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Lupp RM, Marques DN, Lima Nogueira M, Carvalho MEA, Azevedo RA, Piotto FA. Cadmium tolerance in tomato: determination of organ-specific contribution by diallel analysis using reciprocal grafts. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2024; 31:215-227. [PMID: 38049693 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-31230-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
Abstract
Given the increasing problems of water and soil contamination with cadmium (Cd), it is necessary to investigate the genetic and physiological mechanisms of tolerance to this metal in different crops, which can be used for the development of effective crop management strategies. This study aimed to assess the potential of grafting as a strategy to increase Cd tolerance and reduce absorption in tomato by evaluating the contribution of the root system and aerial parts for tolerance mechanisms. To this end, reciprocal grafting and diallel analyses were used to examine the combining ability of contrasting tomato genotypes under exposure to 0 and 35 µM CdCl2. Roots and above-ground parts were found to have specific mechanisms of Cd tolerance, absorption, and accumulation. Grafting of the USP15 genotype (scion) on USP16 (rootstock) provided the greatest synergism, increasing the tolerance index and reducing the translocation index and Cd accumulation in leaves. USP163 exhibited potential for breeding programs that target genotypes with high Cd tolerance. In tomato, both Cd tolerance and accumulation in aerial parts are genotype- and tissue-specific, controlled by a complex system of complementary mechanisms that need to be better understood to support the development of strategies to reduce Cd contamination in aerial parts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Renata Mota Lupp
- Crop Science Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Genetics Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Agricultural, Livestock and Environmental Biotechnology, School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Genetics Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Genetics Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
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de Souza CRB, Serrão CP, Barros NLF, Dos Reis SP, Marques DN. Plant bZIP Proteins: Potential use in Agriculture - A Review. Curr Protein Pept Sci 2024; 25:107-119. [PMID: 37815184 DOI: 10.2174/0113892037261763230925034348] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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With global climate changes and the increased demand for food due to expected world population growth, genetic improvement programs have aimed at producing crops with increased yield and tolerance to environmental stresses, such as drought, salinity, and pathogens. On the other hand, genetic improvement programs via biotechnology require candidate genes that confer traits of interest to be incorporated into improved crops. In this regard, genes encoding transcription factors (TFs) can be promising since they are proteins that transcriptionally regulate the expression of target genes related to the most diverse roles in the plant, including defense against stresses. Among TFs, bZIP (basic leucine zipper) proteins regulate many developmental and physiological processes in the plant, such as seed formation, fruit ripening, nutrient assimilation, and defense response to abiotic and biotic stresses. In this review, we aim to highlight the main advances in the potential use of bZIP TFs in the genetic improvement of crops. We address this potential mainly regarding crop tolerance to stresses and other agricultural traits, such as increased yield and fruit features.
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Marabá, PA, CEP 68503-120, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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Marques DN, Mason C, Stolze SC, Harzen A, Nakagami H, Skirycz A, Piotto FA, Azevedo RA. Grafting systems for plant cadmium research: Insights for basic plant physiology and applied mitigation. Sci Total Environ 2023:164610. [PMID: 37270021 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic and carcinogenic pollutant that poses a threat to human and animal health by affecting several major organ systems. Urbanization and human activities have led to significant increases in Cd concentration in the environment, including in agroecosystems. To protect against the harmful effects of Cd, efforts are being made to promote safe crop production and to clean up Cd-contaminated agricultural lands and water, reducing Cd exposure through the consumption of contaminated agricultural products. There is a need for management strategies that can improve plant Cd tolerance and reduce Cd accumulation in crop plant tissues, all of which involve understanding the impacts of Cd on plant physiology and metabolism. Grafting, a longstanding plant propagation technique, has been shown to be a useful approach for studying the effects of Cd on plants, including insights into the signaling between organs and organ-specific modulation of plant performance under this form of environmental stress. Grafting can be applied to the large majority of abiotic and biotic stressors. In this review, we aim to highlight the current state of knowledge on the use of grafting to gain insights into Cd-induced effects as well as its potential applicability in safe crop production and phytoremediation. In particular, we emphasize the utility of heterograft systems for assessment of Cd accumulation, biochemical and molecular responses, and tolerance in crop and other plant species under Cd exposure, as well as potential intergenerational effects. We outline our perspectives and future directions for research in this area and the potential practical applicability of plant grafting, with attention to the most obvious gaps in knowledge. We aim at inspiring researchers to explore the potential of grafting for modulating Cd tolerance and accumulation and for understanding the mechanisms of Cd-induced responses in plants for both agricultural safety and phytoremediation purposes.
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- Deyvid Novaes Marques
- Department of Genetics, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), University of São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, São Paulo (SP), Brazil; Protein Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Max Planck Society, Cologne, Germany; Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Protein Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Max Planck Society, Cologne, Germany
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- Protein Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Max Planck Society, Cologne, Germany
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- Protein Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Max Planck Society, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Crop Science, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), University of São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, São Paulo (SP), Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), University of São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, São Paulo (SP), Brazil
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Marques DN, Barros NLF, de Souza CRB. Does translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) have the potential to produce crops with increased growth and tolerance to environmental stresses? Plant Cell Rep 2023; 42:821-824. [PMID: 36723675 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-023-02985-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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- Deyvid Novaes Marques
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" (ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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Marques DN, Nogueira ML, Gaziola SA, Batagin-Piotto KD, Freitas NC, Alcantara BK, Paiva LV, Mason C, Piotto FA, Azevedo RA. New insights into cadmium tolerance and accumulation in tomato: Dissecting root and shoot responses using cross-genotype grafting. Environ Res 2023; 216:114577. [PMID: 36252830 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most threatening soil and water contaminants in agricultural settings. In previous studies, we observed that Cd affects the metabolism and physiology of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants even after short-term exposure. The objective of this research was to use cross-genotype grafting to distinguish between root- and shoot-mediated responses of tomato genotypes with contrasting Cd tolerance at the early stages of Cd exposure. This study provides the first report of organ-specific contributions in two tomato genotypes with contrasting Cd tolerance: Solanum lycopersicum cv. Calabash Rouge and Solanum lycopersicum cv. Pusa Ruby (which have been classified and further characterized as sensitive (S) and tolerant (T) to Cd, respectively). Scion S was grafted onto rootstock S (S/S) and rootstock T (S/T), and scion T was grafted onto rootstock T (T/T) and rootstock S (T/S). A 35 μM cadmium chloride (CdCl2) treatment was used for stress induction in a hydroponic system. Both shoot and root contributions to Cd responses were observed, and they varied in a genotype- and/or organ-dependent manner for nutrient concentrations, oxidative stress parameters, antioxidant enzymes, and transporters gene expression. The findings overall provide evidence for the dominant role of the tolerant rootstock system in conferring reduced Cd uptake and accumulation. The lowest leaf Cd concentrations were observed in T/T (215.11 μg g-1 DW) and S/T (235.61 μg g-1 DW). Cadmium-induced decreases in leaf dry weight were observed only in T/S (-8.20%) and S/S (-13.89%), which also were the only graft combinations that showed decreases in chlorophyll content (-3.93% in T/S and -4.05% in S/S). Furthermore, the results show that reciprocal grafting is a fruitful approach for gaining insights into the organ-specific modulation of Cd tolerance and accumulation during the early stages of Cd exposure.
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- Deyvid Novaes Marques
- Department of Genetics, University of São Paulo/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, University of São Paulo/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, University of São Paulo/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Central Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, Brazil
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- Central Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Department of Crop Science, University of São Paulo/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, University of São Paulo/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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Nogueira ML, Carvalho MEA, Ferreira JMM, Bressanin LA, Piotto KDB, Piotto FA, Marques DN, Barbosa S, Azevedo RA. Corrigendum to "Cadmium-induced transgenerational effects on tomato plants: A gift from parents to progenies" [Sci. Total Environ. 789 (2021) 147885]. Sci Total Environ 2021; 801:149773. [PMID: 34467909 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Marina Lima Nogueira
- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL), Rua Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, 700, Centro, 37130-000 Alfenas, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL), Rua Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, 700, Centro, 37130-000 Alfenas, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Produção Vegetal, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL), Rua Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, 700, Centro, 37130-000 Alfenas, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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Marques DN, Stolze SC, Harzen A, Nogueira ML, Batagin-Piotto KD, Piotto FA, Mason C, Azevedo RA, Nakagami H. Comparative phosphoproteomic analysis of tomato genotypes with contrasting cadmium tolerance. Plant Cell Rep 2021; 40:2001-2008. [PMID: 34410462 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-021-02774-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A first insight into the effects of cadmium exposure on the phosphoproteome of tomato plants by performing a comparative analysis of tomato genotypes with contrasting cadmium tolerance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Deyvid Novaes Marques
- Department of Genetics, University of São Paulo/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
- Protein Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany.
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- Protein Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Protein Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, University of São Paulo/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Crop Science, University of São Paulo/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of São Paulo/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (USP/ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Protein Mass Spectrometry Group, Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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Nogueira ML, Carvalho MEA, Ferreira JMM, Bressanin LA, Piotto KDB, Piotto FA, Marques DN, Barbosa S, Azevedo RA. Cadmium-induced transgenerational effects on tomato plants: A gift from parents to progenies. Sci Total Environ 2021; 789:147885. [PMID: 34323842 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The present study aimed to investigate the Cd-induced transgenerational effects on plants. Grafted tomato plants, which exhibited the same cultivar as scion and distinct cultivars with contrasting Cd-tolerance as rootstocks, were grown in soil without and with artificial addition of Cd (less than 2.0, and 6.9 mg kg-1 of Cd, respectively) in a pot experiment carried out in a greenhouse. Their fruits were harvested to extract seeds (i.e., the progenies), which were sown over either Cd-free (control) or Cd-containing germitest paper (germination testing paper with 0 and 35 μM of CdCl2, respectively) and grown in a growth chamber. The immediate progeny of all grafting combinations from stressed plants presented an elevated germinability, despite high internal Cd concentration. When sown in Cd-containing germitest paper, the immediate progeny of plants grown in soil with no Cd addition was generally able to maintain or even increase the content of carotenoids and chlorophylls a and b (up to 93.3, 62.8 and 76.1%, respectively), indicating a Cd-induced hormetic effect on photosynthetic pigments. Two of the grafting combinations from stressed plants yielded seeds that generated seedlings with enhanced dry mass when they were sown in Cd-free media (~41%), suggesting a Cd-induced transgenerational enhancement of biomass production. Because only one tomato cultivar was used as scion, data indicated that type and degree of Cd-induced transgenerational effects depend strongly on signals generated and/or processed in roots of the parental plants. When sown in Cd-contaminated germitest paper, the immediate progeny of Cd-treated plants presented major reductions in the leaf area (35-69%) and content of photosynthetic pigments (57-93%) in comparison to the progeny from control plants. However, one of the grafting combinations exhibited satisfactory performance after "double" exposure to Cd, showing 91% of the biomass that was produced in the seedlings of control seeds from control plants. Further investigation indicated that adjustments in the chlorophyll fluorescence behavior might counterbalance losses in leaf pigments and area. Taken together, our data provide new insights on the origin, outcomes and mode of action of the Cd-induced transgenerational effects.
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- Marina Lima Nogueira
- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL), Rua Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, 700, Centro, 37130-000, Alfenas, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL), Rua Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, 700, Centro, 37130-000, Alfenas, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Produção Vegetal, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências da Natureza, Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UNIFAL), Rua Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, 700, Centro, 37130-000, Alfenas, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"/Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), Avenida Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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Barros NLF, Marques DN, Tadaiesky LBA, de Souza CRB. Halophytes and other molecular strategies for the generation of salt-tolerant crops. Plant Physiol Biochem 2021; 162:581-591. [PMID: 33773233 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2021.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The current increase in salinity can intensify the disparity between potential and actual crop yields, thus affecting economies and food security. One of the mitigating alternatives is plant breeding via biotechnology, where advances achieved so far are significant. Considering certain aspects when developing studies related to plant breeding can determine the success and accuracy of experimental design. Besides this strategy, halophytes with intrinsic and efficient abilities against salinity can be used as models for improving the response of crops to salinity stress. As crops are mostly glycophytes, it is crucial to point out the molecular differences between these two groups of plants, which may be the key to guiding and optimizing the transformation of glycophytes with halophytic tolerance genes. Therefore, this can broaden perspectives in the trajectory of research towards the cultivation, commercialization, and consumption of salt-tolerant crops on a large scale.
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Piracicaba, SP, CEP 13418-900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, CEP 66075-110, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Agronomia, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Belém, PA, CEP 66077-530, Brazil
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Marques DN, Siqueira AS, Gonçalves EC, Barros NLF, de Souza CRB. Homology modeling and molecular dynamics simulations of a cassava translationally controlled tumor protein (MeTCTP). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plgene.2019.100185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Marques DN, Reis SPD, de Souza CRB. Research Article Evaluation of a cassava translationally controlled tumor protein (MeTCTP) reveals its function in thermotolerance of Escherichia coli and in vitro chaperone-like activity. Genet Mol Res 2017. [DOI: 10.4238/gmr16039835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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