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Bolouri P, Haliloğlu K, Mohammadi SA, Türkoğlu A, İlhan E, Niedbała G, Szulc P, Niazian M. Identification of Novel QTLs Associated with Frost Tolerance in Winter Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.). Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:1641. [PMID: 37111864 PMCID: PMC10146367 DOI: 10.3390/plants12081641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
Low temperature (cold) and freezing stress is a major problem during winter wheat growth. Low temperature tolerance (LT) is an important agronomic trait in winter wheat and determines the plants' ability to cope with below-freezing temperatures; thus, the development of cold-tolerant cultivars has become a major goal of breeding in various regions of the world. In this study, we sought to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) using molecular markers related to freezing tolerance in winter. Thirty-four polymorphic markers among 425 SSR markers were obtained for the population, including 180 inbred lines of F12 generation wheat, derived from crosses (Norstar × Zagros) after testing with parents. LT50 is used as an effective selection criterion for identifying frost-tolerance genotypes. The progeny of individual F12 plants were used to evaluate LT50. Several QTLs related to wheat yield, including heading time period, 1000-seed weight, and number of surviving plants after overwintering, were identified. Single-marker analysis illustrated that four SSR markers with a total of 25% phenotypic variance determination were linked to LT50. Related QTLs were located on chromosomes 4A, 2B, and 3B. Common QTLs identified in two cropping seasons based on agronomical traits were two QTLs for heading time period, one QTL for 1000-seed weight, and six QTLs for number of surviving plants after overwintering. The four markers identified linked to LT50 significantly affected both LT50 and yield-related traits simultaneously. This is the first report to identify a major-effect QTL related to frost tolerance on chromosome 4A by the marker XGWM160. It is possible that some QTLs are closely related to pleiotropic effects that control two or more traits simultaneously, and this feature can be used as a factor to select frost-resistant lines in plant breeding programs.
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- Parisa Bolouri
- Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 5166616471, Iran
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- Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42310 Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Erzurum Technical University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627 Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Agronomy, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dojazd 11, 60-632 Poznań, Poland
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- Field and Horticultural Crops Research Department, Kurdistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Sanandaj 6616936311, Iran
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Arisz SA, Heo JY, Koevoets IT, Zhao T, van Egmond P, Meyer AJ, Zeng W, Niu X, Wang B, Mitchell-Olds T, Schranz ME, Testerink C. DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE1 Contributes to Freezing Tolerance. Plant Physiol 2018; 177:1410-1424. [PMID: 29907701 PMCID: PMC6084661 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Freezing limits plant growth and crop productivity, and plant species in temperate zones have the capacity to develop freezing tolerance through complex modulation of gene expression affecting various aspects of metabolism and physiology. While many components of freezing tolerance have been identified in model species under controlled laboratory conditions, little is known about the mechanisms that impart freezing tolerance in natural populations of wild species. Here, we performed a quantitative trait locus (QTL) study of acclimated freezing tolerance in seedlings of Boechera stricta, a highly adapted relative of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) native to the Rocky Mountains. A single QTL was identified that contained the gene encoding ACYL-COENZYME A:DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE1 (BstDGAT1), whose expression is highly cold responsive. The primary metabolic enzyme DGAT1 catalyzes the final step in assembly of triacylglycerol (TAG) by acyl transfer from acyl-CoA to diacylglycerol. Freezing tolerant plants showed higher DGAT1 expression during cold acclimation than more sensitive plants, and this resulted in increased accumulation of TAG in response to subsequent freezing. Levels of oligogalactolipids that are produced by SFR2 (SENSITIVE TO FREEZING2), an indispensable element of freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis, were also higher in freezing-tolerant plants. Furthermore, overexpression of AtDGAT1 led to increased freezing tolerance. We propose that DGAT1 confers freezing tolerance in plants by supporting SFR2-mediated remodeling of chloroplast membranes.
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- Steven A Arisz
- Plant Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Physiology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Plant Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Plant Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1090GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Oakley CG, Savage L, Lotz S, Larson GR, Thomashow MF, Kramer DM, Schemske DW. Genetic basis of photosynthetic responses to cold in two locally adapted populations of Arabidopsis thaliana. J Exp Bot 2018; 69:699-709. [PMID: 29300935 PMCID: PMC5853396 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Local adaptation is common, but the traits and genes involved are often unknown. Physiological responses to cold probably contribute to local adaptation in wide-ranging species, but the genetic basis underlying natural variation in these traits has rarely been studied. Using a recombinant inbred (495 lines) mapping population from locally adapted populations of Arabidopsis thaliana from Sweden and Italy, we grew plants at low temperature and mapped quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for traits related to photosynthesis: maximal quantum efficiency (Fv/Fm), rapidly reversible photoprotection (NPQfast), and photoinhibition of PSII (NPQslow) using high-throughput, whole-plant measures of chlorophyll fluorescence. In response to cold, the Swedish line had greater values for all traits, and for every trait, large effect QTLs contributed to parental differences. We found one major QTL affecting all traits, as well as unique major QTLs for each trait. Six trait QTLs overlapped with previously published locally adaptive QTLs based on fitness measured in the native environments over 3 years. Our results demonstrate that photosynthetic responses to cold can vary dramatically within a species, and may predominantly be caused by a few QTLs of large effect. Some photosynthesis traits and QTLs probably contribute to local adaptation in this system.
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- Christopher G Oakley
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Genetics Graduate Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Zuther E, Lee YP, Erban A, Kopka J, Hincha DK. Natural Variation in Freezing Tolerance and Cold Acclimation Response in Arabidopsis thaliana and Related Species. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 2018; 1081:81-98. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1244-1_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Lee CR, Wang B, Mojica JP, Mandáková T, Prasad KVSK, Goicoechea JL, Perera N, Hellsten U, Hundley HN, Johnson J, Grimwood J, Barry K, Fairclough S, Jenkins JW, Yu Y, Kudrna D, Zhang J, Talag J, Golser W, Ghattas K, Schranz ME, Wing R, Lysak MA, Schmutz J, Rokhsar DS, Mitchell-Olds T. Young inversion with multiple linked QTLs under selection in a hybrid zone. Nat Ecol Evol 2017; 1:119. [PMID: 28812690 PMCID: PMC5607633 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Fixed chromosomal inversions can reduce gene flow and promote speciation in two ways: by suppressing recombination and by carrying locally favoured alleles at multiple loci. However, it is unknown whether favoured mutations slowly accumulate on older inversions or if young inversions spread because they capture pre-existing adaptive quantitative trait loci (QTLs). By genetic mapping, chromosome painting and genome sequencing, we have identified a major inversion controlling ecologically important traits in Boechera stricta. The inversion arose since the last glaciation and subsequently reached local high frequency in a hybrid speciation zone. Furthermore, the inversion shows signs of positive directional selection. To test whether the inversion could have captured existing, linked QTLs, we crossed standard, collinear haplotypes from the hybrid zone and found multiple linked phenology QTLs within the inversion region. These findings provide the first direct evidence that linked, locally adapted QTLs may be captured by young inversions during incipient speciation.
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- Cheng-Ruei Lee
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Institute of Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan ROC
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
- Department of Plant Ecology and Genetics, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Plant Cytogenomics Group, Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno CZ-62500, Czech Republic
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- Arizona Genomics Institute and BIO5 Institute, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama 35806, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA
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- Phyzen Genomics Institute, Phyzen Inc., Seoul 151-836, South Korea
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- Arizona Genomics Institute and BIO5 Institute, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute and BIO5 Institute, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute and BIO5 Institute, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute and BIO5 Institute, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University and Research Center, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama 35806, USA
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- Arizona Genomics Institute and BIO5 Institute, School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA
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- Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California 94598, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Box 90338, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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Kenta T, Edwards JEM, Butlin RK, Burke T, Quick WP, Urwin P, Davey MP. Tissue Culture as a Source of Replicates in Nonmodel Plants: Variation in Cold Response in Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. petraea. G3 (Bethesda) 2016; 6:3817-3823. [PMID: 27729439 PMCID: PMC5144953 DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.034314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
While genotype-environment interaction is increasingly receiving attention by ecologists and evolutionary biologists, such studies need genetically homogeneous replicates-a challenging hurdle in outcrossing plants. This could be potentially overcome by using tissue culture techniques. However, plants regenerated from tissue culture may show aberrant phenotypes and "somaclonal" variation. Here, we examined somaclonal variation due to tissue culturing using the response to cold treatment of photosynthetic efficiency (chlorophyll fluorescence measurements for Fv/Fm, Fv'/Fm', and ΦPSII, representing maximum efficiency of photosynthesis for dark- and light-adapted leaves, and the actual electron transport operating efficiency, respectively, which are reliable indicators of photoinhibition and damage to the photosynthetic electron transport system). We compared this to variation among half-sibling seedlings from three different families of Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. petraea Somaclonal variation was limited, and we could detect within-family variation in change in chlorophyll fluorescence due to cold shock successfully with the help of tissue-culture derived replicates. Icelandic and Norwegian families exhibited higher chlorophyll fluorescence, suggesting higher performance after cold shock, than a Swedish family. Although the main effect of tissue culture on Fv/Fm, Fv'/Fm', and ΦPSII was small, there were significant interactions between tissue culture and family, suggesting that the effect of tissue culture is genotype-specific. Tissue-cultured plantlets were less affected by cold treatment than seedlings, but to a different extent in each family. These interactive effects, however, were comparable to, or much smaller than the single effect of family. These results suggest that tissue culture is a useful method for obtaining genetically homogenous replicates for studying genotype-environment interaction related to adaptively-relevant phenotypes, such as cold response, in nonmodel outcrossing plants.
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- Tanaka Kenta
- Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Stitt M. Chill out with rockcress: quantitative genetics of frost tolerance in the North American wild perennial Boechera stricta. Plant Cell Environ 2014; 37:2453-2455. [PMID: 24905747 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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- Mark Stitt
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Muehlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm, 14476, Germany
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Wingler A. Comparison of signaling interactions determining annual and perennial plant growth in response to low temperature. Front Plant Sci 2014; 5:794. [PMID: 25628637 PMCID: PMC4290479 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 12/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Low temperature inhibits plant growth despite the fact that considerable rates of photosynthetic activity can be maintained. Instead of lower rates of photosynthesis, active inhibition of cell division and expansion is primarily responsible for reduced growth. This results in sink limitation and enables plants to accumulate carbohydrates that act as compatible solutes or are stored throughout the winter to enable re-growth in spring. Regulation of growth in response to temperature therefore requires coordination with carbon metabolism, e.g., via the signaling metabolite trehalose-6-phosphate. The phytohormones gibberellin (GA) and jasmonate (JA) play an important role in regulating growth in response to temperature. Growth restriction at low temperature is mainly mediated by DELLA proteins, whose degradation is promoted by GA. For annual plants, it has been shown that the GA/DELLA pathway interacts with JA signaling and C-repeat binding factor dependent cold acclimation, but these interactions have not been explored in detail for perennials. Growth regulation in response to seasonal factors is, however, particularly important in perennials, especially at high latitudes. In autumn, growth cessation in trees is caused by shortening of the daylength in interaction with phytohormone signaling. In perennial grasses seasonal differences in the sensitivity to GA may enable enhanced growth in spring. This review provides an overview of the signaling interactions that determine plant growth at low temperature and highlights gaps in our knowledge, especially concerning the seasonality of signaling responses in perennial plants.
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- Astrid Wingler
- *Correspondence: Astrid Wingler, Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK e-mail:
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