TURC, Olivier; OURY, Vincent; GIBON, Yves; PRODHOMME, Duyên; TARDIEU, Francois; WELCKER, Claude

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TURC, Olivier
Écophysiologie des Plantes sous Stress environnementaux [LEPSE]

OURY, Vincent
Écophysiologie des Plantes sous Stress environnementaux [LEPSE]

GIBON, Yves
Biologie du fruit et pathologie [BFP]

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2018-03-22, Saint-Malo. 2018

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Yield maintenance under drought in maize (Zea mays) requires the rapid extension of styles and stigma (silks) that collect pollen. We have shown that the control of grain set under moderate water deficits similar to those in the field result from a developmental process linked to the timing of silk growth, in opposition to the common view that abortion is linked to the sugar metabolism in ovaries. A switch to abortion occurs 2-3d after first silk emergence in water-stressed plants, when silk growth stops simultaneously for all ovary cohorts, and explains abortion rates in different treatments and positions on the ear. Analyses of transcripts and metabolites indicate that the first molecular events occur in silks rather than in ovaries, and involve genes affecting expansive growth rather than sugar metabolism. Sugar availability is preserved in ovaries until the switch to abortion, and the disruption of carbon metabolism only occurs afterwards. Hence, changes in metabolite contents, transcript amounts and enzyme activities involved in ovary sugar metabolism would be a consequence rather than a cause of the beginning of ovary abortion. Patterns of silk growth responses to environment share common features with those of leaf growth with both kinetic and genetic evidences. These findings have large consequences for breeding drought tolerant maize and for modelling grain yields under drought.< Réduire

Projet Européen

Drought-tolerant yielding plants

Project ANR

Développer de nouvelles variétés de maïs pour une agriculture durable: une approche intégrée de la génomique à la sélection - ANR-10-BTBR-0001

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Biologie du Fruit & Pathologie (BFP) - UMR 1332