A brassinosteroid functional analogue increases soybean drought resilience

Drought severely affects soybean productivity, challenging breeding/management strategies to increase crop resilience. Hormone-based biostimulants like brassinosteroids (BRs) modulate growth/defence trade-off, mitigating yield losses; yet, natural molecule's low stability challenges the development...

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Main Authors: Perez Borroto, Lucia Sandra, Guzzo, María Carla, Posada, Gisella Anabel, Peña Malavera, Andrea Natalia, Castagnaro, Atilio Pedro, Gonzalez Olmedo, Justo Lorenzo, Coll, Yamilet, Pardo, Esteban Mariano
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/12288
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15284-6
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15284-6
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author Perez Borroto, Lucia Sandra
Guzzo, María Carla
Posada, Gisella Anabel
Peña Malavera, Andrea Natalia
Castagnaro, Atilio Pedro
Gonzalez Olmedo, Justo Lorenzo
Coll, Yamilet
Pardo, Esteban Mariano
author_browse Castagnaro, Atilio Pedro
Coll, Yamilet
Gonzalez Olmedo, Justo Lorenzo
Guzzo, María Carla
Pardo, Esteban Mariano
Perez Borroto, Lucia Sandra
Peña Malavera, Andrea Natalia
Posada, Gisella Anabel
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Guzzo, María Carla
Posada, Gisella Anabel
Peña Malavera, Andrea Natalia
Castagnaro, Atilio Pedro
Gonzalez Olmedo, Justo Lorenzo
Coll, Yamilet
Pardo, Esteban Mariano
author_sort Perez Borroto, Lucia Sandra
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description Drought severely affects soybean productivity, challenging breeding/management strategies to increase crop resilience. Hormone-based biostimulants like brassinosteroids (BRs) modulate growth/defence trade-off, mitigating yield losses; yet, natural molecule's low stability challenges the development of cost-effective and long-lasting analogues. Here, we investigated for the first time the effects of BR functional analogue DI-31 in soybean physiology under drought by assessing changes in growth, photosynthesis, water relations, antioxidant metabolism, nodulation, and nitrogen homeostasis. Moreover, DI-31 application frequencies' effects on crop cycle and commercial cultivar yield stabilisation under drought were assessed. A single foliar application of DI-31 favoured plant drought tolerance, preventing reductions in canopy development and enhancing plant performance and water use since the early stages of stress. The analogue also increased the antioxidant response, favouring nitrogen homeostasis maintenance and attenuating the nodular senescence. Moreover, foliar applications of DI-31 every 21 days enhanced the absolute yield by ~ 9% and reduced drought-induced yield losses by ~ 7% in four commercial cultivars, increasing their drought tolerance efficiency by ~ 12%. These findings demonstrated the practical value of DI-31 as an environmentally friendly alternative for integrative soybean resilience management under drought.
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spelling INTA122882023-07-28T14:13:18Z A brassinosteroid functional analogue increases soybean drought resilience Perez Borroto, Lucia Sandra Guzzo, María Carla Posada, Gisella Anabel Peña Malavera, Andrea Natalia Castagnaro, Atilio Pedro Gonzalez Olmedo, Justo Lorenzo Coll, Yamilet Pardo, Esteban Mariano Brassinosteroids Drought Plant Growth Substances Plant Physiology Soybeans Fisiología Vegetal Sequía Soja Brasinoesteroides Sustancias de Crecimiento Vegetal Plant Hormones Plant Stress Responses Drought severely affects soybean productivity, challenging breeding/management strategies to increase crop resilience. Hormone-based biostimulants like brassinosteroids (BRs) modulate growth/defence trade-off, mitigating yield losses; yet, natural molecule's low stability challenges the development of cost-effective and long-lasting analogues. Here, we investigated for the first time the effects of BR functional analogue DI-31 in soybean physiology under drought by assessing changes in growth, photosynthesis, water relations, antioxidant metabolism, nodulation, and nitrogen homeostasis. Moreover, DI-31 application frequencies' effects on crop cycle and commercial cultivar yield stabilisation under drought were assessed. A single foliar application of DI-31 favoured plant drought tolerance, preventing reductions in canopy development and enhancing plant performance and water use since the early stages of stress. The analogue also increased the antioxidant response, favouring nitrogen homeostasis maintenance and attenuating the nodular senescence. Moreover, foliar applications of DI-31 every 21 days enhanced the absolute yield by ~ 9% and reduced drought-induced yield losses by ~ 7% in four commercial cultivars, increasing their drought tolerance efficiency by ~ 12%. These findings demonstrated the practical value of DI-31 as an environmentally friendly alternative for integrative soybean resilience management under drought. Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales Fil: Perez Borroto, Lucia Sandra. Wageningen University and Research. Plant Breeding; Países Bajos Fil: Guzzo, María Carla. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales; Argentina Fil: Guzzo, María Carla. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Unidad de Estudios Agropecuarios (UDEA) ; Argentina Fil: Posada, Gisella. Instituto Superior Albert Sabin; Argentina Fil: Peña Malavera, Andrea Natalia. Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres (EEAOC). Instituto de Tecnología Agroindustrial del Noroeste Argentino; Argentina Fil: Peña Malavera, Andrea Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Castagnaro, Atilio Pedro. Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres (EEAOC). Instituto de Tecnología Agroindustrial del Noroeste Argentino; Argentina Fil: Castagnaro, Atilio Pedro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Gonzalez Olmedo, Justo Lorenzo. Universidad de Ciego de Ávila “Máximo Gómez Báez”. Centro de Bioplantas; Cuba Fil: Coll García, Yamilet. Universidad de La Habana. Facultad de Química. Centro de Estudios de Productos Naturales; Cuba Fil: Pardo, Esteban Mariano. Estación Experimental Agroindustrial Obispo Colombres (EEAOC). Instituto de Tecnología Agroindustrial del Noroeste Argentino; Argentina Fil: Pardo, Esteban Mariano. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas; Argentina 2022-07-11T10:23:43Z 2022-07-11T10:23:43Z 2022-07-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/12288 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15284-6 2045-2322 (online) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15284-6 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Nature Research Scientific Reports 12 : 11294 (2022)
spellingShingle Brassinosteroids
Drought
Plant Growth Substances
Plant Physiology
Soybeans
Fisiología Vegetal
Sequía
Soja
Brasinoesteroides
Sustancias de Crecimiento Vegetal
Plant Hormones
Plant Stress Responses
Perez Borroto, Lucia Sandra
Guzzo, María Carla
Posada, Gisella Anabel
Peña Malavera, Andrea Natalia
Castagnaro, Atilio Pedro
Gonzalez Olmedo, Justo Lorenzo
Coll, Yamilet
Pardo, Esteban Mariano
A brassinosteroid functional analogue increases soybean drought resilience
title A brassinosteroid functional analogue increases soybean drought resilience
title_full A brassinosteroid functional analogue increases soybean drought resilience
title_fullStr A brassinosteroid functional analogue increases soybean drought resilience
title_full_unstemmed A brassinosteroid functional analogue increases soybean drought resilience
title_short A brassinosteroid functional analogue increases soybean drought resilience
title_sort brassinosteroid functional analogue increases soybean drought resilience
topic Brassinosteroids
Drought
Plant Growth Substances
Plant Physiology
Soybeans
Fisiología Vegetal
Sequía
Soja
Brasinoesteroides
Sustancias de Crecimiento Vegetal
Plant Hormones
Plant Stress Responses
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/12288
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15284-6
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15284-6
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