Paper · 2026 · Agricultural Water Management

Wetting alternated moderate drying promotes phosphorus uptake and transport by regulating levels of brassinosteroids and jasmonates in rice

Jianchang Yang; Qi Kou; Shiyan Peng; et al.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether and how brassinosteroids (BRs) and jasmonates (JAs) respond to irrigation regimes and mediate phosphorus (P) uptake and transport in rice. Over three years, an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field at either no P fertilizer application (0 P) or with P fertilizer application (NP). Three irrigation regimes were implemented: continuously flooding (CF), wetting alternated with moderate drying (WMD), and wetting alternated with severe drying (WSD). The results showed that, compared to CF and at both 0 P and NP, WMD significantly increased BRs levels in roots and leaves and JAs levels in leaves, leading to increases in acid phosphatase (APase) activities in roots and proton-pumping ATPase (H + -ATPase) activities and the expression of genes related to P uptake and transport in both roots and leaves, P uptake and transport, grain yield, irrigation water productivity, and internal P use efficiency (PIE). WSD decreased BRs levels in plants, APase activities and the gene expression in roots, P uptake, and grain yield. However, WSD substantially enhanced JAs levels in roots and leaves, and increased H + -ATPase activities and the gene expression in leaves and ribonuclease activities in both roots and leaves, P transport from straws to the grain, resulting in an increase of PIE. Applying 24-epibrassinolide and jasmonic acid verified roles of BRs and JAs in regulating P uptake and transport. These findings suggest that elevating BRs levels in both roots and leaves and JAs levels in leaves is an important strategy to increase grain yield and PIE, and WMD is an effective way to realize the strategy.

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Claims 18

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

WMD significantly increased brassinosteroid levels in rice roots and leaves compared with CF.

Treatment
WMDe1
Outcome
BRs levels in roots and leavese1
Direction
significantly increasede1
Qualifier
at both 0 P and NPe1
Comparator
CFe1
Setting
in the fielde0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e1

“compared to CF and at both 0 P and NP, WMD significantly increased BRs levels in roots and leaves and JAs levels in leaves”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 541–663 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivesignificant (as stated)measured

Claim · model-written summary

WMD significantly increased jasmonate levels in rice leaves compared with CF.

Treatment
WMDe1
Outcome
JAs levels in leavese1
Direction
significantly increasede1
Qualifier
at both 0 P and NPe1
Comparator
CFe1
Setting
in the fielde0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e1

“compared to CF and at both 0 P and NP, WMD significantly increased BRs levels in roots and leaves and JAs levels in leaves”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 541–663 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WMD increased acid phosphatase activities in rice roots compared with CF.

Treatment
WMDe1
Outcome
acid phosphatase (APase) activities in rootse2
Direction
increasese2
Comparator
CFe1
Setting
in the fielde0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e1

“compared to CF and at both 0 P and NP, WMD significantly increased BRs levels in roots and leaves and JAs levels in leaves”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 541–663 · show in text ↑
e2

“leading to increases in acid phosphatase (APase) activities in roots and proton-pumping ATPase (H + -ATPase) activities and the expression of genes related to P uptake and transport in both roots and leaves, P uptake and transport, grain yield, irrigation water productivity, and internal P use efficiency (PIE)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 665–976 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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WMD increased proton-pumping ATPase activities in rice compared with CF.

Treatment
WMDe1
Outcome
proton-pumping ATPase (H + -ATPase) activitiese2
Direction
increasese2
Comparator
CFe1
Setting
in the fielde0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e1

“compared to CF and at both 0 P and NP, WMD significantly increased BRs levels in roots and leaves and JAs levels in leaves”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 541–663 · show in text ↑
e2

“leading to increases in acid phosphatase (APase) activities in roots and proton-pumping ATPase (H + -ATPase) activities and the expression of genes related to P uptake and transport in both roots and leaves, P uptake and transport, grain yield, irrigation water productivity, and internal P use efficiency (PIE)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 665–976 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WMD increased the expression of genes related to P uptake and transport in rice roots and leaves compared with CF.

Treatment
WMDe1
Outcome
the expression of genes related to P uptake and transporte2
Direction
increasese2
Comparator
CFe1
Setting
in the fielde0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e1

“compared to CF and at both 0 P and NP, WMD significantly increased BRs levels in roots and leaves and JAs levels in leaves”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 541–663 · show in text ↑
e2

“leading to increases in acid phosphatase (APase) activities in roots and proton-pumping ATPase (H + -ATPase) activities and the expression of genes related to P uptake and transport in both roots and leaves, P uptake and transport, grain yield, irrigation water productivity, and internal P use efficiency (PIE)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 665–976 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WMD increased P uptake and transport, grain yield and irrigation water productivity compared with CF.

Treatment
WMDe1
Outcome
P uptake and transport, grain yield, irrigation water productivitye2
Direction
increasese2
Comparator
CFe1
Setting
in the fielde0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e1

“compared to CF and at both 0 P and NP, WMD significantly increased BRs levels in roots and leaves and JAs levels in leaves”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 541–663 · show in text ↑
e2

“leading to increases in acid phosphatase (APase) activities in roots and proton-pumping ATPase (H + -ATPase) activities and the expression of genes related to P uptake and transport in both roots and leaves, P uptake and transport, grain yield, irrigation water productivity, and internal P use efficiency (PIE)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 665–976 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WMD increased internal P use efficiency in rice compared with CF.

Treatment
WMDe1
Outcome
internal P use efficiency (PIE)e2
Direction
increasese2
Comparator
CFe1
Setting
in the fielde0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e1

“compared to CF and at both 0 P and NP, WMD significantly increased BRs levels in roots and leaves and JAs levels in leaves”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 541–663 · show in text ↑
e2

“leading to increases in acid phosphatase (APase) activities in roots and proton-pumping ATPase (H + -ATPase) activities and the expression of genes related to P uptake and transport in both roots and leaves, P uptake and transport, grain yield, irrigation water productivity, and internal P use efficiency (PIE)”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 665–976 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WSD decreased brassinosteroid levels in rice plants.

Treatment
WSDe3
Outcome
BRs levels in plantse3
Direction
decreasede3
Setting
in the fielde0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e3

“WSD decreased BRs levels in plants, APase activities and the gene expression in roots, P uptake, and grain yield”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 978–1090 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WSD decreased APase activities and the expression of genes in rice roots.

Treatment
WSDe3
Outcome
APase activities and the gene expression in rootse3
Direction
decreasede3
Setting
in the fielde0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e3

“WSD decreased BRs levels in plants, APase activities and the gene expression in roots, P uptake, and grain yield”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 978–1090 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WSD decreased P uptake and grain yield in rice.

Treatment
WSDe3
Outcome
P uptake, and grain yielde3
Direction
decreasede3
Setting
in the fielde0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e3

“WSD decreased BRs levels in plants, APase activities and the gene expression in roots, P uptake, and grain yield”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 978–1090 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WSD substantially enhanced jasmonate levels in rice roots and leaves.

Treatment
WSDe4
Outcome
JAs levels in roots and leavese4
Direction
enhancede4
Setting
in the fielde0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e4

“WSD substantially enhanced JAs levels in roots and leaves, and increased H + -ATPase activities and the gene expression in leaves and ribonuclease activities in both roots and leaves, P transport from straws to the grain, resulting in an increase of PIE”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1101–1354 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WSD increased proton-pumping ATPase activities and gene expression in rice leaves.

Treatment
WSDe4
Outcome
H + -ATPase activities and the gene expression in leavese4
Direction
increasede4
Setting
in the fielde0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e4

“WSD substantially enhanced JAs levels in roots and leaves, and increased H + -ATPase activities and the gene expression in leaves and ribonuclease activities in both roots and leaves, P transport from straws to the grain, resulting in an increase of PIE”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1101–1354 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WSD increased ribonuclease activities in rice roots and leaves.

Treatment
WSDe4
Outcome
ribonuclease activities in both roots and leavese4
Direction
increasede4
Setting
in the fielde0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e4

“WSD substantially enhanced JAs levels in roots and leaves, and increased H + -ATPase activities and the gene expression in leaves and ribonuclease activities in both roots and leaves, P transport from straws to the grain, resulting in an increase of PIE”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1101–1354 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WSD increased P transport from straws to the grain in rice.

Treatment
WSDe4
Outcome
P transport from straws to the graine4
Direction
increaseinferrede4
Setting
in the fielde0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e4

“WSD substantially enhanced JAs levels in roots and leaves, and increased H + -ATPase activities and the gene expression in leaves and ribonuclease activities in both roots and leaves, P transport from straws to the grain, resulting in an increase of PIE”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1101–1354 · show in text ↑
Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

WSD increased internal P use efficiency in rice.

Treatment
WSDe4
Outcome
PIEe4
Direction
an increase ofe4
Setting
in the fielde0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e4

“WSD substantially enhanced JAs levels in roots and leaves, and increased H + -ATPase activities and the gene expression in leaves and ribonuclease activities in both roots and leaves, P transport from straws to the grain, resulting in an increase of PIE”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1101–1354 · show in text ↑
Mechanismobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Applying 24-epibrassinolide and jasmonic acid verified that BRs and JAs regulate P uptake and transport in rice.

Treatment
24-epibrassinolide and jasmonic acide5
Compound
BRs and JAse5
Outcome
P uptake and transporte5

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e5

“Applying 24-epibrassinolide and jasmonic acid verified roles of BRs and JAs in regulating P uptake and transport”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1356–1468 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

Elevating BRs in roots and leaves and JAs in leaves is an important strategy to increase rice grain yield and PIE.

Treatment
elevating BRs levels in both roots and leaves and JAs levels in leavese6
Outcome
grain yield and PIEe6

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

Verbatim

e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e6

“elevating BRs levels in both roots and leaves and JAs levels in leaves is an important strategy to increase grain yield and PIE”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1498–1625 · show in text ↑
Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivebasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

WMD is an effective way to realize the strategy of elevating BRs and JAs in rice.

Treatment
WMDe7
Outcome
realize the strategye7

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Oryza sativa
Oryza sativa · Taxon · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryDesmanthus4food · CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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e0

“an Indica/Japonica rice cultivar was grown in the field”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 210–265 · show in text ↑
e7

“WMD is an effective way to realize the strategy”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1631–1678 · show in text ↑

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