCED/CCD genes in chickpea and lentil during abiotic stress reveals a positive correlation with increased plant tolerance. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 336:111817. [PMID: 37562731 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111817] [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: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD) gene family is organized in two subfamilies: (i) 9-cis epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) genes and (ii) CCD genes. NCED genes are essential for catalyzing the first step of the abscisic-acid (ABA) biosynthesis, while CCD genes produce precursors of the strigolactones hormone. The functional characterization of these gene subfamilies has not been yet performed in chickpea and lentil. Herein, were identified and systematically characterized two NCED and five CCD genes in the chickpea and two NCED and six CCD genes in lentil. After in silico sequence analysis and phylogeny, the expression profile of the NCED/CCD genes was determined by meta-analysis and real-time PCR in plants under different stress conditions. Sequence data revealed that NCED/CCD genes are highly conserved between chickpea and lentil. This conservation was observed both at gene and protein sequence levels and phylogenetic relationships. Analysis of the promoter sequences revealed that all NCED/CCD genes have a considerable number of cis-regulatory elements responsive to biotic and abiotic stress. Protein sequence analysis evidenced that NCED/CCD genes share several conserved motifs and that they have a highly interconnected interaction network. Furthermore, the three-dimensional structure of these proteins was determined and indicated that some proteins have structures with considerable similarity. The meta-analysis revealed that NCED/CCD genes are dynamically modulated in different organs and under different stress conditions, but they have a positive correlation with plant tolerance. In accordance, real-time PCR data showed that both NCED and CCD genes are differentially modulated in plants under drought stress. In particular, CaNCED2, CaCCD5, LcNCED2, LcCCD1, and LcCCD2 genes have a positive correlation with improved plant tolerance to drought stress. Therefore, this study presented a detailed characterization of the chickpea and lentil NCED/CCD genes and provided new insights to improve abiotic stress tolerance in these two important crops.
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- Marcos Fernando Basso
- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Florence, Italy; University of Western Santa Catarina, Biotechnological Center, UNOESC, Videira, SC 89566-252, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Chemical, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Florence, Italy; Department of Biology, Faculty of science, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 33-35, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- National Institute of Agricultural Research (INIAP), Plant Pathology Department and Rice Breeding Program, Km 26 vía Duran-Tambo, Yaguachi, Guayas, Ecuador
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino 50019, Florence, Italy.
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Verbeecke V, Custódio L, Strobbe S, Van Der Straeten D. The role of orphan crops in the transition to nutritional quality-oriented crop improvement. Biotechnol Adv 2023; 68:108242. [PMID: 37640278 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Micronutrient malnutrition is a persisting problem threatening global human health. Biofortification via metabolic engineering has been proposed as a cost-effective and short-term means to alleviate this burden. There has been a recent rise in the recognition of potential that underutilized, orphan crops can hold in decreasing malnutrition concerns. Here, we illustrate how orphan crops can serve as a medium to provide micronutrients to populations in need, whilst promoting and maintaining dietary diversity. We provide a roadmap, illustrating which aspects to be taken into consideration when evaluating orphan crops. Recent developments have shown successful biofortification via metabolic engineering in staple crops. This review provides guidance in the implementation of these successes to relevant orphan crop species, with a specific focus on the relevant micronutrients iron, zinc, provitamin A and folates.
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- Vincent Verbeecke
- Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Benali A, El Haddad N, Patil SB, Goyal A, Hejjaoui K, El Baouchi A, Gaboun F, Taghouti M, Ouhssine M, Kumar S. Impact of Terminal Heat and Combined Heat-Drought Stress on Plant Growth, Yield, Grain Size, and Nutritional Quality in Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3726. [PMID: 37960082 PMCID: PMC10650860 DOI: 10.3390/plants12213726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Chickpea is the third most consumed pulse and provides a kit of essential nutrients for an exponential population. High temperatures and drought stress are two major abiotic stresses that cause serious effects on chickpea growth and development. The comprehension of abiotic stresses' impact on chickpea productivity and nutritional quality will permit the selection of promising genotypes. The current study aimed to assess the impact of heat and drought stresses on plant growth, grain yield and its components, grain size, and nutritional quality in chickpea. For this purpose, 43 international chickpea genotypes were evaluated under normal, heat, and combined heat-drought stress conditions. The findings revealed a significant decrease of over 50% in plant height, biological yield, and seed yield under both stress conditions. Grain size and hundred-seed weight were the most heritable traits under normal, heat, and combined heat-drought stress. Proteins were accumulated under both stresses, evolving from 20.26% for normal conditions to 22.19% for heat stress and to 21.94% for combined heat-drought stress. For minerals, significant variation between treatments was observed for Mn, Mg, and Na. Our results also showed a significant impact of genotype and genotype-environment interaction factors only on K content. Using selection indices, 22 genotypes were identified as highly tolerant to the combined heat-drought stress, while eleven genotypes were heat-tolerant. Mineral profile analysis according to the contrasting tolerance clusters revealed decreased potassium content in susceptible genotypes, indicating genetic potential in the studied chickpea collection, ensuring tolerance to both stresses while maintaining good grain quality.
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- Aouatif Benali
- Laboratory of Agro-Physiology, Biotechnology, Environment and Quality, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, IbnTofail University, Kenitra 14000, Morocco;
- National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), Rabat-Instituts, Rue Hafiane Cherkaoui, Rabat 10101, Morocco
- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat-Instituts, Rue Hafiane Cherkaoui, Rabat 10101, Morocco; (N.E.H.); (S.B.P.); (A.G.)
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat-Instituts, Rue Hafiane Cherkaoui, Rabat 10101, Morocco; (N.E.H.); (S.B.P.); (A.G.)
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat-Instituts, Rue Hafiane Cherkaoui, Rabat 10101, Morocco; (N.E.H.); (S.B.P.); (A.G.)
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Rabat-Instituts, Rue Hafiane Cherkaoui, Rabat 10101, Morocco; (N.E.H.); (S.B.P.); (A.G.)
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- AgroBioSciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco; (K.H.)
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- AgroBioSciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Ben Guerir 43150, Morocco; (K.H.)
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- National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), Rabat-Instituts, Rue Hafiane Cherkaoui, Rabat 10101, Morocco
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- National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), Rabat-Instituts, Rue Hafiane Cherkaoui, Rabat 10101, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Agro-Physiology, Biotechnology, Environment and Quality, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, IbnTofail University, Kenitra 14000, Morocco;
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), New Delhi 110012, India
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Danakumara T, Kumar T, Kumar N, Patil BS, Bharadwaj C, Patel U, Joshi N, Bindra S, Tripathi S, Varshney RK, Chaturvedi SK. A Multi-Model Based Stability Analysis Employing Multi-Environmental Trials (METs) Data for Discerning Heat Tolerance in Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) Landraces. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3691. [PMID: 37960048 PMCID: PMC10647285 DOI: 10.3390/plants12213691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Identifying a congenially targeted production environment and understanding the effects of genotype by environmental interactions on the adaption of chickpea genotypes is essential for achieving an optimal yield stability. Different models like additive main effect and multiplicative interactions (AMMI 1, AMM2), weighted average absolute scores of BLUPs (WAASB), and genotype plus genotype-environment (GGE) interactions were used to understand their suitability in the precise estimation of variance and their interaction. Our experiment used genotypes that represent the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) region. This trial involved two different sowing dates, two distinct seasons, and three different locations, resulting in a total of 12 environments. Genotype IG 5871(G1) showed a lower heat susceptibility index (HSI) across environments under study. The first four interactions principal component axis (IPCA) explain 93.2% of variations with significant genotype-environment interactions. Considering the AMMI stability value (ASV), the genotypes IG5862(G7), IG5861(G6), ILC239(G40), IG6002(G26), and ILC1932(G39), showing ASV scores of 1.66, 1.80, 2.20, 2.60, and 2.84, respectively, were ranked as the most stable and are comparable to the weighted average absolute scores of BLUPs (WAASB) ranking of genotypes. The which-won-where pattern of genotype plus genotype-environment (GGE) interactions suggested that the target environment consists of one mega environment. IG5866(G10), IG5865(G9), IG5884(G14), and IG5862(G7) displayed higher stability, as they were nearer to the origin. The genotypes that exhibited a superior performance in the tested environments can serve as ideal parental lines for heat-stress tolerance breeding programs. The weighted average absolute scores of BLUPs (WAASB) serve as an ideal tool to discern the variations and identify the stable genotype among all methods.
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- Thippeswamy Danakumara
- ICAR—Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India; (T.D.); (N.K.); (B.S.P.); (U.P.); (N.J.)
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- International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Sehore 466113, Madhya Pradesh, India;
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- ICAR—Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India; (T.D.); (N.K.); (B.S.P.); (U.P.); (N.J.)
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- ICAR—Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India; (T.D.); (N.K.); (B.S.P.); (U.P.); (N.J.)
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- ICAR—Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India; (T.D.); (N.K.); (B.S.P.); (U.P.); (N.J.)
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- ICAR—Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India; (T.D.); (N.K.); (B.S.P.); (U.P.); (N.J.)
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- Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141027, Panjab, India;
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- ICAR—Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur 282004, Uttar Pradesh, India;
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi 284003, Uttar Pradesh, India;
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Mangena P, Mushadu PN. Colchicine-Induced Polyploidy in Leguminous Crops Enhances Morpho-Physiological Characteristics for Drought Stress Tolerance. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:1966. [PMID: 37895348 PMCID: PMC10607973 DOI: 10.3390/life13101966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Legumes play a significant role in the alleviation of food insecurity, maintaining soil fertility, and achieving sustainable crop production under adverse environmental conditions. The increased demand in legume production contemplates that attention on the genetic improvement of these crops through various means such as genetic engineering and mutation breeding should take a centre stage in global agriculture. Therefore, this paper provides a succinct analysis of the currently available literature on morphological and physiological traits in polyploidised leguminous plants to counter the adverse effects of drought stress. The effects of colchicine on various morphological and physiological traits of polyploidised legumes compared to their diploid counterparts were examined. Numerous reports revealed variations in these traits, such as improved root and shoot growth, plant biomass, chloroplastidic content, protein, RNA, and DNA. The differences observed were also associated with the strong relationship between plant ploidy induction and colchicine application. Furthermore, the analysis indicated that polyploidisation remains dose-dependent and may be achievable within a shorter space of time as this antimitotic chemical interferes with chromosome separations in somatic plant cells. The efficiency of this process also depends on the advancement of treatment conditions (in vitro, in vivo, or ex vitro) and the successful regeneration of polyploidised plants for adaptation under drought stress conditions. As such, the improvement in metabolite profile and other essential growth characteristics serves as a clear indication that induced polyploidy needs to be further explored to confer resilience to environmental stress and improve crop yield under drought stress conditions in leguminous plants.
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- Phetole Mangena
- Department of Biodiversity, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa;
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Tiwari PN, Tiwari S, Sapre S, Tripathi N, Payasi DK, Singh M, Thakur S, Sharma M, Tiwari S, Tripathi MK. Prioritization of Physio-Biochemical Selection Indices and Yield-Attributing Traits toward the Acquisition of Drought Tolerance in Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.). PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3175. [PMID: 37765339 PMCID: PMC10534892 DOI: 10.3390/plants12183175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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Chickpea is widely grown in rainfed areas of developing countries because of its nutritional abundance and adaptability. To overcome the environmental effect of drought on yield, a characteristic-linked selection strategy is proved as well-thought-out and advantageous for the development of drought-tolerant cultivars. To precisely understand the contribution of various physio-biochemical and yield-attributing traits toward drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), forty chickpea genotypes were evaluated in the years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 under normal irrigated as well as drought-stressed conditions. Among the studied genotypes, genotype ICC4958 retained the highest chl content (0.55 mg g-1 FW), minimal electrolyte leakage, and superoxide dismutase (1.48 U/mg FW) and peroxidase (2.21 µmol/min/g FW) activities while cultivar JG11 maintained the maximum relative water content and proline accumulation. The principal-component-based biplots prioritized the physio-biochemical and yield-accrediting characteristics based on their association significance and contribution to terminal drought tolerance. Under drought stress, grain yield per plant was depicted to have a strongly positive association with canopy temperature depression, catalase, superoxide dismutase, and peroxidase activities as well as total soluble sugar, proline, and chlorophyll content, along with the numbers of pods and biological yield per plant. These identified physio-biochemical and yield-attributing traits can be further deployed to select drought-tolerant chickpea genotypes for the breeding of climate-smart chickpea genotypes.
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- Prakash N. Tiwari
- Biotechnology Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India; (P.N.T.); (S.S.); (M.S.)
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- Biotechnology Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India; (P.N.T.); (S.S.); (M.S.)
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- Biotechnology Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India; (P.N.T.); (S.S.); (M.S.)
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- Directorate of Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India;
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- Biotechnology Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India; (P.N.T.); (S.S.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India;
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Rajmata Vijyaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India; (M.S.); (S.T.)
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Rajmata Vijyaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India; (M.S.); (S.T.)
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Rajmata Vijyaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India; (M.S.); (S.T.)
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Lauterberg M, Tschiersch H, Papa R, Bitocchi E, Neumann K. Engaging Precision Phenotyping to Scrutinize Vegetative Drought Tolerance and Recovery in Chickpea Plant Genetic Resources. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:2866. [PMID: 37571019 PMCID: PMC10421427 DOI: 10.3390/plants12152866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Precise and high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) of vegetative drought tolerance in chickpea plant genetic resources (PGR) would enable improved screening for genotypes with low relative loss of biomass formation and reliable physiological performance. It could also provide a basis to further decipher the quantitative trait drought tolerance and recovery and gain a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms. In the context of climate change and novel nutritional trends, legumes and chickpea in particular are becoming increasingly important because of their high protein content and adaptation to low-input conditions. The PGR of legumes represent a valuable source of genetic diversity that can be used for breeding. However, the limited use of germplasm is partly due to a lack of available characterization data. The development of HTP systems offers a perspective for the analysis of dynamic plant traits such as abiotic stress tolerance and can support the identification of suitable genetic resources with a potential breeding value. Sixty chickpea accessions were evaluated on an HTP system under contrasting water regimes to precisely evaluate growth, physiological traits, and recovery under optimal conditions in comparison to drought stress at the vegetative stage. In addition to traits such as Estimated Biovolume (EB), Plant Height (PH), and several color-related traits over more than forty days, photosynthesis was examined by chlorophyll fluorescence measurements on relevant days prior to, during, and after drought stress. With high data quality, a wide phenotypic diversity for adaptation, tolerance, and recovery to drought was recorded in the chickpea PGR panel. In addition to a loss of EB between 72% and 82% after 21 days of drought, photosynthetic capacity decreased by 16-28%. Color-related traits can be used as indicators of different drought stress stages, as they show the progression of stress.
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- Madita Lauterberg
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Gatersleben, Germany; (M.L.)
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Gatersleben, Germany; (M.L.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), 06466 Gatersleben, Germany; (M.L.)
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Mamatha BC, Rudresh K, Karthikeyan N, Kumar M, Das R, Taware PB, Khapte PS, Soren KR, Rane J, Gurumurthy S. Vegetal protein hydrolysates reduce the yield losses in off-season crops under combined heat and drought stress. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2023; 29:1049-1059. [PMID: 37649884 PMCID: PMC10462596 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-023-01334-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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To deal with the vagaries of climate change, it is essential to develop climate-resilient agricultural practices, which improve crop productivity, and ensure food security. The impacts of high temperature and water deficit stress conditions pose serious challenges to a sustainable crop production. Several adaptation measures are practiced globally to address these challenges and among these altering the crop's typical growing season is one of the key management practices. Application of biostimulants and other growth hormones helps in compensating yield losses under abiotic stress significantly. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the influence of vegetal protein hydrolysate based biostimulant to reduce the yield losses of off-season crops (soybean and chilli in summer and chickpea in early Kharif) when the temperature was higher than the regular season under water deficit stress conditions. The experiments were carried out with the foliar application of different protein hydrolysates (PHs) concentrations. The study revealed that the application of PHs significantly improved the membrane stability index, relative water content, total chlorophyll and proline content of leaves. Consequently, it led to an increase in the number of pods in soybean and chickpea, and fruits in chilli, leading to improved yields when plants were treated with the appropriate amount of PHs. Compared to untreated plants, PHs helped improve the efficiency of PS-II with significantly high photochemical efficiency (QYmax) even at higher excised leaf water loss or reduction in loss of relative water content. This study concluded that foliar application of PHs at 4, 2, and 6 ml L-1 can be beneficial for soybean, chickpea and chilli, which exhibited 17, 30, and 25% yield improvement respectively, over the untreated plants under water deficit stress. It is suggested that the benefits of PHs can be realized in soybean, chickpea and chilli under high temperature and water deficit stress. Therefore, vegetal PHs may be able to assist farmers in arid regions for boosting their income by raising market value and decreasing production barriers during the off-season. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-023-01334-4.
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- B. C. Mamatha
- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune, 413115 India
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- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune, 413115 India
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- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune, 413115 India
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- ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012 India
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- Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013 India
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- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune, 413115 India
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- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune, 413115 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, 208024 India
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- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune, 413115 India
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- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Pune, 413115 India
- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA
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Tiwari PN, Tiwari S, Sapre S, Babbar A, Tripathi N, Tiwari S, Tripathi MK. Screening and Selection of Drought-Tolerant High-Yielding Chickpea Genotypes Based on Physio-Biochemical Selection Indices and Yield Trials. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:1405. [PMID: 37374187 DOI: 10.3390/life13061405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Chickpea production is seriously hampered by drought stress, which could be a great threat in the future for food security in developing countries. The present investigation aimed to screen the drought-tolerant response of forty desi chickpea genotypes against drought stress through various physio-biochemical selection indices and yield-attributing traits. Principle component-based biplot analysis recognized PG205, JG2016-44, JG63, and JG24 as tolerant genotypes based on physiological selection indices. These genotypes retained higher relative water content, stomatal conductance, internal CO2 concentration, and photosynthetic rate. ICC4958, JG11, JAKI9218, JG16, JG63, and PG205 were selected as tolerant genotypes based on biochemical selection indices. These genotypes sustained higher chlorophyll, sugar and proline content with enhanced antioxidant enzyme activities. With respect to yield trials, JAKI9218, JG11, JG16, and ICC4958 had higher seed yield per plant, numbers of pods, and biological yield per plant. Finally, JG11, JAKI9218, ICC4958, JG16, JG63, and PG205 were selected as tolerant genotypes based on cumulative physio-biochemical selection indices and yield response. These identified drought-tolerant genotypes may be further employed in climate-smart chickpea breeding programs for sustainable production under a changing climate scenario.
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- Prakash N Tiwari
- Biotechnology Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India
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- Biotechnology Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India
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- Biotechnology Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India
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- Directorate of Research, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India
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Singh C, Kumar R, Sehgal H, Bhati S, Singhal T, Gayacharan, Nimmy MS, Yadav R, Gupta SK, Abdallah NA, Hamwieh A, Kumar R. Unclasping potentials of genomics and gene editing in chickpea to fight climate change and global hunger threat. Front Genet 2023; 14:1085024. [PMID: 37144131 PMCID: PMC10153629 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1085024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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Genomics and genome editing promise enormous opportunities for crop improvement and elementary research. Precise modification in the specific targeted location of a genome has profited over the unplanned insertional events which are generally accomplished employing unadventurous means of genetic modifications. The advent of new genome editing procedures viz; zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), homing endonucleases, transcription activator like effector nucleases (TALENs), Base Editors (BEs), and Primer Editors (PEs) enable molecular scientists to modulate gene expressions or create novel genes with high precision and efficiency. However, all these techniques are exorbitant and tedious since their prerequisites are difficult processes that necessitate protein engineering. Contrary to first generation genome modifying methods, CRISPR/Cas9 is simple to construct, and clones can hypothetically target several locations in the genome with different guide RNAs. Following the model of the application in crop with the help of the CRISPR/Cas9 module, various customized Cas9 cassettes have been cast off to advance mark discrimination and diminish random cuts. The present study discusses the progression in genome editing apparatuses, and their applications in chickpea crop development, scientific limitations, and future perspectives for biofortifying cytokinin dehydrogenase, nitrate reductase, superoxide dismutase to induce drought resistance, heat tolerance and higher yield in chickpea to encounter global climate change, hunger and nutritional threats.
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- Charul Singh
- USBT, Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad Prayagraj, Prayagraj, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, India
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- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Germplasm Evaluation, ICAR- National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Cairo, Egypt
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- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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Akbari A, Ismaili A, Amirbakhtiar N, Pouresmael M, Shobbar ZS. Genome-wide transcriptional profiling provides clues to molecular mechanisms underlying cold tolerance in chickpea. Sci Rep 2023; 13:6279. [PMID: 37072529 PMCID: PMC10113226 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33398-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023] Open
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Chickpea is an important food legume cultivated in several countries. A sudden drop in autumn temperature, freezing winter temperature, and late spring cold events result in significant losses in chickpea production. The current study used RNA sequencing of two cold tolerant (Saral) and sensitive (ILC533) Kabuli chickpea genotypes to identify cold tolerance-associated genes/pathways. A total of 200.85 million raw reads were acquired from the leaf samples by Illumina sequencing, and around 86% of the clean reads (199 million) were mapped to the chickpea reference genome. The results indicated that 3710 (1980 up- and 1730 down-regulated) and 3473 (1972 up- and 1501 down-regulated) genes were expressed differentially under cold stress in the tolerant and sensitive genotypes, respectively. According to the GO enrichment analysis of uniquely down-regulated genes under cold stress in ILC533, photosynthetic membrane, photosystem II, chloroplast part, and photosystem processes were enriched, revealing that the photosynthesis is severely sensitive to cold stress in this sensitive genotype. Many remarkable transcription factors (CaDREB1E, CaMYB4, CaNAC47, CaTCP4, and CaWRKY33), signaling/regulatory genes (CaCDPK4, CaPP2C6, CaMKK2, and CaHSFA3), and protective genes (CaCOR47, CaLEA3, and CaGST) were identified among the cold-responsive genes of the tolerant genotype. These findings would help improve cold tolerance across chickpea genotypes by molecular breeding or genetic engineering.
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- Alireza Akbari
- Department of Plant Production and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Department of Plant Production and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.
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- Genetic Research Department, Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Karaj, Iran
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- Genetic Research Department, Seed and Plant Improvement Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Systems Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Karaj, Iran.
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Balech R, Maalouf F, Patil SB, Rajendran K, Abou Khater L, Rubiales D, Kumar S. Assessing the Stability of Herbicide-Tolerant Lentil Accessions ( Lens culinaris Medik.) under Diverse Environments. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:854. [PMID: 36840202 PMCID: PMC9960123 DOI: 10.3390/plants12040854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Assessing the adaptability and stability of herbicide-tolerant lentil accessions to two broad-spectrum post-emergence herbicides in multi-environment trials has become a must in a breeding program to improve its selection. The adaptability and stability of 42 herbicide-tolerant lentil accessions were investigated using five stability parameters under eight different environments. Significant Genotype-Environment (GE) interaction was found for days to flowering (DFLR), days to maturity (DMAT), and seed yield per plant (SY). The analyzed stability parameters such as Cultivar superiority, Finlay-Wilkinson, Shukla, Static Stability, and Wricke's Ecovalence ranked the tested accessions differently, confirming the importance of using a combination of stability parameters when evaluating the performance of a group of accessions. GGE biplot of the SY trait accounted for 60.79% of sums of squares of the GE interaction and showed that cool and high rainfall environments are ideal for testing the agronomic performance of tolerant accessions. The GGE biplot of SY showed that IG4605(19), IG195(6), and IG156635(12) were specifically adapted to one mega environment, whereas IG70056(38) was identified as a superior line having a high and stable yield. These lines should be included in lentil crossing programs to develop herbicide-tolerant cultivars adapted to diverse environments.
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- Rind Balech
- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Terbol 1108-2010, Lebanon
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Terbol 1108-2010, Lebanon
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- VIT School of Agricultural Innovations and Advanced Learning (VAIAL), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, India
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- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Terbol 1108-2010, Lebanon
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- Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
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Saini R, Adhikary A, Juneja S, Kumar R, Singh I, Nayyar H, Kumar S. Drought priming triggers diverse metabolic adjustments and induces chilling tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 194:418-439. [PMID: 36493590 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.11.034] [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: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) suffers from chilling stress at the reproductive stage (<15 °C) which leads to significant yield loss. This study presents a comprehensive plant response to drought priming and its effect on chilling tolerance during the reproductive stage in two chickpea cultivars PBG1 and PBG5. Lipidome profiling (Fatty acid methyl esters analysis), metabolome profiling (GC-MS based untargeted analysis), fatty acid desaturases and antioxidative gene expression (qRT-PCR) were analyzed to monitor physiological and biochemical events after priming during flowering, podding and seed filling stages. Drought priming alleviated membrane damage and chlorophyll degradation by increasing membrane unsaturated fatty acids (18:3) along with up-regulation of various fatty acid desaturases (CaFADs) genes and antioxidative machinery during flowering and improved seed yield in PBG5. PCA, HCA, and KEGG pathway analysis of 87 identified metabolites showed that metabolites were regulated differently in both cultivars under non-primed and primed conditions. The plant response was more apparent at flowering and podding stages which coincided with chilling temperature (<15 °C). Drought priming stimulated many important genes, especially FADs, antioxidative proteins and accumulation of key metabolites (proline and TCA intermediates) required for defense especially in PBG5. This explains that plant's response to drought priming not only depends on developmental stage, and temperature regime (<15 °C) but also on the genotypic-specificity.
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- Rashmi Saini
- Centre for Biosciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, 151401, India
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- Centre for Biosciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, 151401, India
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- Centre for Biosciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, 151401, India
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- Centre for Biosciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, 151401, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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- Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Centre for Biosciences, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, 151401, India; Department of Botany, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, 151401, India.
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Kuzina E, Mukhamatdyarova S, Sharipova Y, Makhmutov A, Belan L, Korshunova T. Influence of Bacteria of the Genus Pseudomonas on Leguminous Plants and Their Joint Application for Bioremediation of Oil Contaminated Soils. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:3396. [PMID: 36501436 PMCID: PMC9737819 DOI: 10.3390/plants11233396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The modern approach to the creation of biological products to stimulate plant growth is based on the study of specific inter-bacterial interactions. This study describes the impact that the introduction of strains of the genus Pseudomonas has on annual and perennial leguminous plants and the ecosystem of the leguminous plant-the indigenous microbial community. The objects of research under the conditions of vegetation experiments were plants of field peas (Pisum sativum L.), white lupine (Lupinus albus L.), chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), alfalfa (Medicago sativa subsp. varia (Martyn) Arcang.), and white sweet clover (Melilotus albus Medik.). For the treatment of plant seeds, a liquid culture of strains of growth-stimulating bacteria Pseudomonas koreensis IB-4, and P. laurentiana ANT 17 was used. The positive effect of the studied strains on the germination, growth and development of plants was established. There was no inhibitory effect of inoculants on rhizobia; on the contrary, an increase in nodule formation was observed. The possibility of recultivation of oil-contaminated soil using chickpea and alfalfa as phytomeliorants and growth-stimulating strains P. koreensis IB-4, P. laurentiana ANT 17 as inoculants was evaluated. It is proved that seed treatment improved the morphological parameters of plants, as well as the efficiency of oil destruction.
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- Elena Kuzina
- Ufa Institute of Biology, Ufa Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia
- Department of Environmental Protection and Prudent Exploitation of Natural Resources, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, 450044 Ufa, Russia
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- Ufa Institute of Biology, Ufa Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia
- Department of Environmental Protection and Prudent Exploitation of Natural Resources, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, 450044 Ufa, Russia
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- Ufa Institute of Biology, Ufa Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia
- Department of Environmental Protection and Prudent Exploitation of Natural Resources, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, 450044 Ufa, Russia
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- Department of Environmental Protection and Prudent Exploitation of Natural Resources, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, 450044 Ufa, Russia
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- Department of Environmental Protection and Prudent Exploitation of Natural Resources, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, 450044 Ufa, Russia
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- Ufa Institute of Biology, Ufa Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia
- Department of Environmental Protection and Prudent Exploitation of Natural Resources, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, 450044 Ufa, Russia
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Asati R, Tripathi MK, Tiwari S, Yadav RK, Tripathi N. Molecular Breeding and Drought Tolerance in Chickpea. LIFE (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:life12111846. [PMID: 36430981 PMCID: PMC9698494 DOI: 10.3390/life12111846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cicer arietinum L. is the third greatest widely planted imperative pulse crop worldwide, and it belongs to the Leguminosae family. Drought is the utmost common abiotic factor on plants, distressing their water status and limiting their growth and development. Chickpea genotypes have the natural ability to fight drought stress using certain strategies viz., escape, avoidance and tolerance. Assorted breeding methods, including hybridization, mutation, and marker-aided breeding, genome sequencing along with omics approaches, could be used to improve the chickpea germplasm lines(s) against drought stress. Root features, for instance depth and root biomass, have been recognized as the greatest beneficial morphological factors for managing terminal drought tolerance in the chickpea. Marker-aided selection, for example, is a genomics-assisted breeding (GAB) strategy that can considerably increase crop breeding accuracy and competence. These breeding technologies, notably marker-assisted breeding, omics, and plant physiology knowledge, underlined the importance of chickpea breeding and can be used in future crop improvement programmes to generate drought-tolerant cultivars(s).
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- Ruchi Asati
- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India
- Correspondence: (M.K.T.); (N.T.)
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India
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- Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior 474002, India
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- Directorate of Research Services, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur 482004, India
- Correspondence: (M.K.T.); (N.T.)
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Khan MT, Ahmed S, Sardar R, Shareef M, Abbasi A, Mohiuddin M, Ercisli S, Fiaz S, Marc RA, Attia K, Khan N, Golokhvast KS. Impression of foliar-applied folic acid on coriander ( Coriandrum sativum L.) to regulate aerial growth, biochemical activity, and essential oil profiling under drought stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1005710. [PMID: 36340333 PMCID: PMC9633984 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1005710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Drought is one of the major environmental limitations in the crop production sector that has a great impact on food security worldwide. Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) is an herbaceous angiosperm of culinary significance and highly susceptible to rootzone dryness. Elucidating the drought-induced physio-chemical changes and the foliar-applied folic acid (FA; vitamin B9)-mediated stress tolerance mechanism of coriander has been found as a research hotspot under the progressing water scarcity challenges for agriculture. The significance of folic acid in ameliorating biochemical activities for the improved vegetative growth and performance of coriander under the mild stress (MS75), severe stress (SS50), and unstressed (US100) conditions was examined in this study during two consecutive seasons. The results revealed that the plants treated with 50 mM FA showed the highest plant fresh biomass, leaf fresh biomass, and shoot fresh biomass from bolting stage to seed filling stage under mild drought stress. In addition, total soluble sugars, total flavonoids content, and chlorophyll content showed significant results by the foliar application of FA, while total phenolic content showed non-significant results under MS75 and SS50. It was found that 50 mM of FA upregulated the activity of catalase, superoxide dismutase, and ascorbate peroxidase enzymes in MS75 and SS50 plants compared with untreated FA plants. Thus, FA treatment improved the overall biological yield and economic yield regardless of water deficit conditions. FA-accompanied plants showed a decline in drought susceptibility index, while it improved the drought tolerance efficiency, indicating this variety to become stress tolerant. The optimum harvest index, essential oil (EO) percentage, and oil yield were found in MS75 followed by SS50 in FA-supplemented plants. The gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis revealed a higher abundance of linalool as the major chemical constituent of EO, followed by α-terpeniol, terpinene, and p-Cymene in FA-treated SS50 plants. FA can be chosen as a shotgun tactic to improve drought tolerance in coriander by delimiting the drastic changes due to drought stress.
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- Muhammad Tajammal Khan
- Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
- Division of Science and Technology, Department of Botany, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Botany, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Kohsar University, Murree, Pakistan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Kohsar University, Murree, Pakistan
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan
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- Food Engineering Department, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agronomy, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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- Siberian Federal Scientific Center of Agrobiotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Krasnoobsk, Russia
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Chtouki M, Naciri R, Garré S, Nguyen F, Zeroual Y, Oukarroum A. Phosphorus fertilizer form and application frequency affect soil P availability, chickpea yield, and P use efficiency under drip fertigation. JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE 2022; 185:603-611. [DOI: 10.1002/jpln.202100439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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AbstractBackgroundPhosphorus (P) fertilizer properties and nutrient management strategies substantially affect soil P availability as well as uptake and consequently crop yield.AimsThe present study aims to study the potential use of inorganic soluble polyphosphates (Poly‐P) as slow‐release fertilizer under drip fertigation.MethodsA pot experiment was conducted using an alkaline soil. Two Poly‐P fertilizers, differing in their polymerization rate (Poly‐53 with 53% and Poly‐100 with 100% Poly‐P of the total‐P content), were compared to an orthophosphate (Ortho‐P) and a treatment without P application (control) under three drip fertigation frequencies (Fsow: P fertilizer applied at sowing, Fweek: once a week, and F3days: every 3 days). Soil samples were taken at 40 days after sowing and at harvest from 3 layers (0–5, 5–10, and 10–20 cm) to determine P availability in soil (Olsen‐P) and its relocation into deeper soil layers. Furthermore, plant growth, yield, P uptake, P use efficiency, as well as water productivity were investigated.ResultsSoil P availability varied significantly between fertilizer forms and fertigation frequencies. At higher polymerization rate of the Poly‐P fertilizer, P becomes less mobile in the soil, but its availability is maintained until harvest. The analysis of Olsen‐P at harvest showed that the higher P availability in soil was obtained with Poly‐P forms with higher values in the 0–5 and 5–10 cm soil layers than in the 10–20 cm. In addition, weekly fertigation (Fweek) revealed the best results in terms of P availability compared to other P fertigation regimes, and all P fertilizers significantly improved chickpea grain yield, seed quality, and water productivity, compared to the unfertilized control.ConclusionPoly‐P fertilizers can be recommended as an effective source of phosphorus for plants, due to their slow‐release properties. Using Poly‐P, the frequency of P application through the drip fertigation system can be reduced while ensuring high crop yields.
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- Mohamed Chtouki
- Plant Stress Physiology Laboratory University Mohammed VI Polytechnic‐AgoBioSciences Benguerir Morocco
- Water, Soil & Plant Exchanges Biosystem Engineering University of Liege‐Gembloux Agro‐Bio Tech Faculty Gembloux Belgium
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- Plant Stress Physiology Laboratory University Mohammed VI Polytechnic‐AgoBioSciences Benguerir Morocco
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- Water, Soil & Plant Exchanges Biosystem Engineering University of Liege‐Gembloux Agro‐Bio Tech Faculty Gembloux Belgium
- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture Fisheries and Food (ILVO) Melle Belgium
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- School of Engineering University of Liege‐UR UEE Liege Belgium
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- Plant Stress Physiology Laboratory University Mohammed VI Polytechnic‐AgoBioSciences Benguerir Morocco
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- Plant Stress Physiology Laboratory University Mohammed VI Polytechnic‐AgoBioSciences Benguerir Morocco
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Kalve S, Gali KK, Tar’an B. Genome-wide association analysis of stress tolerance indices in an interspecific population of chickpea. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:933277. [PMID: 36061786 PMCID: PMC9437449 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.933277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Chickpea is a cool season crop that is highly vulnerable to abiotic stresses such as heat and drought. High temperature during early flowering and pod development stages significantly reduces the crop yield. The wild relatives of chickpeas can be potential donors for the introgression of heat and drought tolerance into cultivated chickpeas for crop improvement. Initially, 600 interspecific lines were derived from crosses between two elite cultivars, CDC Leader (kabuli chickpea) and CDC Consul (desi chickpea), and 20 accessions of Cicer reticulatum. The F5 interspecific lines were tested for agronomic and seed quality traits including reaction to ascochyta blight disease under field conditions at two locations in 2018. A subset of 195 lines were selected based on resistance to ascochyta blight and acceptable seed quality. These lines were evaluated for their performance under suboptimal conditions at Lucky Lake (2019 and 2020) and Moose Jaw (2019), Saskatchewan, Canada, and Yuma, Arizona, United States (2019-2020). The lines were grown and evaluated at two seeding dates, normal (SD1) and late (SD2) seeding dates, at each location and year. The same lines were genotyped using Cicer60K Axiom® SNP chip. The population structure was determined based on 35,431 informative SNPs using fastStructure, and the interspecific lines were clustered at a k-value of 15. Significant marker-trait associations were identified for seed yield from SD1 and SD2 seeding dates, and stress tolerance indices (ATI, K1STI, MP, SSPI, and TOL) using phenotypic values both from individual locations and combined analyses based on BLUP values. SNP marker Ca2_34600347 was significantly associated with yield from both the seeding dates. This and other SNP markers identified in this study may be useful for marker-assisted introgression of abiotic stress tolerance in chickpea.
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Zhang Z, Liu Y, Yuan Q, Xiong C, Xu H, Hu B, Suo H, Yang S, Hou X, Yuan F, Pei Z, Dai X, Zou X, Liu F. The bHLH1-DTX35/DFR module regulates pollen fertility by promoting flavonoid biosynthesis in Capsicum annuum L. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2022; 9:uhac172. [PMID: 36238346 PMCID: PMC9552195 DOI: 10.1093/hr/uhac172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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High pollen fertility can ensure the yield and efficiency of breeding work, but factors that affect the fertility of pepper pollen have not been studied extensively. In this work, we screened the reduced pollen fertility 1 (rpf1) mutant of Capsicum annuum with reduced pollen fertility and yellow anthers from an EMS (ethyl methanesulfonate)-mutagenized pepper population. Through construction of an F 2 population followed by BSA (bulked segregant analysis) mapping and KASP genotyping, we identified CabHLH1 as a candidate gene for control of this trait. A G → A mutation at a splice acceptor site in CabHLH1 causes a frameshift mutation in the mutant, and the translated protein is terminated prematurely. Previous studies on CabHLH1 have focused on the regulation of flavonoid synthesis. Here, we found that CabHLH1 also has an important effect on pollen fertility. Pollen vigor, anther flavonoid content, and seed number were lower in CabHLH1-silenced pepper plants, whereas anther H2O2 and MDA (malondialdehyde) contents were higher. RNA-seq analyses showed that expression of the flavonoid synthesis genes DFR, ANS, and RT was significantly reduced in anthers of CabHLH1-silenced plants and rpf1 plants, as was the expression of DTX35, a gene related to pollen fertility and flavonoid transport. Yeast one-hybrid and dual-luciferase reporter assays showed that CabHLH1 can directly bind to the promoters of DTX35 and DFR and activate their expression. These results indicate that CabHLH1 regulates reactive oxygen species homeostasis by promoting the synthesis of anther flavonoids and acts as a positive regulator of pepper pollen fertility.
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- Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops, Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops, Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops, Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops, Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops, Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops, Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops, Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops, Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops, Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
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- Engineering Research Center of Education Ministry for Germplasm Innovation and Breeding New Varieties of Horticultural Crops, Key Laboratory for Vegetable Biology of Hunan Province, College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410125, China
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Arriagada O, Cacciuttolo F, Cabeza RA, Carrasco B, Schwember AR. A Comprehensive Review on Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Climate Change Resilience. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23126794. [PMID: 35743237 PMCID: PMC9223724 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Chickpea is one of the most important pulse crops worldwide, being an excellent source of protein. It is grown under rain-fed conditions averaging yields of 1 t/ha, far from its potential of 6 t/ha under optimum conditions. The combined effects of heat, cold, drought, and salinity affect species productivity. In this regard, several physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms are reviewed to confer tolerance to abiotic stress. A large collection of nearly 100,000 chickpea accessions is the basis of breeding programs, and important advances have been achieved through conventional breeding, such as germplasm introduction, gene/allele introgression, and mutagenesis. In parallel, advances in molecular biology and high-throughput sequencing have allowed the development of specific molecular markers for the genus Cicer, facilitating marker-assisted selection for yield components and abiotic tolerance. Further, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics have permitted the identification of specific genes, proteins, and metabolites associated with tolerance to abiotic stress of chickpea. Furthermore, some promising results have been obtained in studies with transgenic plants and with the use of gene editing to obtain drought-tolerant chickpea. Finally, we propose some future lines of research that may be useful to obtain chickpea genotypes tolerant to abiotic stress in a scenario of climate change.
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- Osvin Arriagada
- Departamento de Ciencias Vegetales, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (O.A.); (F.C.)
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- Departamento de Ciencias Vegetales, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (O.A.); (F.C.)
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- Departamento de Producción Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad de Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile;
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- Centro de Estudios en Alimentos Procesados (CEAP), Av. Lircay s/n, Talca 3480094, Chile;
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- Departamento de Ciencias Vegetales, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile; (O.A.); (F.C.)
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Yadav S, Yadava YK, Kohli D, Meena S, Kalwan G, Bharadwaj C, Gaikwad K, Arora A, Jain PK. Genome-wide identification, in silico characterization and expression analysis of the RNA helicase gene family in chickpea (C. arietinum L.). Sci Rep 2022; 12:9778. [PMID: 35697711 PMCID: PMC9192698 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-13823-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The RNA helicases are an important class of enzymes which are known to influence almost every aspect of RNA metabolism. The majority of RNA helicases belong to the SF2 (superfamily 2) superfamily, members of which are further categorized into three separate subfamilies i.e., the DEAD, DEAH and DExD/H-box subfamilies. In chickpea, these RNA helicases have not been characterized until now. A genome-wide analysis across the chickpea genome led to the identification of a total of 150 RNA helicase genes which included 50 DEAD, 33 DEAH and 67 DExD/H-box genes. These were distributed across all the eight chromosomes, with highest number on chromosome 4 (26) and least on chromosome 8 (8). Gene duplication analysis resulted in identification of 15 paralogous gene pairs with Ka/Ks values < 1, indicating towards the genes being under purifying selection during the course of evolution. The promoter regions of the RNA helicase genes were enriched in cis-acting elements like the light and ABA-responsive elements. The drought responsiveness of the genes was analysed by studying the expression profiles of few of these genes, in two different genotypes, the cultivated variety ICC 8261 (kabuli, C. arietinum) and the wild accession ILWC 292 (C. reticulatum), through qRT-PCR. These genotypes were selected based on their drought responsiveness in a field experiment, where it was observed that the percentage (%) reduction in relative water content (RWC) and membrane stability index (MSI) for the drought stressed plants after withholding water for 24 days, over the control or well-watered plants, was least for both the genotypes. The genes CaDEAD50 and CaDExD/H66 were identified as drought-responsive RNA helicase genes in chickpea. The protein encoded by the CaDExD/H66 gene shares a high degree of homology with one of the CLSY (CLASSY) proteins of A. thaliana. We hypothesize that this gene could possibly be involved in regulation of DNA methylation levels in chickpea by regulating siRNA production, in conjunction with other proteins like the Argonaute, RNA dependent RNA polymerases and Dicer-like proteins.
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- Sheel Yadav
- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Plant Physiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Division of Plant Physiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110012, India.
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The Hormetic Effects of a Brassica Water Extract Triggered Wheat Growth and Antioxidative Defense under Drought Stress. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12094582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Drought is a major environmental constraint, affecting agricultural productivity worldwide. Allelopathic hormesis, the low-dose stimulatory effect of allelochemicals, offers a pragmatic solution in alleviating the adverse effects of drought in plants. This study, therefore, is conducted to evaluate the potential of a brassica water extract (BWE) in enhancing drought tolerance in wheat. The experiment was based on three factors, viz, drought with three levels (100%, 60% and 30% field capacity; FC), different concentrations of a brassica water extract (control, water spray, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 2.5% and 3.0%) and two wheat cultivars, Ihsan-2016 (drought tolerant) and Galaxy-2013 (drought-sensitive). Drought stress, particularly at 30% FC, decreased the morpho-physiological attributes of both wheat cultivars; nevertheless, the application of brassica water extract, particularly at 2.0%, effectively enhanced tolerance against drought stress. Compared with the control, the application of 2.0% brassica water extract increased the morphological attributes, such as seedling length and the fresh and dry weights of both wheat cultivars in the range of 2–160% under 30% field capacity. In addition, the 2.0% brassica water extract triggered the activities of antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase, catalase and peroxidase (11–159%), decreased the hydrogen peroxide content (14–30%) and enhanced chlorophyll a and b and carotenoid contents (19–154%), as compared to the control, in both wheat cultivars under 30% field capacity. The vigorous growth and higher drought tolerance in wheat cultivars with brassica water extract application were related to improved chlorophyll contents and physiological attributes, a better antioxidant defense system and a reduced H2O2-based damaging effect.
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The regulatory role of γ-aminobutyric acid in chickpea plants depends on drought tolerance and water scarcity level. Sci Rep 2022; 12:7034. [PMID: 35487936 PMCID: PMC9054827 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10571-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a non-protein amino acid with multifunctional roles in dynamic plant responses. To determine the effects of exogenous GABA application (0, 25 and 50 µM) on drought response, two chickpea cultivars with contrasting tolerance to water deficit were examined. Plants were exposed to four irrigation levels (irrigation to 100, 60, 40 and 20% field capacity). Water deficit decreased growth, chlorophyll content, and photosynthetic efficiency. It increased electrolyte leakage and lipid peroxidation owing to both higher ROS accumulation and lower antioxidant enzyme activity. These negative effects of water deficit and the alleviating role of GABA application were more prominent in the sensitive, as compared to the tolerant cultivar. Water deficit also increased proline and GABA contents more in the tolerant cultivar, whereas their content was more enhanced by GABA application in the sensitive one. This may confer an additional level of regulation that results in better alleviation of drought damage in tolerant chickpea cultivars. In conclusion, the stimulatory effect of GABA on growth and physiological modulation depends on both the water stress severity and the cultivar sensitivity to it, implying a probable unknown GABA-related mechanism established by tolerant chickpea cultivars; a lost or not gained mechanism in susceptible ones.
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Interactive effect of soil moisture content and phosphorus fertilizer form on chickpea growth, photosynthesis, and nutrient uptake. Sci Rep 2022; 12:6671. [PMID: 35461340 PMCID: PMC9035189 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10703-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Water shortage and soil nutrient depletion are considered the main factors limiting crops productivity in the Mediterranean region characterized by longer and frequent drought episodes. In this study, we investigated the interactive effects of P fertilizer form and soil moisture conditions on chickpea photosynthetic activity, water and nutrient uptake, and their consequent effects on biomass accumulation and nutrient use efficiency. Two P fertilizer formulas based on orthophosphates (Ortho-P) and polyphosphates (Poly-P) were evaluated under three irrigation regimes (I1: 75% of field capacity, I2: 50% FC and I3: 25% FC), simulating three probable scenarios of soil water content in the Mediterranean climate (adequate water supply, medium, and severe drought stress), and compared to an unfertilized treatment. The experiment was conducted in a spilt-plot design under a drip fertigation system. The results showed significant changes in chickpea phenotypic and physiological traits in response to different P and water supply regimes. Compared with the unfertilized treatment, the stomata density and conductance, chlorophyll content, photosynthesis efficiency, biomass accumulation, and plant nutrient uptake were significantly improved under P drip fertigation. The obtained results suggested that the P fertilizer form and irrigation regime providing chickpea plants with enough P and water, at the early growth stage, increased the stomatal density and conductance, which significantly improved the photosynthetic performance index (PIABS) and P use efficiency (PUE), and consequently biomass accumulation and nutrient uptake. The significant correlations established between leaf stomatal density, PIABS, and PUE supported the above hypothesis. We concluded that the Poly-P fertilizers applied in well-watered conditions (I1) performed the best in terms of chickpea growth improvement, nutrient uptake and use efficiency. However, their effectiveness was greatly reduced under water stress conditions, unlike the Ortho-P form which kept stable positive effects on the studied parameters.
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La HV, Chu HD, Tran CD, Nguyen KH, Le QTN, Hoang CM, Cao BP, Pham ATC, Nguyen BD, Nguyen TQ, Van Nguyen L, Ha CV, Le HT, Le HH, Le TD, Tran LSP. Insights into the gene and protein structures of the CaSWEET family members in chickpea (Cicer arietinum), and their gene expression patterns in different organs under various stress and abscisic acid treatments. Gene 2022; 819:146210. [PMID: 35104577 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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'Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporters' (SWEETs) are a group of sugar transporters that play crucial roles in various biological processes, particularly plant stress responses. However, no information is available yet for the CaSWEET family in chickpea. Here, we identified all putative CaSWEET members in chickpea, and obtained their major characteristics, including physicochemical patterns, chromosomal distribution, subcellular localization, gene organization, conserved motifs and three-dimensional protein structures. Subsequently, we explored available transcriptome data to compare spatiotemporal transcript abundance of CaSWEET genes in various major organs. Finally, we studied the changes in their transcript levels in leaves and/or roots following dehydration and exogenous abscisic acid treatments using RT-qPCR to obtain valuable information underlying their potential roles in chickpea responses to water-stress conditions. Our results provide the first insights into the characteristics of the CaSWEET family members and a foundation for further functional characterizations of selected candidate genes for genetic engineering of chickpea.
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- Hong Viet La
- Faculty of Biology and Agricultural Technology, Hanoi Pedagogical University 2, Phuc Yen City, Vinh Phuc Province 280000, Viet Nam
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- Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam.
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- Agricultural Genetics Institute, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Pham Van Dong Road, North Tu Liem District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam
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- Agricultural Genetics Institute, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Pham Van Dong Road, North Tu Liem District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Environment, Thuy loi University, Dong Da District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam
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- Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Ngo Xuan Quang Road, Gia Lam District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam
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- Hung Vuong University, Phu Tho Province 35000, Viet Nam
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- Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Ngo Xuan Quang Road, Gia Lam District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam
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- Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Ngo Xuan Quang Road, Gia Lam District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam
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- Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Ngo Xuan Quang Road, Gia Lam District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam
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- Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Ngo Xuan Quang Road, Gia Lam District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam
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- Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam
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- Faculty of Agricultural Technology, University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University Hanoi, Xuan Thuy Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam; Agricultural Genetics Institute, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Pham Van Dong Road, North Tu Liem District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam
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- Agricultural Genetics Institute, Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Pham Van Dong Road, North Tu Liem District, Hanoi City 122300, Viet Nam.
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- Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, 03 Quang Trung, Da Nang, Viet Nam.
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Razzaq MK, Akhter M, Ahmad RM, Cheema KL, Hina A, Karikari B, Raza G, Xing G, Gai J, Khurshid M. CRISPR-Cas9 based stress tolerance: New hope for abiotic stress tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Mol Biol Rep 2022; 49:8977-8985. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-022-07391-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Irshad S, Matloob A, Iqbal S, Ibrar D, Hasnain Z, Khan S, Rashid N, Nawaz M, Ikram RM, Wahid MA, Al-Hashimi A, Elshikh MS, Diao ZH. Foliar application of potassium and moringa leaf extract improves growth, physiology and productivity of kabuli chickpea grown under varying sowing regimes. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0263323. [PMID: 35143535 PMCID: PMC8830639 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is of prime importance because of vital source of protein as major food legume. Globally, it is cultivated on large area to meet dietary requirements of humans. Climatic extremes (erratic rainfall, extreme high and low temperature) are key restrains for its production. Optimum sowing time is considered as an important factor to address climatic variations and to attain maximum yield. Foliar application of potassium (K) has also been reported to increase resistance against abiotic stresses. Similarly, exogenous application of plant based growth substances (bio-stimulants) like moringa leaf extract (MLE) are extensively used to enhance productivity of field crops. Therefore, current study was planned to evaluate the impact of foliar applied K and MLE on growth, physiology and productivity of kabuli chickpea grown under varying sowing dates. There were two sowing dates (normal sown; November 15 and late sown; December 15, 2020). Experiment was comprised of treatments i.e. control, water spray, foliar application of K at 1%, foliar application of MLE at 3% and combined application of K and MLE. Foliar applied K and MLE significantly improved physiological, biochemical and yield attributes of kabuli chickpea cultivated under normal and late sown conditions. Increase in growth and yield attributes like plant height, number of nodules per plant, nodules dry weight, branches and pods per plant, 100- grain weight, biological and grain yield were recorded in case of combined foliar application of K and MLE in normal and late sown chickpea. Maximum improvement in gas exchange attributes (stomatal conductance and transpiration rate), chlorophyll contents, antioxidants (catalase, superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase) and osmolytes (proline) were recorded with combined application of K and MLE in both sowing dates. Thus, combined applied K and MLE can be used to enhance productivity of kabuli chickpea.
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- Sohail Irshad
- Department of Agronomy, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
- * E-mail: (SI); (Z-HD)
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- Department of Agronomy, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, PMAS- Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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- National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, KFUEIT, Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Agricultural Land Pollution Prevention and Control, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China
- * E-mail: (SI); (Z-HD)
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Kaashyap M, Ford R, Mann A, Varshney RK, Siddique KHM, Mantri N. Comparative Flower Transcriptome Network Analysis Reveals DEGs Involved in Chickpea Reproductive Success during Salinity. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:plants11030434. [PMID: 35161414 PMCID: PMC8838858 DOI: 10.3390/plants11030434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Salinity is increasingly becoming a significant problem for the most important yet intrinsically salt-sensitive grain legume chickpea. Chickpea is extremely sensitive to salinity during the reproductive phase. Therefore, it is essential to understand the molecular mechanisms by comparing the transcriptomic dynamics between the two contrasting genotypes in response to salt stress. Chickpea exhibits considerable genetic variation amongst improved cultivars, which show better yields in saline conditions but still need to be enhanced for sustainable crop production. Based on previous extensive multi-location physiological screening, two identified genotypes, JG11 (salt-tolerant) and ICCV2 (salt-sensitive), were subjected to salt stress to evaluate their phenological and transcriptional responses. RNA-Sequencing is a revolutionary tool that allows for comprehensive transcriptome profiling to identify genes and alleles associated with stress tolerance and sensitivity. After the first flowering, the whole flower from stress-tolerant and sensitive genotypes was collected. A total of ~300 million RNA-Seq reads were sequenced, resulting in 2022 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in response to salt stress. Genes involved in flowering time such as FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and pollen development such as ABORTED MICROSPORES (AMS), rho-GTPase, and pollen-receptor kinase were significantly differentially regulated, suggesting their role in salt tolerance. In addition to this, we identify a suite of essential genes such as MYB proteins, MADS-box, and chloride ion channel genes, which are crucial regulators of transcriptional responses to salinity tolerance. The gene set enrichment analysis and functional annotation of these genes in flower development suggest that they can be potential candidates for chickpea crop improvement for salt tolerance.
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- Mayank Kaashyap
- The Pangenomics Group, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne 3083, Australia;
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- School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan 4111, Australia;
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- Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Zarifa Farm, Karnal 132001, India;
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- Center of Excellence in Genomics & Systems Biology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502324, India; or
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth 6001, Australia;
- State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth 6001, Australia;
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- The Pangenomics Group, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne 3083, Australia;
- The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth 6001, Australia;
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Rajkumar MS, Garg R, Jain M. Genome-wide discovery of DNA polymorphisms via resequencing of chickpea cultivars with contrasting response to drought stress. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2022; 174:e13611. [PMID: 34957568 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Drought stress limits plant growth, resulting in a significant yield loss in chickpea. The diversification in genome sequence and selective sweep of allele(s) in different genotypes of a crop plant may play an important role in the determination of agronomic traits, including drought stress response. We investigated, via whole genome resequencing, the DNA polymorphisms between two sets of chickpea genotypes with contrasting drought stress responses (3 drought-sensitive vs. 6 drought-tolerant). In total, 36,406 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 3407 insertions or deletions (InDels) differentiating drought-sensitive and drought-tolerant chickpea genotypes were identified. Interestingly, most (91%) of these DNA polymorphisms were located in chromosomes 1 and 4. The genes harboring DNA polymorphisms in their promoter and/or coding regions and exhibiting differential expression under control and/or drought stress conditions between/within the drought-sensitive and tolerant genotypes were found implicated in the stress response. Furthermore, we identified DNA polymorphisms within the cis-regulatory motifs in the promoter region of abiotic stress-related and QTL-associated genes, which might contribute to the differential expression of the candidate drought-responsive genes. In addition, we revealed the effect of nonsynonymous SNPs on mutational sensitivity and stability of the encoded proteins. Taken together, we identified DNA polymorphisms having relevance in drought stress response and revealed candidate genes to engineer drought tolerance in chickpea.
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- Mohan Singh Rajkumar
- School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Buddha Nagar, India
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- School of Computational & Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Genomics Associated Interventions for Heat Stress Tolerance in Cool Season Adapted Grain Legumes. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:ijms23010399. [PMID: 35008831 PMCID: PMC8745526 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cool season grain legumes occupy an important place among the agricultural crops and essentially provide multiple benefits including food supply, nutrition security, soil fertility improvement and revenue for farmers all over the world. However, owing to climate change, the average temperature is steadily rising, which negatively affects crop performance and limits their yield. Terminal heat stress that mainly occurred during grain development phases severely harms grain quality and weight in legumes adapted to the cool season, such as lentils, faba beans, chickpeas, field peas, etc. Although, traditional breeding approaches with advanced screening procedures have been employed to identify heat tolerant legume cultivars. Unfortunately, traditional breeding pipelines alone are no longer enough to meet global demands. Genomics-assisted interventions including new-generation sequencing technologies and genotyping platforms have facilitated the development of high-resolution molecular maps, QTL/gene discovery and marker-assisted introgression, thereby improving the efficiency in legumes breeding to develop stress-resilient varieties. Based on the current scenario, we attempted to review the intervention of genomics to decipher different components of tolerance to heat stress and future possibilities of using newly developed genomics-based interventions in cool season adapted grain legumes.
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Hussain T, Akram Z, Shabbir G, Manaf A, Ahmed M. Identification of drought tolerant Chickpea genotypes through multi trait stability index. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021; 28:6818-6828. [PMID: 34866982 PMCID: PMC8626221 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.07.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Drought is a major and constantly increasing abiotic stress factor, thus limiting chickpea production. Like other crops, Kabuli Chickpea genotypes are screened for drought stress through Multi-environment trials (METs). Although, METs analysis is generally executed taking into account only one trait, which provides less significant reliability for the recommendation of genotypes as compared to multi trait-based analysis. Multi trait-based analysis could be used to recommend genotypes across diverse environments. Hence, current research was conducted for selection of superior genotypes through multi-trait stability index (MTSI) by using mixed and fixed effect models under six diverse environments. The genotypic stability was computed for all traits individually using the weighted average of absolute scores from the singular value decomposition of the matrix of best linear unbiased predictions for the genotype vs environment interaction (GEI) effects produced by a linear mixed-effect model index. A superiority index, WAASBY was measured to reflect the MPS (Mean performance and stability). The selection differential for the WAASBY index was 11.2%, 18.49% and 23.30% for grain yield (GY), primary branches per plant (PBP) and Stomatal Conductance (STOMA) respectively. Positive selection differential (0.80% ≤ selection differential ≤ 13.00%) were examined for traits averaged desired to be increased and negative (-0.57% ≤ selection differential ≤ -0.23%) for those traits desired to be reduced. The MTSI may be valuable to the plant breeders for the selection of genotypes based on many characters as being strong and simple selection process. Analysis of MTSI for multiple environments revealed that, the genotypes G20, G86, G31, G28, G116, G12, G105, G45, G50, G10, G30, G117, G81, G48, G85, G17, G32, G4, and G37 were the most stable and high yielding out of 120 chickpea genotypes, probably due to high MPS of selected traits under various environments. It is concluded that identified traits can be utilized as genitors in hybridization programs for the development of drought tolerant Kabuli Chickpea breeding material.
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- Tamoor Hussain
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan.,Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183 Umeå, Sweden
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Rajkumar MS, Jain M, Garg R. Discovery of DNA polymorphisms via whole genome resequencing and their functional relevance in salinity stress response in chickpea. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 173:1573-1586. [PMID: 34287918 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Salinity stress is one of the major constraints for plant growth and yield. The salinity stress response of different genotypes of crop plants may largely be governed by DNA polymorphisms. To determine the molecular genetic factors involved in salinity stress tolerance in chickpea, we performed a whole genome resequencing data analysis of three each of salinity-sensitive and salinity-tolerant genotypes. A total of 6173 single nucleotide polymorphisms and 920 insertions and deletions differentiating the chickpea genotypes with contrasting salinity stress responses were identified. Gene ontology analysis revealed the enrichment of functional terms related to stress response and development among the genes harboring DNA polymorphisms in their promoter and/or coding regions. DNA polymorphisms located within the cis-regulatory motifs of the quantitative trait loci (QTL)-associated and abiotic stress related genes were identified, which may influence salinity stress response via modulating binding affinity of the transcription factors. Several genes including QTL-associated and abiotic stress response related genes harboring DNA polymorphisms exhibited differential expression in response to salinity stress especially at the reproductive stage of development in the salinity-tolerant genotype. Furthermore, effects of non-synonymous DNA polymorphisms on mutational sensitivity and structural integrity of the encoded proteins by the candidate QTL-associated and abiotic stress response related genes were revealed. The results suggest that DNA polymorphisms may determine salinity stress response via influencing differential gene expression in genotype and/or stage-dependent manner. Altogether, we provide a high-quality set of DNA polymorphisms and candidate genes that may govern salinity stress tolerance in chickpea.
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- Mohan Singh Rajkumar
- School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Buddha Nagar, India
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Rane J, Singh AK, Kumar M, Boraiah KM, Meena KK, Pradhan A, Prasad PVV. The Adaptation and Tolerance of Major Cereals and Legumes to Important Abiotic Stresses. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:12970. [PMID: 34884769 PMCID: PMC8657814 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222312970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Abiotic stresses, including drought, extreme temperatures, salinity, and waterlogging, are the major constraints in crop production. These abiotic stresses are likely to be amplified by climate change with varying temporal and spatial dimensions across the globe. The knowledge about the effects of abiotic stressors on major cereal and legume crops is essential for effective management in unfavorable agro-ecologies. These crops are critical components of cropping systems and the daily diets of millions across the globe. Major cereals like rice, wheat, and maize are highly vulnerable to abiotic stresses, while many grain legumes are grown in abiotic stress-prone areas. Despite extensive investigations, abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants is not fully understood. Current insights into the abiotic stress responses of plants have shown the potential to improve crop tolerance to abiotic stresses. Studies aimed at stress tolerance mechanisms have resulted in the elucidation of traits associated with tolerance in plants, in addition to the molecular control of stress-responsive genes. Some of these studies have paved the way for new opportunities to address the molecular basis of stress responses in plants and identify novel traits and associated genes for the genetic improvement of crop plants. The present review examines the responses of crops under abiotic stresses in terms of changes in morphology, physiology, and biochemistry, focusing on major cereals and legume crops. It also explores emerging opportunities to accelerate our efforts to identify desired traits and genes associated with stress tolerance.
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- Jagadish Rane
- National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati 413115, India; (A.K.S.); (M.K.); (K.M.B.); (K.K.M.); (A.P.)
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- National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati 413115, India; (A.K.S.); (M.K.); (K.M.B.); (K.K.M.); (A.P.)
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- National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati 413115, India; (A.K.S.); (M.K.); (K.M.B.); (K.K.M.); (A.P.)
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- National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati 413115, India; (A.K.S.); (M.K.); (K.M.B.); (K.K.M.); (A.P.)
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- National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati 413115, India; (A.K.S.); (M.K.); (K.M.B.); (K.K.M.); (A.P.)
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- National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati 413115, India; (A.K.S.); (M.K.); (K.M.B.); (K.K.M.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA;
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Cold Tolerance during the Reproductive Phase in Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) Is Associated with Superior Cold Acclimation Ability Involving Antioxidants and Cryoprotective Solutes in Anthers and Ovules. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:antiox10111693. [PMID: 34829564 PMCID: PMC8614842 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10111693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Chickpea is sensitive to cold stress, especially at reproductive stage, resulting in flower and pod abortion that significantly reduces seed yield. In the present study, we evaluated (a) whether cold acclimation imparts reproductive cold tolerance in chickpea; (b) how genotypes with contrasting sensitivity respond to cold acclimation; and (c) the involvement of cryoprotective solutes and antioxidants in anthers and ovules in cold acclimation. Four chickpea genotypes with contrasting cold sensitivity (cold-tolerant: ICC 17258, ICC 16349; cold-sensitive: ICC 15567, GPF 2) were grown in an outdoor environment for 40 days in November (average maximum/minimum temperature 24.9/15.9 °C) before being subjected to cold stress (13/7 °C), with or without cold acclimation in a controlled environment of walk-in-growth chambers. The 42-d cold acclimation involved 7 d exposure at each temperature beginning with 23/15 °C, 21/13 °C, 20/12 °C, 20/10 °C, 18/8 °C, 15/8 °C (12 h/12 h day/night), prior to exposing the plants to cold stress (13/7 °C, 12 h/12 h day/night; 700 μmol m−2 s−1 light intensity; 65–70% relative humidity). Cold acclimation remarkably reduced low temperature-induced leaf damage (as membrane integrity, leaf water status, stomatal conductance, photosynthetic pigments, and chlorophyll fluorescence) under cold stress in all four genotypes. It only reduced anther and ovule damage in cold-tolerant genotypes due to improved antioxidative ability, measured as enzymatic (superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, and glutathione reductase) and non-enzymatic (ascorbate and reduced glutathione), solutes (particularly sucrose and γ-aminobutyric acid) leading to improving reproductive function and yield traits, whereas cold-sensitive genotypes were not responsive. The study concluded that cold tolerance in chickpea appears to be related to the better ability of anthers and ovules to acclimate, involving various antioxidants and cryoprotective solutes. This information will be useful in directing efforts toward increasing cold tolerance in chickpea.
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Ahmed N, Rahman K, Rahman M, Sathi KS, Alam MM, Nahar K, Islam MS, Hasanuzzaman M. Insight into the thiourea-induced drought tolerance in two chickpea varieties: Regulation of osmoprotection, reactive oxygen species metabolism and glyoxalase system. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2021; 167:449-458. [PMID: 34411784 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The sulfhydryl bioregulator thiourea (TU) is effective in ameliorating the negative impact of different abiotic stresses in plants. To explore the significant performance of TU (5 mM TU, as foliar spray) in conferring mild (25% depletion of water from field capacity, FC), moderate (50% depletion from FC) and severe (75% depletion from FC) drought stress (applied at 25 days after sowing), physiological and biochemical responses of two chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars (cv. BARI Chola-7 and BARI Chola-9) were investigated in the current study. Shoot fresh weight, dry weight, chlorophyll content and leaf relative water content reduced noticeably in mild, moderate and severe drought stresses over control. A sharp increase of H2O2 accumulation, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances and proline content were noticed at any level of drought stress which further declined in TU-treated drought-stressed plants. Thiourea-foliar application also increased ascorbate and glutathione contents and upregulated antioxidant enzyme activities, compared to drought-stressed plants alone. Thiourea-induced increased glyoxalase I and glyoxalase II activities are the indications of upregulated methylglyoxal detoxification system. Enhancement of antioxidant defense and glyoxalase system, osmoregulation and protection of photosynthetic pigments by TU improved growth, imparted oxidative stress tolerance, ameliorated ROS toxicity and improved physiology of chickpea plants under drought stress.
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- Naznin Ahmed
- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh.
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Komatsu S, Maruyama J, Furuya T, Yin X, Yamaguchi H, Hitachi K, Miyashita N, Tsuchida K, Tani M. Proteomic and Biological Analyses Reveal the Effect on Growth under Flooding Stress of Chickpea Irradiated with Millimeter Waves. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:4718-4727. [PMID: 34455783 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chickpea cultivated on marginal lands in arid and semiarid tropics is one of the food legumes, and its growth is reduced by flooding stress. Millimeter-wave irradiation has influences on organisms, and it improves the growth of plants such as soybean. To reveal the dynamic effects of millimeter-wave irradiation on chickpea under flooding, gel- and label-free proteomic analysis was conducted. Millimeter-wave irradiation improved chickpea growth and its tolerance to flooding stress. According to functional categorization, oppositely changed proteins were correlated with photosynthesis, fermentation, and protein degradation. Immunoblot analysis confirmed that RuBisCO activase and large subunits decreased in leaves under flooding; however, they are recovered in irradiated chickpea even if it was in this condition. The activity and accumulation of alcohol dehydrogenase increased in roots under flooding; however, this followed the same pattern. Cell death was significantly increased and decreased by flooding on unirradiated and irradiated chickpeas, respectively. These findings suggest that irradiation with millimeter waves on chickpea seeds improves the recovery of plant growth through regulation of photosynthesis in leaves and fermentation in roots. Furthermore, millimeter-wave irradiation might promote chickpea tolerance under flooding via the regulation of cell death.
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- Setsuko Komatsu
- Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Fukui University of Technology, Fukui 910-8505, Japan
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- Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences, Fukui University of Technology, Fukui 910-8505, Japan
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- Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-8507, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China
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- Department of Medical Technology, Yokkaichi Nursing and Medical Care University, Yokkaichi 512-8045, Japan
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- Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake 470-1192, Japan
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- Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-8507, Japan
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- Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Toyoake 470-1192, Japan
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- Research Center for Development of Far-Infrared Region, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-8507, Japan
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SHARMA KAMALDEV, PATIL GAURAV, KIRAN ASHA. Characterization and differential expression of sucrose and starch metabolism genes in contrasting chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes under low temperature. J Genet 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12041-021-01317-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jameel S, Hameed A, Shah TM. Investigation of Distinctive Morpho-Physio and Biochemical Alterations in Desi Chickpea at Seedling Stage Under Irrigation, Heat, and Combined Stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:692745. [PMID: 34646281 PMCID: PMC8503603 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.692745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Global climatic instabilities have become the main reason for drastic yield losses in chickpea. This shift in climate could be a great threat in the future for food security in developing countries. Chickpea production is badly hampered by heat stress coupled with drought stress, and these factors can reduce yields by 40-45%. To mitigate yield losses due these abiotic factors, irrigation supplementation could be the best strategy. The present study aimed to (i) investigate the tolerance response of 9 desi chickpea genotypes against heat stress (H), irrigation (I), and a combination of both (I+H) through morphophysiological and biochemical indices at early growth stage, and (ii) assess yield performance across multiple locations of the country. Results revealed that under irrigation treatment, all genotypes perform well, but the genotypes D-09027 and D-09013 showed best performance because, as compared to control, they retained root length, seedling fresh weight, root fresh weight, root dry weight, esterase activity, Malondialdehyde (MDA) content, total chlorophyll, and total carotenoids. Shoot length and total phenolic contents (TPC) increased in both genotypes. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) increased in D-09027 and retained in D-09013. Catalase activity increased in D-09013 and retained in D-09027. Protease activity, total water potential and osmotic potential decreased in both genotypes and depicted high yield potential with 27 and 30% increase in yield over Bhakhar-2011 (check), respectively. In case of heat stress, maximum tolerance was found in genotypes CH104/06 and D-09013 with no change in shoot and root length, seedling dry weight, shoot fresh and dry weight, root dry weight, relative water content, turgor water potential, catalase (CAT) activity, esterase activity, increased root fresh weight, peroxidase activity (POD), ascorbate peroxidase activity (APX), and lycopene with low accumulation of protease and Malondialdehyde content (MDA). Both genotypes depicted high yield potential with 30 and 43% increase in yield over check across multiple locations of the country. Under the combined treatment, most genotypes showed good performance, while CH104/06 was selected as best performer genotype because significant of its increased root fresh weight, lycopene content, chlorophyll b, total carotenoids, total chlorophyll, retained shoot length, root length, seedling fresh and dry weight, total water potential, osmotic potential, relative water content, peroxidase activity (POD), catalase, esterase, and its ascorbate peroxidase (APX) activity and total soluble proteins (TSP) showed highest yield potential with 43% increase over check. Identified best performing and tolerant genotypes can further be employed for breeding climate-smart chickpea genotypes for sustainable production under changing climate.
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- Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Kumari VV, Roy A, Vijayan R, Banerjee P, Verma VC, Nalia A, Pramanik M, Mukherjee B, Ghosh A, Reja MH, Chandran MAS, Nath R, Skalicky M, Brestic M, Hossain A. Drought and Heat Stress in Cool-Season Food Legumes in Sub-Tropical Regions: Consequences, Adaptation, and Mitigation Strategies. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10061038. [PMID: 34063988 PMCID: PMC8224053 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Drought and heat stress are two major abiotic stresses that challenge the sustainability of agriculture to a larger extend. The changing and unpredictable climate further aggravates the efforts made by researchers as well as farmers. The stresses during the terminal stage of cool-season food legumes may affect numerous physiological and biochemical reactions that may result in poor yield. The plants possess a good number of adaptative and avoiding mechanisms to sustain the adverse situation. The various agronomic and breeding approaches may help in stress-induced alteration. The physiological and biochemical response of crops to any adverse situation is very important to understand to develop mechanisms and approaches for tolerance in plants. Agronomic approaches like altering the planting time, seed priming, foliar application of various macro and micro nutrients, and the application of rhizobacteria may help in mitigating the adverse effect of heat and drought stress to some extent. Breeding approaches like trait-based selection, inheritance studies of marker-based selection, genetic approaches using the transcriptome and metabolome may further pave the way to select and develop crops with better heat and drought stress adaptation and mitigation.
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- Venugopalan Visha Kumari
- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, India; (V.V.K.); (A.R.); (P.B.); (A.N.); (M.P.); (B.M.); (A.G.); (M.H.R.); (M.A.S.C.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, India; (V.V.K.); (A.R.); (P.B.); (A.N.); (M.P.); (B.M.); (A.G.); (M.H.R.); (M.A.S.C.); (R.N.)
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- AINP (Arid Legumes), Division of Pulses, Regional Agricultural Research Station—Central Zone, Kerala Agricultural University, Pattambi, Melepattambi P.O., Palakkad Kerala 679306, India;
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, India; (V.V.K.); (A.R.); (P.B.); (A.N.); (M.P.); (B.M.); (A.G.); (M.H.R.); (M.A.S.C.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, India; (V.V.K.); (A.R.); (P.B.); (A.N.); (M.P.); (B.M.); (A.G.); (M.H.R.); (M.A.S.C.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, India; (V.V.K.); (A.R.); (P.B.); (A.N.); (M.P.); (B.M.); (A.G.); (M.H.R.); (M.A.S.C.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, India; (V.V.K.); (A.R.); (P.B.); (A.N.); (M.P.); (B.M.); (A.G.); (M.H.R.); (M.A.S.C.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, India; (V.V.K.); (A.R.); (P.B.); (A.N.); (M.P.); (B.M.); (A.G.); (M.H.R.); (M.A.S.C.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, India; (V.V.K.); (A.R.); (P.B.); (A.N.); (M.P.); (B.M.); (A.G.); (M.H.R.); (M.A.S.C.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, India; (V.V.K.); (A.R.); (P.B.); (A.N.); (M.P.); (B.M.); (A.G.); (M.H.R.); (M.A.S.C.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur 741252, India; (V.V.K.); (A.R.); (P.B.); (A.N.); (M.P.); (B.M.); (A.G.); (M.H.R.); (M.A.S.C.); (R.N.)
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- Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food, and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic;
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- Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food, and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic;
- Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 01 Nitra, Slovakia
- Correspondence: (M.B.); (A.H.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute, Dinajpur 5200, Bangladesh
- Correspondence: (M.B.); (A.H.)
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Mir AH, Bhat MA, Dar SA, Sofi PA, Bhat NA, Mir RR. Assessment of cold tolerance in chickpea ( Cicer spp.) grown under cold/freezing weather conditions of North-Western Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir, India. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 27:1105-1118. [PMID: 34092953 PMCID: PMC8140004 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-00997-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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UNLABELLED Chickpea is one of the most important grain legume crops in the world. India is the largest producer, consumer as well as importer of chickpea. Cold stress (temperature < 15 °C) is one of the important abiotic stresses limiting chickpea production by hampering its growth and vigor at all phenological stages. This study was aimed to characterize a diverse set of 366 chickpea genotypes for cold tolerance and identify most promising cold tolerant chickpea genotypes in the Western-Himalayas of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The 366 genotypes used during the present study including genotypes belonging to cultivated, primary and secondary gene pools of chickpea. Two important approaches were used including visual screening under field conditions and screening under controlled conditions by measuring cell membrane stability through electrolyte leakage tests. The analysis of trait data collected through both the approaches led to the identification of five most promising/candidate cold tolerant chickpea genotypes including one wild genotype "Ortan-066" from secondary gene pool species (C. echinospermum), one wild genotype "Cudi 1-022" from primary gene pool species (C. reticulatum) and three genotypes (IC 116783, ICC 15200 and AGBLG 170004) from the cultivated species (Cicer arietinum). Wild genotype "Ortan-066" was found best cold tolerance source with the mean Cold Tolerance Rating (CTR) of 2 and Electrolyte Leakage Index (ELI) of 10.82%, followed by wild genotype "Cudi 1-022" (CTR = 3, ELI = 18.89%), and three cultivated genotypes viz., IC 116783, ICC 15200 and AGBL-G-170004, with the mean CTR of 3 and an estimated mean ELI of 21.26%, 21.58% and 21.94%, respectively. The promising, candidate cold tolerant genotypes identified during the present study could be used in chickpea breeding programs aimed at improving cold tolerance of cultivated chickpea worldwide. The candidate lines can be also used for developing bi-parental mapping populations, wild × cultivated introgression lines, transcriptomics and for differential expression analysis of cold tolerant genes in chickpea. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12298-021-00997-1.
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- Asma Hamid Mir
- Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir 193201 India
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- Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir 193201 India
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- Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir 193201 India
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- Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir 193201 India
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- Division of Plant Pathology, Mountain Research Center for Field Crops, SKUAST-Kashmir, Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir India
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- Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture (FoA), SKUAST-Kashmir, Wadura Campus, Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir 193201 India
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Discerning molecular diversity and association mapping for phenological, physiological and yield traits under high temperature stress in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). J Genet 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s12041-020-01254-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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