Unraveling the genetic enigma of rice submergence tolerance: Shedding light on the role of ethylene response factor-encoding gene SUB1A-1

Md Ibrahim Khalil; Md Mahmudul Hassan; Swadesh Chandra Samanta; Abul Kashem Chowdhury; Md Zahid Hassan; Nasar Uddin Ahmed; Uzzal Somaddar; Sharmistha Ghosal; Arif Hasan Khan Robin; Ujjal Kumar Nath; Mohammad Golam Mostofa; David J Burritt; Chien Van Ha; Aarti Gupta; Lam-Son Phan Tran; Gopal Saha

doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108224

Unraveling the genetic enigma of rice submergence tolerance: Shedding light on the role of ethylene response factor-encoding gene SUB1A-1

Plant Physiol Biochem. 2024 Jan:206:108224. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108224. Epub 2023 Nov 25.

Authors

Md Ibrahim Khalil¹, Md Mahmudul Hassan², Swadesh Chandra Samanta³, Abul Kashem Chowdhury⁴, Md Zahid Hassan⁵, Nasar Uddin Ahmed⁶, Uzzal Somaddar⁷, Sharmistha Ghosal⁸, Arif Hasan Khan Robin⁹, Ujjal Kumar Nath¹⁰, Mohammad Golam Mostofa¹¹, David J Burritt¹², Chien Van Ha¹³, Aarti Gupta¹⁴, Lam-Son Phan Tran¹⁵, Gopal Saha¹⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agronomy, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh; Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh. Electronic address: ibrahimkhalil.ag15@gmail.com.
² Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh. Electronic address: mhassan@pstu.ac.bd.
³ Department of Agronomy, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh. Electronic address: samantapstu@yahoo.com.
⁴ Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh. Electronic address: kashem@pstu.ac.bd.
⁵ Department of Agronomy, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh. Electronic address: zhassan.pstu@gmail.com.
⁶ Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh. Electronic address: nuahmed@pstu.ac.bd.
⁷ Department of Agronomy, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh. Electronic address: u.somaddar@gmail.com.
⁸ Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur, 1701, Bangladesh. Electronic address: sharmistha.breeding@brri.gov.bd.
⁹ Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh. Electronic address: gpb21bau@bau.edu.bd.
¹⁰ Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh. Electronic address: ujjalnath@gmail.com.
¹¹ MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA. Electronic address: mostofam@msu.edu.
¹² Department of Botany, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand. Electronic address: david.burritt@otago.ac.nz.
¹³ Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA. Electronic address: chien.ha@ttu.edu.
¹⁴ Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA. Electronic address: aartgupt@ttu.edu.
¹⁵ Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Department of Plant and Soil Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409, USA. Electronic address: son.tran@ttu.edu.
¹⁶ Department of Agronomy, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh. Electronic address: gopalagr@pstu.ac.bd.

PMID: 38091930
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108224

Abstract

The world's low-lying rice (Oryza sativa) cultivation areas are under threat of submergence or flash flooding due to global warming. Rice plants manifest a variety of physiological and morphological changes to cope with submergence and hypoxia, including lowering carbohydrate consumption, inhibiting shoot elongation, and forming a thicker leaf gas film during submergence. Functional studies have revealed that submergence tolerance in rice is mainly determined by an ethylene response factor (ERF) transcription factor-encoding gene, namely SUBMERGENCE 1A-1 (SUB1A-1) located in the SUB1 quantitative trait locus. The SUB1A-1-dependent submergence tolerance is manifested through hormonal signaling involving ethylene, gibberellic acid, brassinosteroid, auxin and jasmonic acid. Considerable progress has been made toward the introduction of SUB1A-1 into rice varieties through a conventional marker-assisted backcrossing approach. Here, we review the recent advances in the physiological, biochemical and molecular dynamics of rice submergence tolerance mediated by the 'quiescence strategy'. Thus, the present review aims to provide researchers with insights into the genetics of rice submergence tolerance and future perspectives for designing submergence-resilient plants for sustainable agriculture under the uncertainties of climate change.

Keywords: Carbohydrate catabolism; Leaf gas film; Reactive oxygen species; SLENDER RICE 1; SUBMERGENCE 1A-1; Shoot elongation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Physiological / genetics
Ethylenes / pharmacology
Genes, Plant
Oryza* / physiology
Plant Leaves / physiology

Substances

ethylene
Ethylenes