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Tang H, Du L, Xia C, Luo J. Bridging gaps and seeding futures: A synthesis of soil salinization and the role of plant-soil interactions under climate change. iScience 2024; 27:110804. [PMID: 39286506 PMCID: PMC11404172 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2024] Open
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Soil salinization, exacerbated by climate change, poses significant threats to agricultural productivity, land restoration, and ecosystem resilience. This study reviews current knowledge on plant-soil interactions as a strategy to mitigate soil salinization induced by climate change, focusing on their role in soil salinity dynamics and tolerance mechanisms. The review examines how alterations in hydrological and temperature regimes impact soil salinity and how plant-soil mechanisms-such as salt exclusion, compartmentalization, and plant-microbe interactions-contribute to salinity mitigation. This, in turn, enhances soil quality, fertility, microbial diversity, and ecosystem services. The analysis identifies a growing body of research and highlights key themes and emerging trends, including drought, microbial communities, and salt tolerance strategies. This study underscores the critical role of plant-soil interactions in sustainable salinity management and identifies knowledge gaps and future research priorities, advocating for plant-soil interactions as a crucial pathway for improving ecosystem resilience to salinity stress amid climate change.
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- Hao Tang
- Key Laboratory of Land Resources Evaluation and Monitoring in Southwest, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Resources Evaluation and Monitoring in Southwest, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
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- School of Geography and Tourism, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of River and Lake Ecology, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
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Juraniec M, Goormaghtigh E, Posmyk MM, Verbruggen N. An ecotype-specific effect of osmopriming and melatonin during salt stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 24:707. [PMID: 39054444 PMCID: PMC11270801 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05434-5] [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: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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BACKGROUND Natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana exhibit phenotypic variations in specific environments and growth conditions. However, this variation has not been explored after seed osmopriming treatments. The natural variation in biomass production and root system architecture (RSA) was investigated across the Arabidopsis thaliana core collection in response to the pre-sawing seed treatments by osmopriming, with and without melatonin (Mel). The goal was to identify and characterize physiologically contrasting ecotypes. RESULTS Variability in RSA parameters in response to PEG-6000 seed osmopriming with and without Mel was observed across Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes with especially positive impact of Mel addition under both control and 100 mM NaCl stress conditions. Two ecotypes, Can-0 and Kn-0, exhibited contrasted root phenotypes: seed osmopriming with and without Mel reduced the root growth of Can-0 plants while enhancing it in Kn-0 ones under both control and salt stress conditions. To understand the stress responses in these two ecotypes, main stress markers as well as physiological analyses were assessed in shoots and roots. Although the effect of Mel addition was evident in both ecotypes, its protective effect was more pronounced in Kn-0. Antioxidant enzymes were induced by osmopriming with Mel in both ecotypes, but Kn-0 was characterized by a higher responsiveness, especially in the activities of peroxidases in roots. Kn-0 plants experienced lower oxidative stress, and salt-induced ROS accumulation was reduced by osmopriming with Mel. In contrast, Can-0 exhibited lower enzyme activities but the accumulation of proline in its organs was particularly high. In both ecotypes, a greater response of antioxidant enzymes and proline accumulation was observed compared to mechanisms involving the reduction of Na+ content and prevention of K+ efflux. CONCLUSIONS In contrast to Can-0, Kn-0 plants grown from seeds osmoprimed with and without Mel displayed a lower root sensitivity to NaCl-induced oxidative stress. The opposite root growth patterns, enhanced by osmopriming treatments might result from different protective mechanisms employed by these two ecotypes which in turn result from adaptive strategies proper to specific habitats from which Can-0 and Kn-0 originate. The isolation of contrasting phenotypes paves the way for the identification of genetic factors affecting osmopriming efficiency.
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- Michał Juraniec
- Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, 90 237, Poland.
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- Laboratory for the Structure and Function of Biological Membranes, Center for Structural Biology and Bioinformatics, Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, 90 237, Poland.
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Génétique Moléculaire des Plantes, Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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Al-Mamun MH, Cazzonelli CI, Krishna P. BZR1 and BES1 transcription factors mediate brassinosteroid control over root system architecture in response to nitrogen availability. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1387321. [PMID: 38779077 PMCID: PMC11109456 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1387321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Plants modify their root system architecture (RSA) in response to nitrogen (N) deficiency. The plant steroidal hormone, brassinosteroid (BR), plays important roles in root growth and development. This study demonstrates that optimal levels of exogenous BR impact significant increases in lateral root length and numbers in Arabidopsis seedlings under mild N-deficient conditions as compared to untreated seedlings. The impact of BR on RSA was stronger under mild N deficiency than under N-sufficient conditions. The BR effects on RSA were mimicked in dominant mutants of BZR1 and BES1 (bzr1-1D and bes1-D) transcription factors, while the RSA was highly reduced in the BR-insensitive mutant bri1-6, confirming that BR signaling is essential for the development of RSA under both N-sufficient and N-deficient conditions. Exogenous BR and constitutive activity of BZR1 and BES1 in dominant mutants led to enhanced root meristem, meristematic cell number, and cortical cell length. Under mild N deficiency, bzr1-1D displayed higher fresh and dry shoot weights, chlorophyll content, and N levels in the shoot, as compared to the wild type. These results indicate that BR modulates RSA under both N-sufficient and N-deficient conditions via the transcription factors BES1/BZR1 module and confers tolerance to N deficiency.
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- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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Zhang Y, Li Y, de Zeeuw T, Duijts K, Kawa D, Lamers J, Munzert KS, Li H, Zou Y, Meyer AJ, Yan J, Verstappen F, Wang Y, Gijsberts T, Wang J, Gigli-Bisceglia N, Engelsdorf T, van Dijk ADJ, Testerink C. Root branching under high salinity requires auxin-independent modulation of LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARY DOMAIN 16 function. THE PLANT CELL 2024; 36:899-918. [PMID: 38142228 PMCID: PMC10980347 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
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Salinity stress constrains lateral root (LR) growth and severely affects plant growth. Auxin signaling regulates LR formation, but the molecular mechanism by which salinity affects root auxin signaling and whether salt induces other pathways that regulate LR development remains unknown. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the auxin-regulated transcription factor LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARY DOMAIN 16 (LBD16) is an essential player in LR development under control conditions. Here, we show that under high-salt conditions, an alternative pathway regulates LBD16 expression. Salt represses auxin signaling but, in parallel, activates ZINC FINGER OF ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA 6 (ZAT6), a transcriptional activator of LBD16. ZAT6 activates LBD16 expression, thus contributing to downstream cell wall remodeling and promoting LR development under high-salt conditions. Our study thus shows that the integration of auxin-dependent repressive and salt-activated auxin-independent pathways converging on LBD16 modulates root branching under high-salt conditions.
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- Yanxia Zhang
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Plant Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, 510642 Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Plant Physiology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Ahmed S, Patel R, Rana M, Kumar N, I I, Choudhary M, Chand S, Singh AK, Ghosh A, Singhal RK. Effect of salt, alkali and combined stresses on root system architecture and ion profiling in a diverse panel of oat ( Avena spp.). FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2024; 51:NULL. [PMID: 37743054 DOI: 10.1071/fp23031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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The co-occurrence of salinisation and alkalisation is quite frequent in problematic soils and poses an immediate threat to food, feed and nutritional security. In the present study, root system architectural traits (RSAs) and ion profiling were evaluated in 21 genotypes of Avena species to understand the effect of salinity-alkalinity stress. The oat genotypes were grown on germination paper and 5-day-old seedlings were transferred to a hydroponic system for up to 30days. These seedlings were subjected to seven treatments: T0 , treatment control (Hoagland solution); T1 , moderate salinity (50mM); T2 , high salinity (100mM); T3 , moderate alkalinity (15mM); T4 , high alkalinity (30mM); T5 , combined moderate salinity-alkalinity (50mM+15mM); and T6 , combined high salinity-alkalinity (100mM and 30mM) by using NaCl+Na2 SO4 (saline) and NaHCO3 +Na2 CO3 (alkaline) salts equivalently. The root traits, such as total root area (TRA), total root length (TRL), total root diameter (TRD), total root volume (TRV), root tips (RT), root segments (RS), root fork (RF) and root biomass (RB) were found to be statistically significant (P + and K+ content analysis in root and shoot tissues revealed the ion homeostasis capacity of different Avena accessions under stress treatments. Principal component analysis (PCA) covered almost 83.0% of genetic variation and revealed that the sharing of TRA, RT, RS and RF traits was significantly high. Biplot analysis showed a highly significant correlation matrix (P <0.01) between the pairs of RT and RS, TRL and RS, and RT and RF. Based on PCA ranking and relative value for stress tolerance, IG-20-1183, IG-20-894, IG-20-718 and IG-20-425 expressed tolerance to salinity (T2), IG-20-425 (alkalinity; T4) and IG-20-1183, IG-20-894 and IG-20-1004 were tolerant to salt-alkali treatment (T6). Multi-trait stability index (MTSI) analysis identified three stable oat genotypes (IG-20-714, IG-20-894 and IG-20-425) under multiple environments and these lines can be used in salinity-alkalinity affected areas after yield trials or as donor lines for combined stresses in future breeding programs.
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- Shahid Ahmed
- ICAR-IGFRI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003, India
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- ICAR-IGFRI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003, India
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- ICAR-IGFRI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003, India
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- ICAR-IGFRI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003, India
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- ICAR-IGFRI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003, India
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- ICAR-IGFRI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003, India
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- ICAR-IGFRI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003, India
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- ICAR-IGFRI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003, India
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- ICAR-IGFRI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003, India
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- ICAR-IGFRI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute), Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh 284003, India
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Lu M, Chen Z, Dang Y, Li J, Wang J, Zheng H, Li S, Wang X, Du X, Sui N. Identification of the MYB gene family in Sorghum bicolor and functional analysis of SbMYBAS1 in response to salt stress. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 113:249-264. [PMID: 37964053 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-023-01386-w] [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: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023]
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Salt stress adversely affects plant growth and development. It is necessary to understand the underlying salt response mechanism to improve salt tolerance in plants. MYB transcription factors can regulate plant responses to salt stress. However, only a few studies have explored the role of MYB TFs in Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. So we decided to make a systematic analysis and research on the sorghum MYB family. A total of 210 MYB genes in sorghum were identified in this study. Furthermore, 210 MYB genes were distributed across ten chromosomes, named SbMYB1-SbMYB210. To study the phylogeny of the identified TFs, 210 MYB genes were divided into six subfamilies. We further demonstrated that SbMYB genes have evolved under strong purifying selection. SbMYBAS1 (SbMYB119) was chosen as the study object, which the expression decreased under salt stress conditions. Further study of the SbMYBAS1 showed that SbMYBAS1 is located in the nucleus. Under salt stress conditions, Arabidopsis plants overexpressed SbMYBAS1 showed significantly lower dry/fresh weight and chlorophyll content but significantly higher membrane permeability, MDA content, and Na+/K+ ratio than the wild-type Arabidopsis plants. Yeast two-hybrid screening result showed that SbMYBAS1 might interact with proteins encoded by SORBI_302G184600, SORBI_3009G247900 and SORBI_3004G59600. Results also showed that SbMYBAS1 could regulate the expression of AtGSTU17, AtGSTU16, AtP5CS2, AtUGT88A1, AtUGT85A2, AtOPR2 and AtPCR2 under salt stress conditions. This work laid a foundation for the study of the response mechanism of sorghum MYB gene family to salt stress.
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- Mei Lu
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No.88, East Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No.88, East Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
- Dongying Institute, Shandong Normal University, Dongying, 257000, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No.88, East Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No.88, East Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No.88, East Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No.88, East Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No.88, East Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No.88, East Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No.88, East Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China.
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Normal University, No.88, East Wenhua Road, Jinan, 250014, China.
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Rahmati Ishka M, Julkowska M. Tapping into the plasticity of plant architecture for increased stress resilience. F1000Res 2023; 12:1257. [PMID: 38434638 PMCID: PMC10905174 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.140649.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Plant architecture develops post-embryonically and emerges from a dialogue between the developmental signals and environmental cues. Length and branching of the vegetative and reproductive tissues were the focus of improvement of plant performance from the early days of plant breeding. Current breeding priorities are changing, as we need to prioritize plant productivity under increasingly challenging environmental conditions. While it has been widely recognized that plant architecture changes in response to the environment, its contribution to plant productivity in the changing climate remains to be fully explored. This review will summarize prior discoveries of genetic control of plant architecture traits and their effect on plant performance under environmental stress. We review new tools in phenotyping that will guide future discoveries of genes contributing to plant architecture, its plasticity, and its contributions to stress resilience. Subsequently, we provide a perspective into how integrating the study of new species, modern phenotyping techniques, and modeling can lead to discovering new genetic targets underlying the plasticity of plant architecture and stress resilience. Altogether, this review provides a new perspective on the plasticity of plant architecture and how it can be harnessed for increased performance under environmental stress.
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Verslues PE, Bailey-Serres J, Brodersen C, Buckley TN, Conti L, Christmann A, Dinneny JR, Grill E, Hayes S, Heckman RW, Hsu PK, Juenger TE, Mas P, Munnik T, Nelissen H, Sack L, Schroeder JI, Testerink C, Tyerman SD, Umezawa T, Wigge PA. Burning questions for a warming and changing world: 15 unknowns in plant abiotic stress. THE PLANT CELL 2023; 35:67-108. [PMID: 36018271 PMCID: PMC9806664 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/21/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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We present unresolved questions in plant abiotic stress biology as posed by 15 research groups with expertise spanning eco-physiology to cell and molecular biology. Common themes of these questions include the need to better understand how plants detect water availability, temperature, salinity, and rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels; how environmental signals interface with endogenous signaling and development (e.g. circadian clock and flowering time); and how this integrated signaling controls downstream responses (e.g. stomatal regulation, proline metabolism, and growth versus defense balance). The plasma membrane comes up frequently as a site of key signaling and transport events (e.g. mechanosensing and lipid-derived signaling, aquaporins). Adaptation to water extremes and rising CO2 affects hydraulic architecture and transpiration, as well as root and shoot growth and morphology, in ways not fully understood. Environmental adaptation involves tradeoffs that limit ecological distribution and crop resilience in the face of changing and increasingly unpredictable environments. Exploration of plant diversity within and among species can help us know which of these tradeoffs represent fundamental limits and which ones can be circumvented by bringing new trait combinations together. Better defining what constitutes beneficial stress resistance in different contexts and making connections between genes and phenotypes, and between laboratory and field observations, are overarching challenges.
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, Center for Plant Cell Biology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan 20133, Italy
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- School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan 85354, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan 85354, Germany
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6708 PB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Barcelona 08193, Spain
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology, Green Life Sciences Cluster, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam NL-1098XH, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent 9052, Belgium
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen 6708 PB, The Netherlands
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- ARC Center Excellence, Plant Energy Biology, School of Agriculture Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 6708 PB, Japan
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- Leibniz-Institut für Gemüse- und Zierpflanzenbau, Großbeeren 14979, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam 14476, Germany
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Almira Casellas MJ, Pérez‐Martín L, Busoms S, Boesten R, Llugany M, Aarts MGM, Poschenrieder C. A genome-wide association study identifies novel players in Na and Fe homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana under alkaline-salinity stress. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 113:225-245. [PMID: 36433704 PMCID: PMC10108281 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In nature, multiple stress factors occur simultaneously. The screening of natural diversity panels and subsequent Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) is a powerful approach to identify genetic components of various stress responses. Here, the nutritional status variation of a set of 270 natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana grown on a natural saline-carbonated soil is evaluated. We report significant natural variation on leaf Na (LNa) and Fe (LFe) concentrations in the studied accessions. Allelic variation in the NINJA and YUC8 genes is associated with LNa diversity, and variation in the ALA3 is associated with LFe diversity. The allelic variation detected in these three genes leads to changes in their mRNA expression and correlates with plant differential growth performance when plants are exposed to alkaline salinity treatment under hydroponic conditions. We propose that YUC8 and NINJA expression patters regulate auxin and jasmonic signaling pathways affecting plant tolerance to alkaline salinity. Finally, we describe an impairment in growth and leaf Fe acquisition associated with differences in root expression of ALA3, encoding a phospholipid translocase active in plasma membrane and the trans Golgi network which directly interacts with proteins essential for the trafficking of PIN auxin transporters, reinforcing the role of phytohormonal processes in regulating ion homeostasis under alkaline salinity.
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- Maria Jose Almira Casellas
- Plant Physiology Laboratory, Bioscience FacultyUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaC/de la Vall Moronta s/nE‐08193BellaterraSpain
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- Plant Physiology Laboratory, Bioscience FacultyUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaC/de la Vall Moronta s/nE‐08193BellaterraSpain
- Department of Botany and Plant BiologyUniversity of Geneva1211GenevaSwitzerland
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- Plant Physiology Laboratory, Bioscience FacultyUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaC/de la Vall Moronta s/nE‐08193BellaterraSpain
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- Laboratory of GeneticsWageningen University and ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 16708 PBWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Plant Physiology Laboratory, Bioscience FacultyUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaC/de la Vall Moronta s/nE‐08193BellaterraSpain
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- Laboratory of GeneticsWageningen University and ResearchDroevendaalsesteeg 16708 PBWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Plant Physiology Laboratory, Bioscience FacultyUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaC/de la Vall Moronta s/nE‐08193BellaterraSpain
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Chien PS, Chao YT, Chou CH, Hsu YY, Chiang SF, Tung CW, Chiou TJ. Phosphate transporter PHT1;1 is a key determinant of phosphorus acquisition in Arabidopsis natural accessions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 190:682-697. [PMID: 35639954 PMCID: PMC9434223 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Phosphorus (P) is a mineral nutrient essential for plant growth and development, but most P in the soil is unavailable for plants. To understand the genetic basis of P acquisition regulation, we performed genome-wide association studies (GWASs) on a diversity panel of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Two primary determinants of P acquisition were considered, namely, phosphate (Pi)-uptake activity and PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER 1 (PHT1) protein abundance. Association mapping revealed a shared significant peak on chromosome 5 (Chr5) where the PHT1;1/2/3 genes reside, suggesting a connection between the regulation of Pi-uptake activity and PHT1 protein abundance. Genes encoding transcription factors, kinases, and a metalloprotease associated with both traits were also identified. Conditional GWAS followed by statistical analysis of genotype-dependent PHT1;1 expression and transcriptional activity assays revealed an epistatic interaction between PHT1;1 and MYB DOMAIN PROTEIN 52 (MYB52) on Chr1. Further, analyses of F1 hybrids generated by crossing two subgroups of natural accessions carrying specific PHT1;1- and MYB52-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) revealed strong effects of these variants on PHT1;1 expression and Pi uptake activity. Notably, the soil P contents in Arabidopsis habitats coincided with PHT1;1 haplotype, emphasizing how fine-tuned P acquisition activity through natural variants allows environmental adaptation. This study sheds light on the complex regulation of P acquisition and offers a framework to systematically assess the effectiveness of GWAS approaches in the study of quantitative traits.
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- Department of Agronomy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wu Q, Jing HK, Feng ZH, Huang J, Shen RF, Zhu XF. Salicylic Acid Acts Upstream of Auxin and Nitric Oxide (NO) in Cell Wall Phosphorus Remobilization in Phosphorus Deficient Rice. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 15:42. [PMID: 35920901 PMCID: PMC9349334 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-022-00588-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Salicylic acid (SA) is thought to be involved in phosphorus (P) stress response in plants, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we showed that P deficiency significantly increased the endogenous SA content by inducing the SA synthesis pathway, especially for up-regulating the expression of PAL3. Furthermore, rice SA synthetic mutants pal3 exhibited the decreased root and shoot soluble P content, indicating that SA is involved in P homeostasis in plants. Subsequently, application of exogenous SA could increase the root and shoot soluble P content through regulating the root and shoot cell wall P reutilization. In addition, - P + SA treatment highly upregulated the expression of P transporters such as OsPT2 and OsPT6, together with the increased xylem P content, suggesting that SA also participates in the translocation of the P from the root to the shoot. Moreover, both signal molecular nitric oxide (NO) and auxin (IAA) production were enhanced when SA is applied while the addition of respective inhibitor c-PTIO (NO scavenger) and NPA (IAA transport inhibitor) significantly decreased the root and shoot cell wall P remobilization in response to P starvation. Taken together, here SA-IAA-NO-cell wall P reutilization pathway has been discovered in P-starved rice.
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- Qi Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing, 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing, 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 1138657, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing, 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing, 210008, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing, 210008, China.
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Sánchez-Bermúdez M, del Pozo JC, Pernas M. Effects of Combined Abiotic Stresses Related to Climate Change on Root Growth in Crops. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:918537. [PMID: 35845642 PMCID: PMC9284278 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.918537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Climate change is a major threat to crop productivity that negatively affects food security worldwide. Increase in global temperatures are usually accompanied by drought, flooding and changes in soil nutrients composition that dramatically reduced crop yields. Against the backdrop of climate change, human population increase and subsequent rise in food demand, finding new solutions for crop adaptation to environmental stresses is essential. The effects of single abiotic stress on crops have been widely studied, but in the field abiotic stresses tend to occur in combination rather than individually. Physiological, metabolic and molecular responses of crops to combined abiotic stresses seem to be significantly different to individual stresses. Although in recent years an increasing number of studies have addressed the effects of abiotic stress combinations, the information related to the root system response is still scarce. Roots are the underground organs that directly contact with the soil and sense many of these abiotic stresses. Understanding the effects of abiotic stress combinations in the root system would help to find new breeding tools to develop more resilient crops. This review will summarize the current knowledge regarding the effects of combined abiotic stress in the root system in crops. First, we will provide a general overview of root responses to particular abiotic stresses. Then, we will describe how these root responses are integrated when crops are challenged to the combination of different abiotic stress. We will focus on the main changes on root system architecture (RSA) and physiology influencing crop productivity and yield and convey the latest information on the key molecular, hormonal and genetic regulatory pathways underlying root responses to these combinatorial stresses. Finally, we will discuss possible directions for future research and the main challenges needed to be tackled to translate this knowledge into useful tools to enhance crop tolerance.
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He W, Luo C, Wang Y, Wen X, Wang Y, Li T, Chen G, Zhao K, Li X, Fan C. Response Strategies of Root System Architecture to Soil Environment: A Case Study of Single-Species Cupressus funebris Plantations. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:822223. [PMID: 35498661 PMCID: PMC9048025 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.822223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The root system architecture (RSA), being a key characteristic of the root economic spectrum, describes the spatial arrangement and positioning of roots that determines the plant's exploration of water and nutrients in the soil. Still, it remains poorly understood how the RSA of woody plants responds to the demand for water and nutrients in different soil environments and how the uptake of these resources is optimized. Here we selected single-species plantations of Cupressus funebris and determined their topological index (TI), revised topological index (q a and q b ), root link length (RLL), root branching rate (R b and R i :R i+1), and in situ soil physicochemical properties to assess which root foraging strategies adopt in different soil environments among Guang'an City (GA), Suining City (SN), Mianyang City (MY), and Deyang City (DY) in China. We also tested the potential effects of different nutrients upon RSA according to its plastic phenotype. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that levels of soil nutrients were the highest at DY, followed by MY and SN, and lower at GA. A dichotomous branching pattern was observed for GA, SN, and MY, but a herringbone branching pattern for DY. The RLL was ranked as GA, > SN, > MY > DY. The R b of GA, SN, and MY was significantly lower than that of DY (p < 0.05). Among the different city regions, values of R 1 /R 2 were the largest in different regions and those of R 4 /R 5 the smallest. The cross-sectional area of the root system did not differ between any two connected branch orders. The TI, q a , and RLL were significantly and negatively correlated with soil's water content, porosity, total nitrogen, total potassium, available nitrogen, and available phosphorus (p < 0.05), whereas they all had significant, positive relationships with soil temperature (p < 0.05). The R b was significantly and positively correlated with total potassium in soil (p < 0.05). Redundancy analysis showed that total potassium was the main factor driving variation in RSA. Our results emphasize that the RSA is capable of corresponding plastic alterations by changing its number of internal or external links and the root link length of fine roots vis-à-vis a heterogeneous environment, thereby optimizing the rates of water capture and space utilization.
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Deja-Muylle A, Opdenacker D, Parizot B, Motte H, Lobet G, Storme V, Clauw P, Njo M, Beeckman T. Genetic Variability of Arabidopsis thaliana Mature Root System Architecture and Genome-Wide Association Study. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 12:814110. [PMID: 35154211 PMCID: PMC8831901 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.814110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Root system architecture (RSA) has a direct influence on the efficiency of nutrient uptake and plant growth, but the genetics of RSA are often studied only at the seedling stage. To get an insight into the genetic blueprint of a more mature RSA, we exploited natural variation and performed a detailed in vitro study of 241 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions using large petri dishes. A comprehensive analysis of 17 RSA traits showed high variability among the different accessions, unveiling correlations between traits and conditions of the natural habitat of the plants. A sub-selection of these accessions was grown in water-limiting conditions in a rhizotron set-up, which revealed that especially the spatial distribution showed a high consistency between in vitro and ex vitro conditions, while in particular, a large root area in the lower zone favored drought tolerance. The collected RSA phenotype data were used to perform genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which stands out from the previous studies by its exhaustive measurements of RSA traits on more mature Arabidopsis accessions used for GWAS. As a result, we found not only several genes involved in the lateral root (LR) development or auxin signaling pathways to be associated with RSA traits but also new candidate genes that are potentially involved in the adaptation to the natural habitats.
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- Agnieszka Deja-Muylle
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Agrosphere (IBG-3), Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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Bucciarelli B, Xu Z, Ao S, Cao Y, Monteros MJ, Topp CN, Samac DA. Phenotyping seedlings for selection of root system architecture in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). PLANT METHODS 2021; 17:125. [PMID: 34876178 PMCID: PMC8650460 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-021-00825-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND The root system architecture (RSA) of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) affects biomass production by influencing water and nutrient uptake, including nitrogen fixation. Further, roots are important for storing carbohydrates that are needed for regrowth in spring and after each harvest. Previous selection for a greater number of branched and fibrous roots significantly increased alfalfa biomass yield. However, phenotyping root systems of mature alfalfa plant is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and subject to environmental variability and human error. High-throughput and detailed phenotyping methods are needed to accelerate the development of alfalfa germplasm with distinct RSAs adapted to specific environmental conditions and for enhancing productivity in elite germplasm. In this study methods were developed for phenotyping 14-day-old alfalfa seedlings to identify measurable root traits that are highly heritable and can differentiate plants with either a branched or a tap rooted phenotype. Plants were grown in a soil-free mixture under controlled conditions, then the root systems were imaged with a flatbed scanner and measured using WinRhizo software. RESULTS The branched root plants had a significantly greater number of tertiary roots and significantly longer tertiary roots relative to the tap rooted plants. Additionally, the branch rooted population had significantly more secondary roots > 2.5 cm relative to the tap rooted population. These two parameters distinguishing phenotypes were confirmed using two machine learning algorithms, Random Forest and Gradient Boosting Machines. Plants selected as seedlings for the branch rooted or tap rooted phenotypes were used in crossing blocks that resulted in a genetic gain of 10%, consistent with the previous selection strategy that utilized manual root scoring to phenotype 22-week-old-plants. Heritability analysis of various root architecture parameters from selected seedlings showed tertiary root length and number are highly heritable with values of 0.74 and 0.79, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The results show that seedling root phenotyping is a reliable tool that can be used for alfalfa germplasm selection and breeding. Phenotypic selection of RSA in seedlings reduced time for selection by 20 weeks, significantly accelerating the breeding cycle.
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- Bruna Bucciarelli
- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Plant Science Research Unit, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
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- Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
- Kohima Science College, Jotsoma, 797002, Nagaland, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, 495 Borlaug Hall, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA
- School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Noble Research Institute, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK, 73401, USA
- Bayer Crop Science, Chesterfield, MO, 63017, USA
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 N Warson Road, Olivette, MO, 63132, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Plant Science Research Unit, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, 1991 Upper Buford Circle, 495 Borlaug Hall, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
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Yi C, Wang X, Chen Q, Callahan DL, Fournier-Level A, Whelan J, Jost R. Diverse phosphate and auxin transport loci distinguish phosphate tolerant from sensitive Arabidopsis accessions. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 187:2656-2673. [PMID: 34636851 PMCID: PMC8644285 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Phosphorus (P) is an essential element for plant growth often limiting agroecosystems. To identify genetic determinants of performance under variable phosphate (Pi) supply, we conducted genome-wide association studies on five highly predictive Pi starvation response traits in 200 Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) accessions. Pi concentration in Pi-limited organs had the strongest, and primary root length had the weakest genetic component. Of 70 trait-associated candidate genes, 17 responded to Pi withdrawal. The PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER1 gene cluster on chromosome 5 comprises PHT1;1, PHT1;2, and PHT1;3 with known impact on P status. A second locus featured uncharacterized endomembrane-associated auxin efflux carrier encoding PIN-LIKES7 (PILS7) which was more strongly suppressed in Pi-limited roots of Pi-starvation sensitive accessions. In the Col-0 background, Pi uptake and organ growth were impaired in both Pi-limited pht1;1 and two pils7 T-DNA insertion mutants, while Pi -limited pht1;2 had higher biomass and pht1;3 was indistinguishable from wild-type. Copy number variation at the PHT1 locus with loss of the PHT1;3 gene and smaller scale deletions in PHT1;1 and PHT1;2 predicted to alter both protein structure and function suggest diversification of PHT1 is a key driver for adaptation to P limitation. Haplogroup analysis revealed a phosphorylation site in the protein encoded by the PILS7 allele from stress-sensitive accessions as well as additional auxin-responsive elements in the promoter of the "stress tolerant" allele. The former allele's inability to complement the pils7-1 mutant in the Col-0 background implies the presence of a kinase signaling loop controlling PILS7 activity in accessions from P-rich environments, while survival in P-poor environments requires fine-tuning of stress-responsive root auxin signaling.
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- Changyu Yi
- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences and La Trobe Institute for Agriculture and Food (LIAF), ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3086, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resources Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang 31008, China
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences and La Trobe Institute for Agriculture and Food (LIAF), ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3086, Australia
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- Centre for Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University (Burwood Campus), Burwood VIC 3125, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences and La Trobe Institute for Agriculture and Food (LIAF), ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3086, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences and La Trobe Institute for Agriculture and Food (LIAF), ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3086, Australia
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Zhang Z, Zhu L, Li D, Wang N, Sun H, Zhang Y, Zhang K, Li A, Bai Z, Li C, Liu L. In situ Root Phenotypes of Cotton Seedlings Under Phosphorus Stress Revealed Through RhizoPot. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:716691. [PMID: 34527012 PMCID: PMC8435733 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.716691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Phosphorus (P) deficiency is a common challenge in crop production because of its poor mobility through the soil. The root system plays a significant role in P absorption from the soil and is the initial indicator of low P levels. However, the phenotypic dynamics and longevity of cotton roots under P stress remain unknown. In this study, RhizoPot, an improvised in situ root observation device, was used to monitor the dynamics of root phenotypes of cotton seedlings under P-deficient (PD) and P-replete (PR) conditions. Low P stress reduced P absorption and accumulation in the roots, leading to low dry weight accumulation. Cotton seedlings responded to low P stress by increasing the number of lateral roots, specific root length, branch density, root length density, and length of root hairs. Additionally, the life span of root hairs was prolonged. Low P stress also reduced the average diameter of roots, promoted root extension, expanded the root coverage area, and increased the range of P acquisition. Principal component analysis revealed that the net root growth rate, root length density, root dry weight, P absorption efficiency, average root hair length, and taproot daily growth significantly influenced the cotton root architecture. Collectively, these results show that low P stress reduces the net growth rate of cotton seedling roots and restricts plant growth. Plants respond to P deficiency by extending the life span of root hairs and increasing specific root length and lateral root branch density. This change in root system architecture improves the adaptability of plants to low P conditions. The findings of this study may guide the selection of cotton varieties with efficient P utilization.
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Vázquez-Glaría A, Eichler-Löbermann B, Loiret FG, Ortega E, Kavka M. Root-System Architectures of Two Cuban Rice Cultivars with Salt Stress at Early Development Stages. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10061194. [PMID: 34208354 PMCID: PMC8231243 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Soil salinity is a critical problem for rice production and is also often associated with phosphors (P) deficiency. Plant hormones, like brassinosteroids, were shown to play a role in plant responses to different stresses and are also expected to mitigate salt stress. The aim of this study was to compare shoot growth and root architecture traits of two rice cultivars (INCA LP-5 and Perla de Cuba) during early plant development in response to salt, P limitation and a brassinosteroid. Seeds were placed in (I) paper rolls for 7 days and (II) mini-rhizotrons for 21 days without or with salt (50 mM NaCl), without or with 24-epibrassinolide (10−6 M) pre-treatment, and with two levels of P (10 or 1 ppm). The root system of LP-5 was larger in size and extent, while the roots of Perla were growing denser. Salt affected mainly the size- and extent-related root characteristics and explained about 70% of the variance. The effect of P was more pronounced without salt treatment. In Perla, P supply reduced the salt effect on root growth. The brassinosteroid had hardly any effect on the development of the plants in both experiments. Due to the high dependence on experimental factors, root length and related traits can be recommended for selecting young rice cultivars regarding salt stress and P deprivation.
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- Alenna Vázquez-Glaría
- Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal, Dpto. Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Habana, Avenida de la Universidad s/n entre Ronda y G, CP Habana 10400, Cuba; (A.V.-G.); (F.G.L.); (E.O.)
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- Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18059 Rostock, Germany;
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal, Dpto. Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Habana, Avenida de la Universidad s/n entre Ronda y G, CP Habana 10400, Cuba; (A.V.-G.); (F.G.L.); (E.O.)
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- Laboratorio de Fisiología Vegetal, Dpto. Biología Vegetal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Habana, Avenida de la Universidad s/n entre Ronda y G, CP Habana 10400, Cuba; (A.V.-G.); (F.G.L.); (E.O.)
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- Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Rostock, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 6, 18059 Rostock, Germany;
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Serna J, Bergwitz C. Importance of Dietary Phosphorus for Bone Metabolism and Healthy Aging. Nutrients 2020; 12:E3001. [PMID: 33007883 PMCID: PMC7599912 DOI: 10.3390/nu12103001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Inorganic phosphate (Pi) plays a critical function in many tissues of the body: for example, as part of the hydroxyapatite in the skeleton and as a substrate for ATP synthesis. Pi is the main source of dietary phosphorus. Reduced bioavailability of Pi or excessive losses in the urine causes rickets and osteomalacia. While critical for health in normal amounts, dietary phosphorus is plentiful in the Western diet and is often added to foods as a preservative. This abundance of phosphorus may reduce longevity due to metabolic changes and tissue calcifications. In this review, we examine how dietary phosphorus is absorbed in the gut, current knowledge about Pi sensing, and endocrine regulation of Pi levels. Moreover, we also examine the roles of Pi in different tissues, the consequences of low and high dietary phosphorus in these tissues, and the implications for healthy aging.
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- Juan Serna
- Yale College, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA;
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- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA
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Crop loss due to soil salinization is an increasing threat to agriculture worldwide. This review provides an overview of cellular and physiological mechanisms in plant responses to salt. We place cellular responses in a time- and tissue-dependent context in order to link them to observed phases in growth rate that occur in response to stress. Recent advances in phenotyping can now functionally or genetically link cellular signaling responses, ion transport, water management, and gene expression to growth, development, and survival. Halophytes, which are naturally salt-tolerant plants, are highlighted as success stories to learn from. We emphasize that (a) filling the major knowledge gaps in salt-induced signaling pathways, (b) increasing the spatial and temporal resolution of our knowledge of salt stress responses, (c) discovering and considering crop-specific responses, and (d) including halophytes in our comparative studies are all essential in order to take our approaches to increasing crop yields in saline soils to the next level.
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- Eva van Zelm
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands;
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Waidmann S, Sarkel E, Kleine-Vehn J. Same same, but different: growth responses of primary and lateral roots. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:2397-2411. [PMID: 31956903 PMCID: PMC7178446 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraa027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The root system architecture describes the shape and spatial arrangement of roots within the soil. Its spatial distribution depends on growth and branching rates as well as directional organ growth. The embryonic primary root gives rise to lateral (secondary) roots, and the ratio of both root types changes over the life span of a plant. Most studies have focused on the growth of primary roots and the development of lateral root primordia. Comparably less is known about the growth regulation of secondary root organs. Here, we review similarities and differences between primary and lateral root organ growth, and emphasize particularly how external stimuli and internal signals differentially integrate root system growth.
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- Sascha Waidmann
- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
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Lamers J, van der Meer T, Testerink C. How Plants Sense and Respond to Stressful Environments. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 182:1624-1635. [PMID: 32132112 PMCID: PMC7140927 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.01464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plants are exposed to an ever-changing environment to which they have to adjust accordingly. Their response is tightly regulated by complex signaling pathways that all start with stimulus perception. Here, we give an overview of the latest developments in the perception of various abiotic stresses, including drought, salinity, flooding, and temperature stress. We discuss whether proposed perception mechanisms are true sensors, which is well established for some abiotic factors but not yet fully elucidated for others. In addition, we review the downstream cellular responses, many of which are shared by various stresses but result in stress-specific physiological and developmental output. New sensing mechanisms have been identified, including heat sensing by the photoreceptor phytochrome B, salt sensing by glycosylinositol phosphorylceramide sphingolipids, and drought sensing by the specific calcium influx channel OSCA1. The simultaneous occurrence of multiple stress conditions shows characteristic downstream signaling signatures that were previously considered general signaling responses. The integration of sensing of multiple stress conditions and subsequent signaling responses is a promising venue for future research to improve the understanding of plant abiotic stress perception.
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- Jasper Lamers
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Goswami K, Mittal D, Gautam B, Sopory SK, Sanan-Mishra N. Mapping the Salt Stress-Induced Changes in the Root miRNome in Pokkali Rice. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E498. [PMID: 32218214 PMCID: PMC7226372 DOI: 10.3390/biom10040498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A plant's response to stress conditions is governed by intricately coordinated gene expression. The microRNAs (miRs) have emerged as relatively new players in the genetic network, regulating gene expression at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level. In this study, we performed comprehensive profiling of miRs in roots of the naturally salt-tolerant Pokkali rice variety to understand their role in regulating plant physiology in the presence of salt. For comparisons, root miR profiles of the salt-sensitive rice variety Pusa Basmati were generated. It was seen that the expression levels of 65 miRs were similar for roots of Pokkali grown in the absence of salt (PKNR) and Pusa Basmati grown in the presence of salt (PBSR). The salt-induced dis-regulations in expression profiles of miRs showed controlled changes in the roots of Pokkali (PKSR) as compared to larger variations seen in the roots of Pusa Basmati. Target analysis of salt-deregulated miRs identified key transcription factors, ion-transporters, and signaling molecules that act to maintain cellular Ca2+ homeostasis and limit ROS production. These miR:mRNA nodes were mapped to the Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) to identify the correlated root traits for understanding their significance in plant physiology. The results obtained indicate that the adaptability of Pokkali to excess salt may be due to the genetic regulation of different cellular components by a variety of miRs.
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- Kavita Goswami
- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India (S.K.S.)
- Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Jacob School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom university of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (Formally Allahabad) 211007, India
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- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India (S.K.S.)
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- Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Jacob School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sam Higginbottom university of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (Formally Allahabad) 211007, India
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- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India (S.K.S.)
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- Plant RNAi Biology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India (S.K.S.)
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A Foldable Chip Array for the Continuous Investigation of Seed Germination and the Subsequent Root Development of Seedlings. MICROMACHINES 2019; 10:mi10120884. [PMID: 31861063 PMCID: PMC6953092 DOI: 10.3390/mi10120884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 12/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Seed germination and seedling root development are important indicators of plant development. This work designed and fabricated a foldable microfluidic chip array for conducting nondestructive and continuous evaluation of seed germination and subsequent seedling development in situ. Each plant chamber has two functional units: seed germination part and root-growth part. The root-growth parts are themselves connected to a single channel designed to provide a uniform culture medium for plant growth. The individual chips are connected into an array using elastic hinges that facilitate the folding and unfolding of the array to accommodate different viewing purposes. In the folded state, the seed germination chambers form a closely spaced array platform to facilitate the comparison of seed germination and plant development characteristics. Unfolding the array facilitates a clear examination of root development within the root-growth parts. The observation window of an individual chip facilitates either the direct examination of the developing seedling (e.g., stems and leaves) or the use of a microscope for examining microscale features (e.g., root tips and root hairs). The potential of the proposed foldable chip array as a new cultivation platform for botanic studies is demonstrated by examining the seed germination and seedling development of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) under different cultivation conditions.
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Deolu-Ajayi AO, Meyer AJ, Haring MA, Julkowska MM, Testerink C. Genetic Loci Associated with Early Salt Stress Responses of Roots. iScience 2019; 21:458-473. [PMID: 31707259 PMCID: PMC6849332 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Salinity is a devastating abiotic stress accounting for major crop losses yearly. Plant roots can strikingly grow away from high-salt patches. This response is termed halotropism and occurs through auxin redistribution in roots in response to a salt gradient. Here, a natural variation screen for the early and NaCl-specific halotropic response of 333 Arabidopsis accessions revealed quantitative differences in the first 24 h. These data were successfully used to identify genetic components associated with the response through Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS). Follow-up characterization of knockout mutants in Col-0 background confirmed the role of transcription factor WRKY25, cation-proton exchanger CHX13, and a gene of unknown function DOB1 (Double Bending 1) in halotropism. In chx13 and dob1 mutants, ion accumulation and shoot biomass under salt stress were also affected. Thus, our GWAS has identified genetic components contributing to main root halotropism that provide insight into the genetic architecture underlying plant salt responses.
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- Ayodeji O Deolu-Ajayi
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB Wageningen, the Netherlands; Plant Physiology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1098XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Plant Physiology, Swammerdam Institute of Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1098XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal-Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences Group, Wageningen University and Research, 6708PB Wageningen, the Netherlands.
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Bouain N, Korte A, Satbhai SB, Nam HI, Rhee SY, Busch W, Rouached H. Systems genomics approaches provide new insights into Arabidopsis thaliana root growth regulation under combinatorial mineral nutrient limitation. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008392. [PMID: 31693663 PMCID: PMC6834251 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The molecular mechanisms by which plants modulate their root growth rate (RGR) in response to nutrient deficiency are largely unknown. Using Arabidopsis thaliana accessions, we analyzed RGR variation under combinatorial mineral nutrient deficiencies involving phosphorus (P), iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn). While -P stimulated early RGR of most accessions, -Fe or -Zn reduced it. The combination of either -P-Fe or -P-Zn led to suppression of the growth inhibition exerted by -Fe or -Zn alone. Surprisingly, root growth responses of the reference accession Columbia (Col-0) were not representative of the species under -P nor -Zn. Using a systems approach that combines GWAS, network-based candidate identification, and reverse genetic screen, we identified new genes that regulate root growth in -P-Fe: VIM1, FH6, and VDAC3. Our findings provide a framework to systematically identifying favorable allelic variations to improve root growth, and to better understand how plants sense and respond to multiple environmental cues. Plants thrive in highly heterogenous soils. How they compute a multitude of contrasting stimuli and mount an adaptive response without a centralized information processing unit is an intriguing question. For instance, below ground, roots can sense and respond to the single or multiple nutrient stresses, and adjust its growth rate accordingly. Nevertheless, the genetic architecture of root growth responses under single and combined stress remains poorly understood. To fill this gap in our understanding about such crucial phenomenon for plant survival, we explored the natural variation of root growth rate (RGR) in Arabidopsis grown under single and combined nutritional stress, including deficiencies of iron (-Fe), zinc (-Zn), phosphate and iron (-P-Fe) and phosphate and zinc (-P-Zn). Our GWAS revealed distinct genetic architectures underlying root growth responses to single or combined nutrient stresses. By integrating GWAS and coexpression networks, we identified and validated genes controlling the variation of root growth to combined nutrient-deficiency, namely VARIANT IN METHYLATION 1, FORMIN-LIKE-PROTEIN-6 and VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT ANION-SELECTIVE CHANNEL PROTEIN 3. Our findings provide a framework to accelerate future research aiming at better understanding how plants sense and respond to multiple environmental inputs, and promise to help designing new agronomical and biotechnological strategies to improve root growth.
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- Nadia Bouain
- BPMP, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INRA, SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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- Evolutionary Genomics, Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology (CCTB), University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, and Integrative Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SYR); (WB); (HR)
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- Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
- Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, and Integrative Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SYR); (WB); (HR)
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- BPMP, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, INRA, SupAgro, Montpellier, France
- * E-mail: (SYR); (WB); (HR)
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Hunter K, Kimura S, Rokka A, Tran HC, Toyota M, Kukkonen JP, Wrzaczek M. CRK2 Enhances Salt Tolerance by Regulating Callose Deposition in Connection with PLD α1. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 180:2004-2021. [PMID: 31118265 PMCID: PMC6670071 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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High salinity is an increasingly prevalent source of stress to which plants must adapt. The receptor-like protein kinases, including members of the Cys-rich receptor-like kinase (CRK) subfamily, are a highly expanded family of transmembrane proteins in plants that are largely responsible for communication between cells and the extracellular environment. Various CRKs have been implicated in biotic and abiotic stress responses; however, their functions on a cellular level remain largely uncharacterized. Here we have shown that CRK2 enhances salt tolerance at the germination stage in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and also modulates root length. We established that functional CRK2 is required for salt-induced callose deposition. In doing so, we revealed a role for callose deposition in response to increased salinity and demonstrated its importance for salt tolerance during germination. Using fluorescently tagged proteins, we observed specific changes in the subcellular localization of CRK2 in response to various stress treatments. Many of CRK2's cellular functions were dependent on phospholipase D activity, as were the subcellular localization changes. Thus, we propose that CRK2 acts downstream of phospholipase D during salt stress, promoting callose deposition and regulating plasmodesmal permeability, and that CRK2 adopts specific stress-dependent subcellular localization patterns that allow it to carry out its functions.
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- Kerri Hunter
- Viikki Plant Science Centre, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Viikki Plant Science Centre, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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- Viikki Plant Science Centre, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Viikki Plant Science Centre, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Matthus E, Wilkins KA, Swarbreck SM, Doddrell NH, Doccula FG, Costa A, Davies JM. Phosphate Starvation Alters Abiotic-Stress-Induced Cytosolic Free Calcium Increases in Roots. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 179:1754-1767. [PMID: 30696750 PMCID: PMC6446763 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.01469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Phosphate (Pi) deficiency strongly limits plant growth, and plant roots foraging the soil for nutrients need to adapt to optimize Pi uptake. Ca2+ is known to signal in root development and adaptation but has to be tightly controlled, as it is highly toxic to Pi metabolism. Under Pi starvation and the resulting decreased cellular Pi pool, the use of cytosolic free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]cyt) as a signal transducer may therefore have to be altered. Employing aequorin-expressing Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), we show that Pi starvation, but not nitrogen starvation, strongly dampens the [Ca2+]cyt increases evoked by mechanical, salt, osmotic, and oxidative stress as well as by extracellular nucleotides. The altered root [Ca2+]cyt response to extracellular ATP manifests during seedling development under chronic Pi deprivation but can be reversed by Pi resupply. Employing ratiometric imaging, we delineate that Pi-starved roots have a normal response to extracellular ATP at the apex but show a strongly dampened [Ca2+]cyt response in distal parts of the root tip, correlating with high reactive oxygen species levels induced by Pi starvation. Excluding iron, as well as Pi, rescues this altered [Ca2+]cyt response and restores reactive oxygen species levels to those seen under nutrient-replete conditions. These results indicate that, while Pi availability does not seem to be signaled through [Ca2+]cyt, Pi starvation strongly affects stress-induced [Ca2+]cyt signatures. These data reveal how plants can integrate nutritional and environmental cues, adding another layer of complexity to the use of Ca2+ as a signal transducer.
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- Elsa Matthus
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy
- Institute of Biophysics, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EA, United Kingdom
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Justamante MS, Ibáñez S, Peidró A, Pérez-Pérez JM. A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies New Loci Involved in Wound-Induced Lateral Root Formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:311. [PMID: 30930926 PMCID: PMC6428781 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Root systems can display variable architectures that contribute to nutrient foraging or to increase the tolerance of abiotic stress conditions. Root tip excision promotes the developmental progression of previously specified lateral root (LR) founder cells, which allows to easily measuring the branching capacity of a given root as regards its genotype and/or growth conditions. Here, we describe the natural variation among 120 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions in root system architecture (RSA) after root tip excision. Wound-induced changes in RSA were associated with 19 genomic loci using genome-wide association mapping. Three candidate loci associated with wound-induced LR formation were investigated. Sequence variation in the hypothetical protein encoded by the At4g01090 gene affected wound-induced LR development and its loss-of-function mutants displayed a reduced number of LRs after root tip excision. Changes in a histidine phosphotransfer protein putatively involved in cytokinin signaling were significantly associated with LR number variation after root tip excision. Our results provide a better understanding of some of the genetic components involved in LR capacity variation among accessions.
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- Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Elche, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automatización, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Elche, Spain
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Pegler JL, Oultram JMJ, Grof CPL, Eamens AL. Profiling the Abiotic Stress Responsive microRNA Landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANTS 2019; 8:plants8030058. [PMID: 30857364 PMCID: PMC6473545 DOI: 10.3390/plants8030058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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It is well established among interdisciplinary researchers that there is an urgent need to address the negative impacts that accompany climate change. One such negative impact is the increased prevalence of unfavorable environmental conditions that significantly contribute to reduced agricultural yield. Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) are key gene expression regulators that control development, defense against invading pathogens and adaptation to abiotic stress. Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) can be readily molecularly manipulated, therefore offering an excellent experimental system to alter the profile of abiotic stress responsive miRNA/target gene expression modules to determine whether such modification enables Arabidopsis to express an altered abiotic stress response phenotype. Towards this goal, high throughput sequencing was used to profile the miRNA landscape of Arabidopsis whole seedlings exposed to heat, drought and salt stress, and identified 121, 123 and 118 miRNAs with a greater than 2-fold altered abundance, respectively. Quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was next employed to experimentally validate miRNA abundance fold changes, and to document reciprocal expression trends for the target genes of miRNAs determined abiotic stress responsive. RT-qPCR also demonstrated that each miRNA/target gene expression module determined to be abiotic stress responsive in Arabidopsis whole seedlings was reflective of altered miRNA/target gene abundance in Arabidopsis root and shoot tissues post salt stress exposure. Taken together, the data presented here offers an excellent starting platform to identify the miRNA/target gene expression modules for future molecular manipulation to generate plant lines that display an altered response phenotype to abiotic stress.
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- Joseph L Pegler
- Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia.
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- Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia.
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- Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia.
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- Centre for Plant Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia.
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Ajmera I, Hodgman TC, Lu C. An Integrative Systems Perspective on Plant Phosphate Research. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:E139. [PMID: 30781872 PMCID: PMC6410211 DOI: 10.3390/genes10020139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The case for improving crop phosphorus-use-efficiency is widely recognized. Although much is known about the molecular and regulatory mechanisms, improvements have been hampered by the extreme complexity of phosphorus (P) dynamics, which involves soil chemistry; plant-soil interactions; uptake, transport, utilization and remobilization within plants; and agricultural practices. The urgency and direction of phosphate research is also dependent upon the finite sources of P, availability of stocks to farmers and reducing environmental hazards. This work introduces integrative systems approaches as a way to represent and understand this complexity, so that meaningful links can be established between genotype, environment, crop traits and yield. It aims to provide a large set of pointers to potential genes and research practice, with a view to encouraging members of the plant-phosphate research community to adopt such approaches so that, together, we can aid efforts in global food security.
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- Ishan Ajmera
- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.
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- School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG25 0 QF, UK.
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Pretreatment with NaCl Promotes the Seed Germination of White Clover by Affecting Endogenous Phytohormones, Metabolic Regulation, and Dehydrin-Encoded Genes Expression under Water Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19113570. [PMID: 30424572 PMCID: PMC6274820 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 11/03/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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This study was designed to examine the effects of NaCl pretreatment on the seed germination of white clover (Trifolium repens cv. Ladino) under water stress induced by 19% polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000. Lower concentrations of NaCl (0.5, 1, and 2.5 mM) pretreatment significantly alleviated stress-induced decreases in germination percentage, germination vigor, germination index, and radicle length of seedlings after seven days of germination under water stress. The soaking with 1 mM of NaCl exhibited most the pronounced effects on improving seed germination and alleviating stress damage. NaCl-induced seeds germination and growth could be associated with the increases in endogenous gibberellic acid (GA) and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) levels through activating amylases leading to improved amylolysis under water stress. Seedlings pretreated with NaCl had a significantly lower osmotic potential than untreated seedlings during seed germination, which could be related to significantly higher soluble sugars and free proline content in NaCl-treated seedlings under water stress. For antioxidant metabolism, NaCl pretreatment mainly improved superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase, and glutathione reductase activities, transcript levels of FeSOD, APX, and DHAR, and the content of ascorbic acid, reduced glutathione, and oxidized glutathione during seed germination under water stress. The results indicated that seeds soaking with NaCl could remarkably enhance antioxidant metabolism, thereby decreasing the accumulation of reactive oxygen species and membrane lipid peroxidation during germination under water stress. In addition, NaCl-upregulated dehydrin-encoded genes SK2 expression could be another important mechanism of drought tolerance during seeds germination of white clover in response to water stress.
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Shukla PS, Borza T, Critchley AT, Hiltz D, Norrie J, Prithiviraj B. Ascophyllum nodosum extract mitigates salinity stress in Arabidopsis thaliana by modulating the expression of miRNA involved in stress tolerance and nutrient acquisition. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0206221. [PMID: 30372454 PMCID: PMC6205635 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Ascophyllum nodosum extract (ANE) contains bioactive compounds that improve the growth of Arabidopsis in experimentally-induced saline conditions; however, the molecular mechanisms through which ANE elicits tolerance to salinity remain largely unexplored. Micro RNAs (miRNAs) are key regulators of gene expression, playing crucial roles in plant growth, development, and stress tolerance. Next generation sequencing of miRNAs from leaves of control Arabidopsis and from plants subjected to three treatments (ANE, NaCl and ANE+NaCl) was used to identify ANE-responsive miRNA in the absence and presence of saline conditions. Differential gene expression analysis revealed that ANE had a strong effect on miRNAs expression in both conditions. In the presence of salinity, ANE tended to reduce the up-regulation or the down-regulation trend induced caused by NaCl in miRNAs such as ath-miR396a-5p, ath-miR399, ath-miR2111b and ath-miR827. To further uncover the effects of ANE, the expression of several target genes of a number of ANE-responsive miRNAs was analyzed by qPCR. NaCl, but not ANE, down-regulated miR396a-5p, which negatively regulated the expression of AtGRF7 leading to a higher expression of AtDREB2a and AtRD29 in the presence of ANE+NaCl, as compared to ANE alone. ANE+NaCl initially reduced and then enhanced the expression of ath-miR169g-5p, while the expression of the target genes AtNFYA1 and ATNFYA2, known to be involved in the salinity tolerance mechanism, was increased as compared to ANE or to NaCl treatments. ANE and ANE+NaCl modified the expression of ath-miR399, ath-miR827, ath-miR2111b, and their target genes AtUBC24, AtWAK2, AtSYG1 and At3g27150, suggesting a role of ANE in phosphate homeostasis. In vivo and in vitro experiments confirmed the improved growth of Arabidopsis in presence of ANE, in saline conditions and in phosphate-deprived medium, further substantiating the influence of ANE on a variety of essential physiological processes in Arabidopsis including salinity tolerance and phosphate uptake.
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- Pushp Sheel Shukla
- Marine Bio-products Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Marine Bio-products Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Research and Development, Acadian Seaplants Limited, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Research and Development, Acadian Seaplants Limited, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Research and Development, Acadian Seaplants Limited, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Marine Bio-products Research Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Li X, Makavitskaya M, Samokhina V, Mackievic V, Navaselsky I, Hryvusevich P, Smolikova G, Medvedev S, Shabala S, Yu M, Demidchik V. Effects of exogenously-applied L-ascorbic acid on root expansive growth and viability of the border-like cells. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2018; 13:e1514895. [PMID: 30188770 PMCID: PMC6204842 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1514895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Functions of exogenous L-ascorbic acid in plant roots are poorly understood. Recent study by Makavitskaya et al. (doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery056) has demonstrated that exogenous ascorbate can be released from roots in response to salt stress, and can trigger elevation in the cytosolic free Ca2+. Here, we report that exogenous ascorbate significantly modifies root elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Using a medium exchange technique, we have shown that 10-100 µM ascorbate induces small but significant increase in root elongation while higher levels cause its dramatic decrease. Root border cells of Pisum sativum have been losing viability twice faster in the presence of ascorbate that under control conditions, as tested by the confocal microscopy and a combined staining with propidium iodide and fluorescein diacetate.
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- Xuewen Li
- Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, Foshan, China
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology and Bioengineering, Biological Faculty, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology and Bioengineering, Biological Faculty, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology and Bioengineering, Biological Faculty, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology and Bioengineering, Biological Faculty, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Department of Plant Cell Biology and Bioengineering, Biological Faculty, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, Foshan, China
- School of Land and Food, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, Foshan, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Foshan University, Foshan, China
- Department of Plant Cell Biology and Bioengineering, Biological Faculty, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Komarov Botanical Institute, St Petersburg, Russia
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Hanlon MT, Ray S, Saengwilai P, Luthe D, Lynch JP, Brown KM. Buffered delivery of phosphate to Arabidopsis alters responses to low phosphate. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2018; 69:1207-1219. [PMID: 29304231 PMCID: PMC6019003 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Arabidopsis has been reported to respond to phosphate (Pi) stress by arresting primary root growth and increasing lateral root branching. We developed a system to buffer Pi availability to Arabidopsis in gel media systems by charging activated aluminum oxide particles with low and sufficient concentrations of Pi, based on previous work in horticultural and sand culture systems. This system more closely mimics soil chemistry and results in different growth and transcriptional responses to Pi stress compared with plants grown in standard gel media. Low Pi availability in buffered medium results in reduced root branching and preferential investment of resources in axial root growth. Root hair length and density, known responses to Pi stress, increase in low-buffered Pi medium. Plants grown under buffered Pi conditions have different gene expression profiles of canonical Pi stress response genes as compared with their unbuffered counterparts. The system also eliminates known complications with iron (Fe) nutrition. The growth responses of Arabidopsis supplied with buffered Pi indicate that the widely accepted low-Pi phenotype is an artifact of the standard gel-based growth system. Buffering Pi availability through the method presented here will improve the utility and accuracy of gel studies by more closely approximating soil conditions.
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- Meredith T Hanlon
- Department of Plant Science and Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Rachadhavi, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Plant Science and Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Plant Science and Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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Belgaroui N, Lacombe B, Rouached H, Hanin M. Phytase overexpression in Arabidopsis improves plant growth under osmotic stress and in combination with phosphate deficiency. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1137. [PMID: 29348608 PMCID: PMC5773496 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19493-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Engineering osmotolerant plants is a challenge for modern agriculture. An interaction between osmotic stress response and phosphate homeostasis has been reported in plants, but the identity of molecules involved in this interaction remains unknown. In this study we assessed the role of phytic acid (PA) in response to osmotic stress and/or phosphate deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana. For this purpose, we used Arabidopsis lines (L7 and L9) expressing a bacterial beta-propeller phytase PHY-US417, and a mutant in inositol polyphosphate kinase 1 gene (ipk1-1), which were characterized by low PA content, 40% (L7 and L9) and 83% (ipk1-1) of the wild-type (WT) plants level. We show that the PHY-overexpressor lines have higher osmotolerance and lower sensitivity to abscisic acid than ipk1-1 and WT. Furthermore, PHY-overexpressors showed an increase by more than 50% in foliar ascorbic acid levels and antioxidant enzyme activities compared to ipk1-1 and WT plants. Finally, PHY-overexpressors are more tolerant to combined mannitol stresses and phosphate deficiency than WT plants. Overall, our results demonstrate that the modulation of PA improves plant growth under osmotic stress, likely via stimulation of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant systems, and that beside its regulatory role in phosphate homeostasis, PA may be also involved in fine tuning osmotic stress response in plants.
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- Nibras Belgaroui
- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Amélioration des Plantes, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, BP "1177", 3018, Sfax, Tunisia
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- BPMP, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- BPMP, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Amélioration des Plantes, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, BP "1177", 3018, Sfax, Tunisia. .,Unité de Génomique Fonctionnelle et Physiologie des Plantes, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie, Université de Sfax, BP "1175", 3038, Sfax, Tunisia.
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Julkowska MM, Koevoets IT, Mol S, Hoefsloot H, Feron R, Tester MA, Keurentjes JJB, Korte A, Haring MA, de Boer GJ, Testerink C. Genetic Components of Root Architecture Remodeling in Response to Salt Stress. THE PLANT CELL 2017; 29:3198-3213. [PMID: 29114015 PMCID: PMC5757256 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Salinity of the soil is highly detrimental to plant growth. Plants respond by a redistribution of root mass between main and lateral roots, yet the genetic machinery underlying this process is still largely unknown. Here, we describe the natural variation among 347 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions in root system architecture (RSA) and identify the traits with highest natural variation in their response to salt. Salt-induced changes in RSA were associated with 100 genetic loci using genome-wide association studies. Two candidate loci associated with lateral root development were validated and further investigated. Changes in CYP79B2 expression in salt stress positively correlated with lateral root development in accessions, and cyp79b2 cyp79b3 double mutants developed fewer and shorter lateral roots under salt stress, but not in control conditions. By contrast, high HKT1 expression in the root repressed lateral root development, which could be partially rescued by addition of potassium. The collected data and multivariate analysis of multiple RSA traits, available through the Salt_NV_Root App, capture root responses to salinity. Together, our results provide a better understanding of effective RSA remodeling responses, and the genetic components involved, for plant performance in stress conditions.
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- Magdalena M Julkowska
- Plant Physiology, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Plant Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Plant Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Plant Physiology, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Plant Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Biosystems Data Analysis, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- ENZA Zaden Research and Development, 1602DB Enkhuizen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal-Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Applied Quantitative Genetics, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Genetics, Wageningen University & Research, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Center for Computational and Theoretical Biology, Wuerzburg Universitat, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany
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- Plant Physiology, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- ENZA Zaden Research and Development, 1602DB Enkhuizen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Linn J, Ren M, Berkowitz O, Ding W, van der Merwe MJ, Whelan J, Jost R. Root Cell-Specific Regulators of Phosphate-Dependent Growth. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 174:1969-1989. [PMID: 28465462 PMCID: PMC5490885 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Cellular specialization in abiotic stress responses is an important regulatory feature driving plant acclimation. Our in silico approach of iterative coexpression, interaction, and enrichment analyses predicted root cell-specific regulators of phosphate starvation response networks in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). This included three uncharacterized genes termed Phosphate starvation-induced gene interacting Root Cell Enriched (PRCE1, PRCE2, and PRCE3). Root cell-specific enrichment of 12 candidates was confirmed in promoter-GFP lines. T-DNA insertion lines of 11 genes showed changes in phosphate status and growth responses to phosphate availability compared with the wild type. Some mutants (cbl1, cipk2, prce3, and wdd1) displayed strong biomass gain irrespective of phosphate supply, while others (cipk14, mfs1, prce1, prce2, and s6k2) were able to sustain growth under low phosphate supply better than the wild type. Notably, root or shoot phosphate accumulation did not strictly correlate with organ growth. Mutant response patterns markedly differed from those of master regulators of phosphate homeostasis, PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE1 (PHR1) and PHOSPHATE2 (PHO2), demonstrating that negative growth responses in the latter can be overcome when cell-specific regulators are targeted. RNA sequencing analysis highlighted the transcriptomic plasticity in these mutants and revealed PHR1-dependent and -independent regulatory circuits with gene coexpression profiles that were highly correlated to the quantified physiological traits. The results demonstrate how in silico prediction of cell-specific, stress-responsive genes uncovers key regulators and how their manipulation can have positive impacts on plant growth under abiotic stress.
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- Joshua Linn
- Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Sciences, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Sciences, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Sciences, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, VIC 3083, Australia
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- College of Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211 Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Sciences, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, VIC 3083, Australia
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- Department of Animal, Plant, and Soil Sciences, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, VIC 3083, Australia
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Harris JM, Ondzighi-Assoume CA. Environmental nitrate signals through abscisic acid in the root tip. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2017; 12:e1273303. [PMID: 28067583 PMCID: PMC5289525 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2016.1273303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Roots respond to changes in environmental nitrate with a localized stimulation of ABA levels in the root tip. This rise in ABA levels is due to the action of ER-localized β-GLUCOSIDASE 1, which releases bioactive ABA from the inactive ABA-glucose ester. The slow rise in root tip ABA levels stimulates expression of nitrate metabolic enzymes and simultaneously activates a negative feedback loop involving the protein phosphatase, ABI2, which reduces nitrate influx via the AtNPF6.3 transceptor. The rise in root-tip localized ABA also negatively regulates expression of the SCARECROW transcription factor, thus providing a sensitive mechanism for modulating root growth in response to environmental changes.
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- Jeanne M. Harris
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
- CONTACT Jeanne M. Harris Department of Plant Biology, University of Vermont, Jeffords Hall, 63 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA
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Ainsworth EA, Bernacchi CJ, Dohleman FG. Focus on Ecophysiology. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 172:619-621. [PMID: 27694394 PMCID: PMC5047120 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Kawa D, Testerink C. Regulation of mRNA decay in plant responses to salt and osmotic stress. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 74:1165-1176. [PMID: 27677492 PMCID: PMC5346435 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2376-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Plant acclimation to environmental stresses requires fast signaling to initiate changes in developmental and metabolic responses. Regulation of gene expression by transcription factors and protein kinases acting upstream are important elements of responses to salt and drought. Gene expression can be also controlled at the post-transcriptional level. Recent analyses on mutants in mRNA metabolism factors suggest their contribution to stress signaling. Here we highlight the components of mRNA decay pathways that contribute to responses to osmotic and salt stress. We hypothesize that phosphorylation state of proteins involved in mRNA decapping affect their substrate specificity.
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- Dorota Kawa
- Plant Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Postbus 94215, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Plant Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Postbus 94215, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Koevoets IT, Venema JH, Elzenga JTM, Testerink C. Roots Withstanding their Environment: Exploiting Root System Architecture Responses to Abiotic Stress to Improve Crop Tolerance. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1335. [PMID: 27630659 PMCID: PMC5005332 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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To face future challenges in crop production dictated by global climate changes, breeders and plant researchers collaborate to develop productive crops that are able to withstand a wide range of biotic and abiotic stresses. However, crop selection is often focused on shoot performance alone, as observation of root properties is more complex and asks for artificial and extensive phenotyping platforms. In addition, most root research focuses on development, while a direct link to the functionality of plasticity in root development for tolerance is often lacking. In this paper we review the currently known root system architecture (RSA) responses in Arabidopsis and a number of crop species to a range of abiotic stresses, including nutrient limitation, drought, salinity, flooding, and extreme temperatures. For each of these stresses, the key molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the RSA response are highlighted. To explore the relevance for crop selection, we especially review and discuss studies linking root architectural responses to stress tolerance. This will provide a first step toward understanding the relevance of adaptive root development for a plant's response to its environment. We suggest that functional evidence on the role of root plasticity will support breeders in their efforts to include root properties in their current selection pipeline for abiotic stress tolerance, aimed to improve the robustness of crops.
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- Iko T. Koevoets
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Plant Cell Biology, University of AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands
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- Genomics Research in Ecology and Evolution in Nature – Plant Physiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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- Genomics Research in Ecology and Evolution in Nature – Plant Physiology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Plant Cell Biology, University of AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands
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