Root endophyte induces plant thermotolerance by constitutive chromatin modification at heat stress memory gene loci

ABSTRACT: Global warming has become a critical challenge to food security, causing severe yield losses of major crops worldwide. Conventional and transgenic breeding strategies to enhance plant thermotolerance are laborious and expensive. Therefore, the use of beneficial microbes could be an alternative approach. Here, we report that the root endophyte Enterobacter sp. SA187 induces thermotolerance in wheat in the laboratory as well as in open-field agriculture. To unravel the molecular mechanisms, we used Arabidopsis thaliana as model plant. SA187 reprogramed the Arabidopsis transcriptome via HSFA2-dependent enhancement of H3K4me3 levels at heat stress memory gene loci. Unlike thermopriming, SA187-induced thermotolerance is mediated by ethylene signaling via the transcription factor EIN3. In contra

SUBMITTER: Dr. Kirti Shekhawat 

PROVIDER: S-SCDT-EMBOR-2020-51049V1 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other