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Developmental and transcriptional responses of maize to drought stress under field conditions.
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Abstract
Drought is a common abiotic stress which significantly limits global crop productivity. Maize is an important staple crop and its yield is determined by successful development of the female inflorescence, the ear. We investigated drought stress responses across several developmental stages of the maize B73 inbred line under field conditions. Drought suppressed plant growth, but had little impact on progression through developmental stages. While ear growth was suppressed by drought, the process of spikelet initiation was not significantly affected. Tassel growth was reduced to a lesser extent compared to the observed reduction in ear growth under stress. Parallel RNA-seq profiling of leaves, ears, and tassels at several developmental stages revealed tissue-specific differences in response to drought stress. High temperature fluctuation was an additional environmental factor that also likely influenced gene expression patterns in the field. Drought induced significant transcriptional changes in leaves and ears but only minor changes in the tassel. Additionally, more genes were drought responsive in ears compared to leaves over the course of drought treatment. Genes that control DNA replication, cell cycle, and cell division were significantly down-regulated in stressed ears, which was consistent with inhibition of ear growth under drought. Inflorescence meristem genes were affected by drought to a lesser degree which was consistent with the minimal impact of drought on spikelet initiation. In contrast, genes that are involved in floret and ovule development were sensitive to stress, which is consistent with the detrimental effect of drought on gynoecium development and kernel set.
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