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Putra R, Tölle M, Krämer U, Müller C. Effects of metal amendment and metalloid supplementation on foliar defences are plant accession-specific in the hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri. Biometals 2024; 37:649-669. [PMID: 37874491 PMCID: PMC11101560 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-023-00550-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
Soil pollution by metals and metalloids as a consequence of anthropogenic industrialisation exerts a seriously damaging impact on ecosystems. However, certain plant species, termed hyperaccumulators, are able to accumulate extraordinarily high concentrations of these metal(loid)s in their aboveground tissues. Such hyperaccumulation of metal(loid)s is known to act as a defence against various antagonists, such as herbivores and pathogens. We investigated the influences of metal(loid)s on potential defence traits, such as foliar elemental, organic and mechanical defences, in the hyperaccumulator plant species Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae) by artificially amending the soil with common metallic pollutants, namely cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn). Additionally, unamended and metal-amended soils were supplemented with the metalloid silicon (Si) to study whether Si could alleviate metal excess. Individuals originating from one non-/low- and two moderately to highly metal-contaminated sites with different metal concentrations (hereafter called accessions) were grown for eight weeks in a full-factorial design under standardised conditions. There were significant interactive effects of metal amendment and Si supplementation on foliar concentrations of certain elements (Zn, Si, aluminium (Al), iron (Fe), potassium (K) and sulfur (S), but these were accession-specific. Profiles of glucosinolates, characteristic organic defences of Brassicaceae, were distinct among accessions, and the composition was affected by soil metal amendment. Moreover, plants grown on metal-amended soil contained lower concentrations of total glucosinolates in one of the accessions, which suggests a potential trade-off between inorganic defence acquisition and biosynthesis of organic defence. The density of foliar trichomes, as a proxy for the first layer of mechanical defence, was also influenced by metal amendment and/or Si supplementation in an accession-dependent manner. Our study highlights the importance of examining the effects of co-occurring metal(loid)s in soil on various foliar defence traits in different accessions of a hyperaccumulating species.
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- Rocky Putra
- Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany.
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- Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Physiology of Plants, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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Lin T, Chen J, Zhou S, Yu W, Chen G, Chen L, Wang X, Shi H, Han S, Zhang F. Testing the elemental defense hypothesis with a woody plant species: Cadmium accumulation protects Populus yunnanensis from leaf herbivory and pathogen infection. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 247:125851. [PMID: 31931315 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.125851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Elemental defense hypothesis states that metals accumulated in plant tissues may serve as defense against herbivores and pathogens. However, evidences collected so far are inconsistent and studies using woody plants as model species are still lacking. In this study we used a local woody plant species, Populus yunnanensis, to investigate whether cadmium (Cd) accumulation in leaves can protect plants from leaf herbivory and pathogen infection. Plants grown with or without Cd supplementation in the soil were subjected to herbivory by a specialist (Botyodes diniasalis) and a generalist (Spodoptera exigua), or to pathogen infection by a leaf pathogenic fungus (Pestalotiopsis microspora). Two additional tests with artificial media amended with a series of Cd concentrations were conducted for S. exigua and P. microspora to investigate the toxicity of Cd independently of other organic defenses present in P. yunnanensis leaves. The results showed that both herbivores strongly preferred control leaves over leaves containing high Cd. Feeding on leaves from Cd-treated plants significantly reduced the growth and survivals of both herbivores. Furthermore, plants grown on Cd-amended soil were more resistant to fungal infection. Growth of S. exigua and P. microspora on artificial media decreased with increasing Cd concentrations. In conclusion, we found that Cd accumulated in P. yunnanensis leaves could effectively reduce leaf herbivory and pathogen infection, which fully supported the Elemental defense hypothesis.
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- Tiantian Lin
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry & Grassland Administration on Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China.
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry & Grassland Administration on Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry & Grassland Administration on Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry & Grassland Administration on Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry & Grassland Administration on Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry & Grassland Administration on Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- College of Agriculture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 611130, Chengdu, China
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- Liangshan State Institute of Forestry Science, 615000, Xichang, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry & Grassland Administration on Forest Resources Conservation and Ecological Safety in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Forestry, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China
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- College of Landscape Architecture, Sichuan Agricultural University, 611130, Chengdu, China
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Reeves RD, Baker AJM, Jaffré T, Erskine PD, Echevarria G, van der Ent A. A global database for plants that hyperaccumulate metal and metalloid trace elements. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2018; 218:407-411. [PMID: 29139134 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
- Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
- Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120, Université de Lorraine-INRA, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Herbarium NOU, UMR AMAP, IRD: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Nouméa, 98800, New Caledonia
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- Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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- Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120, Université de Lorraine-INRA, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
- Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120, Université de Lorraine-INRA, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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Lange B, van der Ent A, Baker AJM, Echevarria G, Mahy G, Malaisse F, Meerts P, Pourret O, Verbruggen N, Faucon MP. Copper and cobalt accumulation in plants: a critical assessment of the current state of knowledge. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 213:537-551. [PMID: 27625303 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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This review synthesizes contemporary understanding of copper-cobalt (Cu-Co) tolerance and accumulation in plants. Accumulation of foliar Cu and Co to > 300 μg g-1 is exceptionally rare globally, and known principally from the Copperbelt of Central Africa. Cobalt accumulation is also observed in a limited number of nickel (Ni) hyperaccumulator plants occurring on ultramafic soils around the world. None of the putative Cu or Co hyperaccumulator plants appears to comply with the fundamental principle of hyperaccumulation, as foliar Cu-Co accumulation is strongly dose-dependent. Abnormally high plant tissue Cu concentrations occur only when plants are exposed to high soil Cu with a low root to shoot translocation factor. Most Cu-tolerant plants are Excluders sensu Baker and therefore setting nominal threshold values for Cu hyperaccumulation is not informative. Abnormal accumulation of Co occurs under similar circumstances in the Copperbelt of Central Africa as well as sporadically in Ni hyperaccumulator plants on ultramafic soils; however, Co-tolerant plants behave physiologically as Indicators sensu Baker. Practical application of Cu-Co accumulator plants in phytomining is limited due to their dose-dependent accumulation characteristics, although for Co field trials may be warranted on highly Co-contaminated mineral wastes because of its relatively high metal value.
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- Bastien Lange
- Hydrogeochemistry and Soil-Environment Interactions (HydrISE), UP.2012.10.102, Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, Beauvais, 60026, France
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, 4072, Australia
- Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120, Université de Lorraine - INRA, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, 54518, France
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- Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, 4072, Australia
- Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120, Université de Lorraine - INRA, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, 54518, France
- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., 3010, Australia
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- Laboratoire Sols et Environnement, UMR 1120, Université de Lorraine - INRA, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, 54518, France
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- Department of Forest, Nature and Landscape, Biodiversity and Landscape Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, 5030, Belgium
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- Department of Forest, Nature and Landscape, Biodiversity and Landscape Unit, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, 5030, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Hydrogeochemistry and Soil-Environment Interactions (HydrISE), UP.2012.10.102, Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, Beauvais, 60026, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Molecular Genetics, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
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- Hydrogeochemistry and Soil-Environment Interactions (HydrISE), UP.2012.10.102, Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, Beauvais, 60026, France
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Gupta N, Ram H, Kumar B. Mechanism of Zinc absorption in plants: uptake, transport, translocation and accumulation. REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO/TECHNOLOGY 2016. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1007/s11157-016-9390-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Losfeld G, L'Huillier L, Fogliani B, Mc Coy S, Grison C, Jaffré T. Leaf-age and soil-plant relationships: key factors for reporting trace-elements hyperaccumulation by plants and design applications. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:5620-5632. [PMID: 25138558 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3445-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Relationships between the trace-elements (TE) content of plants and associated soil have been widely investigated especially to understand the ecology of TE hyperaccumulating species to develop applications using TE phytoextraction. Many studies have focused on the possibility of quantifying the soil TE fraction available to plants, and used bioconcentration (BC) as a measure of the plants ability to absorb TE. However, BC only offers a static view of the dynamic phenomenon of TE accumulation. Accumulation kinetics are required to fully account for TE distributions in plants. They are also crucial to design applications where maximum TE concentrations in plant leaves are needed. This paper provides a review of studies of BC (i.e. soil-plant relationships) and leaf-age in relation to TE hyperaccumulation. The paper focuses of Ni and Mn accumulators and hyperaccumulators from New Caledonia who were previously overlooked until recent Ecocatalysis applications emerged for such species. Updated data on Mn hyperaccumulators and accumulators from New Caledonia are also presented and advocate further investigation of the hyperaccumulation of this element. Results show that leaf-age should be considered in the design of sample collection and allowed the reclassification of Grevillea meisneri known previously as a Mn accumulator to a Mn hyperaccumulator.
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- Guillaume Losfeld
- FRE 3673-Bioinspired chemistry and ecological innovation-CNRS, University of Montpellier 2, Stratoz-Cap Alpha, Avenue de l'Europe, 34830, Clapiers, France
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Goolsby EW, Mason CM. Toward a more physiologically and evolutionarily relevant definition of metal hyperaccumulation in plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:33. [PMID: 25688255 PMCID: PMC4311607 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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- Eric W. Goolsby
- Department of Plant Biology, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
- Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of GeorgiaAthens, GA, USA
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Kazemi-Dinan A, Sauer J, Stein RJ, Krämer U, Müller C. Is there a trade-off between glucosinolate-based organic and inorganic defences in a metal hyperaccumulator in the field? Oecologia 2015; 178:369-78. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3218-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kazemi-Dinan A, Thomaschky S, Stein RJ, Krämer U, Müller C. Zinc and cadmium hyperaccumulation act as deterrents towards specialist herbivores and impede the performance of a generalist herbivore. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 202:628-639. [PMID: 24383491 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2013] [Accepted: 11/28/2013] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Extraordinarily high leaf metal concentrations in metal hyperaccumulator plants may serve as an elemental defence against herbivores. However, mixed results have been reported and studies using comparative approaches are missing. We investigated the deterrent and toxic potential of metals employing the hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri. Effects of zinc (Zn) and cadmium (Cd) on the preferences of three Brassicaceae specialists were tested in paired-choice experiments using differently treated plant material, including transgenic plants. In performance tests, we determined the toxicity and joint effects of both metals incorporated in an artificial diet on the survival of a generalist. Feeding by all specialists was significantly reduced by metal concentrations from above 1000 μg Zn g(-1) DW and 18 μg Cd g(-1) DW. By contrast, metals did not affect oviposition. Generalist survival decreased with increasing concentrations of individual metals, whereby the combination of Zn and Cd had an additive toxic effect even at the lowest applied concentrations of 100 μg Zn g(-1) and 2 μg Cd g(-1) . Metal hyperaccumulation protects plants from herbivory resulting from deterrence and toxicity against a wide range of herbivores. The combination of metals exacerbates toxicity through joint effects and enhances elemental defence. Thus, metal hyperaccumulation is ecologically beneficial for plants.
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- Ardeshir Kazemi-Dinan
- Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Ecology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstr. 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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