Greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum)
Abstract Global climate change and land use change underlie a need to develop new crop breeding strategies, and crop wild relatives (CWR) have become an important potential source of new genetic material to improve breeding efforts. Many recent approaches assume adaptive trait variation increases to...
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| author | Christopher P. Krieg Duncan D. Smith Mark A. Adams Jens Berger Niloofar Layegh Nikravesh Eric J. von Wettberg |
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| description | Abstract Global climate change and land use change underlie a need to develop new crop breeding strategies, and crop wild relatives (CWR) have become an important potential source of new genetic material to improve breeding efforts. Many recent approaches assume adaptive trait variation increases towards the relative environmental extremes of a species range, potentially missing valuable trait variation in more moderate or typical climates. Here, we leveraged distinct genotypes of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum) that differ in their relative climates from moderate to more extreme and perform targeted assessments of drought and heat tolerance. We found significance variation in ecophysiological function and stress tolerance between genotypes but contrary to expectations and current paradigms, it was individuals from more moderate climates that exhibited greater capacity for stress tolerance than individuals from warmer and drier climates. These results indicate that wild germplasm collection efforts to identify adaptive variation should include the full range of environmental conditions and habitats instead of only environmental extremes, and that doing so may significantly enhance the success of breeding programs broadly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2ad84d13ce354a04ab74bd7901bc95ea2024-03-10T12:13:06ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-03-011411910.1038/s41598-024-56457-9Greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum)Christopher P. Krieg0Duncan D. Smith1Mark A. Adams2Jens Berger3Niloofar Layegh Nikravesh4Eric J. von Wettberg5University of WisconsinUniversity of WisconsinSwinburne University of TechnologyCSIRO, Agriculture and FoodDepartment of Plant and Soil Science, University of VermontDepartment of Plant and Soil Science, University of VermontAbstract Global climate change and land use change underlie a need to develop new crop breeding strategies, and crop wild relatives (CWR) have become an important potential source of new genetic material to improve breeding efforts. Many recent approaches assume adaptive trait variation increases towards the relative environmental extremes of a species range, potentially missing valuable trait variation in more moderate or typical climates. Here, we leveraged distinct genotypes of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum) that differ in their relative climates from moderate to more extreme and perform targeted assessments of drought and heat tolerance. We found significance variation in ecophysiological function and stress tolerance between genotypes but contrary to expectations and current paradigms, it was individuals from more moderate climates that exhibited greater capacity for stress tolerance than individuals from warmer and drier climates. These results indicate that wild germplasm collection efforts to identify adaptive variation should include the full range of environmental conditions and habitats instead of only environmental extremes, and that doing so may significantly enhance the success of breeding programs broadly.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56457-9 |
| spellingShingle | Christopher P. Krieg Duncan D. Smith Mark A. Adams Jens Berger Niloofar Layegh Nikravesh Eric J. von Wettberg Greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum) Scientific Reports |
| title | Greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum) |
| title_full | Greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum) |
| title_fullStr | Greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum) |
| title_short | Greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea (Cicer reticulatum) |
| title_sort | greater ecophysiological stress tolerance in the core environment than in extreme environments of wild chickpea cicer reticulatum |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56457-9 |
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