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Comparative physiological and proteomic signatures reveal contrasting stay green and senescence phenotypes in drought tolerant and susceptible pearl millet and wheat genotypes

ABSTRACT: The marker- and genome-based development of drought resistant and high yield cereal crops is the most pressing activity in a constantly more stress- and harmful environment for plant productivity. Genome-based assisted breeding is only capable to cover 30-40 % of phenotypic variance according to the most recent GWAS studies. There are many processes which are not predictable by genome information, especially protein translation and activity which is crucial for phenotypic responses and survival of the plants under severe stresses. Therefore, we present comparative proteomic and physiological analysis under drought stress in two of the most important staple food crops pearl millet and wheat thereby representing C4 and C3 plants. Here, we have selected contrasting genotypes, and performed a large-scale comparative analysis from the molecular to the phenotypic level under drought stress. We were able to establish molecular-physiological phenotypes for: 1. Stay green protein signature in contrasting pearl millet genotypes which is highly correlated to the physiological data, in the submitted manuscript. 2. No clear indication of stay green proteome signatures in contrasting wheat genotypes but instead differential senescence proteome signatures not capable to cope with similar drought stress. These mechanisms are decisive for drought resistance and yield/grain filling under stress conditions and for the first time these physiological phenotypes (seed yield, root growth, and photosynthesis) are directly linked to the molecular proteomic phenotype. We think these results are of broad importance for the scientific community. This study demonstrates the enormous molecular and phenotypic plasticity because the selected genotypes represent the extreme points of stress adaptation and yield protection.

INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Elite

ORGANISM(S): [pennisetum] Glaucum Subsp. Monodii Triticum Aestivum (wheat)

TISSUE(S): Root, Seed, Leaf

SUBMITTER: Palak Chaturvedi

LAB HEAD: Dr. Palak Chaturvedi

PROVIDER: PXD021446 | Pride | 2021-02-15

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Physiological and Proteomic Signatures Reveal Mechanisms of Superior Drought Resilience in Pearl Millet Compared to Wheat.

Ghatak Arindam A Chaturvedi Palak P Bachmann Gert G Valledor Luis L Ramšak Živa Ž Bazargani Mitra Mohammadi MM Bajaj Prasad P Jegadeesan Sridharan S Li Weimin W Sun Xiaoliang X Gruden Kristina K Varshney Rajeev K RK Weckwerth Wolfram W

Frontiers in plant science 20210113

Presently, pearl millet and wheat are belonging to highly important cereal crops. Pearl millet, however, is an under-utilized crop, despite its superior resilience to drought and heat stress in contrast to wheat. To investigate this in more detail, we performed comparative physiological screening and large scale proteomics of drought stress responses in drought-tolerant and susceptible genotypes of pearl millet and wheat. These chosen genotypes are widely used in breeding and farming practices. ...[more]

PMID: 33519854

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Project description:Background: Drought stress is the major environmental stress that affects plant growth and productivity. It triggers in plants a wide range of responses detectable at different scales: molecular, biochemical and physiological levels. At the molecular level the response to drought stress results in the differential expression of several metabolic pathways. For this reason, explore the subtle differences existing in gene expression of drought sensitive and drought tolerant genotypes allows to identify drought-related genes that could be used for selection of drought tolerance traits. Genome-wide RNA-Seq technology was used to compare the drought response of two sorghum genotypes characterized by contrasting water use efficiency. Results: the physiological measurements carried out confirmed the drought sensitivity of IS20351 and the drought tolerance of IS22330 previously studied. The expression of drought-related genes was more abundant in the sensitive genotype IS20351 compared to the tolerant IS22330. The Gene Ontology enrichment highlighted a massive increase in transcript abundance in “response to stress” and “abiotic stimulus”, “oxidation-reduction reaction” in the sensitive genotype IS20351 under drought stress. “Antioxidant” and “secondary metabolism”, “photosynthesis and carbon fixation process”, “lipids” and “carbon metabolism” were the pathways most affected by drought in the sensitive genotype IS20351. The sensitive genotype IS20351 showed under well-watered conditions a lower constitutive expression level of “secondary metabolic process” (GO:0019748) and “glutathione transferase activity” (GO:000004364). Conclusions: RNA-Seq analysis revealed to be a very useful tool to explore differences between sensitive and tolerant sorghum genotypes. The transcriptomic results supported all the physiological measurements and were crucial to clarify the tolerance of the two genotypes studied. The connection between the differential gene expression and the physiological response to drought states unequivocally the drought tolerance of the genotype IS22330 and the strategy adopted to cope with drought stress.

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Comparative physiological and proteomic signatures reveal contrasting stay green and senescence phenotypes in drought tolerant and susceptible pearl millet and wheat genotypes

Publications

Physiological and Proteomic Signatures Reveal Mechanisms of Superior Drought Resilience in Pearl Millet Compared to Wheat.

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