Plants have developed multiple strategies to respond to salt stress.In order to identify new traits related to salt tolerance,with potential breeding application,the research focus has recently been shifted to include...Plants have developed multiple strategies to respond to salt stress.In order to identify new traits related to salt tolerance,with potential breeding application,the research focus has recently been shifted to include root system architecture(RSA)and root plasticity.Using a simple but effective root phenotyping system containing soil(rhizotrons),RSA of several tomato cultivars and their response to salinity was investigated.We observed a high level of root plasticity of tomato seedlings under salt stress.The general root architecture was substantially modified in response to salt,especially with respect to position of the lateral roots in the soil.At the soil surface,where salt accumulates,lateral root emergence was most strongly inhibited.Within the set of tomato cultivars,H1015 was the most tolerant to salinity in both developmental stages studied.A significant correlation between several root traits and aboveground growth parameters was observed,highlighting a possible role for regulation of both ion content and root architecture in salt stress resilience.展开更多
基金the Alfonso Martin Escudero Foundation and the NWO SusCrop-ERA-NET ROOT pro-ject ALW.FACCE.24The project ROOT was carried out under the ERA-NET Cofund SusCrop(Grant No.771134)the Joint Programming Initiative on Agricul-ture,Food Security and Climate Change(FACCE-JPI).
文摘Plants have developed multiple strategies to respond to salt stress.In order to identify new traits related to salt tolerance,with potential breeding application,the research focus has recently been shifted to include root system architecture(RSA)and root plasticity.Using a simple but effective root phenotyping system containing soil(rhizotrons),RSA of several tomato cultivars and their response to salinity was investigated.We observed a high level of root plasticity of tomato seedlings under salt stress.The general root architecture was substantially modified in response to salt,especially with respect to position of the lateral roots in the soil.At the soil surface,where salt accumulates,lateral root emergence was most strongly inhibited.Within the set of tomato cultivars,H1015 was the most tolerant to salinity in both developmental stages studied.A significant correlation between several root traits and aboveground growth parameters was observed,highlighting a possible role for regulation of both ion content and root architecture in salt stress resilience.
