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de Souza Rodrigues T, Arge LWP, de Freitas Guedes FA, Travassos-Lins J, de Souza AP, Cocuron JC, Buckeridge MS, Grossi-de-Sá MF, Alves-Ferreira M. Elevated CO 2 increases biomass of Sorghum bicolor green prop roots under drought conditions via soluble sugar accumulation and photosynthetic activity. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2023; 175:e13984. [PMID: 37616001 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Elevated [CO2 ] (E[CO2 ]) mitigates agricultural losses of C4 plants under drought. Although several studies have described the molecular responses of the C4 plant species Sorghum bicolor during drought exposure, few have reported the combined effects of drought and E[CO2 ] (E[CO2 ]/D) on the roots. A previous study showed that, among plant organs, green prop roots (GPRs) under E[CO2 ]/D presented the second highest increase in biomass after leaves compared with ambient [CO2 ]/D. GPRs are photosynthetically active and sensitive to drought. To understand which mechanisms are involved in the increase in biomass of GPRs, we performed transcriptome analyses of GPRs under E[CO2 ]/D. Whole-transcriptome analysis revealed several pathways altered under E[CO2 ]/D, among which photosynthesis was strongly affected. We also used previous metabolome data to support our transcriptome data. Activities associated with photosynthesis and central metabolism increased, as seen by the upregulation of photosynthesis-related genes, a rise in glucose and polyol contents, and increased contents of chlorophyll a and carotenoids. Protein-protein interaction networks revealed that proliferation, biogenesis, and homeostasis categories were enriched and contained mainly upregulated genes. The findings suggest that the previously reported increase in GPR biomass of plants grown under E[CO2 ]/D is mainly attributed to glucose and polyol accumulation, as well as photosynthesis activity and carbon provided by respiratory CO2 refixation. Our findings reveal that an intriguing and complex metabolic process occurs in GPRs under E[CO2 ]/D, showing the crucial role of these organs in plant drought /tolerance.
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- Tamires de Souza Rodrigues
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, Health Science Center, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, Health Science Center, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, Health Science Center, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, Health Science Center, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Carl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, National Institute of Science and Technology, INCT PlantStress Biotech, Embrapa, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília-DF, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, Health Science Center, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Wang K, Xu F, Yuan W, Ding Y, Sun L, Feng Z, Liu X, Xu W, Zhang J, Wang F. Elevated
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response: Evidence from the seedling stage. Food Energy Secur 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/fes3.442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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- Ke Wang
- Institute of Soil and Fertilizer Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences Fuzhou China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crop Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou China
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- Department of Biology Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong China
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- Institute of Soil and Fertilizer Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences Fuzhou China
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Zhang Z, Hu Y, Yu S, Zhao X, Dai G, Deng G, Bao J. Effects of drought stress and elevated CO2 on starch fine structures and functional properties in indica rice. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 297:120044. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Sánchez-Bermúdez M, del Pozo JC, Pernas M. Effects of Combined Abiotic Stresses Related to Climate Change on Root Growth in Crops. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:918537. [PMID: 35845642 PMCID: PMC9284278 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.918537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Climate change is a major threat to crop productivity that negatively affects food security worldwide. Increase in global temperatures are usually accompanied by drought, flooding and changes in soil nutrients composition that dramatically reduced crop yields. Against the backdrop of climate change, human population increase and subsequent rise in food demand, finding new solutions for crop adaptation to environmental stresses is essential. The effects of single abiotic stress on crops have been widely studied, but in the field abiotic stresses tend to occur in combination rather than individually. Physiological, metabolic and molecular responses of crops to combined abiotic stresses seem to be significantly different to individual stresses. Although in recent years an increasing number of studies have addressed the effects of abiotic stress combinations, the information related to the root system response is still scarce. Roots are the underground organs that directly contact with the soil and sense many of these abiotic stresses. Understanding the effects of abiotic stress combinations in the root system would help to find new breeding tools to develop more resilient crops. This review will summarize the current knowledge regarding the effects of combined abiotic stress in the root system in crops. First, we will provide a general overview of root responses to particular abiotic stresses. Then, we will describe how these root responses are integrated when crops are challenged to the combination of different abiotic stress. We will focus on the main changes on root system architecture (RSA) and physiology influencing crop productivity and yield and convey the latest information on the key molecular, hormonal and genetic regulatory pathways underlying root responses to these combinatorial stresses. Finally, we will discuss possible directions for future research and the main challenges needed to be tackled to translate this knowledge into useful tools to enhance crop tolerance.
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Xie H, Shi F, Li J, Yu M, Yang X, Li Y, Fan J. The Reciprocal Effect of Elevated CO 2 and Drought on Wheat-Aphid Interaction System. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:853220. [PMID: 35909776 PMCID: PMC9330134 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.853220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Due to the rising concentration of atmospheric CO2, climate change is predicted to intensify episodes of drought. However, our understanding of how combined environmental conditions, such as elevated CO2 and drought together, will influence crop-insect interactions is limited. In the present study, the direct effects of combined elevated CO2 and drought stress on wheat (Triticum aestivum) nutritional quality and insect resistance, and the indirect effects on the grain aphid (Sitobion miscanthi) performance were investigated. The results showed that, in wheat, elevated CO2 alleviated low water content caused by drought stress. Both elevated CO2 and drought promoted soluble sugar accumulation. However, opposite effects were found on amino acid content-it was decreased by elevated CO2 and increased by drought. Further, elevated CO2 down-regulated the jasmonic acid (JA) -dependent defense, but up-regulated the salicylic acid (SA)-dependent defense. Meanwhile, drought enhanced abscisic acid accumulation that promoted the JA-dependent defense. For aphids, their feeding always induced phytohormone resistance in wheat under either elevated CO2 or drought conditions. Similar aphid performance between the control and the combined two factors were observed. We concluded that the aphid damage suffered by wheat in the future under combined elevated CO2 and drier conditions tends to maintain the status quo. We further revealed the mechanism by which it happened from the aspects of wheat water content, nutrition, and resistance to aphids.
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- Haicui Xie
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Jia Fan
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Li S, Liu F. Exogenous Abscisic Acid Priming Modulates Water Relation Responses of Two Tomato Genotypes With Contrasting Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels to Progressive Soil Drying Under Elevated CO 2. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:733658. [PMID: 34899772 PMCID: PMC8651563 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.733658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Plants have evolved multiple strategies to survive and adapt when confronting the changing climate, including elevated CO2 concentration (e[CO2]) and intensified drought stress. To explore the role of abscisic acid (ABA) in modulating the response of plant water relation characteristics to progressive drought under ambient (a[CO2], 400 ppm) and e[CO2] (800 ppm) growth environments, two tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) genotypes, Ailsa Craig (AC) and its ABA-deficient mutant (flacca), were grown in pots, treated with or without exogenous ABA, and exposed to progressive soil drying until all plant available water in the pot was depleted. The results showed that exogenous ABA application improved leaf water potential, osmotic potential, and leaf turgor and increased leaf ABA concentrations ([ABA]leaf) in AC and flacca. In both genotypes, exogenous ABA application decreased stomatal pore aperture and stomatal conductance (g s), though these effects were less pronounced in e[CO2]-grown AC and g s of ABA-treated flacca was gradually increased until a soil water threshold after which g s started to decline. In addition, ABA-treated flacca showed a partly restored stomatal drought response even when the accumulation of [ABA]leaf was vanished, implying [ABA]leaf might be not directly responsible for the decreased g s. During soil drying, [ABA]leaf remained higher in e[CO2]-grown plants compared with those under a[CO2], and a high xylem sap ABA concentration was also noticed in the ABA-treated flacca especially under e[CO2], suggesting that e[CO2] might exert an effect on ABA degradation and/or redistribution. Collectively, a fine-tune ABA homeostasis under combined e[CO2] and drought stress allowed plants to optimize leaf gas exchange and plant water relations, yet more detailed research regarding ABA metabolism is still needed to fully explore the role of ABA in mediating plant physiological response to future drier and CO2-enriched climate.
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Nadal-Sala D, Medlyn BE, Ruehr NK, Barton CVM, Ellsworth DS, Gracia C, Tissue DT, Tjoelker MG, Sabaté S. Increasing aridity will not offset CO 2 fertilization in fast-growing eucalypts with access to deep soil water. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2021; 27:2970-2990. [PMID: 33694242 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15590] [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: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Rising atmospheric [CO2 ] (Ca ) generally enhances tree growth if nutrients are not limiting. However, reduced water availability and elevated evaporative demand may offset such fertilization. Trees with access to deep soil water may be able to mitigate such stresses and respond more positively to Ca . Here, we sought to evaluate how increased vapor pressure deficit and reduced precipitation are likely to modify the impact of elevated Ca (eCa ) on tree productivity in an Australian Eucalyptus saligna Sm. plantation with access to deep soil water. We parameterized a forest growth simulation model (GOTILWA+) using data from two field experiments on E. saligna: a 2-year whole-tree chamber experiment with factorial Ca (ambient =380, elevated =620 μmol mol-1 ) and watering treatments, and a 10-year stand-scale irrigation experiment. Model evaluation showed that GOTILWA+ can capture the responses of canopy C uptake to (1) rising vapor pressure deficit (D) under both Ca treatments; (2) alterations in tree water uptake from shallow and deep soil layers during soil dry-down; and (3) the impact of irrigation on tree growth. Simulations suggest that increasing Ca up to 700 μmol mol-1 alone would result in a 33% increase in annual gross primary production (GPP) and a 62% increase in biomass over 10 years. However, a combined 48% increase in D and a 20% reduction in precipitation would halve these values. Our simulations identify high D conditions as a key limiting factor for GPP. They also suggest that rising Ca will compensate for increasing aridity limitations in E. saligna trees with access to deep soil water under non-nutrient limiting conditions, thereby reducing the negative impacts of global warming upon this eucalypt species. Simulation models not accounting for water sources available to deep-rooting trees are likely to overestimate aridity impacts on forest productivity and C stocks.
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- Daniel Nadal-Sala
- Ecology Section, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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- Ecology Section, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
- CREAF (Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia
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- Ecology Section, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
- CREAF (Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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Li S, Fang L, Hegelund JN, Liu F. Elevated CO 2 Modulates Plant Hydraulic Conductance Through Regulation of PIPs Under Progressive Soil Drying in Tomato Plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:666066. [PMID: 34168667 PMCID: PMC8218578 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.666066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations accompanied by abiotic stresses challenge food production worldwide. Elevated CO2 (e[CO2]) affects plant water relations via multiple mechanisms involving abscisic acid (ABA). Here, two tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) genotypes, Ailsa Craig (AC) and its ABA-deficient mutant (flacca), were used to investigate the responses of plant hydraulic conductance to e[CO2] and drought stress. Results showed that e[CO2] decreased transpiration rate (E) increased plant water use efficiency only in AC, whereas it increased daily plant water consumption and osmotic adjustment in both genotypes. Compared to growth at ambient [CO2], AC leaf and root hydraulic conductance (K leaf and K root) decreased at e[CO2], which coincided with the transcriptional regulations of genes of plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIPs) and OPEN STOMATA 1 (OST1), and these effects were attenuated in flacca during soil drying. Severe drought stress could override the effects of e[CO2] on plant water relation characteristics. In both genotypes, drought stress resulted in decreased E, K leaf, and K root accompanied by transcriptional responses of PIPs and OST1. However, under conditions combining e[CO2] and drought, some PIPs were not responsive to drought in AC, indicating that e[CO2] might disturb ABA-mediated drought responses. These results provide some new insights into mechanisms of plant hydraulic response to drought stress in a future CO2-enriched environment.
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Li S, Li X, Wei Z, Liu F. ABA-mediated modulation of elevated CO 2 on stomatal response to drought. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 56:174-180. [PMID: 31937452 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration (e[CO2]) and soil water deficits have substantial effect on stomatal morphology and movement that regulate plant water relations and plant growth. e[CO2] could alleviate the impact of drought stress, thus contributing to crop yield. Xylem-borne abscisic acid (ABA) plays a crucial role in regulating stomatal aperture serving as first line of defence against drought; whereas e[CO2] may disrupt this fundamental drought adaptation mechanism by delaying the stomatal response to soil drying. We review the state-of-the-art knowledge on stomatal response to drought stress at e[CO2] and discuss the role of ABA in mediating these responses.
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- Shenglan Li
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegaard Allé 13, DK-2630, Taastrup, Denmark
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- Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas, Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegaard Allé 13, DK-2630, Taastrup, Denmark; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas, Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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Parvin S, Uddin S, Tausz-Posch S, Armstrong R, Tausz M. Carbon sink strength of nodules but not other organs modulates photosynthesis of faba bean (Vicia faba) grown under elevated [CO 2 ] and different water supply. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 227:132-145. [PMID: 32129887 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Photosynthetic stimulation by elevated [CO2 ] (e[CO2 ]) may be limited by the capacity of sink organs to use photosynthates. In many legumes, N2 -fixing symbionts in root nodules provide an additional sink, so that legumes may be better able to profit from e[CO2 ]. However, drought not only constrains photosynthesis but also the size and activity of sinks, and little is known about the interaction of e[CO2 ] and drought on carbon sink strength of nodules and other organs. To compare carbon sink strength, faba bean was grown under ambient (400 ppm) or elevated (700 ppm) atmospheric [CO2 ] and subjected to well-watered or drought treatments, and then exposed to 13 C pulse-labelling using custom-built chambers to track the fate of new photosynthates. Drought decreased 13 C uptake and nodule sink strength, and this effect was even greater under e[CO2 ], and was associated with an accumulation of amino acids in nodules. This resulted in decreased N2 fixation, and increased accumulation of new photosynthates (13 C/sugars) in leaves, which in turn can feed back on photosynthesis. Our study suggests that nodule C sink activity is key to avoid sink limitation in legumes under e[CO2 ], and legumes may only be able to achieve greater C gain if nodule activity is maintained.
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- Shahnaj Parvin
- Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia
- Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2678, Australia
- The University of Melbourne, Creswick, VIC, 3363, Australia
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- The University of Melbourne, Creswick, VIC, 3363, Australia
- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Wagga Wagga, NSW, 2650, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture, Science and the Environment, School of Health, Medical and Applied Science, CQUniversity Australia, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
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- Agriculture Victoria Research, 110 Natimuk Road, Horsham, VIC, 3400, Australia
- Department of Animal, Plant and Soil Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia
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- Department of Agriculture, Science and the Environment, School of Health, Medical and Applied Science, CQUniversity Australia, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
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Tausz-Posch S, Tausz M, Bourgault M. Elevated [CO 2 ] effects on crops: Advances in understanding acclimation, nitrogen dynamics and interactions with drought and other organisms. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2020; 22 Suppl 1:38-51. [PMID: 30945436 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Future rapid increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration [CO2 ] are expected, with values likely to reach ~550 ppm by mid-century. This implies that every terrestrial plant will be exposed to nearly 40% more of one of the key resources determining plant growth. In this review we highlight selected areas of plant interactions with elevated [CO2 ] (e[CO2 ]), where recently published experiments challenge long-held, simplified views. Focusing on crops, especially in more extreme and variable growing conditions, we highlight uncertainties associated with four specific areas. (1) While it is long known that photosynthesis can acclimate to e[CO2 ], such acclimation is not consistently observed in field experiments. The influence of sink-source relations and nitrogen (N) limitation on acclimation is investigated and current knowledge about whether stomatal function or mesophyll conductance (gm ) acclimate independently is summarised. (2) We show how the response of N uptake to e[CO2 ] is highly variable, even for one cultivar grown within the same field site, and how decreases in N concentrations ([N]) are observed consistently. Potential mechanisms contributing to [N] decreases under e[CO2 ] are discussed and proposed solutions are addressed. (3) Based on recent results from crop field experiments in highly variable, non-irrigated, water-limited environments, we challenge the previous opinion that the relative CO2 effect is larger under drier environmental conditions. (4) Finally, we summarise how changes in growth and nutrient concentrations due to e[CO2 ] will influence relationships between crops and weeds, herbivores and pathogens in agricultural systems.
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- S Tausz-Posch
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Agriculture, Science and the Environment, CQUniversity Australia, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
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- Northern Agricultural Research Center, Montana State University, Havre, MT, USA
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