The impact of plant architecture on tomato (Solanum Lycopersicum L.) yield, water use efficiency and resistance to drought and salt stress

• Grant number: 16/05566-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: June 01, 2017
• End date: July 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Pant Physiology
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Lázaro Eustaquio Pereira Peres
• Grantee: Mateus Henrique Vicente
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 15/50220-2 - Enhancing salt tolerance in tomato crops for advancing sustainable agriculture and food production, AP.TEM

Abstract

The substantial increase in productivity during the Green Revolution can be attributed to several factors, but the change in partition biomass between vegetative and reproductive organs was the major genetic determinant. However, this physiological interpretation of the genetic components of productivity is still little explored in plant breeding. It was previously shown in our lab that tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) genotypes exhibiting semi-determinate growth habit present significant increases in yield and water use efficiency (WUE). Therefore, our working hypothesis is that allelic variations in genes controlling growth habit are actually a way to get a better vegetative-reproductive balance, similar to the conversion of the overly vegetative wheat and rice genotypes into high yield semi-dwarf cultivars during the Green Revolution. In the present study, this hypothesis will be tested by producing tomato (cv. Micro-Tom) near-isogenic lines (NILs) with alterations in the vegetative-reproductive balance through introgression of allelic variations that control not only the growth habit, but also the internode length and the number of leaves per sympodial unit. The performance of the genotypes will be evaluated through quantitative (organ biomass) and qualitative (brix, total acidity and carotenoid content) parameters. WUE will be evaluated both gravimetrically and through carbon isotope discrimination. It will also be assessed the impact of the allelic variations on the performance of plants under drought and saline conditions. The present work integrates basic knowledge of plant physiology and genetics with practical applications, which may generate conceptual gains applicable not only to the tomato, but to other important crops. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(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)

ROBLEDO, JESSENIA M.; MEDEIROS, DAVID; VICENTE, MATEUS H.; AZEVEDO, ARISTEA A.; THOMPSON, ANDREW J.; PERES, LAZARO E. P.; RIBEIRO, DIMAS M.; ARAUJO, WAGNER L.; ZSOGON, AGUSTIN. Control of water-use efficiency by florigen. PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT, v. 43, n. 1, p. 76-86, JAN 2020. (16/05566-0)

SILVA, WILLIAN B.; VICENTE, MATEUS H.; ROBLEDO, JESSENIA M.; REARTES, DIEGO S.; FERRARI, RENATA C.; BIANCHETTI, RICARDO; ARAUJO, WAGNER L.; FRESCHI, LUCIANO; PERES, LAZARO E. P.; ZSOGON, AGUSTIN. SELF-PRUNING Acts Synergistically with DIAGEOTROPICA to Guide Auxin Responses and Proper Growth Form. Plant Physiology, v. 176, n. 4, p. 2904-2916, APR 2018. (13/11541-2, 13/18056-2, 15/50220-2, 16/05566-0)

GASPARINI, KARLA; GASPARINI, JOAQUIM; THEREZAN, RODRIGO; VICENTE, MATEUS HENRIQUE; SAKAMOTO, TETSU; FIGUEIRA, ANTONIO; ZSOGON, AGUSTIN; PERES, LAZARO E. P.. Natural genetic variation in the HAIRS ABSENT (H) gene increases type-VI glandular trichomes in both wild and domesticated tomatoes. Journal of Plant Physiology, v. 280, p. 10-pg., 2023-01-01. (16/05566-0)

VENDEMIATTI, ELOISA; THEREZAN, RODRIGO; VICENTE, MATEUS H.; PINTO, MAISA DE SIQUEIRA; BERGAU, NICK; YANG, LINA; BERNARDI, WALTER FERNANDO; DE ALENCAR, SEVERINO M.; ZSOGON, AGUSTIN; TISSIER, ALAIN; et al. The Genetic Complexity of Type-IV Trichome Development Reveals the Steps towards an Insect-Resistant Tomato. PLANTS-BASEL, v. 11, n. 10, p. 20-pg., 2022-05-01. (16/17092-3, 16/22323-4, 18/05003-1, 16/05566-0, 15/50220-2)

SIQUEIRA, JOAO ANTONIO; WAKIN, THIAGO; BATISTA-SILVA, WILLIAN; SILVA, JOSE CLEYDSON F.; VICENTE, MATHEUS H.; SILVA, JESSICA C.; CLARINDO, WELLINGTON R.; ZSOGON, AGUSTIN; PERES, LAZARO E. P.; DE VEYLDER, LIEVEN; et al. A long and stressful day: Photoperiod shapes aluminium tolerance in plants. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, v. 432, p. 11-pg., 2022-03-18. (16/05566-0)

Academic Publications

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

VICENTE, Mateus Henrique. Natural genetic variations from the tomato wild relative Solanum pennellii associated with domestication and drought resistance. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.