Understanding paraquat resistance mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana to facilitate the development of paraquat-resistant crops

Tahmina Nazish; Yi-Jie Huang; Jing Zhang; Jin-Qiu Xia; Alamin Alfatih; Chao Luo; Xiao-Teng Cai; Jing Xi; Ping Xu; Cheng-Bin Xiang

Plant Communications (May 2022)

Understanding paraquat resistance mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana to facilitate the development of paraquat-resistant crops

Tahmina Nazish,
Yi-Jie Huang,
Jing Zhang,
Jin-Qiu Xia,
Alamin Alfatih,
Chao Luo,
Xiao-Teng Cai,
Jing Xi,
Ping Xu,
Cheng-Bin Xiang

Affiliations

Tahmina Nazish: Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Division of Molecular & Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui Province 230027, China
Yi-Jie Huang: Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Division of Molecular & Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui Province 230027, China
Jing Zhang: Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Division of Molecular & Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui Province 230027, China
Jin-Qiu Xia: Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Division of Molecular & Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui Province 230027, China
Alamin Alfatih: Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Division of Molecular & Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui Province 230027, China
Chao Luo: Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 210037, China
Xiao-Teng Cai: Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China; Corresponding author
Jing Xi: Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Division of Molecular & Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui Province 230027, China
Ping Xu: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, 201602, China; Corresponding author
Cheng-Bin Xiang: Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, Division of Molecular & Cell Biophysics, Hefei National Science Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, University of Science and Technology of China, The Innovation Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui Province 230027, China; Corresponding author

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 3
p. 100321

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Paraquat (PQ) is the third most used broad-spectrum nonselective herbicide around the globe after glyphosate and glufosinate. Repeated usage and overreliance on this herbicide have resulted in the emergence of PQ-resistant weeds that are a potential hazard to agriculture. It is generally believed that PQ resistance in weeds is due to increased sequestration of the herbicide and its decreased translocation to the target site, as well as an enhanced ability to scavenge reactive oxygen species. However, little is known about the genetic bases and molecular mechanisms of PQ resistance in weeds, and hence no PQ-resistant crops have been developed to date. Forward genetics of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana has advanced our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of PQ resistance. This review focuses on PQ resistance loci and resistance mechanisms revealed in Arabidopsis and examines the possibility of developing PQ-resistant crops using the elucidated mechanisms.

Published in Plant Communications

ISSN: 2590-3462 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Botany
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