Abstract
Water supply constraints limit crop yield across seasons and locations, restricting food production under diverse climate scenarios. Irrigation schedules that align with plant water demand at specific times of the day have been proposed to overcome limitations in the water supply. Watering crops in the morning has been associated with reductions in productivity, although the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that watering tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) at different times of the day alters the transcriptional patterns of genes controlling flowering induction. Dawn watering (DAW) triggered a strong repression of the single flower truss (SFT) gene, leading to metabolite accumulation and delayed development. Dusk-watered plants showed increased fruit production compared to DAW-treated plants. Our findings highlight how metabolism and development in tomato are remodeled by the timing of watering, suggesting strategies to enhance tomato water-use efficiency by incorporating time-specific watering practices in agriculture.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Watering time altered transcription of flowering induction genes.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- watering tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) at different times of the daye0
- Outcome
- transcriptional patterns of genes controlling flowering inductione0
- Direction
- alterse0
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Verbatim
e0“watering tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) at different times of the day alters the transcriptional patterns of genes controlling flowering induction.”
Claim · model-written summary
Dawn watering strongly repressed SFT gene expression.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Dawn watering (DAW)e0
- Gene
- single flower truss (SFT)e0
- Outcome
- single flower truss (SFT) genee0
- Direction
- repressione0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Dawn watering (DAW) triggered a strong repression of the single flower truss (SFT) gene”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Dawn watering led to metabolite accumulation.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Dawn watering (DAW)e0
- Gene
- single flower truss (SFT)e0
- Outcome
- metabolite accumulatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Dawn watering (DAW) triggered a strong repression of the single flower truss (SFT) gene, leading to metabolite accumulation and delayed development.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Dawn watering delayed development.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Dawn watering (DAW)e0
- Gene
- single flower truss (SFT)e0
- Outcome
- delayed developmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Dawn watering (DAW) triggered a strong repression of the single flower truss (SFT) gene, leading to metabolite accumulation and delayed development.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Dusk watering increased fruit production relative to dawn watering.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Dusk-waterede0
- Outcome
- fruit productione0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Comparator
- DAW-treated plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Dusk-watered plants showed increased fruit production compared to DAW-treated plants.”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest time specific watering to improve tomato water use efficiency.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- time-specific watering practicese0
- Outcome
- enhance tomato water-use efficiencye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“suggesting strategies to enhance tomato water-use efficiency by incorporating time-specific watering practices in agriculture.”
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