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Liu M, Wang Y, Zhang H, Hao Y, Wu H, Shen H, Zhang P. Mechanisms of photoprotection in overwintering evergreen conifers: Sustained quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 210:108638. [PMID: 38653096 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108638] [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: 11/12/2023] [Revised: 04/15/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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Evergreen conifers growing in high-latitude regions must endure prolonged winters that are characterized by sub-zero temperatures combined with light, conditions that can cause significant photooxidative stress. Understanding overwintering mechanisms is crucial for addressing winter adversity in temperate forest ecosystems and enhancing the ability of conifers to adapt to climate change. This review synthesizes the current understanding of the photoprotective mechanisms that conifers employ to mitigate photooxidative stress, particularly non-photochemical "sustained quenching", the mechanism of which is hypothesized to be a recombination or deformation of the original mechanism employed by conifers in response to short-term low temperature and intense light stress in the past. Based on this hypothesis, scattered studies in this field are assembled and integrated into a complete mechanism of sustained quenching embedded in the adaptation process of plant physiology. It also reveals which parts of the whole system have been verified in conifers and which have only been verified in non-conifers, and proposes specific directions for future research. The functional implications of studies of non-coniferous plant species for the study of coniferous trees are also considered, as a wide range of plant responses lead to sustained quenching, even among different conifer species. In addition, the review highlights the challenges of measuring sustained quenching and discusses the application of ultrafast-time-resolved fluorescence and decay-associated spectra for the elucidation of photosynthetic principles.
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- Mingyu Liu
- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China.
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- College of Life Sciences, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China; State Forestry and Grassland Administration Engineering Technology Research Center of Korean Pine, Harbin, 150040, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China; State Forestry and Grassland Administration Engineering Technology Research Center of Korean Pine, Harbin, 150040, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China; Key Laboratory of Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management, Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China; State Forestry and Grassland Administration Engineering Technology Research Center of Korean Pine, Harbin, 150040, China.
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Carabajo-Hidalgo A, Sabaté S, Crespo P, Asbjornsen H. Brief windows with more favorable atmospheric conditions explain patterns of Polylepis reticulata tree water use in a high-altitude Andean forest. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 43:2085-2097. [PMID: 37672256 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpad109] [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: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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Polylepis trees occur throughout the Andean mountain region, and it is the tree genus that grows at the highest elevation worldwide. In the humid Andes where moisture is rarely limiting, Polylepis trees must adapt to extreme environmental conditions, especially rapid fluctuations in temperature, ultraviolet radiation and vapor pressure deficit (VPD). However, Polylepis' water-use patterns remain largely unknown despite the importance of understanding their response to microclimate variation to determine their capacity to maintain resilience under future environmental change. We conducted a study in a Polylepis reticulata Kunth forest in the Ecuadorian Andes to evaluate its tree water-use dynamics and to identify the main environmental drivers of transpiration. Tree sap flow was monitored simultaneously with soil volumetric water content (VWC) and microclimate during 2 years for trees growing in forest edge and interior locations. We found that sap flow was primarily controlled by VPD and that VWC exerted a secondary role in driving sap flow dynamics. The highest values for sap flow rates were found when VPD > 0.15 kPa and VCW < 0.73 cm3 cm-3, but these threshold conditions only occurred during brief periods of time and were only found in 11% of our measurements. Moreover, these brief windows of more favorable conditions occurred more frequently in forest edge compared with forest interior locations, resulting in edge trees maintaining 46% higher sap flow compared with interior trees. Our results also suggest that P. reticulata has a low stomatal control of transpiration, as the sap flow did not decline with increasing VPD. This research provides valuable information about the potential impacts of projected future increases in VPD due to climate change on P. reticulata water-use dynamics, which include higher sap flow rates leading to greater transpirational water loss due to this species' poor stomatal control.
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- Aldemar Carabajo-Hidalgo
- Departamento de Recursos Hídricos y Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Cuenca, Campus Balzay, Víctor Manuel Albornoz y los Cerezos s/n, Cuenca 010107, Ecuador
- Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal, 643, Barcelona 08028, Spain
- CREAF (Centre de Recerca i Aplicacions Forestals), Campus de Bellaterra (UAB) Edifici C., Cerdanyola del Vallès 08193, Spain
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- Departamento de Recursos Hídricos y Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Cuenca, Campus Balzay, Víctor Manuel Albornoz y los Cerezos s/n, Cuenca 010107, Ecuador
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, 114 James Hall, Durham, NH 03824, USA
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López VL, Bottan L, Martínez Pastur G, Lencinas MV, Cuyckens GAE, Cellini JM. Characterization of Polylepis tarapacana Life Forms in the Highest-Elevation Altiplano in South America: Influence of the Topography, Climate and Human Uses. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:plants12091806. [PMID: 37176864 PMCID: PMC10180703 DOI: 10.3390/plants12091806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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In the upper vegetation limit of the Andes, trees change to shrub forms or other life forms, such as low scrubs. The diversity of life forms decreases with elevation; tree life forms generally decrease, and communities of shrubs and herbs increase in the Andean highlands. Most of treeline populations in the northwestern Argentina Altiplano are monospecific stands of Polylepis tarapacana, a cold-tolerant evergreen species that is able to withstand harsh climatic conditions under different life forms. There are no studies for P. tarapacana that analyze life forms across environmental and human impact gradients relating them with environmental factors. This study aims to determine the influence of topographic, climatic, geographic and proxies to human uses on the occurrence of life forms in P. tarapacana trees. We worked with 70 plots, and a new proposal of tree life form classification was presented for P. tarapacana (arborescent, dwarf trees, shrubs and brousse tigrée). We describe the forest biometry of each life form and evaluate the frequency of these life forms in relation to the environmental factors and human uses. The results show a consistency in the changes in the different life forms across the studied environmental gradients, where the main changes were related to elevation, slope and temperature.
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- Victoria Lien López
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Maderas (LIMAD), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales (FCAyF), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), La Plata 1900, Argentina
- CCT-La Plata (CONICET), La Plata 1900, Argentina
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- Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Te\u0301cnicas (CONICET), Houssay 200, Ushuaia 9410, Argentina
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- Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Te\u0301cnicas (CONICET), Houssay 200, Ushuaia 9410, Argentina
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- Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Te\u0301cnicas (CONICET), Houssay 200, Ushuaia 9410, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA-CONICET-UNJu) y Centro de Estudios Territoriales Ambientales y Sociales (CETAS-UNJu), Alberdi 47, San Salvador de Jujuy 4600, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Maderas (LIMAD), Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales (FCAyF), Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), La Plata 1900, Argentina
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Thiers KLL, da Silva JHM, Vasconcelos DCA, Aziz S, Noceda C, Arnholdt-Schmitt B, Costa JH. Polymorphisms in alternative oxidase genes from ecotypes of Arabidopsis and rice revealed an environment-induced linkage to altitude and rainfall. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2023; 175:e13847. [PMID: 36562612 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We investigated SNPs in alternative oxidase (AOX) genes and their connection to ecotype origins (climate, altitude, and rainfall) by using genomic data sets of Arabidopsis and rice populations from 1190 and 90 ecotypes, respectively. Parameters were defined to detect non-synonymous SNPs in the AOX ORF, which revealed amino acid (AA) changes in AOX1c, AOX1d, and AOX2 from Arabidopsis and AOX1c from rice in comparison to AOX references from Columbia-0 and Japonica ecotypes, respectively. Among these AA changes, Arabidopsis AOX1c_A161E&G165R and AOX1c_R242S revealed a link to high rainfall and high altitude, respectively, while all other changes in Arabidopsis and rice AOX was connected to high altitude and rainfall. Comparative 3D modeling showed that all mutant AOX presented structural differences in relation to the respective references. Molecular docking analysis uncovered lower binding affinity values between AOX and the substrate ubiquinol for most of the identified structures compared to their reference, indicating better enzyme-substrate binding affinities. Thus, our in silico data suggest that the majority of the AA changes found in the available ecotypes will confer better enzyme-subtract interactions and thus indicate environment-related, more efficient AOX activity.
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- Karine Leitão Lima Thiers
- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Non-Institutional Competence Focus (NICFocus) 'Functional Cell Reprogramming and Organism Plasticity' (FunCROP), coordinated from Foros de Vale de Figueira, Alentejo, Portugal
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- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Non-Institutional Competence Focus (NICFocus) 'Functional Cell Reprogramming and Organism Plasticity' (FunCROP), coordinated from Foros de Vale de Figueira, Alentejo, Portugal
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- Non-Institutional Competence Focus (NICFocus) 'Functional Cell Reprogramming and Organism Plasticity' (FunCROP), coordinated from Foros de Vale de Figueira, Alentejo, Portugal
- Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants (BIOCEMP)/Industrial Biotechnology and Bioproducts, Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida y de la Agricultura, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador
- Facultad de Ciencias de la ingeniería, Universidad Estatal de Milagro, Milagro, Ecuador
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- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Non-Institutional Competence Focus (NICFocus) 'Functional Cell Reprogramming and Organism Plasticity' (FunCROP), coordinated from Foros de Vale de Figueira, Alentejo, Portugal
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- Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil
- Non-Institutional Competence Focus (NICFocus) 'Functional Cell Reprogramming and Organism Plasticity' (FunCROP), coordinated from Foros de Vale de Figueira, Alentejo, Portugal
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Boza Espinoza TE, Kessler M. A monograph of the genus Polylepis (Rosaceae). PHYTOKEYS 2022; 203:1-274. [PMID: 36761034 PMCID: PMC9849045 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.203.83529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We present a monograph of the high Andean tree genus Polylepis (Rosaceae), based on a species concept considering morphological, climatic and biogeographic distinctness as indicators of evolutionary independence. In total, we recognize 45 species of Polylepis, grouped in five sections. Polylepissect.Sericeae is represented by 15 species in four subsections, P.sect.Reticulatae by seven species, P.sect.Subsericantes by three species, P.sect.Australes by two species and P.sect.Incanaee by three subsections with 18 species. We describe seven new species, one from Colombia (P.frontinensis), one from Ecuador (P.simpsoniae) and five from Peru (P.acomayensis, P.fjeldsaoi, P.occidentalis, P.pilosissima and P.sacra). Three species from Peru (P.albicans, P.pallidistigma and P.serrata) are re-instated as valid species. Two taxa from Bolivia (P.incanoides and P.nana) are elevated from subspecies to species rank. The morphology, habitat, distribution, ecology and conservation status of each species are documented. We also provide an identification key to the species of the genus and general introductions on taxonomic history, morphology, evolution, ecology and conservation.
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- Tatiana Erika Boza Espinoza
- Institute for Nature, Earth and Energy (INTE), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), Av. Universitaria 1801, Lima 15088, PeruPontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)LimaPeru
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008 Zurich, SwitzerlandUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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Lodeyro AF, Krapp AR, Carrillo N. Photosynthesis and chloroplast redox signaling in the age of global warming: stress tolerance, acclimation, and developmental plasticity. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2021; 72:5919-5937. [PMID: 34111246 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Contemporary climate change is characterized by the increased intensity and frequency of environmental stress events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, which have a debilitating impact on photosynthesis and growth, compromising the production of food, feed, and biofuels for an expanding population. The need to increase crop productivity in the context of global warming has fueled attempts to improve several key plant features such as photosynthetic performance, assimilate partitioning, and tolerance to environmental stresses. Chloroplast redox metabolism, including photosynthetic electron transport and CO2 reductive assimilation, are primary targets of most stress conditions, leading to excessive excitation pressure, photodamage, and propagation of reactive oxygen species. Alterations in chloroplast redox poise, in turn, provide signals that exit the plastid and modulate plant responses to the environmental conditions. Understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in these processes could provide novel tools to increase crop yield in suboptimal environments. We describe herein various interventions into chloroplast redox networks that resulted in increased tolerance to multiple sources of environmental stress. They included manipulation of endogenous components and introduction of electron carriers from other organisms, which affected not only stress endurance but also leaf size and longevity. The resulting scenario indicates that chloroplast redox pathways have an important impact on plant growth, development, and defense that goes beyond their roles in primary metabolism. Manipulation of these processes provides additional strategies for the design of crops with improved performance under destabilized climate conditions as foreseen for the future.
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- Anabella F Lodeyro
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-UNR/CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-UNR/CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-UNR/CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), Rosario, Argentina
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Rodriguez-Caton M, Andreu-Hayles L, Morales MS, Daux V, Christie DA, Coopman RE, Alvarez C, Rao MP, Aliste D, Flores F, Villalba R. Different climate sensitivity for radial growth, but uniform for tree-ring stable isotopes along an aridity gradient in Polylepis tarapacana, the world's highest elevation tree species. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 41:1353-1371. [PMID: 33601406 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Tree growth is generally considered to be temperature limited at upper elevation treelines, yet climate factors controlling tree growth at semiarid treelines are poorly understood. We explored the influence of climate on stem growth and stable isotopes for Polylepis tarapacana Philipi, the world's highest elevation tree species, which is found only in the South American Altiplano. We developed tree-ring width index (RWI), oxygen (δ18O) and carbon (δ13C) chronologies for the last 60 years at four P. tarapacana stands located above 4400 m in elevation, along a 500 km latitude aridity gradient. Total annual precipitation decreased from 300 to 200 mm from the northern to the southern sites. We used RWI as a proxy of wood formation (carbon sink) and isotopic tree-ring signatures as proxies of leaf-level gas exchange processes (carbon source). We found distinct climatic conditions regulating carbon sink processes along the gradient. Current growing-season temperature regulated RWI at northern-wetter sites, while prior growing-season precipitation determined RWI at arid southern sites. This suggests that the relative importance of temperature to precipitation in regulating tree growth is driven by site water availability. By contrast, warm and dry growing seasons resulted in enriched tree-ring δ13C and δ18O at all study sites, suggesting that similar climate conditions control carbon-source processes along the gradient. Site-level δ13C and δ18O chronologies were significantly and positively related at all sites, with the strongest relationships among the southern drier stands. This indicates an overall regulation of intercellular carbon dioxide via stomatal conductance for the entire P. tarapacana network, with greater stomatal control when aridity increases. This manuscript also highlights a coupling (decoupling) between physiological processes at leaf level and wood formation as a function of similarities (differences) in their climatic sensitivity. This study contributes to a better understanding and prediction of the response of high-elevation Polylepis woodlands to rapid climate changes and projected drying in the Altiplano.
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
- CREAF, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallés), Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Spain
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- Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA), CONICET, Av. Ruiz Leal s/n, Mendoza 5500, Argentina
- Laboratorio de Dendrocronología, Universidad Continental, Av. San Carlos 1980, Huancayo 12003, Perú
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA/CNRS/UVSQ/IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratorio de Dendrocronología y Cambio Global, Instituto de Conservación Biodiversidad y Territorio, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia 5110566, Los Ríos, Chile
- Center for Climate and Resilience Research, (CR)2, Blanco Encalada 2002, Santiago 8370415, Chile
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- Ecophysiology Laboratory for Forest Conservation, Instituto de Conservación, Biodiversidad y Territorio, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Independencia 631, Valdivia 5110566, Los Ríos, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Dendrocronología y Cambio Global, Instituto de Conservación Biodiversidad y Territorio, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia 5110566, Los Ríos, Chile
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- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, 5th Floor Schermerhorn Extension, 1200 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Laboratorio de Dendrocronología y Cambio Global, Instituto de Conservación Biodiversidad y Territorio, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia 5110566, Los Ríos, Chile
- Center for Climate and Resilience Research, (CR)2, Blanco Encalada 2002, Santiago 8370415, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Dendrocronología y Cambio Global, Instituto de Conservación Biodiversidad y Territorio, Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia 5110566, Los Ríos, Chile
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- Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA), CONICET, Av. Ruiz Leal s/n, Mendoza 5500, Argentina
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Sevillano-Ríos CS, Morales LV. La temperatura y radiación solar explican diferencias en la distribución de dos árboles altoandinos ( Polylepis spp.) localmente simpátricos en la Cordillera Blanca, Perú. NEOTROPICAL BIODIVERSITY 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2021.1938887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- C. Steven Sevillano-Ríos
- Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY USA
- Territorio Y Desarrollo – TeyDE. Miraflores, Lima, Perú
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- The School for Field Studies- Center for Amazon Studies, Loreto, Peru
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González-Rodríguez ÁM, Brito P, Fernández-Marín B. Summit evergreen shrubs living at a semi-arid treeline: photoprotection systems activation in an open vs an understory site. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2020; 169:228-243. [PMID: 32012285 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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High-mountain-ecosystems in the Mediterranean-type climate are exceptional because of their outstanding biodiversity but also because of their characteristic drought stress in summer. Still, plant functioning in these habitats has been largely understudied. Here, morphological, photochemical, and biochemical traits were seasonally assessed in six shrubs characterized by contrasting morphological traits, in the Teide mountain in the Canary Islands. Two adjacent populations, the first located in an open site and the second in the understorey of Pinus canariensis treeline forest, were evaluated. We aimed at disentangling (1) the role of morphological and biochemical photoprotective strategies and of their seasonal plasticity to cope with changing environmental conditions in this semiarid ecosystem, (2) how the interspecific differences in biochemical photoprotection are related to leaf morphology and phenology and (3) how living in the understory of the treeline may affect those responses. Our results indicate that both morphological and biochemical traits (particularly leaf habit, morphology and carotenoids from the β-branch) play an intricate role in photoprotection, and that a high interspecific variability exists. According to the down-regulation of photochemical activity and the upregulation of photoprotective molecules, species could be grouped into three types: (1) those more responsive to summer stress (e.g. Descurainia bourgeauana); (2) those more responsive to winter stress (e.g. Pterocephalus lasiospermus, Scrophularia glabrata and Adenocarpus viscosus); and (3) those showing rather constant behavior across seasons (e.g. Spartocytisus supranubius and Erysimum scoparium). In all the species, plants in the open site showed a marked seasonal physiological response in most of the studied parameters. Pinus canariensis canopy buffers environmental abiotic constrains. On a global change scenario, and provided further functional studies are needed, our results pinpoints heterogeneity in the sensitivity of these species against for instance late-frost or summer-heat/drought events, which could easily shift current species distribution in the coming years.
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- Águeda M González-Rodríguez
- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, University of La Laguna (ULL), Apdo. 456, 38200, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, University of La Laguna (ULL), Apdo. 456, 38200, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, University of La Laguna (ULL), Apdo. 456, 38200, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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Fernández-Marín B, Gulías J, Figueroa CM, Iñiguez C, Clemente-Moreno MJ, Nunes-Nesi A, Fernie AR, Cavieres LA, Bravo LA, García-Plazaola JI, Gago J. How do vascular plants perform photosynthesis in extreme environments? An integrative ecophysiological and biochemical story. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 101:979-1000. [PMID: 31953876 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Revised: 12/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
In this work, we review the physiological and molecular mechanisms that allow vascular plants to perform photosynthesis in extreme environments, such as deserts, polar and alpine ecosystems. Specifically, we discuss the morpho/anatomical, photochemical and metabolic adaptive processes that enable a positive carbon balance in photosynthetic tissues under extreme temperatures and/or severe water-limiting conditions in C3 species. Nevertheless, only a few studies have described the in situ functioning of photoprotection in plants from extreme environments, given the intrinsic difficulties of fieldwork in remote places. However, they cover a substantial geographical and functional range, which allowed us to describe some general trends. In general, photoprotection relies on the same mechanisms as those operating in the remaining plant species, ranging from enhanced morphological photoprotection to increased scavenging of oxidative products such as reactive oxygen species. Much less information is available about the main physiological and biochemical drivers of photosynthesis: stomatal conductance (gs ), mesophyll conductance (gm ) and carbon fixation, mostly driven by RuBisCO carboxylation. Extreme environments shape adaptations in structures, such as cell wall and membrane composition, the concentration and activation state of Calvin-Benson cycle enzymes, and RuBisCO evolution, optimizing kinetic traits to ensure functionality. Altogether, these species display a combination of rearrangements, from the whole-plant level to the molecular scale, to sustain a positive carbon balance in some of the most hostile environments on Earth.
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- Beatriz Fernández-Marín
- Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, 38200, Spain
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain
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- UNL, CONICET, FBCB, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Central Metabolism Group, Molecular Physiology Department, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Golm, Germany
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- ECOBIOSIS, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Lab. de Fisiología y Biología Molecular Vegetal, Dpt. de Cs. Agronómicas y Recursos Naturales, Facultad de Cs. Agropecuarias y Forestales, Instituto de Agroindustria, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Center of Plant, Soil Interaction and Natural Resources Biotechnology, Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain
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Rathore N, Thakur D, Chawla A. Seasonal variations coupled with elevation gradient drives significant changes in eco-physiological and biogeochemical traits of a high altitude evergreen broadleaf shrub, Rhododendron anthopogon. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2018; 132:708-719. [PMID: 30150110 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Revised: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Higher elevations and, early as well as late phase of growing season are expected to be more stressful for plants in high altitudes. The present study was carried out on Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don, an evergreen shrub of Himalaya to understand variation in eco-physiological and biogeochemical traits due to combined effect of elevation gradient and growing season. We conducted our study at Rohtang, India (32°22'04″ N 77°15'17″ E) and undertook random sampling of leaves at four elevations (3200 m, 3600 m, 4000 m and 4250 m), and three time periods (late June, early August and late September) during growing season. We assessed 12 eco-physiological and biogeochemical variables and analysed results through ANOVA and multivariate analysis. It was found that leaf relative water content, nitrogen percentage (N%), carbon/nitrogen ratio (C/N ratio), total chlorophyll, malondialdehyde equivalents and proline content varied along two gradients (factors) with their interaction being statistically significant. Variance partitioning analysis of studied traits revealed that both factors contribute significantly, with 'season' component ranging between 55.75 % and 94.03 % for most of the parameters, whereas, 'elevation' component contributed more for leaf area, N% and C/N ratio (48.08 %-75.03 %). Our results suggest that eco-physiology of R. anthopogon is significantly influenced by interaction of seasonal variations coupled with elevation gradient. The study highlights the importance of examining both seasonal and elevational gradients in understanding plant adaptation strategies. Overall, our findings revealed that plasticity in eco-physiological and biogeochemical traits underline the wide distribution of R. anthopogon in the high altitudes.
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- Nikita Rathore
- High Altitude Biology Division, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Palampur, H.P, 176061, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Palampur, H.P, 176061, India
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- High Altitude Biology Division, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Palampur, H.P, 176061, India
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- High Altitude Biology Division, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Palampur, H.P, 176061, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR), Palampur, H.P, 176061, India.
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Munné-Bosch S, Cotado A, Morales M, Fleta-Soriano E, Villellas J, Garcia MB. Adaptation of the Long-Lived Monocarpic Perennial Saxifraga longifolia to High Altitude. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 172:765-775. [PMID: 27440756 PMCID: PMC5047100 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Global change is exerting a major effect on plant communities, altering their potential capacity for adaptation. Here, we aimed at unveiling mechanisms of adaptation to high altitude in an endemic long-lived monocarpic, Saxifraga longifolia, by combining demographic and physiological approaches. Plants from three altitudes (570, 1100, and 2100 m above sea level [a.s.l.]) were investigated in terms of leaf water and pigment contents, and activation of stress defense mechanisms. The influence of plant size on physiological performance and mortality was also investigated. Levels of photoprotective molecules (α-tocopherol, carotenoids, and anthocyanins) increased in response to high altitude (1100 relative to 570 m a.s.l.), which was paralleled by reduced soil and leaf water contents and increased ABA levels. The more demanding effect of high altitude on photoprotection was, however, partly abolished at very high altitudes (2100 m a.s.l.) due to improved soil water contents, with the exception of α-tocopherol accumulation. α-Tocopherol levels increased progressively at increasing altitudes, which paralleled with reductions in lipid peroxidation, thus suggesting plants from the highest altitude effectively withstood high light stress. Furthermore, mortality of juveniles was highest at the intermediate population, suggesting that drought stress was the main environmental driver of mortality of juveniles in this rocky plant species. Population structure and vital rates in the high population evidenced lower recruitment and mortality in juveniles, activation of clonal growth, and absence of plant size-dependent mortality. We conclude that, despite S. longifolia has evolved complex mechanisms of adaptation to altitude at the cellular, whole-plant and population levels, drought events may drive increased mortality in the framework of global change.
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- Sergi Munné-Bosch
- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain (S.M.-B., A.C., M.M., E.F.-S.); andPyrenean Institute of Ecology, CSIC, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain (J.V., M.B.G.)
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain (S.M.-B., A.C., M.M., E.F.-S.); andPyrenean Institute of Ecology, CSIC, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain (J.V., M.B.G.)
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain (S.M.-B., A.C., M.M., E.F.-S.); andPyrenean Institute of Ecology, CSIC, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain (J.V., M.B.G.)
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain (S.M.-B., A.C., M.M., E.F.-S.); andPyrenean Institute of Ecology, CSIC, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain (J.V., M.B.G.)
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain (S.M.-B., A.C., M.M., E.F.-S.); andPyrenean Institute of Ecology, CSIC, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain (J.V., M.B.G.)
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- Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain (S.M.-B., A.C., M.M., E.F.-S.); andPyrenean Institute of Ecology, CSIC, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain (J.V., M.B.G.)
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Qiu T, Jiang L, Li S, Yang Y. Small-Scale Habitat-Specific Variation and Adaptive Divergence of Photosynthetic Pigments in Different Alkali Soils in Reed Identified by Common Garden and Genetic Tests. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:2016. [PMID: 28111586 PMCID: PMC5216671 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.02016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
Abstract
Flexibility of photosynthetic pigment traits is an important adaptive mechanism through which plants can increase mean fitness in a variable environment. Unlike morphological traits in plants, photosythesis has been shown to exhibit phenotypic plasticity, responding rapidly to environmental conditions. Meanwhile, local adaptation at small scales is considered to be rare. Thus, detecting the small-scale adaptive divergence of photosynthetic pigments presents a challenge. Leaf concentrations of photosynthetic pigments under stressful conditions may be reduced or maintained. Concentrations of some pigments and/or ratio of Chlorophyll a (Chla) to Chlorophyll b (Chlb) do not change markedly in some species, such as the common reed, Phragmites australis, a cosmopolitan grass and common invader. Little is known about photosynthetic responses of this plant to varying levels of alkali salt. Few studies have attempted to account for the relationship between pigment accumulation and leaf position in wild plant populations in grasslands. In this study, photosynthetic pigment concentrations and the total Chl(a+b)/Car ratio decreased as the growing season progressed and were shown to be significantly lower in the habitat with a higher soil pH value and less moisture when compared between habitats. The Chla/Chlb ratio did not differ significantly between habitats, although it increased significantly over time. Leaves in the middle position may be functionally important in the response to soil conditions because only pigment concentrations and the Chl(a+b)/Car ratio of those leaves varied between habitats significantly. The outlier loci, used to evaluate molecular signatures of selection, were detected by Arlequin, Bayescan, and Bayenv analyses. In the simulated habitats of common garden, the local genotypes had higher values of Chla, Chlb, Chl(a+b), Car in their home habitat than did genotypes originating from the other habitat. QST-FST comparisons provided evidence of divergent selection. It appears likely that soil moisture, pH and electric conductivity drove local adaptation. Combined approaches that utilize information on phenotypes from field and common garden experiments, genome-wide markers, and environmental data will be the most informative for understanding the adaptive nature of the intraspecific divergence.
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- Tian Qiu
- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal UniversityChangchun, China
- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal UniversityChangchun, China
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal UniversityChangchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics, Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal UniversityChangchun, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal UniversityChangchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal UniversityChangchun, China
- *Correspondence: YunFei Yang
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