Responsive Mechanism of Salt‐Tolerant Spring Wheat Variety to Salt Stress During the Seedling Stage

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Main Authors: Binbin Xiao, Siyuan Jia, Tiantian Zhang, Zhiyang Han, Lei Han, Houxing Yan, Lan Wang, Chunwu Yang
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author Binbin Xiao
Siyuan Jia
Tiantian Zhang
Zhiyang Han
Lei Han
Houxing Yan
Lan Wang
Chunwu Yang
author_facet Binbin Xiao
Siyuan Jia
Tiantian Zhang
Zhiyang Han
Lei Han
Houxing Yan
Lan Wang
Chunwu Yang
Binbin Xiao
Siyuan Jia
Tiantian Zhang
Zhiyang Han
Lei Han
Houxing Yan
Lan Wang
Chunwu Yang
collection Wiley Open Access
contents Responsive Mechanism of Salt‐Tolerant Spring Wheat Variety to Salt Stress During the Seedling Stage Binbin Xiao Siyuan Jia Tiantian Zhang Zhiyang Han Lei Han Houxing Yan Lan Wang Chunwu Yang Physiologia Plantarum ABSTRACT Spring wheat is predominantly cultivated in saline‐alkaline regions. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying the salt tolerance of spring wheat. This study explored physiological and gene expression regulation mechanisms by which a salt‐tolerant spring wheat variety (QM‐1) resists salt stress during the seedling stage. Under salt stress, QM‐1 displayed higher root Na + concentration and root biomass but lower shoot Na + concentration than the control variety (NCY‐4). Increasing root biomass was helpful to reduce Na + influx into the shoots via Na + compartmentalization at the roots for QM‐1 under salt stress. Metabolomic analysis revealed that NCY‐4 had synthesis defects in many flavonoids in the leaves, while high flavonoid accumulation was a specific metabolic characteristic of QM‐1 under salt stress. Exogenous application experiments confirmed that exogenous application of quercetin‐7‐O‐glucoside alleviated salt stress damage in NCY‐4, whereas application of neither flavonoids nor carbohydrates alone can alleviate damage of salt stress to NCY‐4. Transcriptomics showed that many key flavonoid synthesis genes ( 4CL , CHS , ANR ), glycosyltransferase genes (responsible for flavonoid glycosylation), key carbohydrate metabolic synthesis genes, and flavonoid synthesis regulatory genes ( R2R3‐MYB , bHLH ) displayed significantly higher expression levels in the leaves of QM‐1 than in those of NCY‐4 under salt stress. The above data indicated that flavonoids, like quercetin‐7‐O‐glucoside, may play a critical role in QM‐1. In response to salt stress, the salt‐tolerant spring wheat variety enhanced whole‐plant tolerance by increasing root biomass and root/shoot ratio to improve ionic stress tolerance and by accumulating flavonoids in leaves to facilitate ROS scavenging. 10.1111/ppl.70708 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor
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spellingShingle Responsive Mechanism of Salt‐Tolerant Spring Wheat Variety to Salt Stress During the Seedling Stage
Binbin Xiao
Siyuan Jia
Tiantian Zhang
Zhiyang Han
Lei Han
Houxing Yan
Lan Wang
Chunwu Yang
Physiologia Plantarum
Responsive Mechanism of Salt‐Tolerant Spring Wheat Variety to Salt Stress During the Seedling Stage Binbin Xiao Siyuan Jia Tiantian Zhang Zhiyang Han Lei Han Houxing Yan Lan Wang Chunwu Yang Physiologia Plantarum ABSTRACT Spring wheat is predominantly cultivated in saline‐alkaline regions. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying the salt tolerance of spring wheat. This study explored physiological and gene expression regulation mechanisms by which a salt‐tolerant spring wheat variety (QM‐1) resists salt stress during the seedling stage. Under salt stress, QM‐1 displayed higher root Na + concentration and root biomass but lower shoot Na + concentration than the control variety (NCY‐4). Increasing root biomass was helpful to reduce Na + influx into the shoots via Na + compartmentalization at the roots for QM‐1 under salt stress. Metabolomic analysis revealed that NCY‐4 had synthesis defects in many flavonoids in the leaves, while high flavonoid accumulation was a specific metabolic characteristic of QM‐1 under salt stress. Exogenous application experiments confirmed that exogenous application of quercetin‐7‐O‐glucoside alleviated salt stress damage in NCY‐4, whereas application of neither flavonoids nor carbohydrates alone can alleviate damage of salt stress to NCY‐4. Transcriptomics showed that many key flavonoid synthesis genes ( 4CL , CHS , ANR ), glycosyltransferase genes (responsible for flavonoid glycosylation), key carbohydrate metabolic synthesis genes, and flavonoid synthesis regulatory genes ( R2R3‐MYB , bHLH ) displayed significantly higher expression levels in the leaves of QM‐1 than in those of NCY‐4 under salt stress. The above data indicated that flavonoids, like quercetin‐7‐O‐glucoside, may play a critical role in QM‐1. In response to salt stress, the salt‐tolerant spring wheat variety enhanced whole‐plant tolerance by increasing root biomass and root/shoot ratio to improve ionic stress tolerance and by accumulating flavonoids in leaves to facilitate ROS scavenging. 10.1111/ppl.70708 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor
title Responsive Mechanism of Salt‐Tolerant Spring Wheat Variety to Salt Stress During the Seedling Stage
topic Physiologia Plantarum
url https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppl.70708