Natural variation in growth and yield to waterlogging across climate-diverse pennycress accessions

Many winter annual crops, such as pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.), are subjected to heavy precipitation events during their growing season. Therefore, it is essential to identify pennycress accessions with natural variation in flooding resilience. We used climate modeling data to assess spring soil...

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Main Authors: Rachel Combs-Giroir, John Lagergren, Daniel A. Jacobson, Andrea R. Gschwend
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17429145.2025.2455414
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description Many winter annual crops, such as pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.), are subjected to heavy precipitation events during their growing season. Therefore, it is essential to identify pennycress accessions with natural variation in flooding resilience. We used climate modeling data to assess spring soil moisture levels in the geographic origins of 471 natural pennycress accessions. We selected 34 accessions with variation in predicted soil moisture and tested survivability under prolonged waterlogging at the rosette stage. It took seven weeks for the first accessions to die, indicating that pennycress is hardy to prolonged waterlogging at the vegetative stage. Furthermore, we chose ‘susceptible’ and ‘tolerant’ accessions to waterlog for one week at the reproductive stage, the growth stage aligned with spring rainfall. Six accessions had significantly reduced seed weight at maturity and two had minimal impacts on growth and seed yield after waterlogging and can be further explored for adaptive traits.
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spelling doaj-art-2a8803bc057c48fba59442c1792651832025-02-03T01:15:51ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Plant Interactions1742-91451742-91532025-12-0120110.1080/17429145.2025.2455414Natural variation in growth and yield to waterlogging across climate-diverse pennycress accessionsRachel Combs-Giroir0John Lagergren1Daniel A. Jacobson2Andrea R. Gschwend3Center for Applied Plant Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USABiosciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USABiosciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USADepartment of Horticulture and Crop Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAMany winter annual crops, such as pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.), are subjected to heavy precipitation events during their growing season. Therefore, it is essential to identify pennycress accessions with natural variation in flooding resilience. We used climate modeling data to assess spring soil moisture levels in the geographic origins of 471 natural pennycress accessions. We selected 34 accessions with variation in predicted soil moisture and tested survivability under prolonged waterlogging at the rosette stage. It took seven weeks for the first accessions to die, indicating that pennycress is hardy to prolonged waterlogging at the vegetative stage. Furthermore, we chose ‘susceptible’ and ‘tolerant’ accessions to waterlog for one week at the reproductive stage, the growth stage aligned with spring rainfall. Six accessions had significantly reduced seed weight at maturity and two had minimal impacts on growth and seed yield after waterlogging and can be further explored for adaptive traits.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17429145.2025.2455414Thlaspi arvensesoil moistureroot hypoxiaclimate modeling
spellingShingle Rachel Combs-Giroir
John Lagergren
Daniel A. Jacobson
Andrea R. Gschwend
Natural variation in growth and yield to waterlogging across climate-diverse pennycress accessions
Journal of Plant Interactions
Thlaspi arvense
soil moisture
root hypoxia
climate modeling
title Natural variation in growth and yield to waterlogging across climate-diverse pennycress accessions
title_full Natural variation in growth and yield to waterlogging across climate-diverse pennycress accessions
title_fullStr Natural variation in growth and yield to waterlogging across climate-diverse pennycress accessions
title_full_unstemmed Natural variation in growth and yield to waterlogging across climate-diverse pennycress accessions
title_short Natural variation in growth and yield to waterlogging across climate-diverse pennycress accessions
title_sort natural variation in growth and yield to waterlogging across climate diverse pennycress accessions
topic Thlaspi arvense
soil moisture
root hypoxia
climate modeling
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/17429145.2025.2455414
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