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Zhang F, Rosental L, Ji B, Brotman Y, Dai M. Metabolite-mediated adaptation of crops to drought and the acquisition of tolerance. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 118:626-644. [PMID: 38241088 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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Drought is one of the major and growing threats to agriculture productivity and food security. Metabolites are involved in the regulation of plant responses to various environmental stresses, including drought stress. The complex drought tolerance can be ascribed to several simple metabolic traits. These traits could then be used for detecting the genetic architecture of drought tolerance. Plant metabolomes show dynamic differences when drought occurs during different developmental stages or upon different levels of drought stress. Here, we reviewed the major and most recent findings regarding the metabolite-mediated plant drought response. Recent progress in the development of drought-tolerant agents is also discussed. We provide an updated schematic overview of metabolome-driven solutions for increasing crop drought tolerance and thereby addressing an impending agricultural challenge.
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- Fei Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, 8410501, Israel
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, 8410501, Israel
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Tekle MG, Alemayehu G, Bitew Y. Yield, lodging, and water use efficiency of Tef [Eragrostis tef (zucc) Trotter] in response to carbonized rice husk application under variable moisture condition. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298416. [PMID: 38452036 PMCID: PMC10919715 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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Terminal drought and lodging are among the major yield-limiting factors for tef cultivation in the highly weathered soils of the Ethiopian highlands. Therefore, a study was conducted to assess the yield and lodging responses of tef to varying moisture depletion levels (MDL) and the application of carbonized rice husk (CRH). A two-year 4×4 factorial experiment with 20, 35, 55, and 75% MDL and 0, 291, 582, and 873 kg ha-1 of CRH was laid out in a split-plot design, with each treatment replicated four times. The pooled mean ANOVA showed leaf area index (LAI) and lodging index (LI) were not significantly influenced by the main and interaction effects of MDL and CRH (p > 0.05); however, individual year ANOVA showed that both LI and LAI were influenced by the interaction of MDL and CRH (p<0.05) in 2021 and 2022, respectively. The lowest LI (19.7%) was obtained from the application of 873 kg CRH ha-1, followed by 20.6% from 582 kg CRH ha-1 in 2022. A 20.7% LI reduction was recorded in 2022 compared to 2021. Tef plant height and number of tillers per plant were significantly affected by MDL at p<0.05 and p<0.01, respectively, but not by CRH and its interaction with MDL. The effect of MDL was significant on tef HI (p<0.01) but not on traits including grain yield, straw yield, and water use efficiency. In conclusion, the pooled mean analysis result showed that, though there was no significant difference in yield, tef irrigated at 55% MDL provided a maximum HI of 33.8%, which was 6.21% more than the control, and increased the level of lodging resistance with a LI of 31.9%, which was next to 75% MDL with 582 kg ha-1 CRH. The authors suggested that the research should further be verified across locations for wide application.
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- Mekonnen Gebru Tekle
- College of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Wolkite University, Horticulture, Wolkite, Gurage, Ethiopia
- Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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- Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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Pal P, Masand M, Sharma S, Seth R, Singh G, Singh S, Kumar A, Sharma RK. Genome-wide transcriptional profiling and physiological investigation elucidating the molecular mechanism of multiple abiotic stress response in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Sci Rep 2023; 13:19853. [PMID: 37963906 PMCID: PMC10645737 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-46000-7] [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: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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Considering the major source of plant-derived low/non-calorie steviol glycosides (SGs), comprehensive physiological, biochemical, and deep transcriptional investigations were conducted to explicit deeper insight into multiple abiotic stress responses in Stevia rebaudiana. The physiological indicators including photosynthesis, chlorophyll, relative water content, shoot growth, electrolyte leakage, and SG biosynthesis were negatively impacted under drought (DS), followed by salinity (SS) and waterlogging (WS). Global transcriptional analysis revealed significant upregulated expression of the genes encoding for ROS detoxification (GST, SOD, APX, glutathione peroxidase), osmotic adjustment (alpha-trehalose-phosphate and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase), ion transporters (CAX, NHX, CNGS, VPPase, VATPase), water channel (PIP1, TIP) and abiotic stress-responsive candidate genes (LEA, HSPs, and Dehydrins) regulating abiotic stress response in S. rebaudiana. These inferences were complemented with predicted interactome network that revealed regulation of energy metabolism by key stress-responsive genes (GST, HKT1, MAPKs, P5CSs, PIP), transcription factors (HSFA2, DREB1A, DREB2A), and abiotic stress responsive pathways (ABA, ethylene, ion stress). This is the first detailed study to comprehend the molecular regulation of stress response and their interplay under DS, SS, and WS. The key genes and regulators can be functionally validated, and will facilitate targeted gene editing for genetic improvement of crop sustainability under changing environmental conditions in S. rebaudiana.
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- Poonam Pal
- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur-176061, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur-176061, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur-176061, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur-176061, India
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur-176061, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur-176061, India
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur-176061, India
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur-176061, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad-201002, India.
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Li J, Tian Z, Li J, Askari K, Han A, Ma J, Liu R. Physcion and chitosan-Oligosaccharide (COS) synergistically improve the yield by enhancing photosynthetic efficiency and resilience in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 203:107993. [PMID: 37678090 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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As progressively increasing food safety concerns, diversified plant diseases and abiotic stresses, environmental-friendly bio-pesticides and bio-stimulants combinations may are likely to serve as a vital means of safeguarding green and sustainable food production. Accordingly, in this study, pot and field trials were performed to examine the application potential of the combination of physcion and chitosan-Oligosaccharide (COS) in wheat production. Wheat seeds were coated with physcion and COS and the effects exerted by them on morphology, physiology and yield of the wheat were investigated. As indicated by the results, the combination of physcion and COS not only did not inhibit the growth of wheat seedlings, but also synergistically increased root vigor and photosynthetic pigment content. Simultaneously, the lignin content in the roots and leaves was increased significantly. Moreover, the result confirmed that the combination of both substances reduced the MDA content, which was correlated with the up-regulation of the transcript expression level of antioxidant enzyme genes and the resulting increased enzyme activity. Furthermore, this combination synergistically increased the net photosynthetic rate (Pn) of the flag leaves and ultimately contributed to the increase in yield. Notably, the above-mentioned desirable cooperative effect was not limited by cultivars and cultivation methods. The conclusion of this study suggested that the combination of physcion and COS synergistically improved the photosynthetic rate and resilience in wheat, such that high wheat yields can be more significantly maintained, and future food security can be more effectively ensured.
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- Jingchong Li
- Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Creation & Intelligent Pesticide Residue Sensor Detection and School of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Creation & Intelligent Pesticide Residue Sensor Detection and School of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Creation & Intelligent Pesticide Residue Sensor Detection and School of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China
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- Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shanxi, 712100, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Creation & Intelligent Pesticide Residue Sensor Detection and School of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Creation & Intelligent Pesticide Residue Sensor Detection and School of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China
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- Henan Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Creation & Intelligent Pesticide Residue Sensor Detection and School of Resources and Environment, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, 453003, China.
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Ramzan T, Shahbaz M, Maqsood MF, Zulfiqar U, Saman RU, Lili N, Irshad M, Maqsood S, Haider A, Shahzad B, Gaafar ARZ, Haider FU. Phenylalanine supply alleviates the drought stress in mustard (Brassica campestris) by modulating plant growth, photosynthesis, and antioxidant defense system. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 201:107828. [PMID: 37329687 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Mustard (Brassica campestris L.) is a major oilseed crop that plays a crucial role in agriculture. Nevertheless, a number of abiotic factors, drought in particular, significantly reduce its production. Phenylalanine (PA) is a significant and efficacious amino acid in alleviating the adverse impacts of abiotic stressors, such as drought. Thus, the current experiment aimed to evaluate the effects of PA application (0 and 100 mg/L) on brassica varieties i.e., Faisal (V1) and Rachna (V2) under drought stress (50% field capacity). Drought stress reduced the shoot length (18 and 17%), root length (12.1 and 12.3%), total chlorophyll contents (47 and 45%), and biological yield (21 and 26%) of both varieties (V1 and V2), respectively. Foliar application of PA helped overcome drought-induced losses and enhanced shoot length (20 and 21%), total chlorophyll contents (46 and 58%), and biological yield (19 and 22%), whereas reducing the oxidative activities of H2O2 (18 and 19%), MDA concentration (21 and 24%), and electrolyte leakage (19 and 21%) in both varieties (V1 and V2). Antioxidant activities, i.e., CAT, SOD, and POD, were further enhanced under PA treatment by 25, 11, and 14% in V1 and 31, 17, and 24% in V2. Overall findings suggest that exogenous PA treatment reduced the drought-induced oxidative damage and improved the yield, and ionic contents of mustard plants grown in pots. It should be emphasized, however, that studies examining the impacts of PA on open-field-grown brassica crops are still in their early stages, thus more work is needed in this area.
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- Tahrim Ramzan
- Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- College of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China.
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Aleosfoor M, Zahediannezhad M, Minaei K, Fekrat L, Razi H. Effects of drought stress and plant cultivar type on demographic characteristics of the rose-grain aphid, Metopolophium dirhodum (Hemiptera: Aphididae). BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2023; 113:196-211. [PMID: 36258274 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485322000463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Drought is a substantial threat to cereal production under global climatic change scenarios, albeit its aftermath on arthropod pests is yet contentious. To address this issue, demographic characteristics of Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker, 1849) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) were studied on one drought-susceptible wheat cultivar and one drought-tolerant wheat cultivar under different water treatments. Some physiological and biochemical features of wheat cultivars including leaf soluble sugar and proline contents and antioxidant enzymes activities were also investigated. Significant differences occurred in the developmental period, survival, and fecundity of M. dirhodum between wheat cultivars under various water treatments. The impact of intermediate and severe water stress on M. dirhodum was neutral and negative for the tolerant cultivar and negative for the water-susceptible cultivar, respectively. Under severe water stress, on both wheat cultivars, the aphids had low net reproductive rates and finite and intrinsic rates of increase in comparison with those reared on unstressed plants. In total, drought resulted in lower growth of population and reduced survival of aphids. Hence, in the context of projected climatic changes, acute water deficiency could probably result in reducing the abundance and menace of outburst of M. dirhodum. However, it should be noted that the potential likelihood of M. dirhodum eruptions can be drastically affected by the degree of drought intensity and host plant cultivar.
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- Maryam Aleosfoor
- Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Plant Production and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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Alotaibi M, El-Hendawy S, Mohammed N, Alsamin B, Refay Y. Appropriate Application Methods for Salicylic Acid and Plant Nutrients Combinations to Promote Morpho-Physiological Traits, Production, and Water Use Efficiency of Wheat under Normal and Deficit Irrigation in an Arid Climate. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:1368. [PMID: 36987056 PMCID: PMC10051334 DOI: 10.3390/plants12061368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Freshwater shortage and inadequate nutrient management are the two major challenges for sustainable wheat production in arid agro-ecosystems. Relatively little is known about the positive roles of the application methods for the combination of salicylic acid (SA) and plant nutrients in sustaining wheat production under arid climatic conditions. A two-year field study was undertaken to assess the impact of seven treatments for the integrated application of SA, macronutrients, and micronutrients on the morpho-physiological traits, yield, and irrigation water use efficiency (IWUE) of wheat subjected to full (FL) and limited (LM) irrigation regimes. The results showed that the LM regime caused a significant reduction in different plant growth traits, relative water content, chlorophyll pigments, yield components, and yield, while a significant increase was observed in IWUE. The sole application of SA or co-application with micronutrients through soil did not significantly affect the studied traits under the FL regime, while they achieved some improvement over untreated plants under the LM regime. Based on the different multivariate analyses, the soil and foliar applications for the combinations of SA and micronutrients, as well as a foliar application for the combinations of SA, macronutrients, and micronutrients were identified as an efficient option for mitigating the negative impacts of water deficit stress and enhancing the growth and production of wheat under normal conditions. In conclusion, the results obtained herein indicated that the co-application of SA and macro- and micronutrients is an effective option to greatly enhance and improve the growth and production of wheat crops in water-scarce countries of arid regions, such as Saudi Arabia, while an appropriate application method for this combination was required for positive effects.
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Shabaan M, Asghar HN, Akhtar MJ, Saleem MF. Assessment of cumulative microbial respiration and their ameliorative role in sustaining maize growth under salt stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 196:33-42. [PMID: 36689831 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cumulative microbial respiration reflects microbial activities and their potential to support plant growth, where salt tolerant rhizobacteria can optimize their respiration, and ensure plant survival under salt stress. We evaluated cumulative microbial respiration of different salt tolerant rhizobacterial strains at different salinity levels, and checked their ability to sustain plant growth under natural saline conditions by using maize as test crop. Our results revealed that at the highest EC level (10 dS m-1), strain 'SUA-14' performed significantly better, and exhibited the greatest cumulative respiration (4.2 fold) followed by SHM-13 (3.8 fold), as compared to un-inoculated control. Moreover, results of the field trial indicated a similar trend, where significant improvements in shoot fresh weight (59%), root fresh weight (80%), shoot dry weight (56%), root dry weight (1.4 fold), leaf area (1.9 fold), straw yield (41%), cob diameter (33%), SPAD value (84%), yield (99%), relative water contents (91%), flavonoid (55%), 1000 grain weight (∼100%), soluble sugars (41%) and soluble proteins (45%) were observed due to inoculation of strain 'SUA-14' as compared to un-inoculated control. Similarly, substantial decline in leaf Na+ (34%), Na+/K+ ratio (69%), electrolyte leakage (8%), catalase (54%), peroxidase (73%), and H2O2 (50%) activities were observed after inoculation of 'SUA-14' with a concomitant increment in the leaf K+ contents (70%) under salinity stress than un-inoculated control. Hence, among all the tested rhizobacterial isolates, 'SUA-14' served as the most efficient strain in alleviating the detrimental impacts of salinity on maize growth and yield. The 16S rRNA sequencing identified it as Acinetobacter johnsonii.
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- Muhammad Shabaan
- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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- Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Nutritional value and agronomic traits of forage sorghum under drought stress. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2023.102624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Roumani A, Biabani A, Rahemi Karizaki A, Alamdari EG. Foliar salicylic acid application to mitigate the effect of drought stress on isabgol (Plantago ovata forssk). BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2022.104453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Zhao W, Wu J, Shen Q, Liu L, Lin J, Yang J. Estimation of the net primary productivity of winter wheat based on the near-infrared radiance of vegetation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 838:156090. [PMID: 35609689 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156090] [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: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Quantifying net primary productivity (NPP) is important for understanding the global carbon cycle and for assessing ecosystem carbon dynamics. However, uncertainties remain in NPP estimation. Using winter wheat data obtained from an experimental station in 2019, this study evaluated the ability of the near-infrared radiance of vegetation (NIRV,Rad) to estimate NPP at different time scales and established an estimation model based on NIRV,Rad, where NIRV,Rad was defined as the product of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the near-infrared radiance. The results showed that the linear relationship between NIRV,Rad and NPP was superior to the relationship between NPP and NDVI, enhanced vegetation index-2 (EVI2), and near-infrared reflectance of vegetation (NIRV,Ref) at each time scale (hourly, daily, and growth period). The advantage of NIRV,Rad was more evident on the hourly scale, in which the R2 of NIRV,Rad and NPP reached 0.77, whereas the R2 values of the correlation of NDVI, EVI2, and NIRV,Ref with NPP were 0.30, 0.16, and 0.14, respectively. There existed a strong linear relationship between absorbed photosynthetically active radiation, net photosynthetic rate, leaf area index, and NIRV,Rad, which explained the good relationship between NIRV,Rad and NPP. Through a comparative analysis of the various models, the NIRV,Rad model was found to have the strongest ability to estimate NPP and the R2, with the measured NPP reaching 0.81. The accuracy of NIRV,Rad provides a new method for estimating NPP and a scientific basis for estimating NPP using high-resolution satellite remote sensing data on a regional scale.
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- Wenhui Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Remote Sensing of Environment and Digital Cities, Beijing 100875, China; Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Center for Drought and Risk Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Remote Sensing of Environment and Digital Cities, Beijing 100875, China; Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Center for Drought and Risk Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Remote Sensing of Environment and Digital Cities, Beijing 100875, China; Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Center for Drought and Risk Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Grassland Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Remote Sensing of Environment and Digital Cities, Beijing 100875, China; Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Center for Drought and Risk Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Beijing Key Laboratory for Remote Sensing of Environment and Digital Cities, Beijing 100875, China; Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Center for Drought and Risk Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Lin S, Song XF, Mao HT, Li SQ, Gan JY, Yuan M, Zhang ZW, Yuan S, Zhang HY, Su YQ, Chen YE. Exogenous melatonin improved photosynthetic efficiency of photosystem II by reversible phosphorylation of thylakoid proteins in wheat under osmotic stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:966181. [PMID: 35982696 PMCID: PMC9380962 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.966181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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It has been well demonstrated that melatonin plays an important protective role in photosynthesis of plants under various environmental stresses, while the detailed mechanisms by which melatonin protects photosystem II (PSII) under environmental stress are still unclear. In the study, the effects of melatonin on photosynthetic efficiency, energy dissipation, PSII protein composition, and reversible phosphorylation of thylakoid proteins were investigated in wheat plants under osmotic stress. The results showed that osmotic stress significantly reduced pigment content, photochemical efficiency of PSII, oxygen-evolving activity, and dissipation of excess excitation energy, while 25 μM melatonin applications greatly alleviated their decline under osmotic stress. Western blot data of PSII proteins revealed that melatonin upregulated the levels of D1, Lhcb5, Lhcb6, PsbQ, and PsbS proteins in wheat exposed to osmotic stress. In addition, thylakoid membrane proteins were strongly phosphorylated in wheat under osmotic stress with or without melatonin. Furthermore, the results from PSII protein dephosphorylation showed that exogenous melatonin promoted the dephosphorylation of LCHII, CP43, and D1 under osmotic stress. Therefore, our findings suggest that melatonin can provide an effective protection for the photosynthetic apparatus by the regulation of PSII proteins and the reversible phosphorylation of thylakoid proteins under drought stress.
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- Shuai Lin
- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an, China
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Physiological Comparison of Wheat and Maize Seedlings Responses to Water Stresses. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14137932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of the study was to investigate specific responses of spring wheat (C3 photosynthesis) and maize (C4 photosynthesis) to drought and flooding stress. Analyses of water content, gas exchange intensity, photosynthetic apparatus activity, chlorophyll content, plant height and biological membrane integrity were performed on the 10th day of drought and flooding in both species at the third leaf stage. A specific response of wheat under both drought and flooding conditions involved an increase in ETo/RC ratio, describing electron transport flux converted into a single reaction center in PSII. Correlations between electrolyte leakage and the probability of electron transport beyond the plastoquinone QA, and the amount of energy used for the electron transport were also found. A specific response of maize during flooding was the increase of stomatal conductance. Additionally, a significant correlation between PN/Ci and relative water content was exhibited. Furthermore, the parameters differentiating the studied species only under stressful conditions were rendered. The application of such parameters can be widely used, e.g., for studying the reaction of a potential cultivars to drought and flooding. Providing such information to potential farmers can help better select cultivars for their environmental conditions.
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Al-Shwaiman HA, Shahid M, Elgorban AM, Siddique KHM, Syed A. Beijerinckia fluminensis BFC-33, a novel multi-stress-tolerant soil bacterium: Deciphering the stress amelioration, phytopathogenic inhibition and growth promotion in Triticum aestivum (L.). CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 295:133843. [PMID: 35122822 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Environmental challenges like drought, salinity, heavy metals and pesticides directly/indirectly influence the environment and decreased the agricultural output. During its long developmental stages, cereal crops including wheat is exposed to a variety of abiotic/biotic stressors. Certain beneficial soil bacteria that can ameliorate environmental stresses can be exploited as crop growth promoters/enhancers under adverse situations. In this study, Beijerinckia fluminensis BFC-33 (accession no. MT672580) isolated from potato rhizosphere tolerated variousabiotic (drought, salinity, temperature, heavy metals, and fungicides) stresses. Strain BFC-33 demonstrated multifarious plant-growth-promoting (PGP) characteristics, such as the production of indole-3-acetic acid, P-solubilization, ACC deaminase, ammonia, siderophore, HCN, EPS, and extracellular enzymes. The antagonistic potential of BFC-33 against major fungal pathogens was ranked: Alternaria alternata (79.2%)>Rhizoctonia solani (69%)>Fusarium oxysporum (23.5%)>Ustilaginoidea virens (17%). Furthermore, bacterization of wheat seeds witha multi-stress-tolerant strain revealed B. fluminensis as a plant growth enhancer and biocontrol agent. For instance, increase in root length (cm) in BFC-33 inoculated wheat exposed to abiotic and biotic stresses at the seedling stage was ranked: B. fluminensis (24.2)>B. fluminensis + 100μgTBZLmL-1 (21.3) = B. fluminensis + 2%PEG (21.3)>B. fluminensis + 100 mM NaCl (19.7)>B. fluminensis + 100μgPbmL-1 (19) = B. fluminensis 100μgMNZBmL-1 (19)>B. fluminensis + A. alternata (17.4)>B. fluminensis + 100μgCdmL-1 (17)>B. fluminensis + F. oxysporum (13.4). In addition, increase in carotenoid accumulation (mg g-1FW) in the foliage of BFC-33 inoculated wheat exposed to fungal infection was ranked: BFC-33 (3.88)>BFC-33+ A. alternata (3.0)>BFC-33+ R. solani (2.78)>BFC-33+ F. oxysporum (2.44). Moreover, BFC-33 inoculation significantly (p ≤ 0.05) reduced stress-induced stressor molecules (proline and TBARS) and electrolyte leakage. Furthermore, B. fluminensis BFC-33 potentially enhanced the defense responses in wheat seedlings by increasing phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), β-1,3 glucanase, and polyphenol oxidase (PPO), which play a significant role in protecting plants from phytopathogens. Even so, by successfully establishing a product with the requisite effects under field settings, selecting multi-stress-tolerant and antagonistic plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) would be helpful to end-users. Future use of native multi-stress-tolerant bacteria as biocontrol agents in conjunction with existing drought, salinity, heavy metal, and pesticide tolerance might contribute to global food security.
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- Hind A Al-Shwaiman
- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture and School of Agriculture & Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6001, Australia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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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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Pa V, Vijayaraghavareddy P, Uttarkar A, Dawane A, D S, V A, Kc B, Niranjan V, Ms S, Cv A, Makarla U, Vemanna RS. Novel small molecules targeting bZIP23 TF improve stomatal conductance and photosynthesis under mild drought stress by regulating ABA. FEBS J 2022; 289:6058-6077. [PMID: 35445538 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Drought-induced abscisic acid (ABA) accumulation plays a key role in plant water relations by regulating stomatal movements. Although ABA helps in the survival of the plants, reduced carbon gain affects plant productivity. To improve crop productivity under mild drought stress conditions, it is necessary to manipulate ABA responses. Other research groups have used forward chemical genomics for the identification of ABA agonists and antagonists aiming to manipulate ABA biosynthesis and signalling. In the present study, we identified indolyl-ethyl amine and serotonin small molecules using a reverse chemical genomics approach, with these acting as potent inhibitors of ABA biosynthesis through transient regulation of bZIP23 transcription factor activity. In rice, wheat and soybean, each of the small molecules enhanced the germination of seeds, even in the presence of ABA. These molecules nullified the effect of ABA on intact and detached leaves, resulting in higher photosynthesis. Furthermore, these small molecules effectively reduced the transcription levels of bZIP23 targeting NCED4, PP2C49 and CO3 genes. Rice plants treated with the small molecules were found to have improved stomatal conductance, spikelet fertility and yield compared to untreated plants under mild drought stress conditions. Our results suggest that indolyl-ethyl amine and serotonin small molecules could be utilized to improve yield under mild drought conditions.
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- Vanitha Pa
- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India.,Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, R.V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, R.V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Crop Physiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, India
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- Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, Haryana, India
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Szymańska S, Lis MI, Piernik A, Hrynkiewicz K. Pseudomonas stutzeri and Kushneria marisflavi Alleviate Salinity Stress-Associated Damages in Barley, Lettuce, and Sunflower. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:788893. [PMID: 35350624 PMCID: PMC8957930 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.788893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Soil salinity is one of the most important abiotic factors limiting plant productivity. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of selected halotolerant plant growth-promoting endophytes (PGPEs, Pseudomonas stutzeri ISE12 and Kushneria marisflavi CSE9) on the growth parameters of barley (Hordeum vulgare), lettuce (Lactuca sativa), and sunflower (Helianthus annuus) cultivated under salt stress conditions. A negative effect of two higher tested salinities (150 and 300 mM NaCl) was observed on the growth parameters of all investigated plants, including germination percentage and index (decreasing compared to the non-saline control variant in the ranges 5.3-91.7 and 13.6-90.9%, respectively), number of leaves (2.2-39.2%), fresh weight (24.2-81.6%); however, differences in salt stress tolerance among the investigated crops were observed (H. annuus > H. vulgare > L. sativa). Our data showed that the most crucial traits affected by endophyte inoculation under salt stress were chlorophyll concentration, leaf development, water storage, root development, and biomass accumulation. Thus, the influence of endophytes was species specific. K. marisflavi CSE9 promoted the growth of all tested plant species and could be considered a universal PGPEs for many plant genotypes cultivated under saline conditions (e.g., increasing of fresh weight compared to the non-inoculated control variant of barley, lettuce, and sunflower in the ranges 11.4-246.8, 118.9-201.2, and 16.4-77.7%, respectively). P. stutzeri ISE12 stimulated growth and mitigated salinity stress only in the case of barley. Bioaugmentation of crops with halotolerant bacterial strains can alleviate salt stress and promote plant growth; however, the selection of compatible strains and the verification of universal plant stress indicators are the key factors.
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- Sonia Szymańska
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Geobotany and Landscape Planning, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Geobotany and Landscape Planning, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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Characterisation and Effects of Different Levels of Water Stress at Different Growth Stages in Malt Barley under Water-Limited Conditions. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11050578. [PMID: 35270059 PMCID: PMC8912336 DOI: 10.3390/plants11050578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Malt barley is typically grown in dryland conditions in South Africa. It is an important grain after wheat, but little is known about its water requirements and, most importantly, how it responds to water stress. Determining when water stress sets in and how malt barley responds to water deficit during its growing season is crucial for improved management of crop water requirements. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the response of transpiration (T), stomatal conductance (SC), and leaf water potential (LWP) to water stress for different growth stages of malt barley and to characterise water stress to different levels (mild, moderate, and severe). This was achieved by monitoring the water stress indicators (soil- and plant based) under greenhouse conditions in well-watered and water-stressed lysimeters over two seasons. Water stress was characterised into different levels with the aid of soil water content ‘breaking points’ procedure. During the first season, at the end of tillering, flag leaf, and milk/dough growth stages, which represent severe water stress, plant available water (PAW) was below 35%, 56%, 14%, and 36%, respectively. LWP responded in accordance to depletion of soil water during the growing season, with the lowest recorded value to −5.5 MPa at the end of the milk/dough growth stage in the first season. Results also show that inducing water stress resulted in high variability of T and SC for both seasons. In the second season, plants severely stressed during the anthesis growth stage recorded the least total grains per pot (TGPP), with 29.86 g of grains. The study suggests that malt barley should be prevented from experiencing severe water stress during the anthesis and milk/dough stages for optimum malt barley production. Quantification of stress into different levels will enable the evaluation of the impact of different levels of stress on the development, growth, and yield of barley.
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Saleem A, Aper J, Muylle H, Borra-Serrano I, Quataert P, Lootens P, De Swaef T, Roldán-Ruiz I. Response of a Diverse European Soybean Collection to "Short Duration" and "Long Duration" Drought Stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:818766. [PMID: 35251088 PMCID: PMC8891225 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.818766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Drought causes significant damage to a high value crop of soybean. Europe has an increasing demand for soybean and its own production is insufficient. Selection and breeding of cultivars adapted to European growth conditions is therefore urgently needed. These new cultivars must have a shorter growing cycle (specifically for adaptation to North-West Europe), high yield potential under European growing conditions, and sufficient drought resistance. We have evaluated the performance of a diverse collection of 359 soybean accessions under drought stress using rain-out shelters for 2 years. The contrasting weather conditions between years and correspondingly the varying plant responses demonstrated that the consequences of drought for an individual accession can vary strongly depending on the characteristics (e.g., duration and intensity) of the drought period. Short duration drought stress, for a period of four to 7 weeks, caused an average reduction of 11% in maximum canopy height (CH), a reduction of 17% in seed number per plant (SN) and a reduction of 16% in seed weight per plant (SW). Long duration drought stress caused an average reduction of 29% in CH, a reduction of 38% in SN and a reduction of 43% in SW. Drought accelerated plant development and caused an earlier cessation of flowering and pod formation. This seemed to help some accessions to better protect the seed yield, under short duration drought stress. Drought resistance for yield-related traits was associated with the maintenance of growth under long duration drought stress. The collection displayed a broad range of variation for canopy wilting and leaf senescence but a very narrow range of variation for crop water stress index (CWSI; derived from canopy temperature data). To the best of our knowledge this is the first study reporting a detailed investigation of the response to drought within a diverse soybean collection relevant for breeding in Europe.
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- Aamir Saleem
- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Merelbeke, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Merelbeke, Belgium
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Shahid S, Ali Q, Ali S, Al-Misned FA, Maqbool S. Water Deficit Stress Tolerance Potential of Newly Developed Wheat Genotypes for Better Yield Based on Agronomic Traits and Stress Tolerance Indices: Physio-Biochemical Responses, Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidative Defense Mechanism. PLANTS 2022; 11:plants11030466. [PMID: 35161446 PMCID: PMC8839292 DOI: 10.3390/plants11030466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2021] [Revised: 12/31/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Changing environmental conditions, fresh water shortages for irrigation and the rapid increase in world population have created the problems of food insecurity and malnutrition. Different strategies, including the development of water stress-tolerant, high-yielding genotypes through breeding are used to fulfil the world food demand. The present study was conducted for the selection of high-yielding, drought-tolerant wheat genotypes, considering different morpho-physio-biochemical, agronomic and yield attributes in relation to the stress tolerance indices (STI). The experiment was carried out in field in a split-plot arrangement. Water deficit stress was maintained based on the number of irrigations. All genotypes showed a differential decreasing trend in different agronomic traits. However, the increasing or decreasing trend in leaf photosynthetic pigments, non-enzymatic and enzymatic antioxidants under limited water supply also found to be genotype-specific. Genotypes MP1, MP3, MP5, MP8 and MP10 performed better regarding the yield performance under water deficit stress, which was associated with their better maintenance of water relations, photosynthetic pigments and antioxidative defense mechanisms. In conclusion, the physio-biochemical mechanisms should also be considered as the part of breeding programs for the selection of stress-tolerant genotypes, along with agronomic traits, in wheat.
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- Sumreena Shahid
- Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;
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- Department of Botany, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;
- Correspondence: (Q.A.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
- Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (Q.A.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA;
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Castañeda-Murillo CC, Rojas-Ortiz JG, Sánchez-Reinoso AD, Chávez-Arias CC, Restrepo-Díaz H. Foliar brassinosteroid analogue (DI-31) sprays increase drought tolerance by improving plant growth and photosynthetic efficiency in lulo plants. Heliyon 2022; 8:e08977. [PMID: 35243095 PMCID: PMC8873547 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08977] [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: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The use of agronomic alternatives such as plant hormone sprays has been considered a tool to mitigate drought stress. This research aimed to evaluate the use of foliar brassinosteroid analogue DI-31 (BRs) sprays on plant growth, leaf exchange and chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters, and biochemical variables in lulo (Solanum quitoense L. cv. septentrionale) seedlings grown under drought stress conditions. Seedlings were grown in plastic pots (3 L) using a mix between peat and sand (1:1 v/v) as substrate. Lulo plants were subjected to drought stress by suppressing 100% of the water needs at 30–37 and 73–80 days after transplanting (DAT). Foliar BRs analogue (DI-31) sprays were carried out at four different rates (0, 1, 2, 4, or 8 mL of analogue per liter) at different times (30, 33, 44, 60, 73, and 76 DAT). Drought stress caused a reduction in the Fv/Fm ratio, leaf gas exchange properties, total biomass, and relative water content. Foliar DI-31 sprays enhanced leaf photosynthesis in well-watered (WW) (∼10.7 μmol m−2 s−1) or water-stressed plants (WS) (∼6.1 μmol m−2 s−1) when lulo plants were treated at a dose of 4 and 8 mL·L−1 compared to their respective controls (0 mL·L−1 for WW: 8.83 μmol m−2 s−1 and WS: 2.01 μmol m−2 s−1). Also, DI-31 sprays enhanced the photochemical efficiency of PSII, and plant growth. They also increased the concentration of photosynthetic pigments (TChl and Cx + c) and reduced lipid peroxidation of membranes (MDA) under drought conditions. The results allow us to suggest that the use of DI-31 at a dose of 4 or 8 mL·L−1 can be a tool for managing water stress conditions caused by low water availability in the soil in lulo-producing areas to face situations of moderate water deficit at different times of the year.
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Posch BC, Zhai D, Coast O, Scafaro AP, Bramley H, Reich P, Ruan YL, Trethowan R, Way DA, Atkin O. Wheat respiratory O2 consumption falls with night warming alongside greater respiratory CO2 loss and reduced biomass. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:915-926. [PMID: 34652413 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Warming nights are correlated with declining wheat growth and yield. As a key determinant of plant biomass, respiration consumes O2 as it produces ATP and releases CO2 and is typically reduced under warming to maintain metabolic efficiency. We compared the response of respiratory O2 and CO2 flux to multiple night and day warming treatments in wheat leaves and roots, using one commercial (Mace) and one breeding cultivar grown in controlled environments. We also examined the effect of night warming and a day heatwave on the capacity of the ATP-uncoupled alternative oxidase (AOX) pathway. Under warm nights, plant biomass fell, respiratory CO2 release measured at a common temperature was unchanged (indicating higher rates of CO2 release at prevailing growth temperature), respiratory O2 consumption at a common temperature declined, and AOX pathway capacity increased. The uncoupling of CO2 and O2 exchange and enhanced AOX pathway capacity suggest a reduction in plant energy demand under warm nights (lower O2 consumption), alongside higher rates of CO2 release under prevailing growth temperature (due to a lack of down-regulation of respiratory CO2 release). Less efficient ATP synthesis, teamed with sustained CO2 flux, could thus be driving observed biomass declines under warm nights.
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- Bradley C Posch
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200241, China
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK
- School of Environmental and Rural Sciences, Faculty of Science Agriculture Business and Law, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, Sydney Institute of Agriculture & School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia
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- Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales 2753, Australia
- Institute for Global Change Biology and School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Australia-China Research Centre for Crop Improvement and School of Environmental and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- School of Environmental and Rural Sciences, Faculty of Science Agriculture Business and Law, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Plant Breeding Institute, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW 2570, Australia
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- Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St., N6A 3K7, London, Canada
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 9 Circuit Dr., 27710, Durham, NC, USA
- Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Ghosh TK, Tompa NH, Rahman MM, Mohi-Ud-Din M, Al-Meraj SMZ, Biswas MS, Mostofa MG. Acclimation of liverwort Marchantia polymorpha to physiological drought reveals important roles of antioxidant enzymes, proline and abscisic acid in land plant adaptation to osmotic stress. PeerJ 2021; 9:e12419. [PMID: 34824915 PMCID: PMC8590393 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha is considered as the key species for addressing a myriad of questions in plant biology. Exploration of drought tolerance mechanism(s) in this group of land plants offers a platform to identify the early adaptive mechanisms involved in drought tolerance. The current study aimed at elucidating the drought acclimation mechanisms in liverwort’s model M. polymorpha. The gemmae, asexual reproductive units of M. polymorpha, were exposed to sucrose (0.2 M), mannitol (0.5 M) and polyethylene glycol (PEG, 10%) for inducing physiological drought to investigate their effects at morphological, physiological and biochemical levels. Our results showed that drought exposure led to extreme growth inhibition, disruption of membrane stability and reduction in photosynthetic pigment contents in M. polymorpha. The increased accumulation of hydrogen peroxide and malondialdehyde, and the rate of electrolyte leakage in the gemmalings of M. polymorpha indicated an evidence of drought-caused oxidative stress. The gemmalings showed significant induction of the activities of key antioxidant enzymes, including superoxide dismutase, catalase, ascorbate peroxidase, dehydroascorbate reductase and glutathione S-transferase, and total antioxidant activity in response to increased oxidative stress under drought. Importantly, to counteract the drought effects, the gemmalings also accumulated a significant amount of proline, which coincided with the evolutionary presence of proline biosynthesis gene Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase 1 (P5CS1) in land plants. Furthermore, the application of exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) reduced drought-induced tissue damage and improved the activities of antioxidant enzymes and accumulation of proline, implying an archetypal role of this phytohormone in M. polymorpha for drought tolerance. We conclude that physiological drought tolerance mechanisms governed by the cellular antioxidants, proline and ABA were adopted in liverwort M. polymorpha, and that these findings have important implications in aiding our understanding of osmotic stress acclimation processes in land plants.
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- Totan Kumar Ghosh
- Department of Crop Botany, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Crop Botany, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States
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- Department of Crop Botany, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Crop Botany, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Department of Horticulture, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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- Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
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Xu S, Wei Y, Laghari AH, Yang X, Wang T. Modelling effect of different irrigation methods on spring maize yield, water and nitrogen use efficiencies in the North China Plain. MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING : MBE 2021; 18:9651-9668. [PMID: 34814361 DOI: 10.3934/mbe.2021472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Conventional farming practices not only constrained food security due to low yield but also threatened the ecosystem by causing groundwater decline and groundwater nitrate contamination. A twoear field experiment was conducted at the research station of North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou. The WHCNS model was used to simulate grain yield, water and nitrogen fertilizer use efficiencies (WUE and FNUEs) of spring maize under border irrigation method, drip irrigation, and rainfed conditions. In addition, a scenario analysis was also performed on different dry and rainy seasons to assess the long-term impact of rainfall variability on spring maize from 2000-2017. The result showed that the model precisely simulated soil water content, N concentration, crop biomass accumulation, and grain yield. The maximum and minimum range of relative root mean squire error (RRMSE) values were 0.5-36.0% for soil water content, 14.0-38.0% for soil nitrate concentrations, 19.0-24.0% for crop biomass and 1.0-2.0% for grain yield, respectively under three irrigation methods. Both the index of agreement (IA) and Pearson correlation coefficient (r) values were close 1. We found the lowest grain yield from the rainfed maize, whereas the drip irrigation method increased grain yield by 14% at 40% water saving than border irrigation method for the two years with the 11% lower evaporation and maintained transpiration rate. Moreover, the drip irrigated maize had a negligible amount of drainage and runoff, which subsequently improved WUE by 27% in the first growing season and 16% in the second rotation than border irrigation. The drip irrigated maize also showed 24% higher FNUE. The reason of lower WUE and FNUEs under the border irrigation method was increased drainage amounts and N leaching rates. Furthermore, scenario analysis indicated that the dry season could result in a 30.8% yield decline as compared to rainy season.
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- Shu Xu
- College of Surveying and Geo-informatics, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- College of Surveying and Geo-informatics, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- Department of Statistics, Sindh Agriculture University, TandoJam 70060, Pakistan
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- Henan Bangyou Sciences and Technology Co. Ltd., Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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Elkelish A, El-Mogy MM, Niedbała G, Piekutowska M, Atia MAM, Hamada MMA, Shahin M, Mukherjee S, El-Yazied AA, Shebl M, Jahan MS, Osman A, El-Gawad HGA, Ashour H, Farag R, Selim S, Ibrahim MFM. Roles of Exogenous α-Lipoic Acid and Cysteine in Mitigation of Drought Stress and Restoration of Grain Quality in Wheat. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:plants10112318. [PMID: 34834681 PMCID: PMC8619972 DOI: 10.3390/plants10112318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Cysteine (Cys) and α-lipoic acid (ALA) are naturally occurring antioxidants (sulfur-containing compounds) that can protect plants against a wide spectrum of environmental stresses. However, up to now, there are no conclusive data on their integrative roles in mitigation of drought stress in wheat plants. Here, we studied the influence of ALA at 0.02 mM (grain dipping pre-cultivation treatment) and Cys (25 and 50 ppm as a foliar application) under well watered and deficit irrigation (100% and 70% of recommended dose). The results showed that deficit irrigation markedly caused obvious cellular oxidative damage as indicated by elevating the malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide content (H2O2). Moreover, water stressed plants exhibited multiple changes in physiological metabolism, which affected the quantitative and qualitative variables of grain yield. The enzymatic antioxidants, including superoxide dismutase (SOD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POX) were improved by Cys application. SOD and APX had the same response when treated with ALA, but CAT and POX did not. Moreover, both studied molecules stimulated chlorophyll (Chl) and osmolytes' biosynthesis. In contrast, the Chl a/b ratio was decreased, while flavonoids were not affected by either of the examined molecules. Interestingly, all above-mentioned changes were associated with an improvement in the scavenging capacity of reactive oxygen species (ROS), leaf relative water content (RWC), grain number, total grain yield, weight of 1000 kernels, gluten index, falling number, and alveographic parameters (P, W, and P/L values). Furthermore, heatmap plot analysis revealed several significant correlations between different studied parameters, which may explore the importance of applied Cys and ALA as effective compounds in wheat cultivation under water deficit conditions.
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- Amr Elkelish
- Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University Ismailia, Ismailia 41522, Egypt;
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- Vegetable Crops Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
- Correspondence: (M.M.E.-M); (M.F.M.I.); Tel.: +20-1068027607 (M.M.E.-M); +20-1123403173 (M.F.M.I.)
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627 Poznań, Poland;
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- Department of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Institute of Biology and Earth Sciences, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Partyzantów 27, 76-200 Słupsk, Poland;
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- Molecular Genetics and Genome Mapping Laboratory, Genome Mapping Department, Agricultural Genetic Engineering Research Institute (AGERI), Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza 12619, Egypt;
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt; (M.M.A.H.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt; (M.M.A.H.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Botany, Jangipur College, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 742213, India;
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt; (A.A.E.-Y.); (H.G.A.E.-G.)
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- Food Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt;
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- College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
- Department of Horticulture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt;
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt; (A.A.E.-Y.); (H.G.A.E.-G.)
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- Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt; (H.A.); (R.F.)
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- Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt; (H.A.); (R.F.)
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt; (H.A.); (R.F.)
- Correspondence: (M.M.E.-M); (M.F.M.I.); Tel.: +20-1068027607 (M.M.E.-M); +20-1123403173 (M.F.M.I.)
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Currently, the world is facing high competition and market risks in improving yield, crop illness, and crop water stress. This could potentially be addressed by technological advancements in the form of precision systems, improvements in production, and through ensuring the sustainability of development. In this context, remote-sensing systems are fully equipped to address the complex and technical assessment of crop production, security, and crop water stress in an easy and efficient way. They provide simple and timely solutions for a diverse set of ecological zones. This critical review highlights novel methods for evaluating crop water stress and its correlation with certain measurable parameters, investigated using remote-sensing systems. Through an examination of previous literature, technologies, and data, we review the application of remote-sensing systems in the analysis of crop water stress. Initially, the study presents the relationship of relative water content (RWC) with equivalent water thickness (EWT) and soil moisture crop water stress. Evapotranspiration and sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence are then analyzed in relation to crop water stress using remote sensing. Finally, the study presents various remote-sensing technologies used to detect crop water stress, including optical sensing systems, thermometric sensing systems, land-surface temperature-sensing systems, multispectral (spaceborne and airborne) sensing systems, hyperspectral sensing systems, and the LiDAR sensing system. The study also presents the future prospects of remote-sensing systems in analyzing crop water stress and how they could be further improved.
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Fuentes S, Tongson E, Unnithan RR, Gonzalez Viejo C. Early Detection of Aphid Infestation and Insect-Plant Interaction Assessment in Wheat Using a Low-Cost Electronic Nose (E-Nose), Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Machine Learning Modeling. SENSORS 2021; 21:s21175948. [PMID: 34502839 PMCID: PMC8434653 DOI: 10.3390/s21175948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Advances in early insect detection have been reported using digital technologies through camera systems, sensor networks, and remote sensing coupled with machine learning (ML) modeling. However, up to date, there is no cost-effective system to monitor insect presence accurately and insect-plant interactions. This paper presents results on the implementation of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR) and a low-cost electronic nose (e-nose) coupled with machine learning. Several artificial neural network (ANN) models were developed based on classification to detect the level of infestation and regression to predict insect numbers for both e-nose and NIR inputs, and plant physiological response based on e-nose to predict photosynthesis rate (A), transpiration (E) and stomatal conductance (gs). Results showed high accuracy for classification models ranging within 96.5-99.3% for NIR and between 94.2-99.2% using e-nose data as inputs. For regression models, high correlation coefficients were obtained for physiological parameters (gs, E and A) using e-nose data from all samples as inputs (R = 0.86) and R = 0.94 considering only control plants (no insect presence). Finally, R = 0.97 for NIR and R = 0.99 for e-nose data as inputs were obtained to predict number of insects. Performances for all models developed showed no signs of overfitting. In this paper, a field-based system using unmanned aerial vehicles with the e-nose as payload was proposed and described for deployment of ML models to aid growers in pest management practices.
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- Sigfredo Fuentes
- Digital Agriculture Food and Wine Group, School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; (E.T.); (C.G.V.)
- Correspondence:
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- Digital Agriculture Food and Wine Group, School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; (E.T.); (C.G.V.)
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- Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia;
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- Digital Agriculture Food and Wine Group, School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia; (E.T.); (C.G.V.)
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Slawinski L, Israel A, Artault C, Thibault F, Atanassova R, Laloi M, Dédaldéchamp F. Responsiveness of Early Response to Dehydration Six-Like Transporter Genes to Water Deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana Leaves. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:708876. [PMID: 34484269 PMCID: PMC8415272 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.708876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Drought is one of the main abiotic stresses, which affects plant growth, development, and crop yield. Plant response to drought implies carbon allocation to sink organs and sugar partitioning between different cell compartments, and thereby requires the involvement of sugar transporters (SUTs). Among them, the early response to dehydration six-like (ESL), with 19 members in Arabidopsis thaliana, form the largest subfamily of monosaccharide transporters (MSTs) still poorly characterized. A common feature of these genes is their involvement in plant response to abiotic stresses, including water deficit. In this context, we carried out morphological and physiological phenotyping of A. thaliana plants grown under well-watered (WW) and water-deprived (WD) conditions, together with the expression profiling of 17 AtESL genes in rosette leaves. The drought responsiveness of 12 ESL genes, 4 upregulated and 8 downregulated, was correlated to different water statuses of rosette leaves. The differential expression of each of the tandem duplicated AtESL genes in response to water stress is in favor of their plausible functional diversity. Furthermore, transfer DNA (T-DNA) insertional mutants for each of the four upregulated ESLs in response to water deprivation were identified and characterized under WW and WD conditions. To gain insights into global sugar exchanges between vacuole and cytosol under water deficit, the gene expression of other vacuolar SUTs and invertases (AtTMT, AtSUC, AtSWEET, and AtβFRUCT) was analyzed and discussed.
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Hamzelou S, Melino VJ, Plett DC, Kamath KS, Nawrocki A, Larsen MR, Atwell BJ, Haynes PA. The phosphoproteome of rice leaves responds to water and nitrogen supply. Mol Omics 2021; 17:706-718. [PMID: 34291261 DOI: 10.1039/d1mo00137j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The scarcity of freshwater is an increasing concern in flood-irrigated rice, whilst excessive use of nitrogen fertilizers is costly and contributes to environmental pollution. To co-ordinate growth adaptation under prolonged exposure to limited water or excess nitrogen supply, plants employ complex systems for signalling and regulation of metabolic processes. There is limited information on the involvement of one of the most important post-translational modifications (PTMs), protein phosphorylation, in plant adaptation to long-term changes in resource supply. Oryza sativa cv. Nipponbare was grown under two regimes of nitrogen from the time of germination to final harvest. Twenty-five days after germination, water was withheld from half the pots in each nitrogen treatment and low water supply continued for an additional 26 days, while the remaining pots were well watered. Leaves from all four groups of plants were harvested after 51 days in order to test whether phosphorylation of leaf proteins responded to prior abiotic stress events. The dominant impact of these resources is exerted in leaves, where PTMs have been predicted to occur. Proteins were extracted and phosphopeptides were analysed by nanoLC-MS/MS analysis, coupled with label-free quantitation. Water and nitrogen regimes triggered extensive changes in phosphorylation of proteins involved in membrane transport, such as the aquaporin OsPIP2-6, a water channel protein. Our study reveals phosphorylation of several peptides belonging to proteins involved in RNA-processing and carbohydrate metabolism, suggesting that phosphorylation events regulate the signalling cascades that are required to optimize plant response to resource supply.
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- Sara Hamzelou
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia.
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- King Abdullah University for Science and Technology, 2955-6990, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- The Plant Accelerator, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, The University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia. and Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia.
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Sedaghat M, Emam Y, Mokhtassi-Bidgoli A, Hazrati S, Lovisolo C, Visentin I, Cardinale F, Tahmasebi-Sarvestani Z. The Potential of the Synthetic Strigolactone Analogue GR24 for the Maintenance of Photosynthesis and Yield in Winter Wheat under Drought: Investigations on the Mechanisms of Action and Delivery Modes. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10061223. [PMID: 34208497 PMCID: PMC8233996 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Strigolactones (SLs) have been implicated in many plant biological and physiological processes, including the responses to abiotic stresses such as drought, in concert with other phytohormones. While it is now clear that exogenous SLs may help plants to survive in harsh environmental condition, the best, most effective protocols for treatment have not been defined yet, and the mechanisms of action are far from being fully understood. In the set of experiments reported here, we contrasted two application methods for treatment with a synthetic analog of SL, GR24. A number of morphometric, physiological and biochemical parameters were measured following foliar application of GR24 or application in the residual irrigation water in winter wheat plants under irrigated and drought stress conditions. Depending on the concentration and the method of GR24 application, differentiated photosynthesis and transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, leaf water potential, antioxidant enzyme activities and yield in drought conditions were observed. We present evidence that different methods of GR24 application led to increased photosynthesis and yield under stress by a combination of drought tolerance and escape factors, which should be considered for future research exploring the potential of this new family of bioactive molecules for practical applications.
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- Mojde Sedaghat
- Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
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- Department of Plant Production and Genetics, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz 7144165186, Iran;
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14115111, Iran; (A.M.-B.); (Z.T.-S.)
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz 53714161, Iran;
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Turin, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy; (C.L.); (I.V.); (F.C.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Turin, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy; (C.L.); (I.V.); (F.C.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Turin, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy; (C.L.); (I.V.); (F.C.)
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Cowpea Ecophysiological Responses to Accumulated Water Deficiency during the Reproductive Phase in Northeastern Pará, Brazil. HORTICULTURAE 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae7050116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is a leguminous species widely cultivated in northern and northeastern Brazil. In the state of Pará, this crop still has low productivity due to several factors, such as low soil fertility and climatic adversity, especially the water deficiency. Therefore, the present study aimed at evaluating the physiological parameters and the productivity of cowpea plants under different water depths. The experiment was conducted in Castanhal/Pará between 2015 and 2016. A randomized block design was applied with six replications and four treatments, represented by the replacement of 100%, 50%, 25% and 0% of the water lost during crop evapotranspiration (ETc), starting from the reproductive stage. The rates of net photosynthesis (A), stomatal conductance (gs), leaf transpiration (Eleaf), substomatal CO2 concentration (Ci), leaf temperature (Tleaf) and leaf water potential (Ψw) were determined in four measurements at the R5, R7, R8 and R9 phenological stages. Cowpea was sensitive to the water availability in the soil, showing a significant difference between treatments for physiological variables and productivity. Upon reaching a Ψw equal to −0.88 MPa, the studied variables showed important changes, which allows establishing this value as a threshold for the crop regarding water stress under such experimental conditions. The different water levels in the soil directly influenced productivity for both years, indicating that the proper water supply leads to better crop growth and development, increasing productivity.
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Physio-Morphological and Biochemical Trait-Based Evaluation of Ethiopian and Chinese Wheat Germplasm for Drought Tolerance at the Seedling Stage. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13094605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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For Ethiopia’s wheat production, drought is a major natural disaster. Exploration of drought-resistant varieties from a bulk of wheat germplasm conserved in the gene bank is of paramount importance for breeding climate change-resilient modern cultivars. The present study was aimed at identifying the best performing drought-resistant genotypes under non-stress and polyethylene glycol simulated (PEG) stress conditions in a growth chamber. Forty diverse Ethiopian bread and durum wheat cultivars along with three Chinese bread wheat cultivars possessing strong drought resistance and susceptibility were evaluated. After acclimation with the natural environment, the seedlings were imposed to severe drought stress (20% PEG6000), and 15 seedling traits including photosynthetic and free proline were investigated. Our findings indicated that drought stress caused a profound decline in plant water consumption (83.0%), shoot fresh weight (64.9%), stomatal conductance (61.6%), root dry weight (55.2%), and other investigated traits except root to shoot length ratio and proline content which showed a significant increase under drought stress. A significant and positive correlation was found between photosynthetic pigments in both growth conditions. Proline exhibited a negative correlation with most of the investigated traits except root to shoot length ratio and all photosynthetic pigments which showed a positive and non-significant association. Our result also showed a wide range of genetic variation (CV) ranging from 3.23% to 47.3%; the highest in shoot dry weight (SDW) (47.3%) followed by proline content (44.63%) and root dry weight (36.03%). Based on multivariate principal component biplot analysis and average sum of ranks (ASR), G12, G16 and G25 were identified as the best drought tolerant and G6, G42, G4, G11, and G9 as bottom five sensitive. The potential of these genotypes offers further investigation at a molecular and cellular level to identify the novel gene associated with the stress response.
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Della Lucia MC, Baghdadi A, Mangione F, Borella M, Zegada-Lizarazu W, Ravi S, Deb S, Broccanello C, Concheri G, Monti A, Stevanato P, Nardi S. Transcriptional and Physiological Analyses to Assess the Effects of a Novel Biostimulant in Tomato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:781993. [PMID: 35087552 PMCID: PMC8787302 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.781993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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This work aimed to study the effects in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) of foliar applications of a novel calcium-based biostimulant (SOB01) using an omics approach involving transcriptomics and physiological profiling. A calcium-chloride fertilizer (SOB02) was used as a product reference standard. Plants were grown under well-watered (WW) and water stress (WS) conditions in a growth chamber. We firstly compared the transcriptome profile of treated and untreated tomato plants using the software RStudio. Totally, 968 and 1,657 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) (adj-p-value < 0.1 and |log2(fold change)| ≥ 1) were identified after SOB01 and SOB02 leaf treatments, respectively. Expression patterns of 9 DEGs involved in nutrient metabolism and osmotic stress tolerance were validated by real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis. Principal component analysis (PCA) on RT-qPCR results highlighted that the gene expression profiles after SOB01 treatment in different water regimes were clustering together, suggesting that the expression pattern of the analyzed genes in well water and water stress plants was similar in the presence of SOB01 treatment. Physiological analyses demonstrated that the biostimulant application increased the photosynthetic rate and the chlorophyll content under water deficiency compared to the standard fertilizer and led to a higher yield in terms of fruit dry matter and a reduction in the number of cracked fruits. In conclusion, transcriptome and physiological profiling provided comprehensive information on the biostimulant effects highlighting that SOB01 applications improved the ability of the tomato plants to mitigate the negative effects of water stress.
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- Maria Cristina Della Lucia
- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Sipcam Italia S.p.A. Belonging Together With Sofbey SA to the Sipcam Oxon S.p.A. Group, Pero, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- *Correspondence: Piergiorgio Stevanato,
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Antonucci G, Croci M, Miras-Moreno B, Fracasso A, Amaducci S. Integration of Gas Exchange With Metabolomics: High-Throughput Phenotyping Methods for Screening Biostimulant-Elicited Beneficial Responses to Short-Term Water Deficit. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:678925. [PMID: 34140966 PMCID: PMC8204046 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.678925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Biostimulants are emerging as a feasible tool for counteracting reduction in climate change-related yield and quality under water scarcity. As they are gaining attention, the necessity for accurately assessing phenotypic variables in their evaluation is emerging as a critical issue. In light of this, high-throughput phenotyping techniques have been more widely adopted. The main bottleneck of these techniques is represented by data management, which needs to be tailored to the complex, often multifactorial, data. This calls for the adoption of non-linear regression models capable of capturing dynamic data and also the interaction and effects between multiple factors. In this framework, a commercial glycinebetaine- (GB-) based biostimulant (Vegetal B60, ED&F Man) was tested and distributed at a rate of 6 kg/ha. Exogenous application of GB, a widely accumulated and documented stress adaptor molecule in plants, has been demonstrated to enhance the plant abiotic stress tolerance, including drought. Trials were conducted on tomato plants during the flowering stage in a greenhouse. The experiment was designed as a factorial combination of irrigation (water-stressed and well-watered) and biostimulant treatment (treated and control) and adopted a mixed phenotyping-omics approach. The efficacy of a continuous whole-canopy multichamber system coupled with generalized additive mixed modeling (GAMM) was evaluated to discriminate between water-stressed plants under the biostimulant treatment. Photosynthetic performance was evaluated by using GAMM, and was then correlated to metabolic profile. The results confirmed a higher photosynthetic efficiency of the treated plants, which is correlated to biostimulant-mediated drought tolerance. Furthermore, metabolomic analyses demonstrated the priming effect of the biostimulant for stress tolerance and detoxification and stabilization of photosynthetic machinery. In support of this, the overaccumulation of carotenoids was particularly relevant, given their photoprotective role in preventing the overexcitation of photosystem II. Metabolic profile and photosynthetic performance findings suggest an increased effective use of water (EUW) through the overaccumulation of lipids and leaf thickening. The positive effect of GB on water stress resistance could be attributed to both the delayed onset of stress and the elicitation of stress priming through the induction of H2O2-mediated antioxidant mechanisms. Overall, the mixed approach supported by a GAMM analysis could prove a valuable contribution to high-throughput biostimulant testing.
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- Giulia Antonucci
- Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), Piacenza, Italy
- *Correspondence: Giulia Antonucci
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- Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), Piacenza, Italy
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- Department for Sustainable Food Process, Research Centre for Nutrigenomics and Proteomics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy
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- Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), Piacenza, Italy
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- Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), Piacenza, Italy
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