Vascular-mediated signalling involved in early phosphate stress response in plants
Vascular-mediated signalling involved in early phosphate stress response in plants
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10.1038/nplants.2016.33
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2016-04
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Zhaoliang Zhang;Yi Zheng;B. Ham;Jieyu Chen;A. Yoshida;L. Kochian;Z. Fei;W. J. Lucas
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Zhaoliang Zhang;Yi Zheng;B. Ham;Jieyu Chen;A. Yoshida;L. Kochian;Z. Fei;W. J. Lucas
Depletion of finite global rock phosphate (P i) reserves will impose major limitations on future agricultural productivity and food security. Hence, modern breeding programmes seek to develop P i-efficient crops with sustainable yields under reduced P i fertilizer inputs. In this regard, although the long-term responses of plants to P i stress are well documented, the early signalling events have yet to be elucidated. Here, we show plant tissue-specific responses to early P i stress at the transcription level and a predominant role of the plant vascular system in this process. Specifically, imposition of P i stress induces rapid and major changes in the mRNA population in the phloem translocation stream, and grafting studies have revealed that many hundreds of phloem-mobile mRNAs are delivered to specific sink tissues. We propose that the shoot vascular system acts as the site of root-derived P i stress perception, and the phloem serves to deliver a cascade of signals to various sinks, presumably to coordinate whole-plant P i homeostasis.