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Appiah M, Abdulai I, Schulman AH, Moshelion M, Dewi ES, Daszkowska-Golec A, Bracho-Mujica G, Rötter RP. Drought response of water-conserving and non-conserving spring barley cultivars. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1247853. [PMID: 37941662 PMCID: PMC10628443 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1247853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Introduction Breeding barley cultivars adapted to drought requires in-depth knowledge on physiological drought responses. Methods We used a high-throughput functional phenotyping platform to examine the response of four high-yielding European spring barley cultivars to a standardized drought treatment imposed around flowering. Results Cv. Chanell showed a non-conserving water-use behavior with high transpiration and maximum productivity under well-watered conditions but rapid transpiration decrease under drought. The poor recovery upon re-irrigation translated to large yield losses. Cv. Baronesse showed the most water-conserving behavior, with the lowest pre-drought transpiration and the most gradual transpiration reduction under drought. Its good recovery (resilience) prevented large yield losses. Cv. Formula was less conserving than cv. Baronesse and produced low yet stable yields. Cv. RGT's dynamic water use with high transpiration under ample water supply and moderate transpiration decrease under drought combined with high resilience secured the highest and most stable yields. Discussion Such a dynamic water-use behavior combined with higher drought resilience and favorable root traits could potentially create an ideotype for intermediate drought. Prospective studies will examine these results in field experiments and will use the newly gained understanding on water use in barley to improve process descriptions in crop simulation models to support crop model-aided ideotype design.
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- Mercy Appiah
- Department of Crop Sciences, Tropical Plant Production and Agricultural Systems Modelling (TROPAGS), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Tropical Plant Production and Agricultural Systems Modelling (TROPAGS), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Production Systems, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Helsinki, Finland
- Institute of Biotechnology and Viikki Plant Science Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Tropical Plant Production and Agricultural Systems Modelling (TROPAGS), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Department of Agroecotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Malikussaleh, Aceh Utara, Indonesia
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Tropical Plant Production and Agricultural Systems Modelling (TROPAGS), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Tropical Plant Production and Agricultural Systems Modelling (TROPAGS), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Use (CBL), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Cobo-Simón I, Maloof JN, Li R, Amini H, Méndez-Cea B, García-García I, Gómez-Garrido J, Esteve-Codina A, Dabad M, Alioto T, Wegrzyn JL, Seco JI, Linares JC, Gallego FJ. Contrasting transcriptomic patterns reveal a genomic basis for drought resilience in the relict fir Abies pinsapo Boiss. Tree Physiol 2023; 43:315-334. [PMID: 36210755 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Climate change challenges the adaptive capacity of several forest tree species in the face of increasing drought and rising temperatures. Therefore, understanding the mechanistic connections between genetic diversity and drought resilience is highly valuable for conserving drought-sensitive forests. Nonetheless, the post-drought recovery in trees from a transcriptomic perspective has not yet been studied by comparing contrasting phenotypes. Here, experimental drought treatments, gas-exchange dynamics and transcriptomic analysis (RNA-seq) were performed in the relict and drought-sensitive fir Abies pinsapo Boiss. to identify gene expression differences over immediate (24 h) and extended drought (20 days). Post-drought responses were investigated to define resilient and sensitive phenotypes. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were also studied to characterize the genomic basis of A. pinsapo drought resilience. Weighted gene co-expression network analysis showed an activation of stomatal closing and an inhibition of plant growth-related genes during the immediate drought, consistent with an isohydric dynamic. During the extended drought, transcription factors, as well as cellular damage and homeostasis protection-related genes prevailed. Resilient individuals activate photosynthesis-related genes and inhibit aerial growth-related genes, suggesting a shifting shoot/root biomass allocation to improve water uptake and whole-plant carbon balance. About, 152 fixed SNPs were found between resilient and sensitive seedlings, which were mostly located in RNA-activity-related genes, including epigenetic regulation. Contrasting gene expression and SNPs were found between different post-drought resilience phenotypes for the first time in a forest tree, suggesting a transcriptomic and genomic basis for drought resilience. The obtained drought-related transcriptomic profile and drought-resilience candidate genes may guide conservation programs for this threatened tree species.
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- Irene Cobo-Simón
- Dpto Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Univ. Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
- Dpto Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Unidad de Genética, Facultad de CC Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid 28040, Spain
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- University of California at Davis, Department of Plant Biology, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- University of California at Davis, Department of Plant Biology, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- University of California at Davis, Department of Plant Biology, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Dpto Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Unidad de Genética, Facultad de CC Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Dpto Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Unidad de Genética, Facultad de CC Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid 28040, Spain
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- CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Dpto Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Univ. Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Dpto Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Univ. Pablo de Olavide, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Dpto Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología, Unidad de Genética, Facultad de CC Biológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid 28040, Spain
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Verhoeven A, Kloth KJ, Kupczok A, Oymans GH, Damen J, Rijnsburger K, Jiang Z, Deelen C, Sasidharan R, van Zanten M, van der Vlugt RAA. Arabidopsis latent virus 1, a comovirus widely spread in Arabidopsis thaliana collections. New Phytol 2023; 237:1146-1153. [PMID: 36073550 PMCID: PMC10087574 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Transcriptome studies of Illumina RNA-Seq datasets of different Arabidopsis thaliana natural accessions and T-DNA mutants revealed the presence of two virus-like RNA sequences which showed the typical two-segmented genome characteristics of a comovirus. This comovirus did not induce any visible symptoms in infected A. thaliana plants cultivated under standard laboratory conditions. Hence it was named Arabidopsis latent virus 1 (ArLV1). Virus infectivity in A. thaliana plants was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, transmission electron microscopy and mechanical inoculation. Arabidopsis latent virus 1 can also mechanically infect Nicotiana benthamiana, causing distinct mosaic symptoms. A bioinformatics investigation of A. thaliana RNA-Seq repositories, including nearly 6500 Sequence Read Archives (SRAs) in the NCBI SRA database, revealed the presence of ArLV1 in 25% of all archived natural A. thaliana accessions and in 8.5% of all analyzed SRAs. Arabidopsis latent virus 1 could also be detected in A. thaliana plants collected from the wild. Arabidopsis latent virus 1 is highly seed-transmissible with up to 40% incidence on the progeny derived from infected A. thaliana plants. This has probably led to a worldwide distribution in the model plant A. thaliana with as yet unknown effects on plant performance in a substantial number of studies.
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- Ava Verhoeven
- Laboratory of VirologyWageningen University and ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 16708PBWageningenthe Netherlands
- Plant‐Environment SignalingUtrecht UniversityPadualaan 83584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
- Plant Stress ResilienceUtrecht UniversityPadualaan 83584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of EntomologyWageningen University and ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 16708PBWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Bioinformatics GroupWageningen University and ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 16708PBWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of VirologyWageningen University and ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 16708PBWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of VirologyWageningen University and ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 16708PBWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of VirologyWageningen University and ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 16708PBWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Plant‐Environment SignalingUtrecht UniversityPadualaan 83584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
- Plant Stress ResilienceUtrecht UniversityPadualaan 83584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Plant‐Environment SignalingUtrecht UniversityPadualaan 83584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Plant‐Environment SignalingUtrecht UniversityPadualaan 83584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
- Plant Stress ResilienceUtrecht UniversityPadualaan 83584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Plant Stress ResilienceUtrecht UniversityPadualaan 83584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
- Molecular Plant PhysiologyUtrecht UniversityPadualaan 83584 CHUtrechtthe Netherlands
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- Laboratory of VirologyWageningen University and ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 16708PBWageningenthe Netherlands
- Biointeractions and Plant HealthWageningen Plant ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 16708PBWageningenthe Netherlands
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Quentin Grafton R, Chu L, Kingsford RT, Bino G, Williams J. Resilience to hydrological droughts in the northern Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2022; 380:20210296. [PMCID: PMC9588425 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2021.0296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We respond to the problem of declining streamflows in the northern Murray–Darling Basin, Australia, a region that suffers from hydrological droughts and a drying trend. We partitioned the effect of meteorological trends from anthropogenic drivers on annual streamflow, quantified the effect of annual streamflow decline on waterbird abundance, estimated the effects of streamflow change on a measure of ecosystem resilience, and calculated the net benefits of in-stream water reallocation. The anthropogenic drivers of hydrological droughts were assessed by comparing the Lower Darling (hereafter the Barka) River, which has large recorded water extractions, with the adjacent Paroo River, which has very little recorded water extractions. Findings include: (1) only about one-third of the recent reduced streamflow of the Barka River is due to a meteorological drying trend; (2) statistically significant declines in waterbird species richness and abundance have occurred on both rivers between 1983–2000 and 2001–2020; (3) declines in waterbird abundance have been much larger along the Barka River than the Paroo River; and (4) ecosystem resilience, as measured by waterbird abundance, wasgreater on the Paroo River. Our four-step framework is applicable in any catchment with adequate time-series data and supports adaptive responses to hydrological droughts. This article is part of the Royal Society Science+ meeting issue ‘Drought risk in the Anthropocene’.
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- R. Quentin Grafton
- Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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Lauterberg M, Saranga Y, Deblieck M, Klukas C, Krugman T, Perovic D, Ordon F, Graner A, Neumann K. Precision phenotyping across the life cycle to validate and decipher drought-adaptive QTLs of wild emmer wheat ( Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides) introduced into elite wheat varieties. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:965287. [PMID: 36311121 PMCID: PMC9598872 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.965287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Drought events or the combination of drought and heat conditions are expected to become more frequent due to global warming, and wheat yields may fall below their long-term average. One way to increase climate-resilience of modern high-yielding varieties is by their genetic improvement with beneficial alleles from crop wild relatives. In the present study, the effect of two beneficial QTLs introgressed from wild emmer wheat and incorporated in the three wheat varieties BarNir, Zahir and Uzan was studied under well-watered conditions and under drought stress using non-destructive High-throughput Phenotyping (HTP) throughout the life cycle in a single pot-experiment. Plants were daily imaged with RGB top and side view cameras and watered automatically. Further, at two time points, the quantum yield of photosystem II was measured with a top view FluorCam. The QTL carrying near isogenic lines (NILs) were compared with their corresponding parents by t-test for all non-invasively obtained traits and for the manually determined agronomic and yield parameters. Data quality of phenotypic traits (repeatability) in the controlled HTP experiment was above 85% throughout the life cycle and at maturity. Drought stress had a strong effect on growth in all wheat genotypes causing biomass reduction from 2% up to 70% at early and late points in the drought period, respectively. At maturity, the drought caused 47-55% decreases in yield-related traits grain weight, straw weight and total biomass and reduced TKW by 10%, while water use efficiency (WUE) increased under drought by 29%. The yield-enhancing effect of the introgressed QTLs under drought conditions that were previously demonstrated under field/screenhouse conditions in Israel, could be mostly confirmed in a greenhouse pot experiment using HTP. Daily precision phenotyping enabled to decipher the mode of action of the QTLs in the different genetic backgrounds throughout the entire wheat life cycle. Daily phenotyping allowed a precise determination of the timing and size of the QTLs effect (s) and further yielded information about which image-derived traits are informative at which developmental stage of wheat during the entire life cycle. Maximum height and estimated biovolume were reached about a week after heading, so experiments that only aim at exploring these traits would not need a longer observation period. To obtain information on different onset and progress of senescence, the CVa curves represented best the ongoing senescence of plants. The QTL on 7A in the BarNir background was found to improve yield under drought by increased biomass growth, a higher photosynthetic performance, a higher WUE and a "stay green effect."
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- Madita Lauterberg
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kühn-Institute, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Digitalization in Research and Development (ROM), BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kühn-Institute, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Julius Kühn-Institute, Quedlinburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany
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Correia PMP, Cairo Westergaard J, Bernardes da Silva A, Roitsch T, Carmo-Silva E, Marques da Silva J. High-throughput phenotyping of physiological traits for wheat resilience to high temperature and drought stress. J Exp Bot 2022; 73:5235-5251. [PMID: 35446418 PMCID: PMC9440435 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Interannual and local fluctuations in wheat crop yield are mostly explained by abiotic constraints. Heatwaves and drought, which are among the top stressors, commonly co-occur, and their frequency is increasing with global climate change. High-throughput methods were optimized to phenotype wheat plants under controlled water deficit and high temperature, with the aim to identify phenotypic traits conferring adaptative stress responses. Wheat plants of 10 genotypes were grown in a fully automated plant facility under 25/18 °C day/night for 30 d, and then the temperature was increased for 7 d (38/31 °C day/night) while maintaining half of the plants well irrigated and half at 30% field capacity. Thermal and multispectral images and pot weights were registered twice daily. At the end of the experiment, key metabolites and enzyme activities from carbohydrate and antioxidant metabolism were quantified. Regression machine learning models were successfully established to predict plant biomass using image-extracted parameters. Evapotranspiration traits expressed significant genotype-environment interactions (G×E) when acclimatization to stress was continuously monitored. Consequently, transpiration efficiency was essential to maintain the balance between water-saving strategies and biomass production in wheat under water deficit and high temperature. Stress tolerance included changes in carbohydrate metabolism, particularly in the sucrolytic and glycolytic pathways, and in antioxidant metabolism. The observed genetic differences in sensitivity to high temperature and water deficit can be exploited in breeding programmes to improve wheat resilience to climate change.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Section of Crop Science, Copenhagen University, Højbakkegård Allé 13, 2630 Tåstrup, Denmark
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- BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Section of Crop Science, Copenhagen University, Højbakkegård Allé 13, 2630 Tåstrup, Denmark
- Department of Adaptive Biotechnologies, Global Change Research Institute, CAS, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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Song Y, Sterck F, Zhou X, Liu Q, Kruijt B, Poorter L. Drought resilience of conifer species is driven by leaf lifespan but not by hydraulic traits. New Phytol 2022; 235:978-992. [PMID: 35474217 PMCID: PMC9322575 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Increased droughts impair tree growth worldwide. This study analyzes hydraulic and carbon traits of conifer species, and how they shape species strategies in terms of their growth rate and drought resilience. We measured 43 functional stem and leaf traits for 28 conifer species growing in a 50-yr-old common garden experiment in the Netherlands. We assessed: how drought- and carbon-related traits are associated across species, how these traits affect stem growth and drought resilience, and how traits and drought resilience are related to species' climatic origin. We found two trait spectra: a hydraulics spectrum reflecting a trade-off between hydraulic and biomechanical safety vs hydraulic efficiency, and a leaf economics spectrum reflecting a trade-off between tough, long-lived tissues vs high carbon assimilation rate. Pit aperture size occupied a central position in the trait-based network analysis and also increased stem growth. Drought recovery decreased with leaf lifespan. Conifer species with long-lived leaves suffer from drought legacy effects, as drought-damaged leaves cannot easily be replaced, limiting growth recovery after drought. Leaf lifespan, rather than hydraulic traits, can explain growth responses to a drier future.
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- Yanjun Song
- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen University and Research6700 AAWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen University and Research6700 AAWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen University and Research6700 AAWageningenthe Netherlands
- Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesKU LeuvenPO Box 24113001LeuvenBelgium
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen University and Research6700 AAWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Water Systems and Global Change GroupWageningen University and Research6700 AAWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Forest Ecology and Forest Management GroupWageningen University and Research6700 AAWageningenthe Netherlands
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Zhang Z, Jatana BS, Campbell BJ, Gill J, Suseela V, Tharayil N. Cross-inoculation of rhizobiome from a congeneric ruderal plant imparts drought tolerance in maize (Zea mays) through changes in root morphology and proteome. Plant J 2022; 111:54-71. [PMID: 35426964 PMCID: PMC9542220 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Rhizobiome confer stress tolerance to ruderal plants, yet their ability to alleviate stress in crops is widely debated, and the associated mechanisms are poorly understood. We monitored the drought tolerance of maize (Zea mays) as influenced by the cross-inoculation of rhizobiota from a congeneric ruderal grass Andropogon virginicus (andropogon-inoculum), and rhizobiota from organic farm maintained under mesic condition (organic-inoculum). Across drought treatments (40% field capacity), maize that received andropogon-inoculum produced two-fold greater biomass. This drought tolerance translated to a similar leaf metabolomic composition as that of the well-watered control (80% field capacity) and reduced oxidative damage, despite a lower activity of antioxidant enzymes. At a morphological-level, drought tolerance was associated with an increase in specific root length and surface area facilitated by the homeostasis of phytohormones promoting root branching. At a proteome-level, the drought tolerance was associated with upregulation of proteins related to glutathione metabolism and endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation process. Fungal taxa belonging to Ascomycota, Mortierellomycota, Archaeorhizomycetes, Dothideomycetes, and Agaricomycetes in andropogon-inoculum were identified as potential indicators of drought tolerance. Our study provides a mechanistic understanding of the rhizobiome-facilitated drought tolerance and demonstrates a better path to utilize plant-rhizobiome associations to enhance drought tolerance in crops.
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- Ziliang Zhang
- Department of Plant & Environmental SciencesClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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- Department of Plant & Environmental SciencesClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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- Department of Plant & Environmental SciencesClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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- Department of Plant & Environmental SciencesClemson UniversityClemsonSCUSA
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Itam MO, Gorafi YSA, Tahir ISA, Tsujimoto H. Genetic variation in drought resilience-related traits among wheat multiple synthetic derivative lines: insights for climate resilience breeding. Breed Sci 2021; 71:435-443. [PMID: 34912170 PMCID: PMC8661488 DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.20162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Twenty-four wheat lines, developed by Aegilops tauschii Coss. introgressions and previously selected for heat or salinity stress tolerance, were evaluated under a drought-rewatering-drought cycle for two years. The objective was to select breeding lines that are resilient to more than one abiotic stress. The experiment was designed in alpha lattice with three replications. Drought was imposed by withholding water during flowering. The results revealed considerable genetic variability in physio-agronomic traits, reflecting the variation in the introgressed segments. High heritability estimates (above 47%) were recorded for most traits, including days to 50% heading, plant height, and thousand-grain weight, indicating the genetic control of these traits which may be useful for cultivar development. The trait-trait correlations within and between water regimes highlighted a strong association among the genetic factors controlling these traits. Some lines exhibited superior performance in terms of stress tolerance index and mean productivity compared with their backcross parent and elite cultivars commonly grown in hot and dry areas. Graphical genotyping revealed unique introgressed segments on chromosomes 4B, 6B, 2D, and 3D in some drought-resilient lines which may be linked to drought resilience. Therefore, we recommend these lines for further breeding to develop climate-resilient wheat varieties.
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- Michael O. Itam
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8553, Japan
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- Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori 680-0001, Japan
- Agricultural Research Corporation, Wheat research Program, Wad Medani P.O. Box 126, Sudan
- Corresponding author (e-mail: )
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- Agricultural Research Corporation, Wheat research Program, Wad Medani P.O. Box 126, Sudan
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- Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori 680-0001, Japan
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Chen H, Geekiyanage N, Wen B, Cao KF, Goodale UM. Regeneration responses to water and temperature stress drive recruitment success in hemiepiphytic fig species. Tree Physiol 2021; 41:358-370. [PMID: 33238308 PMCID: PMC7948827 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Mechanisms for surviving water and temperature stress in epiphytes are essential adaptations for successful regeneration in forest canopies. Hemiepiphytes start their life cycle as epiphytes, eventually establishing aerial root connections to the ground. This strategy allows for greater light capture, while benefitting from minimized risk of fire, flooding and damage by terrestrial herbivores, but exposes the vulnerable seedling stage to heat and drought stress. However, the response to temperature and water stress during early regeneration in hemiepiphytes is not known. In this study, we tested the effect of temperature (15/5, 25/15 and 35/25 °C; day/night diurnal variation) and water availability, as substrate moisture (0.00, -0.20 and -0.35 MPa) and water vapor (18.5-99.5% relative humidity), on seed germination, seedling emergence and survival in six hemiepiphytic and nine non-hemiepiphytic Ficus species. Under high-temperature conditions (35/25 °C), hemiepiphytes had higher gemination and seedling survival, achieved peak germination slower and extended germination. Greater water stress (-0.35 MPa) in the growth substrate resulted in higher germination of non-hemiepiphytes; hemiepiphytes, in contrast, took a shorter time to complete germination, but had higher seedling emergence and survival. Hemiepiphytes germinated at 99.5% relative humidity more readily compared with non-hemiepiphytes. These findings provide the first comprehensive evidence that hemiepiphytic Ficus species are better adapted to drier and warmer conditions during the critical transition from seed to seedling. Through greater flexibility in achieving peak germination and duration of regeneration activity, hemiepiphytes modulate their recruitment process to be more resilient under abiotic stressors. This may allow them to be more successful in regenerating in forest canopies under ambient conditions that are transient. These results support previous work showing greater drought tolerance of hemiepiphytic Ficus species in larger size classes and extend this finding to show that physiological adaptations for drought and heat tolerance start from the early seedling emergence stage.
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- Huayang Chen
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forestry Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, Guangxi 530004 China
- State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, Guangxi 530004 China
- Seed Conservation Specialist Group, International Union for Conservation of Nature
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura 50000 Sri Lanka
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- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forestry Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, Guangxi 530004 China
- State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, Guangxi 530004 China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forestry Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, Guangxi 530004 China
- State Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, Guangxi 530004 China
- Seed Conservation Specialist Group, International Union for Conservation of Nature
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Chen L, Czechowski T, Graham IA, Hartley SE. Impact of osmotic stress on the growth and root architecture of introgression lines derived from a wild ancestor of rice and a modern cultivar. Plant Environ Interact 2020; 1:122-133. [PMID: 37283730 PMCID: PMC10168093 DOI: 10.1002/pei3.10026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Many modern rice varieties have been intensively selected for high-yielding performance under irrigated conditions, reducing their genetic diversity and potentially increasing their susceptibility to abiotic stresses such as drought. In this study, we tested benefits for stress tolerance of introducing DNA segments from wild ancestor Oryza rufipogon to the modern cultivar O. sativa cv Curinga (CUR) by applying a gradient of osmotic stress to both parents and seven introgressed lines. Shoot growth of O. rufipogon had a high tolerance to osmotic stress, and the number of total root tips increased under mild osmotic stress. One introgression line showed greater shoot growth, root growth, and higher number of total root tips than the parent line CUR under osmotic stress. Abscisic acid (ABA) is a key hormone mediating plant responses to abiotic stresses. Both root and shoot growth of O. rufipogon were much more sensitive to ABA than CUR. Introgression lines varied in the extent to which the sensitivity of their growth responses to ABA and some lines correlated with their sensitivity to osmotic stress. Our results suggest that rice responses to ABA and osmotic stress are genotype dependent, and growth responses of rice to ABA are not a consistent indicator of resilience to abiotic stress in introgression lines.
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- Lin Chen
- Department of BiologyUniversity of YorkYorkUK
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of YorkYorkUK
- Present address:
Department of Animal and Plant SciencesUniversity of SheffieldSheffieldS10 2TNUK
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Wijesekara NWANY, Wedamulla A, Perera S, Pesigan A, Ofrin RH. Assessment of drought resilience of hospitals in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional survey. WHO South East Asia J Public Health 2020; 9:66-72. [PMID: 32341225 DOI: 10.4103/2224-3151.283000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background Drought is an extreme weather event. Drought-related health effects can increase demands on hospitals while restricting their functional capacity. In July 2017, Sri Lanka had been experiencing prolonged drought for around a year and data on the resilience of hospitals were required. Methods A cross-sectional survey was done in five of the most drought-affected and vulnerable districts using two specially developed questionnaires. Ninety hospitals were assessed using the Baseline Hospital Drought Resilience Assessment (BHDRA) tool, of which 24 purposefully selected hospitals were also assessed using the more detailed Comprehensive Hospital Drought Resilience Assessment (CHDRA) tool and observation visits. Results Of the hospitals assessed, 73 and 77 reported having adequate supplies of drinking and non-drinking water, respectively. Of the 24 hospitals studied using the CHDRA tool, bacteriological water quality testing was done in 8, with samples from only 4 hospitals being satisfactory. Adequate electricity supply was reported by 77 hospitals, of which 72 had at least one generator. None of the hospitals used rainwater or storm water harvesting, water recycling, or solar or wind power. Of the 24 hospitals selected for detailed analysis, awareness materials on safeguarding water or electricity and avoiding wasting water or electricity were displayed in only 6 hospitals; disaster preparedness plans were available in 9; and drought was considered as a hazard only in 6. Conclusion The findings indicate that drought needs to be considered as an important hazard in hospital risk assessments. Drought preparedness, response and recovery should be embedded in hospital disaster preparedness plans to ensure the continuity of essential health services during emergencies.
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- Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- World Health Organization Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India
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- World Health Organization Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India
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- World Health Organization Health Emergencies Programme, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, India
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Sang Z, Sebastian‐Azcona J, Hamann A, Menzel A, Hacke U. Adaptive limitations of white spruce populations to drought imply vulnerability to climate change in its western range. Evol Appl 2019; 12:1850-1860. [PMID: 31548862 PMCID: PMC6752154 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A cost-effective climate change adaptation strategy for the forestry sector is to move seed sources to more northern and higher elevation planting sites as part of ongoing reforestation programs. This is meant to match locally adapted populations with anticipated environments, but adaptive traits do not always show population differences suitable to mitigate climate change impacts. For white spruce, drought tolerance is a critical adaptive trait to prevent mortality and productivity losses. Here, we use a 40-year-old provenance experiment that has been exposed to severe drought periods in 1999 and 2002 to retrospectively investigate drought response and the adaptive capacity of white spruce populations across their boreal range. Relying on dendrochronological analysis under experimentally controlled environments, we evaluate population differences in resistance, resilience, and recovery to these extreme events. Results showed evidence for population differentiation in resistance and recovery parameters, but provenances conformed to approximately the same growth rates under drought conditions and had similar resilience metrics. The lack of populations with better growth rates under drought conditions is contrary to expectations for a wide-ranging species with distinct regional climates. Populations from the wettest environments in the northeastern boreal were surprisingly drought-tolerant, suggesting that these populations would readily resist water deficits projected for the 2080s, and supporting the view that northeastern Canada will provide a refugium for boreal species under climate change. The findings also suggest that white spruce is sensitive to growth reductions under climate change in the western boreal. The study highlights that population differentiation in adaptive capacity is species- and trait-specific, and we provide a counterexample for drought tolerance traits, where assisted migration prescriptions may be ineffective to mitigate climate change impacts. For resource managers and policy makers, we provide maps where planning for widespread declines of boreal white spruce forests may be unavoidable.
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- Zihaohan Sang
- Department of Renewable ResourcesUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonABCanada
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- Department of Renewable ResourcesUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonABCanada
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- Department of Ecology and Ecosystem ManagementTechnical University of MunichFreisingGermany
- Institute for Advanced StudyTechnical University of MunichGarchingGermany
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- Department of Renewable ResourcesUniversity of AlbertaEdmontonABCanada
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Maseyk K, Lin T, Cochavi A, Schwartz A, Yakir D. Quantification of leaf-scale light energy allocation and photoprotection processes in a Mediterranean pine forest under extensive seasonal drought. Tree Physiol 2019; 39:1767-1782. [PMID: 31274163 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpz079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Photoprotection strategies in a Pinus halepensis Mill. forest at the dry timberline that shows sustained photosynthetic activity during 6-7 month summer drought were characterized and quantified under field conditions. Measurements of chlorophyll fluorescence, leaf-level gas exchange and pigment concentrations were made in both control and summer-irrigated plots, providing the opportunity to separate the effects of atmospheric from soil water stress on the photoprotection responses. The proportion of light energy incident on the leaf surface ultimately being used for carbon assimilation was 18% under stress-free conditions (irrigated, winter), declining to 4% under maximal stress (control, summer). Allocation of absorbed light energy to photochemistry decreased from 25 to 15% (control) and from 50% to 30% (irrigated) between winter and summer, highlighting the important role of pigment-mediated energy dissipation processes. Photorespiration or other non-assimilatory electron flow accounted for 15-20% and ~10% of incident light energy during periods of high and low carbon fixation, respectively, representing a proportional increase in photochemical energy going to photorespiration in summer but a decrease in the absolute amount of photorespiratory CO2 loss. Resilience of the leaf photochemical apparatus was expressed in the complete recovery of photosystem II (PSII) efficiency (ΦPSII) and relaxation of the xanthophyll de-epoxidation state on the diurnal cycle throughout the year, and no seasonal decrease in pre-dawn maximal PSII efficiency (Fv/Fm). The response of CO2 assimilation and photoprotection strategies to stomatal conductance and leaf water potential appeared independent of whether stress was due to atmospheric or soil water deficits across seasons and treatments. The range of protection characteristics identified provides insights into the relatively high carbon economy under these dry conditions, conditions that are predicted for extended areas in the Mediterranean and other regions due to global climate change.
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- Kadmiel Maseyk
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Herzl St, Rehovot 76100, Israel
- School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Herzl St, Rehovot 76100, Israel
- College of Agronomy, Henan Agricultural University, Nongye Road, Zhengzhou 450002, Henan, P.R. China
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Herzl St, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Herzl St, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Herzl St, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Dalal A, Bourstein R, Haish N, Shenhar I, Wallach R, Moshelion M. Dynamic Physiological Phenotyping of Drought-Stressed Pepper Plants Treated With "Productivity-Enhancing" and "Survivability-Enhancing" Biostimulants. Front Plant Sci 2019; 10:905. [PMID: 31379898 PMCID: PMC6654182 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The improvement of crop productivity under abiotic stress is one of the biggest challenges faced by the agricultural scientific community. Despite extensive research, the research-to-commercial transfer rate of abiotic stress-resistant crops remains very low. This is mainly due to the complexity of genotype × environment interactions and in particular, the ability to quantify the dynamic plant physiological response profile to a dynamic environment. Most existing phenotyping facilities collect information using robotics and automated image acquisition and analysis. However, their ability to directly measure the physiological properties of the whole plant is limited. We demonstrate a high-throughput functional phenotyping system (HFPS) that enables comparing plants' dynamic responses to different ambient conditions in dynamic environments due to its direct and simultaneous measurement of yield-related physiological traits of plants under several treatments. The system is designed as one-to-one (1:1) plant-[sensors+controller] units, i.e., each individual plant has its own personalized sensor, controller and irrigation valves that enable (i) monitoring water-relation kinetics of each plant-environment response throughout the plant's life cycle with high spatiotemporal resolution, (ii) a truly randomized experimental design due to multiple independent treatment scenarios for every plant, and (iii) reduction of artificial ambient perturbations due to the immobility of the plants or other objects. In addition, we propose two new resilience-quantifying-related traits that can also be phenotyped using the HFPS: transpiration recovery rate and night water reabsorption. We use the HFPS to screen the effects of two commercial biostimulants (a seaweed extract -ICL-SW, and a metabolite formula - ICL-NewFo1) on Capsicum annuum under different irrigation regimes. Biostimulants are considered an alternative approach to improving crop productivity. However, their complex mode of action necessitates cost-effective pre-field phenotyping. The combination of two types of treatment (biostimulants and drought) enabled us to evaluate the precision and resolution of the system in investigating the effect of biostimulants on drought tolerance. We analyze and discuss plant behavior at different stages, and assess the penalty and trade-off between productivity and resilience. In this test case, we suggest a protocol for the screening of biostimulants' physiological mechanisms of action.
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- Ahan Dalal
- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Department of Soil and Water Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Department of Soil and Water Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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Isaji S, Yoshinaga N, Teraishi M, Ogawa D, Kato E, Okumoto Y, Habu Y, Mori N. Biosynthesis and accumulation of GABA in rice plants treated with acetic acid. J Pestic Sci 2018; 43:214-219. [PMID: 30363369 PMCID: PMC6173134 DOI: 10.1584/jpestics.d18-036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Rice seedlings (Oryza sativa) that have died from drought cannot be rescued by watering afterward, but pre-treatment with exogenous acetic acid enabled the plants to produce shoots again after being watered (hereinafter referred to as "drought resilience"). To elucidate the metabolism of acetic acid, we treated rice plants with 13C-labeled acetic acid and traced 13C-labeled metabolites using LC-MS and 13C-NMR techniques. The LC-MS and 13C-NMR spectral data of the root extracts indicated that the acetic acid treatment was absorbed into the plants and then was metabolized to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) by glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD). GABA accumulation in the roots took place in advance of that in the shoots, and the survival rate against drought stress increased in proportion to the amount of GABA accumulated in the shoots. Therefore, GABA accumulation in shoots may be a key step in drought resilience induced by the acetic acid treatment.
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- Shunsaku Isaji
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606–8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606–8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606–8502, Japan
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- Institute of Crop Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8517, Japan
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- Advanced Analysis Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8517, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606–8502, Japan
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- Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Kyoto 606–8502, Japan
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Wu X, Liu H, Li X, Ciais P, Babst F, Guo W, Zhang C, Magliulo V, Pavelka M, Liu S, Huang Y, Wang P, Shi C, Ma Y. Differentiating drought legacy effects on vegetation growth over the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Glob Chang Biol 2018; 24:504-516. [PMID: 28973825 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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In view of future changes in climate, it is important to better understand how different plant functional groups (PFGs) respond to warmer and drier conditions, particularly in temperate regions where an increase in both the frequency and severity of drought is expected. The patterns and mechanisms of immediate and delayed impacts of extreme drought on vegetation growth remain poorly quantified. Using satellite measurements of vegetation greenness, in-situ tree-ring records, eddy-covariance CO2 and water flux measurements, and meta-analyses of source water of plant use among PFGs, we show that drought legacy effects on vegetation growth differ markedly between forests, shrubs and grass across diverse bioclimatic conditions over the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Deep-rooted forests exhibit a drought legacy response with reduced growth during up to 4 years after an extreme drought, whereas shrubs and grass have drought legacy effects of approximately 2 years and 1 year, respectively. Statistical analyses partly attribute the differences in drought legacy effects among PFGs to plant eco-hydrological properties (related to traits), including plant water use and hydraulic responses. These results can be used to improve the representation of drought response of different PFGs in land surface models, and assess their biogeochemical and biophysical feedbacks in response to a warmer and drier climate.
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- Xiuchen Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, UMR8212-Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
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- Dendro Sciences, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
- W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Mediterranean Agriculture and Forest Systems (CNR-ISAFoM), Ercolano, Italy
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- CzechGlobe-Global Change Research Institute CAS, Brno, Czech Republic
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Huang CW, Domec JC, Ward EJ, Duman T, Manoli G, Parolari AJ, Katul GG. The effect of plant water storage on water fluxes within the coupled soil-plant system. New Phytol 2017; 213:1093-1106. [PMID: 27870064 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/10/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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In addition to buffering plants from water stress during severe droughts, plant water storage (PWS) alters many features of the spatio-temporal dynamics of water movement in the soil-plant system. How PWS impacts water dynamics and drought resilience is explored using a multi-layer porous media model. The model numerically resolves soil-plant hydrodynamics by coupling them to leaf-level gas exchange and soil-root interfacial layers. Novel features of the model are the considerations of a coordinated relationship between stomatal aperture variation and whole-system hydraulics and of the effects of PWS and nocturnal transpiration (Fe,night) on hydraulic redistribution (HR) in the soil. The model results suggest that daytime PWS usage and Fe,night generate a residual water potential gradient (Δψp,night) along the plant vascular system overnight. This Δψp,night represents a non-negligible competing sink strength that diminishes the significance of HR. Considering the co-occurrence of PWS usage and HR during a single extended dry-down, a wide range of plant attributes and environmental/soil conditions selected to enhance or suppress plant drought resilience is discussed. When compared with HR, model calculations suggest that increased root water influx into plant conducting-tissues overnight maintains a more favorable water status at the leaf, thereby delaying the onset of drought stress.
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- Cheng-Wei Huang
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
- Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR 1391 INRA-ISPA, 33175, Gradignan Cedex, France
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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- Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53233, USA
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA
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