期刊
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY
卷 64, 期 10, 页码 1866-1882出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13332
关键词
flowering time; GIGANTEA; ROS; salt stress; soybean
资金
- Major Program of Guangdong Basic and Applied Research [2019B030302006]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32090064, 31930083]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangzhou [202102010388, 202102010389]
This study identified a major genetic locus for salt tolerance in soybean and revealed the regulatory role of E2 gene in flowering time and maturity. E2 delayed soybean flowering by enhancing the transcription of E1 gene and reduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation during salt stress response by releasing peroxidase. The findings also suggest the artificial selection of loss-of-function e2 alleles in soybean adaptation to high-latitude regions with greater salt stress.
Salt stress and flowering time are major factors limiting geographic adaptation and yield productivity in soybean (Glycine max). Although improving crop salt tolerance and latitude adaptation are essential for efficient agricultural production, whether and how these two traits are integrated remains largely unknown. Here, we used a genome-wide association study to identify a major salt-tolerance locus controlled by E2, an ortholog of Arabidopsis thaliana GIGANTEA (GI). Loss of E2 function not only shortened flowering time and maturity, but also enhanced salt-tolerance in soybean. E2 delayed soybean flowering by enhancing the transcription of the core flowering suppressor gene E1, thereby repressing Flowering Locus T (FT) expression. An E2 knockout mutant e2(CR) displayed reduced accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during the response to salt stress by releasing peroxidase, which functions in ROS scavenging to avoid cytotoxicity. Evolutionary and population genetic analyses also suggested that loss-of-function e2 alleles have been artificially selected during breeding for soybean adaptation to high-latitude regions with greater salt stress. Our findings provide insights into the coupled selection for adaptation to both latitude and salt stress in soybean; and offer an ideal target for molecular breeding of early-maturing and salt-tolerant cultivars.
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