Project description:A submergence tolerant indica rice cultivar FR13A, was also reported to withstand salt stress and proven in our experiments. The mechanism of tolerance is yet to be studied by forward genetics approach. However, it is known that salt stress tolerance is governed by several QTLs and not by a single gene. To understand the mechanism of such a complex mechanism of salt tolerance we selected, two indica rice genotypes namely, I) FR13A, a tolerant indica variety and ii) IR24, a susceptible genotype for this study. We used the 22K rice Oligoarray from Agilent technologies to study the transcript profile in the leaves of the two contrasting rice genotypes under constitutive and salt stress conditions at seedling stage. Keywords: Mechanism of salt tolerance
Project description:In order to understand molecular mechanisms of salt stress tolerance in rice several researches have been reported, however there are still unclear processes involved in salt tolerance. For reaching to a better perspective of the molecular mechanisms, we designed a comprehensive transcriptome study consisting contrasting genotypes, different tissues and different sampling time points. Two contrasting genotypes were selected and grown in Yoshida hydroponic medium for 14 days under controlled conditions. For salinity stress half of the seedlings were under 150 mM NaCl and after 6 and 54 h the treated and untreated samples were harvested in three replications from roots and shoots separately
Project description:A submergence tolerant indica rice cultivar FR13A, was also reported to withstand salt stress and proven in our experiments. The mechanism of tolerance is yet to be studied by forward genetics approach. However, it is known that salt stress tolerance is governed by several QTLs and not by a single gene. To understand the mechanism of such a complex mechanism of salt tolerance we selected, two indica rice genotypes namely, I) FR13A, a tolerant indica variety and ii) IR24, a susceptible genotype for this study. We used the 22K rice Oligoarray from Agilent technologies to study the transcript profile in the leaves of the two contrasting rice genotypes under constitutive and salt stress conditions at seedling stage. Experiment Overall Design: We used Agilent rice gene chips (G4138A) to investigate the transcript level changes in rice plant tissues during salt stress treatment. We used two contrasting rice genotypes (FR13A tolerant and IR24 susceptible) differing in salt stress response. Plants were grown in growth chambers and treated with 150 mM salt concentration at 14th DAS. Sampling was done in both constitutive and treated plants at 3 time points. Two replications of microarray experiments were carried out by hybridizing the RNA from tolerant samples against the susceptible lines on the same slide.
Project description:Iron (Fe) is an essential element to plants, but can be harmful if accumulated to toxic concentrations. Fe toxicity can be a major nutritional disorder in rice (Oryza sativa) when cultivated under waterlogged conditions, as a result of excessive Fe solubilization of in the soil. However, little is known about the basis of Fe toxicity and tolerance at both physiological and molecular level. Here we aim at understand the genotypic differences in two rice cultivars with contrasting phenotypes under Fe toxicity.
Project description:The advent of next generation sequencing (NGS) has greatly enriched the database of miRNAs. For plants so far 8455 miRNAs sequences from 73 species and 15401 miRNAs sequences from 150 species have been deposited in miRBase 21.0 and Plant Non-coding RNA Database, respectively. The occurrence of miRNAs in such a huge number, which is still increasing, is because of the fact that the profile of miRNAs expression differs greatly from species to species, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Besides, even within a species it is expected that the miRNA expression profile would differ from cultivar to cultivar depending on the trait with regard to which the two cultivars differ, and on the same logic it is also expected that their expression profile would differ considerably in the plant under contrasting environmental conditions. However, report on comparative study of expression profile of miRNAs in rice cultivars, or in any crop cultivars, contrast for salt tolerance, or tolerance to any abiotic stress is scant. Therefore, the current study was planned to see the expression profile of miRNAs in a salt-tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L. ssp indica) cultivar (cv.) Pokkali in presence and absence of NaCl and to check the response pattern of a few important salt-responsive miRNAs in a salt-sensitive rice cultivar Badami in order to identify the miRNAs and their targets that could be involved in the salt tolerance process
Project description:Cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.) is frequently exposed to multiple stresses, including Schizotetranychus oryzae mite infestation. Rice domestication has narrowed the genetic diversity of the species, leading to a wide susceptibility. This work aimed to observe the response of two wild rice species (Oryza barthii and O. glaberrima) and two O. sativa genotypes (cv. Nipponbare and f. spontanea) to S. oryzae infestation. Surprisingly, leaf damage, histochemistry, chlorophyll concentration and fluorescence showed that the wild species present higher level of leaf damage, increased accumulation of H2O2 and lower photosynthetic capacity when compared to O. sativa genotypes under infested conditions. Infestation decreased tiller number, except in Nipponbare. Infestation also caused the death of wild plants during the reproductive stage. While infestation did not affect the weight of 1,000 grains in both O. sativa genotypes, the number of panicles per plant was affected only in f. spontanea, and the percentage of full seeds per panicle and seed length were increased only in Nipponbare. Using proteomic analysis, we identified 195 differentially abundant proteins when comparing susceptible (O. barthii) and tolerant (Nipponbare) genotypes under control and infested conditions. O. barthii has a less abundant antioxidant arsenal and is unable to modulate proteins involved with general metabolism and energy production under infested condition. Nipponbare presents high abundance of detoxification-related proteins, general metabolic processes and energy production, suggesting that, under infested condition, the primary metabolism is maintained more active compared to O. barthii. Also, under infested conditions, Nipponbare presents higher levels of proline and a greater abundance of defense-related proteins, such as osmotin, ricin B-like lectin, and protease inhibitors. These differentially abundant proteins can be used as biotechnological tools in breeding programs aiming increased tolerance to mite infestation.
Project description:Salt Stress response of salt-tolerant genotype FL478 compared to IR29 Rice GeneChip was used to find differential expression between two rice genotypes under control and salt stress conditions Keywords: genotype and treatment comparison