Arabidopsis phenotyping reveals the importance of alcohol dehydrogenase and pyruvate decarboxylase for aerobic plant growth.

ABSTRACT: Alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) are key to the establishment of the fermentative metabolism in plants during oxygen shortage. Most of the evidence that both ADH and PDC are required for plant tolerance to hypoxia comes from experiments performed by limiting oxygen in the environment, such as by exposing plants to gaseous hypoxia or to waterlogging or submergence. However, recent experiments have shown that hypoxic niches might exist in plants grown in aerobic conditions. Here, we investigated the importance of ADH and PDC for plant growth and development under aerobic conditions, long-term waterlogging and short-term submergence. Data were collected after optimizing the software associated with a commercially-available phenotyping instrument, to circumvent prob

SUBMITTER: Ventura I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7542448 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature