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Type: Journal article
Title: Nitrogen starvation-responsive microRNAs are affected by transgenerational stress in durum wheat seedlings
Author: Liu, H.
Able, A.J.
Able, J.A.
Citation: Plants, 2021; 10(5):826-826
Publisher: MDPI AG
Issue Date: 2021
ISSN: 2223-7747
2223-7747
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Haipei Liu, Amanda J. Able and Jason A. Able
Abstract: Stress events have transgenerational effects on plant growth and development. In Mediterranean regions, water-deficit and heat (WH) stress is a frequent issue that negatively affects crop yield and quality. Nitrogen (N) is an essential plant macronutrient and often a yield-limiting factor for crops. Here, the response of durum wheat seedlings to N starvation under the transgenerational effects of WH stress was investigated in two genotypes. Both genotypes showed a significant reduction in seedling height, leaf number, shoot and root weight (fresh and dry), primary root length, and chlorophyll content under N starvation stress. However, in the WH stress-tolerant genotype, the percentage reduction of most traits was lower in progeny from the stressed parents than progeny from the control parents. Small RNA sequencing identified 1534 microRNAs in different treatment groups. Differentially expressed microRNAs (DEMs) were characterized subject to N starvation, parental stress and genotype factors, with their target genes identified in silico. GO and KEGG enrichment analyses revealed the biological functions, associated with DEM-target modules in stress adaptation processes, that could contribute to the phenotypic differences observed between the two genotypes. The study provides the first evidence of the transgenerational effects of WH stress on the N starvation response in durum wheat.
Keywords: Nitrogen starvation; water-deficit and heat stress; transgenerational effects; cross stress tolerance; microRNAs; crop improvement
Rights: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
DOI: 10.3390/plants10050826
Grant ID: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE180100784
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10050826
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