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    Potential short-term memory induction as a promising method for increasing drought tolerance in sweetpotato crop wild relatives (Ipomoea series Batatas (Choisy) D. F. Austin)

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    Guerrero-Zurita, F.
    Ramírez, D.
    Rinza, J.
    Ninanya, J.
    Blas, R.
    Heider, B.
    Date
    2020-09
    Language
    en
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    Guerrero-Zurita, F.; Ramírez, D.; Rinza, J.; Ninanya, J.; Blas, R.; Heider, B. (2020). Potential short-term memory induction as a promising method for increasing drought tolerance in sweetpotato crop wild relatives (Ipomoea series Batatas (Choisy) D. F. Austin). Frontiers in Plant Science. Published online 03Sep2020.
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109197
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.567507
    Abstract/Description
    Crop wild relatives of sweetpotato [Ipomoea series Batatas (Choisy) D. F. Austin] are a group of species with potential for use in crop improvement programs seeking to breed for drought tolerance. Stress memory in this group could enhance these species’ physiological response to drought, though no studies have yet been conducted in this area. In this pot experiment, drought tolerance, determined using secondary traits, was tested in 59 sweetpotato crop wild relative accessions using potential short-term memory induction. For this purpose, accessions were subjected to two treatments, i) non-priming: full irrigation (up to field capacity, 0.32 w/w) from transplanting to harvest and ii) priming: full irrigation from transplanting to flowering onset (FO) followed by a priming process from FO to harvest. The priming process consisted of three water restriction periods of increasing length (8, 11, and 14 days) followed each by a recovery period of 14 days with full irrigation. Potential stress memory induction was calculated for each accession based on ecophysiological indicators such as senescence, foliar area, leaf-minus-air temperature, and leaf 13C discrimination. Based on total biomass production, resilience and production capacity were calculated per accession to evaluate drought tolerance. Increase in foliar area, efficient leaf thermoregulation, improvement of leaf photosynthetic performance, and delayed senescence were identified in 23.7, 28.8, 50.8, and 81.4% of the total number of accessions, respectively. It was observed that under a severe drought scenario, a resilient response included more long-lived green leaf area while a productive response was related to optimized leaf thermoregulation and gas exchange. Our preliminary results suggest that I. triloba and I. trifida have the potential to improve sweetpotato resilience in dry environments and should be included in introgression breeding programs of this crop. Furthermore, I. splendor-sylvae, I. ramosissima, I. tiliacea, and wild I. batatas were the most productive species studied but given the genetic barriers to interspecific hybridization between these species and sweetpotato, we suggest that further genetic and metabolic studies be conducted on them. Finally, this study proposes a promising method for improving drought tolerance based on potential stress-memory induction, which is applicable both for wild species and crops.
    CGIAR Author ORCID iDs
    David Ramirezhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4546-9745
    Javier Isidoro Rinza Díazhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9320-3146
    Johan L. Ninanya Tantavilcahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9499-2503
    Bettina Heiderhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9792-8512
    CGIAR Affiliations
    Roots, Tubers and Bananas
    AGROVOC Keywords
    potatoes; drought tolerance; crop improvement; senescence
    Subjects
    BREEDING; CROP AND SYSTEMS SCIENCES CSS; GENETICS, GENOMICS AND CROP IMPROVEMENT SCIENCES GGCI; SWEETPOTATOES; SWEETPOTATO AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS;
    Countries
    Peru
    Regions
    Latin America; South America
    Investors/sponsors
    Government of Norway
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