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Ionic relations and osmotic adjustment in durum and bread wheat under saline conditions

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posted on 2023-05-17, 01:10 authored by Tracey Cuin, Tian, Y, Betts, S, Chalmandrier, R, Sergey ShabalaSergey Shabala
Wheat breeding for salinity tolerance has traditionally focussed on Na + exclusion from the shoot, but its association with salinity tolerance remains tenuous. Accordingly, the physiological significance of shoot Na + exclusion and maintenance of an optimal K +:Na + ratio was re-evaluated by studying NaCl-induced responses in 50 genotypes of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. ssp. durum) treated with 150mM NaCl. Overall, Na + exclusion from the shoot correlated with salinity tolerance in both species and this exclusion was more efficient in bread compared with durum wheat. Interestingly, shoot sap K + increased significantly in nearly all durum and bread wheat genotypes. Conversely, the total shoot K + content declined. We argue that this increase in shoot sap K + is needed to provide efficient osmotic adjustment under saline conditions. Durum wheat was able to completely adjust shoot sap osmolality using K +, Na + and Cl -; it had intrinsically higher levels of these solutes. In bread wheat, organic osmolytes must contribute ∼13% of the total shoot osmolality. In contrast to barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), NaCl-induced K + efflux from seedling roots did not predict salinity tolerance in wheat, implying that shoot, not root K + retention is important in this species. © CSIRO 2009.

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Publication title

Functional Plant Biology: An International Journal of Plant Function

Volume

36

Issue

12

Pagination

1110-1119

ISSN

1445-4408

Department/School

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)

Publisher

C S I R O Publishing

Place of publication

150 Oxford St, Po Box 1139, Collingwood, Australia

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  • Restricted

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Wheat

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