Opportunities for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Cereal Crops—Physiological Traits and Genetic Mechanisms
Waterlogging occurs when soil is saturated with water, leading to anaerobic conditions in the root zone of plants. Climate change is increasing the frequency of waterlogging events, resulting in considerable crop losses. Plants respond to waterlogging stress by adventitious root growth, aerenchyma f...
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| author | Cen Tong Camilla Beate Hill Gaofeng Zhou Xiao-Qi Zhang Yong Jia Chengdao Li |
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| description | Waterlogging occurs when soil is saturated with water, leading to anaerobic conditions in the root zone of plants. Climate change is increasing the frequency of waterlogging events, resulting in considerable crop losses. Plants respond to waterlogging stress by adventitious root growth, aerenchyma formation, energy metabolism, and phytohormone signalling. Genotypes differ in biomass reduction, photosynthesis rate, adventitious roots development, and aerenchyma formation in response to waterlogging. We reviewed the detrimental effects of waterlogging on physiological and genetic mechanisms in four major cereal crops (rice, maize, wheat, and barley). The review covers current knowledge on waterlogging tolerance mechanism, genes, and quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with waterlogging tolerance-related traits, the conventional and modern breeding methods used in developing waterlogging tolerant germplasm. Lastly, we describe candidate genes controlling waterlogging tolerance identified in model plants <i>Arabidopsis</i> and rice to identify homologous genes in the less waterlogging-tolerant maize, wheat, and barley. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe7ca0589ed84747b5170544e2eac7c52023-11-22T09:18:08ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472021-07-01108156010.3390/plants10081560Opportunities for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Cereal Crops—Physiological Traits and Genetic MechanismsCen Tong0Camilla Beate Hill1Gaofeng Zhou2Xiao-Qi Zhang3Yong Jia4Chengdao Li5Western Crop Genetic Alliance, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaWestern Crop Genetic Alliance, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaWestern Crop Genetic Alliance, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaWestern Crop Genetic Alliance, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaWestern Crop Genetic Alliance, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaWestern Crop Genetic Alliance, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaWaterlogging occurs when soil is saturated with water, leading to anaerobic conditions in the root zone of plants. Climate change is increasing the frequency of waterlogging events, resulting in considerable crop losses. Plants respond to waterlogging stress by adventitious root growth, aerenchyma formation, energy metabolism, and phytohormone signalling. Genotypes differ in biomass reduction, photosynthesis rate, adventitious roots development, and aerenchyma formation in response to waterlogging. We reviewed the detrimental effects of waterlogging on physiological and genetic mechanisms in four major cereal crops (rice, maize, wheat, and barley). The review covers current knowledge on waterlogging tolerance mechanism, genes, and quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with waterlogging tolerance-related traits, the conventional and modern breeding methods used in developing waterlogging tolerant germplasm. Lastly, we describe candidate genes controlling waterlogging tolerance identified in model plants <i>Arabidopsis</i> and rice to identify homologous genes in the less waterlogging-tolerant maize, wheat, and barley.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/8/1560waterlogging tolerance mechanism<i>Arabidopsis</i>ricemaizewheatbarley |
| spellingShingle | Cen Tong Camilla Beate Hill Gaofeng Zhou Xiao-Qi Zhang Yong Jia Chengdao Li Opportunities for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Cereal Crops—Physiological Traits and Genetic Mechanisms Plants waterlogging tolerance mechanism <i>Arabidopsis</i> rice maize wheat barley |
| title | Opportunities for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Cereal Crops—Physiological Traits and Genetic Mechanisms |
| title_full | Opportunities for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Cereal Crops—Physiological Traits and Genetic Mechanisms |
| title_fullStr | Opportunities for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Cereal Crops—Physiological Traits and Genetic Mechanisms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Opportunities for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Cereal Crops—Physiological Traits and Genetic Mechanisms |
| title_short | Opportunities for Improving Waterlogging Tolerance in Cereal Crops—Physiological Traits and Genetic Mechanisms |
| title_sort | opportunities for improving waterlogging tolerance in cereal crops physiological traits and genetic mechanisms |
| topic | waterlogging tolerance mechanism <i>Arabidopsis</i> rice maize wheat barley |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/8/1560 |
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