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Martínez-Peña R, Schlereth A, Höhne M, Encke B, Morcuende R, Nieto-Taladriz MT, Araus JL, Aparicio N, Vicente R. Source-Sink Dynamics in Field-Grown Durum Wheat Under Contrasting Nitrogen Supplies: Key Role of Non-Foliar Organs During Grain Filling. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:869680. [PMID: 35574116 PMCID: PMC9100808 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.869680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The integration of high-throughput phenotyping and metabolic approaches is a suitable strategy to study the genotype-by-environment interaction and identify novel traits for crop improvement from canopy to an organ level. Our aims were to study the phenotypic and metabolic traits that are related to grain yield and quality at canopy and organ levels, with a special focus on source-sink coordination under contrasting N supplies. Four modern durum wheat varieties with contrasting grain yield were grown in field conditions under two N fertilization levels in north-eastern Spain. We evaluated canopy vegetation indices taken throughout the growing season, physiological and metabolic traits in different photosynthetic organs (flag leaf blade, sheath, peduncle, awn, glume, and lemma) at anthesis and mid-grain filling stages, and agronomic and grain quality traits at harvest. Low N supply triggered an imbalance of C and N coordination at the whole plant level, leading to a reduction of grain yield and nutrient composition. The activities of key enzymes in C and N metabolism as well as the levels of photoassimilates showed that each organ plays an important role during grain filling, some with a higher photosynthetic capacity, others for nutrient storage for later stages of grain filling, or N assimilation and recycling. Interestingly, the enzyme activities and sucrose content of the ear organs were positively associated with grain yield and quality, suggesting, together with the regression models using isotope signatures, the potential contribution of these organs during grain filling. This study highlights the use of holistic approaches to the identification of novel targets to improve grain yield and quality in C3 cereals and the key role of non-foliar organs at late-growth stages.
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- Raquel Martínez-Peña
- Group of Cereals, Section of Herbaceous, Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL), Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca (IRNASA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Integrative Crop Ecophysiology Group, Section of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Group of Cereals, Section of Herbaceous, Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (ITACyL), Junta de Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB NOVA), Plant Ecophysiology and Metabolism Group, Oeiras, Portugal
- *Correspondence: Rubén Vicente
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López-Pozo M, Flexas J, Gulías J, Carriquí M, Nadal M, Perera-Castro AV, Clemente-Moreno MJ, Gago J, Núñez-Olivera E, Martínez-Abaigar J, Hernández A, Artetxe U, Bentley J, Farrant JM, Verhoeven A, García-Plazaola JI, Fernández-Marín B. A field portable method for the semi-quantitative estimation of dehydration tolerance of photosynthetic tissues across distantly related land plants. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2019; 167:540-555. [PMID: 30515832 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Desiccation tolerant (DT) plants withstand complete cellular dehydration, reaching relative water contents (RWC) below 30% in their photosynthetic tissues. Desiccation sensitive (DS) plants exhibit different degrees of dehydration tolerance (DHT), never surviving water loss >70%. To date, no procedure for the quantitative evaluation of DHT extent exists that is able to discriminate DS species with differing degrees of DHT from truly DT plants. We developed a simple, feasible and portable protocol to differentiate between DT and different degrees of DHT in the photosynthetic tissues of seed plants and between fast desiccation (< 24 h) tolerant (FDT) and sensitive (FDS) bryophytes. The protocol is based on (1) controlled desiccation inside Falcon tubes equilibrated at three different relative humidities that, consequently, induce three different speeds and extents of dehydration and (2) an evaluation of the average percentage of maximal photochemical efficiency of PSII (Fv /fm) recovery after rehydration. Applying the method to 10 bryophytes and 28 tracheophytes from various locations, we found that (1) imbibition of absorbent material with concentrated salt-solutions inside the tubes provides stable relative humidity and avoids direct contact with samples; (2) for 50 ml capacity tubes, the optimal plant amount is 50-200 mg fresh weight; (3) the method is useful in remote locations due to minimal instrumental requirements; and (4) a threshold of 30% recovery of the initial Fv /fm upon reaching RWC ≤ 30% correctly categorises DT species, with three exceptions: two poikilochlorophyllous species and one gymnosperm. The protocol provides a semi-quantitative expression of DHT that facilitates comparisons of species with different morpho-physiological traits and/or ecological attributes.
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- Marina López-Pozo
- Department Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears/Institute of Agro-Environmental and Water Economy Research -INAGEA, Palma, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears/Institute of Agro-Environmental and Water Economy Research -INAGEA, Palma, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears/Institute of Agro-Environmental and Water Economy Research -INAGEA, Palma, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears/Institute of Agro-Environmental and Water Economy Research -INAGEA, Palma, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears/Institute of Agro-Environmental and Water Economy Research -INAGEA, Palma, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears/Institute of Agro-Environmental and Water Economy Research -INAGEA, Palma, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears/Institute of Agro-Environmental and Water Economy Research -INAGEA, Palma, Spain
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- Department Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- Department Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- Biology Department (OWS352), University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, USA
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- Department Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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Li X, Liu S, Wang Q, Wu H, Wan Y. The effects of environmental light on the reorganization of chloroplasts in the resurrection of Selaginella tamariscina. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2019; 14:1621089. [PMID: 31131691 PMCID: PMC6619936 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2019.1621089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Chloroplast repair and reorganization are crucial for the rehydration of resurrected plants. As one of the most important organelles in plant, photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts. Meanwhile, light is important to the biosynthesis and activity regulation of chloroplasts. Here, we investigate the recovery of the chloroplasts and photosynthetic system in plant: Selaginella tamariscina under dark condition and environmental light (dark-light transition) condition. This study used the S. tamariscina grown in a culturing room, dehydrated S. tamariscina and S. tamariscina rehydrated in environmental light and dark conditions for 72 h as experimental material to measure and observed the chlorophyll content, chloroplast ultrastructure, photosynthesis, chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters. Specific leaf area and relative water content recovered in dark-rehydration conditions and were higher than those of light-rehydration, while dark-rehydration did not fully recover the chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, water-use efficiency, nor the Fv/Fm. Dehydration did not destroy the chloroplast envelop, but increased the number of plastoglobules and disturbed the granum structure. As a homeochlorophyllous resurrection plant, reorganization, not the rebuilding of chloroplasts, occurs during the dehydration and rehydration processes in S. tamariscina. Environmental light signals play an important role in the recovery of photosynthetic systems.
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- Xinyu Li
- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China
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- College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, PR China
- Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresources, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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New insights into the impacts of elevated CO 2, nitrogen, and temperature levels on the regulation of C and N metabolism in durum wheat using network analysis. N Biotechnol 2017; 40:192-199. [PMID: 28827159 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2017.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The use of correlation networks and hierarchical cluster analysis provides a framework to organize and study the coordination of parameters such as genes, metabolites, proteins and physiological parameters. We have analyzed 142 traits from primary C and N metabolism, including biochemical and gene expression analyses, in a range of 32 different growth conditions (various [CO2] levels, temperatures, N supplies, growth stages and experimental methods). To test the integration of primary metabolism, particularly under climate change, we investigated which C and N metabolic traits and transcript levels are correlated in durum wheat flag leaves using a correlation network and a hierarchical cluster analysis. There was a high amount of positive correlation between traits involved in a wide range of biological processes, suggesting a close and intricate coordination between C-N metabolisms at the biochemical and transcriptional levels. Transcript levels for genes related to N uptake and assimilation were especially coexpressed with genes belonging to the respiratory pathway, highlighting the coordination between the synthesis of organic N compounds and provision of energy and C skeletons. Also involved in this coordination were Rubisco and nitrate reductase activities, which play a key role in the regulation of plant metabolism. Carbohydrate accumulation was linked with a down-regulation of photosynthetic and N metabolism genes and nitrate reductase activity. Based on the degree of connectivity between nodes, network exploration facilitated the identification of some traits that may be biologically relevant during plant abiotic stress tolerance, as most of them are involved in limiting steps of plant metabolism.
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Córdoba J, Molina-Cano JL, Martínez-Carrasco R, Morcuende R, Pérez P. Functional and transcriptional characterization of a barley mutant with impaired photosynthesis. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2016; 244:19-30. [PMID: 26810450 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Chemical mutagenesis induces variations that may assist in the identification of targets for adaptation to growth under atmospheric CO2 enrichment. The aim of this work was to characterize the limitations causing reduced photosynthetic capacity in G132 mutagenized barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Graphic) grown in a glasshouse. Compared to the wild type (WT) G132 showed increased transcript levels for the PSII light harvesting complex, but lower levels of chlorophyll, transcripts for protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase A and psbQ, and PSII quantum efficiency in young leaves. Rubisco limitation had an overriding influence on G132 photosynthesis, and was due to strong and selective decreases in Rubisco protein and activity. These reductions were accompanied by enhanced Rubisco transcripts, but increased levels of a Rubisco degradation product. G132 showed lower levels of carbohydrates, amino acids and corresponding transcripts, and proteins, but not of nitrate. Many of the measured parameters recovered in the mutant as development progressed, or decreased less than in the WT, indicating that senescence was delayed. G132 had a longer growth period than the WT and similar final plant dry matter. The reduced resource investment in Rubisco of G132 may prove useful for studies on barley adaptation to elevated CO2 and climate change.
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- Javier Córdoba
- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas 40, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain; IRTA (Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology), Field Crops, Av. Alcalde Rovira i Roure, 191, E-25198 Lérida, Spain
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- IRTA (Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology), Field Crops, Av. Alcalde Rovira i Roure, 191, E-25198 Lérida, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas 40, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas 40, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas 40, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain.
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Córdoba J, Molina-Cano JL, Pérez P, Morcuende R, Moralejo M, Savé R, Martínez-Carrasco R. Photosynthesis-dependent/independent control of stomatal responses to CO2 in mutant barley with surplus electron transport capacity and reduced SLAH3 anion channel transcript. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 239:15-25. [PMID: 26398787 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Revised: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The mechanisms of stomatal sensitivity to CO2 are yet to be fully understood. The role of photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic factors in stomatal responses to CO2 was investigated in wild-type barley (Hordeum vulgare var. Graphic) and in a mutant (G132) with decreased photochemical and Rubisco capacities. The CO2 and DCMU responses of stomatal conductance (gs), gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and levels of ATP, with a putative transcript for stomatal opening were analysed. G132 had greater gs than the wild-type, despite lower photosynthesis rates and higher intercellular CO2 concentrations (Ci). The mutant had Rubisco-limited photosynthesis at very high CO2 levels, and higher ATP contents than the wild-type. Stomatal sensitivity to CO2 under red light was lower in G132 than in the wild-type, both in photosynthesizing and DCMU-inhibited leaves. Under constant Ci and red light, stomatal sensitivity to DCMU inhibition was higher in G132. The levels of a SLAH3-like slow anion channel transcript, involved in stomatal closure, decreased sharply in G132. The results suggest that stomatal responses to CO2 depend partly on the balance of photosynthetic electron transport to carbon assimilation capacities, but are partially regulated by the CO2 signalling network. High gs can improve the adaptation to climate change in well-watered conditions.
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- Javier Córdoba
- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas, 40, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain; IRTA (Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology), Field Crops, Av. Alcalde Rovira i Roure, 191, E-25198 Lérida, Spain
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- IRTA (Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology), Field Crops, Av. Alcalde Rovira i Roure, 191, E-25198 Lérida, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas, 40, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas, 40, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Universidad de Lleida, Av. Alcalde Rovira i Roure, 191, E-25198 Lérida, Spain
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- IRTA, Environmental Horticulture, Torre Marimon, E-08140 Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas, 40, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain.
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Christ B, Egert A, Süssenbacher I, Kräutler B, Bartels D, Peters S, Hörtensteiner S. Water deficit induces chlorophyll degradation via the 'PAO/phyllobilin' pathway in leaves of homoio- (Craterostigma pumilum) and poikilochlorophyllous (Xerophyta viscosa) resurrection plants. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2014; 37:2521-31. [PMID: 24697723 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Revised: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Angiosperm resurrection plants exhibit poikilo- or homoiochlorophylly as a response to water deficit. Both strategies are generally considered as effective mechanisms to reduce oxidative stress associated with photosynthetic activity under water deficiency. The mechanism of water deficit-induced chlorophyll (Chl) degradation in resurrection plants is unknown but has previously been suggested to occur as a result of non-enzymatic photooxidation. We investigated Chl degradation during dehydration in both poikilochlorophyllous (Xerophyta viscosa) and homoiochlorophyllous (Craterostigma pumilum) species. We demonstrate an increase in the abundance of PHEOPHORBIDE a OXYGENASE (PAO), a key enzyme of Chl breakdown, together with an accumulation of phyllobilins, that is, products of PAO-dependent Chl breakdown, in both species. Phyllobilins and PAO levels diminished again in leaves from rehydrated plants. We conclude that water deficit-induced poikilochlorophylly occurs via the well-characterized PAO/phyllobilin pathway of Chl breakdown and that this mechanism also appears conserved in a resurrection species displaying homoiochlorophylly. The roles of the PAO/phyllobilin pathway during different plant developmental processes that involve Chl breakdown, such as leaf senescence and desiccation, fruit ripening and seed maturation, are discussed.
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- Bastien Christ
- Institute of Plant Biology, Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Zürich, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland
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Gutiérrez D, Morcuende R, Del Pozo A, Martínez-Carrasco R, Pérez P. Involvement of nitrogen and cytokinins in photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO₂ of spring wheat. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 170:1337-43. [PMID: 23747059 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/03/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Acclimation of photosynthetic capacity to elevated CO₂ involves a decrease of the leaf Rubisco content. In the present study, it was hypothesized that nitrogen uptake and partitioning within the leaf and among different aboveground organs affects the down-regulation of Rubisco. Given the interdependence of nitrogen and cytokinin signals at the whole plant level, it is also proposed that cytokinins affect the nitrogen economy of plants under elevated CO₂, and therefore the acclimatory responses. Spring wheat received varying levels of nitrogen and cytokinin in field chambers with ambient (370 μmol mol⁻¹) or elevated (700 μmol mol⁻¹) atmospheric CO₂. Gas exchange, Rubisco, soluble protein and nitrogen contents were determined in the top three leaves in the canopy, together with total nitrogen contents per shoot. Growth in elevated CO₂ induced decreases in photosynthetic capacity only when nitrogen supply was low. However, the leaf contents of Rubisco, soluble protein and total nitrogen on an area basis declined in elevated CO₂ regardless of nitrogen supply. Total nitrogen in the shoot was no lower in elevated than ambient CO₂, but the fraction of this nitrogen located in flag and penultimate leaves was lower in elevated CO₂. Decreased Rubisco: chlorophyll ratios accompanied losses of leaf Rubisco with CO₂ enrichment. Cytokinin applications increased nitrogen content in all leaves and nitrogen allocation to senescing leaves, but decreased Rubisco contents in flag leaves at anthesis and in all leaves 20 days later, together with the amount of Rubisco relative to soluble protein in all leaves at both growth stages. The results suggest that down regulation of Rubisco in leaves at elevated CO₂ is linked with decreased allocation of nitrogen to the younger leaves and that cytokinins cause a fractional decrease of Rubisco and therefore do not alleviate acclimation to elevated CO₂.
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- Diego Gutiérrez
- Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Salamanca, IRNASA-CSIC, Apartado 257, 37071 Salamanca, Spain
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Gashi B, Babani F, Kongjika E. Chlorophyll fluorescence imaging of photosynthetic activity and pigment contents of the resurrection plants Ramonda serbica and Ramonda nathaliae during dehydration and rehydration. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 19:333-41. [PMID: 24431502 PMCID: PMC3715640 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-013-0175-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The desiccation-tolerant plants of the R. serbica and R. nathaliae are resurrection plants which are able to fully recover their physiological function after anabiosis. A comparison of chlorophyll fluorescence imaging and photosynthetic pigment contents responses of R. serbica and, for the first time, R. nathaliae to dehydration and rehydration were investigated. For this purpose, plants after collection from their natural habitats were kept fully watered for 14 days at natural condition. The experiment was conducted with mature leaves of both species. R. serbica and R. nathaliae plants were dehydrated to 5.88 % and 7.87 % relative water content (RWC) by withholding water for 15 days, afterwards the plants were rehydrated for 72 hours to 94.67 % and 97.02 % RWC. During desiccation, R. serbica plants preserved the chlorophyll content about 84 %, while R. nathaliae about 90 %. During dehydration when RWC were more than 40 %, photochemical efficiency of PSII for photochemistry, the Fv/Fm ratio, decreased about 40 % in R. nathaliae plants, but a strong reduction with 60 % was recorded for R. serbica. Following rehydration, the Fv/Fm ratio recovered more rapidly in R. nathaliae. The higher photosynthetic rates could also be detected via imaging the chlorophyll fluorescence decrease ratio Rfd, which possessed higher values after rehydration leaves of R. nathaliae as compared to R. serbica. The results showed that the photosynthetic activity and chlorophyll contents after rehydration are recovered more rapidly in R. nathaliae in comparison to R. serbica.
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- Bekim Gashi
- />Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Pristina, Str. Mother Teresa, n.n., 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo
- />Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
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- />Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania
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- />Section of Natural and Technical Sciences, Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana, Albania
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Aranjuelo I, Cabrera-Bosquet L, Morcuende R, Avice JC, Nogués S, Araus JL, Martínez-Carrasco R, Pérez P. Does ear C sink strength contribute to overcoming photosynthetic acclimation of wheat plants exposed to elevated CO2? JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2011; 62:3957-69. [PMID: 21511906 PMCID: PMC3134354 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2010] [Revised: 03/04/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Wheat plants (Triticum durum Desf., cv. Regallo) were grown in the field to study the effects of contrasting [CO(2)] conditions (700 versus 370 μmol mol(-1)) on growth, photosynthetic performance, and C management during the post-anthesis period. The aim was to test whether a restricted capacity of sink organs to utilize photosynthates drives a loss of photosynthetic capacity in elevated CO(2). The ambient (13)C/(12)C isotopic composition (δ(13)C) of air CO(2) was changed from -10.2‰ in ambient [CO(2)] to -23.6‰ under elevated [CO(2)] between the 7th and the 14th days after anthesis in order to study C assimilation and partitioning between leaves and ears. Elevated [CO(2)] had no significant effect on biomass production and grain filling, and caused an accumulation of C compounds in leaves. This was accompanied by up-regulation of phosphoglycerate mutase and ATP synthase protein content, together with down-regulation of adenosine diphosphate glucose pyrophosphatase protein. Growth in elevated [CO(2)] negatively affected Rubisco and Rubisco activase protein content and induced photosynthetic down-regulation. CO(2) enrichment caused a specific decrease in Rubisco content, together with decreases in the amino acid and total N content of leaves. The C labelling revealed that in flag leaves, part of the C fixed during grain filling was stored as starch and structural C compounds whereas the rest of the labelled C (mainly in the form of soluble sugars) was completely respired 48 h after the end of labelling. Although labelled C was not detected in the δ(13)C of ear total organic matter and respired CO(2), soluble sugar δ(13)C revealed that a small amount of labelled C reached the ear. The (12)CO(2) labelling suggests that during the beginning of post-anthesis the ear did not contribute towards overcoming flag leaf carbohydrate accumulation, and this had a consequent effect on protein expression and photosynthetic acclimation.
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- Iker Aranjuelo
- Universidad Pública de Navarra-CSIC-Gobierno de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadia, Mutilva Baja, Spain.
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