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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 212, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112002
Keywords
Cadmium stress; Cytokinin; Perennial ryegrass; Strigolactone; Tillering
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- Innovation Fund of Gansu Education Department, China [2020A-054]
- Scientific Research Start-up Funds for Openly-recruited Doctors, China [GAU-KYQD-2018-03]
- Youth Fund of Gansu Science and Technology Department, China [20JR10RA550]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32071886]
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Recent studies have shown that Cd stress leads to a reduction in tiller and axillary bud numbers in perennial ryegrass seedlings. This inhibition is primarily due to the suppression of axillary bud outgrowth rather than bud initiation. Cd stress induces axillary bud dormancy and inhibits axillary bud development by decreasing zeatin content and upregulating genes related to strigolactone signaling and bud dormancy.
Perennial ryegrass (Loliumperenne L.), a grass species with superior tillering capacity, plays a potential role in the phytoremediation of cadmium (Cd)-contaminated soils. Tiller production is inhibited in response to serious Cd stress. However, the regulatory mechanism of Cd stress-induced inhibition of tiller development is not well documented. To address this issue, we investigated the phenotype, the expression levels of genes involved in axillary bud initiation and bud outgrowth, and endogenous hormone biosynthesis and signaling pathways in seedlings of perennial ryegrass under Cd stress. The results showed that the number of tillers and axillary buds in the Cd-treated seedlings decreased by 67% and 21%, respectively. The suppression of tiller production in the Cd-treated seedlings was more closely associated with the inhibition of axillary bud outgrowth than with bud initiation. Cd stress upregulated the expression level of genes related to axillary bud dormancy and downregulated bud activity genes. Additionally, genes involved in strigolactone biosynthesis and signaling, auxin transport and signaling, and cytokinin degradation were upregulated in Cd-treated seedlings, and cytokinin biosynthesis gene expression were decreased by Cd stress. The content of zeatin in the Cd-treated pants was significantly reduced by 69 similar to 85% compared to the control plants. The content of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) remains constant under Cd stress. Overall, Cd stress induced axillary bud dormancy and subsequently inhibited axillary bud outgrowth. The decrease of zeatin content and upregulation of genes involved in strigolactone signaling and bud dormancy might be responsible for the inhibition of axillary bud outgrowth.
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