Leaf cuticular wax composition of a genetically diverse collection of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivars evaluated under field conditions

Luo, Wenting; Gonzalez, Emmanuel; Zarei, Ariyan; Calleja, Sebastian; Rozzi, Bruno; Demieville, Jeffrey; Li, Haiquan; Truco, Maria-Jose; Lavelle, Dean; Michelmore, Richard; Dyer, John M.; Jenks, Matthew A.; Pauli, Duke

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27226

Title: Leaf cuticular wax composition of a genetically diverse collection of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) cultivars evaluated under field conditions

Journal Article · 29 February 2024 · Heliyon

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27226 · OSTI ID:2317680

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Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Albany, CA (United States). Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

Cuticular waxes of plants impart tolerance to many forms of environmental stress and help shed dangerous human pathogens on edible plant parts. Although the chemical composition of waxes on a wide variety of important crops has been described, a detailed wax compositional analysis has yet to be reported for lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), one of the most widely consumed vegetables. We present herein the leaf wax content and composition of 12 genetically diverse lettuce cultivars sampled across five time points during their vegetative growth phase in the field. Mean total leaf wax amounts across all cultivars varied little over 28 days of vegetative growth, except for a notable decrease in total waxes following a major precipitation event, presumably due to wax degradation from wind and rain. All lettuce cultivars were found to contain a unique wax composition highly enriched in 22- and 24-carbon length 1-alcohols (docosanol and tetracosanol, respectively). In our report, the dominance of these shorter chain length 1-alcohols as wax constituents represents a relatively rare phenotype in plants. The ecological significance of these dominant and relatively short 1-alcohols is still unknown. Although waxes have been a target for improvement of various crops, no such work has been reported for lettuce. This study lays the groundwork for future research that aims to integrate cuticular wax characteristics of field grown plants into the larger context of lettuce breeding and cultivar development.

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Research Organization:: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)

Grant/Contract Number:: AR0000594

OSTI ID:: 2317680

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2471863

Journal Information:: Heliyon, Vol. 10, Issue 5; ISSN 2405-8440

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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