Over-expression of TaDWF4 increases wheat productivity under low and sufficient nitrogen through enhanced carbon assimilation.
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Authors
Swarbreck, Stéphanie M
Craze, Melanie
Griffiths, Howard
Wallington, Emma J
Publication Date
2022-03-03Journal Title
Commun Biol
ISSN
2399-3642
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
5
Issue
1
Language
eng
Type
Article
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Milner, M. J., Swarbreck, S. M., Craze, M., Bowden, S., Griffiths, H., Bentley, A. R., & Wallington, E. J. (2022). Over-expression of TaDWF4 increases wheat productivity under low and sufficient nitrogen through enhanced carbon assimilation.. Commun Biol, 5 (1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03139-9
Abstract
There is a strong pressure to reduce nitrogen (N) fertilizer inputs while maintaining or increasing current cereal crop yields. We show that overexpression of TaDWF4-B, the dominant shoot expressed homoeologue of OsDWF4, in wheat can increase plant productivity by up to 105% under a range of N levels on marginal soils, resulting in increased N use efficiency (NUE). We show that a two to four-fold increase in TaDWF4 transcript levels enhances the responsiveness of genes regulated by N. The productivity increases seen were primarily due to the maintenance of photosystem II operating efficiency and carbon assimilation in plants when grown under limiting N conditions and not an overall increase in photosynthesis capacity. The increased biomass production and yield per plant in TaDWF4 OE lines could be linked to modified carbon partitioning and changes in expression pattern of the growth regulator Target Of Rapamycin, offering a route towards breeding for sustained yield and lower N inputs.
Sponsorship
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/N013441/1)
Identifiers
35241776, PMC8894359
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03139-9
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/335723
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