SNP-based markers have been widely used to identify tolerant varieties harboring major genes related to abiotic stress tolerance. Here, we developed Fluidigm markers for the core set of SNPs underlying tolerance to abiotic stresses such as salinity, drought, anaerobic germination and submergence. The core set of SNPs was selected from the major genes and/or QTLs for the abiotic stresses previously reported in rice;
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Drought stress is a crucial environmental factor for plant survival, and the development of drought-tolerant varieties is one of the goals of all cultivated plant researchers. In particular, the seedling stage is important for plant growth and development and is also the period most affected by drought. We investigated the initial response to drought stress in seedlings of two species of poplar (
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The development of rice varieties that are tolerant of drought stress needs to be detected with Image-based phenotyping. This Image-based phenotyping method in combination with selection index and multivariate analysis can characterize the morphological response easily within a short time, which makes it is suitable for rice screening under drought stress. Therefore, this study aims to determine the selection index based on multivariate analysis and assess the effectiveness of using image-based phenotyping in drought rice screening. This study was conducted in two stages, the first was in static hydroponic and the second was in dynamic hydroponic. In static hydroponic, a split-plot design was used, where the levels of drought were the main plots and varieties were the subplots. However, in dynamic hydroponic, a nested design was used, where the replicates were nested in the drought level treatments. Also, The drought level factors used were PEG 0%, PEG 10%, and PEG 20%, and the variety factor consisted of 5 varieties which were repeated three times. The results showed that the selection index for static hydroponic consisted of shoot area (0.421), green shoot area (0.4177), and the area growth rate (0.4192). Meanwhile, the selection index in dynamic hydroponics consisted of object extent Y from the side (0.4516) and convex hull from the side (0.4177). The regression of the two-selection index has a good determination of 0.84. Hence, these results showed that rice screening based on image-based phenotyping can be recommended for rapid screening under drought stress.
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Plants have adapted the ability to respond to various abiotic stresses such as high salinity, osmotic stress, high and low temperatures, and drought in order to survive. Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) play important and extensive roles in plant defenses against abiotic stresses. Herein, we cloned an sHsp gene from the rice, which we named
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