Heat-dependent postpollination limitations on maize pollen tube growth and kernel sterility

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第一作者： Wang, Yuanyuan

作者： Wang, Yuanyuan;Lv, Xuanlong;Sheng, Dechang;Hou, Xinfang;Liu, Xiaoli;Shen, Si;Wang, Pu;Huang, Shoubing;Wang, Yuanyuan;Mandal, Shreya;Krishna Jagadish, S. V.;Wang, Yuanyuan;Mandal, Shreya;Zhang, Ping;Krishna Jagadish, S. V.;Huang, Shoubing;Krishna Jagadish, S. V.

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关键词： fertilization; heat stress; hormones; ovaries; pollen germination and tube growth; silks; sugar

期刊名称：PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT （ 影响因子：7.3； 五年影响因子：8.1 ）

ISSN： 0140-7791

年卷期： 2023 年 46 卷 12 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Heat stress has a negative impact on pollen development in maize (Zea mays L.) but the postpollination events that determine kernel sterility are less well characterised. The impact of short-term (hours) heat exposure during postpollination was therefore assessed in silks and ovaries. The temperatures inside the kernels housed within the husks was significantly lower than the imposed heat stress. This protected the ovaries and possibly the later phase of pollen tube growth from the adverse effects of heat stress. Failure of maize kernel fertilization was observed within 6 h of heat stress exposure postpollination. This was accompanied by a significant restriction of early pollen tube growth rather than pollen germination. Limitations on early pollen tube growth were therefore a major factor contributing to heat stress-induced kernel sterility. Exposure to heat stress altered the sugar composition of silks, suggesting that hexose supply contributed to the limitations on pollen tube growth. Moreover, the activities of sucrose metabolising enzymes, the expression of sucrose degradation and trehalose biosynthesis genes were decreased following heat stress. Significant increases in reactive oxygen species, abscisic acid and auxin levels accompanied by altered expression of phytohormone-related genes may also be important in the heat-induced suppression of pollen tube growth. Just 6 h of postpollination heat stress exposure was solely responsible for failure in maize. Heat stress altered sugar composition, increased ABA and auxin and higher reactive oxygen species accumulation in silks, negatively impacts pollen tube growth.

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