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Pedersen O, de la Cruz Jiménez J. Function and induction of the root barrier to radial O2 loss. A commentary on 'Exogenous abscisic acid induces the formation of a suberized barrier to radial oxygen loss in adventitious roots of barley (Hordeum vulgare)'. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2024; 133:i-iv. [PMID: 38547328 PMCID: PMC11089257 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcae036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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This article comments on:
Katsuhiro Shiono and Haruka Matsuura, Exogenous abscisic acid induces the formation of a suberized barrier to radial oxygen loss in adventitious roots of barley (Hordeum vulgare), Annals of Botany, Volume 133, Issue 7, 6 June 2024, Pages 931–940 https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae010
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- Ole Pedersen
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3 floor, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3 floor, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Greenman J, Thorn R, Willey N, Ieropoulos I. Energy harvesting from plants using hybrid microbial fuel cells; potential applications and future exploitation. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2024; 12:1276176. [PMID: 38357705 PMCID: PMC10865378 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1276176] [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: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) can be fuelled using biomass derived from dead plant material and can operate on plant produced chemicals such as sugars, carbohydrates, polysaccharides and cellulose, as well as being "fed" on a regular diet of primary biomass from plants or algae. An even closer relationship can exist if algae (e.g., prokaryotic microalgae or eukaryotic and unicellular algae) can colonise the open to air cathode chambers of MFCs driving photosynthesis, producing a high redox gradient due to the oxygenic phase of collective algal cells. The hybrid system is symbiotic; the conditions within the cathodic chamber favour the growth of microalgae whilst the increased redox and production of oxygen by the algae, favour a more powerful cathode giving a higher maximum voltage and power to the photo-microbial fuel cell, which can ultimately be harvested for a range of end-user applications. MFCs can utilise a wide range of plant derived materials including detritus, plant composts, rhizodeposits, root exudates, dead or dying macro- or microalgae, via Soil-based Microbial Fuel Cells, Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells, Plant-based microbial fuel cells, floating artificial islands and constructed artificial wetlands. This review provides a perspective on this aspect of the technology as yet another attribute of the benevolent Bioelectrochemical Systems.
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- John Greenman
- School of Applied Sciences, College of Health, Science and Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Applied Sciences, College of Health, Science and Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Applied Sciences, College of Health, Science and Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Tamaru S, Goto K, Sakagami JI. Spatial O 2 Profile in Coix lacryma-jobi and Sorghum bicolor along the Gas Diffusion Pathway under Waterlogging Conditions. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:3. [PMID: 38202311 PMCID: PMC10780499 DOI: 10.3390/plants13010003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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While internal aeration in plants is critical for adaptation to waterlogging, there is a gap in understanding the differences in oxygen diffusion gradients from shoots to roots between hypoxia-tolerant and -sensitive species. This study aims to elucidate the differences in tissue oxygen concentration at various locations on the shoot and root between a hypoxia-tolerant species and a -sensitive species using a microneedle sensor that allows for spatial oxygen profiling. Job's tears, a hypoxia-tolerant species, and sorghum, a hypoxia-susceptible species, were tested. Plants aged 10 days were acclimated to a hypoxic agar solution for 12 days. Oxygen was profiled near the root tip, root base, root shoot junction, stem, and leaf. An anatomical analysis was also performed on the roots used for the O2 profile. The oxygen partial pressure (pO2) values at the root base and tip of sorghum were significantly lower than that of the root of Job's tears. At the base of the root of Job's tears, pO2 rapidly decreased from the root cortex to the surface, indicating a function to inhibit oxygen leakage. No significant differences in pO2 between the species were identified in the shoot part. The root cortex to stele ratio was significantly higher from the root tip to the base in Job's tears compared to sorghum. The pO2 gradient began to differ greatly at the root shoot junction and root base longitudinally, and between the cortex and stele radially, between Job's tears and sorghum. Differences in the root oxygen retention capacity and the cortex to stele ratio are considered to be related to differences in pO2.
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- Shotaro Tamaru
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City 890-0065, Japan; (S.T.)
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City 890-0065, Japan; (S.T.)
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City 890-0065, Japan; (S.T.)
- Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City 890-0065, Japan
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Sato C, Apollon W, Luna-Maldonado AI, Paucar NE, Hibbert M, Dudgeon J. Integrating Microbial Fuel Cell and Hydroponic Technologies Using a Ceramic Membrane Separator to Develop an Energy-Water-Food Supply System. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:803. [PMID: 37755225 PMCID: PMC10538097 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13090803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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In this study, a microbial fuel cell was integrated into a hydroponic system (MFC-Hyp) using a ceramic membrane as a separator. The MFC-Hyp is a passive system that allows the transport of nutrients from wastewater in the microbial fuel cell (MFC) to water in the hydroponic vessel (Hyp) through a ceramic membrane separator, with no external energy input. The performance of this system was examined using potato-process wastewater as a source of energy and nutrients (K, P, N) and garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) as a hydroponic plant. The results showed that based on dry weight, the leaves of Allium tuberosum grew 142% more in the MFC-Hyp than those of the plant in the Hyp without the MFC, in a 49-day run. The mass fluxes of K, P, and NO3--N from the MFC to the Hyp through the ceramic membrane were 4.18 ± 0.70, 3.78 ± 1.90, and 2.04 ± 0.98 µg s-1m-2, respectively. It was apparent that the diffusion of nutrients from wastewater in the MFC enhanced the plant growth in the Hyp. The MFC-Hyp in the presence of A. tuberosum produced the maximum power density of 130.2 ± 45.4 mW m-2. The findings of this study suggest that the MFC-Hyp system has great potential to be a "carbon-neutral" technology that could be transformed into an important part of a diversified worldwide energy-water-food supply system.
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- Chikashi Sato
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave., Stop 8060, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA; (N.E.P.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Agriculture and Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Campus of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, General Escobedo 66050, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; (W.A.); (A.I.L.-M.)
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- Department of Agriculture and Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Campus of Agricultural and Animal Sciences, General Escobedo 66050, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; (W.A.); (A.I.L.-M.)
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave., Stop 8060, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA; (N.E.P.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave., Stop 8060, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA; (N.E.P.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Anthropology, Idaho State University, 921 South 8th Avenue, Stop 8094, Pocatello, ID 83209, USA;
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Herzog M, Pellegrini E, Pedersen O. A meta-analysis of plant tissue O 2 dynamics. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2023; 50:519-531. [PMID: 37160400 DOI: 10.1071/fp22294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Adequate tissue O2 supply is crucial for plant function. We aimed to identify the environmental conditions and plant characteristics that affect plant tissue O2 status. We extracted data and performed meta-analysis on >1500 published tissue O2 measurements from 112 species. Tissue O2 status ranged from anoxic conditions in roots to >53kPa in submerged, photosynthesising shoots. Using information-theoretic model selection, we identified 'submergence', 'light', 'tissue type' as well as 'light×submergence' interaction as significant drivers of tissue O2 status. Median O2 status were especially low (Solanum tuberosum ) tubers and root nodules. Mean shoot and root O2 were ~25% higher in light than in dark when shoots had atmospheric contact. However, light showed a significant interaction with submergence on plant O2 , with a submergence-induced 44% increase in light, compared with a 42% decline in dark, relative to plants with atmospheric contact. During submergence, ambient water column O2 and shoot tissue O2 correlated stronger in darkness than in light conditions. Although use of miniaturised Clark-type O2 electrodes has enhanced understanding of plant O2 dynamics, application of non-invasive methods in plants is still lacking behind its widespread use in mammalian tissues.
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- Max Herzog
- The Freshwater Biological Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3rd Floor, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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- The Freshwater Biological Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3rd Floor, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark; and Department of Food, Agricultural, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, via delle Scienze 206, Udine, Italy
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- The Freshwater Biological Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3rd Floor, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark; and School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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Jiménez JDLC, Pedersen O. Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Rice via Manipulation of Key Root Traits. RICE (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2023; 16:24. [PMID: 37160782 PMCID: PMC10169991 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-023-00638-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Rice production worldwide represents a major anthropogenic source of greenhouse gas emissions. Nitrogen fertilization and irrigation practices have been fundamental to achieve optimal rice yields, but these agricultural practices together with by-products from plants and microorganisms, facilitate the production, accumulation and venting of vast amounts of CO2, CH4 and N2O. We propose that the development of elite rice varieties should target root traits enabling an effective internal O2 diffusion, via enlarged aerenchyma channels. Moreover, gas tight barriers impeding radial O2 loss in basal parts of the roots will increase O2 diffusion to the root apex where molecular O2 diffuses into the rhizosphere. These developments result in plants with roots penetrating deeper into the flooded anoxic soils, producing higher volumes of oxic conditions in the interface between roots and rhizosphere. Molecular O2 in these zones promotes CH4 oxidation into CO2 by methanotrophs and nitrification (conversion of NH4+ into NO3-), reducing greenhouse gas production and at the same time improving plant nutrition. Moreover, roots with tight barriers to radial O2 loss will have restricted diffusional entry of CH4 produced in the anoxic parts of the rhizosphere and therefore plant-mediated diffusion will be reduced. In this review, we describe how the exploitation of these key root traits in rice can potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from paddy fields.
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- Juan de la Cruz Jiménez
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3rd floor, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark.
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3rd floor, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark.
- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia.
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Li C, Ding S, Ma X, Wang Y, Sun Q, Zhong Z, Chen M, Fan X. Sediment arsenic remediation by submerged macrophytes via root-released O 2 and microbe-mediated arsenic biotransformation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 449:131006. [PMID: 36801722 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Arsenic (As)-contaminated water restoration is extremely challenging because As remobilization from sediments can result in episodic or long-term release of As to the overlying water. In this study, by combining high-resolution imaging techniques with microbial community profiling, we examined the feasibility of utilizing the rhizoremediation of submerged macrophytes (Potamogeton crispus) to decrease As bioavailability and regulate its biotransformation in sediments. Results showed that P. crispus considerably decreased the rhizospheric labile As flux to lower than 4 pg cm-2 s-1 from larger than 7 pg cm-2 s-1, suggesting its effectiveness in promoting As retention in sediments. Iron plaques induced by radial oxygen loss from roots decreased the mobility of As by sequestering it. Additionally, Mn-oxides may act as an oxidizer for the oxidation of As(III) to As(V) in the rhizosphere, which can further increase the As adsorption owing to the strong binding affinity between As(V) and Fe-oxides. Furthermore, microbially mediated As oxidation and methylation were intensified in the microoxic rhizosphere, which decreased the mobility and toxicity of As by changing its speciation. Our study demonstrated that root-driven abiotic and biotic transformation contribute to As retention in sediments, which lays a foundation for applying macrophytes to the remediation of As-contaminated sediments.
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- Cai Li
- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- School of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China
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- College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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He Y, Ding N, Yu G, Sunahara GI, Lin H, Zhang X, Ullah H, Liu J. High-resolution imaging of O 2 dynamics and metal solubilization in the rhizosphere of the hyperaccumulator Leersia hexandra Swartz. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 455:131580. [PMID: 37167872 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The mobilization of trace metals in the rhizosphere can be affected by the redox potential, which is closely related to the O2 dynamics. This study examined the distributions of O2 and trace metals in the rhizosphere of the subaquatic hyperaccumulator Leersia hexandra Swartz under chromium (Cr) stress using planar optodes and the diffusive gradients in thin films technique coupled with laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The O2 concentrations and oxidized areas in the rhizosphere significantly increased with increases in the light intensity, air humidity, and atmospheric CO2 concentrations (p < 0.05). The O2 concentration first increased with increasing ambient temperatures, then decreased when the temperature increased from 25 to 32 ℃. The O2 concentration in the rhizosphere was significantly decreased under Cr stress (p < 0.05), with a prolonged response time to the altered ambient temperature. Cr stress led to decreased mobilities of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Sb, V, W, and Zn in the rhizosphere, which were negatively correlated with the concentrations of O2. These results provide new insights into the role of changes in the O2 concentration induced by the roots of hyperaccumulator plants in controlling the mobility of trace metals in soils.
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- Yao He
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China; Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Safety in Karst Areas, Guilin University of Technology, 541000 Guilin, China.
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- Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China; Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Safety in Karst Areas, Guilin University of Technology, 541000 Guilin, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China; Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Safety in Karst Areas, Guilin University of Technology, 541000 Guilin, China
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- Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, China; Guangxi Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Pollution Control and Water Safety in Karst Areas, Guilin University of Technology, 541000 Guilin, China
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Tong S, Kjær JE, Peralta Ogorek LL, Pellegrini E, Song Z, Pedersen O, Herzog M. Responses of key root traits in the genus Oryza to soil flooding mimicked by stagnant, deoxygenated nutrient solution. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2023; 74:2112-2126. [PMID: 36629284 PMCID: PMC10049916 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erad014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Excess water can induce flooding stress resulting in yield loss, even in wetland crops such as rice (Oryza). However, traits from species of wild Oryza have already been used to improve tolerance to abiotic stress in cultivated rice. This study aimed to establish root responses to sudden soil flooding among eight wild relatives of rice with different habitat preferences benchmarked against three genotypes of O. sativa. Plants were raised hydroponically, mimicking drained or flooded soils, to assess the plasticity of adventitious roots. Traits included were apparent permeance (PA) to O2 of the outer part of the roots, radial water loss, tissue porosity, apoplastic barriers in the exodermis, and root anatomical traits. These were analysed using a plasticity index and hierarchical clustering based on principal component analysis. For example, O. brachyantha, a wetland species, possessed very low tissue porosity compared with other wetland species, whereas dryland species O. latifolia and O. granulata exhibited significantly lower plasticity compared with wetland species and clustered in their own group. Most species clustered according to growing conditions based on PA, radial water loss, root porosity, and key anatomical traits, indicating strong anatomical and physiological responses to sudden soil flooding.
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3rd floor, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3rd floor, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Via delle Scienze 206, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, 3rd floor, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Melnikov P, Bobrov A, Marfin Y. On the Use of Polymer-Based Composites for the Creation of Optical Sensors: A Review. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14204448. [PMID: 36298026 PMCID: PMC9611646 DOI: 10.3390/polym14204448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Polymers are widely used in many areas, but often their individual properties are not sufficient for use in certain applications. One of the solutions is the creation of polymer-based composites and nanocomposites. In such materials, in order to improve their properties, nanoscale particles (at least in one dimension) are dispersed in the polymer matrix. These properties include increased mechanical strength and durability, the ability to create a developed inner surface, adjustable thermal and electrical conductivity, and many others. The materials created can have a wide range of applications, such as biomimetic materials and technologies, smart materials, renewable energy sources, packaging, etc. This article reviews the usage of composites as a matrix for the optical sensors and biosensors. It highlights several methods that have been used to enhance performance and properties by optimizing the filler. It shows the main methods of combining indicator dyes with the material of the sensor matrix. Furthermore, the role of co-fillers or a hybrid filler in a polymer composite system is discussed, revealing the great potential and prospect of such matrixes in the field of fine properties tuning for advanced applications.
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- Pavel Melnikov
- M. V. Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, MIREA—Russian Technological University, 119571 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevsky pr., 10, 153010 Ivanovo, Russia
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Sheremetevsky pr., 10, 153010 Ivanovo, Russia
- Pacific National University, 136 Tikhookeanskaya Street, 680035 Khabarovsk, Russia
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