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Ecological Toxicity Alleviation of Imazethapyr to Non-target Plant Wheat: Active Regulation Between Auxin and DIMBOA
Summary
Researchers found that the herbicide imazethapyr disrupted the auxin–DIMBOA balance in wheat, reducing auxin by 32% while inducing 40% more DIMBOA accumulation, and showed that both pathways independently help plants manage herbicide stress through growth restoration and enhanced defense activation.
Abstract A new perspective was put forward to alleviate the potential toxicity of herbicide ( R )-imazethapyr (( R) -IM) to non-target plant wheat by active regulation between auxin and secondary metabolite 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-2 H -1,4-benzoxazine-3(4 H )-one (DIMBOA) in this study. ( R) -IM effortlessly disrupted the balance between wheat growth and defense, which not only reduced 32.4% auxin content in wheat leaves, but also induced 40.7% DIMBOA accumulation compared to the control group. Transcriptomic results indicate that restoration of the auxin level in plants promotes the up-regulation of growth-related genes and increased accumulation of DIMBOA increases the expression of defense-related genes. Auxin and DIMBOA are in two divergent paths and alleviate herbicide stress on wheat primarily through effects on growth and defense, respectively. Additionally, as a common precursor of both auxin and DIMBOA, indole adopted a combined growth and defense strategy in response to ( R )-IM toxicity, i.e., both restoring growth development and enhancing the defense system. It might be possible to find appropriate ways to regulate the plant growth-defense balance under herbicide stress by regulating auxin and DIMBOA levels in plants. Our insight into the interference mechanism of herbicides to the plant growth-defense system will facilitate the design of improved strategies for herbicide detoxification.
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