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. 2009 Aug 13;10(8):3547–3582. doi: 10.3390/ijms10083547

Table 1.

List of studies reporting characterization of Arabidopsis accessions in response to abiotic stress.

Accessions 1 Stress Trait Reference
Light, Radiations

4 100, 80, 60 and 40% of sun light Biometric and fitness parameters [29,109]
157 Far-red light (3 red/far-red rates) Flowering time, hypocotyl length [55]
141 White, blue, red, far-red and dark Hypocotyl length [59]
52 Far-red pulses Hypocotyl length, angle between cotyledons [62]
7 UV-B Biometric traits on vegetative (2) and reproductive (4) apparatus. [63]
7 UV-A, UV-B + A 9 biometric traits on vegetative (6), reproductive (2) and root apparatus (1) and 3 derived parameters. [64]

Temperature

21 15, 20 and 25 °C Flowering time (day of flowering, total leaf number at flowering), height at flowering [91]
9 Cold and freezing acclimation Electrolyte leakage, LT50, genes and metabolites expression [87]
4 Cold and freezing acclimation Electrolyte leakage, LT50, leaf sugar content [81]
71 Cold acclimation, sub-zero temperatures Tissue damage index [85]
50 Freezing tolerance (with acclimation) Tissue damage index, CBF and COR genes expression [86]
12 6 °C, 14 °C and freezing five biometric traits, flowering time, electrolyte leakage, anthocyanin and chlorophyll contents [84]
10 Cold (4 °C), heat (38 °C) Gene expression [88]
150 16 °C Flowering time (day of flowering, total leaf number at flowering) [90]
52 25 °C Flowering time (total leaf number at flowering) [65]
23 10 °C chronic exposure Root elongation rate, candidate genes expression [89]

Nutrient

4
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0, 2, 4 or 6 N:P:K fertilizer doses Biometric and fitness parameters [29,109,110]
36, then 5 contrasted Phosphate depletion (hydroxylapatite or 2,5 μM KH2PO4) Root morphology parameters, phosphate uptake kinetics [107]
6 Phosphate depletion (5 μM NaH2PO4) Root morphology parameters [108]

CO2

3 CO2 “enrichment” (550 ppm) Gene expression, metabolite profile [149]
35 CO2 low, standard and enriched (250 to 710 ppm) Biometric, developmental and metabolic parameters [151]
24 Reduce CO2 assimilation (Short days, low light, excess nitrate) Rosette weight, enzymes and metabolites profile [152]

Root anoxie

47 Soil saturated with water (waterlogging) Biometric parameters [153]

Heavy metal

260 Al3+ 1 mM or pH 4.7 Relative root length [137]

Oxydative

11 Atrazine (0.25, 0.5 μM) Metabolic and root morphology parameters, ROS accumulation Ramel et al., in prep.

Osmotic (including drought, salt)

4 5, 10, 15 or 20 mL of water in 2 inches pot Biometric and fitness parameters [29]
39 No stress WUE (delta13C) [31]
9 Monitored drought stress Projected leaves area, Transpiration rate [33]
24 Monitored mild drought stress Total Leaf Area, Relative Water Content, Electrolyte Leackage, Cut Rosette Water Loss [34]
102 250 mM NaCl in vitro Germination, Fresh weight, dry weight [44]
12 100 mM NaCl in pots Survival [46]
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Only the studies that comprise more than two accessions are reported in this table.