Model-assisted physiological analysis of Phyllo, a rice architectural mutant

Functional Plant Biology : FPB
Delphine LuquetMichael Dingkuhn

Abstract

Studies of phenotype of knockout mutants can provide new insights into physiological, phenological and architectural feedbacks in the plant system. Phyllo, a mutant of Nippon Bare rice (Oryza sativa L.) producing small leaves in rapid succession, was isolated during multiplication of a T-DNA insertion library. Phyllo phenotype was compared with the wild type (WT) during vegetative development in hydroponics culture using a wide range of physiological and biometric measurements. These were integrated with the help of the functional-structural model EcoMeristem, explicitly designed to study interactions between morphogenesis and carbon assimilation. Although the phenotype of the mutant was caused by a single recessive gene, it differed in many ways from the WT, suggesting a pleiotropic effect of this mutation. Phyllochron was 25 (1-4 leaf stage) to 38% (>4 leaf stage) shorter but showed normal transition from juvenile to adult phase after leaf 4. Leaf size also increased steadily with leaf position as in WT. The mutant had reduced leaf blade length : width and blade : sheath length ratios, particularly during the transition from heterotrophic to autotrophic growth. During the same period, root : shoot dry weight ratio was signifi...Continue Reading

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