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Hidvégi N, Dobránszki J, Tóth B, Gulyás A. Expression responses of XTH genes in tomato and potato to environmental mechanical forces: focus on behavior in response to rainfall, wind and touch. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2024; 19:2360296. [PMID: 38808631 PMCID: PMC11141476 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2024.2360296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Rainfall, wind and touch, as mechanical forces, were mimicked on 6-week-old soil-grown tomato and potato under controlled conditions. Expression level changes of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase genes (XTHs) of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. Micro Tom; SlXTHs) and potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Desirée; StXTHs) were analyzed in response to these mechanical forces. Transcription intensity of every SlXTHs of tomato was altered in response to rainfall, while the expression intensity of 72% and 64% of SlXTHs was modified by wind and touch, respectively. Ninety-one percent of StXTHs (32 out of 35) in potato responded to the rainfall, while 49% and 66% of the StXTHs were responsive to the wind and touch treatments, respectively. As previously demonstrated, all StXTHs were responsive to ultrasound treatment, and all were sensitive to one or more of the environmental mechanical factors examined in the current study. To our best knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate that these ubiquitous mechanical environmental cues, such as rainfall, wind and touch, influence the transcription of most XTHs examined in both species.
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- Norbert Hidvégi
- Centre for Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology, Faculty of the Agricultural and Food Science and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
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- Centre for Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology, Faculty of the Agricultural and Food Science and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
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- Centre for Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology, Faculty of the Agricultural and Food Science and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
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- Centre for Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology, Faculty of the Agricultural and Food Science and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
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Song B, Chen J, Lev-Yadun S, Niu Y, Gao Y, Ma R, Armbruster WS, Sun H. Multifunctionality of angiosperm floral bracts: a review. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2024; 99:1100-1120. [PMID: 38291834 DOI: 10.1111/brv.13060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Floral bracts (bracteoles, cataphylls) are leaf-like organs that subtend flowers or inflorescences but are of non-floral origin; they occur in a wide diversity of species, representing multiple independent origins, and exhibit great variation in form and function. Although much attention has been paid to bracts over the past 150 years, our understanding of their adaptive significance remains remarkably incomplete. This is because most studies of bract function and evolution focus on only one or a few selective factors. It is widely recognised that bracts experience selection mediated by pollinators, particularly for enhancing pollinator attraction through strong visual, olfactory, or echo-acoustic contrast with the background and through signalling the presence of pollinator rewards, either honestly (providing rewards for pollinators), or deceptively (attraction without reward or even trapping pollinators). However, studies in recent decades have demonstrated that bract evolution is also affected by agents other than pollinators. Bracts can protect flowers, fruits, or seeds from herbivores by displaying warning signals, camouflaging conspicuous reproductive organs, or by providing physical barriers or toxic chemicals. Reviews of published studies show that bracts can also promote seed dispersal and ameliorate the effects of abiotic stressors, such as low temperature, strong ultraviolet radiation, heavy rain, drought, and/or mechanical abrasion, on reproductive organs or for the plants' pollinators. In addition, green bracts and greening of colourful bracts after pollination promote photosynthetic activity, providing substantial carbon (photosynthates) for fruit or seed development, especially late in a plant's life cycle or season, when leaves have started to senesce. A further layer of complexity derives from the fact that the agents of selection driving the evolution of bracts vary between species and even between different developmental stages within a species, and selection by one agent can be reinforced or opposed by other agents. In summary, our survey of the literature reveals that bracts are multifunctional and subject to multiple agents of selection. To understand fully the functional and evolutionary significance of bracts, it is necessary to consider multiple selection agents throughout the life of the plant, using integrative approaches to data collection and analysis.
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- Bo Song
- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia/Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia/Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650201, China
- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Huannan Road, East of University Town, Chenggong New Area, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa at Oranim, Kiryat Tiv'on, 36006, Israel
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia/Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Yunnan Forestry Technological College, 1 Jindian, Kunming, 650224, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia/Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650201, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, King Henry Building, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2DY, UK
- Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, PO Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia/Yunnan Key Laboratory for Integrative Conservation of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, 650201, China
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Alonso R, Muñoz F, Bottini R, Piccoli P, Berli FJ. Effects of Wind Exposure and Deficit Irrigation on Vegetative Growth, Yield Components and Berry Composition of Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:1292. [PMID: 38794367 PMCID: PMC11124913 DOI: 10.3390/plants13101292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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The impact of global warming on Argentine viticulture may result in a geographical shift, with wine-growing regions potentially moving towards the southwest, known as one of the windiest regions in the world. Deficit irrigation is a widely used strategy to control the shoot growth and improve fruit quality attributes, such as berry skin polyphenols. The present study aimed to assess the effects of different wind intensities and irrigation levels, as well as their interactions, on field-grown Vitis vinifera L. cvs. Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon. The experiment was conducted during two growing seasons with two wind treatments (sheltered and exposed) and two irrigation treatments (well-watered and moderate deficit irrigation) in a multifactorial design. Vegetative growth, stomatal conductance, shoot biomass partition, fruit yield components and berry skin phenolics were evaluated. Our study found that, generally, wind exposure reduced vegetative growth, and deficit irrigation increased the proportion of smaller berries within the bunches. Meanwhile, deficit irrigation and wind exposure additively increased the concentration of berry skin phenolics. Combined stressful conditions enhance biomass partition across the shoot to fruits in Malbec, increasing the weight of bunches and the number of berries. Our findings offer practical implications for vineyard managers in windy regions, providing actionable insights to optimize grapevine cultivation and enhance wine quality.
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- Rodrigo Alonso
- Grupo de Bioquímica Vegetal, Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas—Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Almirante Brown 500, Chacras de Coria, Mendoza 5507, Argentina; (F.M.); (P.P.); (F.J.B.)
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- Grupo de Bioquímica Vegetal, Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas—Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Almirante Brown 500, Chacras de Coria, Mendoza 5507, Argentina; (F.M.); (P.P.); (F.J.B.)
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- Instituto Argentino de Veterinaria, Ambiente y Salud (IAVAS), Universidad Juan Agustín Maza, Av. Acceso Este Lateral Sur 2245, Guaymallén, Mendoza 5519, Argentina;
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- Grupo de Bioquímica Vegetal, Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas—Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Almirante Brown 500, Chacras de Coria, Mendoza 5507, Argentina; (F.M.); (P.P.); (F.J.B.)
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- Grupo de Bioquímica Vegetal, Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas—Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Almirante Brown 500, Chacras de Coria, Mendoza 5507, Argentina; (F.M.); (P.P.); (F.J.B.)
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Ahmed N, Zhang B, Deng L, Bozdar B, Li J, Chachar S, Chachar Z, Jahan I, Talpur A, Gishkori MS, Hayat F, Tu P. Advancing horizons in vegetable cultivation: a journey from ageold practices to high-tech greenhouse cultivation-a review. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1357153. [PMID: 38685958 PMCID: PMC11057267 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1357153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Vegetable cultivation stands as a pivotal element in the agricultural transformation illustrating a complex interplay between technological advancements, evolving environmental perspectives, and the growing global demand for food. This comprehensive review delves into the broad spectrum of developments in modern vegetable cultivation practices. Rooted in historical traditions, our exploration commences with conventional cultivation methods and traces the progression toward contemporary practices emphasizing the critical shifts that have refined techniques and outcomes. A significant focus is placed on the evolution of seed selection and quality assessment methods underlining the growing importance of seed treatments in enhancing both germination and plant growth. Transitioning from seeds to the soil, we investigate the transformative journey from traditional soil-based cultivation to the adoption of soilless cultures and the utilization of sustainable substrates like biochar and coir. The review also examines modern environmental controls highlighting the use of advanced greenhouse technologies and artificial intelligence in optimizing plant growth conditions. We underscore the increasing sophistication in water management strategies from advanced irrigation systems to intelligent moisture sensing. Additionally, this paper discusses the intricate aspects of precision fertilization, integrated pest management, and the expanding influence of plant growth regulators in vegetable cultivation. A special segment is dedicated to technological innovations, such as the integration of drones, robots, and state-of-the-art digital monitoring systems, in the cultivation process. While acknowledging these advancements, the review also realistically addresses the challenges and economic considerations involved in adopting cutting-edge technologies. In summary, this review not only provides a comprehensive guide to the current state of vegetable cultivation but also serves as a forward-looking reference emphasizing the critical role of continuous research and the anticipation of future developments in this field.
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- Nazir Ahmed
- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Key Laboratory for New Technology Research of Vegetables, Vegetable Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Science, Guangzhou, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Agriculture and Biology, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Gijón Mancheño A, Vuik V, van Wesenbeeck BK, Jonkman SN, van Hespen R, Moll JR, Kazi S, Urrutia I, van Ledden M. Integrating mangrove growth and failure in coastal flood protection designs. Sci Rep 2024; 14:7951. [PMID: 38575721 PMCID: PMC10995189 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58705-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024] Open
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Mangrove forests reduce wave attack along tropical and sub-tropical coastlines, decreasing the wave loads acting on coastal protection structures. Mangrove belts seaward of embankments can therefore lower their required height and decrease their slope protection thickness. Wave reduction by mangroves depends on tree frontal surface area and stability against storms, but both aspects are often oversimplified or neglected in coastal protection designs. Here we present a framework to evaluate how mangrove belts influence embankment designs, including mangrove growth over time and failure by overturning and trunk breakage. This methodology is applied to Sonneratia apetala mangroves seaward of embankments in Bangladesh, considering forest widths between 10 and 1000 m (cross-shore). For water depths of 5 m, wave reduction by mangrove forests narrower than 1 km mostly affects the slope protection and the bank erodibility, whereas the required embankment height is less influenced by mangroves. Sonneratia apetala trees experience a relative maximum in wave attenuation capacity at 10 years age, due to their large submerged canopy area. Once trees are more than 20 years old, their canopy is emergent, and most wave attenuation is caused by trunk and roots. Canopy emergence exposes mangroves to wind loads, which are much larger than wave loads, and can cause tree failure during cyclones. These results stress the importance of including tree surface area and stability models when predicting coastal protection by mangroves.
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- A Gijón Mancheño
- Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, Delft, 2628 CN, The Netherlands.
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- HKV Consultants, P.O. Box 2120, Lelystad, 8203 AC, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecosystems and Sediment Dynamics, Deltares, P.O. Box 177, Delft, 2600 MH, The Netherlands
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- Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, Delft, 2628 CN, The Netherlands
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- Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, WNIOZ Yerseke, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, Delft, 2628 CN, The Netherlands
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- World Bank, 1818 H Street, Washington, DC, 20433, USA
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- World Bank, 1818 H Street, Washington, DC, 20433, USA
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- World Bank, 1818 H Street, Washington, DC, 20433, USA
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Yang N, Ren J, Dai S, Wang K, Leung M, Lu Y, An Y, Burlingame A, Xu S, Wang Z, Yu W, Li N. The Quantitative Biotinylproteomics Studies Reveal a WInd-Related Kinase 1 (Raf-Like Kinase 36) Functioning as an Early Signaling Component in Wind-Induced Thigmomorphogenesis and Gravitropism. Mol Cell Proteomics 2024; 23:100738. [PMID: 38364992 PMCID: PMC10951710 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2024.100738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
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Wind is one of the most prevalent environmental forces entraining plants to develop various mechano-responses, collectively called thigmomorphogenesis. Largely unknown is how plants transduce these versatile wind force signals downstream to nuclear events and to the development of thigmomorphogenic phenotype or anemotropic response. To identify molecular components at the early steps of the wind force signaling, two mechanical signaling-related phosphoproteins, identified from our previous phosphoproteomic study of Arabidopsis touch response, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (MKK1) and 2 (MKK2), were selected for performing in planta TurboID (ID)-based quantitative proximity-labeling (PL) proteomics. This quantitative biotinylproteomics was separately performed on MKK1-ID and MKK2-ID transgenic plants, respectively, using the genetically engineered TurboID biotin ligase expression transgenics as a universal control. This unique PTM proteomics successfully identified 11 and 71 MKK1 and MKK2 putative interactors, respectively. Biotin occupancy ratio (BOR) was found to be an alternative parameter to measure the extent of proximity and specificity between the proximal target proteins and the bait fusion protein. Bioinformatics analysis of these biotinylprotein data also found that TurboID biotin ligase favorably labels the loop region of target proteins. A WInd-Related Kinase 1 (WIRK1), previously known as rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma (Raf)-like kinase 36 (RAF36), was found to be a putative common interactor for both MKK1 and MKK2 and preferentially interacts with MKK2. Further molecular biology studies of the Arabidopsis RAF36 kinase found that it plays a role in wind regulation of the touch-responsive TCH3 and CML38 gene expression and the phosphorylation of a touch-regulated PATL3 phosphoprotein. Measurement of leaf morphology and shoot gravitropic response of wirk1 (raf36) mutant revealed that the WIRK1 gene is involved in both wind-triggered rosette thigmomorphogenesis and gravitropism of Arabidopsis stems, suggesting that the WIRK1 (RAF36) protein probably functioning upstream of both MKK1 and MKK2 and that it may serve as the crosstalk point among multiple mechano-signal transduction pathways mediating both wind mechano-response and gravitropism.
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- Nan Yang
- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Nanfan and Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China; Shenzhen Research Institute, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
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Waterman JM, Cofer TM, Wang L, Glauser G, Erb M. High-resolution kinetics of herbivore-induced plant volatile transfer reveal clocked response patterns in neighboring plants. eLife 2024; 12:RP89855. [PMID: 38385996 PMCID: PMC10942584 DOI: 10.7554/elife.89855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024] Open
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Volatiles emitted by herbivore-attacked plants (senders) can enhance defenses in neighboring plants (receivers), however, the temporal dynamics of this phenomenon remain poorly studied. Using a custom-built, high-throughput proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PTR-ToF-MS) system, we explored temporal patterns of volatile transfer and responses between herbivore-attacked and undamaged maize plants. We found that continuous exposure to natural blends of herbivore-induced volatiles results in clocked temporal response patterns in neighboring plants, characterized by an induced terpene burst at the onset of the second day of exposure. This delayed burst is not explained by terpene accumulation during the night, but coincides with delayed jasmonate accumulation in receiver plants. The delayed burst occurs independent of day:night light transitions and cannot be fully explained by sender volatile dynamics. Instead, it is the result of a stress memory from volatile exposure during the first day and secondary exposure to bioactive volatiles on the second day. Our study reveals that prolonged exposure to natural blends of stress-induced volatiles results in a response that integrates priming and direct induction into a distinct and predictable temporal response pattern. This provides an answer to the long-standing question of whether stress volatiles predominantly induce or prime plant defenses in neighboring plants, by revealing that they can do both in sequence.
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of BernBernSwitzerland
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- Neuchâtel Platform of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtelSwitzerland
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, University of BernBernSwitzerland
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McCahill IW, Khahani B, Probert CF, Flockhart EL, Abushal LT, Gregory GA, Zhang Y, Baumgart LA, O’Malley RC, Hazen SP. Shoring up the base: the development and regulation of cortical sclerenchyma in grass nodal roots. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.01.25.577257. [PMID: 38352548 PMCID: PMC10862697 DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.25.577257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Plants depend on the combined action of a shoot-root-soil system to maintain their anchorage to the soil. Mechanical failure of any component of this system results in lodging, a permanent and irreversible inability to maintain vertical orientation. Models of anchorage in grass crops identify the compressive strength of roots near the soil surface as key determinant of resistance to lodging. Indeed, studies of disparate grasses report a ring of thickened, sclerenchyma cells surrounding the root cortex, present only at the base of nodal roots. Here, in the investigation of the development and regulation of this agronomically important trait, we show that development of these cells is uncoupled from the maturation of other secondary cell wall-fortified cells, and that cortical sclerenchyma wall thickening is stimulated by mechanical forces transduced from the shoot to the root. We also show that exogenous application of gibberellic acid stimulates thickening of lignified cell types in the root, including cortical sclerenchyma, but is not sufficient to establish sclerenchyma identity in cortex cells. Leveraging the ability to manipulate cortex development via mechanical stimulus, we show that cortical sclerenchyma development alters root mechanical properties and improves resistance to lodging. We describe transcriptome changes associated with cortical sclerenchyma development under both ambient and mechanically stimulated conditions and identify SECONDARY WALL NAC7 as a putative regulator of mechanically responsive cortex cell wall development at the root base.
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- Ian W. McCahill
- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
- Plant Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Hu J, Zhang X, Yan M, Bai L, Wang S, Wang B, Liu J, Gao Y. Cyclic loading changes the taproot's tensile properties and reinforces the soil via the shrub's taproot in semi-arid areas, China. Sci Rep 2024; 14:2281. [PMID: 38280897 PMCID: PMC10821891 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52740-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 01/29/2024] Open
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This study aimed to reveal the soil reinforcement by shrub root systems after repeated stress from external forces, such as high winds and runoff, for extended periods in the wind-hydraulic compound erosion zone. Using the widely distributed Shandong mine area soil and water-conserving plant species, Caragana microphylla, Hippophae rhamnoides, and Artemisia ordosica, cyclic loading tests were conducted on taproots of the three plant species (1-5 mm diameter) via a TY8000 servo-type machine to investigate the taproots' tensile properties response to repeated loading-unloading using simulated high wind pulling and runoff scouring. Our study revealed that the tensile force was positively correlated with the root diameter but the tensile strength was negatively correlated under monotonic and cyclic loading of the three plants' taproots. However, after cyclic loading, the three plant species' taproots significantly enhanced the tensile force and strength more than monotonic loading (P < 0.05). The taproot force-displacement hysteresis curves of the three plant species revealed obvious cyclic characteristics. Structural equation modeling analysis revealed that root diameter and damage method directly affected the taproots' survival rate, reflecting their sustainable soil reinforcement capacity. The damage method significantly influenced the soil reinforcement more than the root diameter. Our findings reveal that the plant species' taproots can adapt more to the external environment and enhance their resistance to erosion after natural low perimeter erosion damage, effectively inducing soil reinforcement. Particularly, the taproots of Caragana microphylla have superior soil-fixing ability and can be used for ecological restoration.
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- Jinghua Hu
- College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010019, China
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- Ministry of Water Resources, Institute of Water Resource for Pasturing Area, Hohhot, 010010, China
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- Landscape Environment Department, Inner Mongolia Academy of Forestry Science, Hohhot, 010013, China
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- Soil Ecology Department, Inner Mongolia Research Academy of Eco-Environmental Sciences, Hohhot, 010011, China
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- College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010019, China.
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- College of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, 010028, China
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- College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010019, China
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- College of Desert Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, 010019, China
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Ley-Ngardigal B, Roman H, Brouard N, Huché-Thélier L, Guérin V, Leduc N. Recurrent symmetrical bendings cause dwarfing in Hydrangea through spatial molecular regulation of xylem cell walls. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 14:1268272. [PMID: 38293622 PMCID: PMC10826399 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1268272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Environmental prejudices progressively lead to the ban of dwarfing molecules in agriculture, and alternatives are urgently required. Mechanical stimulation (MS) is a promising, eco-friendly, and economical technique, but some responses to mechanical stimulation vary from one plant species to another. Additionally, as more frequent and violent wind episodes are forecasted under global climate change, knowledge of plant responses to stimuli mimicking wind sways is decisive for agriculture. However, little is known about plant mechanosensitive responses after long-term, recurrent MS. Here, the effects of 3-week, recurrent, symmetrical bendings (1 or 12 per day) in Hydrangea macrophylla stems are examined. Bendings repressed internode elongation and leaf area development, whereas the diametrical growth of the basal internode is increased. Responses were dose-dependent, and no desensitization was observed during the 3 weeks of treatment. MS was almost as efficient as daminozide for plant dwarfing, and it improved stem robustness. Histological and molecular responses to MS were spatially monitored and were concordant with ongoing primary or secondary growth in the internodes. Our molecular data provide the first knowledge on the molecular paths controlled by mechanical loads in Hydrangea and revealed for the first time the involvement of XYP1 in thigmomorphogenetic responses. MS still had a transcriptional impact 48 h after the last bending session, promoting the expression of XYP1, FLA11, and CAD1 while repressing the expression of EXP3 and XTH33 homologs in accordance with xylogenesis, cell wall thickening, and lignin deposition in the xylem of basal internodes. In upper elongating internodes, repression of XYP1, CAD1, SAMS1, and CDC23 homologs is correlated with ongoing primary, even though stunted, growth. For producers, our findings highlight the potential of MS as a sustainable and economical option for controlling plant compactness in Hydrangea and show valuable reinforcement of stem strength.
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- Béra Ley-Ngardigal
- Univ Angers, Institut Agro, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, Angers, France
- Hortensia France Company, Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou, France
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- Hortensia France Company, Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou, France
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- Univ Angers, Institut Agro, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, Angers, France
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- Univ Angers, Institut Agro, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, Angers, France
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- Univ Angers, Institut Agro, INRAE, IRHS, SFR QUASAV, Angers, France
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Sowadan O, Xu S, Li Y, Muleke EM, Sitoe HM, Dang X, Jiang J, Dong H, Hong D. Genome-Wide Association Analysis Unravels New Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) for Eight Lodging Resistance Constituent Traits in Rice ( Oryza sativa L.). Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:105. [PMID: 38254994 PMCID: PMC10815206 DOI: 10.3390/genes15010105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/14/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Lodging poses a significant challenge to rice yield, prompting the need to identify elite alleles for lodging resistance traits to improve cultivated rice varieties. In this study, a natural population of 518 rice accessions was examined to identify elite alleles associated with plant height (PH), stem diameter (SD), stem anti-thrust (AT/S), and various internode lengths (first (FirINL), second (SecINL), third (ThirINL), fourth (ForINL), and fifth (FifINL) internode lengths). A total of 262 SSR markers linked to these traits were uncovered through association mapping in two environmental conditions. Phenotypic evaluations revealed striking differences among cultivars, and genetic diversity assessments showed polymorphisms across the accessions. Favorable alleles were identified for PH, SD, AT/S, and one to five internode lengths, with specific alleles displaying considerable effects. Noteworthy alleles include RM6811-160 bp on chromosome 6 (which reduces PH) and RM161-145 bp on chromosome 5 (which increases SD). The study identified a total of 42 novel QTLs. Specifically, seven QTLs were identified for PH, four for SD, five for AT/S, five for FirINL, six for SecINL, five for ThirINL, six for ForINL, and four for FifINL. QTLs qAT/S-2, qPH2.1, qForINL2.1, and qFifINL exhibited the most significant phenotypic variance (PVE) of 3.99% for the stem lodging trait. AT/S, PH, ForINL, and FifINL had additive effects of 5.31 kPa, 5.42 cm, 4.27 cm, and 4.27 cm, respectively, offering insights into eight distinct cross-combinations for enhancing each trait. This research suggests the potential for crossbreeding superior parents based on stacked alleles, promising improved rice cultivars with enhanced lodging resistance to meet market demands.
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- Ognigamal Sowadan
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (O.S.); (S.X.); (Y.L.); (E.M.M.); (H.M.S.); (H.D.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (O.S.); (S.X.); (Y.L.); (E.M.M.); (H.M.S.); (H.D.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (O.S.); (S.X.); (Y.L.); (E.M.M.); (H.M.S.); (H.D.)
- Institute of Crop Research, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (O.S.); (S.X.); (Y.L.); (E.M.M.); (H.M.S.); (H.D.)
- Department of Agriculture and Land Use Management, School of Agriculture, Veterinary Sciences and Technology, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega P.O. Box 190-50100, Kenya
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (O.S.); (S.X.); (Y.L.); (E.M.M.); (H.M.S.); (H.D.)
- Faculty of Agronomy and Biological Sciences, Púngue University, P.O. Box 323, Manica 2202, Mozambique
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- Institute of Rice Research, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, China; (X.D.); (J.J.)
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- Institute of Rice Research, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, China; (X.D.); (J.J.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (O.S.); (S.X.); (Y.L.); (E.M.M.); (H.M.S.); (H.D.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (O.S.); (S.X.); (Y.L.); (E.M.M.); (H.M.S.); (H.D.)
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Jarvis MC. Forces on and in the cell walls of living plants. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 194:8-14. [PMID: 37403192 PMCID: PMC10762502 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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Environmental influences and differential growth subject plants to mechanical forces. Forces on the whole plant resolve into tensile forces on its primary cell walls and both tensile and compression forces on the secondary cell wall layers of woody tissues. Forces on cell walls are further resolved into forces on cellulose microfibrils and the noncellulosic polymers between them. Many external forces on plants oscillate, with time constants that vary from seconds to milliseconds. Sound waves are a high-frequency example. Forces on the cell wall lead to responses that direct the oriented deposition of cellulose microfibrils and the patterned expansion of the cell wall, leading to complex cell and tissue morphology. Recent experiments have established many of the details of which cell wall polymers associate with one another in both primary and secondary cell walls, but questions remain about which of the interconnections are load bearing, especially in primary cell walls. Direct cellulose-cellulose interactions appear to have a more important mechanical role than was previously thought, and some of the noncellulosic polymers may have a role in keeping microfibrils apart rather than cross-linking them as formerly envisaged.
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- Michael C Jarvis
- College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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Zhao J, Shi C, Wang L, Han X, Zhu Y, Liu J, Yang X. Functional Trait Responses of Sophora alopecuroides L. Seedlings to Diverse Environmental Stresses in the Desert Steppe of Ningxia, China. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:69. [PMID: 38202378 PMCID: PMC10780927 DOI: 10.3390/plants13010069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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The seedling stage of plants is a crucial and vulnerable period in population and community dynamics. Despite this, studies on how plant traits respond to different environmental stresses often tend to overlook this early stage. Our study focused on Sophora alopecuroides L. seedlings in Ningxia Yanchi desert steppe, analyzing the effects of sand burial, salinity, and drought on their key aboveground and belowground traits. The results showed that sand burial significantly negatively affected stem biomass (SB), leaf biomass (LB), stem diameter (SD), leaf length (LL), leaf width (LW), leaf area (LA), and total root volume (RV), but positively influenced total root length (RL). As sand burial depth increased, SB, LB, SD, LL, LW, LA, RV, root biomass (RB), RV, and lateral root numbers (LRN) significantly decreased. Salinity stress negatively affected SB, LB, SD, LL, LW, LA, RB, RL, and RV, with these traits declining as the stress concentration increased. Drought stress had a positive effect on SD and LL, with both traits showing an increase as the intensity of the drought stress intensified; however, it adversely affected RL. In Ningxia Yanchi desert steppe, salinity stress had the most significant effect on the traits of S. alopecuroides seedlings, followed by sand burial, with drought having the least significant effect. This study provides essential theoretical support for understanding how S. alopecuroides seedlings cope with environmental stresses in their early life stages.
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- Jingdong Zhao
- Breeding Base for State Key Lab. of Land Degradation and Ecological Restoration in Northwestern China/Key Lab. of Restoration and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystems in Northwestern China of Ministry of Education, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
- Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
- Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
- Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
- Inner Mongolia Water Resources Inner Mongolia Water Resources Co., Ltd., Hohhot 010020, China
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- Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
- Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- Forestry and Grassland Work Station of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot 010011, China
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- Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
- Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- Breeding Base for State Key Lab. of Land Degradation and Ecological Restoration in Northwestern China/Key Lab. of Restoration and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystems in Northwestern China of Ministry of Education, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Institute of Desertification Studies, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
- Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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Gao L, Wu Q, Qiu J, Mei Y, Yao Y, Meng L, Liu P. The impact of wind energy on plant biomass production in China. Sci Rep 2023; 13:22366. [PMID: 38102187 PMCID: PMC10724281 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49650-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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Global wind power expansion raises concerns about its potential impact on plant biomass production (PBP). Using a high-dimensional fixed effects model, this study reveals significant PBP reduction due to wind farm construction based on 2404 wind farms, 108,361 wind turbines, and 7,904,352 PBP observations during 2000-2022 in China. Within a 1-10 km buffer, the normalized differential vegetation and enhanced vegetation indices decrease from 0.0097 to 0.0045 and 0.0075 to 0.0028, respectively. Similarly, absorbed photosynthetically active radiation and gross primary productivity decline from 0.0094 to 0.0034% and 0.0003-0.0002 g*C/m2 within a 1-7 km buffer. Adverse effects last over three years, magnified in summer and autumn, and are more pronounced at lower altitudes and in plains. Forest carbon sinks decrease by 12,034 tons within a 0-20 km radius, causing an average economic loss of $1.81 million per wind farm. Our findings underscore the balanced mitigation strategies for renewable energy transition when transiting from fossil fuels.
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- Li Gao
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum Beijing, Beijing, 102249, People's Republic of China
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- Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum Beijing, Beijing, 102249, People's Republic of China
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- School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum Beijing, Beijing, 102249, People's Republic of China
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- School of Economics and The Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881, USA
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Audemar V, Guerringue Y, Frederick J, Vinet P, Melogno I, Babataheri A, Legué V, Thomine S, Frachisse JM. Straining the root on and off triggers local calcium signalling. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20231462. [PMID: 38052247 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
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A fundamental function of an organ is the ability to perceive mechanical cues. Yet, how this is accomplished is not fully understood, particularly in plant roots. In plants, the majority of studies dealing with the effects of mechanical stress have investigated the aerial parts. However, in natural conditions roots are also subjected to mechanical cues, for example when the root encounters a hard obstacle during its growth or when the soil settles. To investigate root cellular responses to root compression, we developed a microfluidic system associated with a microvalve allowing the delivery of controlled and reproducible mechanical stimulations to the root. In this study, examining plants expressing the R-GECO1-mTurquoise calcium reporter, we addressed the root cell deformation and calcium increase induced by the mechanical stimulation. Lateral pressure applied on the root induced a moderate elastic deformation of root cortical cells and elicited a multicomponent calcium signal at the onset of the pressure pulse, followed by a second one at the release of the pressure. This indicates that straining rather than stressing of tissues is relevant to trigger the calcium signal. Although the intensity of the calcium response increases with the pressure applied, successive pressure stimuli led to a remarkable attenuation of the calcium signal. The calcium elevation was restricted to the tissue under pressure and did not propagate. Strain sensing, spatial restriction and habituation to repetitive stimulation represent the fundamental properties of root signalling in response to local mechanical stimulation. These data linking mechanical properties of root cells to calcium elevation contribute to elucidating the pathway allowing the root to adapt to the mechanical cues generated by the soil.
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- Vassanti Audemar
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAe, PIAF, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique LadHyX, CNRS, École polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire d'Hydrodynamique LadHyX, CNRS, École polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91120 Palaiseau, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAe, PIAF, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Aihara T, Araki K, Onuma Y, Cai Y, Paing AMM, Goto S, Hisamoto Y, Tomaru N, Homma K, Takagi M, Yoshida T, Iio A, Nagamatsu D, Kobayashi H, Hirota M, Uchiyama K, Tsumura Y. Divergent mechanisms of reduced growth performance in Betula ermanii saplings from high-altitude and low-latitude range edges. Heredity (Edinb) 2023; 131:387-397. [PMID: 37940658 PMCID: PMC10673911 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-023-00655-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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The reduced growth performance of individuals from range edges is a common phenomenon in various taxa, and considered to be an evolutionary factor that limits the species' range. However, most studies did not distinguish between two mechanisms that can lead to this reduction: genetic load and adaptive selection to harsh conditions. To address this lack of understanding, we investigated the climatic and genetic factors underlying the growth performance of Betula ermanii saplings transplanted from 11 populations including high-altitude edge and low-latitude edge population. We estimated the climatic position of the populations within the overall B. ermanii's distribution, and the genetic composition and diversity using restriction-site associated DNA sequencing, and measured survival, growth rates and individual size of the saplings. The high-altitude edge population (APW) was located below the 95% significance interval for the mean annual temperature range, but did not show any distinctive genetic characteristics. In contrast, the low-latitude edge population (SHK) exhibited a high level of linkage disequilibrium, low genetic diversity, a distinct genetic composition from the other populations, and a high relatedness coefficient. Both APW and SHK saplings displayed lower survival rates, heights and diameters, while SHK saplings also exhibited lower growth rates than the other populations' saplings. The low heights and diameters of APW saplings was likely the result of adaptive selection to harsh conditions, while the low survival and growth rates of SHK saplings was likely the result of genetic load. Our findings shed light on the mechanisms underlying the reduced growth performance of range-edge populations.
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- Takaki Aihara
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
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- Garden Division, Maintenance and Works Department, the Imperial Household Agency, 1-1, Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8111, Japan
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Cikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-0804, Japan
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- Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability, Niigata University, 1101-1, Niibokatagami, Sado, Niigata, 952-0103, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1, Gakuen kibanadai nishi, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, 889-2192, Japan
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- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Kita 10 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836, Ohtani, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, 422-8017, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama-cho, Tottori, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, 8304, Minamiminowa-mura, Kamiina-gun, Nagano, 399-4598, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan
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- Department of Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1, Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan.
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Niu F, Pierce NA, Okin GS, Archer SR, Fischella MR, Nadoum S. Sandblasting promotes shrub encroachment in arid grasslands. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 240:1817-1829. [PMID: 37658674 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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Shrub encroachment is a common ecological state transition in global drylands and has myriad adverse effects on grasslands and the services they provide. This physiognomic shift is often ascribed to changes in climate (e.g. precipitation) and disturbance regimes (e.g. grazing and fire), but this remains debated. Aeolian processes are known to impact resource distribution in drylands, but their potential role in grassland-to-shrubland state changes has received little attention. We quantified the effects of 'sandblasting' (abrasive damage by wind-blown soil) on the ecophysiology of dryland grass vs shrub functional types using a portable wind tunnel to test the hypothesis that grasses would be more susceptible to sandblasting than shrubs and, thus, reinforce transitions to shrub dominance in wind-erodible grasslands when climate- or disturbance-induced reductions in ground cover occur. Grasses and shrubs responded differently to sandblasting, wherein water-use efficiency declined substantially in grasses, but only slightly in shrubs, owing to grasses having greater increases in day/nighttime leaf conductance and transpiration. The differential ecophysiological response to sandblasting exhibited by grass and shrub functional types could consequently alter the vegetation dynamics in dryland grasslands in favour of the xerophytic shrubs. Sandblasting could thus be an overlooked driver of shrub encroachment in wind-erodible grasslands.
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- Furong Niu
- College of Forestry, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730070, China
- School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, AZ, 85719, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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Ha S, Kim YT, Im ES, Hur J, Jo S, Kim YS, Shim KM. Impacts of meteorological variables and machine learning algorithms on rice yield prediction in Korea. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2023; 67:1825-1838. [PMID: 37667047 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-023-02544-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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As crop productivity is greatly influenced by weather conditions, many attempts have been made to estimate crop yields using meteorological data and have achieved great progress with the development of machine learning. However, most yield prediction models are developed based on observational data, and the utilization of climate model output in yield prediction has been addressed in very few studies. In this study, we estimate rice yields in South Korea using the meteorological variables provided by ERA5 reanalysis data (ERA-O) and its dynamically downscaled data (ERA-DS). After ERA-O and ERA-DS are validated against observations (OBS), two different machine learning models, Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), are trained with different combinations of eight meteorological variables (mean temperature, maximum temperature, minimum temperature, precipitation, diurnal temperature range, solar irradiance, mean wind speed, and relative humidity) obtained from OBS, ERA-O, and ERA-DS at weekly and monthly timescales from May to September. Regardless of the model type and the source of the input data, training a model with weekly datasets leads to better yield estimates compared to monthly datasets. LSTM generally outperforms SVM, especially when the model is trained with ERA-DS data at a weekly timescale. The best yield estimates are produced by the LSTM model trained with all eight variables at a weekly timescale. Altogether this study shows the significance of high spatial and temporal resolution of input meteorological data in yield prediction, which can also serve to substantiate the added value of dynamical downscaling.
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- Subin Ha
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
- Division of Environment and Sustainability, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Korea
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Korea
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Korea
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, Korea
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Heinze J, Werger L, Ogden M, Heinken T, Hoefgen R, Weber E. Short wind pulses consistently change the morphology of roots, but not of shoots, across young plants of different growth forms. STRESS BIOLOGY 2023; 3:43. [PMID: 37812262 PMCID: PMC10562299 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-023-00123-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Wind is an environmental stimulus that stresses plants of all growth forms at all life-stages by influencing the development, architecture, and morphology of roots and shoots. However, comparative studies are scarce and no study directly investigated whether shoot and root morphological traits of trees, grasses and forbs differ in their response to short wind pulses of different wind intensity. In this study, we found that across species, wind stress by short wind pulses of increasing intensity consistently changed root morphology, but did not affect shoot morphological traits, except plant height in four species. Wind effects in roots were generally weak in tree species but consistent across growth forms. Furthermore, plant height of species was correlated with changes in specific root length and average diameter.Our results indicate that short-pulse wind treatments affect root morphology more than shoot morphology across growth forms. They further suggest that wind stress possibly promotes root anchorage in young plants and that these effects might depend on plant height.
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- Johannes Heinze
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Biodiversity Research and Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Maulbeerallee 1, Potsdam, 14469, Germany.
- Heinz Sielmann Foundation, Dyrotzer Ring 4, Wustermark (OT Elstal), 14641, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Biodiversity Research and Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Maulbeerallee 1, Potsdam, 14469, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm, 14476, Germany
- School of Biosciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, General Botany, University of Potsdam, Maulbeerallee 3, Potsdam, 14469, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm, 14476, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Biodiversity Research and Systematic Botany, University of Potsdam, Maulbeerallee 1, Potsdam, 14469, Germany
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Humphreys EA, Skema C. Just add water: Rainfall-induced anther closure and color change in Ripariosida hermaphrodita (Malvaceae). Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10219. [PMID: 37404694 PMCID: PMC10316374 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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Anther opening has commonly been thought of as unidirectional, but reports of anthers closing in response to rainfall show this is not the case. In some species, anther closure can protect pollen from degrading or washing away, thus possibly enhancing male fitness. Similarly, although floral color is often presumed to be static, numerous floral parts may change color during blooming. These color changes primarily occur in response to pollination or aging, thus potentially increasing pollination efficiency by directing floral visitors to recently opened, unpollinated flowers. Daily observations of 364 Ripariosida hermaphrodita flowers from seven individuals showed that anthers that were purple, open, and shedding pollen became beige colored and tightly closed after rainfall. These findings were further supported by observations of plants exposed to simulated rainfall in a greenhouse and time-lapse photography of flowers misted with water. To our knowledge, our work represents the first report of anther closure in response to rain in Malvaceae and the first report of floral color change induced by rainfall.
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- Emily A. Humphreys
- Morris Arboretum & Gardens of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Morris Arboretum & Gardens of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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Singh AK, Kumar M, Bauddh K, Singh A, Singh P, Madhav S, Shukla SK. Environmental impacts of air pollution and its abatement by plant species: A comprehensive review. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:79587-79616. [PMID: 37322401 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-28164-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Air pollution is one of the major global environmental issues urgently needed attention for its control through sustainable approaches. The release of air pollutants from various anthropogenic and natural processes imposes serious threats to the environment and human health. The green belt development using air pollution-tolerant plant species has become popular approach for air pollution remediation. Plants' biochemical and physiological attributes, especially relative water content, pH, ascorbic acid, and total chlorophyll content, are taken into account for assessing air pollution tolerance index (APTI). In contrast, anticipated performance index (API) is assessed based on socio-economic characteristics including "canopy structure, type, habit, laminar structure, economic value and APTI score" of plant species. Based on previous work, plants with high dust-capturing capacity are identified in Ficus benghalensis L. (0.95 to 7.58 mg/cm2), and highest overall PM accumulation capacity was observed in Ulmus pumila L. (PM10 = 72 µg/cm2 and PM2.5 = 70 µg/cm2) in the study from different regions. According to APTI, the plant species such as M. indica (11 to 29), Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. (6 to 24), and F. benghalensis (17 to 26) have been widely reported as high air pollution-tolerant species and good to best performer in terms of API at different study sites. Statistically, previous studies show that ascorbic acid (R2 = 0.90) has good correlation with APTI among all the parameters. The plant species with high pollution tolerance capacity can be recommended for future plantation and green belt development.
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- Akshay Kumar Singh
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 835222
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 835222
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 835222
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 835222
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- Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, 110065
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India, 110025
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, 835222.
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Mylo MD, Speck O. Longevity of System Functions in Biology and Biomimetics: A Matter of Robustness and Resilience. Biomimetics (Basel) 2023; 8:biomimetics8020173. [PMID: 37092425 PMCID: PMC10123643 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics8020173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Within the framework of a circular economy, we aim to efficiently use raw materials and reduce waste generation. In this context, the longevity of biomimetic material systems can significantly contribute by providing robustness and resilience of system functionality inspired by biological models. The aim of this review is to outline various principles that can lead to an increase in robustness (e.g., safety factor, gradients, reactions to environmental changes) and resilience (e.g., redundancy, self-repair) and to illustrate the principles with meaningful examples. The study focuses on plant material systems with a high potential for transfer to biomimetic applications and on existing biomimetic material systems. Our fundamental concept is based on the functionality of the entire system as a function of time. We use functionality as a dimensionless measure of robustness and resilience to quantify the system function, allowing comparison within biological material systems and biomimetic material systems, but also between them. Together with the enclosed glossary of key terms, the review provides a comprehensive toolbox for interdisciplinary teams. Thus, allowing teams to communicate unambiguously and to draw inspiration from plant models when developing biomimetic material systems with great longevity potential.
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- Max D Mylo
- Cluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT-Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Microsystems Engineering-IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 103, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- Plant Biomechanics Group @ Botanic Garden Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Cluster of Excellence livMatS @ FIT-Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110 Freiburg, Germany
- Plant Biomechanics Group @ Botanic Garden Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Monti A, Olivieri S, Rosti ME. Collective dynamics of dense hairy surfaces in turbulent flow. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5184. [PMID: 36997565 PMCID: PMC10063604 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31534-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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AbstractFlexible filamentous beds interacting with a turbulent flow represent a fundamental setting for many environmental phenomena, e.g., aquatic canopies in marine current. Exploiting direct numerical simulations at high Reynolds number where the canopy stems are modelled individually, we provide evidence on the essential features of the honami/monami collective motion experienced by hairy surfaces over a range of different flexibilities, i.e., Cauchy number. Our findings clearly confirm that the collective motion is essentially driven by fluid flow turbulence, with the canopy having in this respect a fully-passive behavior. Instead, some features pertaining to the structural response turn out to manifest in the motion of the individual canopy elements when focusing, in particular, on the spanwise oscillation and/or on sufficiently small Cauchy numbers.
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Nakashima T, Tomobe H, Morigaki T, Yang M, Yamaguchi H, Kato Y, Guo W, Sharma V, Kimura H, Morikawa H. Non-destructive high-throughput measurement of elastic-viscous properties of maize using a novel ultra-micro sensor array and numerical validation. Sci Rep 2023; 13:4914. [PMID: 36966212 PMCID: PMC10039934 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32130-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 03/27/2023] Open
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Maize is the world's most produced cereal crop, and the selection of maize cultivars with a high stem elastic modulus is an effective method to prevent cereal crop lodging. We developed an ultra-compact sensor array inspired by earthquake engineering and proposed a method for the high-throughput evaluation of the elastic modulus of maize cultivars. A natural vibration analysis based on the obtained Young's modulus using finite element analysis (FEA) was performed and compared with the experimental results, which showed that the estimated Young's modulus is representative of the individual Young's modulus. FEA also showed the hotspot where the stalk was most deformed when the corn was vibrated by wind. The six tested cultivars were divided into two phenotypic groups based on the position and number of hotspots. In this study, we proposed a non-destructive high-throughput phenotyping technique for estimating the modulus of elasticity of maize stalks and successfully visualized which parts of the stalks should be improved for specific cultivars to prevent lodging.
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- University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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The Course of Mechanical Stress: Types, Perception, and Plant Response. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12020217. [PMID: 36829495 PMCID: PMC9953051 DOI: 10.3390/biology12020217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Mechanical stimuli, together with the corresponding plant perception mechanisms and the finely tuned thigmomorphogenetic response, has been of scientific and practical interest since the mid-17th century. As an emerging field, there are many challenges in the research of mechanical stress. Indeed, studies on different plant species (annual/perennial) and plant organs (stem/root) using different approaches (field, wet lab, and in silico/computational) have delivered insufficient findings that frequently impede the practical application of the acquired knowledge. Accordingly, the current work distils existing mechanical stress knowledge by bringing in side-by-side the research conducted on both stem and roots. First, the various types of mechanical stress encountered by plants are defined. Second, plant perception mechanisms are outlined. Finally, the different strategies employed by the plant stem and roots to counteract the perceived mechanical stresses are summarized, depicting the corresponding morphological, phytohormonal, and molecular characteristics. The comprehensive literature on both perennial (woody) and annual plants was reviewed, considering the potential benefits and drawbacks of the two plant types, which allowed us to highlight current gaps in knowledge as areas of interest for future research.
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Gao X, Dai J, Tao Z, Shahzad K, Wang H. Autumn phenology of tree species in China is associated more with climate than with spring phenology and phylogeny. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1040758. [PMID: 36743505 PMCID: PMC9893028 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1040758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Both biotic and abiotic factors restrict changes in autumn phenology, yet their effects remain ambiguous, which hinders the accurate prediction of phenology under future climate change. In this study, based on the phenological records of 135 tree species at ten sites in China during 1979-2018, we first investigated the effects of climatic factors (temperature, precipitation, insolation and wind speed) and spring phenology on interannual changes in leaf coloring date (LCD) with the partial correlation analysis, and assessed the relative importance of phylogeny and native climate to LCD differences among species by using multivariate regression and phylogenetic eigenvector regression approach. The results showed that the effects of climate factors on interannual changes in LCD were more significant than spring phenology. In general, temperature played a more important role in cold regions (e.g. the northeast region), while the control of insolation on LCD was stronger in the warmer and wetter regions (e.g. the north, east and southwest regions). In addition, the effects of precipitation and wind speed were more evident in arid regions (e.g. the northwest region). We also found considerable effects of both native climate and phylogeny on the LCD differences among species, despite the contribution of native climate being almost 2~5 times greater than that of the phylogeny. Our findings confirmed and quantified the combined effects of climate, spring phenology and phylogeny on the autumn phenology of plants, which could help better understand the driving factors and influencing mechanism of plant phenology and provide a reference for the calibration and optimization of phenological models.
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- Xinyue Gao
- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (CAS), Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (CAS), Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China-Pakistan Joint Research Center on Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences-Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (CAS), Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (CAS), Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (CAS), Beijing, China
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Crown feature effect evaluation on wind load for evergreen species based on laser scanning and wind tunnel experiments. Sci Rep 2022; 12:21475. [PMID: 36509884 PMCID: PMC9744728 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25960-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The wind load a tree withstood is mainly applied to its crown, whose morphology and structure directly affect the degree of wind load given a certain wind condition. Though the features of tree crown are relatively easy to measure, however, among them which is/are the determining factor and how they contribute to wind load remain unknown. In order to figure out how crown features of different tree species influence the wind load, the wind tunnel experiment was performed for 7 most used urban greening tree species, and laser scanning was used to measure the accurate crown features. The results derived by multiple linear model showed (1) Ficus concinna, Dracontomelon duperreanum, Ormosia pinnata and Bischofia javanica are recommended in urban greening for suffering the smaller wind load under the same conditions, whereas Schefflera macrostachya, Acacia confusa and Khaya senegalensis are inadequate towards the view of crown features; (2) crown features like crown horizontal ratio, windward side projection and porosity ratio are important in estimating wind load. Our study demonstrated that evaluating the wind load via crown features is feasible, and provided valuable suggestion for selecting idealized decorative trees in urban environment with a smaller wind load due to the crown features.
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Shen C, Zha J, Li Z, Azorin-Molina C, Deng K, Minola L, Chen D. Evaluation of global terrestrial near-surface wind speed simulated by CMIP6 models and their future projections. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2022; 1518:249-263. [PMID: 36240009 PMCID: PMC10092706 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We evaluate the performance of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) models in simulating the observed global terrestrial near-surface wind speed (NSWS) and project its future changes under three different Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). Results show that the CESM2 has the best ability in reproducing the observed NSWS trends, although all models examined are generally not doing well. Based on projections of CESM2, the global NSWS will decrease from 2021 to 2100 under all three SSPs. The projected NSWS declines significantly over the north of 20°N, especially across North America, Europe, and the mid-to-high latitudes of Asia; meanwhile, it increases over the south of 20°N. Under SSP585, there would be more light-windy days and fewer strong-windy days than those under SSP245, which leads to a significant global NSWS decline. Robust hemispheric-asymmetric changes in the NSWS could be due to the temperature gradient in the two hemispheres under global warming, with -1.2%, -3.5%, and -4.1% in the Northern Hemisphere, and 0.8%, 1.0%, and 1.5% in the Southern Hemisphere, for the near-term (2021-2040), mid-term (2041-2060), and long-term (2081-2100), respectively.
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- Cheng Shen
- Regional Climate Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Processes in the Boundary Layer over the Low-Latitude Plateau Region, Department of Atmospheric Science, Yunnan University, Kunming, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Regional Climate and Environment for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Climate and Atmosphere-Ocean Studies, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CIDE, CSIC-UV-Generalitat Valenciana), Climate, Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory (Climatoc-Lab), Moncada, Spain
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- School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, People's Republic of China
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- Regional Climate Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CIDE, CSIC-UV-Generalitat Valenciana), Climate, Atmosphere and Ocean Laboratory (Climatoc-Lab), Moncada, Spain.,Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST), Politecnico and University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Regional Climate Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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dos Santos P, Brilhante MÂ, Messerschmid TFE, Serrano HC, Kadereit G, Branquinho C, de Vos JM. Plant growth forms dictate adaptations to the local climate. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:1023595. [PMID: 36479511 PMCID: PMC9720395 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1023595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Adaptive radiation is a significant driver of biodiversity. Primarily studied in animal systems, mechanisms that trigger adaptive radiations remain poorly understood in plants. A frequently claimed indicator of adaptive radiation in plants is growth form diversity when tied to the occupation of different habitats. However, it remains obscure whether morphological adaptations manifest as growth form diversity per se or as its constituent traits. We use the classic Aeonium radiation from the Canary Islands to ask whether adaptation across climatic space is structured by growth form evolution. Using morphological sampling with site-associated climate in a phylogenetic context, we find that growth forms dictate adaptations to the local environment. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the response of specific traits to analogous environments is antagonistic when growth forms are different. This finding suggests for the first time that growth forms represent particular ecological functions, allowing the co-occurrence of closely related species, being a product of divergent selection during evolution in sympatry.
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- Patrícia dos Santos
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) & Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Department of Environmental Sciences – Botany, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg und Botanischen Staatssammlung, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, Munich, Germany
- Prinzessin Therese von Bayern Lehrstuhl für Systematik, Biodiversität & Evolution der Pflanzen, Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) & Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg und Botanischen Staatssammlung, Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, Munich, Germany
- Prinzessin Therese von Bayern Lehrstuhl für Systematik, Biodiversität & Evolution der Pflanzen, Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) & Global Change and Sustainability Institute (CHANGE), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Environmental Sciences – Botany, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Quiros M, Bogeat-Triboulot MB, Couturier E, Kolb E. Plant root growth against a mechanical obstacle: the early growth response of a maize root facing an axial resistance is consistent with the Lockhart model. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, INTERFACE 2022; 19:20220266. [PMID: 35919977 PMCID: PMC9346360 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Plant root growth is dramatically reduced in compacted soils, affecting the growth of the whole plant. Through a model experiment coupling force and kinematics measurements, we probed the force-growth relationship of a primary root contacting a stiff resisting obstacle, which mimics the strongest soil impedance variation encountered by a growing root. The growth of maize roots just emerging from a corseting agarose gel and contacting a force sensor (acting as an obstacle) was monitored by time-lapse imaging simultaneously to the force. The evolution of the velocity field along the root was obtained from kinematics analysis of the root texture with a particle image velocimetry derived technique. A triangular fit was introduced to retrieve the elemental elongation rate or strain rate. A parameter-free model based on the Lockhart law quantitatively predicts how the force at the obstacle modifies several features of the growth distribution (length of the growth zone, maximal elemental elongation rate and velocity) during the first 10 min. These results suggest a strong similarity of the early growth responses elicited either by a directional stress (contact) or by an isotropic perturbation (hyperosmotic bath).
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- Manon Quiros
- PMMH, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris Diderot CNRS UMR 7057, 10 Rue Alice Domont et Léonie Ducquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- PMMH, CNRS, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, 75005 Paris, France
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Identification of Multimodal Dynamic Characteristics of a Decurrent Tree with Application to a Model-Scale Wind Tunnel Study. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12157432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wind tunnel tests of scaled model trees provide an effective approach for understanding fluctuating wind loading and wind-induced response of trees. For decurrent trees, vague multimodal dynamic characteristics and ineffective estimation of leaf mass are two of the main obstacles to developing aeroelastic models. In this study, multimodal dynamic characteristics of the decurrent tree are identified by field measurements and finite element models (FEM). It was found that the number of branches swaying in phase determines the magnitude of effective mass fraction of branch modes. The frequencies of branch modes with larger effective mass fraction were considered as a reference for an aeroelastic model. In addition, an approach to estimate leaf mass without destruction was developed by comparing trunk frequency between field measurements and FEM. Based on these characteristics of the prototype, the scaled, aeroelastic model was constructed and assessed. It was found that the mismatch of leaf stiffness between the model and the prototype leads to mismatch of leaf streamlining and damping between them. The Vogel exponent associated with leaf streamlining provides a possible way to ensure consistency of leaf stiffness between the model and prototype.
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Ojo O, Shoele K. Branching pattern of flexible trees for environmental load mitigation. BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS 2022; 17:056003. [PMID: 35654029 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac759e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Wind-induced stress is the primary mechanical cause of tree failures. Among different factors, the branching mechanism plays a central role in the stress distribution and stability of trees in windstorms. A recent study showed that Leonardo da Vinci's original observation, stating that the total cross section of branches conserved across branching nodes is the optimal configuration for resisting wind-induced damage in rigid trees, is correct. However, the breaking risk and the optimal branching pattern of trees are also a function of their reconfiguration capabilities and the processes they employ to mitigate high wind-induced stress hotspots. In this study, using a numerical model of rigid and flexible branched trees, we explore the role of flexibility and branching patterns of trees in their reconfiguration and stress mitigation capabilities. We identify the robust optimal branching mechanism for an extensive range of tree flexibility. Our results show that the probability of a tree breaking at each branching level from the stem to terminal foliage strongly depends on the cross section changes in the branching nodes, the overall tree geometry, and the level of tree flexibility. Three response categories have been identified: the stress concentration in the main trunk, the uniform stress level through the tree's height, and substantial stress localization in the terminal branches. The reconfigurability of the tree determines the dominant response mode. The results suggest a very similar optimal branching law for both flexible and rigid trees wherein uniform stress distribution occurs throughout the tree's height. An exception is the very flexible branched plants in which the optimal branching pattern deviates from this prediction and is strongly affected by the reconfigurability of the tree.
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- Oluwafemi Ojo
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Joint College of Engineering, Florida A&M University-Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Joint College of Engineering, Florida A&M University-Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States of America
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Shin JY, Min B, Kim KR. High-resolution wind speed forecast system coupling numerical weather prediction and machine learning for agricultural studies - a case study from South Korea. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 2022; 66:1429-1443. [PMID: 35449427 PMCID: PMC9151559 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-022-02287-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Forecasting wind speed near the surface with high-spatial resolution is beneficial in agricultural management. There is a discrepancy between the wind speed information required for agricultural management and that produced by weather agencies. To improve crop yield and increase farmers' incomes, wind speed prediction systems must be developed that are customized for agricultural needs. The current study developed a high-resolution wind speed forecast system for agricultural purposes in South Korea. The system produces a wind speed forecast at 3 m aboveground with 100-m spatial resolution across South Korea. Logarithmic wind profile, power law, random forests, support vector regression, and extreme learning machine were tested as candidate methods for the downscaling wind speed data. The wind speed forecast system developed in this study provides good performance, particularly in inland areas. The machine learning-based methods give the better performance than traditional methods for downscaling wind speed data. Overall, the random forests are considered the best downscaling method in this study. Root mean square error and mean absolute error of wind speed prediction for 48 h using random forests are approximately 0.8 m/s and 0.5 m/s, respectively.
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- Ju-Young Shin
- High Impact Weather Research Department, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences, 33 Seohobuk-ro, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, 63568, South Korea.
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- High Impact Weather Research Department, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences, 33 Seohobuk-ro, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, 63568, South Korea
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- High Impact Weather Research Department, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences, 33 Seohobuk-ro, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do, 63568, South Korea
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Assessment of Effective Wind Loads on Individual Plantation-Grown Forest Trees. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13071026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Quantifying wind loads acting on forest trees remains a major challenge of wind-tree-interaction research. Under wind loading, trees respond with a complex motion pattern to the external forces that displace them from their rest position. To minimize the transfer of kinetic wind energy, crowns streamline to reduce the area oriented toward the flow. At the same time, the kinetic energy transferred to the trees is dissipated by vibrations of all aerial parts to a different degree. This study proposes a method to estimate the effective wind load acting on plantation-grown Scots pine trees. It evaluates the hypothesis that the effective wind load acting on the sample trees can be estimated using static, non-destructive pulling tests, using measurements of stem tilt under natural wind conditions and static, non-destructive pulling tests. While the analysis of wind-induced stem displacement reconstructs the temporal tree response dynamics to the effective wind load, results from the pulling tests enable the effective wind load quantification. Since wind-induced stem displacement correlates strongly with the sample trees’ diameter at breast height, the effective wind load estimation can be applied to all other trees in the studied stand for which diameter data is available. We think the method is suitable for estimating the effective wind load acting on trees whose wind-induced response is dominated by sway in the fundamental mode.
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Regularly Planted Rather Than Natural Understory of Norway Spruce (Picea abies H. Karst.) Contributes to the Individual Stability of Canopy Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth.). FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13060942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Forest plantations, particularly high-density planted stands, are considered to be more prone to wind damage compared to naturally regenerated stands. The wind resistance (mechanical stability) of plantations can, however, be improved by close-to-natural management, for example, combining pioneer and shade-tolerant species. Presumably, the stability of such stands would be enhanced by the reduced competition of canopy trees and stronger root contacts provided by understory trees, which depend on spatial distribution. In the hemiboreal forest zone, silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.) form such a combination naturally. In this study, the static tree-pulling tests were performed to estimate the mechanical stability of canopy silver birch growing with random Norway spruce understory in naturally regenerated (post-clear-cut) and regularly planted bi-species mixed stands. The regular mixing of the high-density bi-species stand significantly improved the loading resistance of canopy silver birch compared to the naturally regenerated stands of similar composition and age. Such an effect might be related to the stratification of the canopy space between pioneer birch and shade-tolerant spruce, which improved the individual stability of the canopy trees. Further, a regular rooting network of the planted stands likely contributed to the stability by reducing weak spots. Accordingly, the wind resistance of trees in regularly planted bi-species stands might be improved, avoiding additional management.
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Soil Type Rather Than Freezing Determines the Size of Soil-Root Plate of Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth.) in the Eastern Baltic Region. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14127332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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In the Eastern Baltic region, severe windstorms increase both in frequency and magnitude, particularly during the dormancy period, increasing wind damage risks even more for silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.), which is considered to be less vulnerable forest tree species. Tree anchorage, particularly the properties of soil–root plate, determines the type of fatal failures trees experience under extreme wind loads and, subsequently, the potential for timber recovery during salvage logging. The link between soil–root plate properties and fatal failure types was assessed by conducting destructive static pulling tests; trees on freely draining minerals and drained deep peat soils under frozen and non-frozen soil conditions were tested. The size of the root plate did not differ between trees experiencing uprooting or stem breakage but was largely affected by soil type. Frozen soil conditions increased soil–root anchorage (via binding between soil particles) and, hence, the frequency of stem breakage without changing the size of soil–root plate. However, the lack of frozen soil conditions is among the main climatic risks for forestry within the region. The differences in the properties of soil–root plate implies plasticity in adaptation to wind loadings relative to birch, suggesting a potential for managing different types of fatal failure of trees and, subsequently, the share of retrievable timber in cases of salvage logging.
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Ko H, Yu TY, Hu DL. Fire ant rafts elongate under fluid flows. BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS 2022; 17:045007. [PMID: 35679139 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/ac6d98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Fire ants survive flash floods by linking their bodies together to build waterproof rafts. Most studies of fire ant rafts consider static water conditions, but here, we consider the influence of flow. In particular, when floating on shallow water, the raft can run aground on vegetation, generating stresses in the raft as the water continues to flow around it. In this combined experimental and numerical study, we film the 10 h response of a fire ant raft caught on an anchor and subjected to water flows of 6 cm s-1. In this situation, ant rafts elongate from circular to more streamlined shapes, doubling in aspect ratio before eventually contracting back into smaller circular shapes as they enter dormancy. Ants in upstream regions of the raft exhibit less exploration activity than those downstream, suggesting that ants migrate to areas of lower fluid stress. While the raft is rough, hydrophobic, and heterogeneous in height, we may gain some insight by performing both fluid-structure interaction and agent based simulations on smooth rafts. Elongation to the degree observed is associated with a 48% drag reduction. Moreover, a purely elastic raft does not elongate, but conversely increases its bluff body cross-sectional area. We conclude that ant raftsmust reconfigure to generate the elongated shape observed. This work may provide insights into designing intelligent robotic swarms that can adapt to fluid flows.
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- Hungtang Ko
- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America
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- George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America
- School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America
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Krišāns O, Matisons R, Vuguls J, Rust S, Elferts D, Seipulis A, Saleniece R, Jansons Ā. Silver Birch ( Betula pendula Roth.) on Dry Mineral Rather than on Deep Peat Soils Is More Dependent on Frozen Conditions in Terms of Wind Damage in the Eastern Baltic Region. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:1174. [PMID: 35567175 PMCID: PMC9104462 DOI: 10.3390/plants11091174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In Northern Europe, the ongoing winter warming along with increasing precipitation shortens the periods for which soil is frozen, which aggravates the susceptibility of forest stands to wind damage under an increasing frequency of severe wind events via the reduction in soil-root anchorage. Such processes are recognized to be explicit in moist and loose soils, such as deep peat, while stands on dry mineral soils are considered more stable. In the hemiboreal forest zone in the Eastern Baltics, silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) is an economically important species widespread on mineral and peat soils. Although birch is considered to be less prone to wind loading during dormant periods, wind damage arises under moist and non-frozen soil conditions. Static tree-pulling tests were applied to compare the mechanical stability of silver birch on frozen and non-frozen freely draining mineral and drained deep peat soils. Basal bending moment, stem strength, and soil-root plate volume were used as stability proxies. Under frozen soil conditions, the mechanical stability of silver birch was substantially improved on both soils due to boosted soil-root anchorage and a concomitant increase in stem strength. However, a relative improvement in soil-root anchorage by frozen conditions was estimated on mineral soil, which might be attributed to root distribution. The soil-root plates on the mineral soil were narrower, providing lower leverage, and thus freezing conditions had a higher effect on stability. Accordingly, silver birch on peat soil had an overall higher estimated loading resistance, which suggested its suitability for forest regeneration on loose and moist soils within the Eastern Baltic region. Nevertheless, adaptive forest management supporting individual tree stability is still encouraged.
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- Oskars Krišāns
- Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’, 111 Rigas Street, LV-2169 Salaspils, Latvia; (O.K.); (R.M.); (J.V.); (D.E.); (A.S.); (R.S.)
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- Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’, 111 Rigas Street, LV-2169 Salaspils, Latvia; (O.K.); (R.M.); (J.V.); (D.E.); (A.S.); (R.S.)
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- Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’, 111 Rigas Street, LV-2169 Salaspils, Latvia; (O.K.); (R.M.); (J.V.); (D.E.); (A.S.); (R.S.)
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- Faculty of Resource Management, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Büsgenweg 1a, 37077 Göttingen, Germany;
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- Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’, 111 Rigas Street, LV-2169 Salaspils, Latvia; (O.K.); (R.M.); (J.V.); (D.E.); (A.S.); (R.S.)
- Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, 1 Jelgavas Street, LV-1004 Riga, Latvia
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- Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’, 111 Rigas Street, LV-2169 Salaspils, Latvia; (O.K.); (R.M.); (J.V.); (D.E.); (A.S.); (R.S.)
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- Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’, 111 Rigas Street, LV-2169 Salaspils, Latvia; (O.K.); (R.M.); (J.V.); (D.E.); (A.S.); (R.S.)
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- Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘Silava’, 111 Rigas Street, LV-2169 Salaspils, Latvia; (O.K.); (R.M.); (J.V.); (D.E.); (A.S.); (R.S.)
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Strength Loss Inference Due to Decay or Cavities in Tree Trunks Using Tomographic Imaging Data Applied to Equations Proposed in the Literature. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13040596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The importance of urban forests is undeniable when considering their benefits to the environment, such as improving air quality, landscapes and breaking its monotony. However, trees are subject to failures that can cause personal and economic damage. Therefore, it is necessary to know the health conditions of the trees to define their most adequate management. Some tools are used to detect plant health conditions, such as visual analysis, tomography, and drilling resistance. In addition, some formulas based on the cavity and trunk diameter relation or the remaining trunk wall dimension are also used to infer the strength loss of a tree and its consequent risk of falling. However, these formulas have limitations, such as assuming only cavities that are always centered and not considering areas with decay. Therefore, this research evaluates whether ultrasonic tomographic imaging allows us to improve the reach of the equations proposed in the literature to infer the strength loss of trees due to the presence of cavities and decays. The results showed that ultrasonic tomographic imaging allowed the equations to be closer to real conditions of the tree trunk, such as the inclusion of wood strength reduction from decay and the displacement of internal cavities in calculating the reduction in the second moment of area.
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Zhdanov O, Blatt MR, Zare-Behtash H, Busse A. Unidirectional versus bidirectional brushing: Simulating wind influence on Arabidopsis thaliana. QUANTITATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 3:e7. [PMID: 37077979 PMCID: PMC10095948 DOI: 10.1017/qpb.2021.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Plants acclimate to various types of mechanical stresses through thigmomorphogenesis and alterations in their mechanical properties. Although resemblance between wind- and touch-induced responses provides the foundation for studies where wind influence was mimicked by mechanical perturbations, factorial experiments revealed that it is not always straightforward to extrapolate results induced by one type of perturbation to the other. To investigate whether wind-induced changes in morphological and biomechanical traits can be reproduced, we subjected Arabidopsis thaliana to two vectorial brushing treatments. Both treatments significantly affected the length, mechanical properties and anatomical tissue composition of the primary inflorescence stem. While some of the morphological changes were found to be in line with those induced by wind, changes in the mechanical properties exhibited opposite trends irrespective of the brushing direction. Overall, a careful design of the brushing treatment gives the possibility to obtain a closer match to wind-induced changes, including a positive tropic response.
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- Oleksandr Zhdanov
- James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Kamimura K, Nanko K, Matsumoto A, Ueno S, Gardiner J, Gardiner B. Tree dynamic response and survival in a category-5 tropical cyclone: The case of super typhoon Trami. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabm7891. [PMID: 35275731 PMCID: PMC8916734 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm7891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In the future with climate change, we expect more forest and tree damage due to the increasing strength and changing trajectories of tropical cyclones (TCs). However, to date, we have limited information to estimate likely damage levels, and nobody has ever measured exactly how forest trees behave mechanically during a TC. In 2018, a category-5 TC destroyed trees in our ongoing research plots, in which we were measuring tree movement and wind speed in two different tree spacing plots. We found damaged trees in only the wider spaced plot. Here, we present how trees dynamically respond to strong winds during a TC. Sustained strong winds obviously trigger the damage to trees and forests but inter-tree spacing is also a key factor because the level of support from neighboring trees modifies the effective "stiffness" against the wind both at the single tree and whole forest stand level.
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- Kana Kamimura
- School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Minamiminowa, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Disaster Prevention, Meteorology and Hydrology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Department of Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
- Institut Européen de la Forêt Cultivée, Cestas, France
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Lauderbaugh LK, Holder CD. The biomechanics of leaf oscillations during rainfall events. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:1139-1154. [PMID: 34791162 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Plants are dynamic systems during rainfall events. As raindrops splash on leaf surfaces, the momentum of the raindrop is transferred to the leaf, causing the leaf to oscillate. The emphasis of this review is on the general principles of leaf oscillation models after raindrop impact and the ecological importance. Various leaf oscillation models and the underlying physical properties from biomechanics theory are highlighted. Additionally, we review experimental methods to derive the model parameters for and explore advances in our understanding of the raindrop-leaf impact process.
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- Leal K Lauderbaugh
- Dynamics and Control of Complex Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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- Leaf Biomechanics and Ecohydrology Research Group (L-BERG), Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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Bauer U, Poppinga S. New insights and opportunities from taking a biomechanical perspective on plant ecology. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:1063-1066. [PMID: 35199169 PMCID: PMC8866229 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Ulrike Bauer
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Botanical Garden, Technical University of Darmstadt, Department of Biology, Schnittspahnstraße 2, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Shang X, Zhang P, Liu G, Zhan N, Wu Z. Comparative transcriptomics analysis of contrasting varieties of Eucalyptus camaldulensis reveals wind resistance genes. PeerJ 2022; 10:e12954. [PMID: 35233295 PMCID: PMC8882336 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Wind, an important abiotic stress factor, affects forests in coastal areas, causes tree damage and timber loss. METHODS Two genotypes of Eucalyptus camaldulensis-strong wind-resistant CA5 and weak wind-resistant C037 were used for RNA-seq analysis to screen for candidate wind-resistance genes and transcription factors (TFs) by comparing the transcriptome analysis of the two varieties in response to wind stress. RESULTS It showed that 7061 differentially expressed unigenes could be annotated including 4,110 up-regulated unigenes and 2,951 down-regulated unigenes. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis revealed that six cellulose pathways were involved in response to wind stress. The unigenes in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, phenylalanine metabolism, and flavonoid biosynthesis pathways were found to be differentially expressed based on Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis. Moreover, 37 differentially expressed genes were functionally annotated to be involved in the secondary metabolism of phenylalanine (ko00940). Seventy-eight TFs related to the regulating cellulose and lignin synthesis were expressed differently from the various treatments. The expressions of C3H, POX, MYB, NAC, Gene008307, and Gene011799 were significantly upregulated in CA5. Overall, the main response of Eucalyptus to wind stress was associated with cell wall biosynthesis; key genes of cellulose and lignin biosynthesis pathways and related TFs were involved in the tree response to wind stress.
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- Xiuhua Shang
- China Eucalypt Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
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- China Eucalypt Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
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- China Eucalypt Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
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- China Eucalypt Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
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- China Eucalypt Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
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On the Potential of Using Air Pressure Fluctuations to Estimate Wind-Induced Tree Motion in a Planted Scots Pine Forest. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13020225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This paper reports statistical relationships between measured airflow, air pressure fluctuations, and the wind-induced motion of planted Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris L.). The results presented illustrate the potential of low-cost, ground-based air pressure measurements for monitoring wind-induced tree response. It is suggested that air pressure fluctuations can be used as surrogate information for above-canopy airflow, often used to estimate wind loads on forest trees. We demonstrate that air pressure fluctuations can be measured representatively at the forest floor and correlate very well with wind speed and direction at mean canopy-top (18 m a.g.l.) and above the 18 m high, 56-year-old forest. Their strong correlation (coefficient of determination R2 > 0.77) allows a good approximation of airflow conditions above the canopy, and, with some limitations, in the below-canopy space. Air pressure fluctuations also correlate very well with wind-induced tree motion with a similar correlation to that between wind speed and tree motion. Furthermore, the main directions of wind-induced tree motion agree very well with the propagation direction of air pressure waves. Above-canopy airflow measurements in forests with a large vertical extent are rare, and often require tall wind measurement towers. Therefore, we consider the estimation of airflow conditions over forests using ground-based air pressure measurements a promising option for monitoring the airflow conditions of relevance for predicting wind-induced tree response over large areas using a minimum of measurement infrastructure.
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Investigation of ecologically relevant wind patterns on Marion Island using Computational Fluid Dynamics and measured data. Ecol Modell 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fusarium head blight resistance exacerbates nutritional loss of wheat grain at elevated CO 2. Sci Rep 2022; 12:15. [PMID: 34996967 PMCID: PMC8741757 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03890-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The nutritional integrity of wheat is jeopardized by rapidly rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and the associated emergence and enhanced virulence of plant pathogens. To evaluate how disease resistance traits may impact wheat climate resilience, 15 wheat cultivars with varying levels of resistance to Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) were grown at ambient and elevated CO2. Although all wheat cultivars had increased yield when grown at elevated CO2, the nutritional contents of FHB moderately resistant (MR) cultivars were impacted more than susceptible cultivars. At elevated CO2, the MR cultivars had more significant differences in plant growth, grain protein, starch, fructan, and macro and micro-nutrient content compared with susceptible wheat. Furthermore, changes in protein, starch, phosphorus, and magnesium content were correlated with the cultivar FHB resistance rating, with more FHB resistant cultivars having greater changes in nutrient content. This is the first report of a correlation between the degree of plant pathogen resistance and grain nutritional content loss in response to elevated CO2. Our results demonstrate the importance of identifying wheat cultivars that can maintain nutritional integrity and FHB resistance in future atmospheric CO2 conditions.
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Peterson K, Ruffley M, Parent CE. Phylogenetic diversity and community assembly in a naturally fragmented system. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:18066-18080. [PMID: 35003658 PMCID: PMC8717291 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We sought to assess effects of fragmentation and quantify the contribution of ecological processes to community assembly by measuring species richness, phylogenetic, and phenotypic diversity of species found in local and regional plant communities. Specifically, our fragmented system is Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho, USA. CRMO is characterized by vegetated islands, kipukas, that are isolated in a matrix of lava. We used floristic surveys of vascular plants in 19 kipukas to create a local species list to compare traditional dispersion metrics, mean pairwise distance, and mean nearest taxon distance (MPD and MNTD), to a regional species list with phenotypic and phylogenetic data. We combined phylogenetic and functional trait data in a novel machine-learning model selection approach, Community Assembly Model Inference (CAMI), to infer probability associated with different models of community assembly given the data. Finally, we used linear regression to explore whether the geography of kipukas explained estimated support for community assembly models. Using traditional metrics of MPD and MNTD neutral processes received the most support when comparing kipuka species to regional species. Individually no kipukas showed significant support for overdispersion. Rather, five kipukas showed significant support for phylogenetic clustering using MPD and two kipukas using MNTD. Using CAMI, we inferred neutral and filtering models structured the kipuka plant community for our trait of interest. Finally, we found as species richness in kipukas increases, model support for competition decreases and lower elevation kipukas show more support for habitat filtering models. While traditional phylogenetic community approaches suggest neutral assembly dynamics, recently developed approaches utilizing machine learning and model choice revealed joint influences of assembly processes to form the kipuka plant communities. Understanding ecological processes at play in naturally fragmented systems will aid in guiding our understanding of how fragmentation impacts future changes in landscapes.
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- Katie Peterson
- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of IdahoMoscowIdahoUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of IdahoMoscowIdahoUSA
- Department of Plant BiologyCarnegie Institution for ScienceStanfordCaliforniaUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of IdahoMoscowIdahoUSA
- Institute for Interdisiplinary Data SciencesUniversity of IdahoMoscowIdahoUSA
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Burgess AJ, Durand M, Gibbs JA, Retkute R, Robson TM, Murchie EH. The effect of canopy architecture on the patterning of "windflecks" within a wheat canopy. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2021; 44:3524-3537. [PMID: 34418115 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 08/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Under field conditions, plants are subject to wind-induced movement which creates fluctuations of light intensity and spectral quality reaching the leaves, defined here as windflecks. Within this study, irradiance within two contrasting wheat (Triticum aestivum) canopies during full sun conditions was measured using a spectroradiometer to determine the frequency, duration and magnitude of low- to high-light events plus the spectral composition during wind-induced movement. Similarly, a static canopy was modelled using three-dimensional reconstruction and ray tracing to determine fleck characteristics without the presence of wind. Corresponding architectural traits were measured manually and in silico including plant height, leaf area and angle plus biomechanical properties. Light intensity can differ up to 40% during a windfleck, with changes occurring on a sub-second scale compared to ~5 min in canopies not subject to wind. Features such as a shorter height, more erect leaf stature and having an open structure led to an increased frequency and reduced time interval of light flecks in the CMH79A canopy compared to Paragon. This finding illustrates the potential for architectural traits to be selected to improve the canopy light environment and provides the foundation to further explore the links between plant form and function in crop canopies.
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- Alexandra J Burgess
- Division of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, UK
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology (OEB), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Computer Vision Lab, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology (OEB), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Plant and Crop Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire, UK
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Hartmann FP, Tinturier E, Julien JL, Leblanc-Fournier N. Between Stress and Response: Function and Localization of Mechanosensitive Ca 2+ Channels in Herbaceous and Perennial Plants. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11043. [PMID: 34681698 PMCID: PMC8538497 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222011043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Over the past three decades, how plants sense and respond to mechanical stress has become a flourishing field of research. The pivotal role of mechanosensing in organogenesis and acclimation was demonstrated in various plants, and links are emerging between gene regulatory networks and physical forces exerted on tissues. However, how plant cells convert physical signals into chemical signals remains unclear. Numerous studies have focused on the role played by mechanosensitive (MS) calcium ion channels MCA, Piezo and OSCA. To complement these data, we combined data mining and visualization approaches to compare the tissue-specific expression of these genes, taking advantage of recent single-cell RNA-sequencing data obtained in the root apex and the stem of Arabidopsis and the Populus stem. These analyses raise questions about the relationships between the localization of MS channels and the localization of stress and responses. Such tissue-specific expression studies could help to elucidate the functions of MS channels. Finally, we stress the need for a better understanding of such mechanisms in trees, which are facing mechanical challenges of much higher magnitudes and over much longer time scales than herbaceous plants, and we mention practical applications of plant responsiveness to mechanical stress in agriculture and forestry.
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- Félix P. Hartmann
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, PIAF, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France; (E.T.); (J.-L.J.)
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