Developing controlled environment screening for high-temperature tolerance in cotton that accurately reflects performance in the field
Nicola S. Cottee A C D , Michael P. Bange A , Iain W. Wilson B and Daniel K. Y. Tan C
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A CSIRO Plant Industry, Locked Bag 59, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia.
B CSIRO, Plant Industry, Black Mountain Laboratories, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, Australia.
C Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: nicola.cottee@csiro.au
Functional Plant Biology 39(8) 670-678 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP12094
Submitted: 22 March 2012 Accepted: 27 June 2012 Published: 26 July 2012
Abstract
In this study we investigated the heat tolerance of high yielding Australian cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) cultivars using a multi-level approach encompassing physiological assays and measurements of performance. Two cultivars with known field performance were evaluated for heat tolerance under optimal (32°C) and high (42°C) temperatures in a growth cabinet with a cell membrane integrity assay. Impacts of temperature on growth were evaluated with leaf level measurements of gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence. To extend the multi-level approach, the expression of a Rubisco activase regulating gene (GhRCAα2) was also determined. Consistent with previously determined differences in the field, cultivar Sicot 53 outperformed Sicala 45 for the cell membrane integrity assay; this finding was reflective of cultivar differences in gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence. Cultivar differences were also consistent for expression of GhRCAα2, which may also help explain differences in physiological performance, particularly photosynthesis. This study reaffirmed that physiological and molecular assays were sufficiently sensitive to resolve genotypic differences in heat tolerance and that these differences translate to physiological performance. By comparing performance under high temperatures in the growth cabinet and field, this approach validates the use of rapid screening tools in conjunction with a multi-level approach for heat tolerance detection.
Additional keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence, heat stress, light intensity, membrane permeability, photosynthesis, Rubisco.
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