The soybean root membrane lipids and forage quality data in response to field cultivation on agricultural podzols in boreal climates

Abstract

The objective of this data in brief article is to represent the associated data set regarding our published paper in Plant Science Nadeem et al., 2019. Data set represent soil acid phosphatase activity, association of individual molecular species of four major lipid classes with soybean forage quality indices when cultivated in boreal podzolic soils under cool climatic conditions. Phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidic acid (PA) and acylated glucosyl betasitosterol ester (AGIcSiE) molecular species grouped the soybean forage quality indices in different quadrants on principal component analyses. Furthermore, the total lipid profile and correlation of major lipid species with forage quality indices are included in this data in brief article. This data set support the main findings described in Nadeem et al., 2019.

Root membrane lipids as potential biomarkers to discriminate silage‐corn genotypes cultivated on podzolic soils in boreal climate

“…In fact, crop varieties are selected based on their resilience and adaptation under different climate zones (Fox et al 2019). Concomitant with genotypic expression, endogenous or induced production of membrane lipids has also been reported to be part of the successful strategy associated with plant acclimation in specialized growth conditions or environments (Nadeem et al 2019b(Nadeem et al , 2019c. Kim et al (2016) demonstrated that different molecular species of triacylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol and phosphatidic acid could be used as biomarkers to discriminate Panax ginseng L. cultivars, as well as their cultivation age.…”

“…Authors further demonstrated that using the predicted model approach, unknown samples of Panax ginseng L. could be successfully identified. Our previous work has also demonstrated that membrane lipids in soybean are crucial in determining plants' ability to adapt to different environmental conditions (low pH and cool climate) in boreal climate (Nadeem et al 2019b(Nadeem et al , 2019c. Herein, we are interested to explore whether root membrane lipids could be used as suitable biochemical markers to discriminate different silage-corn genotypes.…”

“…Boreal climate is characterized as long and cold winter months, with short and cool growing season (seasonal average temperatures 10–12°C). To sustain dairy industry forage needs in NL, researchers conducted various field experiments to evaluate silage‐corn and soybean genotypes' yield and forage quality on podzolic soils in boreal climate (Zaeem et al 2017, Zaeem et al 2019, Nadeem et al 2019a, Nadeem et al 2019b, Nadeem et al 2019c).…”

“…Lipids are important components of plasma membranes and are responsible for numerous physiological roles including response to environmental stimuli (Ahn and Matsumoto 2006, Schopfer and Liszkay 2006), cell signaling (Neill et al 2002), cell wall biosynthesis (Mika and Luthje 2003) and plant development and adaptation under varying environmental stresses (Nadeem et al 2019a, Nadeem et al 2019b). Therefore, lipid‐based signaling cascades play crucial role in plant growth and development (Wang 2004) and adaptability to varying soil conditions (Nadeem et al 2019b, Nadeem et al 2019c). Recently, we have reported three lipid classes in the root membranes of silage‐corn grown under boreal climate, including phospholipids, glycolipids and sphingolipids (Nadeem et al 2019a).…”

“…One major feature of these responses is the ability of plants to remodel the cell membrane lipidome during the perception and acclimation to environmental changes; and the extent of the membrane lipid remodulation determines successful or unsuccessful adaptation. Furthermore, the plant capacity to successfully modulate the lipid membrane during stress acclimation (Nadeem et al 2019c) is also linked to genetic traits (Kim et al 2016, Fox et al 2019).…”