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Toward the Genetic Improvement of Drought Tolerance in Conifers: An Integrated Approach

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FORESTS
卷 13, 期 12, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/f13122016

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gymnosperms; molecular; next-generation breeding; water stress; genetics; genomic; drought resistance; Picea; Abies; Pinus

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  1. FEM [P1611006I, P1611034]

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This article focuses on the effects of drought stress on trees and their adaptation strategies. Different tree species have different responses to drought stress, and the types of drought stress that trees can withstand throughout their life cycle vary. Future research can increase our understanding of drought resistance by expanding the range of species and genera studied and exploring gene expression in adult plants.
The constant rise in the global temperature and unpredictable shifts in precipitation patterns are two of the main effects of climate change. Therefore, there is an increasing amount of interest in the identification of tree species, provenances and genotypes capable of withstanding more arid conditions and tolerating drought stress. In the present review, we focus our attention on generally more susceptible conifers and describe the different strategies that plants adopt to respond to drought stress. We describe the main approaches taken in studies of conifer adaptations to low water availability, the advantages and limitations of each, and the main results obtained with each of these approaches in the recent years. Then we discuss how the increasing amount of morphological, physiological and genetic data may find practical applications in forest management, and in particular in next-generation breeding programs. Finally, we provide some recommendations for future research. In particular, we suggest extending future studies to a broader selection of species and genera, increasing the number of studies on adult plants, in particular those on gene expression, and distinguishing between the different types of drought stress that a tree can withstand during its life cycle. The integration of data coming from different disciplines and approaches will be a key factor to increasing our knowledge about a trait as complex as drought resistance.

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