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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-74303-6
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- Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Project Marginal Region Agriculture of Tottori University
- Japan Science and Technology Agency [JPMJSA1805]
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Wheat (Tritium aestivum) is vulnerable to future climate change because it is predominantly grown under rain-fed conditions in drought-prone areas. Thus, in-depth understanding of drought effect on wheat metabolism is essential for developing drought-tolerant wheat varieties. Here, we exposed wheat 'Norin 61' plants to progressive drought stress [0 (before drought), 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 days after withholding water] during the flowering stage to investigate physiological and metabolomic responses. Transcriptional analyses of key abscisic acid-responsive genes indicated that abscisic acid signalling played a major role in the adaptation of wheat to water deficit. Carbon isotope composition had a higher value than the control while canopy temperature (CT) increased under drought stress. The CT depression was tightly correlated with soil water potential (SWP). Additionally, SWP at -517 kPa was identified as the critical point for increasing CT and inducing reactive oxygen species. Metabolome analysis identified four potential drought-responsive biomarkers, the enhancement of nitrogen recycling through purine and pyrimidine metabolism, drought-induced senescence based on 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid and Asn accumulation, and an anti-senescence response through serotonin accumulation under severe drought stress. Our findings provide in-depth insight into molecular, physiological and metabolite changes involved in drought response which are useful for wheat breeding programs to develop drought-tolerant wheat varieties.
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