Responses to Sulfur Limitation in Maize

Bouranis, D. L.; Büchner, Peter; Chorianopoulou, Styliani N.; Hopkins, Laura; Protonotarios, Vassilis; Siyiannis, Vassilis F.; Hawkesford, Malcolm J.

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-76326-0_1

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“…Sulfur deficiency can have significant effects on RSA; sulfate limited Arabidopsis and maize plants increase their LR production, developing an extensive, highly branched root system, often at the expense of shoot growth (Kutz et al, 2002; Bouranis et al, 2008). Another conflicting Arabidopsis study found a decrease in LRP and emerged LR under low-sulfate growth conditions (Dan et al, 2007).…”

Section: Growth In Response To Soil Nutrientsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Getting to the roots of it: Genetic and hormonal control of root architecture

Jung¹,

McCouch²

2013

Front. Plant Sci.

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Root system architecture (RSA) – the spatial configuration of a root system – is an important developmental and agronomic trait, with implications for overall plant architecture, growth rate and yield, abiotic stress resistance, nutrient uptake, and developmental plasticity in response to environmental changes. Root architecture is modulated by intrinsic, hormone-mediated pathways, intersecting with pathways that perceive and respond to external, environmental signals. The recent development of several non-invasive 2D and 3D root imaging systems has enhanced our ability to accurately observe and quantify architectural traits on complex whole-root systems. Coupled with the powerful marker-based genotyping and sequencing platforms currently available, these root phenotyping technologies lend themselves to large-scale genome-wide association studies, and can speed the identification and characterization of the genes and pathways involved in root system development. This capability provides the foundation for examining the contribution of root architectural traits to the performance of crop varieties in diverse environments. This review focuses on our current understanding of the genes and pathways involved in determining RSA in response to both intrinsic and extrinsic (environmental) response pathways, and provides a brief overview of the latest root system phenotyping technologies and their potential impact on elucidating the genetic control of root development in plants.

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Section: Growth In Response To Soil Nutrientsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Getting to the roots of it: Genetic and hormonal control of root architecture

Jung¹,

McCouch²

2013

Front. Plant Sci.

263

198

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“…Root branching, through the production of first- or higher-order LRs, is regulated at the level of the formation of LR primordia and their subsequent expansion. Low availability of N, P, sulfur (S) or zinc (Zn) promotes an increase in the density and/or length of LRs, although, as mentioned above, when the nutrient distribution is patchy, LRs may proliferate in regions of high local nutrient abundance (Zhang et al, 1999; Kutz et al, 2002; López-Bucio et al, 2002; Bouranis et al, 2008; Gruber et al, 2013). In cereal crops, the bulk of the adult root system is comprised of shoot-borne crown (CR) roots and associated LRs (Hochholdinger and Tuberosa, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

Inoculation with the mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis modulates the relationship between root growth and nutrient content in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.)

Ramírez-Flores

Bello-Bello

Rellán‐Álvarez

et al. 2019

Preprint

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Plant root systems play an essential role in nutrient and water acquisition. In resource-limited soils, modification of root system architecture is an important strategy to optimize plant performance. Most terrestrial plants also form symbiotic associations with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to maximize nutrient uptake. In addition to direct delivery of nutrients, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi benefit the plant host by promoting root growth. Here, we aimed to quantify the impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on root growth and nutrient uptake in maize. Inoculated plants showed an increase in both biomass and the total content of twenty quantified elements. In addition, image analysis showed mycorrhizal plants to have denser, more branched root systems. For most of the quantified elements, the increase in content in mycorrhizal plants was proportional to root and overall plant growth. However, the increase in boron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sulfur and strontium was greater than predicted by root system size alone, indicating fungal delivery to be supplementing root uptake.

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“…The main reasons are the reduction of sulfur dioxide emission from power plants and various industrial sources, the increasing use of high-analysis low-S-containing fertilizers, the decreasing use of S-containing fertilizers, the decreasing use of S-containing fungicides and pesticides and high-yielding varieties [3]. Maize (Zea mays, Poaceae) is one of the world's leading cereal crops along with rice and wheat [4] and a synopsis of the responses to S limitation in maize has been provided [5].…”

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Differential Early Fluctuations in Superoxide Dismutase and Catalase Activities Are Included in the Responses of Young Maize Organs to S-Deprivation

Chorianopoulou¹,

Giamouroglou²,

Bouranis³

2012

AJPS

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water soluble protein fraction (WSPF) content along with the SOD and the CAT activities were comparatively monitored in leaf blades, sheaths and roots. S-deprivation progressively diminished WSPF first in the sheaths, two days later in the blades, and four days later in the root. SOD activity per mg WSPF decreased at d2, whilst it increased for the next four days. After d6, SOD activities of roots and sheaths decreased, followed by the blades at d10. CAT activity per mg WSPF at d2 decreased only in blades, whilst increased in both sheaths and roots (more in sheaths). After d6 decreased CAT activity was found only in roots. No other decreases were observed in blades and sheaths. SOD and CAT specific activities on DM basis presented an oscillation pattern with the increase of DM. S-deprivation altered this picture, by reversing the oscillation pattern and by decreasing the trendlines. SOD specific activity initially decreased in –S sheaths and roots, whilst it remained unchanged in –S blades. Then it increased abruptly, decreased in an exponential manner and stabilised in all three organs. S-deprivation caused an early fluctuation of the CAT activity and then diverse responses; in blades a late increase in CAT activity was observed and decreases in the other two organs. S-deprivation seemed to reverse the oscillation pattern of CAT specific activity differentially for each organ type

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Responses to Sulfur Limitation in Maize

Cited by 14 publications

References 74 publications

Getting to the roots of it: Genetic and hormonal control of root architecture

Getting to the roots of it: Genetic and hormonal control of root architecture

Inoculation with the mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis modulates the relationship between root growth and nutrient content in maize (Zea mays ssp. mays L.)

Differential Early Fluctuations in Superoxide Dismutase and Catalase Activities Are Included in the Responses of Young Maize Organs to S-Deprivation

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