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The epidermal bladder cell-free mutant of the salt-tolerant quinoa challenges our understanding of halophyte crop salinity tolerance
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Moog, MW and Trinh, MDL and Norrevang, AF and Bendtsen, AK and Wang, C and Osterburg, JT and Shabala, S and Hedrich, R and Wendt, T and Palmgren, M, The epidermal bladder cell-free mutant of the salt-tolerant quinoa challenges our understanding of halophyte crop salinity tolerance, The New phytologist, 236, (4) pp. 1409-1421. ISSN 1469-8137 (2022) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Halophytes tolerate high salinity levels that would kill conventional crops. Understanding salt tolerance mechanisms will provide clues for breeding salt-tolerant plants. Many halophytes, such as quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa), are covered by a layer of epidermal bladder cells (EBCs) that are thought to mediate salt tolerance by serving as salt dumps. We isolated an epidermal bladder cell-free (ebcf) quinoa mutant that completely lacked EBCs and was mutated in REBC and REBC-like1. This mutant showed no loss of salt stress tolerance. When wild-type quinoa plants were exposed to saline soil, EBCs accumulated potassium (K+ ) as the major cation, in quantities far exceeding those of sodium (Na+ ). Emerging leaves densely packed with EBCs had the lowest Na+ content, whereas old leaves with deflated EBCs served as Na+ sinks. When the leaves expanded, K+ was recycled from EBCs, resulting in turgor loss that led to a progressive deflation of EBCs. Our findings suggest that EBCs in young leaves serve as a K+ -powered hydrodynamic system that functions as a water sink for solute storage. Sodium ions accumulate within old leaves that subsequently wilt and are shed. This mechanism improves the survival of quinoa under high salinity conditions.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | quinoa; salt bladders; potassium; sodium; salinity stress |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Plant biology |
| Research Field: | Plant cell and molecular biology |
| Objective Division: | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Grains and seeds |
| Objective Field: | Grains and seeds not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Shabala, S (Professor Sergey Shabala) |
| ID Code: | 155131 |
| Year Published: | 2022 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 1 |
| Deposited By: | Agriculture and Food Systems |
| Deposited On: | 2023-01-30 |
| Last Modified: | 2023-03-20 |
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