Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials
Open Access

Abstract

Experiments were performed to evaluate a diverse soybean panel for total carbon exudation potential employing shoot labeling with 14CO2. Traits contributed to maximum genotypic variability were total 14C exudation, P uptake and total dry weight. The proportion of organic acids was highest among root exuded compounds induced by low P stress. Efficient soybean genotypes exhibited superior growth and P acquisition efficiency under low soil P availability attributed to its higher root exudation potential aiding in mining fixed soil P. To understand the molecular mechanism governing differentially regulating root exudation potential in contrasting genotypes, root proteome analysis at low P stress was carried out. Among the total proteins visualized by 2D-gel electrophoresis, 105 (32%) were differentially expressed between sufficient and low P levels. A total of 44 (14%) proteins were down regulated by more than two-fold under low P while 61 (15%) proteins were up-regulated by more than two-fold at low P. Several key enzymes in organic acid synthesis and glycolytic bypass pathways were differentially regulated under low P stress in the P efficient soybean genotype, EC-232019. Alterations at the metabolite and protein level of EC-232019 suggest the cross talk between various metabolic pathways conferring higher P acquisition efficiency to plants under stress. Characterization of 17 proteins with unknown function might reveal roles of novel genes under low P stress. The identified genotypes have potential to be used as donors in crop improvement programs to develop high yielding P efficient cultivars, which may be an asset to low input sustainable agriculture.

Biography

Renu Pandey has completed her PhD (2001) from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Postdoctoral training in Molecular Biology from Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA. She is working as a Senior Scientist in the Division of Plant Physiology on understanding the basic mechanisms of phosphorus uptake and utilization in crops at physiological and molecular levels. Influence of climate change on phosphorus nutrition is also her area of interest. She has published 40 papers in reputed journals and serving as a Treasurer in Indian Nitrogen Group-Society for Conservation of Nature and Editor of Indian Society for Plant Physiology.

Email: rpande_27@yahoo.com renu_iari@rediffmail.com