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Malik JA, Alqarawi AA, Alzain MN, Dar BA, Habib MM, Ibrahim SNS. Effect of Salinity and Temperature on the Seed Germination and Seedling Growth of Desert Forage Grass Lasiurus scindicus Henr. Sustainability 2022; 14:8387. [DOI: 10.3390/su14148387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Lasiurus scindicus Henr. is one of the most important forage grass species of the Arabian deserts. Temperature and soil salinity are well known to influence the germination and seedling development of various forage species. Therefore, in the current study, the effect of temperature and salinity and their interaction on the germination parameters, seedling growth, and physiological parameters of L. scindicus were evaluated. For this reason, L. scindicus seeds were treated with five salinity concentrations (i.e., 0, 50, 100, 150, and 200 mM NaCl) and incubated at two temperature levels (T1 = 25/20 °C, D/N and T2 = 35/30 °C, D/N). The results indicated that the salinity and temperature significantly affected the germination indices, seedling growth parameters, chlorophyll, and proline content. The highest germination percentage (GP; 90%) was recorded in the non-saline-treated seeds incubated at T1. The seeds at T2 under the non-saline treatment exhibited an increased germination rate (GR = 17.5%). The interactive effect of salinity and temperature on germination and growth parameters was significant, indicating that the germination response to salinity depends on temperature. The germination of seeds treated with 200 mM NaCl was completely inhibited at both temperatures T1 and T2. However, the ungerminated seeds at both T1 (85%) and T2 (78%) restored their germination abilities after they were transferred to distilled water. Also, the seed vigor index (SVI) constantly showed a decline with the increasing salinity levels especially at T2, which was lowest when seeds were treated with 150 mM salinity. Growth parameters (i.e., aRL, aSL, RDW, SDW, SB, and SLA) and the chlorophyll content showed a similar pattern as that of germination. However, the proline content (shoot proline and root proline) showed a progressive increase with increasing salinity and temperature. All of these characteristics indicate that L. scindicus seeds were not able to germinate under extreme salinity and temperature conditions but remained viable in a state of enforced dormancy. This is most likely an important adaptive strategy of this species for survival in the high-saline changing habitats of the arid region of Saudi Arabia, and thus, it can be an excellent choice for restoring degraded rangelands and salinity-inflicted abundant farmlands for forage agriculture.
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Yang Z, Dong T, Dai X, Wei Y, Fang Y, Zhang L, Zhu M, Nawaz G, Cao Q, Xu T. Comparative Analysis of Salt Responsive MicroRNAs in Two Sweetpotato [ Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] Cultivars With Different Salt Stress Resistance. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:879819. [PMID: 35874022 PMCID: PMC9302446 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.879819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] is an important food, vegetable and economic crop, but its productivity is remarkably affected by soil salinity. MiRNAs are a class of endogenous non-coding small RNAs that play an important role in plant resistance to salt stress. However, the function of miRNAs still remains largely unknown in sweetpotato under salt stress. Previously, we identified salt-responsive miRNAs in one salt-sensitive sweetpotato cultivar "Xushu 32." In this study, we identified miRNAs in another salt-tolerant cultivar "Xushu 22" by high-throughput deep sequencing and compared the salt-responsive miRNAs between these two cultivars with different salt sensitivity. We identified 687 miRNAs in "Xushu 22," including 514 known miRNAs and 173 novel miRNAs. Among the 759 miRNAs from the two cultivars, 72 and 109 miRNAs were specifically expressed in "Xushu 32" and "Xushu 22," respectively, and 578 miRNAs were co-expressed. The comparison of "Xushu 32" and "Xushu 22" genotypes showed a total of 235 miRNAs with obvious differential expression and 177 salt-responsive miRNAs that were obviously differently expressed between "Xushu 32" and "Xushu 22" under salt stress. The target genes of the miRNAs were predicted and identified using the Target Finder tool and degradome sequencing. The results showed that most of the targets were transcription factors and proteins related to metabolism and stress response. Gene Ontology analysis revealed that these target genes are involved in key pathways related to salt stress response and secondary redox metabolism. The comparative analysis of salt-responsive miRNAs in sweetpotato cultivars with different salt sensitivity is helpful for understanding the regulatory pattern of miRNA in different sweetpotato genotypes and improving the agronomic traits of sweetpotato by miRNA manipulation in the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhengmei Yang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
- Department of Applied Biology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Xuzhou Sweetpotato Research Center, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan
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- Jiangsu Xuzhou Sweetpotato Research Center, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China
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