Open AccessPlasticity in metabolism underpins local responses to nitrogen in Arabidopsis thaliana populations
Author(s) -
Pandey Prashant K.,
Yu Jing,
Omranian Nooshin,
Alseekh Saleh,
Vaid Neha,
Fernie Alisdair R.,
Nikoloski Zoran,
Laitinen Roosa A. E.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
plant direct
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.211
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 2475-4455
DOI - 10.1002/pld3.186
Subject(s) - arabidopsis thaliana , plasticity , phenotypic plasticity , local adaptation , biology , adaptation (eye) , metabolite , plant metabolism , metabolic pathway , metabolomics , nitrogen cycle , metabolism , botany , nitrogen , ecology , chemistry , biochemistry , bioinformatics , neuroscience , gene , population , rna , physics , demography , sociology , mutant , thermodynamics , organic chemistry
Nitrogen (N) is central for plant growth, and metabolic plasticity can provide a strategy to respond to changing N availability. We showed that two local A. thaliana populations exhibited differential plasticity in the compounds of photorespiratory and starch degradation pathways in response to three N conditions. Association of metabolite levels with growth‐related and fitness traits indicated that controlled plasticity in these pathways could contribute to local adaptation and play a role in plant evolution.