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Kathleen K Markham¹, Kathleen Greenham¹

¹Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, USA.

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Plant evolution shows the circadian clock coordinating environmental responses. Research into its links with abiotic stress in wild plants can improve crop stress tolerance.

Keywords:

abiotic stress circadian clock cultivated crop domestication evolution green lineage stress response wild crop relatives

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Area of Science:

Plant Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics

Background:

The plant circadian clock regulates physiological processes.
Early land plants required energy-intensive stress responses.
Integrating stress responses with the clock controls energy use.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the evolution of the plant circadian clock.
To explore conserved regulation of abiotic stress responses.
To investigate circadian clock variation for crop improvement.

Main Methods:

Literature review on plant circadian clock evolution.
Analysis of evidence for conserved abiotic stress regulation.
Examination of variation in circadian clock parameters across species.

Main Results:

The circadian clock evolved into a complex signaling network.
Evidence suggests conserved regulation of abiotic stress by the clock.
Significant variation in clock parameters exists across monocots and eudicots.

Conclusions:

Understanding ancestral clock-stress links is crucial.
This knowledge can enhance crop abiotic stress tolerance.
Further research into wild accessions will benefit agriculture.