@article{fdi:010079824, title = {{L}everaging genome-enabled growth models to study shoot growth responses to water deficit in rice}, author = {{C}ampbell, {M}. {T}. and {G}rondin, {A}lexandre and {W}alia, {H}. and {M}orota, {G}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{E}lucidating genotype-by-environment interactions and partitioning its contribution to phenotypic variation remains a challenge for plant scientists. {W}e propose a framework that utilizes genome-wide markers to model genotype-specific shoot growth trajectories as a function of time and soil water availability. {A} rice diversity panel was phenotyped daily for 21 d using an automated, high-throughput image-based, phenotyping platform that enabled estimation of daily shoot biomass and soil water content. {U}sing these data, we modeled shoot growth as a function of time and soil water content, and were able to determine the time point where an inflection in the growth trajectory occurred. {W}e found that larger, more vigorous plants exhibited an earlier repression in growth compared with smaller, slow-growing plants, indicating a trade-off between early vigor and tolerance to prolonged water deficits. {G}enomic inference for model parameters and time of inflection ({TOI}) identified several candidate genes. {T}his study is the first to utilize a genome-enabled growth model to study drought responses in rice, and presents a new approach to jointly model dynamic morpho-physiological responses and environmental covariates.}, keywords = {{A}quaporin ; drought ; genome-wide association study ; genomics ; growth ; model ; phenomics ; rice}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{J}ournal of {E}xperimental {B}otany}, volume = {71}, numero = {18}, pages = {5669--5679}, ISSN = {0022-0957}, year = {2020}, DOI = {10.1093/jxb/eraa280}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079824}, }