Table 1 Examples of plant genomic structural variants known to impact stress responses

Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana)

Stress Response

Insertion/Deletion

(Lu et al., 2012)

Temperature response and stress genes

Copy Number Variation

(DeBolt, 2010)

Barley (Hordeum vulgare)

Aluminum tolerance

Insertion

(Fujii et al., 2012)

Boron toxicity

Copy Number Variation

(Sutton et al., 2007)

Disease resistance

Copy Number Variation

(Munoz-Amatriain et al., 2013)

Maize (Zea mays)

Aluminum tolerance

Copy Number Variation

(Maron et al., 2013)

Disease Resistance

Copy Number Variation

(Belo et al., 2010)

Oilseed (Brassica napus)

Verticillium longisporum resistance

Presence/Absence Variation

(Gabur et al., 2020)

Rice (Oryza sativa)

Disease Resistance

Copy Number Variation

(Xu et al., 2015)

Scott’s Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Root rot resistance

Copy Number Variation

(Skipars et al., 2012)

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)

Disease resistance

Presence/Absence Variation; Copy Number Variation

(Zheng et al., 2011; Mace et al., 2014)

Soybean (Glycine max)

Nematode resistance

Copy Number Variation

(Cook et al., 2012; Bayless et al., 2016; Bayless et al., 2018; Bayless et al., 2019)

Stress Response

Presence/Absence Variation; Copy Number Variation

(Huan et al., 2005; McHale et al., 2012)

Disease Resistance

Copy Number Variation

(Lee et al., 2015)

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Unknown

Various

(Gao et al., 2019)

Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Frost tolerance

Copy Number Variation

(Zhu et al., 2014)

Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri)

Glyphosate resistance

Copy Number Variation

(Gaines et al., 2010)