{"title":"AMMI and GGE biplot analysis of genotype by environment interaction and yield stability in early maturing cowpea [<i>Vigna unguiculata</i> (L) Walp] landraces in Ethiopia.","authors":"Yirga Kindie, Bulti Tesso, Berhanu Amsalu","doi":"10.1002/pei3.10068","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pei3.10068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cowpea is one of the most important grain legumes for human consumption and animal feeding. Despite this importance, its production is hampered by biotic and abiotic constraints. Genotype by environment interaction study was performed to identify the most stable cowpea genotype(s) and the desirable environment(s) for cowpea research in Ethiopia. Twenty-four cowpea landraces and one standard check were evaluated for grain yield and yield-related traits at six locations (Sekota, Kobo, Sirinka, Melkassa, Mieso, and Babile) using 5 × 5 triple lattice during 2019. Combined analysis of variance showed that grain yield was significantly affected by environments, genotypes, and GE interactions. AMMI analysis revealed the contribution of environment, genotype, and GEI for 29.79%, 15.6%, and 42.06% of variation on grain yield. The first two principal components explained 57.97% of the total GEI variance. AMMI model selected G24 as 1st and 2nd best genotype at five environments. The polygon view of the GGE biplot identified three mega-environments (ME1, ME2, and ME3) with winning genotypes: G24, G3, and G16, respectively. The highest productive (2528.8 kg ha<sup>-1</sup>) environment, miesso has been identified as the most; discriminating and representative testing environment whereas the lowest productive (1676.1 kg ha<sup>-1</sup>) Sirinka was the least discriminating and representative. The highest yielder G24 (2632 kg ha<sup>-1</sup>) was identified as the \"ideal\" and the most stable genotype followed by G16 (2290 kg ha<sup>-1</sup>) while the least stable and low yielder was G11. Therefore, genotypes G24 and G16 were recommended for verification and commercial production in most cowpea growing areas of Ethiopia.</p>","PeriodicalId":74457,"journal":{"name":"Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.)","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168031/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9591364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José C Soares, Lars Zimmermann, Nicolas Zendonadi Dos Santos, Onno Muller, Manuela Pintado, Marta W Vasconcelos
{"title":"Genotypic variation in the response of soybean to elevated CO<sub>2</sub>.","authors":"José C Soares, Lars Zimmermann, Nicolas Zendonadi Dos Santos, Onno Muller, Manuela Pintado, Marta W Vasconcelos","doi":"10.1002/pei3.10065","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pei3.10065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The impact of elevated CO<sub>2</sub> (eCO<sub>2</sub>) on soybean productivity is essential to the global food supply because it is the world's leading source of vegetable proteins. This study aimed to understand the yield responses and nutritional impact under free-air CO<sub>2</sub> enrichment (FACE) conditions of soybean genotypes. Here we report that grain yield increased by 46.9% and no reduction in harvest index was observed among soybean genotypes. Elevated CO<sub>2</sub> improved the photosynthetic carbon assimilation rate, leaf area, plant height, and aboveground biomass at vegetative and pod filling stages. Besides the positive effects on yield parameters, eCO<sub>2</sub> differentially affected the overall grain quality. The levels of calcium (Ca), phosphorous (P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), boron (B), and zinc (Zn) grain minerals decreased by 22.9, 9.0, 4.9, 10.1, 21.3, 28.1, 18.5, and 25.9% under eCO<sub>2</sub> conditions, respectively. Soluble sugars and starch increased by 9.1 and 16.0%, respectively, phytic acid accumulation increased by 8.1%, but grain protein content significantly decreased by 5.6% across soybean genotypes. Furthermore, the antioxidant activity decreased by 36.9%, but the total phenolic content was not affected by eCO<sub>2</sub> conditions. Genotypes, such as Winsconsin Black, Primorskaja, and L-117, were considered the most responsive to eCO<sub>2</sub> in terms of yield enhancement and less affected in the nutritional quality. Our results confirm the existence of genetic variability in soybean responses to eCO<sub>2</sub>, and differences between genotypes in yield improvement and decreased sensitivity to eCO<sub>2</sub> in terms of grain quality loss could be included in future soybean selection to enable adaptation to climate change.</p>","PeriodicalId":74457,"journal":{"name":"Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.)","volume":"2 6","pages":"263-276"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168044/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9592664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yun Kang, Shyamal Talukder, Zewei An, Ivone Torres-Jerez, Nick Krom, David Huhman, Michael Udvardi, Malay C Saha
{"title":"Dissection of physiological, transcriptional, and metabolic traits in two tall fescue genotypes with contrasting drought tolerance.","authors":"Yun Kang, Shyamal Talukder, Zewei An, Ivone Torres-Jerez, Nick Krom, David Huhman, Michael Udvardi, Malay C Saha","doi":"10.1002/pei3.10066","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pei3.10066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tall fescue (<i>Festuca arundinacea</i>) is an important cool-season perennial forage grass that forms mutualistic symbioses with fungal endophytes. Physiological, biochemical and transcriptional comparisons were made between two tall fescue genotypes with contrasting drought tolerance (tolerant, T400, and sensitive, S279), either with or without endophyte (<i>Epichloë coenophiala</i>). Drought stress was applied by withholding watering until plants reached mild, moderate and severe stresses. Physiological characterization showed that T400 had narrower, thicker leaves, and lower leaf conductance under well-watered conditions, compared to S279. After severe drought and recovery, endophytic T400 had greater shoot and root biomass than other plant types. Under drought, leaf osmotic pressure increased much more in T400 than S279, consistent with accumulation of metabolites/osmolytes, especially proline. Gene Ontology enrichment analysis indicated that T400 had more active organic acid metabolism than S279 under drought, and implicated the role of endophyte in stimulating protein metabolism in both genotypes. Overall T400 and S279 responded to endophyte differently in aspects of physiology, gene transcription and metabolites, indicating plant genotype-specific reactions to endophyte infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":74457,"journal":{"name":"Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.)","volume":"2 6","pages":"277-289"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168078/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9963465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lakhvir Kaur Dhaliwal, Ritchel B Gannaban, Avinash Shrestha, Junghyun Shim, Puneet Kaur Mangat, Joshua J Singleton, Rosalyn B Angeles-Shim
{"title":"Integrated morpho-biochemical and transcriptome analyses reveal multidimensional response of upland cotton (<i>Gossypium hirsutum</i> L.) to low temperature stress during seedling establishment.","authors":"Lakhvir Kaur Dhaliwal, Ritchel B Gannaban, Avinash Shrestha, Junghyun Shim, Puneet Kaur Mangat, Joshua J Singleton, Rosalyn B Angeles-Shim","doi":"10.1002/pei3.10067","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pei3.10067","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cotton is a tropical/subtropical crop and is innately susceptible to cold. Using an approach that integrates morphological, biochemical, and transcriptome analyses, the study aimed to understand the molecular underpinnings of phenotypic adjustments in cotton seedlings under cold stress. Exposure of six cotton accessions to 15°C during the seedling stage significantly reduced chlorophyll content, stomatal conductance, plant height, and biomass, but increased malondialdehyde and proline production. Comparative transcriptome profiling of the cold-sensitive accession SA 3781 grown under low and normal temperatures showed the upregulation of genes related to the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) under cold stress. Despite a similar upregulation of genes encoding metabolites that can scavenge ROS and provide osmoprotection for the cell, the stressed plants still exhibited oxidative stress in terms of lipid peroxidation. This may be due in part to the upregulation of abscisic acid synthesis genes and downregulation of chlorophyll synthesis genes effecting lower stomatal conductance and chlorophyll contents, respectively. Additionally, stomatal closure which is required to avoid the cooling effect and dehydration under cold conditions may have contributed in reducing the net photosynthetic rates in plants exposed to low temperature. These findings provide an insight into the expression of key genes regulating the phenotypic changes observed in cotton in response to cold stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":74457,"journal":{"name":"Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.)","volume":"2 6","pages":"290-302"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168043/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9595267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differentiation of endospheric microbiota in ancient and modern wheat cultivar roots.","authors":"Solène Mauger, Claire Ricono, Cendrine Mony, Vèronique Chable, Estelle Serpolay, Marine Biget, Philippe Vandenkoornhuyse","doi":"10.1002/pei3.10062","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pei3.10062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Modern plant breeding and agrosystems artificialization could have altered plants' ability to filter and recruit beneficial microorganisms in its microbiota. Thus, compared to modern cultivars, we hypothesized that root-endosphere microbiota in modern wheat cultivars are less resistant to colonization by fungi and bacteria and thus more susceptible to also recruit more pathogens. We used an in-field experimental design including six wheat varieties (three ancient vs. three modern) grown in monoculture and in mixture (three replicates each). Endospheric microbiota of wheat roots were analyzed on four individuals sampled randomly in each plot. Composition-based clustering of sequences was then characterized from amplicon mass-sequencing. We show that the bacterial and fungal microbiota composition in wheat roots differed between ancient and modern wheat cultivar categories. However, the responses observed varied with the group considered. Modern cultivars harbored higher richness of bacterial and fungal pathogens than ancient cultivars. Both cultivar types displayed specific indicator species. A synergistic effect was identified in mixtures of modern cultivars with a higher root endospheric mycobiota richness than expected from a null model. The present study shows the effect of plant breeding on the microbiota associated plant roots. The results call for making a diagnosis of the cultivar's endospheric-microbiota composition. These new results also suggest the importance of a holobiont-vision while considering plant selection in crops and call for better integration of symbiosis in the development of next-generation agricultural practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":74457,"journal":{"name":"Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.)","volume":"2 5","pages":"235-248"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168034/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9592696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response of grassland net primary productivity to dry and wet climatic events in four grassland types in Inner Mongolia.","authors":"Md Lokman Hossain, Md Humayain Kabir, Mst Umme Salma Nila, Ashik Rubaiyat","doi":"10.1002/pei3.10064","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pei3.10064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Increasing frequency and intensity of climate extremes have profound impacts on grassland biodiversity functioning and stability. Using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) net primary productivity (NPP) data and standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index, we assessed the response of NPP to growing-season and annual climate extremes and time-lag of climatic conditions across four grassland types (meadow steppe, typical steppe, steppe desert, and desert steppe) in Inner Mongolia, China from the period 2000 to 2019. Results showed that annual NPP varied significantly across four grassland types, with the highest NPP in meadow steppe and the lowest in desert steppe. Annual NPP of all grassland types increased over the past 20 years, but NPP in meadow steppe and typical steppe decreased for the period 2012-2019. Irrespective of grassland type, the 1- and 2-month time-lag of climatic conditions showed significant effects on annual NPP. Growing-season climate was found the better predictor of annual NPP in all grassland types than the annual climate. Compared with growing-season normal climates, annual NPP was lowest in extreme dry events in all grasslands, while highest in extreme wet events in meadow steppe and typical steppe, and in moderate wet events in steppe desert and desert steppe. Typical steppe and steppe desert are highly vulnerable to the increasing intensity of climate extremes, as we found that the losses of NPP in these grasslands in extreme dry were almost double than that of moderate dry events. Surprisingly, for meadow steppe and desert steppe, the losses of NPP for both moderate and extreme dry events were almost the same, which highlights that a low-intensity drought may have profound impacts on the annual NPP of these grasslands. The study provides the key insight in scientific basis to improve our understanding of the effects of climate extremes on grassland NPP, which is critical to sustainable management of grassland and maintain ecosystem stability.</p>","PeriodicalId":74457,"journal":{"name":"Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.)","volume":"2 5","pages":"250-262"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168099/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9645596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vajiheh Safavi-Rizi, Kora Uellendahl, Britta Öhrlein, Hamid Safavi-Rizi, Christine Stöhr
{"title":"Cross-stress tolerance: Mild nitrogen (N) deficiency effects on drought stress response of tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L.).","authors":"Vajiheh Safavi-Rizi, Kora Uellendahl, Britta Öhrlein, Hamid Safavi-Rizi, Christine Stöhr","doi":"10.1002/pei3.10060","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pei3.10060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate change will lead to more frequent and severe drought periods which massively reduce crop production worldwide. Besides drought, nitrogen (N)-deficiency is another critical threat to crop yield production. Drought and N-deficiency both decrease photosynthesis and induce similar adaptive strategies such as longer roots, reduction of biomass, induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and antioxidative enzymes. Due to the overlapping response to N-deficiency and drought, understanding the physiological and molecular mechanisms involved in cross-stresses tolerance is crucial for breeding strategies and achieving multiple stress resistance and eventually more sustainable agriculture. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of a mild N-deficiency on drought stress tolerance of tomato plants (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L., cv. Moneymaker). Various morphological and physiological parameters such as dry biomass, root length, water potential, SPAD values, stomatal conductance, and compatible solutes accumulation (proline and sugar) were analyzed. Moreover, the expression of ROS scavenging marker genes, cytosolic <i>ASCORBATE PEROXIDASES</i> (<i>cAPX1</i>, <i>cAPX2</i>, <i>and cAPX3</i>), were investigated. Our results showed that a former mild N-deficiency (2 mM NO<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup>) enhances plant adaptive response to drought stress (4 days) when compared to the plants treated with adequate N (5 mM NO<sub>3</sub> <sup>-</sup>). The improved adaptive response was reflected in higher aboveground biomass, longer root, increased specific leaf weight, enhanced stomatal conductance (without reducing water content), and higher leaf sugar content. Moreover, the <i>APX1</i> gene showed a higher expression level compared to control under N-deficiency and in combination with drought in the leaf, after a one-week recovery period. Our finding highlights a potentially positive link between a former mild N-deficiency and subsequent drought stress response in tomato. Combining the morphological and physiological response with underlying gene regulatory networks under consecutive stress, provide a powerful tool for improving multiple stress resistance in tomato which can be further transferred to other economically important crops.</p>","PeriodicalId":74457,"journal":{"name":"Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.)","volume":"2 5","pages":"217-228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168089/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9592700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Plant-environment interactions in Africa-Solutions to the challenges of environmental change.","authors":"Wayne Dawson, Stacy Singer, Abdelbagi Ismail","doi":"10.1002/pei3.10063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pei3.10063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74457,"journal":{"name":"Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.)","volume":"2 5","pages":"249"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168081/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9592699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The protection of <i>Salicornia rubra</i> from ultraviolet radiation by betacyanins and phenolic compounds.","authors":"Katherine Jensen, Roger T Koide","doi":"10.1002/pei3.10061","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pei3.10061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Salicornia rubra</i> is a commonly occurring annual species of the salt playas of the Great Basin Desert of the western United States. In such habitats, plants experience high levels of ultraviolet radiation, which could potentially damage DNA. As a member of the Amaranthaceae (Caryophyllales), <i>S</i>. <i>rubra</i> shoots typically contain high concentrations of the red-violet pigments called betacyanins, which are ultraviolet-absorbing compounds. Nevertheless, some specimens of <i>S</i>. <i>rubra</i> are green even when growing with full exposure to the sun. We, therefore, tested several hypotheses regarding the causes of variation among <i>S</i>. <i>rubra</i> plants in betacyanin concentration and the role of betacyanins in the absorption of ultraviolet radiation. We measured ultraviolet radiation absorption and the concentrations of betacyanins and phenolic compounds of the cell sap expressed from red and green plants growing in full sun, as well as plants grown under various levels of shade. We found that while betacyanin concentrations were predictable from plant color (red plants contained more betacyanins than green plants), the ability to absorb ultraviolet radiation was determined primarily by the concentration of phenolic compounds, which was determined by the level of exposure to the sun. Therefore, the DNA of green plants growing in full sun appears to be at no greater risk than the DNA of red plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":74457,"journal":{"name":"Plant-environment interactions (Hoboken, N.J.)","volume":"2 5","pages":"229-234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168037/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9645598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}