{"id":556052,"date":"2023-02-24T12:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T09:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/scientists-unlock-key-to-drought-resistant-wheat-plants-with-longer-roots\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T12:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T09:35:30","slug":"scientists-unlock-key-to-drought-resistant-wheat-plants-with-longer-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-unlock-key-to-drought-resistant-wheat-plants-with-longer-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"#Scientists unlock key to drought-resistant wheat plants with longer roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373239be641\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373239be641\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-unlock-key-to-drought-resistant-wheat-plants-with-longer-roots\/#%E2%80%9CScientists_unlock_key_to_drought-resistant_wheat_plants_with_longer_roots%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Scientists unlock key to drought-resistant wheat plants with longer roots&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-unlock-key-to-drought-resistant-wheat-plants-with-longer-roots\/#Roots_key_to_better_yield_in_drought\" >Roots key to better yield in drought<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-unlock-key-to-drought-resistant-wheat-plants-with-longer-roots\/#From_genomics_to_breeding\" >From genomics to breeding<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CScientists_unlock_key_to_drought-resistant_wheat_plants_with_longer_roots%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Scientists unlock key to drought-resistant wheat plants with longer roots&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/scientists-unlock-key.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/scientists-unlock-key.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Photo of roots that contain different dosages of a family of genes that affects root architecture, allowing wheat plants to grow longer roots and take in more water. Credit: Gilad Gabay \/ UC Davis\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/scientists-unlock-key.jpg\" alt=\"Scientists unlock key to drought-resistant wheat plants with longer roots\" title=\"Photo of roots that contain different dosages of a family of genes that affects root architecture, allowing wheat plants to grow longer roots and take in more water. Credit: Gilad Gabay \/ UC Davis\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Photo of roots that contain different dosages of a family of genes that affects root architecture, allowing wheat plants to grow longer roots and take in more water. Credit: Gilad Gabay \/ UC Davis<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Growing wheat in drought conditions may be easier in the future, thanks to new genetic research out of the University of California, Davis.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>An international team of scientists found that the right number of copies of a specific group of genes can stimulate longer root growth, enabling wheat plants to pull water from deeper supplies. The resulting plants have more biomass and produce higher grain yield, according to a paper <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-023-36248-y.pdf\">published<\/a> in the journal <i>Nature Communications<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The research provides novel tools to modify wheat root architecture to withstand low water conditions, said Gilad Gabay, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Plant <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s at UC Davis and the first author on the paper.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Roots_key_to_better_yield_in_drought\"><\/span>Roots key to better yield in drought <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Roots play a very important role in plants,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The root absorbs the water and the nutrients to support plants&#8217; growth. This finding is a useful tool to engineer root systems to improve yield under drought conditions in wheat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Much has been done to improve wheat production but losses from water stress can erase other improvements. Plants that can adapt to low water conditions but have increased yield will be key to growing enough food for a growing population in the face of global warming.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, little has been known about the genes that affect the root structure of wheat. The discovery of the gene family\u2014known as OPRIII\u2014and that different copies of these genes affect root length is a significant step, said Distinguished Professor Jorge Dubcovsky, the project leader in the lab where Gabay works.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The duplication of the OPRIII genes results in increased production of a plant hormone called Jasmonic acid that causes, among other processes, the accelerated production of lateral roots,&#8221; Dubcovsky said. &#8220;Different dosages of these genes can be used to obtain different roots.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_genomics_to_breeding\"><\/span>From genomics to breeding<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To get longer roots, the team of researchers used CRISPR gene editing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> to eliminate some of the OPRIII genes that were duplicated in wheat lines with shorter roots. By contrast, increasing the copies of these genes caused shorter and more branched roots. But inserting a rye chromosome, which result in decreased OPRIII wheat genes, caused longer roots.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fine-tuning the dosage of the OPRIII genes can allow us to engineer root systems that are adapted to drought, to normal conditions, to different scenarios,&#8221; Gabay said.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing the right combination of genes means researchers can search for wheat varieties that have those natural variations and breed for release to growers planting in low-water environments.<\/p>\n<p>Junli Zhang, Germ\u00e1n Burguener and Tyson Howell from the Department of Plant Sciences contributed to the paper, as did researchers from China Agricultural University in China, Fudan University in China, Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland, Karolinska Institute in Sweden, National University of San Martin in Argentina, Technological Institute of Chascom\u00fas in Argentina, UC Berkeley, University of Haifa in Israel and UC Riverside Metabolomics Core Facility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Gilad Gabay et al, Dosage differences in 12-OXOPHYTODIENOATE REDUCTASE genes modulate wheat root growth, <i>Nature Communications<\/i> (2023).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-023-36248-y\">DOI: 10.1038\/s41467-023-36248-y<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                Scientists unlock key to drought-resistant wheat plants with longer roots (2023, February 24)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 24 February 2023<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2023-02-scientists-key-drought-resistant-wheat-longer.html<\/p>\n<p>                                             This document is subject to copyright. 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