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PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 283, Issue -, Pages 211-223Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.02.001
Keywords
Root system; Forage grasses; Water deficit; Drought avoidance/tolerance; Lipidome; Metabolome; Phytohormones
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- National Center of Science [2014/13/N/NZ9/00914]
- Foundation for Polish Science (FNP)
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Drought resistance is a crucial attribute of plants and to properly decipher its mechanisms, a valuable plant model is required. Lalium multiflorum is a forage grass characterized by a low level of abiotic stress resistance, whereas Festuca arundinacea is recognized as a species with drought resistance, including both stress avoidance and tolerance strategies. These two species can be crossed with each other. Two closely related L. multiflorum/F. arundinacea introgression forms with distinct levels of field drought resistance were involved, thus enabling the dissection of this complex trait into its crucial components. The processes occurring in roots were shown to be the most significant for the expression of drought resistance. Thus, the analysis was focused on the root architecture and the accumulation of selected hormones, primary metabolites and glycerolipids in roots. The introgression form, with a higher resistance to field water deficit was characterized by a deeper soil penetration by its roots, and it had a higher accumulation level of primary metabolites, including well recognized osmopro-tectants, such as proline, sucrose or maltose, and an increase in phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidylethanolamine ratio compared to the low resistant form. A comprehensive model of root performance under water deficit conditions is presented here for the first time for the grass species of the Lolium-Festuca complex.
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