Frontiers in Genetics (Feb 2022)
An Epigenetic Alphabet of Crop Adaptation to Climate Change
- Francesco Guarino,
- Angela Cicatelli,
- Stefano Castiglione,
- Dolores R. Agius,
- Gul Ebru Orhun,
- Sotirios Fragkostefanakis,
- Julie Leclercq,
- Julie Leclercq,
- Judit Dobránszki,
- Eirini Kaiserli,
- Michal Lieberman-Lazarovich,
- Merike Sõmera,
- Cecilia Sarmiento,
- Cristina Vettori,
- Donatella Paffetti,
- Anna M. G. Poma,
- Panagiotis N. Moschou,
- Panagiotis N. Moschou,
- Panagiotis N. Moschou,
- Mateo Gašparović,
- Sanaz Yousefi,
- Chiara Vergata,
- Margot M. J. Berger,
- Philippe Gallusci,
- Dragana Miladinović,
- Federico Martinelli
Affiliations
- Francesco Guarino
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia “A. Zambelli”, Università Degli Studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy
- Angela Cicatelli
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia “A. Zambelli”, Università Degli Studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy
- Stefano Castiglione
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia “A. Zambelli”, Università Degli Studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy
- Dolores R. Agius
- Centre of Molecular Medicine and Biobanking, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
- Gul Ebru Orhun
- Bayramic Vocational College, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey
- Sotirios Fragkostefanakis
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology of Plants, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- Julie Leclercq
- CIRAD, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France
- Julie Leclercq
- AGAP, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
- Judit Dobránszki
- Centre for Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology, FAFSEM, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
- Eirini Kaiserli
- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Michal Lieberman-Lazarovich
- Plant Sciences Institute, Agricultural Research Organization Volcani Center, Rishon LeZion, Israel
- Merike Sõmera
- 0Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
- Cecilia Sarmiento
- 0Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia
- Cristina Vettori
- 1Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR), National Research Council (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Donatella Paffetti
- 2Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- Anna M. G. Poma
- 3Department of Clinical Medicine, Public Health, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, Aquila, Italy
- Panagiotis N. Moschou
- 4Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology—Hellas, Heraklion, Greece
- Panagiotis N. Moschou
- 5Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
- Panagiotis N. Moschou
- 6Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
- Mateo Gašparović
- 7Chair of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Faculty of Geodesy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
- Sanaz Yousefi
- 8Department of Horticultural Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
- Chiara Vergata
- 9Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Margot M. J. Berger
- 0UMR Ecophysiologie et Génomique Fonctionnelle de la Vigne, Université de Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux Science Agro, Bordeaux, France
- Philippe Gallusci
- 0UMR Ecophysiologie et Génomique Fonctionnelle de la Vigne, Université de Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux Science Agro, Bordeaux, France
- Dragana Miladinović
- 1Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, Novi Sad, Serbia
- Federico Martinelli
- 9Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.818727
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13
Abstract
Crop adaptation to climate change is in a part attributed to epigenetic mechanisms which are related to response to abiotic and biotic stresses. Although recent studies increased our knowledge on the nature of these mechanisms, epigenetics remains under-investigated and still poorly understood in many, especially non-model, plants, Epigenetic modifications are traditionally divided into two main groups, DNA methylation and histone modifications that lead to chromatin remodeling and the regulation of genome functioning. In this review, we outline the most recent and interesting findings on crop epigenetic responses to the environmental cues that are most relevant to climate change. In addition, we discuss a speculative point of view, in which we try to decipher the “epigenetic alphabet” that underlies crop adaptation mechanisms to climate change. The understanding of these mechanisms will pave the way to new strategies to design and implement the next generation of cultivars with a broad range of tolerance/resistance to stresses as well as balanced agronomic traits, with a limited loss of (epi)genetic variability.
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