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Wei Yuan1, Qian Zhang1, Ying Li1
1Center for Plant Water-Use and Nutrition Regulation and College of Resources and Environment, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crops and College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
Abstract:
Abscisic acid (ABA) is a critical hormone for plant survival under water stress. In this study, large-scale mutants of the Arabidopsis ecotype Columbia-0 (Col-0) were generated by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-mutagenesis, and an improved root elongation under water-stress 1 (irew1) mutant showing significantly enhanced root growth was isolated under a water potential gradient assay. Then, irew1 and ABA-related mutants in Arabidopsis or tomato plants were observed under water potential gradient assay or water-deficient conditions. ABA pathway, Ca2+ response, and primary root (PR) elongation rate were monitored in addition to DNA- and RNA-Seq analyses. We found that based on phenotyping and transcriptional analyses, irew1 exhibited enhanced PR growth, ABA, and Ca2+ responses, compared to wild type subjected to water stress. Interestingly, exogenous Ca2+ application enhanced PR growth of irew1, ABA-biosynthesis deficient mutants in Arabidopsis, and tomato plants, in response to water potential gradients or water-deficient conditions. In combination with other ABA-related mutants and pharmacological studies, our results suggest that ABA is required for root elongation associated with Ca2+ influx in response to water stress.
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