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Zhao Y, Tu J, Wang H, Xu Y, Wu F. Transcriptomic and targeted metabolomic unravelling the molecular mechanism of sugar metabolism regulating heteroblastic changes in Pinus massoniana seedlings. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 203:108029. [PMID: 37722284 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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Pine seedling leaf characteristics show a distinct transition from primary to secondary needles, known as heteroblastic change. However, the underlying regulatory mechanism is poorly understood. The molecular mechanism of sugar metabolism involved in regulating heteroblastic changes in Pinus massoniana seedlings was investigated via transcriptomics and targeted metabolomics. The results identified 12 kinds of sugar metabolites in the foliage. Three types of sugar accumulated at the highest levels: sucrose, glucose and fructose. Compared to seedlings with only primary needles (PN), the contents of these soluble sugars were lower in seedlings with developing secondary needle buds (SNB). RNA-seq analysis highlighted 1086 DEGs between PN and SNB seedlings, revealing significant enrichment in KEGG pathways including starch and sucrose metabolism, plant hormone signal transduction and amino sugar and nucleic acid sugar metabolism. Combined transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis revealed that HK, MDH, and ATPase could potentially enhance sugar availability by stimulating the glycolytic/TCA cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. These processes may lead to a reduced sugar content in the foliage of SNB seedlings. We also identified 72 transcription factors, among which the expression levels of MYB, WRKY, NAC and C2H2 family genes were closely related to those of DEGs in the sugar metabolism pathway. In addition, we identified alternative splicing (AS) events in one NAC gene leading to two isoforms, PmNAC5L and PmNAC5S. PmNAC5L was significantly upregulated, while PmNAC5S was significantly downregulated in SNB seedlings. Overall, our results provide new insights into how sugar metabolism is involved in regulating heteroblastic changes in pine seedlings.
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- Yuanxiang Zhao
- Institute for Forest Resources and Environment of Guizhou, Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation in Plateau Mountain of Guizhou Province, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China; College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Institute for Forest Resources and Environment of Guizhou, Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation in Plateau Mountain of Guizhou Province, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China; College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Institute for Forest Resources and Environment of Guizhou, Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation in Plateau Mountain of Guizhou Province, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China; College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Institute for Forest Resources and Environment of Guizhou, Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation in Plateau Mountain of Guizhou Province, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China; College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China
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- Institute for Forest Resources and Environment of Guizhou, Key Laboratory of Forest Cultivation in Plateau Mountain of Guizhou Province, College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China; College of Forestry, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China.
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Jahan E, Sharwood RE, Tissue DT. Effects of leaf age during drought and recovery on photosynthesis, mesophyll conductance and leaf anatomy in wheat leaves. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1091418. [PMID: 37409304 PMCID: PMC10318540 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1091418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023]
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statement: Mesophyll conductance (g m) was negatively correlated with wheat leaf age but was positively correlated with the surface area of chloroplasts exposed to intercellular airspaces (S c). The rate of decline in photosynthetic rate and g m as leaves aged was slower for water-stressed than well-watered plants. Upon rewatering, the degree of recovery from water-stress depended on the age of the leaves, with the strongest recovery for mature leaves, rather than young or old leaves. Diffusion of CO2 from the intercellular airspaces to the site of Rubisco within C3 plant chloroplasts (gm) governs photosynthetic CO2 assimilation (A). However, variation in g m in response to environmental stress during leaf development remains poorly understood. Age-dependent changes in leaf ultrastructure and potential impacts on g m, A, and stomatal conductance to CO2 (g sc) were investigated for wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in well-watered and water-stressed plants, and after recovery by re-watering of droughted plants. Significant reductions in A and g m were found as leaves aged. The oldest plants (15 days and 22 days) in water-stressed conditions showed higher A and gm compared to irrigated plants. The rate of decline in A and g m as leaves aged was slower for water-stressed compared to well-watered plants. When droughted plants were rewatered, the degree of recovery depended on the age of the leaves, but only for g m. The surface area of chloroplasts exposed to intercellular airspaces (S c) and the size of individual chloroplasts declined as leaves aged, resulting in a positive correlation between g m and S c. Leaf age significantly affected cell wall thickness (t cw), which was higher in old leaves compared to mature/young leaves. Greater knowledge of leaf anatomical traits associated with g m partially explained changes in physiology with leaf age and plant water status, which in turn should create more possibilities for improving photosynthesis using breeding/biotechnological strategies.
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- Eisrat Jahan
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Hawksbury, Penrith, NSW, Australia
- School of Science, Western Sydney University, Hawksbury, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Hawksbury, Penrith, NSW, Australia
- Global Centre for Land-Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Hawksbury, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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Xu C, Debnath S, Syed A, Elgorban AM, Bahkali AH, Eswaramaathy R, Verma M, Uddin Helal MM, Jian X. Action of the plant-based essential oil-derived compound Taxol for improvising drought tolerance in Eucalyptus by modulating the VIT1 channel protein: a cutting-edge computational approach. Front Genet 2023; 14:1165518. [PMID: 37388933 PMCID: PMC10303784 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1165518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023] Open
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Background: Drought poses a significant threat to the growth and survival of woody plants, especially Eucalyptus grandis, which is known for its slow and steady growth. Understanding the physiological and molecular responses of E. grandis to abiotic stress is essential for developing strategies to improve its drought resistance. This study focuses on the potential vulnerability of E. grandis during the initial months of root system proliferation and investigates the role of the essential oil-derived compound Taxol in enhancing its drought resistance. Methodology: A comprehensive analysis was performed on various aspects of E. grandis, including morphological features, photosynthetic rates, pigment concentrations, nitrogenous components, and lipid peroxidation. Furthermore, the study examined the accumulation of soluble carbohydrates, proline, and antioxidant enzymes as part of the tree's response to drought stress. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations were conducted to determine the binding affinity of Taxol, an essential oil derived from Taxus brevifolia, with the VIT1 protein in E. grandis. Results: E. grandis displayed remarkable resilience to drought by accumulating vast reserves of soluble carbohydrates, proline, and antioxidant enzymes. The essential oil-derived compound Taxol exhibited a strong binding affinity with the VIT1 protein (-10.23 kcal/mol), suggesting its potential role in enhancing the tree's drought resistance. Conclusion: This study reveals the pivotal role of Taxol in augmenting the resilience of E. grandis against drought stress and improving its therapeutic oil properties. Emphasizing the tree's inherent tolerance during its susceptible early stages is crucial in promoting sustainable agriculture and forestry practices. The findings underscore the importance of advanced scientific research in uncovering the concealed capabilities of robust trees like E. grandis as we continue our pursuit of a sustainable future.
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- Chen Xu
- Anhui Science and Technology University, College of Architecture, Fengyang, Anhui, China
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati University, Sriniketan, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Centre of Molecular Medicine and Diagnostics (COMMAND), Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University Centre for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India
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- Institute of Wheat Research, State Key Laboratory of Sustainable Dryland Agriculture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Linfen, China
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- Anhui Science and Technology University, College of Architecture, Fengyang, Anhui, China
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Liang B, Wei Z, Ma C, Yin B, Li C, Ma F. Ectopic expression of HIOMT improves tolerance and nitrogen utilization efficiency in transgenic apple under drought stress. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 43:335-350. [PMID: 36124720 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Melatonin enhances plant tolerance to various environmental stressors. Although exogenous application of melatonin has been investigated, the role of endogenous melatonin metabolism in the response of apples to drought stress and nutrient utilization remains unclear. Here, we investigated the effects of ectopically expressing the human melatonin synthase gene HIOMT on transgenic apple plants under drought stress conditions. The tolerance of transgenic apple lines that ectopically expressed HIOMT improved significantly under drought conditions. After 10 days of natural drought stress treatment, the transgenic apple plants showed higher relative water content, chlorophyll levels and Fv/Fm, and lower relative electrolyte leakage and hydrogen peroxide accumulation, than wild-type plants. The activities of peroxidase, superoxide dismutase and catalase, as well as genes in the ascorbate-glutathione cycle, increased more in transgenic apple plants than in the wild-type. The ectopic expression of HIOMT also markedly alleviated the inhibitory effects of long-term drought stress on plant growth, photosynthetic rate and chlorophyll concentrations in apple plants. The uptake and utilization of 15N increased markedly in the transgenic lines under long-term moderate drought stress. Drought stress sharply reduced the activity of enzymes involved in nitrogen metabolism, but ectopic expression of HIOMT largely reversed that response. The expression levels of genes of nitrogen metabolism and uptake were more upregulated in transgenic apple plants than the wild-type. Overall, our study demonstrates that ectopic expression of HIOMT enhanced the tolerance of apple plants to drought stress, and transgenic apple plants showed improved growth due to higher nutrient utilization efficiency under drought conditions.
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- Bowen Liang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
- College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
- College of Food Sciences and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Zaozhuang University, Zaozhuang 277160, Shandong, China
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- College of Horticulture, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, Shandong, China
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- College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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Qaderi MM, Martel AB, Strugnell CA. Environmental Factors Regulate Plant Secondary Metabolites. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:plants12030447. [PMID: 36771531 PMCID: PMC9920071 DOI: 10.3390/plants12030447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Abiotic environmental stresses can alter plant metabolism, leading to inhibition or promotion of secondary metabolites. Although the crucial roles of these compounds in plant acclimation and defense are well known, their response to climate change is poorly understood. As the effects of climate change have been increasing, their regulatory aspects on plant secondary metabolism becomes increasingly important. Effects of individual climate change components, including high temperature, elevated carbon dioxide, drought stress, enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation, and their interactions on secondary metabolites, such as phenolics, terpenes, and alkaloids, continue to be studied as evidence mounting. It is important to understand those aspects of secondary metabolites that shape the success of certain plants in the future. This review aims to present and synthesize recent advances in the effects of climate change on secondary metabolism, delving from the molecular aspects to the organismal effects of an increased or decreased concentration of these compounds. A thorough analysis of the current knowledge about the effects of climate change components on plant secondary metabolites should provide us with the required information regarding plant performance under climate change conditions. Further studies should provide more insight into the understanding of multiple environmental factors effects on plant secondary metabolites.
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- Mirwais M. Qaderi
- Department of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6, Canada
- Department of Biology, Saint Mary’s University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Saint Mary’s University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6, Canada
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Oberschelp GPJ, Morales LL, Montecchiarini ML, Harrand L, Podestá FE, Margarit E. Harder, better, faster, stronger: Frost tolerance of Eucalyptus benthamii under cold acclimation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2022; 186:64-75. [PMID: 35810688 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Eucalypts are the most planted hardwood trees worldwide because of their very rapid growth, exceptional wood quality and adaptability. However, most commercial species and derived hybrids are sensitive to frost, which remains as the largest obstacle to their introduction in warm/temperate climates. As evergreen species, Eucalypts have developed the ability to tolerate frost events based on physiological and molecular responses triggered by previous exposure to cold temperatures, globally named cold acclimation. To characterize the acclimation process in two species with different tolerance to frost, E. grandis (Eg) and E. benthamii (Eb), seedlings were exposed for different times to low temperatures. Frost tolerance was estimated in leaves by an electrolyte leakage assay, and metabolome and morpho-physiological changes studied and correlated to the observed acclimation responses. Eb showed higher basal frost tolerance and an earlier and stronger acclimation response to cold temperatures than in the frost sensitive Eg. Eb was able to modify several morpho-physiological parameters, with a restriction in plant height, leaf area and leaf fresh weight during acclimation. Metabolome characterization allowed us to differentiate species and strengthen our understanding of their acclimation response dynamics. Interestingly, Eb displayed an early phase of sugar accumulation followed by a rise of different metabolites with possible roles as osmolytes and antioxidants, that correlated to frost tolerance and may explain Eb higher capacity to acclimate. This novel approach has helped us to point to the main metabolic processes underlying the cold tolerance acquisition process in two relevant Eucalyptus species.
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Suipacha 531, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- EEA Concordia del INTA, Ruta 22 y vías del ferrocarril, Colonia Yeruá, Entre Ríos, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Suipacha 531, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Suipacha 531, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Water Uptake and Hormone Modulation Responses to Nitrogen Supply in Populus simonii under PEG-Induced Drought Stress. FORESTS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/f13060907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In the present study, the effects of nitrogen (N) supply on water uptake, drought resistance, and hormone regulation were investigated in Populus simonii seedlings grown in hydroponic solution with 5% polyethylene glycol (PEG)-induced drought stress. While acclimating to drought, the P. simonii seedlings exhibited a reduction in growth; differential expression levels of aquaporins (AQPs); activation of auxin (IAA) and abscisic acid (ABA) signaling pathways; a decrease in the net photosynthetic rate and transpiration rate; and an increase in stable nitrogen isotope composition (δ15N), total soluble substances, and intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi), with a shift in the homeostasis of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and scavenging. A low N supply (0.01 mM NH4NO3) or sufficient N supply (1 mM NH4NO3) exhibited distinct morphological, physiological, and transcriptional responses during acclimation to drought, primarily due to strong responses in the transcriptional regulation of genes encoding AQPs; higher soluble phenolics, total N concentrations, and ROS scavenging; and lower transpiration rates, IAA content, ABA content, and ROS accumulation with a sufficient N supply. P. simonii can differentially manage water uptake and hormone modulation in response to drought stress under deficient and sufficient N conditions. These results suggested that increased N may contribute to drought tolerance by decreasing the transpiration rate and O2− production while increasing water uptake and antioxidant enzyme activity.
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Chiral secondary amino acids, their importance, and methods of analysis. Amino Acids 2022; 54:687-719. [PMID: 35192062 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-022-03136-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Naturally occurring secondary amino acids, with proline as the main representative, contain an alpha-imino group in a cycle that is typically four-, five-, and six-membered. The unique ring structure exhibits exceptional properties-conformational rigidity, chemical stability, and specific roles in protein structure and folding. Many proline analogues have been used as valuable compounds for the study of metabolism of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and for the synthesis of compounds with desired biological, pharmaceutical, or industrial properties. The D-forms of secondary amino acids play different roles in living organisms than the L-forms. They have different metabolic pathways, biological, physiological, and pharmacological effects, they can be indicators of changes and also serve as biomarkers of diseases. In the scientific literature, the number of articles examining D-amino acids in biological samples is increasing. The review summarises information on the occurrence and importance of D- and L-secondary amino acids-azetidic acid, proline, hydroxyprolines, pipecolic, nipecotic, hydroxypipecolic acids and related peptides containing these D-AAs, as well as the main analytical methods (mostly chromatographic) used for their enantiomeric determination in different matrices (biological samples, plants, food, water, and soil).
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Costa e Silva J, Jordan R, Potts BM, Pinkard E, Prober SM. Directional Selection on Tree Seedling Traits Driven by Experimental Drought Differs Between Mesic and Dry Populations. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.722964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We evaluated population differences and drought-induced phenotypic selection on four seedling traits of the Australian forest tree Eucalyptus pauciflora using a glasshouse dry-down experiment. We compared dry and mesic populations and tested for directional selection on lamina length (reflecting leaf size), leaf shape, the node of ontogenetic transition to the petiolate leaf (reflecting the loss of vegetative juvenility), and lignotuber size (reflecting a recovery trait). On average, the dry population had smaller and broader leaves, greater retention of the juvenile leaf state and larger lignotubers than the mesic population, but the populations did not differ in seedling survival. While there was statistical support for directional selection acting on the focal traits in one or other population, and for differences between populations in selection gradient estimates for two traits, only one trait—lamina length—exhibited a pattern of directional selection consistent with the observed population differences being a result of past adaptation to reduce seedling susceptibility to acute drought. The observed directional selection for lamina length in the mesic population suggests that future increases in drought risk in the wild will shift the mean of the mesic population toward that of the dry population. Further, we provide evidence suggesting an early age trade-off between drought damage and recovery traits, with phenotypes which develop larger lignotubers early being more susceptible to drought death. Such trade-offs could have contributed to the absence of population mean differences in survival, despite marked differentiation in seedling traits.
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Extraction of Added-Value Triterpenoids from Acacia dealbata Leaves Using Supercritical Fluid Extraction. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9071159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Forestry biomass is a by-product which commonly ends up being burnt for energy generation, despite comprising valuable bioactive compounds with valorisation potential. Leaves of Acacia dealbata were extracted for the first time by supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) using different conditions of pressure, temperature and cosolvents. Total extraction yield, individual triterpenoids extraction yields and concentrations were assessed and contrasted with Soxhlet extractions using solvents of distinct polarity. The extracts were characterized by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and target triterpenoids were quantified. The total extraction yields ranged from 1.76 to 11.58 wt.% and the major compounds identified were fatty acids, polyols, and, from the triterpenoids family, lupenone, α-amyrin and β-amyrin. SFE was selective to lupenone, with higher individual yields (2139–3512 mg kgleaves−1) and concentrations (10.1–12.4 wt.%) in comparison to Soxhlet extractions, which in turn obtained higher yields and concentrations of the remaining triterpenoids.
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Jaquetti RK, Gonçalves JFDC, Nascimento HEM, da Costa KCP, Maia JMF, Schimpl FC. Fertilization and seasonality influence on the photochemical performance of tree legumes in forest plantation for area recovery in the Amazon. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0243118. [PMID: 34019538 PMCID: PMC8139463 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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N-fixing leguminous species can reach atmospheric dinitrogen gas (N2), having an advantage under N-limited degraded environments. These N-fixers are constantly used as facilitative species. Chlorophyll a fluorescence (ChF) acknowledges how different species take up and use light energy during photosynthesis. These techniques assess stress and performance responses to photosynthesis and are used for the selection of species with potential for reforestation. Six Fabaceae species were selected for this study: three nonfixing species (Cenostigma tocantinum, Senna reticulata and Dipteryx odorata) and three N-fixing species (Clitoria fairchildiana, Inga edulis and Acacia spp.). Variations in chlorophyll fluorescence under high vs. low water and nutrient conditions were studied. Multivariate analysis was performed to detect the effects of seasonality and fertilization on dark-adapted ChF two years after the experiment was established. The correlation among ChF variables and growth, photosynthesis and foliar nutrient concentrations was evaluated. Under high water- and nutrient-availability conditions, plants exhibited an enhanced performance index on absorption basis values correlated with electron transport fluxes. Under drought and nutrient-poor conditions, most species exhibit increased energy dissipation as photoprotection. High interspecific variation was found; therefore, species-specific responses should be considered in future ChF studies. Corroborating the ability to colonize high-light environments, N-fixers showed an increased performance index correlated with electron transport and Zn and N foliar concentrations. Negative correlations were found between photosynthesis and trapped fluxes. Diameter growth was positively correlated with electron transport fluxes. Given the different responses among species, ChF is an effective technique to screen for seasonality, fertilization and species effects and should be considered for use during forest restoration. Finally, the addition of fertilization treatments may facilitate tropical forest restoration due to the importance of nutrients in physiological processes. N-fixers showed high photochemical performance and tolerance to abiotic stress in degraded areas and therefore should be included to support ecosystem biomass restoration.
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- Roberto Kirmayr Jaquetti
- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, National Institute for Amazonian Research, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Faculty of Agronomy, Institute of Studies in Agrarian and Regional Development, Federal University of South and Southeast of Pará, Marabá, Para, Brazil
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Aranda I, Cadahía E, Fernández de Simón B. Specific leaf metabolic changes that underlie adjustment of osmotic potential in response to drought by four Quercus species. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 41:728-743. [PMID: 33231684 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Osmotic adjustment is almost ubiquitous as a mechanism of response to drought in many forest species. Recognized as an important mechanism of increasing turgor under water stress, the metabolic basis for osmotic adjustment has been described in only a few species. We set an experiment with four species of the genus Quercus ranked according to drought tolerance and leaf habit from evergreen to broad-leaved deciduous. A cycle of watering deprivation was imposed on seedlings, resulting in well-watered (WW) and water-stressed (WS) treatments, and their water relations were assessed from pressure-volume curves. Leaf predawn water potential (Ψpd) significantly decreased in WS seedlings, which was followed by a drop in leaf osmotic potential at full turgor (Ψπ100). The lowest values of Ψπ100 followed the ranking of decreasing drought tolerance: Quercus ilex L. < Quercus faginea Lam. < Quercus pyrenaica Willd. < Quercus petraea Matt. Liebl. The leaf osmotic potential at the turgor loss point (ΨTLP) followed the same pattern as Ψπ100 across species and treatments. The pool of carbohydrates, some organic acids and cyclitols were the main osmolytes explaining osmotic potential across species, likewise to the osmotic adjustment assessed from the decrease in leaf Ψπ100 between WW and WS seedlings. Amino acids were very responsive to WS, particularly γ-aminobutyric acid in Q. pyrenaica, but made a relatively minor contribution to osmotic potential compared with other groups of compounds. In contrast, the cyclitol proto-quercitol made a prominent contribution to the changes in osmotic potential regardless of watering treatment or species. However, different metabolites, such as quinic acid, played a more important role in osmotic adjustment in Q. ilex, distinguishing it from the other species studied. In conclusion, while osmotic adjustment was present in all four Quercus species, the molecular processes underpinning this response differed according to their phylogenetic history and specific ecology.
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- Ismael Aranda
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera Coruña Km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
- INAGEA, Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera Coruña Km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera Coruña Km 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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López R, Cano FJ, Martin-StPaul NK, Cochard H, Choat B. Coordination of stem and leaf traits define different strategies to regulate water loss and tolerance ranges to aridity. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 230:497-509. [PMID: 33452823 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Adaptation to drought involves complex interactions of traits that vary within and among species. To date, few data are available to quantify within-species variation in functional traits and they are rarely integrated into mechanistic models to improve predictions of species response to climate change. We quantified intraspecific variation in functional traits of two Hakea species growing along an aridity gradient in southeastern Australia. Measured traits were later used to parameterise the model SurEau to simulate a transplantation experiment to identify the limits of drought tolerance. Embolism resistance varied between species but not across populations. Instead, populations adjusted to drier conditions via contrasting sets of trait trade-offs that facilitated homeostasis of plant water status. The species from relatively mesic climate, Hakea dactyloides, relied on tight stomatal control whereas the species from xeric climate, Hakea leucoptera dramatically increased Huber value and leaf mass per area, while leaf area index (LAI) and epidermal conductance (gmin ) decreased. With trait variability, SurEau predicts the plasticity of LAI and gmin buffers the impact of increasing aridity on population persistence. Knowledge of within-species variability in multiple drought tolerance traits will be crucial to accurately predict species distributional limits.
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- Rosana López
- Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
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- Université Clermont-Auvergne, INRA, PIAF, Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia
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Ma WT, Tcherkez G, Wang XM, Schäufele R, Schnyder H, Yang Y, Gong XY. Accounting for mesophyll conductance substantially improves 13 C-based estimates of intrinsic water-use efficiency. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 229:1326-1338. [PMID: 32984961 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) has been used widely to infer intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) of C3 plants, a key parameter linking carbon and water fluxes. Despite the essential role of mesophyll conductance (gm ) in photosynthesis and Δ, its effect on Δ-based predictions of iWUE has generally been neglected. Here, we derive a mathematical expression of iWUE as a function of Δ that includes gm (iWUEmes ) and exploits the gm -stomatal conductance (gsc ) relationship across drought-stress levels and plant functional groups (deciduous or semideciduous woody, evergreen woody and herbaceous species) in a global database. iWUEmes was further validated with an independent dataset of online-Δ and CO2 and H2 O gas exchange measurements with seven species. Drought stress reduced gsc and gm by nearly one-half across all plant functional groups, but had no significant effect on the gsc : gm ratio, with a well supported value of 0.79 ± 0.07 (95% CI, n = 198). gm was negatively correlated to iWUE. Incorporating the gsc : gm ratio greatly improved estimates of iWUE, compared with calculations that assumed infinite gm . The inclusion of the gsc : gm ratio, fixed at 0.79 when gm was unknown, proved desirable to eliminate significant errors in estimating iWUE from Δ across various C3 vegetation types.
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- Wei Ting Ma
- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
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- Research School of Biology, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
- Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences, INRAe, Université d'Angers, 42 rue Georges Morel, Beaucouzé, 49070, France
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- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, Freising, 85354, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, Freising, 85354, Germany
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- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
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- Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology (Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province Funded), College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007, China
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Leite MCM, Araujo MA, Souza LA, Martins AR, Camargos LS. Ecophysiological response of Astronium fraxinifolium (Anacardiaceae) in degraded and non-degraded brazilian Cerrado. RODRIGUÉSIA 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/2175-7860202172066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Abstract Plants native from Cerrado generally have peculiar characteristics that allow tolerating water and nutritional stress. Astronium fraxinifolium is a Anacardiaceae tree of from Brazilian Cerrado. The aim of this research was to characterize A. fraxinifolium leaves morphophysiologically, in order to recognize characteristics related to acclimatization of the species in different soil conditions. Two populations of A. fraxinifolium were sampled in different study areas, A1 (Degraded Soil) and A2 (“Undegraded Soil”). Nitrogen compounds, total carbohydrates, chlorophyll, nutritional content, stomatal density and gas exchanges were quantified, comparing the areas. A high number of stomata was observed on the abaxial surface of A. fraxinifolium leaves, with a higher density occurring in A1 individuals. The values of chlorophyll and boron content were significantly higher in A2 plants. It’s possible that the lowest concentration of boron in A1 plants is related to chlorophyll production. Regardinf the other analysis, there weren’t significant differences between the areas. The results show that this species undergoes changes in production of chlorophyll, but liquid photosynthesis isn’t impaired, considering the low chlorophyll content in A1 being compensated by the higher stomatal density. Thus, these changes may be the result of acclimating this species to different environmental conditions to which it’s exposed.
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Zhao S, Gao H, Jia X, Wei J, Mao K, Ma F. MdHB-7 Regulates Water Use Efficiency in Transgenic Apple ( Malus domestica) Under Long-Term Moderate Water Deficit. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:740492. [PMID: 34777421 PMCID: PMC8582324 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.740492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Improved water use efficiency (WUE) promotes plant survival and crop yield under water deficit conditions. Although the plant-specific HD-Zip I transcription factors have important roles in plant adaptation to various abiotic stresses, including water deficit, their functions in regulating WUE of apple (Malus domestica) are poorly understood. We characterized the role of MdHB-7 in WUE regulation by subjecting MdHB-7 transgenic plants to long-term moderate soil water deficit. The long-term WUE (WUEL) of transgenic apple plants with MdHB-7 overexpression or MdHB-7 RNA interference (RNAi) differed significantly from that of control plants. Upregulation of MdHB-7 caused reduced stomatal density, whereas the suppression of MdHB-7 increased stomatal density under both normal and long-term moderate soil water deficit conditions. Moderate reduction in stomatal density helped to improve the WUE of MdHB-7 overexpression transgenic plants, especially under water deficit conditions. MdHB-7 overexpression plants maintained high rates of photosynthesis that were conducive to the accumulation of biomass and the improvement of WUEL. MdHB-7 overexpression also alleviated the inhibition of root growth caused by long-term moderate soil water deficit and improved root vitality and hydraulic conductivity, which were essential for improving plant WUEL. By contrast, MdHB-7 RNA interference reduced the WUEL of transgenic plants by inhibiting these factors under normal and long-term moderate soil water deficit conditions. Taken together, our results provide solid evidence for a crucial role of MdHB-7 in the regulation of apple WUEL and provide new insights for improving the WUE of apple plants under moderate soil water deficit.
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Growth promotion and protection from drought in Eucalyptus grandis seedlings inoculated with beneficial bacteria embedded in a superabsorbent polymer. Sci Rep 2020; 10:18221. [PMID: 33106567 PMCID: PMC7588442 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75212-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Eucalyptus grandis is a globally important tree crop. Greenhouse-grown tree seedlings often face water deficit after outplanting to the field, which can affect their survival and establishment severely. This can be alleviated by the application of superabsorbent hydrophilic polymers (SAPs). Growth promoting bacteria can also improve crop abiotic stress tolerance; however, their use in trees is limited, partly due to difficulties in the application and viability loss. In this work, we evaluated the improvement of drought tolerance of E. grandis seedlings by inoculating with two Pseudomonas strains (named M25 and N33), carried by an acrylic-hydrocellulosic SAP. We observed significant bacterial survival in the seedling rhizosphere 50 days after inoculation. Under gradual water deficit conditions, we observed a considerable increase in the water content and wall elasticity of M25-inoculated plants and a trend towards growth promotion with both bacteria. Under rapid water deficit conditions, which caused partial defoliation, both strains significantly enhanced the formation of new leaves, while inoculation with M25 reduced the transpiration rate. Co-inoculation with M25 and N33 substantially increased growth and photosynthetic capacity. We conclude that the selected bacteria can benefit E. grandis early growth and can be easily inoculated at transplant by using an acrylic-hydrocellulosic SAP.
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Fernández de Simón B, Sanz M, Sánchez-Gómez D, Cadahía E, Aranda I. Rising [CO 2] effect on leaf drought-induced metabolome in Pinus pinaster Aiton: Ontogenetic- and genotypic-specific response exhibit different metabolic strategies. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2020; 149:201-216. [PMID: 32078898 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations ([CO2]) together with water deficit can influence ecological interactions of trees through an array of chemically driven changes in plant leaves. In four drought stressed Pinus pinaster genotypes, grown under two levels of atmospheric [CO2] (ambient (aCO2) and enriched (eCO2)) the metabolome of adult and juvenile needles was analyzed to know if the metabolic responses to this environmental situation could be genotype-dependent and vary according to the stage of needle ontogeny. Drought had the highest incidence, followed by needle ontogeny, being lower the eCO2 effect. The eCO2 reduced, eliminated or countered the 50 (adult needles) - 44% (juvenile) of the drought-induced changes, suggesting that CO2-enriched plants could perceived less oxidative stress under drought, and proving that together, these two abiotic factors triggered a metabolic response different from that under single factors. Genotype drought tolerance and ontogenetic stage determined the level of metabolite accumulation and the plasticity to eCO2 under drought, which was mainly reflected in antioxidant levels and tree chemical defense. At re-watering, previously water stressed plants showed both, reduced C and N metabolism, and a "drought memory effect", favoring antioxidants and osmolyte storage. This effect showed variations regarding genotype drought-tolerance, needle ontogeny and [CO2], with remarkable contribution of terpenoids. Chemical defense and drought tolerance were somehow linked, increasing chemical defense during recovery in the most drought-sensitive individuals. The better adaptation of trees to drought under eCO2, as well as their ability to recover better from water stress, are essential for the survival of forest trees.
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- Brígida Fernández de Simón
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Bl 17 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto Regional de Investigación, Desarrollo Agroalimentario y Forestal de Castilla-La Mancha (IRIAF), Centro de Investigación Agroforestal de Albadalejito (CIAF), Carretera Toledo-Cuenca, km 174, 16194, Cuenca, Spain.
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain.
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Flexas J, Carriquí M. Photosynthesis and photosynthetic efficiencies along the terrestrial plant's phylogeny: lessons for improving crop photosynthesis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 101:964-978. [PMID: 31833133 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 11/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Photosynthesis is the basis of all life on Earth. Surprisingly, until very recently, data on photosynthesis, photosynthetic efficiencies, and photosynthesis limitations in terrestrial land plants other than spermatophytes were very scarce. Here we provide an updated data compilation showing that maximum photosynthesis rates (expressed either on an area or dry mass basis) progressively scale along the land plant's phylogeny, from lowest values in bryophytes to largest in angiosperms. Unexpectedly, both photosynthetic water (WUE) and nitrogen (PNUE) use efficiencies also scale positively through the phylogeny, for which it has been commonly reported that these two efficiencies tend to trade-off between them when comparing different genotypes or a single species subject to different environmental conditions. After providing experimental evidence that these observed trends are mostly due to an increased mesophyll conductance to CO2 - associated with specific anatomical changes - along the phylogeny, we discuss how these findings on a large phylogenetic scale can provide useful information to address potential photosynthetic improvements in crops in the near future.
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- Jaume Flexas
- Research Group on Plant Biology Under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears - Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua (UIB-INAGEA), Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology Under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears - Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua (UIB-INAGEA), Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122, Palma, Spain
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 51, 7001, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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Aranda I, Cadahía E, Fernández de Simón B. Leaf ecophysiological and metabolic response in Quercus pyrenaica Willd seedlings to moderate drought under enriched CO 2 atmosphere. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 244:153083. [PMID: 31812028 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2019.153083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Impact of drought under enriched CO2 atmosphere on ecophysiological and leaf metabolic response of the sub-mediterranean Q. pyrenaica oak was studied. Seedlings growing in climate chamber were submitted to moderate drought (WS) and well-watered (WW) under ambient ([CO2]amb =400 ppm) or CO2 enriched atmosphere ([CO2]enr =800 ppm). The moderate drought endured by seedlings brought about a decrease in leaf gas exchange. However, net photosynthesis (Anet) was highly stimulated for plants at [CO2]enr. There was a decrease of the stomatal conductance to water vapour (gwv) in response to drought, and a subtle trend to be lower under [CO2]enr. The consequence of these changes was an important increase in the intrinsic leaf water use efficiency (WUEi). The electron transport rate (ETR) was almost a 20 percent higher in plants at [CO2]enr regardless drought endured by seedlings. The ETR/Anet was lower under [CO2]enr, pointing to a high capacity to maintain sinks for the uptake of extra carbon in the atmosphere. Impact of drought on the leaf metabolome, as a whole, was more evident than that from [CO2] enrichment of the atmosphere. Changes in pool of non-structural carbohydrates were observed mainly as a consequence of water deficit including increases of fructose, glucose, and proto-quercitol. Most of the metabolites affected by drought back up to levels of non-stressed seedlings after rewetting (recovery phase). It can be concluded that carbon uptake was stimulated by [CO2]enr, even under the stomatal closure that accompanied moderate drought. In the last, there was a positive effect in intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi), which was much more improved under [CO2]enr. Leaf metabolome was little responsible and some few metabolites changed mainly in response to drought, with little differences between [CO2] growth conditions.
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- Ismael Aranda
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de A Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía del Agua (INAGEA), Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain.
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de A Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de A Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Wang Q, Liu C, Huang D, Dong Q, Li P, Ma F. High-efficient utilization and uptake of N contribute to higher NUE of 'Qinguan' apple under drought and N-deficient conditions compared with 'Honeycrisp'. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 39:1880-1895. [PMID: 31711215 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpz093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Drought and nitrogen (N) deficiency are common factors that limit apple production in the Loess Plateau region of China. Different apple cultivars respond to drought and low N differently; however, the mechanism that underlies the difference in nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) under drought conditions is not well understood. In this study, by comparing the physiological responses of two apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) cultivars with contrasting NUE, 'Qinguan' (higher NUE) and 'Honeycrisp' (lower NUE), under low N and drought conditions, we discovered that, 'Qinguan' had larger stomatal apertures, higher chlorophyll fluorescence levels, more active N metabolism and antioxidant enzymes, higher abscisic acid and auxin concentrations, larger root size and more efficient N uptake mediated by higher expression of MdNRT2.4 in rootstock than that of 'Honeycrisp'. Additionally, we experimentally confirmed that MdNRT2.4 enhanced low N and osmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis when being overexpressed. Taken together, our findings shed light on the mechanism that underlies the difference in NUE of apple under drought and N-deficient conditionss and provide MdNRT2.4 as a candidate gene for future genetic engineering.
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- Qian Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, 712100, China
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Zait Y, Shtein I, Schwartz A. Long-term acclimation to drought, salinity and temperature in the thermophilic tree Ziziphus spina-christi: revealing different tradeoffs between mesophyll and stomatal conductance. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 39:701-716. [PMID: 30597082 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpy133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Photosynthesis is limited by three main factors: stomatal conductance (gs), mesophyll conductance (gm) and maximum capacity for Rubisco carboxylation (Vcmax). It is unclear how limiting factors vary under stress, particularly during long-term stress acclimation. In this work, we compared for the first time photosynthesis limitation resulting from long-term acclimation to three major abiotic stresses: drought, salinity and temperature. We used saplings of Ziziphus spina-christi, a thermophilic and drought-tolerant tree, which recently became more abundant in the Mediterranean, presumably due to increased winter temperatures. Stress acclimation was investigated by measuring growth, gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf structure. For each stress, photosynthesis-limiting factors were compared. We developed an integrative stress index that allowed us to precisely define stress level, enabling a comparison between stress types. Photosynthesis under all stresses was limited mostly by gs and gm (80-90%); whereas biochemistry (Vcmax) made a minor contribution (10-20%). The relative contribution of gs and gm on photosynthetic limitation was influenced by stress type. During acclimation to drought or salinity, photosynthesis was limited by a decline in gs, while intolerance to low temperatures was driven by decline in gm. In all the stresses, gm decreased only under progressive reduction in leaf physiological functionality and was associated with low turgor under drought, an increase in leaf Na+ under salinity and low leaf hydraulic conductance (Kleaf) at low temperatures. Mesophyll structure (mesophyll surface area exposed to the intercellular air spaces, leaf thickness, % intercellular air spaces) did not explain gm acclimation to stress. Current work gives methodology for stress studies, and defines the main factors underlying the plant response to climate change. The ability to minimize mesophyll-imposed limitations on photosynthesis was found as a strong indicator of progressive stress tolerance. Moreover, the results demonstrate how warming climate benefits the photosynthetic function in thermophilic species, such as Ziziphus spina-christi.
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- Yotam Zait
- 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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- 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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Barnaby JY, Rohila JS, Henry CG, Sicher RC, Reddy VR, McClung AM. Physiological and Metabolic Responses of Rice to Reduced Soil Moisture: Relationship of Water Stress Tolerance and Grain Production. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20081846. [PMID: 30991628 PMCID: PMC6514846 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20081846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 04/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Access to adequate irrigation resources is critical for sustained agricultural production, and rice, a staple cereal grain for half of the world population, is one of the biggest users of irrigation. To reduce water use, several water saving irrigation systems have been developed for rice production, but a reliable system to evaluate cultivars for water stress tolerance is still lacking. Here, seven rice cultivars that have diverse yield potential under water stress were evaluated in a field study using four continuous irrigation regimes varying from saturation to wilting point. To understand the relationship between water stress and yield potential, the physiological and leaf metabolic responses were investigated at the critical transition between vegetative and reproductive growth stages. Twenty-nine metabolite markers including carbohydrates, amino acids and organic acids were found to significantly differ among the seven cultivars in response to increasing water stress levels with amino acids increasing but organic acids and carbohydrates showing mixed responses. Overall, our data suggest that, in response to increasing water stress, rice cultivars that do not show a significant yield loss accumulate carbohydrates (fructose, glucose, and myo-inositol), and this is associated with a moderate reduction in stomatal conductance (gs), particularly under milder stress conditions. In contrast, cultivars that had significant yield loss due to water stress had the greatest reduction in gs, relatively lower accumulation of carbohydrates, and relatively high increases in relative chlorophyll content (SPAD) and leaf temperature (Tm). These data demonstrate the existence of genetic variation in yield under different water stress levels which results from a suite of physiological and biochemical responses to water stress. Our study, therefore, suggests that in rice there are different physiological and metabolic strategies that result in tolerance to water stress that should be considered in developing new cultivars for deficit irrigation production systems that use less water.
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- Jinyoung Y Barnaby
- USDA-ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, AR 72160, USA.
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- USDA-ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, AR 72160, USA.
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
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- USDA-ARS Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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- USDA-ARS Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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- USDA-ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, Stuttgart, AR 72160, USA.
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Vilasboa J, Da Costa CT, Fett-Neto AG. Rooting of eucalypt cuttings as a problem-solving oriented model in plant biology. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 146:85-97. [PMID: 30557533 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Species of Eucalyptus are some of the most planted trees in the world, providing fiber, cellulose, energy, and wood for construction and furniture in renewable fashion, with the added advantage of fixing large amounts of atmospheric carbon. The efficiency of eucalypts in forestry relies mostly on the clonal propagation of selected genotypes both as pure species and interspecific hybrids. The formation of new roots from cambium tissues at the base of cuttings, referred to as adventitious rooting (AR), is essential for accomplishing clonal propagation successfully. AR is a highly complex, multi-level regulated developmental process, affected by a number of endogenous and environmental factors. In several cases, highly desirable genotypes from an industrial point of view carry along the undesirable trait of difficulty-to-root (recalcitrance). Understanding the bases of this phenotype is needed to identify ways to overcome recalcitrance and allow efficient clonal propagation. Herein, an overview of the state-of-the-art on the basis of AR recalcitrance in eucalypts addressed at various levels of regulation (transcript, protein, metabolite and phenotype), and OMICs techniques is presented. In addition, a focus is also provided on the gaps that need to be filled in order to advance in this strategic biological problem for global forestry industry relying on eucalypts.
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- Johnatan Vilasboa
- Center for Biotechnology and Department of Botany, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), P.O. Box 15005, Porto Alegre, RS, 91501-970, Brazil
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- Center for Biotechnology and Department of Botany, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), P.O. Box 15005, Porto Alegre, RS, 91501-970, Brazil
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- Center for Biotechnology and Department of Botany, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), P.O. Box 15005, Porto Alegre, RS, 91501-970, Brazil.
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de Simón BF, Cadahía E, Aranda I. Metabolic response to elevated CO 2 levels in Pinus pinaster Aiton needles in an ontogenetic and genotypic-dependent way. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2018; 132:202-212. [PMID: 30216778 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Global climate changes involve elevated atmospheric [CO2], fostering the carbon allocation to tree sink tissues, partitioning it into metabolic pathways. We use metabolomics analysis in adult and juvenile needles of four Pinus pinaster genotypes exposed to two levels of growth [CO2]: ambient (400 μmol mol-1) and enriched (800 μmol mol-1), to know if the metabolic responses are genotype-dependent and vary according to the stage of needle ontogeny. The eCO2-induced changes in the needle metabolomes are more significant in secondary metabolism pathways and especially meaningful in juvenile needles. The heteroblasty has important consequences in the expression of the metabolome, and on the plasticity to CO2, determining the level of specific metabolite accumulation, showing an interdependence between adult and juvenile needles. The P. pinaster needle metabolomes also show clear quantitative differences linked to genotype, as well as regarding the metabolic response to eCO2, showing both, common and genotype-specific biochemical responses. Thus, the changes in flavonol levels are mainly genotype-independent, while those in terpenoid and free fatty acids are mainly genotype-dependent, ratifying the importance of genotype to determine the metabolic response to eCO2. To understand the adaptation mechanisms that tree species can develop to cope with eCO2 it is necessary to know the genetically distinct responses within a species to recognize the CO2-induced changes from the divergent approaches, what can facilitate knowing also the possible interrelation of the physiological and metabolic responses. That could explain the controversial effects of eCO2 on the carbon-based metabolite in conifers, at the inter- and intra-specific level.
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- Brígida Fernández de Simón
- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de La Coruña Km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de La Coruña Km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, O.A., M.P. (INIA), Centro de Investigación Forestal, Carretera de La Coruña Km 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigaciones Agroambientales y de Economía Del Agua (INAGEA), Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares, Spain.
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Correia B, Hancock RD, Amaral J, Gomez-Cadenas A, Valledor L, Pinto G. Combined Drought and Heat Activates Protective Responses in Eucalyptus globulus That Are Not Activated When Subjected to Drought or Heat Stress Alone. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:819. [PMID: 29973941 PMCID: PMC6019450 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Aiming to mimic a more realistic field condition and to determine convergent and divergent responses of individual stresses in relation to their combination, we explored physiological, biochemical, and metabolomic alterations after drought and heat stress imposition (alone and combined) and recovery, using a drought-tolerant Eucalyptus globulus clone. When plants were exposed to drought alone, the main responses included reduced pre-dawn water potential (Ψpd) and gas exchange. This was accompanied by increases in malondialdehyde (MDA) and total glutathione, indicative of oxidative stress. Abscisic acid (ABA) levels increased while the content of jasmonic acid (JA) fell. Metabolic alterations included reductions in the levels of sugar phosphates accompanied by increases in starch and non-structural carbohydrates. Levels of α-glycerophosphate and shikimate were also reduced while free amino acids increased. On the other hand, heat alone triggered an increase in relative water content (RWC) and Ψpd. Photosynthetic rate and pigments were reduced accompanied by a reduction in water use efficiency. Heat-induced a reduction of salicylic acid (SA) and JA content. Sugar alcohols and several amino acids were enhanced by the heat treatment while starch, fructose-6-phosphate, glucose-6-phosphate, and α-glycerophosphate were reduced. Contrary to what was observed under drought, heat stress activated the shikimic acid pathway. Drought-stressed plants subject to a heat shock exhibited a sharp decrease in gas exchange, Ψpd and JA, no alterations in electrolyte leakage, MDA, starch, and pigments and increased glutathione pool in relation to control. Comparing this with drought stress alone, subjecting drought stressed plants to an additional heat stress alleviated Ψpd and MDA, maintained an increased glutathione pool and reduced starch content and non-structural carbohydrates. A novel response triggered by the combined stress was the accumulation of cinnamate. Regarding recovery, most of the parameters affected by each stress condition reversed after re-establishment of control growing conditions. These results highlight that the combination of drought and heat provides significant protection from more detrimental effects of drought-stressed eucalypts, confirming that combined stress alter plant metabolism in a novel manner that cannot be extrapolated by the sum of the different stresses applied individually.
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- Barbara Correia
- Department of Biology, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Ciencias Agrarias y del Medio Natural, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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- Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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França JM, Venial LR, Costa EB, Schmildt ER, Schmildt O, Bernardes PM, Tatagiba SD, Lopes JC, Ferreira MFS, Alexandre RS. Morphophysiology, Phenotypic and Molecular Diversity of Auxin-induced Passiflora mucronata Lam. (Passifloraceae). AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2018; 90:1799-1814. [PMID: 29668796 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201820160898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Genetic diversity allows identification of potential intraspecific genotypes in the genus Passiflora. The objective of this study was to examine the morphological and genetic diversity of auxin-induced Passiflora mucronata. The experiments were arranged in a complete randomized block design, with a 9 x 2 factorial arrangement (nine genotypes x presence and absence of auxin, indole-3-butyric acid (IBA)), with four replicates of 16 cuttings. The rooting and vegetative growth responses were variable. Genotype 5 was more responsive in the absence of IBA and genotypes 3, 8 and 9 were more responsive in the presence of IBA. Auxin increased rooting rate and percentage, reducing the average time of root protrusion in eight days. IBA also contributed to increase photosynthesis and dry root and shoot mass in 55.55 and 44.44% of the genotypes, respectively. The highest relative contribution to phenotypic diversity in the absence of auxin was rate (38.75%) and percentage (20.27%) of rooting, whereas in the presence of auxin was stomatal conductance (23.19%) and root dry mass (20.91%). Similarity was found for phenotypic and molecular divergence in the presence of IBA, in which genotypes 1 and 6; genotypes 5, 8 and 9; and genotype 3 were clustered in distinct groups.
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- Juliany M França
- Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Rodovia BR 101 Norte, Km 60, 29932-540 São Mateus, ES, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Engenharias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Bairro Guararema, 29500-000 Alegre, ES, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Engenharias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Bairro Guararema, 29500-000 Alegre, ES, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Rodovia BR 101 Norte, Km 60, 29932-540 São Mateus, ES, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Rodovia BR 101 Norte, Km 60, 29932-540 São Mateus, ES, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Engenharias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Bairro Guararema, 29500-000 Alegre, ES, Brazil
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- Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará, Campus Itaituba/IFPA, Estrada Jacarezinho, s/n, Maria Magdalena, 68183-300 Itaituba, PA, Brazil
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- Departamento de Agronomia, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Engenharias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Bairro Guararema, 29500-000 Alegre, ES, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Engenharias, Avenida Governador Lindemberg, 316, Centro, 29550-000 Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Engenharias, Avenida Governador Lindemberg, 316, Centro, 29550-000 Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil
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Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Rodrigues AM, Perdiguero P, António C, Atkin OK, Li M, Collada C, Gil L. A molecular approach to drought-induced reduction in leaf CO 2 exchange in drought-resistant Quercus ilex. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2018; 162:394-408. [PMID: 28984911 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Drought-induced reduction of leaf gas exchange entails a complex regulation of the plant leaf metabolism. We used a combined molecular and physiological approach to understand leaf photosynthetic and respiratory responses of 2-year-old Quercus ilex seedlings to drought. Mild drought stress resulted in glucose accumulation while net photosynthetic CO2 uptake (Pn ) remained unchanged, suggesting a role of glucose in stress signaling and/or osmoregulation. Simple sugars and sugar alcohols increased throughout moderate-to-very severe drought stress conditions, in parallel to a progressive decline in Pn and the quantum efficiency of photosystem II; by contrast, minor changes occurred in respiration rates until drought stress was very severe. At very severe drought stress, 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex gene expression significantly decreased, and the abundance of most amino acids dramatically increased, especially that of proline and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) suggesting enhanced protection against oxidative damage and a reorganization of the tricarboxylic cycle acid cycle via the GABA shunt. Altogether, our results point to Q. ilex drought tolerance being linked to signaling and osmoregulation by hexoses during early stages of drought stress, and enhanced protection against oxidative damage by polyols and amino acids under severe drought stress.
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- Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada
- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Plant Metabolomics Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB NOVA), 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain
- Forest Biotech Laboratory, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, iBET, 2781-901 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Plant Metabolomics Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB NOVA), 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, 2601, Australia
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- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain
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Flexas J, Cano FJ, Carriquí M, Coopman RE, Mizokami Y, Tholen D, Xiong D. CO2 Diffusion Inside Photosynthetic Organs. THE LEAF: A PLATFORM FOR PERFORMING PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-93594-2_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nolan RH, Tarin T, Santini NS, McAdam SAM, Ruman R, Eamus D. Differences in osmotic adjustment, foliar abscisic acid dynamics, and stomatal regulation between an isohydric and anisohydric woody angiosperm during drought. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2017; 40:3122-3134. [PMID: 28982212 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Species are often classified along a continuum from isohydric to anisohydric, with isohydric species exhibiting tighter regulation of leaf water potential through stomatal closure in response to drought. We investigated plasticity in stomatal regulation in an isohydric (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) and an anisohydric (Acacia aptaneura) angiosperm species subject to repeated drying cycles. We also assessed foliar abscisic acid (ABA) content dynamics, aboveground/belowground biomass allocation and nonstructural carbohydrates. The anisohydric species exhibited large plasticity in the turgor loss point (ΨTLP ), with plants subject to repeated drying exhibiting lower ΨTLP and correspondingly larger stomatal conductance at low water potential, compared to plants not previously exposed to drought. The anisohydric species exhibited a switch from ABA to water potential-driven stomatal closure during drought, a response previously only reported for anisohydric gymnosperms. The isohydric species showed little osmotic adjustment, with no evidence of switching to water potential-driven stomatal closure, but did exhibit increased root:shoot ratios. There were no differences in carbohydrate depletion between species. We conclude that a large range in ΨTLP and biphasic ABA dynamics are indicative of anisohydric species, and these traits are associated with exposure to low minimum foliar water potential, dense sapwood and large resistance to xylem embolism.
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- Rachael H Nolan
- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, Ultimo, New South Wales, 2007, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, Ultimo, New South Wales, 2007, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, Ultimo, New South Wales, 2007, Australia
- Institute of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, External Circuit S/N annex Botanical Garden exterior, University City, Mexico City, 04500, Mexico
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia
- Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, Ultimo, New South Wales, 2007, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, Ultimo, New South Wales, 2007, Australia
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Luo ZB, Luo J. Uncovering the physiological mechanisms that allow nitrogen availability to affect drought acclimation in Catalpa bungei. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1453-1456. [PMID: 29036386 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Zhi-Bin Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Silviculture of the State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Hubei Engineering Technology Research Center for Forestry Information, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Shi H, Ma W, Song J, Lu M, Rahman SU, Bui TTX, Vu DD, Zheng H, Wang J, Zhang Y. Physiological and transcriptional responses of Catalpa bungei to drought stress under sufficient- and deficient-nitrogen conditions. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:1457-1468. [PMID: 28985426 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpx090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Many semi-arid ecosystems are simultaneously limited by soil water and nitrogen (N). We conducted a greenhouse experiment to address how N availability impacts drought-resistant traits of Catalpa bungei C. A. Mey at the physiological and molecular level. A factorial design was used, consisting of sufficient-N and deficient-N combined with moderate drought and well-watered conditions. Seedling biomass and major root parameters were significantly suppressed by drought under the deficient-N condition, whereas N application mitigated the inhibiting effects of drought on root growth, particularly that of fine roots with a diameter <0.2 mm. Intrinsic water-use efficiency was promoted by N addition under both water conditions, whereas stable carbon isotope compositions (δ13C) was promoted by N addition only under the well-watered condition. Nitrogen application positively impacted drought adaptive responses including osmotic adjustment and homeostasis of reactive oxygen species, the content of free proline, soluble sugar and superoxide dismutase activity: all were increased upon drought under sufficient-N conditions but not under deficient-N conditions. The extent of abscisic acid (ABA) inducement upon drought was elevated by N application. Furthermore, an N-dependent crosstalk between ABA, jasmonic acid and indole acetic acid at the biosynthesis level contributed to better drought acclimation. Moreover, the transcriptional level of most genes responsible for the ABA signal transduction pathway, and genes encoding the antioxidant enzymes and plasma membrane intrinsic proteins, are elevated upon drought only under sufficient-N addition. These observations confirmed at the molecular level that major adaptive responses to drought are dependent on sufficient N nutrition. Although N uptake was decreased under drought, N-use efficiency and transcription of most genes encoding N metabolism enzymes were elevated, demonstrating that active N metabolism positively contributed drought resistance and growth of C. bungei under sufficient-N conditions.
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- Huili Shi
- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Key Laboratory of Tree Breeding and Cultivation of State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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Gago J, Fernie AR, Nikoloski Z, Tohge T, Martorell S, Escalona JM, Ribas-Carbó M, Flexas J, Medrano H. Integrative field scale phenotyping for investigating metabolic components of water stress within a vineyard. PLANT METHODS 2017; 13:90. [PMID: 29093742 PMCID: PMC5663058 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-017-0241-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is currently a high requirement for field phenotyping methodologies/technologies to determine quantitative traits related to crop yield and plant stress responses under field conditions. METHODS We employed an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a thermal camera as a high-throughput phenotyping platform to obtain canopy level data of the vines under three irrigation treatments. High-resolution imagery (< 2.5 cm/pixel) was employed to estimate the canopy conductance (gc ) via the leaf energy balance model. In parallel, physiological stress measurements at leaf and stem level as well as leaf sampling for primary and secondary metabolome analysis were performed. RESULTS Aerial gc correlated significantly with leaf stomatal conductance (gs ) and stem sap flow, benchmarking the quality of our remote sensing technique. Metabolome profiles were subsequently linked with gc and gs via partial least square modelling. By this approach malate and flavonols, which have previously been implicated to play a role in stomatal function under controlled greenhouse conditions within model species, were demonstrated to also be relevant in field conditions. CONCLUSIONS We propose an integrative methodology combining metabolomics, organ-level physiology and UAV-based remote sensing of the whole canopy responses to water stress within a vineyard. Finally, we discuss the general utility of this integrative methodology for broad field phenotyping.
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- Jorge Gago
- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears, cta. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears, cta. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears, cta. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears, cta. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears, cta. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears, cta. de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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Aranda I, Sánchez-Gómez D, de Miguel M, Mancha JA, Guevara MA, Cadahía E, Fernández de Simón MB. Fagus sylvatica L. provenances maintain different leaf metabolic profiles and functional response. ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Rodríguez-Calcerrada J, Li M, López R, Cano FJ, Oleksyn J, Atkin OK, Pita P, Aranda I, Gil L. Drought-induced shoot dieback starts with massive root xylem embolism and variable depletion of nonstructural carbohydrates in seedlings of two tree species. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 213:597-610. [PMID: 27575435 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Combining hydraulic- and carbon-related measurements helps to understand drought-induced plant mortality. Here, we investigated the role that plant respiration (R) plays in determining carbon budgets under drought. We measured the hydraulic conductivity of stems and roots, and gas exchange and nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC) concentrations of leaves, stems and roots of seedlings of two resprouting species exposed to drought or well-watered conditions: Ulmus minor (riparian tree) and Quercus ilex (dryland tree). With increasing water stress (occurring more rapidly in larger U. minor), declines in leaf, stem and root R were less pronounced than that in leaf net photosynthetic CO2 uptake (Pn ). Daytime whole-plant carbon gain was negative below -4 and -6 MPa midday xylem water potential in U. minor and Q. ilex, respectively. Relative to controls, seedlings exhibiting shoot dieback suffered c. 80% loss of hydraulic conductivity in both species, and reductions in NSC concentrations in U. minor. Higher drought-induced depletion of NSC reserves in U. minor was related to higher plant R, faster stomatal closure, and premature leaf-shedding. Differences in drought resistance relied on the ability to maintain hydraulic conductivity during drought, rather than tolerating conductivity loss. Root hydraulic failure elicited shoot dieback and precluded resprouting without root NSC reserves being apparently limiting for R.
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- Jesús Rodríguez-Calcerrada
- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, UWS, Science Road, Richmond, 2753, NSW, Australia
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- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, UWS, Science Road, Richmond, 2753, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kórnik, 62-035, Poland
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Building 134, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Genetics, Forest Research Centre, INIA, Avda. A Coruña km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Forest History, Physiology and Genetics Research Group, School of Forestry Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Goufo P, Moutinho-Pereira JM, Jorge TF, Correia CM, Oliveira MR, Rosa EAS, António C, Trindade H. Cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Metabolomics: Osmoprotection as a Physiological Strategy for Drought Stress Resistance and Improved Yield. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2017; 8:586. [PMID: 28473840 PMCID: PMC5397532 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Plants usually tolerate drought by producing organic solutes, which can either act as compatible osmolytes for maintaining turgor, or radical scavengers for protecting cellular functions. However, these two properties of organic solutes are often indistinguishable during stress progression. This study looked at individualizing properties of osmotic adjustment vs. osmoprotection in plants, using cowpea as the model species. Two cultivars were grown in well-watered soil, drought conditions, or drought followed by rewatering through fruit formation. Osmoadaptation was investigated in leaves and roots using photosynthetic traits, water homoeostasis, inorganic ions, and primary and secondary metabolites. Multifactorial analyses indicated allocation of high quantities of amino acids, sugars, and proanthocyanidins into roots, presumably linked to their role in growth and initial stress perception. Physiological and metabolic changes developed in parallel and drought/recovery responses showed a progressive acclimation of the cowpea plant to stress. Of the 88 metabolites studied, proline, galactinol, and a quercetin derivative responded the most to drought as highlighted by multivariate analyses, and their correlations with yield indicated beneficial effects. These metabolites accumulated differently in roots, but similarly in leaves, suggesting a more conservative strategy to cope with drought in the aerial parts. Changes in these compounds roughly reflected energy investment in protective mechanisms, although the ability of plants to adjust osmotically through inorganic ions uptake could not be discounted.
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- Piebiep Goufo
- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroVila Real, Portugal
- *Correspondence: Piebiep Goufo
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroVila Real, Portugal
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- Plant Metabolomics Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de LisboaOeiras, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroVila Real, Portugal
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- Unidade de Biotecnologia e Recursos Genéticos, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e VeterináriaOeiras, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroVila Real, Portugal
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- Plant Metabolomics Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de LisboaOeiras, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroVila Real, Portugal
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Lockhart E, Wild B, Richter A, Simonin K, Merchant A. Stress-induced changes in carbon allocation among metabolite pools influence isotope-based predictions of water use efficiency in Phaseolus vulgaris. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2016; 43:1149-1158. [PMID: 32480534 DOI: 10.1071/fp16022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/31/2016] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Understanding how major food crops respond to environmental stress will expand our capacity to improve food production with growing populations and a changing climate. This study uses chemical and physiological adaptations to heat, water deficit and elevated light stresses in Phaseolus vulgaris L. to identify changes in carbon (C) allocation that, combined with post-photosynthetic fractionation of C isotopes, influences water use efficiency (WUE) predictions. The chemical stress response was explored through changes in C allocation to the carbohydrate and cyclitol pools using GC-triple quadrupole MS. Carbon allocation to the sucrose pool fluctuated significantly among treatments, and the putative osmolytes and osmoprotectants (myo-inositol and d-ononitol) accumulated under stress. Significant osmotic adjustment (P<0.05), quantified via pressure-volume curve analysis, was detected between control and stress treatments, although this was not attributable to active accumulation of the metabolites. Compound-specific 13C isotope abundance was measured using liquid chromatography isotope ratio MS to predict intrinsic WUE. In contrast to other metabolites measured, the δ13C of the sucrose pool fluctuated according to treatment and was proportional to predicted values based upon modelled Δ13C from gas exchange data. The results suggest that the accuracy and precision of predicting WUE may be enhanced by compound-specific analysis of Δ13C and that changes in the allocation of C among metabolite pools may influence WUE predictions based upon analysis of total soluble C. Overall, the plants appeared to use a range of mechanisms to cope with adverse conditions that could be utilised to improve plant breeding and management strategies.
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- Erin Lockhart
- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Sancho-Knapik D, Medrano H, Peguero-Pina JJ, Mencuccini M, Fariñas MD, Álvarez-Arenas TG, Gil-Pelegrín E. The Application of Leaf Ultrasonic Resonance to Vitis vinifera L. Suggests the Existence of a Diurnal Osmotic Adjustment Subjected to Photosynthesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1601. [PMID: 27833626 PMCID: PMC5080348 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The main objective of this study was to apply the air-coupled broad-band ultrasonic spectroscopy in attached transpiring leaves of Vitis vinifera L. to monitor changes in leaf water potential (Ψ) through the measurements of the standardized value of the resonant frequency associated with the maximum transmitance (f/fo). With this purpose, the response of grapevine to a drought stress period was investigated in terms of leaf water status, ultrasounds, gas exchange and sugar accumulation. Two strong correlations were obtained between f/fo and Ψ measured at predawn (pd) and at midday (md) with different slopes. This fact implied the existence of two values of Ψ for a given value of f/fo, which was taken as a sign that the ultrasonic technique was not directly related to the overall Ψ, but only to one of its components: the turgor pressure (P). The difference in Ψ at constant f/fo (δ) was found to be dependent on net CO2 assimilation (A) and might be used as a rough estimator of photosynthetic activity. It was then, the other main component of Ψ, osmotic potential (π), the one that may have lowered the values of md Ψ with respect to pd Ψ by the accumulation of sugars associated to net CO2 assimilation. This phenomenon suggests the existence of a diurnal osmotic adjustment in this species associated to sugars production in well-watered plants.
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- Domingo Sancho-Knapik
- Unidad de Recursos Forestales, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Gobierno de AragónZaragoza, Spain; Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón, Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Unidad de Recursos Forestales, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Gobierno de AragónZaragoza, Spain; Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón, Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain
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- Sensors and Ultrasonic Technologies Department, Information and Physics Technologies Institute, Spanish National Research Council Madrid, Spain
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- Sensors and Ultrasonic Technologies Department, Information and Physics Technologies Institute, Spanish National Research Council Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Recursos Forestales, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Gobierno de AragónZaragoza, Spain; Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón, Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain
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de Miguel M, Guevara MÁ, Sánchez-Gómez D, de María N, Díaz LM, Mancha JA, Fernández de Simón B, Cadahía E, Desai N, Aranda I, Cervera MT. Organ-specific metabolic responses to drought in Pinus pinaster Ait. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 102:17-26. [PMID: 26897116 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2015] [Revised: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Drought is an important driver of plant survival, growth, and distribution. Water deficit affects different pathways of metabolism, depending on plant organ. While previous studies have mainly focused on the metabolic drought response of a single organ, analysis of metabolic differences between organs is essential to achieve an integrated understanding of the whole plant response. In this work, untargeted metabolic profiling was used to examine the response of roots, stems, adult and juvenile needles from Pinus pinaster Ait. full-sib individuals, subjected to a moderate and long lasting drought period. Cyclitols content showed a significant alteration, in response to drought in all organs examined, but other metabolites increased or decreased differentially depending on the analyzed organ. While a high number of flavonoids were only detected in aerial organs, an induction of the glutathione pathway was mainly detected in roots. This result may reflect different antioxidant mechanisms activated in aerial organs and roots. Metabolic changes were more remarkable in roots than in the other organs, highlighting its prominent role in the response to water stress. Significant changes in flavonoids and ascorbate metabolism were also observed between adult and juvenile needles, consistent with previously proven differential functional responses between the two developmental stages. Genetic polymorphisms in candidate genes coding for a Myb1 transcription factor and a malate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.37) were associated with different concentration of phenylalanine, phenylpropanoids and malate, respectively. The results obtained will support further research on metabolites and genes potentially involved in functional mechanisms related to drought tolerance in trees.
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- Marina de Miguel
- INIA-CIFOR, Departamento de Ecología y Genética Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain; Unidad Mixta de Genómica y Ecofisiología Forestal, INIA/UPM, Madrid, Spain.
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- INIA-CIFOR, Departamento de Ecología y Genética Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain; Unidad Mixta de Genómica y Ecofisiología Forestal, INIA/UPM, Madrid, Spain.
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- INIA-CIFOR, Departamento de Ecología y Genética Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- INIA-CIFOR, Departamento de Ecología y Genética Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain; Unidad Mixta de Genómica y Ecofisiología Forestal, INIA/UPM, Madrid, Spain.
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- INIA-CIFOR, Departamento de Ecología y Genética Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain; Unidad Mixta de Genómica y Ecofisiología Forestal, INIA/UPM, Madrid, Spain.
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- INIA-CIFOR, Departamento de Ecología y Genética Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- INIA-CIFOR, Departamento de Industrias Forestales, Carretera de La Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Metabolon, Inc. 617 Davis Drive, Suite 400, Durham, 27713, NC, USA.
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- INIA-CIFOR, Departamento de Ecología y Genética Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- INIA-CIFOR, Departamento de Ecología y Genética Forestal, Carretera de la Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain; Unidad Mixta de Genómica y Ecofisiología Forestal, INIA/UPM, Madrid, Spain.
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Novel Enzyme Family Found in Filamentous Fungi Catalyzing trans-4-Hydroxylation of L-Pipecolic Acid. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:2070-2077. [PMID: 26801577 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03764-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hydroxypipecolic acids are bioactive compounds widely distributed in nature and are valuable building blocks for the organic synthesis of pharmaceuticals. We have found a novel hydroxylating enzyme with activity toward L-pipecolic acid (L-Pip) in a filamentous fungus, Fusarium oxysporum c8D. The enzyme L-Pip trans-4-hydroxylase (Pip4H) of F. oxysporum (FoPip4H) belongs to the Fe(II)/α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase superfamily, catalyzes the regio- and stereoselective hydroxylation of L-Pip, and produces optically pure trans-4-hydroxy-L-pipecolic acid (trans-4-L-HyPip). Amino acid sequence analysis revealed several fungal enzymes homologous with FoPip4H, and five of these also had L-Pip trans-4-hydroxylation activity. In particular, the homologous Pip4H enzyme derived from Aspergillus nidulans FGSC A4 (AnPip4H) had a broader substrate specificity spectrum than other homologues and reacted with the L and D forms of various cyclic and aliphatic amino acids. Using FoPip4H as a biocatalyst, a system for the preparative-scale production of chiral trans-4-L-HyPip was successfully developed. Thus, we report a fungal family of L-Pip hydroxylases and the enzymatic preparation of trans-4-L-HyPip, a bioactive compound and a constituent of secondary metabolites with useful physiological activities.
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Sancho-Knapik D, Medrano H, Peguero-Pina JJ, Mencuccini M, Fariñas MD, Álvarez-Arenas TG, Gil-Pelegrín E. The Application of Leaf Ultrasonic Resonance to Vitis vinifera L. Suggests the Existence of a Diurnal Osmotic Adjustment Subjected to Photosynthesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016. [PMID: 27833626 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01601/full] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The main objective of this study was to apply the air-coupled broad-band ultrasonic spectroscopy in attached transpiring leaves of Vitis vinifera L. to monitor changes in leaf water potential (Ψ) through the measurements of the standardized value of the resonant frequency associated with the maximum transmitance (f/fo). With this purpose, the response of grapevine to a drought stress period was investigated in terms of leaf water status, ultrasounds, gas exchange and sugar accumulation. Two strong correlations were obtained between f/fo and Ψ measured at predawn (pd) and at midday (md) with different slopes. This fact implied the existence of two values of Ψ for a given value of f/fo, which was taken as a sign that the ultrasonic technique was not directly related to the overall Ψ, but only to one of its components: the turgor pressure (P). The difference in Ψ at constant f/fo (δ) was found to be dependent on net CO2 assimilation (A) and might be used as a rough estimator of photosynthetic activity. It was then, the other main component of Ψ, osmotic potential (π), the one that may have lowered the values of md Ψ with respect to pd Ψ by the accumulation of sugars associated to net CO2 assimilation. This phenomenon suggests the existence of a diurnal osmotic adjustment in this species associated to sugars production in well-watered plants.
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- Domingo Sancho-Knapik
- Unidad de Recursos Forestales, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Gobierno de AragónZaragoza, Spain; Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón, Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Unidad de Recursos Forestales, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Gobierno de AragónZaragoza, Spain; Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón, Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain
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- Sensors and Ultrasonic Technologies Department, Information and Physics Technologies Institute, Spanish National Research Council Madrid, Spain
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- Sensors and Ultrasonic Technologies Department, Information and Physics Technologies Institute, Spanish National Research Council Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad de Recursos Forestales, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Gobierno de AragónZaragoza, Spain; Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón, Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza, Spain
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Lázaro-Nogal A, Matesanz S, Hallik L, Krasnova A, Traveset A, Valladares F. Population differentiation in a Mediterranean relict shrub: the potential role of local adaptation for coping with climate change. Oecologia 2015; 180:1075-90. [PMID: 26662734 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3514-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Plants can respond to climate change by either migrating, adapting to the new conditions or going extinct. Relict plant species of limited distribution can be especially vulnerable as they are usually composed of small and isolated populations, which may reduce their ability to cope with rapidly changing environmental conditions. The aim of this study was to assess the vulnerability of Cneorum tricoccon L. (Cneoraceae), a Mediterranean relict shrub of limited distribution, to a future drier climate. We evaluated population differentiation in functional traits related to drought tolerance across seven representative populations of the species' range. We measured morphological and physiological traits in both the field and the greenhouse under three water availability levels. Large phenotypic differences among populations were found under field conditions. All populations responded plastically to simulated drought, but they differed in mean trait values as well as in the slope of the phenotypic response. Particularly, dry-edge populations exhibited multiple functional traits that favored drought tolerance, such as more sclerophyllous leaves, strong stomatal control but high photosynthetic rates, which increases water use efficiency (iWUE), and an enhanced ability to accumulate sugars as osmolytes. Although drought decreased RGR in all populations, this reduction was smaller for populations from the dry edge. Our results suggest that dry-edge populations of this relict species are well adapted to drought, which could potentially mitigate the species' extinction risk under drier scenarios. Dry-edge populations not only have a great conservation value but can also change expectations from current species' distribution models.
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- Ana Lázaro-Nogal
- LINCGlobal, Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Serrano 115 dpdo., 28006, Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Biología y Geología, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Tulipán s/n, 28933, Móstoles, Spain
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 1, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
- Tartu Observatory, Tõravere, 61602, Tartumaa, Estonia
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 1, 51014, Tartu, Estonia
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- LINCGlobal, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, IMEDEA-CSIC, Miquel Marquès 21, 07190, Esporles, Mallorca, Spain
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- LINCGlobal, Departamento de Biogeografía y Cambio Global, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN-CSIC, Serrano 115 dpdo., 28006, Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, ESCET, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Tulipán s/n, 28933, Móstoles, Spain
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Palmeros-Suárez PA, Massange-Sánchez JA, Martínez-Gallardo NA, Montero-Vargas JM, Gómez-Leyva JF, Délano-Frier JP. The overexpression of an Amaranthus hypochondriacus NF-YC gene modifies growth and confers water deficit stress resistance in Arabidopsis. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 240:25-40. [PMID: 26475185 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Revised: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Nuclear factor-Y (NF-Y), is a plant heterotrimeric transcription factor constituted by NF-YA, NF-YB and NF-YC subunits. The function of many NF-Y subunits, mostly of the A and B type, has been studied in plants, but knowledge regarding the C subunit remains fragmentary. Here, a water stress-induced NF-YC gene from Amaranthus hypochondriacus (AhNF-YC) was further characterized by its overexpression in transgenic Arabidospis thaliana plants. A role in development was inferred from modified growth rates in root, rosettes and inflorescences recorded in AhNF-YC overexpressing Arabidopsis plants, in addition to a delayed onset of flowering. Also, the overexpression of AhNF-YC caused increased seedling sensitivity to abscisic acid (ABA), and influenced the expression of several genes involved in secondary metabolism, development and ABA-related responses. An altered expression of the latter in water stressed and recovered transgenic plants, together with the observed increase in ABA sensitivity, suggested that their increased water stress resistance was partly ABA-dependent. An untargeted metabolomic analysis also revealed an altered metabolite pattern, both in normal and water stress/recovery conditions. These results suggest that AhNF-YC may play an important regulatory role in both development and stress, and represents a candidate gene for the engineering of abiotic stress resistance in commercial crops.
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- Paola A Palmeros-Suárez
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I. P. N. (Cinvestav), Unidad Irapuato, Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León, Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I. P. N. (Cinvestav), Unidad Irapuato, Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León, Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I. P. N. (Cinvestav), Unidad Irapuato, Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León, Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I. P. N. (Cinvestav), Unidad Irapuato, Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León, Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Instituto Tecnológico de Tlajomulco, Jalisco (ITTJ), Km 10 Carretera a San Miguel Cuyutlán, C.P. 45640 Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I. P. N. (Cinvestav), Unidad Irapuato, Km 9.6 del Libramiento Norte Carretera Irapuato-León, Apartado Postal 629, C.P. 36821 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
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Hu B, Simon J, Günthardt-Goerg MS, Arend M, Kuster TM, Rennenberg H. Changes in the dynamics of foliar N metabolites in oak saplings by drought and air warming depend on species and soil type. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126701. [PMID: 25961713 PMCID: PMC4427272 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Climate change poses direct or indirect influences on physiological mechanisms in plants. In particular, long living plants like trees have to cope with the predicted climate changes (i.e. drought and air warming) during their life span. The present study aimed to quantify the consequences of simulated climate change for foliar N metabolites over a drought-rewetting-drought course. Saplings of three Central European oak species (i.e. Quercus robur, Q. petraea, Q. pubescens) were tested on two different soil types (i.e. acidic and calcareous). Consecutive drought periods increased foliar amino acid-N and soluble protein-N concentrations at the expense of structural N in all three oak species. In addition, transient effects on foliar metabolite dynamics were observed over the drought-rewetting-drought course. The lowest levels of foliar soluble protein-N, amino acid-N and potassium cation with a minor response to drought and air warming were found in the oak species originating from the driest/warmest habitat (Q. pubescens) compared to Q. robur and Q. petraea. Higher foliar osmolyte-N and potassium under drought and air warming were observed in all oak species when grown on calcareous versus acidic soil. These results indicate that species-specific differences in physiological mechanisms to compensate drought and elevated temperature are modified by soil acidity.
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- Bin Hu
- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, PR China
- Institute of Forest Sciences, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Forest Sciences, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Forest Sciences, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Ma F, Xu TT, Ji MF, Zhao CM. Differential drought tolerance in tree populations from contrasting elevations. AOB PLANTS 2014; 6:plu069. [PMID: 25387750 PMCID: PMC4268489 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plu069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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To predict the ecological consequences of climate change for a widely distributed tree species, it is essential to develop a deep understanding of the ecophysiological responses of populations from contrasting climates to varied soil water availabilities. In the present study, we focused on Pinus tabuliformis, one of the most economically and ecologically important tree species in China. In a greenhouse experiment, we exposed trees from high-elevation (HP) and low-elevation (LP) populations to low (80 % of field capacity, FC), mild (60 % FC), moderate (40 % FC) and severe (20 % FC) water stresses. Leaf gas exchange, biomass production and allocation, as well as water-use efficiency, were measured during the experiment. Increasing soil water stress clearly decreased the relative growth rate (RGR), total dry mass (TDM), light-saturated photosynthetic rate (Asat), stomatal conductance (gs), total water use (TWU) and whole-plant water-use efficiency (WUEWP). In contrast, intrinsic water-use efficiency (WUEi) and carbon isotope composition (δ(13)C) both increased significantly with increasing soil water stress for both populations. Only in the LP did the root/shoot ratio (R/S ratio) significantly increase when the water stress increased. A strong positive correlation between Asat and gs coupled with a reduced intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) probably suggested that stomatal limitations were the main cause of the decreased Asat. However, all the measured variables from the HP were affected less by drought compared with those of the LP, and most aspects of the HP were canalized against drought stress, which was reflected by the relatively higher RGR, TDM and WUEWP. Overall, the results suggest that the two populations responded differentially to drought stress with the HP showing higher drought tolerance than the LP, which was reflected by its faster seedling growth rate and more efficient water use under drought conditions.
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- Fei Ma
- New Technology Application, Research and Development Center, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystem, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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Cano FJ, López R, Warren CR. Implications of the mesophyll conductance to CO2 for photosynthesis and water-use efficiency during long-term water stress and recovery in two contrasting Eucalyptus species. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2014; 37:2470-90. [PMID: 24635724 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Water stress (WS) slows growth and photosynthesis (A(n)), but most knowledge comes from short-time studies that do not account for longer term acclimation processes that are especially relevant in tree species. Using two Eucalyptus species that contrast in drought tolerance, we induced moderate and severe water deficits by withholding water until stomatal conductance (g(sw)) decreased to two pre-defined values for 24 d, WS was maintained at the target g(sw) for 29 d and then plants were re-watered. Additionally, we developed new equations to simulate the effect on mesophyll conductance (g(m)) of accounting for the resistance to refixation of CO(2). The diffusive limitations to CO(2), dominated by the stomata, were the most important constraints to A(n). Full recovery of A(n) was reached after re-watering, characterized by quick recovery of gm and even higher biochemical capacity, in contrast to the slower recovery of g(sw). The acclimation to long-term WS led to decreased mesophyll and biochemical limitations, in contrast to studies in which stress was imposed more rapidly. Finally, we provide evidence that higher gm under WS contributes to higher intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) and reduces the leaf oxidative stress, highlighting the importance of gm as a target for breeding/genetic engineering.
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- F Javier Cano
- Unidad Docente de Anatomía, Fisiología y Genética Forestal, E.T.S.I. Montes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Gago J, Douthe C, Florez-Sarasa I, Escalona JM, Galmes J, Fernie AR, Flexas J, Medrano H. Opportunities for improving leaf water use efficiency under climate change conditions. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 226:108-19. [PMID: 25113456 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2013] [Revised: 03/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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WUEi (intrinsic water use efficiency) is a complex (multi)-trait, that depends on several physiological processes, driving plant productivity and its relation with a changing environment. Climatic change predictions estimate increases in temperature and drought in the semi-arid regions, rendering improved water use efficiency is a mandatory objective to maintain the current global food supply. The aims of this review were (i) to identify through a meta-analysis the leaf traits mostly related to intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi, the ratio between A - net photosynthesis and gs - stomatal conductance), based on a newly compiled dataset covering more than 200 species/varieties and 106 genus of C3 plants (ii) to describe the main potential targets for WUEi improvement via biotechnological manipulations and (iii) to introduce emergent and innovative technologies including UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) to scale up levels from leaf to whole plant water status. We confirmed that increases in gm/gs and Vcmax/gs ratios are systematically related with increases in WUEi maintained across species, habitats, and environmental conditions. Other emergent opportunities to improve WUEi are described such as the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration and their link with metabolomics. Finally, we outline our hypothesis that we are observing the advent of a "smart" agriculture, wherein new technologies, such as UAVs equipped with remote sensors will rapidly facilitate an efficient water use regulating the irrigation schedule and determination, under field conditions, of cultivars with improved water use efficiency. We, therefore, conclude that the multi-disciplinary challenge toward WUE has only just begun.
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- Jorge Gago
- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain.
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476 Golm, Germany
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, 14476 Golm, Germany
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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Cao X, Jia J, Zhang C, Li H, Liu T, Jiang X, Polle A, Peng C, Luo ZB. Anatomical, physiological and transcriptional responses of two contrasting poplar genotypes to drought and re-watering. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2014; 151:480-94. [PMID: 24320774 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Populus × euramericana (Pe) displays higher stable carbon isotope composition (δ(13)C) and intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi) than Populus cathayana (Pc) under unlimited water conditions, rendering us to hypothesize that Pe is better acclimated to water deficiency than Pc. To examine this hypothesis, saplings of Pc and Pe were exposed to drought and subsequently re-watered. Pc and Pe exhibited distinct anatomical, physiological and transcriptional responses in acclimation to drought and re-watering, mainly due to stronger responsiveness of transcriptional regulation of genes encoding plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIPs), higher starch accumulation, δ(13)C, stable nitrogen isotope composition (δ(15)N) and WUEi , and lower reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and scavenging in Pe. In acclimation to drought, both poplar genotypes demonstrated altered anatomical properties, declined height growth, differential expression of PIPs, activation of ABA signaling pathway, decreased total soluble sugars and starch, increased δ(13)C, δ(15)N and WUEi , and shifted homeostasis of ROS production and scavenging, and these changes can be recovered upon re-watering. These data indicate that Pe is more tolerant to drought than Pc, and that anatomical, physiological and transcriptional acclimation to drought and re-watering is essential for poplars to survive and grow under projected dry climate scenarios in the future.
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- Xu Cao
- College of Life Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China; Büsgen-Institute, Department of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Georg-August University, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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Flexas J, Scoffoni C, Gago J, Sack L. Leaf mesophyll conductance and leaf hydraulic conductance: an introduction to their measurement and coordination. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2013; 64:3965-81. [PMID: 24123453 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Two highly contrasting variables summarizing the efficiency of transport of materials within the leaf are recognized as playing central roles in determining gas exchange and plant performance. This paper summarizes current approaches for the measurement of mesophyll conductance to CO2 (g m) and leaf hydraulic conductance (K leaf) and addresses the physiological integration of these parameters. First, the most common methods to determine g m and K leaf are summarized. Next, novel data compilation is analysed, which indicates that, across diverse species, g m is strongly linked with gas exchange parameters such as net CO2 assimilation (A area) and stomatal conductance (g s), and with K leaf, independently of leaf vein length per leaf area. Based on their parallel responses to a number of environmental variables, this review proposes that g m is linked to the outside-xylem but not to the xylem component of K leaf. Further, a mechanistic hypothesis is proposed to explain the interactions among all these and other physiological parameters. Finally, the possibility of estimating g m based on this hypothesis was tested using a regression analysis and a neurofuzzy logic approach. These approaches enabled the estimation of g m of given species from K leaf and leaf mass per area, providing a higher predictive power than from either parameter alone. The possibility of estimating g m from measured K leaf or vice-versa would result in a rapid increase in available data. Studies in which g m, K leaf, and leaf mass per area are simultaneously determined are needed in order to confirm and strengthen predictive and explanatory models for these parameters and importantly improve resolution of the integrated hydraulic-stomatal-photosynthetic system.
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- Jaume Flexas
- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5, 07121 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain
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Hu B, Simon J, Rennenberg H. Drought and air warming affect the species-specific levels of stress-related foliar metabolites of three oak species on acidic and calcareous soil. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 33:489-504. [PMID: 23619385 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Climate change as projected for Central Europe will lead to prolonged periods of summer drought and enhanced air temperature. Thus, forest management practices are required to take into account how species performance is adapted to cope with these climate changes. Oak trees may play a major role in future forests because of their relative drought-tolerance compared with other species like beech. Therefore, this study investigated the stress responses (i.e., anti-oxidants, free amino acids) in the leaves of three widely distributed oak species in Central Europe (i.e., Quercus robur L., Q. petraea [Matt.] Libel., Q. pubescens Willd.) to drought, air warming and the combination of drought plus air warming under controlled conditions after periods of spring drought, a short rewetting and summer drought. We quantified foliar levels of thiols, ascorbate, and free amino compounds in Q robur, Q. petraea and Q. pubescens. Our study showed that oak saplings had increased levels of γ-glutamylcysteine and total glutathione and proline with drought and air warming. Foliar ascorbate, glutathione disulfide and dehydroascorbic acid levels were not affected. The comparison of stress responses to drought and/or air warming between the three species showed higher foliar thiol levels in Q. robur and Q. pubescens compared with Q. petraea. For total and reduced ascorbic acid and γ-aminobutyric acid, the highest levels were found in Q. robur. In conclusion, our study showed that foliar anti-oxidant and free amino acid levels were significantly affected by drought plus air warming; however, this effect was species-dependent with the drought-tolerant species of Q. pubescens having the highest reactive oxygen species scavenging capacity among three tested oak species. Furthermore, stress responses as shown by increased levels of foliar anti-oxidants and free amino acids differ between calcareous and acidic soil indicating that the capacities of anti-oxidative defense and osmotic stress adjustment developed better on calcareous compared with acidic soil; however, this effect was metabolite- as well as species-specific.
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- Bin Hu
- Institute of Forest Botany and Tree Physiology, Chair of Tree Physiology, University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 53/54, D - 79110 Freiburg, Germany
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