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Mills C, Bartlett MK, Buckley TN. The poorly-explored stomatal response to temperature at constant evaporative demand. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2024; 47:3428-3446. [PMID: 38602407 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14911] [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: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
Abstract
Changes in leaf temperature are known to drive stomatal responses, because the leaf-to-air water vapour gradient (Δw) increases with temperature if ambient vapour pressure is held constant, and stomata respond to changes in Δw. However, the direct response of stomata to temperature (DRST; the response when Δw is held constant by adjusting ambient humidity) has been examined far less extensively. Though the meagre available data suggest the response is usually positive, results differ widely and defy broad generalisation. As a result, little is known about the DRST. This review discusses the current state of knowledge about the DRST, including numerous hypothesised biophysical mechanisms, potential implications of the response for plant adaptation, and possible impacts of the DRST on plant-atmosphere carbon and water exchange in a changing climate.
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- Colleen Mills
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA
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Pichaco J, Manandhar A, McAdam SAM. Mechanical advantage makes stomatal opening speed a function of evaporative demand. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 195:370-377. [PMID: 38217870 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiae023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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Stomatal opening in the light, observed in nearly all vascular land plants, is essential for providing access to atmospheric CO2 for photosynthesis. The speed of stomatal opening in the light is critical for maximizing carbon gain in environments in which light intensity changes, yet we have little understanding of how other environmental signals, particularly evaporative demand driven by vapor pressure deficit (VPD) influences the kinetics of this response. In angiosperms, and some fern species from the family Marsileaceae, a mechanical interaction between the guard cells and the epidermal cells determines the aperture of the pore. Here, we examine whether this mechanical interaction influences the speed of stomatal opening in the light. To test this, we investigated the speed of stomatal opening in response to light across a range of VPDs in seven plant species spanning the evolutionary diversity of guard cell and epidermal cell mechanical interactions. We found that stomatal opening speed is a function of evaporative demand in angiosperm species and Marsilea, which have guard cell and epidermal cell mechanical interactions. Stomatal opening speeds did not change across a range of VPD in species of gymnosperm and fern, which do not have guard cell mechanical interactions with the epidermis. We find that guard cell and epidermal cell mechanical interactions may play a key role in regulating stomatal responsiveness to light. These results provide valuable insight into the adaptive relevance of mechanical advantage.
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- Javier Pichaco
- Irrigation and Crop Ecophysiology Group, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS, CSIC), Avenida Reina Mercedes 10, 41012 Seville, Spain
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Lemonnier P, Lawson T. Calvin cycle and guard cell metabolism impact stomatal function. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2024; 155:59-70. [PMID: 36894379 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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Stomatal conductance (gs) determines CO2 uptake for photosynthesis (A) and water loss through transpiration, which is essential for evaporative cooling and maintenance of optimal leaf temperature as well as nutrient uptake. Stomata adjust their aperture to maintain an appropriate balance between CO2 uptake and water loss and are therefore critical to overall plant water status and productivity. Although there is considerable knowledge regarding guard cell (GC) osmoregulation (which drives differences in GC volume and therefore stomatal opening and closing), as well as the various signal transduction pathways that enable GCs to sense and respond to different environmental stimuli, little is known about the signals that coordinate mesophyll demands for CO2. Furthermore, chloroplasts are a key feature in GCs of many species, however, their role in stomatal function is unclear and a subject of debate. In this review we explore the current evidence regarding the role of these organelles in stomatal behaviour, including GC electron transport and Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle activity as well as their possible involvement correlating gs and A along with other potential mesophyll signals. We also examine the roles of other GC metabolic processes in stomatal function.
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- P Lemonnier
- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK.
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Bernardo EL, Sales CRG, Cubas LA, Vath RL, Kromdijk J. A comparison of stomatal conductance responses to blue and red light between C3 and C4 photosynthetic species in three phylogenetically-controlled experiments. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1253976. [PMID: 37828928 PMCID: PMC10565490 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1253976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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Introduction C4 photosynthesis is an adaptation that has independently evolved at least 66 times in angiosperms. C4 plants, unlike their C3 ancestral, have a carbon concentrating mechanism which suppresses photorespiration, often resulting in faster photosynthetic rates, higher yields, and enhanced water use efficiency. Moreover, the presence of C4 photosynthesis greatly alters the relation between CO2 assimilation and stomatal conductance. Previous papers have suggested that the adjustment involves a decrease in stomatal density. Here, we tested if C4 species also have differing stomatal responses to environmental cues, to accommodate the modified CO2 assimilation patterns compared to C3 species. Methods To test this hypothesis, stomatal responses to blue and red-light were analysed in three phylogenetically linked pairs of C3 and C4 species from the Cleomaceae (Gynandropsis and Tarenaya), Flaveria, and Alloteropsis, that use either C3 or C4 photosynthesis. Results The results showed strongly decreased stomatal sensitivity to blue light in C4 dicots, compared to their C3 counterparts, which exhibited significant blue light responses. In contrast, in C3 and C4 subspecies of the monocot A. semialata, the blue light response was observed regardless of photosynthetic type. Further, the quantitative red-light response varied across species, but the presence or absence of a significant stomatal red-light response was not directly associated with differences in photosynthetic pathway. Interestingly, stomatal density and morphology patterns observed across the three comparisons were also not consistent with patterns commonly asserted for C3 and C4 species. Discussion The strongly diminished blue-light sensitivity of stomatal responses in C4 species across two of the comparisons suggests a common C4 feature that may have functional implications. Altogether, the strong prevalence of species-specific effects clearly emphasizes the importance of phylogenetic controls in comparisons between C3 and C4 photosynthetic pathways.
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- Emmanuel L. Bernardo
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States
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Petrík P, Petek-Petrik A, Mukarram M, Schuldt B, Lamarque LJ. Leaf physiological and morphological constraints of water-use efficiency in C 3 plants. AOB PLANTS 2023; 15:plad047. [PMID: 37560762 PMCID: PMC10407996 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plad047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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The increasing evaporative demand due to climate change will significantly affect the balance of carbon assimilation and water losses of plants worldwide. The development of crop varieties with improved water-use efficiency (WUE) will be critical for adapting agricultural strategies under predicted future climates. This review aims to summarize the most important leaf morpho-physiological constraints of WUE in C3 plants and identify gaps in knowledge. From the carbon gain side of the WUE, the discussed parameters are mesophyll conductance, carboxylation efficiency and respiratory losses. The traits and parameters affecting the waterside of WUE balance discussed in this review are stomatal size and density, stomatal control and residual water losses (cuticular and bark conductance), nocturnal conductance and leaf hydraulic conductance. In addition, we discussed the impact of leaf anatomy and crown architecture on both the carbon gain and water loss components of WUE. There are multiple possible targets for future development in understanding sources of WUE variability in plants. We identified residual water losses and respiratory carbon losses as the greatest knowledge gaps of whole-plant WUE assessments. Moreover, the impact of trichomes, leaf hydraulic conductance and canopy structure on plants' WUE is still not well understood. The development of a multi-trait approach is urgently needed for a better understanding of WUE dynamics and optimization.
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- Peter Petrík
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research-Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Lidická 971, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Phytology, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 01 Zvolen, Slovakia
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- Chair of Forest Botany, Institute of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology, Technical University of Dresden (TUD), Pienner Str. 7, 01737 Tharandt, Germany
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- Département des Sciences de l’environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC G8Z 4M3, Canada
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Ando E, Kollist H, Fukatsu K, Kinoshita T, Terashima I. Elevated CO 2 induces rapid dephosphorylation of plasma membrane H + -ATPase in guard cells. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 236:2061-2074. [PMID: 36089821 PMCID: PMC9828774 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Light induces stomatal opening, which is driven by plasma membrane (PM) H+ -ATPase in guard cells. The activation of guard-cell PM H+ -ATPase is mediated by phosphorylation of the penultimate C-terminal residue, threonine. The phosphorylation is induced by photosynthesis as well as blue light photoreceptor phototropin. Here, we investigated the effects of cessation of photosynthesis on the phosphorylation level of guard-cell PM H+ -ATPase in Arabidopsis thaliana. Immunodetection of guard-cell PM H+ -ATPase, time-resolved leaf gas-exchange analyses and stomatal aperture measurements were carried out. We found that light-dark transition of leaves induced dephosphorylation of the penultimate residue at 1 min post-transition. Gas-exchange analyses confirmed that the dephosphorylation is accompanied by an increase in the intercellular CO2 concentration, caused by the cessation of photosynthetic CO2 fixation. We discovered that CO2 induces guard-cell PM H+ -ATPase dephosphorylation as well as stomatal closure. Interestingly, reverse-genetic analyses using guard-cell CO2 signal transduction mutants suggested that the dephosphorylation is mediated by a mechanism distinct from the established CO2 signalling pathway. Moreover, type 2C protein phosphatases D6 and D9 were required for the dephosphorylation and promoted stomatal closure upon the light-dark transition. Our results indicate that CO2 -mediated dephosphorylation of guard-cell PM H+ -ATPase underlies stomatal closure.
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- Eigo Ando
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of ScienceThe University of TokyoHongo 7‐3‐1, BunkyoTokyo113‐0033Japan
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of ScienceNagoya UniversityFuro‐cho, ChikusaNagoyaAichi464‐8602Japan
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- Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TartuTartu50411Estonia
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of ScienceNagoya UniversityFuro‐cho, ChikusaNagoyaAichi464‐8602Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of ScienceNagoya UniversityFuro‐cho, ChikusaNagoyaAichi464‐8602Japan
- Institute of Transformative Bio‐Molecules (WPI‐ITbM)Nagoya UniversityFuro‐cho, ChikusaNagoyaAichi464‐8602Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of ScienceThe University of TokyoHongo 7‐3‐1, BunkyoTokyo113‐0033Japan
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Li Q, Zhou L, Chen Y, Xiao N, Zhang D, Zhang M, Wang W, Zhang C, Zhang A, Li H, Chen J, Gao Y. Phytochrome interacting factor regulates stomatal aperture by coordinating red light and abscisic acid. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:4293-4312. [PMID: 35929789 PMCID: PMC9614506 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Stomata are crucial valves coordinating the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis and water loss through leaf transpiration. Phytochrome interacting factors (PIFs) are negative regulators of red light responses that belong to the basic helix-loop-helix family of transcription factors. Here, we show that the rice (Oryza sativa) PIF family gene OsPIL15 acts as a negative regulator of stomatal aperture to control transpiration in rice. OsPIL15 reduces stomatal aperture by activating rice ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE 5 (OsABI5), which encodes a critical positive regulator of ABSCISIC ACID (ABA) signaling in rice. Moreover, OsPIL15 interacts with the NIGT1/HRS1/HHO family transcription factor rice HRS1 HOMOLOG 3 (OsHHO3) to possibly enhance the regulation of stomatal aperture. Notably, we discovered that the maize (Zea mays) PIF family genes ZmPIF1 and ZmPIF3, which are homologous to OsPIL15, are also involved in the regulation of stomatal aperture in maize, indicating that PIF-mediated regulation of stomatal aperture may be conserved in the plant lineage. Our findings explain the molecular mechanism by which PIFs play a role in red-light-mediated stomatal opening, and demonstrate that PIFs regulate stomatal aperture by coordinating the red light and ABA signaling pathways.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture, Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Lixiahe Region in Jiangsu, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture, Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture, Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture, Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center, Shanghai 201106, China
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- Hezhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hezhou 542813, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding, Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture, Agri-Product Safety of the Ministry of Education, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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Shen H, Dong S, Xiao J, Zhi Y. Effects of N and P enrichment on plant photosynthetic traits in alpine steppe of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2022; 22:396. [PMID: 35964004 PMCID: PMC9375904 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-022-03781-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND N (nitrogen) and P (phosphorus) play important roles in plant growth and fitness, and both are the most important limiting factors that affect grassland structure and function. However, we still know little about plant physiological responses to N and P enrichment in alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. In our experiment, five dominant common herbaceous species were selected and their photosynthetic parameters, leaf N content, and aboveground biomass were measured. RESULTS We found that species-specific responses to N and P enrichment were obvious at individual level. N addition (72 kg Nha-1 yr-1), P addition (36 kg Pha-1 yr-1) and NP addition (72 kg Nha-1 yr-1and 36 kg P ha-1 yr-1, simultaneously) significantly promoted net photosynthetic rate of Leymus secalinus. Differential responses also existed in the same functional groups. Responses of forb species to the nutrients addition varied, Aconitum carmichaeli was more sensitive to nutrients addition including N addition (72 kg Nha-1 yr-1), P addition (36 kg Pha-1 yr-1) and NP addition (72 kg Nha-1 yr-1and 36 kg P ha-1 yr-1). Responses of plant community photosynthetic traits were not so sensitive as those of plant individuals under N and P enrichment. CONCLUSIONS Our findings highlighted that photosynthetic responses of alpine plants to N and P enrichment were species-specific. Grass species Leymus secalinus had a higher competitive advantage compared with other species under nutrient enrichment. Additionally, soil pH variation and nutrients imbalance induced by N and P enrichment is the main cause that affect photosynthetic traits of plant in alpine steppe of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
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- Hao Shen
- School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.
- School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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- School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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- School of Environment, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Israel WK, Watson-Lazowski A, Chen ZH, Ghannoum O. High intrinsic water use efficiency is underpinned by high stomatal aperture and guard cell potassium flux in C3 and C4 grasses grown at glacial CO2 and low light. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:1546-1565. [PMID: 34718533 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We compared how stomatal morphology and physiology control intrinsic leaf water use efficiency (iWUE) in two C3 and six C4 grasses grown at ambient (400 µmol mol-1) or glacial CO2 (180 µmol mol-1) and high (1000 µmol m-2 s-1) or low light intensity (200 µmol m-2 s-1). C4 grasses tended to have higher iWUE and CO2 assimilation rates, and lower stomatal conductance (gs), operational stomatal aperture (aop), and guard cell K+ influx rate relative to C3 grasses, while stomatal size (SS) and stomatal density (SD) did not vary according to the photosynthetic type. Overall, iWUE and gs depended most on aop and density of open stomata. In turn, aop correlated with K+ influx, stomatal opening speed on transition to high light, and SS. Species with higher SD had smaller and faster-opening stomata. Although C4 grasses operated with lower gs and aop at ambient CO2, they showed a greater potential to open stomata relative to maximal stomatal conductance (gmax), indicating heightened stomatal sensitivity and control. We uncovered promising links between aop, gs, iWUE, and K+ influx among C4 grasses, and differential K+ influx responses of C4 guard cells to low light, revealing molecular targets for improving iWUE in C4 crops.
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- Walter Krystler Israel
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Australia
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Hosotani S, Yamauchi S, Kobayashi H, Fuji S, Koya S, Shimazaki KI, Takemiya A. A BLUS1 kinase signal and a decrease in intercellular CO2 concentration are necessary for stomatal opening in response to blue light. THE PLANT CELL 2021; 33:1813-1827. [PMID: 33665670 PMCID: PMC8254492 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Light-induced stomatal opening stimulates CO2 uptake and transpiration in plants. Weak blue light under strong red light effectively induces stomatal opening. Blue light-dependent stomatal opening initiates light perception by phototropins, and the signal is transmitted to a plasma membrane H+-ATPase in guard cells via BLUE LIGHT SIGNALING 1 (BLUS1) kinase. However, it is unclear how BLUS1 transmits the signal to H+-ATPase. Here, we characterized BLUS1 signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana, and showed that the BLUS1 C-terminus acts as an auto-inhibitory domain and that phototropin-mediated Ser-348 phosphorylation within the domain removes auto-inhibition. C-Terminal truncation and phospho-mimic Ser-348 mutation caused H+-ATPase activation in the dark, but did not elicit stomatal opening. Unexpectedly, the plants exhibited stomatal opening under strong red light and stomatal closure under weak blue light. A decrease in intercellular CO2 concentration via red light-driven photosynthesis together with H+-ATPase activation caused stomatal opening. Furthermore, phototropins caused H+-ATPase dephosphorylation in guard cells expressing constitutive signaling variants of BLUS1 in response to blue light, possibly for fine-tuning stomatal opening. Overall, our findings provide mechanistic insights into the blue light regulation of stomatal opening.
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- Sakurako Hosotani
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
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Dubey AK, Khatri K, Jha B, Rathore MS. The novel galactosyl transferase-like (SbGalT) gene from Salicornia brachiata maintains photosynthesis and enhances abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco. Gene 2021; 786:145597. [PMID: 33766708 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2021.145597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We hereby report in planta function characterization of a novel galactosyl transferase-like (SbGalT) gene from Salicornia brachiata for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance. The SbGalT gene had an open reading frame of 1563 bp. The ectopic expression of SbGalT gene in tobacco improved the seed germination, seedling growth, biomass accumulation and potassium/sodium ratio under salt and osmotic stress. The SbGalT over-expression delayed stress-induced senescence, pigment break-down and ion induced cytotoxicity in tobacco. Higher contents of organic solutes and potassium under stress maintained the osmotic homeostasis and relative water content in tobacco. Higher activity of antioxidant enzymes under stress in transgenic tobacco curtailed the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and maintained the membrane integrity. The chlorophyll a fluorescence transient indicated no effects of the imposed strengths of stress on basal state of photosystem (PS) I in transgenic tobacco over-expressing the SbGalT gene. Due to improved membrane integrity, the transgenic tobacco exhibited improved photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, intercellular CO2, transpiration, maximum quantum yield and operating efficiency of PSII, electron transport, photochemical and non-photochemical quenching. In agreement with photosynthesis, physiological health, tolerance index and growth parameters, transgenic tobacco accumulated higher contents of sugar, starch, amino acid, polyphenol and proline under stress conditions. The multivariate data analysis exhibited significant statistical distinctions among osmotic adjustment, physiological health and growth, and photosynthetic responses in control and SbGalT transgenic tobacco under stress conditions. The results strongly indicated novel SbGalT gene as a potential candidate for developing the smart agriculture.
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- Ashish K Dubey
- Applied Phycology and Biotechnology, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364001, India
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- Applied Phycology and Biotechnology, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364001, India
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- Applied Phycology and Biotechnology, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364001, India
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- Applied Phycology and Biotechnology, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364001, India.
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Flütsch S, Santelia D. Mesophyll-derived sugars are positive regulators of light-driven stomatal opening. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 230:1754-1760. [PMID: 33666260 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Guard cell membrane ion transport and metabolism are deeply interconnected, and their coordinated regulation is integral to stomatal opening. Whereas ion transport is exceptionally well understood, how guard cell metabolism influences stomatal movements is less well known. Organic metabolites, such as malate and sugars, fulfill several functions in guard cells during stomatal opening as allosteric activators, counter-ions, energy source and osmolytes. However, their origin and exact fate remain debated. Recent work revealed that the guard cell carbon pool regulating stomatal function and plant growth is mostly of mesophyll origin, highlighting a tight correlation between mesophyll and guard cell metabolism. This review discusses latest research into guard cell carbon metabolism and its impact on stomatal function and whole plant physiology.
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- Sabrina Flütsch
- Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 16, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
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Santos MG, Davey PA, Hofmann TA, Borland A, Hartwell J, Lawson T. Stomatal Responses to Light, CO 2, and Mesophyll Tissue in Vicia faba and Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:740534. [PMID: 34777422 PMCID: PMC8579043 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.740534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The responses of stomatal aperture to light intensity and CO2 concentration were studied in both Vicia faba (C3) and Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi (Crassulacean acid metabolism; CAM), in material sampled from both light and dark periods. Direct comparison was made between intact leaf segments, epidermises grafted onto exposed mesophyll, and isolated epidermal peels, including transplantations between species and between diel periods. We reported the stomatal opening in response to darkness in isolated CAM peels from the light period, but not from the dark. Furthermore, we showed that C3 mesophyll has stimulated CAM stomata in transplanted peels to behave as C3 in response to light and CO2. By using peels and mesophyll from plants sampled in the dark and the light period, we provided clear evidence that CAM stomata behaved differently from C3. This might be linked to stored metabolites/ions and signalling pathway components within the guard cells, and/or a mesophyll-derived signal. Overall, our results provided evidence for both the involvement of guard cell metabolism and mesophyll signals in stomatal responses in both C3 and CAM species.
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- Mauro G. Santos
- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Devonshire Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry and Systems Biology, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Tracy Lawson
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Salter WT, Li S, Dracatos PM, Barbour MM. Identification of quantitative trait loci for dynamic and steady-state photosynthetic traits in a barley mapping population. AOB PLANTS 2020; 12:plaa063. [PMID: 33408849 PMCID: PMC7759950 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plaa063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Enhancing the photosynthetic induction response to fluctuating light has been suggested as a key target for improvement in crop breeding programmes, with the potential to substantially increase whole-canopy carbon assimilation and contribute to crop yield potential. Rubisco activation may be the main physiological process that will allow us to achieve such a goal. In this study, we assessed the phenotype of Rubisco activation rate in a doubled haploid (DH) barley mapping population [131 lines from a Yerong/Franklin (Y/F) cross] after a switch from moderate to saturating light. Rates of Rubisco activation were found to be highly variable across the mapping population, with a median activation rate of 0.1 min-1 in the slowest genotype and 0.74 min-1 in the fastest genotype. A unique quantitative trait locus (QTL) for Rubisco activation rate was identified on chromosome 7H. This is the first report on the identification of a QTL for Rubisco activation rate in planta and the discovery opens the door to marker-assisted breeding to improve whole-canopy photosynthesis of barley. This also suggests that genetic factors other than the previously characterized Rubisco activase (RCA) isoforms on chromosome 4H control Rubisco activity. Further strength is given to this finding as this QTL co-localized with QTLs identified for steady-state photosynthesis and stomatal conductance. Several other distinct QTLs were identified for these steady-state traits, with a common overlapping QTL on chromosome 2H, and distinct QTLs for photosynthesis and stomatal conductance identified on chromosomes 4H and 5H, respectively. Future work should aim to validate these QTLs under field conditions so that they can be used to aid plant breeding efforts.
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- William T Salter
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Brownlow Hill, NSW, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Brownlow Hill, NSW, Australia
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- Plant Breeding Institute, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Brownlow Hill, NSW, Australia
- School of Science, University of Waikato, Hillcrest, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Westbrook AS, McAdam SAM. Atavistic Stomatal Responses to Blue Light in Marsileaceae. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 184:1378-1388. [PMID: 32843522 PMCID: PMC7608159 DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Stomata respond to changes in light environment through multiple mechanisms that jointly regulate the tradeoff between carbon assimilation and water loss. The stomatal response to blue light is highly sensitive, rapid, and not driven by photosynthesis. It is present in most vascular plant groups but is believed to have been lost in the ancestor of leptosporangiate ferns. Schizaeales and Salviniales are the only leptosporangiate orders that have not been tested for stomatal responses to a low fluence of blue light. We report that these stomatal responses are absent in Lygodium japonicum (Schizaeales). In contrast, we observed stomatal responses to a low fluence of blue light in Regnellidium diphyllum and Marsilea minuta (Marsileaceae, Salviniales). In R. diphyllum, blue light triggered stomatal oscillations. The oscillations were more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration than to humidity, suggesting that the blue light responses of Marsileaceae stomata differ from those of angiosperms. Our findings suggest that Marsileaceae have physiologically diverged from other leptosporangiate ferns, achieving unusually high photosynthetic capacities through amphibious lifestyles and numerous anatomical convergences with angiosperms. Blue light stomatal responses may have contributed to this divergence by enabling high rates of leaf gas exchange in Marsileaceae.
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- Anna S Westbrook
- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Flütsch S, Wang Y, Takemiya A, Vialet-Chabrand SRM, Klejchová M, Nigro A, Hills A, Lawson T, Blatt MR, Santelia D. Guard Cell Starch Degradation Yields Glucose for Rapid Stomatal Opening in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2020; 32:2325-2344. [PMID: 32354788 PMCID: PMC7346545 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.18.00802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Starch in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) guard cells is rapidly degraded at the start of the day by the glucan hydrolases α-AMYLASE3 (AMY3) and β-AMYLASE1 (BAM1) to promote stomatal opening. This process is activated via phototropin-mediated blue light signaling downstream of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase. It remains unknown how guard cell starch degradation integrates with light-regulated membrane transport processes in the fine control of stomatal opening kinetics. We report that H+, K+, and Cl- transport across the guard cell plasma membrane is unaltered in the amy3 bam1 mutant, suggesting that starch degradation products do not directly affect the capacity to transport ions. Enzymatic quantification revealed that after 30 min of blue light illumination, amy3 bam1 guard cells had similar malate levels as the wild type, but had dramatically altered sugar homeostasis, with almost undetectable amounts of Glc. Thus, Glc, not malate, is the major starch-derived metabolite in Arabidopsis guard cells. We further show that impaired starch degradation in the amy3 bam1 mutant resulted in an increase in the time constant for opening of 40 min. We conclude that rapid starch degradation at dawn is required to maintain the cytoplasmic sugar pool, clearly needed for fast stomatal opening. The conversion and exchange of metabolites between subcellular compartments therefore coordinates the energetic and metabolic status of the cell with membrane ion transport.
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- Sabrina Flütsch
- Institute of Integrative Biology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, 753-8512 Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, CH-8008, Zürich, Switzerland
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Wei H, Liu C, Hu J, Jeong BR. Quality of Supplementary Morning Lighting (SML) During Propagation Period Affects Physiology, Stomatal Characteristics, and Growth of Strawberry Plants. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 9:E638. [PMID: 32429476 PMCID: PMC7285151 DOI: 10.3390/plants9050638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Artificial light supplementation is widely used in modern agriculture. Due to their numerous advantages, light emitting diodes (LEDs) are widely used to effectively increase the yield or control the development of crops. In the present study, the effects of supplementary morning lighting (SML) with LEDs on the physiology and stomatal characteristics of strawberry plants were studied, with the aim of awakening the plant guard cells before sunrise and enabling strawberry plants to efficiently photosynthesize immediately after sunrise. Young daughter plants of 'Maehyang' and 'Seolhyang' strawberry cultivars that have just rooted were grown under LEDs with different wavelengths-white (W), red (R), mixed blue and red (BR, 1:1), and blue (B)-to investigate the effects of the SML on the physiology, stomatal characteristics, and growth. The SML was provided for 2 h at an intensity of 100 μmol·m-2·s-1 PPFD before sunrise every morning. A group without supplementary lighting was set as the control. The results showed that the different SML qualities have significantly affected the stomatal characteristics. The B SML promoted the stomatal opening more effectively compared to the other SMLs. The stomatal conductance and quantum yield (Fv/Fm) of leaves treated with the SMLs were higher than those of the control group. The B and BR SMLs most significantly affected the stomatal conductance and quantum yield (Fv/Fm). After 30 days of the SML treatments, it was observed that the B SML effectively improved the plant quality, chlorophyll content, and carbohydrate accumulation in the two strawberry cultivars. In general, a short-term exposure to blue light before sunrise can effectively improve the quality and promote the production of strawberry plants.
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- Hao Wei
- Department of Horticulture, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus Program), Graduate School of Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea; (H.W.); (C.L.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Horticulture, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus Program), Graduate School of Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea; (H.W.); (C.L.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Horticulture, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus Program), Graduate School of Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea; (H.W.); (C.L.); (J.H.)
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- Department of Horticulture, Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Plus Program), Graduate School of Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea; (H.W.); (C.L.); (J.H.)
- Institute of Agriculture & Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
- Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
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The control of gaseous exchange between the leaf and external atmosphere is governed by stomatal conductance (gs); therefore, stomata play a critical role in photosynthesis and transpiration and overall plant productivity. Stomatal conductance is determined by both anatomical features and behavioral characteristics. Here we review some of the osmoregulatory pathways in guard cell metabolism, genes and signals that determine stomatal function and patterning, and the recent work that explores coordination between gs and carbon assimilation (A) and the influence of spatial distribution of functional stomata on underlying mesophyll anatomy. We also evaluate the current literature on mesophyll-driven signals that may coordinate stomatal behavior with mesophyll carbon assimilation and explore stomatal kinetics as a possible target to improve A and water use efficiency. By understanding these processes, we can start to provide insight into manipulation of these regulatory pathways to improve stomatal behavior and identify novel unexploited targets for altering stomatal behavior and improving crop plant productivity.
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- Tracy Lawson
- School of Life Science, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom;
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- School of Life Science, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom;
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Matthews JSA, Vialet-Chabrand S, Lawson T. Role of blue and red light in stomatal dynamic behaviour. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2020; 71:2253-2269. [PMID: 31872212 PMCID: PMC7134916 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Plants experience changes in light intensity and quality due to variations in solar angle and shading from clouds and overlapping leaves. Stomatal opening to increasing irradiance is often an order of magnitude slower than photosynthetic responses, which can result in CO2 diffusional limitations on leaf photosynthesis, as well as unnecessary water loss when stomata continue to open after photosynthesis has reached saturation. Stomatal opening to light is driven by two distinct pathways; the 'red' or photosynthetic response that occurs at high fluence rates and saturates with photosynthesis, and is thought to be the main mechanism that coordinates stomatal behaviour with photosynthesis; and the guard cell-specific 'blue' light response that saturates at low fluence rates, and is often considered independent of photosynthesis, and important for early morning stomatal opening. Here we review the literature on these complicated signal transduction pathways and osmoregulatory processes in guard cells that are influenced by the light environment. We discuss the possibility of tuning the sensitivity and magnitude of stomatal response to blue light which potentially represents a novel target to develop ideotypes with the 'ideal' balance between carbon gain, evaporative cooling, and maintenance of hydraulic status that is crucial for maximizing crop performance and productivity.
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- Jack S A Matthews
- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, UK
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Zhu M, Geng S, Chakravorty D, Guan Q, Chen S, Assmann SM. Metabolomics of red-light-induced stomatal opening in Arabidopsis thaliana: Coupling with abscisic acid and jasmonic acid metabolism. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 101:1331-1348. [PMID: 31677315 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Environmental stimuli-triggered stomatal movement is a key physiological process that regulates CO2 uptake and water loss in plants. Stomata are defined by pairs of guard cells that perceive and transduce external signals, leading to cellular volume changes and consequent stomatal aperture change. Within the visible light spectrum, red light induces stomatal opening in intact leaves. However, there has been debate regarding the extent to which red-light-induced stomatal opening arises from direct guard cell sensing of red light versus indirect responses as a result of red light influences on mesophyll photosynthesis. Here we identify conditions that result in red-light-stimulated stomatal opening in isolated epidermal peels and enlargement of protoplasts, firmly establishing a direct guard cell response to red light. We then employ metabolomics workflows utilizing gas chromatography mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry for metabolite profiling and identification of Arabidopsis guard cell metabolic signatures in response to red light in the absence of the mesophyll. We quantified 223 metabolites in Arabidopsis guard cells, with 104 found to be red light responsive. These red-light-modulated metabolites participate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, carbon balance, phytohormone biosynthesis and redox homeostasis. We next analyzed selected Arabidopsis mutants, and discovered that stomatal opening response to red light is correlated with a decrease in guard cell abscisic acid content and an increase in jasmonic acid content. The red-light-modulated guard cell metabolome reported here provides fundamental information concerning autonomous red light signaling pathways in guard cells.
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- Mengmeng Zhu
- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- The Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- The Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
- Department of Biology, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
- Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610, USA
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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Brodribb TJ, Sussmilch F, McAdam SAM. From reproduction to production, stomata are the master regulators. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 101:756-767. [PMID: 31596990 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Revised: 09/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The best predictor of leaf level photosynthetic rate is the porosity of the leaf surface, as determined by the number and aperture of stomata on the leaf. This remarkable correlation between stomatal porosity (or diffusive conductance to water vapour gs ) and CO2 assimilation rate (A) applies to all major lineages of vascular plants (Figure 1) and is sufficiently predictable that it provides the basis for the model most widely used to predict water and CO2 fluxes from leaves and canopies. Yet the Ball-Berry formulation is only a phenomenological approximation that captures the emergent character of stomatal behaviour. Progressing to a more mechanistic prediction of plant gas exchange is challenging because of the diversity of biological components regulating stomatal action. These processes are the product of more than 400 million years of co-evolution between stomatal, vascular and photosynthetic tissues. Both molecular and structural components link the abiotic world of the whole plant with the turgor pressure of the epidermis and guard cells, which ultimately determine stomatal pore size and porosity to water and CO2 exchange (New Phytol., 168, 2005, 275). In this review we seek to simplify stomatal behaviour by using an evolutionary perspective to understand the principal selective pressures involved in stomatal evolution, thus identifying the primary regulators of stomatal aperture. We start by considering the adaptive process that has locked together the regulation of water and carbon fluxes in vascular plants, finally examining specific evidence for evolution in the proteins responsible for regulating guard cell turgor.
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- Timothy J Brodribb
- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia
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- Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Wurzburg, Wuerzburg, Bavaria, Germany
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- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Caroline Silva Lopes E, Pereira Rodrigues W, Ruas Fraga K, Machado Filho JA, Rangel da Silva J, Menezes de Assis-Gomes M, Moura Assis Figueiredo FAM, Gresshoff PM, Campostrini E. Hypernodulating soybean mutant line nod4 lacking 'Autoregulation of Nodulation' (AON) has limited root-to-shoot water transport capacity. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2019; 124:979-991. [PMID: 30955042 PMCID: PMC6881229 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcz040] [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: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Although hypernodulating phenotype mutants of legumes, such as soybean, possess a high leaf N content, the large number of root nodules decreases carbohydrate availability for plant growth and seed yield. In addition, under conditions of high air vapour pressure deficit (VPD), hypernodulating plants show a limited capacity to replace water losses through transpiration, resulting in stomatal closure, and therefore decreased net photosynthetic rates. Here, we used hypernodulating (nod4) (282.33 ± 28.56 nodules per plant) and non-nodulating (nod139) (0 nodules per plant) soybean mutant lines to determine explicitly whether a large number of nodules reduces root hydraulic capacity, resulting in decreased stomatal conductance and net photosynthetic rates under high air VPD conditions. METHODS Plants were either inoculated or not inoculated with Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens (strain BR 85, SEMIA 5080) to induce nitrogen-fixing root nodules (where possible). Absolute root conductance and root conductivity, plant growth, leaf water potential, gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence, leaf 'greenness' [Soil Plant Analysis Development (SPAD) reading] and nitrogen content were measured 37 days after sowing. KEY RESULTS Besides the reduced growth of hypernodulating soybean mutant nod4, such plants showed decreased root capacity to supply leaf water demand as a consequence of their reduced root dry mass and root volume, which resulted in limited absolute root conductance and root conductivity normalized by leaf area. Thereby, reduced leaf water potential at 1300 h was observed, which contributed to depression of photosynthesis at midday associated with both stomatal and non-stomatal limitations. CONCLUSIONS Hypernodulated plants were more vulnerable to VPD increases due to their limited root-to-shoot water transport capacity. However, greater CO2 uptake caused by the high N content can be partly compensated by the stomatal limitation imposed by increased VPD conditions.
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- Emile Caroline Silva Lopes
- Setor de Fisiologia Vegetal, Centro de Biotecnologia e Genética, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, CEP, Ilhéus, Bahia, Braz il
- Setor de Fisiologia Vegetal, LMGV, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Setor de Fisiologia Vegetal, LMGV, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Setor de Fisiologia Vegetal, LMGV, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Setor de Fisiologia Vegetal, LMGV, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural, Vitória, ES, Brazil
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- Setor de Fisiologia Vegetal, LMGV, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Centro de Citricultura Sylvio Moreira, Instituto Agronômico, Cordeirópolis, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Setor de Fisiologia Vegetal, LMGV, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Integrative Legume Research Group, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Setor de Fisiologia Vegetal, LMGV, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Agropecuárias, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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de Souza Chaves I, Feitosa-Araújo E, Florian A, Medeiros DB, da Fonseca‐Pereira P, Charton L, Heyneke E, Apfata JA, Pires MV, Mettler‐Altmann T, Araújo WL, Neuhaus HE, Palmieri F, Obata T, Weber AP, Linka N, Fernie AR, Nunes‐Nesi A. The mitochondrial NAD + transporter (NDT1) plays important roles in cellular NAD + homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 100:487-504. [PMID: 31278825 PMCID: PMC6900047 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+ ) is an essential coenzyme required for all living organisms. In eukaryotic cells, the final step of NAD+ biosynthesis is exclusively cytosolic. Hence, NAD+ must be imported into organelles to support their metabolic functions. Three NAD+ transporters belonging to the mitochondrial carrier family (MCF) have been biochemically characterized in plants. AtNDT1 (At2g47490), focus of the current study, AtNDT2 (At1g25380), targeted to the inner mitochondrial membrane, and AtPXN (At2g39970), located in the peroxisomal membrane. Although AtNDT1 was presumed to reside in the chloroplast membrane, subcellular localization experiments with green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusions revealed that AtNDT1 locates exclusively in the mitochondrial membrane in stably transformed Arabidopsis plants. To understand the biological function of AtNDT1 in Arabidopsis, three transgenic lines containing an antisense construct of AtNDT1 under the control of the 35S promoter alongside a T-DNA insertional line were evaluated. Plants with reduced AtNDT1 expression displayed lower pollen viability, silique length, and higher rate of seed abortion. Furthermore, these plants also exhibited an increased leaf number and leaf area concomitant with higher photosynthetic rates and higher levels of sucrose and starch. Therefore, lower expression of AtNDT1 was associated with enhanced vegetative growth but severe impairment of the reproductive stage. These results are discussed in the context of the mitochondrial localization of AtNDT1 and its important role in the cellular NAD+ homeostasis for both metabolic and developmental processes in plants.
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- Izabel de Souza Chaves
- Max Planck Partner GroupDepartamento de Biologia VegetalUniversidade Federal de Viçosa36570‐900ViçosaMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Max Planck Partner GroupDepartamento de Biologia VegetalUniversidade Federal de Viçosa36570‐900ViçosaMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Max‐Planck‐Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Am Mühlenberg 114476Potsdam‐GolmGermany
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- Max Planck Partner GroupDepartamento de Biologia VegetalUniversidade Federal de Viçosa36570‐900ViçosaMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Max Planck Partner GroupDepartamento de Biologia VegetalUniversidade Federal de Viçosa36570‐900ViçosaMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Department of Plant BiochemistryHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf40225DüsseldorfGermany
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- Max‐Planck‐Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Am Mühlenberg 114476Potsdam‐GolmGermany
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- Max Planck Partner GroupDepartamento de Biologia VegetalUniversidade Federal de Viçosa36570‐900ViçosaMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Max Planck Partner GroupDepartamento de Biologia VegetalUniversidade Federal de Viçosa36570‐900ViçosaMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Department of Plant BiochemistryHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf40225DüsseldorfGermany
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- Max Planck Partner GroupDepartamento de Biologia VegetalUniversidade Federal de Viçosa36570‐900ViçosaMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Department of Plant PhysiologyUniversity of KaiserslauternD‐67663KaiserslauternGermany
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and BiopharmaceuticsUniversity of Bari70125BariItaly
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- Max‐Planck‐Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Am Mühlenberg 114476Potsdam‐GolmGermany
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- Department of Plant BiochemistryHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf40225DüsseldorfGermany
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- Department of Plant BiochemistryHeinrich Heine University Düsseldorf40225DüsseldorfGermany
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- Max‐Planck‐Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Am Mühlenberg 114476Potsdam‐GolmGermany
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- Max Planck Partner GroupDepartamento de Biologia VegetalUniversidade Federal de Viçosa36570‐900ViçosaMinas GeraisBrazil
- Max‐Planck‐Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Am Mühlenberg 114476Potsdam‐GolmGermany
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Buckley TN. How do stomata respond to water status? THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 224:21-36. [PMID: 31069803 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Stomatal responses to humidity, soil moisture and other factors that influence plant water status are critical drivers of photosynthesis, productivity, water yield, ecohydrology and climate forcing, yet we still lack a thorough mechanistic understanding of these responses. Here I review historical and recent advances in stomatal water relations. Clear evidence now implicates a metabolically mediated response to leaf water status ('hydroactive feedback') in stomatal responses to evaporative demand and soil drought, possibly involving abscisic acid production in leaves. Other hypothetical mechanisms involving vapor and heat transport within leaves may contribute to humidity, light and temperature responses, but require further theoretical clarification and experimental validation. Variation and dynamics in hydraulic conductance, particularly within leaves, may contribute to water status responses. Continuing research to fully resolve mechanisms of stomatal responses to water status should focus on several areas: validating and quantifying the mechanism of leaf-based hydroactive feedback, identifying where in leaves water status is actively sensed, clarifying the role of leaf vapor and energy transport in humidity and temperature responses, and verifying foundational but minimally replicated results of stomatal hydromechanics across species. Clarity on these matters promises to deliver modelers with a tractable and reliable mechanistic model of stomatal responses to water status.
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- Thomas N Buckley
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Bellasio C. A generalised dynamic model of leaf-level C 3 photosynthesis combining light and dark reactions with stomatal behaviour. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2019; 141:99-118. [PMID: 30471008 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0601-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 10/27/2018] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Global food demand is rising, impelling us to develop strategies for improving the efficiency of photosynthesis. Classical photosynthesis models based on steady-state assumptions are inherently unsuitable for assessing biochemical and stomatal responses to rapid variations in environmental drivers. To identify strategies to increase photosynthetic efficiency, we need models that account for the timing of CO2 assimilation responses to dynamic environmental stimuli. Herein, I present a dynamic process-based photosynthetic model for C3 leaves. The model incorporates both light and dark reactions, coupled with a hydro-mechanical model of stomatal behaviour. The model achieved a stable and realistic rate of light-saturated CO2 assimilation and stomatal conductance. Additionally, it replicated complete typical assimilatory response curves (stepwise change in CO2 and light intensity at different oxygen levels) featuring both short lag times and full photosynthetic acclimation. The model also successfully replicated transient responses to changes in light intensity (light flecks), CO2 concentration, and atmospheric oxygen concentration. This dynamic model is suitable for detailed ecophysiological studies and has potential for superseding the long-dominant steady-state approach to photosynthesis modelling. The model runs as a stand-alone workbook in Microsoft® Excel® and is freely available to download along with a video tutorial.
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- Chandra Bellasio
- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia.
- University of the Balearic Islands, 07122, Palma, Illes Balears, Spain.
- Trees and Timber Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019, Florence, Italy.
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Kromdijk J, Głowacka K, Long SP. Predicting light-induced stomatal movements based on the redox state of plastoquinone: theory and validation. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2019; 141:83-97. [PMID: 30891661 PMCID: PMC6612513 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-019-00632-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Prediction of stomatal conductance is a key element to relate and scale up leaf-level gas exchange processes to canopy, ecosystem and land surface models. The empirical models that are typically employed for this purpose are simple and elegant formulations which relate stomatal conductance on a leaf area basis to the net rate of CO2 assimilation, humidity and CO2 concentration. Although light intensity is not directly modelled as a stomatal opening cue, it is well-known that stomata respond strongly to light. One response mode depends specifically on the blue-light part of the light spectrum, whereas the quantitative or 'red' light response is less spectrally defined and relies more on the quantity of incident light. Here, we present a modification of an empirical stomatal conductance model which explicitly accounts for the stomatal red-light response, based on a mesophyll-derived signal putatively initiated by the chloroplastic plastoquinone redox state. The modified model showed similar prediction accuracy compared to models using a relationship between stomatal conductance and net assimilation rate. However, fitted parameter values with the modified model varied much less across different measurement conditions, lessening the need for frequent re-parameterization to different conditions required of the current model. We also present a simple and easy to parameterize extension to the widely used Farquhar-Von Caemmerer-Berry photosynthesis model to facilitate coupling with the modified stomatal conductance model, which should enable use of the new stomatal conductance model to simulate ecosystem water vapour exchange in terrestrial biosphere models.
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- Johannes Kromdijk
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Site, Cambridge, CB23EA, UK.
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 60-479, Poznan, Poland
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, N246 Beadle Center, 1901 Vine Street, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster, Bailrigg, LA1 1YX, UK
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Fujita T, Noguchi K, Ozaki H, Terashima I. Confirmation of mesophyll signals controlling stomatal responses by a newly devised transplanting method. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2019; 46:467-481. [PMID: 30940335 DOI: 10.1071/fp18250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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There are opposing views on whether the responses of stomata to environmental stimuli are all autonomous reactions of stomatal guard cells or whether mesophyll is involved in these responses. Transplanting isolated epidermis onto mesophyll is a potent methodology for examining the roles of mesophyll-derived signals in stomatal responses. Here we report on development of a new transplanting method. Leaf segments of Commelina communis L. were pretreated in the light or dark at 10, 39 or 70Pa ambient CO2 for 1h. Then the abaxial epidermises were removed and the epidermal strips prepared from the other leaves kept in the dark at 39Pa CO2, were transplanted onto the mesophyll. After illumination of the transplants for 1h at 39Pa CO2, stomatal apertures were measured. We also examined the molecular sizes of the mesophyll signals by inserting the dialysis membrane permeable to molecules smaller than 100-500Da or 500-1000Da between the epidermis and mesophyll. Mesophyll pretreatments in the light at low CO2 partial pressures accelerated stomatal opening in the transplanted epidermal strips, whereas pretreatments at 70Pa CO2 suppressed stomatal opening. Insertion of these dialysis membranes did not suppress stomatal opening significantly at 10Pa CO2 in the light, whereas insertion of the 100-500Da membrane decelerated stomatal closure at high CO2. It is probable that the mesophyll signals inducing stomatal opening at low CO2 in the light would permeate both membranes, and that those inducing stomatal closure at high CO2 would not permeate the 100-500Da membrane. Possible signal compounds are discussed.
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- Takashi Fujita
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan; and Present address: Yodosha, Co. LTD, 2-5-1 Kandaogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0052, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan; and School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0392, Japan
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- School of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan; and Corresponding author.
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Fricke W. Night-Time Transpiration - Favouring Growth? TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 24:311-317. [PMID: 30770287 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Plants grow and transpire water during the day and night. Recent work highlights the idea that night-time transpirational water loss is a consequence of allowing respiratory CO2 to escape at sufficiently high rates through stomata. Respiration fuels night-time leaf expansion and requires carbohydrates produced during the day. As carbohydrate availability and growth are under the control of the plants' internal clock, so is night-time transpiration. The cost of night-time transpiration is that water is lost without carbon being gained, the benefit is a higher efficiency of taken up water for use in leaf expansion. This could provide a stress acclimation process.
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- Wieland Fricke
- School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland; https://people.ucd.ie/wieland.fricke.
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Ehonen S, Yarmolinsky D, Kollist H, Kangasjärvi J. Reactive Oxygen Species, Photosynthesis, and Environment in the Regulation of Stomata. Antioxid Redox Signal 2019; 30:1220-1237. [PMID: 29237281 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2017.7455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE Stomata sense the intercellular carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration (Ci) and water availability under changing environmental conditions and adjust their apertures to maintain optimal cellular conditions for photosynthesis. Stomatal movements are regulated by a complex network of signaling cascades where reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a key role as signaling molecules. Recent Advances: Recent research has uncovered several new signaling components involved in CO2- and abscisic acid-triggered guard cell signaling pathways. In addition, we are beginning to understand the complex interactions between different signaling pathways. CRITICAL ISSUES Plants close their stomata in reaction to stress conditions, such as drought, and the subsequent decrease in Ci leads to ROS production through photorespiration and over-reduction of the chloroplast electron transport chain. This reduces plant growth and thus drought may cause severe yield losses for agriculture especially in arid areas. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The focus of future research should be drawn toward understanding the interplay between various signaling pathways and how ROS, redox, and hormonal balance changes in space and time. Translating this knowledge from model species to crop plants will help in the development of new drought-resistant crop species with high yields.
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- Sanna Ehonen
- 1 Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,2 Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 3 Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- 1 Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Geilfus CM, Lan J, Carpentier S. Dawn regulates guard cell proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana that function in ATP production from fatty acid beta-oxidation. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 98:525-543. [PMID: 30392160 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-018-0794-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Based on the nature of the proteins that are altered in abundance, we conclude that guard cells switch their energy source from fatty acid metabolism to chloroplast activity, at the onset of dawn. During stomatal opening at dawn, evidence was recently presented for a breakdown and liquidation of stored triacylglycerols in guard cells to supply ATP for use in stomatal opening. However, proteome changes that happen in the guard cells during dawn were until now poorly understood. Bad accessibility to pure and intact guard cell samples can be considered as the primary reason behind this lack of knowledge. To overcome these technical constraints, epidermal guard cell samples with ruptured pavement cells were isolated at 1 h pre-dawn, 15 min post-dawn and 1 h post-dawn from Arabidopsis thaliana. Proteomic changes were analysed by ultra-performance-liquid-chromatography-mass-spectrometry. With 994 confidently identified proteins, we present the first analysis of the A. thaliana guard cell proteome that is not influenced by side effects of guard cell protoplasting. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD009918. By elucidating the identities of enzymes that change in abundance by the transition from dark to light, we corroborate the hypothesis that respiratory ATP production for stomatal opening results from fatty acid beta-oxidation. Moreover, we identified many proteins that were never reported in the context of guard cell biology. Among them are proteins that might play a role in signalling or circadian rhythm.
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- Christoph-Martin Geilfus
- Division of Controlled Environment Horticulture, Faculty of Life Sciences, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 1, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
- Proteomics Core Facility, SYBIOMA, KU Leuven, O&N II Herestraat 49 - bus 901, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
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- Proteomics Core Facility, SYBIOMA, KU Leuven, O&N II Herestraat 49 - bus 901, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
- Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42 - Box 2455, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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Mott KA, Peak D. Effects of the mesophyll on stomatal responses in amphistomatous leaves. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2018; 41:2835-2843. [PMID: 30073677 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The role of the mesophyll in stomatal functioning in thin amphistomatous leaves was investigated by altering gas exchange for one surface and observing the effects on stomatal conductance for the other surface. Three methods of perturbing gas exchange on the adaxial surface were used. First, gas exchange for the adaxial surface was completely blocked with plastic wrap or vacuum grease. Second, leaves were inverted to induce closure of the adaxial stomata. And third, ambient humidity for the adaxial surface was reduced to induce stomatal closure on that surface. Experiments were performed at low light intensity and three different CO2 concentrations to test the idea that stomatal responses in thin amphistomatous leaves are partially controlled by a signal from the mesophyll that varies with light and CO2 . In general, stomata on the abaxial surface opened when gas exchange on the adaxial surface was reduced, with the largest increases in conductance occurring at high CO2 concentration. The data are discussed with respect to role of a purported signal from the mesophyll and the partitioning of that signal between the two surfaces of the leaf.
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- Keith A Mott
- Biology Department, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
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- Physics Department, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
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Ando E, Kinoshita T. Red Light-Induced Phosphorylation of Plasma Membrane H +-ATPase in Stomatal Guard Cells. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 178:838-849. [PMID: 30104254 PMCID: PMC6181031 DOI: 10.1104/pp.18.00544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Stomatal opening is stimulated by red and blue light. Blue light activates plasma membrane (PM) H+-ATPase by phosphorylating its penultimate residue, threonine, via a blue light photoreceptor phototropin-mediated signaling pathway in guard cells. Blue light-activated PM H+-ATPase promotes the accumulation of osmolytes and, thus, the osmotic influx of water into guard cells, driving stomatal opening. Red light-induced stomatal opening is thought to be dependent on photosynthesis in both guard cell chloroplasts and mesophyll cells; however, how red light induces stomatal opening and whether PM H+-ATPase is involved in this process have remained unclear. In this study, we established an immunohistochemical technique to detect the phosphorylation level of PM H+-ATPase in guard cells using whole leaves of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and unexpectedly found that red light induces PM H+-ATPase phosphorylation in whole leaves. Red light-induced PM H+-ATPase phosphorylation in whole leaves was correlated with stomatal opening under red light and was inhibited by the plant hormone abscisic acid. In aha1-9, a knockout mutant of one of the major isoforms of PM H+-ATPase in guard cells, red light-dependent stomatal opening was delayed in whole leaves. Furthermore, the photosynthetic electron transport inhibitor 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea inhibited red light-induced PM H+-ATPase phosphorylation as well as red light-induced stomatal opening in whole leaves. Our results indicate that red light-induced PM H+-ATPase phosphorylation in guard cells promotes stomatal opening in whole leaves, providing insight into the photosynthetic regulation of stomatal opening.
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- Eigo Ando
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Nascentes RF, Carbonari CA, Simões PS, Brunelli MC, Velini ED, Duke SO. Low doses of glyphosate enhance growth, CO 2 assimilation, stomatal conductance and transpiration in sugarcane and eucalyptus. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2018; 74:1197-1205. [PMID: 28485107 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Sublethal doses of herbicides can enhance plant growth and stimulate other process, an effect known as hormesis. The magnitude of hormesis is dependent on the plant species, the herbicide and its dose, plant development stage and environmental parameters. Glyphosate hormesis is well established, but relatively little is known of the mechanism of this phenomenon. The objective of this study was to determine if low doses of glyphosate that cause growth stimulation in sugarcane and eucalyptus concomitantly stimulate CO2 assimilation. RESULTS Shoot dry weight in both species increased at both 40 and 60 days after application of 6.2 to 20.2 g a.e. ha-1 glyphosate. The level of enhanced shoot dry weight was 11 to 37%, depending on the time after treatment and the species. Concomitantly, CO2 assimilation, stomatal conductance and transpiration were increased by glyphosate doses similar to those that caused growth increases. CONCLUSION Glyphosate applied at low doses increased the dry weight of sugarcane and eucalyptus plants in all experiments. This hormetic effect was related to low dose effects on CO2 assimilation rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate, indicating that low glyphosate doses enhance photosynthesis of plants. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Renan F Nascentes
- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Weed Science, Botucatu, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Weed Science, Botucatu, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Weed Science, Botucatu, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Weed Science, Botucatu, Brazil
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- São Paulo State University (UNESP), Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, Laboratory of Weed Science, Botucatu, Brazil
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- USDA-ARS Natural Products Utilization Research Unit, University, MS, USA
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Correia L, Marrocos P, Montalván Olivares DM, Velasco FG, Luzardo FHM, Mota de Jesus R. Bioaccumulation of nickel in tomato plants: risks to human health and agro-environmental impacts. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2018; 190:317. [PMID: 29717353 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-018-6658-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Anthropogenic activities such as agriculture, industry, and mining have contributed significantly to the accumulation of heavy metals in the soil, which in turn cause problems to human health and to the environment. The present work aims to study the effects of nickel (Ni) on the development of tomato plants, the risks to human health associated to the consumption of contaminated tomatoes, and the consequences to the environment. The experiment was carried out in greenhouse environment for a period of 120 days, and the plants were cultivated in soils with four different concentrations of Ni: 0, 35, 70, and 105 mg kg-1. The concentration of nickel in each part (root, stem, leaf, and fruit) of the tomato plant was measured at four different stages of the cycle: 30, 60, 90, and 120 days, by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES). At the end of the cycle, the concentration of certain macro- and micronutrients was also determined and related to the corresponding Ni concentration in the soil. The distribution of Ni in the parts of the plant was analyzed from the bioaccumulation factor temporal behavior. Nickel concentrations found in the fruit were too low to pose a risk to human health. As a result of this research, it was verified that soils with nickel concentrations close to 70 mg kg-1, which is the limit established by the CONAMA resolution (420/2009), may actually represent an optimum concentration value for the development of tomato plants. It also increases productivity per plant and reduces the use of resources such as water and agricultural inputs.
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- L Correia
- Center for Research in Radiation Sciences and Technologies (CPqCTR), State University of Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Research of Cocoa at Executive Planning Commission of Cocoa Farming (CEPEC/CEPLAC), Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Research in Radiation Sciences and Technologies (CPqCTR), State University of Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil.
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- Center for Research in Radiation Sciences and Technologies (CPqCTR), State University of Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Center for Research in Radiation Sciences and Technologies (CPqCTR), State University of Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, State University of Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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Taylor SH, Long SP. Slow induction of photosynthesis on shade to sun transitions in wheat may cost at least 21% of productivity. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2018; 372:rstb.2016.0543. [PMID: 28808109 PMCID: PMC5566890 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Wheat is the second most important direct source of food calories in the world. After considerable improvement during the Green Revolution, increase in genetic yield potential appears to have stalled. Improvement of photosynthetic efficiency now appears a major opportunity in addressing the sustainable yield increases needed to meet future food demand. Effort, however, has focused on increasing efficiency under steady-state conditions. In the field, the light environment at the level of individual leaves is constantly changing. The speed of adjustment of photosynthetic efficiency can have a profound effect on crop carbon gain and yield. Flag leaves of wheat are the major photosynthetic organs supplying the grain of wheat, and will be intermittently shaded throughout a typical day. Here, the speed of adjustment to a shade to sun transition in these leaves was analysed. On transfer to sun conditions, the leaf required about 15 min to regain maximum photosynthetic efficiency. In vivo analysis based on the responses of leaf CO2 assimilation (A) to intercellular CO2 concentration (ci) implied that the major limitation throughout this induction was activation of the primary carboxylase of C3 photosynthesis, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco). This was followed in importance by stomata, which accounted for about 20% of the limitation. Except during the first few seconds, photosynthetic electron transport and regeneration of the CO2 acceptor molecule, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RubP), did not affect the speed of induction. The measured kinetics of Rubisco activation in the sun and de-activation in the shade were predicted from the measurements. These were combined with a canopy ray tracing model that predicted intermittent shading of flag leaves over the course of a June day. This indicated that the slow adjustment in shade to sun transitions could cost 21% of potential assimilation. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Enhancing photosynthesis in crop plants: targets for improvement’.
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- Samuel H Taylor
- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4YQ, UK
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire LA1 4YQ, UK .,Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.,Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Głowacka K, Kromdijk J, Kucera K, Xie J, Cavanagh AP, Leonelli L, Leakey ADB, Ort DR, Niyogi KK, Long SP. Photosystem II Subunit S overexpression increases the efficiency of water use in a field-grown crop. Nat Commun 2018; 9:868. [PMID: 29511193 PMCID: PMC5840416 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03231-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Insufficient water availability for crop production is a mounting barrier to achieving the 70% increase in food production that will be needed by 2050. One solution is to develop crops that require less water per unit mass of production. Water vapor transpires from leaves through stomata, which also facilitate the influx of CO2 during photosynthetic assimilation. Here, we hypothesize that Photosystem II Subunit S (PsbS) expression affects a chloroplast-derived signal for stomatal opening in response to light, which can be used to improve water-use efficiency. Transgenic tobacco plants with a range of PsbS expression, from undetectable to 3.7 times wild-type are generated. Plants with increased PsbS expression show less stomatal opening in response to light, resulting in a 25% reduction in water loss per CO2 assimilated under field conditions. Since the role of PsbS is universal across higher plants, this manipulation should be effective across all crops.
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- Katarzyna Głowacka
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 60-479, Poznań, Poland
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
- Photosynthesis Research Unit, US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
- Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, LA1 1YX, UK.
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Lawson T, Terashima I, Fujita T, Wang Y. Coordination Between Photosynthesis and Stomatal Behavior. THE LEAF: A PLATFORM FOR PERFORMING PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93594-2_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Daloso DM, Medeiros DB, Dos Anjos L, Yoshida T, Araújo WL, Fernie AR. Metabolism within the specialized guard cells of plants. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 216:1018-1033. [PMID: 28984366 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Contents 1018 I. 1018 II. 1019 III. 1022 IV. 1025 V. 1026 VI. 1029 1030 References 1030 SUMMARY: Stomata are leaf epidermal structures consisting of two guard cells surrounding a pore. Changes in the aperture of this pore regulate plant water-use efficiency, defined as gain of C by photosynthesis per leaf water transpired. Stomatal aperture is actively regulated by reversible changes in guard cell osmolyte content. Despite the fact that guard cells can photosynthesize on their own, the accumulation of mesophyll-derived metabolites can seemingly act as signals which contribute to the regulation of stomatal movement. It has been shown that malate can act as a signalling molecule and a counter-ion of potassium, a well-established osmolyte that accumulates in the vacuole of guard cells during stomatal opening. By contrast, their efflux from guard cells is an important mechanism during stomatal closure. It has been hypothesized that the breakdown of starch, sucrose and lipids is an important mechanism during stomatal opening, which may be related to ATP production through glycolysis and mitochondrial metabolism, and/or accumulation of osmolytes such as sugars and malate. However, experimental evidence supporting this theory is lacking. Here we highlight the particularities of guard cell metabolism and discuss this in the context of the guard cells themselves and their interaction with the mesophyll cells.
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- Danilo M Daloso
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60451-970, Brasil
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm, 14476, Germany
- Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-900, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, 60451-970, Brasil
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm, 14476, Germany
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- Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-900, Brasil
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenberg 1, Potsdam-Golm, 14476, Germany
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Medeiros DB, Barros KA, Barros JAS, Omena-Garcia RP, Arrivault S, Sanglard LMVP, Detmann KC, Silva WB, Daloso DM, DaMatta FM, Nunes-Nesi A, Fernie AR, Araújo WL. Impaired Malate and Fumarate Accumulation Due to the Mutation of the Tonoplast Dicarboxylate Transporter Has Little Effects on Stomatal Behavior. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 175:1068-1081. [PMID: 28899959 PMCID: PMC5664473 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Malate is a central metabolite involved in a multiplicity of plant metabolic pathways, being associated with mitochondrial metabolism and playing significant roles in stomatal movements. Vacuolar malate transport has been characterized at the molecular level and is performed by at least one carrier protein and two channels in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) vacuoles. The absence of the Arabidopsis tonoplast Dicarboxylate Transporter (tDT) in the tdt knockout mutant was associated previously with an impaired accumulation of malate and fumarate in leaves. Here, we investigated the consequences of this lower accumulation on stomatal behavior and photosynthetic capacity as well as its putative metabolic impacts. Neither the stomatal conductance nor the kinetic responses to dark, light, or high CO2 were highly affected in tdt plants. In addition, we did not observe any impact on stomatal aperture following incubation with abscisic acid, malate, or citrate. Furthermore, an effect on photosynthetic capacity was not observed in the mutant lines. However, leaf mitochondrial metabolism was affected in the tdt plants. Levels of the intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle were altered, and increases in both light and dark respiration were observed. We conclude that manipulation of the tonoplastic organic acid transporter impacted mitochondrial metabolism, while the overall stomatal and photosynthetic capacity were unaffected.
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- David B Medeiros
- Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck Partner Group at the Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Abadie C, Blanchet S, Carroll A, Tcherkez G. Metabolomics analysis of postphotosynthetic effects of gaseous O 2 on primary metabolism in illuminated leaves. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2017; 44:929-940. [PMID: 32480621 DOI: 10.1071/fp16355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The response of underground plant tissues to O2 limitation is currently an important topic in crop plants since adverse environmental conditions (e.g. waterlogging) may cause root hypoxia and thus compromise plant growth. However, little is known on the effect of low O2 conditions in leaves, probably because O2 limitation is improbable in these tissues under natural conditions, unless under complete submersion. Nevertheless, an O2-depleted atmosphere is commonly used in gas exchange experiments to suppress photorespiration and estimate gross photosynthesis. However, the nonphotosynthetic effects of gaseous O2 depletion, particularly on respiratory metabolism, are not well documented. Here, we used metabolomics obtained under contrasting O2 and CO2 conditions to examine the specific effect of a changing O2 mole fraction from ambient (21%) to 0%, 2% or 100%. In addition to the typical decrease in photorespiratory intermediates (glycolate, glycine and serine) and a build-up in photosynthates (sucrose), low O2 (0% or 2%) was found to trigger an accumulation of alanine and change succinate metabolism. In 100% O2, the synthesis of threonine and methionine from aspartate appeared to be stimulated. These responses were observed in two species, sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. Our results show that O2 causes a change in the oxygenation : carboxylation ratio and also alters postphotosynthetic metabolism: (i) a hypoxic response at low O2 mole fractions and (ii) a stimulation of S metabolism at high O2 mole fractions. The latter effect is an important piece of information to better understand how photorespiration may control S assimilation.
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- Cyril Abadie
- Research School of Biology, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Bellasio C, Quirk J, Buckley TN, Beerling DJ. A Dynamic Hydro-Mechanical and Biochemical Model of Stomatal Conductance for C 4 Photosynthesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 175:104-119. [PMID: 28751312 PMCID: PMC5580762 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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C4 plants are major grain (maize [Zea mays] and sorghum [Sorghum bicolor]), sugar (sugarcane [Saccharum officinarum]), and biofuel (Miscanthus spp.) producers and contribute ∼20% to global productivity. Plants lose water through stomatal pores in order to acquire CO2 (assimilation [A]) and control their carbon-for-water balance by regulating stomatal conductance (gS). The ability to mechanistically predict gS and A in response to atmospheric CO2, water availability, and time is critical for simulating stomatal control of plant-atmospheric carbon and water exchange under current, past, or future environmental conditions. Yet, dynamic mechanistic models for gS are lacking, especially for C4 photosynthesis. We developed and coupled a hydromechanical model of stomatal behavior with a biochemical model of C4 photosynthesis, calibrated using gas-exchange measurements in maize, and extended the coupled model with time-explicit functions to predict dynamic responses. We demonstrated the wider applicability of the model with three additional C4 grass species in which interspecific differences in stomatal behavior could be accounted for by fitting a single parameter. The model accurately predicted steady-state responses of gS to light, atmospheric CO2 and oxygen, soil drying, and evaporative demand as well as dynamic responses to light intensity. Further analyses suggest that the effect of variable leaf hydraulic conductance is negligible. Based on the model, we derived a set of equations suitable for incorporation in land surface models. Our model illuminates the processes underpinning stomatal control in C4 plants and suggests that the hydraulic benefits associated with fast stomatal responses of C4 grasses may have supported the evolution of C4 photosynthesis.
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- Chandra Bellasio
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
- Trees and Timber Institute, National Research Council of Italy, 50019 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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- Sydney Institute of Agriculture, University of Sydney, Narrabri, New South Wales 2390, Australia
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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Buckley TN. Modeling Stomatal Conductance. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 174:572-582. [PMID: 28062836 PMCID: PMC5462010 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Recent advances have improved our ability to model stomatal conductance using process- or optimality-based models, and continuing research should focus on how stomata sense leaf turgor and on how to quantify the direct carbon costs of low leaf water potential.
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- Thomas N Buckley
- Plant Breeding Institute, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Narrabri NSW 2390, Australia
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Matthews JSA, Vialet-Chabrand SRM, Lawson T. Diurnal Variation in Gas Exchange: The Balance between Carbon Fixation and Water Loss. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 174:614-623. [PMID: 28416704 PMCID: PMC5462061 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Stomatal control of transpiration is critical for maintaining important processes, such as plant water status, leaf temperature, as well as permitting sufficient CO2 diffusion into the leaf to maintain photosynthetic rates (A). Stomatal conductance often closely correlates with A and is thought to control the balance between water loss and carbon gain. It has been suggested that a mesophyll-driven signal coordinates A and stomatal conductance responses to maintain this relationship; however, the signal has yet to be fully elucidated. Despite this correlation under stable environmental conditions, the responses of both parameters vary spatially and temporally and are dependent on species, environment, and plant water status. Most current models neglect these aspects of gas exchange, although it is clear that they play a vital role in the balance of carbon fixation and water loss. Future efforts should consider the dynamic nature of whole-plant gas exchange and how it represents much more than the sum of its individual leaf-level components, and they should take into consideration the long-term effect on gas exchange over time.
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- Jack S A Matthews
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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Wang W, Liu Z, Bao LJ, Zhang SS, Zhang CG, Li X, Li HX, Zhang XL, Bones AM, Yang ZB, Chen YL. The RopGEF2-ROP7/ROP2 Pathway Activated by phyB Suppresses Red Light-Induced Stomatal Opening. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 174:717-731. [PMID: 28188273 PMCID: PMC5462004 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Circadian rhythm of stomatal aperture is mainly regulated by light/darkness. Blue and red light induce stomatal opening through different mechanisms that are mediated by special receptors. ROP2, a member of Rho GTPase family in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsisthaliana), has been found to negatively regulate light-induced stomatal opening. However, the upstream guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) RopGEFs have not been revealed, and it is unclear which photoreceptor is required for the action of RopGEFs-ROPs. Here, we showed that RopGEF2 acted as a negative regulator in phytochrome B (phyB)-mediated red light-induced stomatal opening. Meanwhile, ROP7, another member of ROP family, acting redundantly with ROP2, was regulated by RopGEF2 in this process. RopGEF2 interacted with ROP7 and ROP2 and enhanced their intrinsic nucleotide exchange rates. Furthermore, the direct interactions between phyB and RopGEF2 were detected in vitro and in plants, and phyB enhanced the GEF activity of RopGEF2 toward both ROP7 and ROP2 under light. In addition, RopGEF4 functioned redundantly with RopGEF2 in red light-induced stomatal opening by activating both ROP7 and ROP2, and RopGEF2/RopGEF4 acted genetically downstream of phyB; however, the GEF activity of RopGEF4 was not directly enhanced by phyB. These results revealed that red light-activated phyB enhances the GEF activities of RopGEF2 and RopGEF4 directly or indirectly, and then activate both ROP7 and ROP2 in guard cells. The negative mechanism triggered by phyB prevents the excessive stomatal opening under red light.
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- Wei Wang
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.)
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China (W.W., Z.L., L.-J.B., S.-S.Z., C.-G.Z., X.L., H.-X.L., X.-L.Z., Y.-L.C.);
- Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (Z.-B.Y.); and
- Department of Biology, Section for Cell and Molecular Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway (A.M.B.)
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Buckley TN, Sack L, Farquhar GD. Optimal plant water economy. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:881-896. [PMID: 27644069 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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It was shown over 40 years ago that plants maximize carbon gain for a given rate of water loss if stomatal conductance, gs , varies in response to external and internal conditions such that the marginal carbon revenue of water, ∂A/∂E, remains constant over time. This theory has long held promise for understanding the physiological ecology of water use and for informing models of plant-atmosphere interactions. Full realization of this potential hinges on three questions: (i) Are analytical approximations adequate for applying the theory at diurnal time scales? (ii) At what time scale is it realistic and appropriate to apply the theory? (iii) How should gs vary to maximize growth over long time scales? We review the current state of understanding for each of these questions and describe future research frontiers. In particular, we show that analytical solutions represent the theory quite poorly, especially when boundary layer or mesophyll resistances are significant; that diurnal variations in hydraulic conductance may help or hinder maintenance of ∂A/∂E, and the matter requires further study; and that optimal diurnal responses are distinct from optimal long-term variations in gs , which emerge from optimal shifts in carbon partitioning at the whole-plant scale.
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- Thomas N Buckley
- Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, Narrabri, New South Wales, 2390, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia
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Chakhchar A, Haworth M, El Modafar C, Lauteri M, Mattioni C, Wahbi S, Centritto M. An Assessment of Genetic Diversity and Drought Tolerance in Argan Tree ( Argania spinosa) Populations: Potential for the Development of Improved Drought Tolerance. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:276. [PMID: 28303146 PMCID: PMC5332407 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Accepted: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The argan tree (Argania spinosa) occurs in a restricted area of Southwestern Morocco characterized by low water availability and high evapotranspirative demand. Despite the adaptation of the argan tree to drought stress, the extent of the argan forest has declined markedly due to increased aridity, land use changes and the expansion of olive cultivation. The oil of the argan seed is used for cooking and as the basis for numerous cosmetics. The identification of argan tree varieties with enhanced drought tolerance may minimize the economic losses associated with the decline of the argan forest and constrain the spread of desertification. In this study we collected argan ecotypes from four contrasting habitats and grew them under identical controlled environment conditions to investigate their response to drought. Leaf gas exchange analysis indicated that the argan ecotypes showed a high degree of adaptation to drought stress, maintaining photosynthetic activity at low levels of foliar water content and co-ordinating photosynthesis, stomatal behavior and metabolism. The stomata of the argan trees were highly sensitive to increased leaf to air vapor pressure deficit, representing an adaptation to growth in an arid environment where potential evapotranspiration is high. However, despite originating in contrasting environments, the four argan ecotypes exhibited similar gas exchange characteristics under both fully irrigated and water deficit conditions. Population genetic analyses using microsatellite markers indicated a high degree of relatedness between the four ecotypes; indicative of both artificial selection and the transport of ecotypes between different provinces throughout centuries of management of the argan forest. The majority of genetic variation across the four populations (71%) was observed between individuals, suggesting that improvement of argan is possible. Phenotypic screening of physiological responses to drought may prove effective in identifying individuals and then developing varieties with enhanced drought tolerance to enable the maintenance of argan production as climate change results in more frequent and severe drought events in Northern Africa.
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- Abdelghani Chakhchar
- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Valorisation et Protection des Agroressources, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Guéliz, Université Cadi AyyadMarrakech, Morocco
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- Tree and Timber Institute, National Research Council – Istituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie ArboreeFlorence, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Valorisation et Protection des Agroressources, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Guéliz, Université Cadi AyyadMarrakech, Morocco
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- Institute of Agro-Environmental and Forest Biology, National Research Council – Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e ForestalePorano, Italy
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- Institute of Agro-Environmental and Forest Biology, National Research Council – Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e ForestalePorano, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Physiologie Végétales, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi AyyadMarrakech, Morocco
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- Tree and Timber Institute, National Research Council – Istituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie ArboreeFlorence, Italy
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Aasamaa K, Aphalo PJ. The acclimation of Tilia cordata stomatal opening in response to light, and stomatal anatomy to vegetational shade and its components. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:209-219. [PMID: 27672187 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpw091] [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: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Stomatal anatomical traits and rapid responses to several components of visible light were measured in Tilia cordata Mill. seedlings grown in an open, fully sunlit field (C-set), or under different kinds of shade. The main questions were: (i) stomatal responses to which visible light spectrum regions are modified by growth-environment shade and (ii) which separate component of vegetational shade is most effective in eliciting the acclimation effects of the full vegetational shade. We found that stomatal opening in response to red or green light did not differ between the plants grown in the different environments. Stomatal response to blue light was increased (in comparison with that of C-set) in the leaves grown in full vegetational shade (IABW-set), in attenuated UVAB irradiance (AB-set) or in decreased light intensity (neutral shade) plus attenuated UVAB irradiance (IAB-set). In all sets, the addition of green light-two or four times stronger-into induction light barely changed the rate of the blue-light-stimulated stomatal opening. In the AB-set, stomatal response to blue light equalled the strong IABW-set response. In attenuated UVB-grown leaves, stomatal response fell midway between IABW- and C-set results. Blue light response by neutral shade-grown leaves did not differ from that of the C-set, and the response by the IAB-set did not differ from that of the AB-set. Stomatal size was not modified by growth environments. Stomatal density and index were remarkably decreased only in the IABW- and IAB-sets. It was concluded that differences in white light responses between T. cordata leaves grown in different light environments are caused only by their different blue light response. Differences in stomatal sensitivity are not dependent on altered stomatal anatomy. Attenuated UVAB irradiance is the most efficient component of vegetational shade in stimulating acclimation of stomata, whereas decreased light intensity plays a minor role.
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- Krõõt Aasamaa
- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Department of Silviculture, Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5, Tartu 51014, Estonia
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- Department of Biosciences, Plant Biology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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Santelia D, Lawson T. Rethinking Guard Cell Metabolism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2016; 172:1371-1392. [PMID: 27609861 PMCID: PMC5100799 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.00767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 08/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Stomata control gaseous fluxes between the internal leaf air spaces and the external atmosphere and, therefore, play a pivotal role in regulating CO2 uptake for photosynthesis as well as water loss through transpiration. Guard cells, which flank the stomata, undergo adjustments in volume, resulting in changes in pore aperture. Stomatal opening is mediated by the complex regulation of ion transport and solute biosynthesis. Ion transport is exceptionally well understood, whereas our knowledge of guard cell metabolism remains limited, despite several decades of research. In this review, we evaluate the current literature on metabolism in guard cells, particularly the roles of starch, sucrose, and malate. We explore the possible origins of sucrose, including guard cell photosynthesis, and discuss new evidence that points to multiple processes and plasticity in guard cell metabolism that enable these cells to function effectively to maintain optimal stomatal aperture. We also discuss the new tools, techniques, and approaches available for further exploring and potentially manipulating guard cell metabolism to improve plant water use and productivity.
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- Diana Santelia
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (D.S.); and
- School of Biological Science, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom (T.L.)
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zürich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland (D.S.); and
- School of Biological Science, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom (T.L.)
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Haworth M, Killi D, Materassi A, Raschi A, Centritto M. Impaired Stomatal Control Is Associated with Reduced Photosynthetic Physiology in Crop Species Grown at Elevated [CO 2]. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1568. [PMID: 27826305 PMCID: PMC5078776 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Physiological control of stomatal conductance (Gs) permits plants to balance CO2-uptake for photosynthesis (PN) against water-loss, so optimizing water use efficiency (WUE). An increase in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide ([CO2]) will result in a stimulation of PN and reduction of Gs in many plants, enhancing carbon gain while reducing water-loss. It has also been hypothesized that the increase in WUE associated with lower Gs at elevated [CO2] would reduce the negative impacts of drought on many crops. Despite the large number of CO2-enrichment studies to date, there is relatively little information regarding the effect of elevated [CO2] on stomatal control. Five crop species with active physiological stomatal behavior were grown at ambient (400 ppm) and elevated (2000 ppm) [CO2]. We investigated the relationship between stomatal function, stomatal size, and photosynthetic capacity in the five species, and then assessed the mechanistic effect of elevated [CO2] on photosynthetic physiology, stomatal sensitivity to [CO2] and the effectiveness of stomatal closure to darkness. We observed positive relationships between the speed of stomatal response and the maximum rates of PN and Gs sustained by the plants; indicative of close co-ordination of stomatal behavior and PN. In contrast to previous studies we did not observe a negative relationship between speed of stomatal response and stomatal size. The sensitivity of stomata to [CO2] declined with the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate limited rate of PN at elevated [CO2]. The effectiveness of stomatal closure was also impaired at high [CO2]. Growth at elevated [CO2] did not affect the performance of photosystem II indicating that high [CO2] had not induced damage to the photosynthetic physiology, and suggesting that photosynthetic control of Gs is either directly impaired at high [CO2], sensing/signaling of environmental change is disrupted or elevated [CO2] causes some physical effect that constrains stomatal opening/closing. This study indicates that while elevated [CO2] may improve the WUE of crops under normal growth conditions, impaired stomatal control may increase the vulnerability of plants to water deficit and high temperatures.
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- Matthew Haworth
- National Research Council – Tree and Timber InstituteFlorence, Italy
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- Department of Agrifood Production and Environmental Sciences, University of FlorenceFlorence, Italy
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- National Research Council – Institute of BiometeorologyFlorence, Italy
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- National Research Council – Tree and Timber InstituteFlorence, Italy
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