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Shen J, Xu Y, Yuan S, Jin F, Huang Y, Chen H, Shan Z, Yang Z, Chen S, Zhou X, Zhang C. Genome-Wide Identification of GmSPS Gene Family in Soybean and Expression Analysis in Response to Cold Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:12878. [PMID: 37629058 PMCID: PMC10454306 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241612878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Sucrose metabolism plays a critical role in development, stress response, and yield formation of plants. Sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) is the key rate-limiting enzyme in the sucrose synthesis pathway. To date, genome-wide survey and comprehensive analysis of the SPS gene family in soybean (Glycine max) have yet to be performed. In this study, seven genes encoding SPS were identified in soybean genome. The structural characteristics, phylogenetics, tissue expression patterns, and cold stress response of these GmSPSs were investigated. A comparative phylogenetic analysis of SPS proteins in soybean, Medicago truncatula, Medicago sativa, Lotus japonicus, Arabidopsis, and rice revealed four families. GmSPSs were clustered into three families from A to C, and have undergone five segmental duplication events under purifying selection. All GmSPS genes had various expression patterns in different tissues, and family A members GmSPS13/17 were highly expressed in nodules. Remarkably, all GmSPS promoters contain multiple low-temperature-responsive elements such as potential binding sites of inducer of CBF expression 1 (ICE1), the central regulator in cold response. qRT-PCR proved that these GmSPS genes, especially GmSPS8/18, were induced by cold treatment in soybean leaves, and the expression pattern of GmICE1 under cold treatment was similar to that of GmSPS8/18. Further transient expression analysis in Nicotiana benthamiana and electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) indicated that GmSPS8 and GmSPS18 transcriptions were directly activated by GmICE1. Taken together, our findings may aid in future efforts to clarify the potential roles of GmSPS genes in response to cold stress in soybean.
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- Jiafang Shen
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430062, China
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Aluko OO, Li C, Yuan G, Nong T, Xiang H, Wang Q, Li X, Liu H. Differential Effects of Ammonium (NH 4+) and Potassium (K +) Nutrition on Photoassimilate Partitioning and Growth of Tobacco Seedlings. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 11:3295. [PMID: 36501338 PMCID: PMC9736971 DOI: 10.3390/plants11233295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Plants utilize carbohydrates as the main energy source, but much focus has been on the impact of N and K on plant growth. Less is known about the combined impact of NH4+ and K+ nutrition on photoassimilate distribution among plant organs, and the resultant effect of such distribution on growth of tobacco seedlings, hence this study. Here, we investigated the synergetic effect of NH4+ and K+ nutrition on photoassimilate distribution, and their resultant effect on growth of tobacco seedlings. Soluble sugar and starch content peaks under moderate NH4+ and moderate K+ (2-2 mM), leading to improved plant growth, as evidenced by the increase in tobacco weight and root activity. Whereas, a drastic reduction in the above indicators was observed in plants under high NH4+ and low K+ (20-0.2 mM), due to low carbohydrate synthesis and poor photoassimilate distribution. A strong positive linear relationship also exists between carbohydrate (soluble sugar and starch) and the activities of these enzymes but not for invertase. Our findings demonstrated that NH4+ and K+-induced ion imbalance influences plant growth and is critical for photoassimilate distribution among organs of tobacco seedlings.
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- Oluwaseun Olayemi Aluko
- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
- Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, 85 Minglun Street, Kaifeng 475001, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Science, Kunming 650106, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
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- Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Science, Kunming 650106, China
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- Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Qingdao 266101, China
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Optimal K Management Improved Potato Yield and Soil Microbial Community Structure. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14116579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Optimal potassium (K) fertilizer application in potato cropping systems can effectively increase food production and mitigate soil microbial ecosystem stress. The dynamics and sustainability of potato yield, the dynamics of potato commodity rates (CRs), and microbial community structure were explored under four different K application rates (kg K ha−1 year−1): 0 (control), 75 (low K), 150 (medium K), and 225 (high K). Compared with the low-K application, the medium-K and high-K applications increased potato yields by 8.08% and 11.66%, respectively. The mean CR of potato tubers during 4 years was significantly greater under the medium-K treatment than under the low-K and high-K treatments. Both medium-K and high-K applications significantly enhanced the sustainable yield index (SYI) relative to the Low-K application by 7.93% and 9.34%, respectively. Compared with the zero-K, low-K, and high-K treatments, the medium-K treatment improved the total phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) contents by 11.91%, 16.84%, and 11.66%, respectively. Moreover, the medium-K application increased the bacterial PFLA, actinomycete PFLA, gram-positive (G+) bacterial PFLA, and gram-negative (G−) bacterial PFLA contents in the soil. Overall, application of 150 kg ha−1 year−1 K fertilizer represents a promising fertilization strategy in potato cropping systems in Southwest China.
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Ul-Allah S, Ijaz M, Nawaz A, Sattar A, Sher A, Naeem M, Shahzad U, Farooq U, Nawaz F, Mahmood K. Potassium Application Improves Grain Yield and Alleviates Drought Susceptibility in Diverse Maize Hybrids. PLANTS 2020; 9:plants9010075. [PMID: 31936011 PMCID: PMC7020434 DOI: 10.3390/plants9010075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Maize (Zea mays L.) is an important component of global food security but its production is threatened by abiotic stresses in climate change scenarios, especially drought stress. Many multinational companies have introduced maize hybrids worldwide which have variable performance under diverse environmental conditions. The maize production is likely to be affected by a future water crisis. Potassium (K) is a well-known macronutrient which improves the performance of cereals under abiotic stresses. In this field experiment, we assessed the influence of soil applied K on the productivity of diverse maize hybrids grown under well-watered and drought stress conditions. The study consisted of three K levels viz., control (no KCl), KCl at 50 kg ha−1, and KCI at 75 kg ha−1 factorally combined with two irrigation levels (i.e., normal recommended irrigation, well-watered condition, and half of the recommended irrigation, drought stress condition) and eight maize hybrids. Irrigation was kept in main plots, potassium in subplot, and maize hybrids in sub-subplots. The results revealed that performance of the maize hybrids was significantly influenced by all three factors, and the interaction of irrigation with potassium and irrigation with hybrids was significant; results being non-significant for all other interactions. Potassium application improved yield traits and water productivity under both normal and water stress conditions but effect was more prominent under water stress conditions than normal conditions. Potassium application also alleviated drought susceptibility of all maize hybrids. In all cases, the performance of maize hybrids was maximum under potassium application at 75 kg ha−1.
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- Sami Ul-Allah
- College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus, Layyah 31200, Pakistan
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- College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus, Layyah 31200, Pakistan
- Correspondence: (M.I.); (A.N.); (K.M.)
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- College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus, Layyah 31200, Pakistan
- Correspondence: (M.I.); (A.N.); (K.M.)
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- College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus, Layyah 31200, Pakistan
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- College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus, Layyah 31200, Pakistan
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
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- College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus, Layyah 31200, Pakistan
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- College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus, Layyah 31200, Pakistan
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- College of Agriculture, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Bahadur Sub-Campus, Layyah 31200, Pakistan
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- Department of Agro-ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
- Correspondence: (M.I.); (A.N.); (K.M.)
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Sitko K, Gieroń Ż, Szopiński M, Zieleźnik-Rusinowska P, Rusinowski S, Pogrzeba M, Daszkowska-Golec A, Kalaji HM, Małkowski E. Influence of short-term macronutrient deprivation in maize on photosynthetic characteristics, transpiration and pigment content. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14181. [PMID: 31578358 PMCID: PMC6775257 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50579-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The aim of the research was to compare the impact of short-term deprivation of selected macronutrients (Ca, K, Mg and P) on the photosynthetic characteristics, transpiration and pigment content in maize. The strongest inhibition of photosynthesis was caused by a deprivation of Mg, which was visible as a decrease in the photosynthetic and transpiration rates, stomatal conductance, photosystem II (PSII) performance, chlorophyll and flavonol content with a simultaneously increased content of anthocyanins. In the K-deprived plants, a decrease in the photosynthetic rate was observed. However, the transpiration rate and stomatal conductance did not differ significantly compared with the control. In the K-deprived plants, a decrease in chlorophyll and an increase in the anthocyanin content were also observed. We showed that Ca starvation resulted in a decrease in the photosynthetic and transpiration rates, stomatal conductance and PSII performance, while the pigment content was not significantly different compared with the control. In the case of P-deprived plants, we observed a decrease in the photosynthetic and transpiration rates. Interestingly, the inhibition of stomatal conductance was the strongest in the P-deprived plants compared with all of the investigated elements. However, the performance of PSII was not significantly affected by P starvation compared with the control. Our results present for the first time a comprehensive analysis of the effect of short-term macronutrient deprivation on photosynthesis and transpiration in maize plants.
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- Krzysztof Sitko
- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland.
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland.
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Koch M, Busse M, Naumann M, Jákli B, Smit I, Cakmak I, Hermans C, Pawelzik E. Differential effects of varied potassium and magnesium nutrition on production and partitioning of photoassimilates in potato plants. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2019; 166:921-935. [PMID: 30288757 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2018] [Revised: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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- Mirjam Koch
- Department for Crop Sciences, Division Quality of Plant Products, University of Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department for Crop Sciences, Division Quality of Plant Products, University of Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department for Crop Sciences, Division Quality of Plant Products, University of Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department for Crop Sciences, Division Quality of Plant Products, University of Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Plant Nutrition, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
- Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Program, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Genetics, Interfaculty School of Bioengineers, Université libre de Bruxelles, 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department for Crop Sciences, Division Quality of Plant Products, University of Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany
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Liu J, Hu T, Feng P, Wang L, Yang S. Tomato yield and water use efficiency change with various soil moisture and potassium levels during different growth stages. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0213643. [PMID: 30917147 PMCID: PMC6436690 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Faced with the scarcity of water resource and irrational fertilizer use, it is highly important to supply plants with water and fertilizer at desiderated stages to improve yield with high water use efficiency (WUE). A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of growth stage-specific water deficiency and potassium (K) fertilization on tomato yield and WUE. The entire growing season of tomato was divided into 5 stages: vegetative growth stage (VG), flowering and fruit setting stage (FS), early fruit growth stage (FG), fruit development stage (FD) and fruit maturity stage (FM). Three soil moisture (W) and three K fertilization levels were set up. W levels included W1, W2 and W3, indicating that soil water was maintained at 60-70% field capacity, 70-80% field capacity, and 80-90% field capacity, respectively. K levels included K1, K2 and K3, indicating that 0 g K2O per kg soil, 0.46 g K2O per kg soil and 0.92 g K2O per kg soil was applied. All combinations of the three W and three K levels were solely imposed at each of the five growth stages, for other four stages, plants were watered to 80-90% field capacity without K fertilizer (W3K1). The permanent W3K1 over the entire growth stage was taken as control (CK). The results showed that W deficiency imposed at all stages significantly affected tomato yield (P<0.01), except for VG stage in which W deficiency did not cause yield loss. K fertilization level during FS or FM stage had a significant effect on yield (P<0.01). A significant interaction effect of W and K on yield was only observed during FM stage. For WUE, significant effect of W deficiency at FS, FD and FM stages were observed, and a significant effect of K levels at FS, FD and FM stages was observed. Specifically, K fertilization was necessary during specific growth stage of tomato (i.e. FS and FM). During FS stage, even if a sufficient water supply seems necessary, a deficit irrigation with K fertilization could be applied as K fertilization could alleviate the negative effect of soil water deficit, however, excess of K fertilization during FM stage should be avoided to maintain tomato yield and WUE.
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- Jie Liu
- College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas of Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas of Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- * E-mail:
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- College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas of Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas of Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas of Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Singh SK, Reddy VR. Co-regulation of photosynthetic processes under potassium deficiency across CO 2 levels in soybean: mechanisms of limitations and adaptations. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2018; 137:183-200. [PMID: 29478203 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0490-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Plants photosynthesis-related traits are co-regulated to capture light and CO2 to optimize the rate of CO2 assimilation (A). The rising CO2 often benefits, but potassium (K) deficiency adversely affects A that contributes to the majority of plant biomass. To evaluate mechanisms of photosynthetic limitations and adaptations, soybean was grown under controlled conditions with an adequate (control, 5.0 mM) and two K-deficient (moderate, 0.50 and severe, 0.02 mM) levels under ambient (aCO2; 400 µmol mol-1) and elevated CO2 (eCO2; 800 µmol mol-1). Results showed that under severe K deficiency, pigments, leaf absorption, processes of light and dark reactions, and CO2 diffusion through stomata and mesophyll were down co-regulated with A while light compensation point increased and photorespiration, alternative electron fluxes, and respiration were up-regulated. However, under moderate K deficiency, these traits were well co-regulated with the sustained A without any obvious limitations amid ≈ 50% reduction in leaf K level. Primary mechanism of K limitation to A was either biochemical processes (Lb ≈ 60%) under control and moderate K deficiency or the CO2 diffusion limitations (DL ≈ 70%) with greater impacts of mesophyll than stomatal pathways under severe K deficiency. The eCO2 increased DL while lessened the Lb under K deficiency. Adaptation strategies to severe K deficiency included an enhanced K utilization efficiency (KUE), and reduction of photosystem II excitation pressure by decreasing photosynthetic pigments, light absorption, and photochemical quenching while increasing photorespiration and alternative electron fluxes. The eCO2 also stimulated A and KUE when K deficiency was not severe. Thus, plants responded to K deficiency by a coordinated regulation of photosynthetic processes to optimize A, and eCO2 failed to alleviate the DL in severely K-deficient plants.
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- Shardendu K Singh
- Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA.
- Wye Research and Education Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
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- Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
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Hu W, Coomer TD, Loka DA, Oosterhuis DM, Zhou Z. Potassium deficiency affects the carbon-nitrogen balance in cotton leaves. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 115:408-417. [PMID: 28441628 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Revised: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Potassium (K) plays important roles in the metabolism of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), but studies of K deficiency affecting C-N balance are lacking. This study explored the influence of K deficiency on C-N interaction in cotton leaves by conducting a field experiment with cotton cultivar DP0912 under two K rates (K0: 0 kg K2O ha-1 and K67: 67 kg K2O ha-1) and a controlled environment experiment with K-deficient solution (K1: 0 mM K+) and K-sufficient solution (K2: 6 mM K+). The results showed that leaf K content, leaf number, leaf area, boll number, reproductive dry weight and total dry weight were significant lower under K deficiency (K0 or K1). Lower total chlorophyll content and Chl a/b ratio, and decreased Pn along with lower Gs and higher Ci were measured under K deficiency, suggesting that the decrease in Pn was resulted from non-stomatal limitation. Leaf glucose, fructose, sucrose and starch contents were higher under K deficiency, because lower sucrose export was detected in phloem. Although leaf nitrate and ammonium contents significantly decreased, free amino acid content was increased by 40-63% under K deficiency, since lower amino acid export was also measured in phloem. K deficiency also induced lower soluble protein content in leaves. Leaf ATP level was significantly increased under K deficiency, indicating ATP utilization was lower, so that less energy was supplied to C and N metabolism. The ratio of soluble sugar to free amino acid and the C/N ratio markedly increased under K deficiency, and one reason was that the phloem export reduced more prominent for sucrose (54.6-78.0%) than amino acid (36.7-85.4%) under K deficiency. In addition, lower phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity limited malate and citrate biosynthesis under K deficiency, causing a decrease of C flux into the amino acids, which was not beneficial for maintaining C-N balance. Sucrose phosphate synthase and nitrate reductase activities were lower under K deficiency, which would limit sucrose biosynthesis and nitrate assimilation. This was another factor altering soluble sugar to free amino acid ratio and C/N ratio in the K-deficient leaves.
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- Wei Hu
- College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu Province, PR China; Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, 1366 West Altheimer Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72704, USA
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, 1366 West Altheimer Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72704, USA
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, 1366 West Altheimer Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72704, USA; Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion, UK
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- Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, 1366 West Altheimer Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72704, USA.
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- College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu Province, PR China.
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Singh SK, Reddy VR. Potassium Starvation Limits Soybean Growth More than the Photosynthetic Processes across CO 2 Levels. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017. [PMID: 28642785 PMCID: PMC5462980 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Elevated carbon dioxide (eCO2) often enhances plant photosynthesis, growth, and productivity. However, under nutrient-limited conditions the beneficial effects of high CO2 are often diminished. To evaluate the combined effects of potassium (K) deficiency and eCO2 on soybean photosynthesis, growth, biomass partitioning, and yields, plants were grown under controlled environment conditions with an adequate (control, 5.0 mM) and two deficient (0.50 and 0.02 mM) levels of K under ambient CO2 (aCO2; 400 μmol mol-1) and eCO2 (800 μmol mol-1). Results showed that K deficiency limited soybean growth traits more than photosynthetic processes. An ~54% reduction in leaf K concentration under 0.5 mM K vs. the control caused about 45% less leaf area, biomass, and yield without decreasing photosynthetic rate (Pnet). In fact, the steady photochemical quenching, efficiency, and quantum yield of photosystem II, chlorophyll concentration (TChl), and stomatal conductance under 0.5 mM K supported the stable Pnet. Biomass decline was primarily attributed to the reduced plant size and leaf area, and decreased pod numbers and seed yield in K-deficient plants. Under severe K deficiency (0.02 mM K), photosynthetic processes declined concomitantly with growth and productivity. Increased specific leaf weight, biomass partitioning to the leaves, decreased photochemical quenching and TChl, and smaller plant size to reduce the nutrient demands appeared to be the means by which plants adjusted to the severe K starvation. Increased K utilization efficiency indicated the ability of K-deficient plants to better utilize the tissue-available K for biomass accumulation, except under severe K starvation. The enhancement of soybean growth by eCO2 was dependent on the levels of K, leading to a K × CO2 interaction for traits such as leaf area, biomass, and yield. A lack of eCO2-mediated growth and photosynthesis stimulation under severe K deficiency underscored the importance of optimum K fertilization for maximum crop productivity under eCO2. Thus, eCO2 compensated, at least partially, for the reduced soybean growth and seed yield under 0.5 mM K supply, but severe K deficiency completely suppressed the eCO2-enhanced seed yield.
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- Shardendu K. Singh
- Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research ServiceBeltsville, MD, United States
- Wye Research and Education Center, University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park, MD, United States
- *Correspondence: Shardendu K. Singh ;
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- Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research ServiceBeltsville, MD, United States
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Farhat N, Smaoui A, Maurousset L, Porcheron B, Lemoine R, Abdelly C, Rabhi M. Sulla carnosa modulates root invertase activity in response to the inhibition of long-distance sucrose transport under magnesium deficiency. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2016; 18:1031-1037. [PMID: 27488230 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Being the principal product of photosynthesis, sucrose is involved in many metabolic processes in plants. As magnesium (Mg) is phloem mobile, an inverse relationship between Mg shortage and sugar accumulation in leaves is often observed. Mg deficiency effects on carbohydrate contents and invertase activities were determined in Sulla carnosa Desf. Plants were grown hydroponically at different Mg concentrations (0.00, 0.01, 0.05 and 1.50 mM Mg) for one month. Mineral analysis showed that Mg contents were drastically diminished in shoots and roots mainly at 0.01 and 0.00 mM Mg. This decline was adversely associated with a significant increase of sucrose, fructose and mainly glucose in shoots of plants exposed to severe deficiency. By contrast, sugar contents were severely reduced in roots of these plants indicating an alteration of carbohydrate partitioning between shoots and roots of Mg-deficient plants. Cell wall invertase activity was highly enhanced in roots of Mg-deficient plants, while the vacuolar invertase activity was reduced at 0.00 mM Mg. This decrease of vacuolar invertase activity may indicate the sensibility of roots to Mg starvation resulting from sucrose transport inhibition. 14 CO2 labeling experiments were in accordance with these findings showing an inhibition of sucrose transport from source leaves to sink tissues (roots) under Mg depletion. The obtained results confirm previous findings about Mg involvement in photosynthate loading into phloem and add new insights into mechanisms evolved by S. carnosa to cope with Mg shortage in particular the increase of the activity of cell wall invertase.
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- N Farhat
- Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Biotechnology Centre of Borj Cedria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia.
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- Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Biotechnology Centre of Borj Cedria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
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- UMR7267 - EBI - Equipe SEVE, CNRS/Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- UMR7267 - EBI - Equipe SEVE, CNRS/Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- UMR7267 - EBI - Equipe SEVE, CNRS/Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Biotechnology Centre of Borj Cedria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Biotechnology Centre of Borj Cedria, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
- University of Hafr Al Batin, College of Science and Arts in Nairiyah, Nairiyah, Saudi Arabia
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Sung J, Lee S, Lee Y, Ha S, Song B, Kim T, Waters BM, Krishnan HB. Metabolomic profiling from leaves and roots of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants grown under nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium-deficient condition. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 241:55-64. [PMID: 26706058 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.09.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Revised: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Specific metabolic network responses to mineral deficiencies are not well-defined. Here, we conducted a detailed broad-scale identification of metabolic responses of tomato leaves and roots to N, P or K deficiency. Tomato plants were grown hydroponically under optimal (5mM N, 0.5mM P, or 5mM K) and deficient (0.5mM N, 0.05mM P, or 0.5mM K) conditions and metabolites were measured by LC-MS and GC-MS. Based on these results, deficiency of any of these three minerals affected energy production and amino acid metabolism. N deficiency generally led to decreased amino acids and organic acids, and increased soluble sugars. P deficiency resulted in increased amino acids and organic acids in roots, and decreased soluble sugars. K deficiency caused accumulation of soluble sugars and amino acids in roots, and decreased organic acids and amino acids in leaves. Notable metabolic pathway alterations included; (1) increased levels of α-ketoglutarate and raffinose family oligosaccharides in N, P or K-deficient tomato roots, and (2) increased putrescine in K-deficient roots. These findings provide new knowledge of metabolic changes in response to mineral deficiencies.
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- Jwakyung Sung
- Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Wanju, North Jeolla Province 565-851, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Wanju, North Jeolla Province 565-851, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Wanju, North Jeolla Province 565-851, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Soil and Fertilizer, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Wanju, North Jeolla Province 565-851, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agronomy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province 361-763, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Plant Life and Environmental Science, Hankyong National University, Anseong, Gyeonggi Province 456-749, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
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- Plant Genetics Research Unit, Agriculture Research Service, USDA, 205 Curtis Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; Plant Science Division, University of Missouri, 1-41, Agriculture Bldg., Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Yermiyahu U, Israeli L, David DR, Faingold I, Elad Y. Higher Potassium Concentration in Shoots Reduces Gray Mold in Sweet Basil. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2015; 105:1059-1068. [PMID: 25760521 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-09-14-0256-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Nutritional elements can affect plant susceptibility to plant pathogens, including Botrytis cinerea. We tested the effect of potassium (K) fertilization on gray mold in sweet basil grown in pots, containers, and soil. Increased K in the irrigation water and in the sweet basil tissue resulted in an exponential decrease in gray mold severity. Potassium supplied to plants by foliar application resulted in a significant decrease in gray mold in plants grown with a low rate of K fertigation. Lower K fertigation resulted in a significant increase in B. cinerea infection under semi-commercial conditions. Gray mold severity in harvested shoots was significantly negatively correlated with K concentration in the irrigation solution, revealing resistance to B. cinerea infection as a result of high K concentration in sweet basil tissue. Gray mold was reduced following K foliar application of the plants. In general, there was no synergy between the fertigation and foliar spray treatments. Proper K fertilization can replace some of the required chemical fungicide treatments and it may be integrated into gray mold management for improved disease suppression.
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- Uri Yermiyahu
- First and fourth authors: Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel; and second, third, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- First and fourth authors: Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel; and second, third, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- First and fourth authors: Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel; and second, third, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- First and fourth authors: Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel; and second, third, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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- First and fourth authors: Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel; and second, third, and fifth authors: Department of Plant Pathology and Weed Research, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
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Aguraijuja K, Klõšeiko J, Ots K, Lukjanova A. Effect of wood ash on leaf and shoot anatomy, photosynthesis and carbohydrate concentrations in birch on a cutaway peatland. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2015; 187:444. [PMID: 26092243 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4681-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Trees in cutaway peatland are growing in difficult conditions. Fertilization with nutrient-rich wood ash helps improve growth conditions. Photosynthesis and carbohydrate concentration along leaf anatomy were studied on plots treated with 10 and 5 t ha(-1) wood ash (WA10 and WA5) and on untreated (Control) plot to explain the physiological background of the differences in tree growth. The leaves from WA10 had the largest leaf area, total thickness, the thickest mesophyll and also significantly larger average values of all anatomical parameters of the shoots. The photosynthetic assimilation was significantly higher on treated plots at 200 and 400 ppm CO2 levels. In leaves on the treated plots, the sucrose concentration was lower while that of starch was higher than in trees on untreated soil. The differences in the maximum photosynthesis were relatively small. At unit ground, the leaf area provided for a wood ash-treated tree an efficient surface for CO2 assimilation, light interception and some starch storage during the growing period.
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- Karin Aguraijuja
- Department of Silviculture, Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 5, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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Erel R, Yermiyahu U, Ben-Gal A, Dag A, Shapira O, Schwartz A. Modification of non-stomatal limitation and photoprotection due to K and Na nutrition of olive trees. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 177:1-10. [PMID: 25659331 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2015.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Revised: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Potassium (K) is an essential macronutrient shown to play a fundamental role in photosynthetic processes and may facilitate photoinhibition resistance. In some plant species, sodium (Na) can partially substitute for K. Although photosynthetic enhancement has been well established, the mechanisms by which K or Na affects photosynthesis are not fully understood. Olive (Olea europaea L.) trees were previously shown to benefit from Na nutrition when K is limiting. In order to study the effect of K and Na on photosynthetic performance, we measured gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence in young olive trees supplied with either K, Na or no fertilizer, and subjected to manipulated levels of CO2, O2 and radiation. Light and CO2 response curves indicate substantially superior photosynthetic capacity of K-sufficient trees, while Na substitution generated intermediate results. The enhanced performance of K, and to a lesser extent, Na-supplied trees was found to be related mainly to modification of non-stomatal limitation. This indicates that K deficiency promotes inhibition of enzymatic-photochemical processes. Results indicate lower chlorophyll content and altered Rubisco activity as probable causes of photosynthetic impairment. Potassium deficiency was found to diminish photoprotection mechanisms due to reduced photosynthetic and photorespiratory capacity. The lower CO2 and O2 assimilation rate in K-deficient trees caused elevated levels of exited energy. Consequently, non-photochemical quenching, an alternative energy dispersion pathway, was increased. Nonetheless, K-deficient trees were shown to suffer from photodamage to photosystem-II. Sodium replacement considerably diminished the negative effect of K deficiency on photoprotection mechanisms. The overall impact of K and Na nutrition plays down any indirect effect on stomatal limitation and rather demonstrates the centrality of these elements in photochemical processes of photosynthesis and photoprotection.
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- Ran Erel
- Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet-Dagan, Israel; The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet-Dagan, Israel
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- Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet-Dagan, Israel
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- Institute of Plant Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet-Dagan, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
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Battie-Laclau P, Laclau JP, Beri C, Mietton L, Muniz MRA, Arenque BC, DE Cassia Piccolo M, Jordan-Meille L, Bouillet JP, Nouvellon Y. Photosynthetic and anatomical responses of Eucalyptus grandis leaves to potassium and sodium supply in a field experiment. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2014; 37:70-81. [PMID: 23663049 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Revised: 05/01/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Although vast areas in tropical regions have weathered soils with low potassium (K) levels, little is known about the effects of K supply on the photosynthetic physiology of trees. This study assessed the effects of K and sodium (Na) supply on the diffusional and biochemical limitations to photosynthesis in Eucalyptus grandis leaves. A field experiment comparing treatments receiving K (+K) or Na (+Na) with a control treatment (C) was set up in a K-deficient soil. The net CO2 assimilation rates were twice as high in +K and 1.6 times higher in +Na than in the C as a result of lower stomatal and mesophyll resistance to CO2 diffusion and higher photosynthetic capacity. The starch content was higher and soluble sugar was lower in +K than in C and +Na, suggesting that K starvation disturbed carbon storage and transport. The specific leaf area, leaf thickness, parenchyma thickness, stomatal size and intercellular air spaces increased in +K and +Na compared to C. Nitrogen and chlorophyll concentrations were also higher in +K and +Na than in C. These results suggest a strong relationship between the K and Na supply to E. grandis trees and the functional and structural limitations to CO2 assimilation rates.
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- Patricia Battie-Laclau
- Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Universidade de São Paulo, CEP 13400-970, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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Ibrahim MH, Jaafar HZE, Karimi E, Ghasemzadeh A. Primary, secondary metabolites, photosynthetic capacity and antioxidant activity of the Malaysian Herb Kacip Fatimah (Labisia Pumila Benth) exposed to potassium fertilization under greenhouse conditions. Int J Mol Sci 2012. [PMID: 23203128 PMCID: PMC3509644 DOI: 10.3390/ijms131115321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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A randomized complete block design was used to characterize the relationship between production of total phenolics, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, carbohydrate content, leaf gas exchange, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), soluble protein, invertase and antioxidant enzyme activities (ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in Labisia pumila Benth var. alata under four levels of potassium fertilization experiments (0, 90, 180 and 270 kg K/ha) conducted for 12 weeks. It was found that the production of total phenolics, flavonoids, ascorbic acid and carbohydrate content was affected by the interaction between potassium fertilization and plant parts. As the potassium fertilization levels increased from 0 to 270 kg K/ha, the production of soluble protein and PAL activity increased steadily. At the highest potassium fertilization (270 kg K/ha) L. pumila exhibited significantly higher net photosynthesis (A), stomatal conductance (gs), intercellular CO2 (Ci), apparent quantum yield (ξ) and lower dark respiration rates (Rd), compared to the other treatments. It was found that the production of total phenolics, flavonoids and ascorbic acid are also higher under 270 kg K/ha compared to 180, 90 and 0 kg K/ha. Furthermore, from the present study, the invertase activity was also found to be higher in 270 kg K/ha treatment. The antioxidant enzyme activities (APX, CAT and SOD) were lower under high potassium fertilization (270 kg K/ha) and have a significant negative correlation with total phenolics and flavonoid production. From this study, it was observed that the up-regulation of leaf gas exchange and downregulation of APX, CAT and SOD activities under high supplementation of potassium fertilizer enhanced the carbohydrate content that simultaneously increased the production of L. pumila secondary metabolites, thus increasing the health promoting effects of this plant.
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- Mohd Hafiz Ibrahim
- Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Wang N, Hua H, Egrinya Eneji A, Li Z, Duan L, Tian X. Genotypic variations in photosynthetic and physiological adjustment to potassium deficiency in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2012; 110:1-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2012.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2011] [Revised: 01/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kanai S, Moghaieb RE, El-Shemy HA, Panigrahi R, Mohapatra PK, Ito J, Nguyen NT, Saneoka H, Fujita K. Potassium deficiency affects water status and photosynthetic rate of the vegetative sink in green house tomato prior to its effects on source activity. PLANT SCIENCE 2011; 180:368-74. [PMID: 21421382 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Revised: 10/12/2010] [Accepted: 10/19/2010] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Caspar T, Lin TP, Monroe J, Bernhard W, Spilatro S, Preiss J, Somerville C. Altered regulation of beta-amylase activity in mutants of Arabidopsis with lesions in starch metabolism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 86:5830-3. [PMID: 16594057 PMCID: PMC297724 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.15.5830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Three classes of mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynhold with alterations in starch metabolism were found to have higher levels of leaf amylase activity than the wild type when grown in a 12-hr photoperiod. This effect was dependent upon the developmental stage of the plants and was largely suppressed during growth in continuous light. The various amylolytic activities in crude extracts were separated by electrophoresis in nondenaturing polyacrylamide gels and visualized by activity staining. The increased amylase activity in the mutants was due to an up to 40-fold increase in the activity of an extrachloroplast beta-amylase (EC 3.2.1.2). These observations indicate the existence of a regulatory mechanism that controls the amount of beta-amylase activity in response to fluctuations in photosynthetic carbohydrate metabolism. It is paradoxical that beta-amylase appears to be a highly regulated enzyme, but as yet no physiologically relevant function can be assigned to this enzyme due to the absence of starch in the cytoplasmic compartment of leaf cells.
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- T Caspar
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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Armengaud P, Sulpice R, Miller AJ, Stitt M, Amtmann A, Gibon Y. Multilevel analysis of primary metabolism provides new insights into the role of potassium nutrition for glycolysis and nitrogen assimilation in Arabidopsis roots. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 150:772-85. [PMID: 19346439 PMCID: PMC2689955 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.133629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2008] [Accepted: 03/23/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Potassium (K) is required in large quantities by growing crops, but faced with high fertilizer prices, farmers often neglect K application in favor of nitrogen and phosphorus. As a result, large areas of farmland are now depleted of K. K deficiency affects the metabolite content of crops with negative consequences for nutritional quality, mechanical stability, and pathogen/pest resistance. Known functions of K in solute transport, protein synthesis, and enzyme activation point to a close relationship between K and metabolism, but it is unclear which of these are the most critical ones and should be targeted in biotechnological efforts to improve K usage efficiency. To identify metabolic targets and signaling components of K stress, we adopted a multilevel approach combining transcript profiles with enzyme activities and metabolite profiles of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) plants subjected to low K and K resupply. Roots and shoots were analyzed separately. Our results show that regulation of enzymes at the level of transcripts and proteins is likely to play an important role in plant adaptation to K deficiency by (1) maintaining carbon flux into amino acids and proteins, (2) decreasing negative metabolic charge, and (3) increasing the nitrogen-carbon ratio in amino acids. However, changes in transcripts and enzyme activities do not explain the strong and reversible depletion of pyruvate and accumulation of sugars observed in the roots of low-K plants. We propose that the primary cause of metabolic disorders in low-K plants resides in the direct inhibition of pyruvate kinase activity by low cytoplasmic K in root cells.
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- Patrick Armengaud
- Plant Science Group, Faculty of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, G128QQ Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Rai RK, Singh P, Shrivastava AK, Suman A. Modulation of low-temperature-induced biochemical changes in bud and root band zones of sugar cane sets by potassium, zinc, and Ethrel for improving sprouting. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2008; 56:11976-11982. [PMID: 19035660 DOI: 10.1021/jf802696h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Low-temperature-induced biochemical changes in bud and root band zone of the sugar cane set suppress sprouting, which is responsible for drastic yield decline in ratoon crops. This study was undertaken to modulate these low-temperature-induced biochemical changes using potassium, zinc, and Ethrel to enhance the sprouting of buds at 5 and 10 degrees C. Potassium, zinc, and Ethrel led to 80, 50, and 40% improvement in bud sprouting at 5 degrees C, respectively. An increase in reducing sugars and a decrease in sucrose contents were recorded with treatment of potassium, zinc, and Ethrel. Acid invertase, adenosine triphosphatase, indoleacetic acid oxidase, and nitrate reductase in vivo activities were also enhanced. However, treatments led to a significant decline in indoleacetic acid, total phenols, and superoxide dismutase activity, which rendered the in situ toxicity buildup in sets at low temperatures.
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- Rama Kant Rai
- Division of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow 226 002, India
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Amtmann A, Troufflard S, Armengaud P. The effect of potassium nutrition on pest and disease resistance in plants. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2008; 133:682-91. [PMID: 18331404 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2008.01075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Providing a fast growing world population with sufficient food while preserving ecological and energy resources of our planet is one of the biggest challenges in this century. Optimized management of chemical fertilizers and pesticides will be essential for achieving sustainability of intensive farming and requires both empirical data from field trials and advanced fundamental understanding of the molecular processes controlling plant growth. Genes involved in plant responses to nutrient deficiency and pathogen/herbivore attack have been identified, but we are lacking information about the cross-talk between signalling pathways when plants are exposed to a combination of abiotic and biotic stress factors. The focus of this review is on the relationship between the potassium status of plants and their susceptibility to pathogens and herbivorous insects. We combine field evidence on potassium-disease interaction with existing knowledge on metabolic and physiological factors that could explain such interaction, and present new data on metabolite profiles and hormonal pathways from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The latter provides evidence that facilitated entry and development of pathogens or insects in(to) potassium-deficient plants as a result of physical and metabolic changes is counteracted by an increased defence. A genetic approach should now be applied to establish a causal relationship between disease susceptibility on the one hand and individual enzymatic and signal components on the other. Once identified, these can be used to design agricultural strategies that support the nutritional status of the crops while exploiting their inherent potential for defence.
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- Anna Amtmann
- Plant Science Group, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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Kanai S, Ohkura K, Adu-Gyamfi JJ, Mohapatra PK, Nguyen NT, Saneoka H, Fujita K. Depression of sink activity precedes the inhibition of biomass production in tomato plants subjected to potassium deficiency stress. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2007; 58:2917-28. [PMID: 17630289 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Tomato [Solanum lycopersicum (formerly Lycopersicon esculentum) L. cv. Momotarou] plants were grown hydroponically inside the greenhouse of Hiroshima University, Japan. The adverse effects of potassium (K) deficiency stress on the source-sink relationship during the early reproductive period was examined by withdrawing K from the rooting medium for a period of 21 d. Fruits and stem were the major sink organs for the carbon assimilates from the source. A simple non-destructive micro-morphometric technique was used to measure growth of these organs. The effect of K deficiency was studied on the apparent photosynthesis (source activity), leaf area, partitioning (13)C, sugar concentration, K content, and fruit and stem diameters of the plant. Compared with the control, K deficiency treatment severely decreased biomass of all organs. The treatment also depressed leaf photosynthesis and transport of (13)C assimilates, but the impact of stress on these activities became evident only after fruit and stem diameter expansions were down-regulated. These results suggested that K deficiency diminished sink activity in tomato plants prior to its effect on the source activity because of a direct effect on the water status of the former. The lack of demand in growth led to the accumulation of sugars in leaves and concomitant fall in photosynthetic activity. Since accumulation of K and sugars in the fruit was not affected, low K levels of the growing medium might not have affected the fruit quality. The micro-morphometric technique can be used as a reliable tool for monitoring K deficiency during fruiting of tomato. K deficiency directly hindered assimilate partitioning, and the symptoms were considered more detrimental compared with P deficiency.
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- S Kanai
- Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, 739-8528, Japan
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Gibon Y, Blaesing OE, Hannemann J, Carillo P, Höhne M, Hendriks JHM, Palacios N, Cross J, Selbig J, Stitt M. A Robot-based platform to measure multiple enzyme activities in Arabidopsis using a set of cycling assays: comparison of changes of enzyme activities and transcript levels during diurnal cycles and in prolonged darkness. THE PLANT CELL 2004; 16:3304-25. [PMID: 15548738 PMCID: PMC535875 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.025973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 390] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2004] [Accepted: 09/03/2004] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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A platform has been developed to measure the activity of 23 enzymes that are involved in central carbon and nitrogen metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Activities are assayed in optimized stopped assays and the product then determined using a suite of enzyme cycling assays. The platform requires inexpensive equipment, is organized in a modular manner to optimize logistics, calculates results automatically, combines high sensitivity with throughput, can be robotized, and has a throughput of three to four activities in 100 samples per person/day. Several of the assays, including those for sucrose phosphate synthase, ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase), ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase, glycerokinase, and shikimate dehydrogenase, provide large advantages over previous approaches. This platform was used to analyze the diurnal changes of enzyme activities in wild-type Columbia-0 (Col-0) and the starchless plastid phosphoglucomutase (pgm) mutant, and in Col-0 during a prolongation of the night. The changes of enzyme activities were compared with the changes of transcript levels determined with the Affymetrix ATH1 array. Changes of transcript levels typically led to strongly damped changes of enzyme activity. There was no relation between the amplitudes of the diurnal changes of transcript and enzyme activity. The largest diurnal changes in activity were found for AGPase and nitrate reductase. Examination of the data and comparison with the literature indicated that these are mainly because of posttranslational regulation. The changes of enzyme activity are also strongly delayed, with the delay varying from enzyme to enzyme. It is proposed that enzyme activities provide a quasi-stable integration of regulation at several levels and provide useful data for the characterization and diagnosis of different physiological states. As an illustration, a decision tree constructed using data from Col-0 during diurnal changes and a prolonged dark treatment was used to show that, irrespective of the time of harvest during the diurnal cycle, the pgm mutant resembles a wild-type plant that has been exposed to a 3 d prolongation of the night.
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- Yves Gibon
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Science Park Golm, 14476 Golm-Potsdam, Germany.
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Long JC, Zhao W, Rashotte AM, Muday GK, Huber SC. Gravity-stimulated changes in auxin and invertase gene expression in maize pulvinal cells. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 128:591-602. [PMID: 11842162 PMCID: PMC148921 DOI: 10.1104/pp.010579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2001] [Revised: 08/21/2001] [Accepted: 10/23/2001] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Maize (Zea mays) stem gravitropism involves differential elongation of cells within a highly specialized region, the stem internodal pulvinus. In the present study, we investigated factors that control gravitropic responses in this system. In the graviresponding pulvinus, hexose sugars (D-Glc and D-Fru) accumulated asymmetrically across the pulvinus. This correlated well with an asymmetric increase in acid invertase activity across the pulvinus. Northern analyses revealed asymmetric induction of one maize acid invertase gene, Ivr2, consistent with transcriptional regulation by gravistimulation. Several lines of evidence indicated that auxin redistribution, as a result of polar auxin transport, is necessary for gravity-stimulated Ivr2 transcript accumulation and differential cell elongation across the maize pulvinus. First, the auxin transport inhibitor, N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid, inhibited gravistimulated curvature and Ivr2 transcript accumulation. Second, a transient gradient of free indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) across the pulvinus was apparent shortly after initiation of gravistimulation. This temporarily free IAA gradient appears to be important for differential cell elongation and Ivr2 transcript accumulation. This is based on the observation that N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid will not inhibit gravitropic responses when applied to pulvinus tissue after the free IAA gradient peak has occurred. Third, IAA alone can stimulate Ivr2 transcript accumulation in non-gravistimulated pulvini. The gravity- and IAA-stimulated increase in Ivr2 transcripts was sensitive to the protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide. Based on these results, a two-phase model describing possible relationships between gravitropic curvature, IAA redistribution, and Ivr2 expression is presented.
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- Joanne C Long
- Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
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Lin TP, Caspar T, Somerville CR, Preiss J. A Starch Deficient Mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana with Low ADPglucose Pyrophosphorylase Activity Lacks One of the Two Subunits of the Enzyme. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1988; 88:1175-81. [PMID: 16666440 PMCID: PMC1055736 DOI: 10.1104/pp.88.4.1175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A starch deficient mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. has been isolated in which leaf extracts contain only about 5% as much activity of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase (EC 2.7.7.27) as the wild type. A single, nuclear mutation at a previously undescribed locus designated adg2 is responsible for the mutant phenotype. Although the mutant contained only 5% as much ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase activity as the wild type, it accumulated 40% as much starch when grown in a 12 hour photoperiod. The mutant also contained about 40% as much starch as the wild type when grown in continuous light, suggesting that the rate of synthesis regulates its steady state accumulation. Immunological analysis of leaf extracts using antibodies against the spinach 54 and 51 kilodalton (kD) ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase subunits indicated that the mutant is deficient in a cross-reactive 54 kD polypeptide and has only about 4% as much as the wild type of a cross-reactive 51 kD polypeptide. This result and genetic studies suggested that adg2 is a structural gene which codes for the 54 kD polypeptide, and provides the first functional evidence that the 54 kD polypeptide is a required component of the native ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase enzyme.
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- T P Lin
- Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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Potassium Estimation, Uptake, and Its Role in the Physiology and Metabolism of Flowering Plants. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)61851-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Grabau LJ, Blevins DG, Minor HC. P Nutrition during Seed Development : Leaf Senescence, Pod Retention, and Seed Weight of Soybean. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1986; 82:1008-12. [PMID: 16665126 PMCID: PMC1056249 DOI: 10.1104/pp.82.4.1008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merrill) leaf senescence, which may partially result from mineral redistribution, appears to limit grain yield. Two experiments were designed to test the effects of supplemental inorganic phosphate (Pi), K, malate, and methionine (Met) infusions on senescence and yield. A novel stem infusion technique using pediatric intravenous kits was developed to supply these nutrients throughout seed growth. An average of 48.4 milliliters per plant was successfully infused into lower stem internodes during a 4 to 6 week period. Senescence was unaffected by K or malate infusions, but was delayed by Pi infusions (up to 8 days) and by increased nutrient solution Pi levels (up to 21 days) in separate experiments. Treatments which delayed senescence also improved yield as much as 3-fold, due primarily to increased pod retention and secondarily to increased seed size. Met infusions further increased pod retention at the lower, infused nodes, and thus increased total plant yield also. The influence of higher Pi levels during reproductive growth on soybean pod retention and yield may have been the result of sustained sucrose export due to altered C partitioning in leaves. The role of Met in improving yield was not clear. However, these results clearly demonstrate the importance of adequate Pi for delaying senescence and improving pod retention and yield.
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- L J Grabau
- Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia Missouri 65211
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Radin JW, Eidenbock MP. Carbon Accumulation during Photosynthesis in Leaves of Nitrogen- and Phosphorus-Stressed Cotton. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1986; 82:869-71. [PMID: 16665124 PMCID: PMC1056222 DOI: 10.1104/pp.82.3.869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Leaves of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) accumulate considerable dry mass per unit area during photosynthesis. The percentage of C in that accumulated dry mass was estimated as the regression coefficient (slope) of a linear regression relating C per unit area to total dry mass per unit area. Plants were grown on full nutrients or on N- or P-deficient nutrient solutions. In the fully nourished controls, the mass that accumulated over a 9-hour interval beginning at dawn contained 38.6% C. N and P stress increased the C concentration of accumulated mass to 49.7% and 45.1%, respectively. Nutrient stress also increased the starch concentration of accumulated mass, but starch alone could not account for the differences in C concentration. P stress decreased the estimated rate of C export from source leaves, calculated as the difference between C assimilation and C accumulation. The effect of P stress on apparent export was very sensitive to the C concentration used in the calculation, and would not have been revealed with an assumption of unchanged C concentration in the accumulated mass.
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- J W Radin
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Phoenix, Arizona 85040
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Hendrix DL, Huber SC. Diurnal fluctuations in cotton leaf carbon export, carbohydrate content, and sucrose synthesizing enzymes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1986; 81:584-6. [PMID: 16664860 PMCID: PMC1075380 DOI: 10.1104/pp.81.2.584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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In fully expanded leaves of greenhouse-grown cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L., cv Coker 100) plants, carbon export, starch accumulation rate, and carbon exchange rate exhibited different behavior during the light period. Starch accumulation rates were relatively constant during the light period, whereas carbon export rate was greater in the afternoon than in the morning even though the carbon exchange rate peaked about noon. Sucrose levels increased throughout the light period and dropped sharply with the onset of darkness; hexose levels were relatively constant except for a slight peak in the early morning. Sucrose synthase, usually thought to be a degradative enzyme, was found in unusually high activities in cotton leaf. Both sucrose synthase and sucrose phosphate synthetase activities were found to fluctuate diurnally in cotton leaves but with different rhythms. Diurnal fluctuations in the rate of sucrose export were generally aligned with sucrose phosphate synthase activity during the light period but not with sucrose synthase activity; neither enzyme activity correlated with carbon export during the dark. Cotton leaf sucrose phosphate synthase activity was sufficient to account for the observed carbon export rates; there is no need to invoke sucrose synthase as a synthetic enzyme in mature cotton leaves. During the dark a significant correlation was found between starch degradation rate and leaf carbon export. These results indicate that carbon partitioning in cotton leaf is somewhat independent of the carbon exchange rate and that leaf carbon export rate may be linked to sucrose formation and content during the light period and to starch breakdown in the dark.
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- D L Hendrix
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Cotton Research Laboratory, Phoenix, Arizona 85040
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Caspar T, Huber SC, Somerville C. Alterations in Growth, Photosynthesis, and Respiration in a Starchless Mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Deficient in Chloroplast Phosphoglucomutase Activity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1985; 79:11-7. [PMID: 16664354 PMCID: PMC1074821 DOI: 10.1104/pp.79.1.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 374] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. which lacks leaf starch was isolated by screening for plants which did not stain with iodine. The starchless phenotype, confirmed by quantitative enzymic analysis, is caused by a single recessive nuclear mutation which results in a deficiency of the chloroplast isozyme of phosphoglucomutase. When grown in a 12-h photoperiod, leaves of the wild-type accumulated substantial amounts of starch but lower levels of soluble sugars. Under these conditions, the mutant accumulated relatively high levels of soluble sugars. Rates of growth and net photosynthesis of the mutant and wild-type were indistinguishable when the plants were grown in constant illumination. However, in a short photoperiod, the growth of the mutant was severely impaired, the rate of photosynthesis was depressed relative to the wild-type, and the rate of dark respiration, which was high following the onset of darkness, exhibited an uncharacteristic decay throughout the dark period. The altered control of respiration by the mutant, which may be related to the relatively high levels of soluble carbohydrate that accumulate in the leaf and stem tissue, is believed to be partially responsible for the low growth rate of the mutant in short days. The depressed photosynthetic capacity of the mutant may also reflect a metabolic adaptation to the accumulation of high levels of soluble carbohydrate which mimics the effects of alterations in source/sink ratio. The activities of sucrose phosphate synthase and acid invertase are significantly higher in the mutant than in the wild-type whereas ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activity is lower. This suggests that the activities of these enzymes may be modulated in response to metabolite concentrations or flux through the pathways.
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- T Caspar
- DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
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