BMC Research Notes (Jun 2019)

Iron tolerance in rice: an efficient method for performing quick early genotype screening

  • Adriana Pires Soares Bresolin,
  • Railson Schreinert dos Santos,
  • Roberto Carlos Doring Wolter,
  • Rogério Oliveira de Sousa,
  • Luciano Carlos da Maia,
  • Antonio Costa de Oliveira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4362-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

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Abstract Objectives This study was conducted to establish a method for early, quick and cheap screening of iron excess tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars. Results Based on the experiments, iron excess leads to reduction in shoot length (SL) and this can be a useful characteristic for adequate screening of tolerant genotypes. The sensitive genotypes Nipponbare and BR-IRGA 409 indicated higher accumulation of iron in their tissues while BRS-Agrisul and Epagri 108 also accumulated iron, but at lower concentrations. BR-IRGA 410 displayed an intermediate phenotype regarding iron accumulation. No changes in shoot Cu content can be observed when comparing treatments. On the other hand, an increase was seen for Zn and Mn when shoots are subjected to Fe2+ excess. Fe stress at a lower concentration than 7 mM increased Zn but decreased Mn contents in shoots of BR-IRGA 409. Strong positive correlations were found here for Fe × Zn (0.93); Fe × Mn (0.97) and Zn × Mn (0.92), probably due to the Fe-induced activation of bivalent cation transporters. Results show that genotypes scored as sensitive present higher concentration of Fe in shoots and this is an efficient method to characterize rice cultivars regarding iron response.

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