Improvement of nutrient use efficiency in rice: current toolbox and future perspectives

Zhong, Zhihua; Gao, Shaopei; Chu, Chengcai

doi:10.1007/s00122-019-03527-6

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“…The observed inverse correlation between mineral efficiency (in terms of DM return) and accumulation (in terms of concentration per FW) indicated a trade-off with obvious dietary and agronomically significant implications. The genetic base of this phenomenon may be complex (Zhang et al, 2020), since the concentration of macrocations in plants is considered more tightly regulated than that of trace elements because of the need to guarantee and maintain a suitable optimal range (Yang et al, 2018).…”

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Isosmotic Macrocation Variation Modulates Mineral Efficiency, Morpho-Physiological Traits, and Functional Properties in Hydroponically Grown Lettuce Varieties (Lactuca sativa L.)

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The management of mineral elements in agriculture is important for their nutritional role for plants and dietary value for humans, sparking interest in strategies that can increase mineral use efficiency and accumulation in plant food. In this work, we evaluated the effects of the isosmotic variations of the concentration on three macrocations (K, Ca, and Mg) in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Our aim was to improve the nutritional components of this valuable dietary source of minerals. Using a full factorial design, we analyzed mineral utilization efficiency (UtE), leaf morphology, gas exchange parameters, phenolic profiles (through ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to a quadrupole-time-of-flight (UHPLC-QTOF) mass spectrometry), and enzymatic activities in two phytochemically diverse butterhead lettuce varieties (red or green). Plants were fed in hydroponics with three nutrient solutions (NSs) with different ratios of K, Ca, and Mg. The variation of these minerals in the edible product was associated with alterations of the morphology and physiology of the leaves, and of the quality and functional properties of lettuce, with a trade-off between total accumulation and mineral UtE. Moreover, in non-limiting conditions of nutrient availability, significant mineral interactions were also present. The flexibility of the plant response to the different ratios of macrocations, and the observed large intraspecific variation, were adequate to provide mineral-specific phytochemical profiles to the edible product. Specifically, the full-red lettuce provided more interesting results in regard to the compositional and functional attributes of the leaves.

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Isosmotic Macrocation Variation Modulates Mineral Efficiency, Morpho-Physiological Traits, and Functional Properties in Hydroponically Grown Lettuce Varieties (Lactuca sativa L.)

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“…Some of the important functional classes of genes involved or implicated in NUE include transporters, kinases, and transcription factors (TFs) (Vidal et al, 2020 ; Yang et al, 2020 ; Zhang et al, 2020b ). Recently, Kumari and Raghuram ( 2020 ) compiled a comprehensive list of phosphatases involved in the N-response and/or NUE in crops.…”

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Meta-Analysis of Yield-Related and N-Responsive Genes Reveals Chromosomal Hotspots, Key Processes and Candidate Genes for Nitrogen-Use Efficiency in Rice

2021

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Nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) is a function of N-response and yield that is controlled by many genes and phenotypic parameters that are poorly characterized. This study compiled all known yield-related genes in rice and mined them from the N-responsive microarray data to find 1,064 NUE-related genes. Many of them are novel genes hitherto unreported as related to NUE, including 80 transporters, 235 transcription factors (TFs), 44 MicroRNAs (miRNAs), 91 kinases, and 8 phosphatases. They were further shortlisted to 62 NUE-candidate genes following hierarchical methods, including quantitative trait locus (QTL) co-localization, functional evaluation in the literature, and protein–protein interactions (PPIs). They were localized to chromosomes 1, 3, 5, and 9, of which chromosome 1 with 26 genes emerged as a hotspot for NUE spanning 81% of the chromosomes. Further, co-localization of the NUE genes on NUE-QTLs resolved differences in the earlier studies that relied mainly on N-responsive genes regardless of their role in yield. Functional annotations and PPIs for all the 1,064 NUE-related genes and also the shortlisted 62 candidates revealed transcription, redox, phosphorylation, transport, development, metabolism, photosynthesis, water deprivation, and hormonal and stomatal function among the prominent processes. In silico expression analysis confirmed differential expression of the 62 NUE-candidate genes in a tissue/stage-specific manner. Experimental validation in two contrasting genotypes revealed that high NUE rice shows better photosynthetic performance, transpiration efficiency and internal water-use efficiency in comparison to low NUE rice. Feature Selection Analysis independently identified one-third of the common genes at every stage of hierarchical shortlisting, offering 6 priority targets to validate for improving the crop NUE.

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“…Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the most important cereal crops providing more than half of the world's staple food (Z. H. Zhang et al, 2020). Varieties of rice cultivars are utilized in diverse food products because of their different quality properties (Kim et al, 2019;Tang et al, 2021).…”

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Structural and functional characteristics of Japonica rice starches with different amylose contents

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Cheng

Wei

et al. 2021

CyTA - Journal of Food

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Fully understanding the structures and properties of starches with different amylose contents is important to agriculture and food industries. Structural and functional characteristics of three Japonica rice starches differing in amylose content (<0.5%, 18.8%, and 33.3% for waxy, normal, and high-amylose varieties, respectively) were investigated using a range of characterization methods. As amylose content increased, the weight-average molecular weight, short-range order, relative crystallinity, and lamellar peak intensity of starch decreased. High-amylose starch contained a lower proportion of A chains than waxy and normal starches. High-amylose starch displayed a C-type crystalline structure, different from the A-type crystalline structure of waxy and normal starches. Compared with waxy and normal starches, high-amylose starch exhibited higher granule size (volume-average diameter), pasting temperature and higher resistant starch content, but lower peak viscosity, breakdown viscosity, swelling power, and rapidly digestible starch content. These results can provide reference for the exploitation of Japonica rice starches. Características estructurales y funcionales de los almidones de arroz Japonica con diferentes contenidos de amilosa RESUMENPara la agricultura y la industria alimentaria es importante comprender plenamente las estructuras y las propiedades de los almidones con diferentes contenidos de amilosa. Por ello, el presente estudio se propuso investigar las características estructurales y funcionales de tres almidones de arroz Japonica que difieren en su contenido de amilosa (<0.5%, 18.8% y 33.3% para las variedades cerosa, normal y con alto contenido de amilosa, respectivamente), utilizando varios métodos de caracterización. Así, pudo constatarse que, a medida que el contenido de amilosa aumenta, disminuyen el peso molecular medio, el orden de corto alcance, la cristalinidad relativa y la intensidad del pico laminar del almidón. Por otra parte, se comprobó que el almidón de alta amilosa contiene menor proporción de cadenas A que los almidones cerosos y normales, y que presenta una estructura cristalina de tipo C, diferente de la estructura cristalina de tipo A de los almidones cerosos y normales. En comparación con los almidones cerosos y normales, en el almidón de alta amilosa se constató un mayor tamaño de gránulo (diámetro medio del volumen), mayor temperatura de pegado y mayor contenido de almidón resistente, aunque posee menor viscosidad máxima, menor viscosidad de ruptura, menor poder de hinchamiento y menor contenido de almidón rápidamente digerible. En conclusión, estos resultados pueden servir de referencia para el aprovechamiento de los almidones de arroz Japonica.

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Improvement of nutrient use efficiency in rice: current toolbox and future perspectives

Cited by 65 publications

References 269 publications

Isosmotic Macrocation Variation Modulates Mineral Efficiency, Morpho-Physiological Traits, and Functional Properties in Hydroponically Grown Lettuce Varieties (Lactuca sativa L.)

Isosmotic Macrocation Variation Modulates Mineral Efficiency, Morpho-Physiological Traits, and Functional Properties in Hydroponically Grown Lettuce Varieties (Lactuca sativa L.)

Meta-Analysis of Yield-Related and N-Responsive Genes Reveals Chromosomal Hotspots, Key Processes and Candidate Genes for Nitrogen-Use Efficiency in Rice

Structural and functional characteristics of Japonica rice starches with different amylose contents

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