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    Cell membrane integrity, callose accumulation, and root growth in aluminum-stressed sorghum seedlings
    (2015-08-19) Gudu, Samuel; Onkware, Augustino; Emily Jepkosgei Too; Beatrice Ang’iyo Were; Anders S. Carlsson; Mulatu Geleta; T. Bryngelsson
    Aluminum stress usually reduces plant root growth due to the accumulation of Al in specific zones of the root apex. The objectives of this study were to determine the localization of Al in the root apex of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moech. and its effects on membrane integrity, callose accumulation, and root growth in selected cultivars. Seedlings were grown in a nutrient solution containing 0, 27, or 39 μM Al3+ for 24, 48, and 120 h. The Al stress significantly reduced root growth, especially after 48 and 120 h of exposure. A higher Al accumulation, determined by fluorescence microscopy after staining with a Morin dye, occurred in the root extension zone of the sensitive cultivar than in the tolerant cultivar. The membrane damage and callose accumulation were also higher in the sensitive than resistant cultivar. It was concluded that the Al stress significantly reduced root growth through the accumulation of Al in the root extension zone, callose accumulation, and impairment of plasma membrane integrity.
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    Cell membrane integrity, callose accumulation, and root growth in aluminum-stressed sorghum seedlings
    (2015-08-21) Emily Jepkosgei Too; Beatrice Ang’iyo Were; Onkware, Augustino; Anders S. Carlsson; Mulatu Geleta; Gudu, Samuel; T. Bryngelsson
    Aluminum stress usually reduces plant root growth due to the accumulation of Al in specific zones of the root apex. The objectives of this study were to determine the localization of Al in the root apex of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moech. and its effects on membrane integrity, callose accumulation, and root growth in selected cultivars. Seedlings were grown in a nutrient solution containing 0, 27, or 39 μM Al3+ for 24, 48, and 120 h. The Al stress significantly reduced root growth, especially after 48 and 120 h of exposure. A higher Al accumulation, determined by fluorescence microscopy after staining with a Morin dye, occurred in the root extension zone of the sensitive cultivar than in the tolerant cultivar. The membrane damage and callose accumulation were also higher in the sensitive than resistant cultivar. It was concluded that the Al stress significantly reduced root growth through the accumulation of Al in the root extension zone, callose accumulation, and impairment of plasma membrane integrity.
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    Response of selected sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) germplasm to aluminium stress
    (2015-08-19) Evans, Ouma; Emily Jepkosgei Too; Beatrice Ang’iyo Were; Onkware, Augustino; Justin Hanson Ringo; Kisinyo, Peter; Anders S. Carlsson; Mulatu Geleta; Mulatu Geleta
    Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench) is an important food security crop in sub-Saharan Africa. Its production on acid soils is constrained by aluminium (Al) stress, which primarily interferes with root growth. Sorghum cultivation is widespread in Kenya, but there is limited knowledge on response of the Kenyan sorghum cultivars to aluminium stress. The aim of the study was to identify and morphologically characterise aluminium tolerant sorghum accessions. The root growth of three hundred and eighty nine sorghum accessions from local or international sources was assessed under 148 μM Al in soaked paper towels, and 99 of these were selected and further tested in solution. Ten selected accessions were grown out in the field, on un-limed (0 t/ha) or limed (4 t/ha) acid (pH 4.3) soils with high (27%) Al saturation, and their growth and grain yield was assessed. Although the Al stress significantly (P ≤ 0.05) reduced root growth in most of the accessions, there were ten accessions; MCSRP5, MCSR 124, MCSR106, ICSR110, Real60, IS41764, MCSR15, IESV93042-SW, MCSRM45 and MCSRM79f, that retained relatively high root growth and were classified as tolerant. The stress significantly (P ≤ 0.05) reduced seedling root and shoot dry matter in the Al-sensitive accessions. Plant growth and yield on un-limed soil was very poor, and liming increased grain yield by an average 35%. Most of Kenya sorghums were sensitive to Al stress, but a few tolerant accessions were identified that could be used for further breeding for improved grain yield in high aluminium soils.