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Effects of phosphate availability on the root system architecture: large-scale analysis of the natural variation between Arabidopsis accessions
Authors:F. CHEVALIER,M. PATA,P. NACRY,P. DOUMAS,&   M. ROSSIGNOL
Affiliation:Laboratoire de Biochimie &Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, UMR 5004, INRA/ENSA-M/CNRS/UniversitéMontpellier 2, 2 place Viala, F-34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
Abstract:
Developmental plasticity is one main adaptative response of plants to the availability of nutrients. In the present study, the naturally occurring variation existing in Arabidopsis for the growth responses to phosphate availability was investigated. Initially details of the effects of phosphate starvation for the four currently used accessions Cvi, Col, Ler and Ws were compared. A set of 10 growth parameters, concerning the aerial part and the root system, was measured in both single‐point and time‐course experiments. The length of the primary root and the number of laterals were found to be consistently reduced by phosphate starvation in all four accessions. These two robust parameters were selected to further screen a set of 73 accessions originating from a wide range of habitats. One‐half of the accessions showed also a reduced primary root and less lateral roots when phosphate‐starved, and 25% were not responsive to phosphate availability. For the last quarter of accessions, phosphate starvation was found to affect only one of the two growth parameters, indicating the occurrence of different adaptative strategies. These accessions appear to offer new tools to investigate the molecular basis of the corresponding growth responses to phosphate availability.
Keywords:Arabidopsis    accessions    natural variation    phosphate availability    root system architecture
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