Optimization of Phenotyping Assays for the Model Monocot Setaria viridis.

ABSTRACT: Setaria viridis (green foxtail) is an important model plant for the study of C4 photosynthesis in panicoid grasses, and is fast emerging as a system of choice for the study of plant development, domestication, abiotic stress responses and evolution. Basic research findings in Setaria are expected to advance research not only in this species and its close relative S. italica (foxtail millet), but also in other panicoid grasses, many of which are important food or bioenergy crops. Here we report on the standardization of multiple growth and development assays for S. viridis under controlled conditions, and in response to several phytohormones and abiotic stresses. We optimized these assays at three different stages of the plant's life: seed germination and post-germinati

SUBMITTER: Acharya BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5743732 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature