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A large-scale screening of quinoa accessions reveals an important role of epidermal bladder cells and stomatal patterning in salinity tolerance
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Kiani-Pouya, A and Rasouli, F and Bazihizina, N and Zhang, H and Hedrich, R and Shabala, S, A large-scale screening of quinoa accessions reveals an important role of epidermal bladder cells and stomatal patterning in salinity tolerance, Environmental and Experimental Botany, 168 Article 103885. ISSN 0098-8472 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.103885
Abstract
The presence of epidermal bladder cells (EBCs) in halophytes allows considerable amount of Na+ being accumulated in these external structures, away from the metabolically active mesophile cells. Also, stomatal patterning may represent a primary mechanism by which plants can optimise its water-use efficiency under saline condition. This investigation was aimed to explore the varietal differences in a salinity tolerance of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) by evaluating a broad range of accessions and linking the overall salinity tolerance with changes in stomatal characteristics and EBC parameters. One hundred and fourteen accessions were grown under temperature-controlled glasshouse under non-saline and 400 mM NaCl conditions, and different physiological and anatomical characteristics were measured. Accessions were classified into three classes (sensitive, intermediate and tolerant) based on a relative dry weight defined as salinity tolerance index (STI). Results showed a large variability in STI indicating a strong genetic variation in salinity tolerance in quinoa. Bladders density was increased in a majority of accessions under saline condition while the bladder’s diameter remained unchanged; this resulted in a large variability in a bladder’s volume as a dependant variable. Stomata density remained unchanged between saline and non-saline conditions while the stomata length declined between 3% to 43% amongst accessions. Leaf Na+ concentration varied from 669 μmol/gDW to 3155 μmol/gDW under saline condition and, with an exception of a few accessions, leaf K+ concentration increased under saline conditions. Correlation analysis indicated a significant positive association between EBC diameter and STI on one hand and EBC volume and STI on the other hand, in a salt-tolerant group. These observations are consistent with the role of EBCs in sequestration of toxic Na+ in the external structures, away from the cytosol. A negative association was found between EBC density and diameter in salt-sensitive plants. A negative association between STI and stomata length was also found in a salt-tolerant group, suggesting that these plants were able to efficiently regulate stomatal patterning to balance water loss and CO2 assimilation under saline conditions. Both salt-sensitive and salt-tolerant groups had the same Na+ concentration in the shoot under saline conditions; however, a negative association between leaf Na+ concentration and STI in salt-sensitive plants indicated a more efficient Na+ sequestration process into the EBCs in salt-tolerant plants.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | quinoa, salinity tolerance, epidermal bladder cells, stomata, sodium, potassium |
Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Plant biology |
Research Field: | Plant physiology |
Objective Division: | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products |
Objective Group: | Other plant production and plant primary products |
Objective Field: | Other plant production and plant primary products not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Kiani-Pouya, A (Dr Ali Kiani-Pouya) |
UTAS Author: | Rasouli, F (Ms Fatemeh Rasouli) |
UTAS Author: | Bazihizina, N (Dr Nadia Bazihizina) |
UTAS Author: | Shabala, S (Professor Sergey Shabala) |
ID Code: | 136648 |
Year Published: | 2019 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 27 |
Deposited By: | Agriculture and Food Systems |
Deposited On: | 2020-01-11 |
Last Modified: | 2020-04-02 |
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