INTEGRATED APPROACH OF ANATOMICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR PARAMETERS FOR THE STUDY OF TOLERANCE MECHANISMS TO CADMIUM IN TOMATO ACCESSION

• Grant number: 13/15217-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: October 01, 2013
• End date: June 01, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Antunes de Azevedo
• Grantee: Marcia Eugenia Amaral de Carvalho
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 09/54676-0 - Oxidative stress induced by metals: new approaches, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/26640-1 - Study of tolerance mechanisms to cadmium in tomato accessions: molecular approaches, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The problems of plant toxicity to cadmium (Cd) have been growing every year. However, the range of species that have some degree of tolerance to this metal is extremely limited, and there are still problems potentially harmful to agriculture and human health. In order to understand the parameters which allow a plant tolerance to Cd, this project will evaluate 9 accessions of tomato plants with different levels of tolerance to this metal through anatomical, physiological, biochemical and molecular analysis. There are no previous studies where the genetic variability of a species such as tomato (plant model that also has economic relevance) has been exploited to determine the mechanisms which allow their tolerance to Cd, especially using a set of variables distinct, but complementary, which will be evaluated by multivariate statistical methods, an approach that may improve our understanding about this subject. Such studies have primordial importance to deepen our understanding of tolerance to heavy metals, especially to Cd, and to support all the other works of this research line, while still allowing this information to be extended to other plant species.

Scientific publications

(15)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

KATO, FABIANA HIBARY; CARVALHO, MARCIA EUGENIA AMARAL; GAZIOLA, SALETE APARECIDA; PIOTTO, FERNANDO ANGELO; AZEVEDO, RICARDO ANTUNES. Lysine metabolism and amino acid profile in maize grains from plants subjected to cadmium exposure. Scientia Agricola, v. 77, n. 1, 2020. (12/23981-4, 09/54676-0, 15/26640-1, 13/15217-5)

PIOTTO, FERNANDO ANGELO; AMARAL CARVALHO, MARCIA EUGENIA; SOUZA, LUCAS ANJOS; SILVA RABELO, FLAVIO HENRIQUE; FRANCO, MONICA REGINA; BATAGIN-PIOTTO, KATHERINE DERLENE; AZEVEDO, RICARDO ANTUNES. Estimating tomato tolerance to heavy metal toxicity: cadmium as study case. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 25, n. 27, SI, p. 27535-27544, SEP 2018. (12/03861-4, 13/15217-5, 16/05788-3, 09/54676-0, 15/26640-1)

AMARAL CARVALHO, MARCIA EUGENIA; PIOTTO, FERNANDO ANGELO; NOGUEIRA, MARINA LIMA; GOMES-JUNIOR, FRANCISCO GUILHIEN; CARMIGNANI PESCARIN CHAMMA, HELENA MARIA; PIZZAIA, DANIEL; AZEVEDO, RICARDO ANTUNES. Cadmium exposure triggers genotype-dependent changes in seed vigor and germination of tomato offspring. PROTOPLASMA, v. 255, n. 4, p. 989-999, JUL 2018. (09/54676-0, 13/15217-5)

CARVALHO, MARCIA E. A.; PIOTTO, FERNANDO A.; GAZIOLA, SALETE A.; JACOMINO, ANGELO P.; JOZEFCZAK, MARIJKE; CUYPERS, ANN; AZEVEDO, RICARDO A.. New insights about cadmium impacts on tomato: Plant acclimation, nutritional changes, fruit quality and yield. FOOD AND ENERGY SECURITY, v. 7, n. 2, MAY 2018. (09/54676-0, 13/15217-5)

AMARAL CARVALHO, MARCIA EUGENIA; PIOTTO, FERNANDO ANGELO; FRANCO, MONICA REGINA; ROSSI, MONICA LANZONI; MARTINELLI, ADRIANA PINHEIRO; CUYPERS, ANN; AZEVEDO, RICARDO ANTUNES. Relationship between Mg, B and Mn status and tomato tolerance against Cd toxicity. Journal of Environmental Management, v. 240, p. 84-92, JUN 15 2019. (09/54676-0, 15/26640-1, 13/15217-5)

CARVALHO, MARCIA E. A.; CASTRO, PAULO R. C.; KOZAK, MARCIN; AZEVEDO, RICARDO A.. The sweet side of misbalanced nutrients in cadmium-stressed plants. Annals of Applied Biology, v. 176, n. 3, JAN 2020. (09/54676-0, 15/26640-1, 16/14349-3, 13/15217-5)

CARVALHO, MARCIA E. A.; CASTRO, PAULO R. C.; AZEVEDO, RICARDO A.. Hormesis in plants under Cd exposure: From toxic to beneficial element?. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, v. 384, FEB 15 2020. (09/54676-0, 15/26640-1, 13/15217-5)

KATO, FABIANA HIBARY; AMARAL CARVALHO, MARCIA EUGENIA; GAZIOLA, SALETE APARECIDA; AZEVEDO, RICARDO ANTUNES. Maize plants have different strategies to protect their developing seeds against cadmium toxicity. THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, v. 32, n. 3, MAY 2020. (09/54676-0, 13/15217-5, 12/23981-4, 15/26640-1)

PIOTTO, FERNANDO ANGELO; AMARAL CARVALHO, MARCIA EUGENIA; SOUZA, LUCAS ANJOS; SILVA RABELO, FLAVIO HENRIQUE; FRANCO, MONICA REGINA; BATAGIN-PIOTTO, KATHERINE DERLENE; AZEVEDO, RICARDO ANTUNES. Estimating tomato tolerance to heavy metal toxicity: cadmium as study case. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 25, n. 27, p. 10-pg., 2018-09-01. (13/15217-5, 09/54676-0, 15/26640-1, 16/05788-3, 12/03861-4)

CARVALHO, MARCIA E. A.; GAZIOLA, SALETE A.; CARVALHO, LILIAN A.; AZEVEDO, RICARDO A.. Cadmium effects on plant reproductive organs: Physiological, productive, evolutionary and ecological aspects. Annals of Applied Biology, v. 178, n. 2, SI, JUN 2020. (13/15217-5, 09/54676-0, 16/14349-3, 15/26640-1)

ALCANTARA, BERENICE KUSSUMOTO; CARVALHO, MARCIA EUGENIA AMARAL; GAZIOLA, SALETE APARECIDA; BORGES, KARINA LIMA REIS; PIOTTO, FERNANDO ANGELO; JACOMINO, ANGELO PEDRO; AZEVEDO, RICARDO ANTUNES. Tolerance of tomato to cadmium-induced stress: analyzing cultivars with different fruit colors. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. 28, n. 20, p. 26172-26181, MAY 2021. (09/54676-0, 15/26640-1, 13/15217-5)

AMARAL CARVALHO, MARCIA EUGENIA; PIOTTO, FERNANDO ANGELO; FRANCO, MONICA REGINA; REIS BORGES, KARINA LIMA; GAZIOLA, SALETE APARECIDA; CAMARGO CASTRO, PAULO ROBERTO; AZEVEDO, RICARDO ANTUNES. Cadmium toxicity degree on tomato development is associated with disbalances in B and Mn status at early stages of plant exposure. ECOTOXICOLOGY, v. 27, n. 10, p. 1293-1302, DEC 2018. (09/54676-0, 13/15217-5)

REIS BORGES, KARINA LIMA; RIEGER HIPPLER, FRANZ WALTER; AMARAL CARVALHO, MARCIA EUGENIA; NALIN, RAFAEL STORTO; MATIAS, FILIPE INACIO; AZEVEDO, RICARDO ANTUNES. Nutritional status and root morphology of tomato under Cd-induced stress: Comparing contrasting genotypes for metal-tolerance. Scientia Horticulturae, v. 246, p. 518-527, FEB 27 2019. (09/54676-0, 15/26640-1, 16/14349-3, 13/15217-5)

CARVALHO, MARCIA E. A.; GAZIOLA, SALETE A.; CARVALHO, LILIAN A.; AZEVEDO, RICARDO A.. Cadmium effects on plant reproductive organs: Physiological, productive, evolutionary and ecological aspects. Annals of Applied Biology, v. 178, n. 2, p. 17-pg., 2020-06-24. (09/54676-0, 16/14349-3, 13/15217-5, 15/26640-1)

KATO, FABIANA HIBARY; CARVALHO, MARCIA EUGENIA AMARAL; GAZIOLA, SALETE APARECIDA; PIOTTO, FERNANDO ANGELO; AZEVEDO, RICARDO ANTUNES. Lysine metabolism and amino acid profile in maize grains from plants subjected to cadmium exposure. CIENTIA AGRICOL, v. 77, n. 1, p. 11-pg., 2020-01-01. (09/54676-0, 12/23981-4, 13/15217-5, 15/26640-1)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CARVALHO, Marcia Eugenia Amaral de. Integrated approach of anatomical, physiological and biochemical parameters for the study of tolerance mechanisms to cadmium in tomato accessions. 2017. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.