Leaf carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activities are associated with salt tolerance and yield stability in the climate-resilient crop Camelina sativa

Soil salinity is an increasingly severe problem affecting plant growth and development thus posing a threat to agricultural production worldwide. Many crops currently grown are susceptible to even moderate salt stress, and crop diversification is sought to cope with increasingly challenging environm...

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Main Authors: Peter Stasnik, Johann Vollmann, Dominik K. Großkinsky, Claudia Jonak
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Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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Dominik K. Großkinsky
Claudia Jonak
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description Soil salinity is an increasingly severe problem affecting plant growth and development thus posing a threat to agricultural production worldwide. Many crops currently grown are susceptible to even moderate salt stress, and crop diversification is sought to cope with increasingly challenging environmental conditions. Camelina sativa is a versatile, underutilized, low-input Brassicaceae oilseed crop valued for its high-quality seeds and its resilience to a wide range of climate conditions. In this study, the effects of salt stress on the growth and productivity of two camelina cultivars and six landraces from different geographic regions were examined. The performance of these lines was related to adjustments in their carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activity profiles in leaves as a central physiological hub. Profiling enzyme activities and their regulation in response to salt stress revealed significant genotype × treatment (G × T) interactions and allowed the identification of specific activity signatures associated with differences in yield stability in the tested lines. Yield-stable landraces showed distinct regulation patterns contrasting those of less yield-stable lines. In particular, upregulation of specific enzyme activities was associated with yield stability under salt stress. Camelina landraces may be promising resources to improve tolerance to salinity, with plasticity in carbohydrate metabolism as a contributing mechanism. Overall, these results provide a valuable basis for enzyme activity signatures as new physiological markers for supporting breeding programmes.
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spelling doaj-art-b2ac06bffd974324997a4e8d6b15d00e2025-08-20T02:34:35ZengElsevierPlant Stress2667-064X2024-12-011410062910.1016/j.stress.2024.100629Leaf carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activities are associated with salt tolerance and yield stability in the climate-resilient crop Camelina sativaPeter Stasnik0Johann Vollmann1Dominik K. Großkinsky2Claudia Jonak3AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Health and Bioresources, Bioresources Unit, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln a. d. Donau, AustriaUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Department of Crop Sciences, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln a. d. Donau, AustriaAIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Health and Bioresources, Bioresources Unit, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln a. d. Donau, Austria; Corresponding authors.AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Health and Bioresources, Bioresources Unit, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, 3430 Tulln a. d. Donau, Austria; Corresponding authors.Soil salinity is an increasingly severe problem affecting plant growth and development thus posing a threat to agricultural production worldwide. Many crops currently grown are susceptible to even moderate salt stress, and crop diversification is sought to cope with increasingly challenging environmental conditions. Camelina sativa is a versatile, underutilized, low-input Brassicaceae oilseed crop valued for its high-quality seeds and its resilience to a wide range of climate conditions. In this study, the effects of salt stress on the growth and productivity of two camelina cultivars and six landraces from different geographic regions were examined. The performance of these lines was related to adjustments in their carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activity profiles in leaves as a central physiological hub. Profiling enzyme activities and their regulation in response to salt stress revealed significant genotype × treatment (G × T) interactions and allowed the identification of specific activity signatures associated with differences in yield stability in the tested lines. Yield-stable landraces showed distinct regulation patterns contrasting those of less yield-stable lines. In particular, upregulation of specific enzyme activities was associated with yield stability under salt stress. Camelina landraces may be promising resources to improve tolerance to salinity, with plasticity in carbohydrate metabolism as a contributing mechanism. Overall, these results provide a valuable basis for enzyme activity signatures as new physiological markers for supporting breeding programmes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667064X24002823Abiotic stressMetabolic plasticityOilseed cropSalinitySalt tolerance
spellingShingle Peter Stasnik
Johann Vollmann
Dominik K. Großkinsky
Claudia Jonak
Leaf carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activities are associated with salt tolerance and yield stability in the climate-resilient crop Camelina sativa
Plant Stress
Abiotic stress
Metabolic plasticity
Oilseed crop
Salinity
Salt tolerance
title Leaf carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activities are associated with salt tolerance and yield stability in the climate-resilient crop Camelina sativa
title_full Leaf carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activities are associated with salt tolerance and yield stability in the climate-resilient crop Camelina sativa
title_fullStr Leaf carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activities are associated with salt tolerance and yield stability in the climate-resilient crop Camelina sativa
title_full_unstemmed Leaf carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activities are associated with salt tolerance and yield stability in the climate-resilient crop Camelina sativa
title_short Leaf carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activities are associated with salt tolerance and yield stability in the climate-resilient crop Camelina sativa
title_sort leaf carbohydrate metabolic enzyme activities are associated with salt tolerance and yield stability in the climate resilient crop camelina sativa
topic Abiotic stress
Metabolic plasticity
Oilseed crop
Salinity
Salt tolerance
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667064X24002823
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