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Nomura Y, Arima S, Kyogoku D, Yamauchi T, Tominaga T. Strong plastic responses in aerenchyma formation in F1 hybrids of Imperata cylindrica under different soil moisture conditions. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2024; 26:446-456. [PMID: 38192087 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Hybrids can express traits plastically, enabling them to occupy environments that differ from parental environments. However, there is insufficient evidence demonstrating how phenotypic plasticity in specific traits mediates hybrid performance. Two parental ecotypes of Imperata cylindrica produce F1 hybrids. The E-type in wet habitats has larger internal aerenchyma than the C-type in dry habitats. This study evaluated relationships between habitat utilisation, aerenchyma plasticity, and growth of I. cylindrica accessions. We hypothesize that plasticity in expressing parental traits explains hybrid establishment in habitats with various soil moisture conditions. Aerenchyma formation was examined in the leaf midribs, rhizomes and roots of two parental ecotypes and their F1 hybrids in their natural habitats. In common garden experiments, we examined plastic aerenchyma formation in leaf midribs, rhizomes and roots of natural and artificial F1 hybrids and parental ecotypes and quantified vegetative growth performance. In the natural habitats where soil moisture content varied widely, the F1 hybrids showed larger variation in aerenchyma formation in rhizomes than their parental ecotypes. In the common garden experiments, F1 hybrids showed high plasticity of aerenchyma formation in rhizomes, and their growth was similar to that of C-type and E-type under drained and flooded conditions, respectively. The results demonstrate that F1 hybrids of I. cylindrica exhibit plasticity in aerenchyma development in response to varying local soil moisture content. This characteristic allows the hybrids to thrive in diverse soil moisture conditions.
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- Y Nomura
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- The Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Sanda, Hyogo, Japan
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- Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Joachimiak AJ, Libik-Konieczny M, Wójtowicz T, Sliwinska E, Grabowska-Joachimiak A. Physiological aspects of sex differences and Haldane's rule in Rumex hastatulus. Sci Rep 2022; 12:11145. [PMID: 35778518 PMCID: PMC9249882 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15219-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Haldane's rule (HR, impairment of fertility and/or viability of interracial hybrids) seems to be one of few generalizations in evolutionary biology. The validity of HR has been confirmed in animals, and more recently in some dioecious plants (Silene and Rumex). Dioecious Rumex hastatulus has two races differing in the sex chromosome system: Texas (T) and North Carolina (NC), and T × NC males showed both reduced pollen fertility and rarity-two classical symptoms of Haldane's rule (HR). The reduced fertility of these plants has a simple mechanistic explanation, but the reason for their rarity was not elucidated. Here, we measured selected physiological parameters related to the antioxidant defense system in parental races and reciprocal hybrids of R. hastatulus. We showed that the X-autosome configurations, as well as asymmetries associated with Y chromosomes and cytoplasm, could modulate this system in hybrids. The levels and quantitative patterns of the measured parameters distinguish the T × NC hybrid from the other analyzed forms. Our observations suggest that the rarity of T × NC males is caused postzygotically and most likely related to the higher level of oxidative stress induced by the chromosomal incompatibilities. It is the first report on the physiological aspects of HR in plants.
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- Andrzej J Joachimiak
- Department of Plant Cytology and Embryology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 9, 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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- Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Physiology and Seed Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Łobzowska 24, 31-140, Kraków, Poland
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Cytometry, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Kaliskiego Ave. 7, 85-789, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Physiology and Seed Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Łobzowska 24, 31-140, Kraków, Poland.
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Navarro J, Powers JM, Paul A, Campbell DR. Phenotypic plasticity and selection on leaf traits in response to snowmelt timing and summer precipitation. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 234:1477-1490. [PMID: 35274312 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18084] [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: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Vegetative traits of plants can respond directly to changes in the environment, such as those occurring under climate change. That phenotypic plasticity could be adaptive, maladaptive, or neutral. We manipulated the timing of spring snowmelt and amount of summer precipitation in factorial combination and examined responses of specific leaf area (SLA), trichome density, leaf water content (LWC), photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance and intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) in the subalpine herb Ipomopsis aggregata. The experiment was repeated in three years differing in natural timing of snowmelt. To examine natural selection, we used survival, relative growth rate, and flowering as fitness indices. A 50% reduction in summer precipitation reduced stomatal conductance and increased iWUE, and doubled precipitation increased LWC. Combining natural and experimental variation, earlier snowmelt reduced soil moisture, photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance, and increased trichome density and iWUE. Precipitation reduction reversed the mortality selection favoring high stomatal conductance under normal and doubled precipitation, and higher LWC improved growth. Earlier snowmelt is a strong signal of climate change and can change expression of leaf morphology and gas exchange traits, just as reduced precipitation can. Stomatal conductance and SLA showed adaptive plasticity under some conditions.
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- Jocelyn Navarro
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, PO Box 210088, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, 8000 County Road 317, Crested Butte, CO, 81224, USA
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- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, 8000 County Road 317, Crested Butte, CO, 81224, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 321 Steinhaus Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, 8000 County Road 317, Crested Butte, CO, 81224, USA
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 1878 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
- Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, 1474 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, 8000 County Road 317, Crested Butte, CO, 81224, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 321 Steinhaus Hall, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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Changes in Morpho-Anatomical and Eco-Physiological Responses of Viburnum tinus L. var lucidum as Modulated by Sodium Chloride and Calcium Chloride Salinization. HORTICULTURAE 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae8020119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Salinity in water and soil is among the major constraints to the cultivation of ornamental crops since it can affect their growth and aesthetic value. A greenhouse experiment was carried out to assess whether the application of two different salts (80 mM NaCl or 53.3 mM CaCl2, with a final ionic concentration of 160 mM) could differently modulate the anatomical and physiological acclimation of an important ornamental species such as Viburnum tinus L. var. lucidum. Eco-physiological analyses (e.g., leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll a fluorescence emission) were performed and leaves were subjected to light microscopy analysis to quantify functional anatomical traits through digital image analysis. Results showed that the two iso-osmotic solutions induced different structure-mediated physiological alterations in V. tinus plants. Photosynthesis was lowered by CaCl2 treatments (−58%) more than by NaCl (−37%), also due to the occurrence of photodamage apart from stomatal limitations. Neither Na+ nor Cl− exhibited toxic effects in leaf lamina structure which was reflected in the limited reduction in dry matter accumulation. Overall data were interpreted focusing on the coordination among leaf structural and functional traits suggesting that the fine control of functional anatomical traits contributes to physiological acclimation to both stressful conditions.
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Shukla K, Laursen AE, Benavides J, Ejbari N, Campbell LG. Growth and fecundity of colonizing hybrid Raphanus populations are environmentally dependent. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2021; 108:580-597. [PMID: 33855711 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1640] [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: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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PREMISE Hybrid gene pools harbor more genetic variation than progenitor populations. Thus, we expect hybrid populations to exhibit more dynamic evolutionary responses to environmental variation. We ask how environmental variation experienced by adapted and transplanted populations influence the success of late-generation hybrid populations during invasion. METHODS For four generations, 20 wild (Raphanus raphanistrum) and 20 hybrid radish (R. sativus × R. raphanistrum) plant populations evolved under experimentally manipulated moisture conditions (dry, wet, control-sheltered, or control-unsheltered plots; i.e., evolutionary environment) in old fields near Toronto, Canada. We planted advanced-generation wild and hybrid radishes in sheltered plots and exposed them to either an evolutionary or a novel watering environment. To determine how soil moisture would influence invasion success, we compared the phenotype and fecundity of plants grown in these various environments. RESULTS Hybridization produced larger plants. In wet environments, hybrid seedlings emerged more frequently and expressed higher photosynthetic activity. Low-moisture, novel conditions delayed and reduced seedling emergence frequency. Hybrid plants and those that evolved under relatively wet environments exhibited higher aboveground biomass. Hybrid plants from control-sheltered plots colonizing novel moisture environments were more fecund than comparable wild plants. CONCLUSIONS Dry environments are less likely than other evolutionary environments to contribute colonists. However, relatively wet locations support the evolution of relatively fecund plants, especially crop-wild hybrid populations. Thus, our results provide a strong mechanistic explanation for variation in the relative success of crop-wild hybrids among study locations and a new standard for studies that assess the risk of crop-wild hybridization events.
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- Kruti Shukla
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
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Thompson KA, Urquhart-Cronish M, Whitney KD, Rieseberg LH, Schluter D. Patterns, Predictors, and Consequences of Dominance in Hybrids. Am Nat 2021; 197:E72-E88. [PMID: 33625966 DOI: 10.1086/712603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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AbstractCompared to those of their parents, are the traits of first-generation (F1) hybrids typically intermediate, biased toward one parent, or mismatched for alternative parental phenotypes? To address this empirical gap, we compiled data from 233 crosses in which traits were measured in a common environment for two parent taxa and their F1 hybrids. We find that individual traits in F1s are halfway between the parental midpoint and one parental value. Considering pairs of traits together, a hybrid's bivariate phenotype tends to resemble one parent (parent bias) about 50% more than the other, while also exhibiting a similar magnitude of mismatch due to different traits having dominance in conflicting directions. Using data from an experimental field planting of recombinant hybrid sunflowers, we illustrate that parent bias improves fitness, whereas mismatch reduces fitness. Our study has three major conclusions. First, hybrids are not phenotypically intermediate but rather exhibit substantial mismatch. Second, dominance is likely determined by the idiosyncratic evolutionary trajectories of individual traits and populations. Finally, selection against hybrids likely results from selection against both intermediate and mismatched phenotypes.
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Yanykin D, Sundyreva M, Khorobrykh A, Semenova G, Savchenko T. Functional characterization of the corticular photosynthetic apparatus in grapevine. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2020; 1861:148260. [PMID: 32679044 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148260] [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: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A comparative analysis of functional characteristics of the grapevine leaf photosynthetic apparatus (LPA) and corticular photosynthetic apparatus (CPA) in chlorenchyma tissues of first-year lignified vine was performed. Obtained results demonstrate significant differences between the functional properties of the CPA and the LPA. CPA contains an increased proportion (about 2/3) of QB-non-reducing centers of photosystem II (PSII) that is confirmed by elevated O-J phase in fluorescence kinetics, high PSIIβ content, and slower QA-• reoxidation. CPA and LPA use different strategies to utilize absorbed light energy and to protect itself against excessive light. CPA dissipates a significant proportion of absorbed light energy as heat (regulated and non-regulated dissipation), and only a smaller part of the excitation energy is used in the dark stages of photosynthesis. The rate constant of photoinhibition and fluorescence quenching due to photoinhibition in CPA is almost three times higher than in LPA, while high-energy state fluorescence quenching value is twice lower. The saturation of vine chlorenchyma tissue with water increases the CPA tolerance to photoinhibition and promotes the ability to restore the photosynthetic activity after photoinhibition. The electron microscopy analysis confirmed the presence of intact plastids in vine chlorenchyma tissue, the interior space of plastids is filled with large starch grains while bands of stacked thylakoid membranes are mainly localized on the periphery. Analyzes showed that corticular plastids are specialized organelles combining features of chloroplasts, amyloplasts and gerontoplasts. Distinct structural organization of photosynthetic membranes and microenvironment predetermine distinctive functional properties of CPA.
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- D Yanykin
- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, FRC PSCBR RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia
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- Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution North Caucasian Regional Research Institute of Horticulture and Viticulture, Krasnodar 350072, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, FRC PSCBR RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, FRC PSCBR RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia.
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Royer AM, Waite-Himmelwright J, Smith CI. Strong Selection Against Early Generation Hybrids in Joshua Tree Hybrid Zone Not Explained by Pollinators Alone. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:640. [PMID: 32528500 PMCID: PMC7264850 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Coevolution frequently plays an important role in diversification, but the role of obligate pollination mutualisms in the maintenance of hybrid zones has rarely been investigated. Like most members of the genus Yucca, the two species of Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia and Yucca jaegeriana) are involved in a tightly coevolved mutualism with yucca moths. There is strong evidence of a history of coevolution between Joshua trees and their moth pollinators. We use a geographic clines approach in the Joshua tree hybrid zone to ask if selection by the moths may currently contribute to maintaining separation between these species. We compare genomic, phenotypic, and pollinator frequency clines to test whether pollinators maintain the hybrid zone or follow it as passive participants. The results reveal dramatic overlapping genomic and pollinator clines, consistent with a narrow hybrid zone maintained by strong selection. Wider phenotypic clines and a chloroplast genomic cline displaced opposite the expected direction suggest that pollinators are not the main source of selection maintaining the hybrid zone. Rather, it seems that high levels of reproductive isolation, likely acting through multiple barriers and involving many parts of the genome, keep the hybrid zone narrow.
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- Anne M. Royer
- Biology Department, The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, United States
- *Correspondence: Anne M. Royer,
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Campbell DR, Sosenski P, Raguso RA. Phenotypic plasticity of floral volatiles in response to increasing drought stress. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2019; 123:601-610. [PMID: 30364929 PMCID: PMC6417471 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Flowers emit a wide range of volatile compounds which can be critically important to interactions with pollinators or herbivores. Yet most studies of how the environment influences plant volatiles focus on leaf emissions, with little known about abiotic sources of variation in floral volatiles. Understanding phenotypic plasticity in floral volatile emissions has become increasingly important with globally increasing temperatures and changes in drought frequency and severity. Here quantitative relationships of floral volatile emissions to soil water content were analysed. METHODS Plants of the sub-alpine herb Ipomopsis aggregata and hybrids with its closest congener were subjected to a progressive dry down, mimicking the range of soil moistures experienced in the field. Floral volatiles and leaf gas exchange were measured at four time points during the drought. KEY RESULTS As the soil dried, floral volatile emissions increased overall and changed in composition, from more 1,3-octadiene and benzyl alcohol to higher representation of some terpenes. Emissions of individual compounds were not linearly related to volumetric water content in the soil. The dominant compound, the monoterpene α-pinene, made up the highest percentage of the scent mixture when soil moisture was intermediate. In contrast, emission of the sesquiterpene (E,E)-α-farnesene accelerated as the drought became more intense. Changes in floral volatiles did not track the time course of changes in photosynthetic rate or stomatal conductance. CONCLUSIONS This study shows responses of specific floral volatile organic compounds to soil moisture. The non-linear responses furthermore suggest that extreme droughts may have impacts that are not predictable from milder droughts. Floral volatiles are likely to change seasonally with early summer droughts in the Rocky Mountains, as well as over years as snowmelt becomes progressively earlier. Changes in water availability may have impacts on plant-animal interactions that are mediated through non-linear changes in floral volatiles.
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- Diane R Campbell
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO, USA
- For correspondence. E-mail
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO, USA
- CONACYT – Departamento de Ecología Tropical, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán, México
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Ornamental plants use unique adaptive mechanisms to overcome the negative effects of drought stress. A large number of species grown in the Mediterranean area offer the opportunity to select some for ornamental purposes with the ability to adapt to drought conditions. The plants tolerant to drought stress show different adaptation mechanisms to overcome drought stress, including morphological, physiological, and biochemical modifications. These responses include increasing root/shoot ratio, growth reduction, leaf anatomy change, and reduction of leaf size and total leaf area to limit water loss and guarantee photosynthesis. In this review, the effect of drought stress on photosynthesis and chlorophyll a fluorescence is discussed. Recent information on the mechanisms of signal transduction and the development of drought tolerance in ornamental plants is provided. Finally, drought-induced oxidative stress is analyzed and discussed. The purpose of this review is to deepen our knowledge of how drought may modify the morphological and physiological characteristics of plants and reduce their aesthetic value—that is, the key parameter of assessment of ornamental plants.
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Savchenko T, Yanykin D, Khorobrykh A, Terentyev V, Klimov V, Dehesh K. The hydroperoxide lyase branch of the oxylipin pathway protects against photoinhibition of photosynthesis. PLANTA 2017; 245:1179-1192. [PMID: 28303390 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-017-2674-z] [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: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This study describes a new role for hydroperoxide lyase branch of oxylipin biosynthesis pathway in protecting photosynthetic apparatus under high light conditions. Lipid-derived signaling molecules, oxylipins, produced by a multi-branch pathway are central in regulation of a wide range of functions. The two most known branches, allene oxide synthase (AOS) and 13-hydroperoxide lyase (HPL) pathways, are best recognized as producers of defense compounds against biotic challenges. In the present work, we examine the role of these two oxylipin branches in plant tolerance to the abiotic stress, namely excessive light. Towards this goal, we have analyzed variable chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of intact leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana genotypes with altered oxylipin profile, followed by examining the impact of exogenous application of selected oxylipins on functional activity of photosynthetic apparatus in intact leaves and isolated thylakoid membranes. Our findings unequivocally bridge the function of oxylipins to photosynthetic processes. Specifically, HPL overexpressing lines display enhanced adaptability in response to high light treatment as evidenced by lower rate constant of photosystem 2 (PS2) photoinhibition and higher rate constant of PS2 recovery after photoinhibition. In addition, exogenous application of linolenic acid, 13-hydroperoxy linolenic acid, 12-oxophytodienoic acid, and methyl jasmonate individually, suppresses photochemical activity of PS2 in intact plants and isolated thylakoid membranes, while application of HPL-branch metabolites-does not. Collectively these data implicate function of HPL branch of oxylipin biosynthesis pathway in guarding PS2 under high light conditions, potentially exerted through tight regulation of free linolenic acid and 13-hydroperoxy linolenic acid levels, as well as competition with production of metabolites by AOS-branch of the oxylipin pathway.
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- Tatyana Savchenko
- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, RAS, Institutskaya st., 2, Pushchino, 142290, Moscow Region, Russia.
- All-Russian Research Institute of Phytopathology, Institute st., 5, Odintsovo District, B. Vyazyomy, 143050, Moscow Region, Russia.
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, RAS, Institutskaya st., 2, Pushchino, 142290, Moscow Region, Russia
- All-Russian Research Institute of Phytopathology, Institute st., 5, Odintsovo District, B. Vyazyomy, 143050, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, RAS, Institutskaya st., 2, Pushchino, 142290, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, RAS, Institutskaya st., 2, Pushchino, 142290, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, RAS, Institutskaya st., 2, Pushchino, 142290, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, and Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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Wadgymar SM, Daws SC, Anderson JT. Integrating viability and fecundity selection to illuminate the adaptive nature of genetic clines. Evol Lett 2017; 1:26-39. [PMID: 30283636 PMCID: PMC6121800 DOI: 10.1002/evl3.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Genetically based trait variation across environmental gradients can reflect adaptation to local environments. However, natural populations that appear well-adapted often exhibit directional, not stabilizing, selection on ecologically relevant traits. Temporal variation in the direction of selection could lead to stabilizing selection across multiple episodes of selection, which might be overlooked in short-term studies that evaluate relationships of traits and fitness under only one set of conditions. Furthermore, nonrandom mortality prior to trait expression can bias inferences about trait evolution if viability selection opposes fecundity selection. Here, we leveraged fitness and trait data to test whether phenotypic clines are genetically based and adaptive, whether temporal variation in climate imposes stabilizing selection, and whether viability selection acts on adult phenotypes. We monitored transplants of the subalpine perennial forb, Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae), in common gardens at two elevations over 2-3 years that differed in drought intensity. We quantified viability, and fecundity fitness components for four heritable traits: specific leaf area, integrated water-use efficiency, height at first flower, and flowering phenology. Our results indicate that genetic clines are maintained by selection, but their expression is context dependent, as they do not emerge in all environments. Moreover, selection varied spatially and temporally. Stabilizing selection was most pronounced when we integrated data across years. Finally, viability selection prior to trait expression targeted adult phenotypes (age and size at flowering). Indeed, viability selection for delayed flowering opposed fecundity selection for accelerated flowering; this result demonstrates that neglecting to account for viability selection could lead to inaccurate conclusions that populations are maladapted. Our results suggest that reconciling clinal trait variation with selection requires data collected across multiple spatial scales, time frames, and life-history stages.
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- Susana M Wadgymar
- Department of Genetics and Odum School of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior University of Minnesota St. Paul Minnesota 55108
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- Department of Genetics and Odum School of Ecology University of Georgia Athens Georgia 30602
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Anderson JT, Gezon ZJ. Plasticity in functional traits in the context of climate change: a case study of the subalpine forb Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae). GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2015; 21:1689-703. [PMID: 25470363 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Environmental variation often induces shifts in functional traits, yet we know little about whether plasticity will reduce extinction risks under climate change. As climate change proceeds, phenotypic plasticity could enable species with limited dispersal capacity to persist in situ, and migrating populations of other species to establish in new sites at higher elevations or latitudes. Alternatively, climate change could induce maladaptive plasticity, reducing fitness, and potentially stalling adaptation and migration. Here, we quantified plasticity in life history, foliar morphology, and ecophysiology in Boechera stricta (Brassicaceae), a perennial forb native to the Rocky Mountains. In this region, warming winters are reducing snowpack and warming springs are advancing the timing of snow melt. We hypothesized that traits that were historically advantageous in hot and dry, low-elevation locations will be favored at higher elevation sites due to climate change. To test this hypothesis, we quantified trait variation in natural populations across an elevational gradient. We then estimated plasticity and genetic variation in common gardens at two elevations. Finally, we tested whether climatic manipulations induce plasticity, with the prediction that plants exposed to early snow removal would resemble individuals from lower elevation populations. In natural populations, foliar morphology and ecophysiology varied with elevation in the predicted directions. In the common gardens, trait plasticity was generally concordant with phenotypic clines from the natural populations. Experimental snow removal advanced flowering phenology by 7 days, which is similar in magnitude to flowering time shifts over 2-3 decades of climate change. Therefore, snow manipulations in this system can be used to predict eco-evolutionary responses to global change. Snow removal also altered foliar morphology, but in unexpected ways. Extensive plasticity could buffer against immediate fitness declines due to changing climates.
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- Jill T Anderson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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Kenney AM, McKay JK, Richards JH, Juenger TE. Direct and indirect selection on flowering time, water-use efficiency (WUE, δ (13)C), and WUE plasticity to drought in Arabidopsis thaliana. Ecol Evol 2014; 4:4505-21. [PMID: 25512847 PMCID: PMC4264900 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Flowering time and water-use efficiency (WUE) are two ecological traits that are important for plant drought response. To understand the evolutionary significance of natural genetic variation in flowering time, WUE, and WUE plasticity to drought in Arabidopsis thaliana, we addressed the following questions: (1) How are ecophysiological traits genetically correlated within and between different soil moisture environments? (2) Does terminal drought select for early flowering and drought escape? (3) Is WUE plasticity to drought adaptive and/or costly? We measured a suite of ecophysiological and reproductive traits on 234 spring flowering accessions of A. thaliana grown in well-watered and season-ending soil drying treatments, and quantified patterns of genetic variation, correlation, and selection within each treatment. WUE and flowering time were consistently positively genetically correlated. WUE was correlated with WUE plasticity, but the direction changed between treatments. Selection generally favored early flowering and low WUE, with drought favoring earlier flowering significantly more than well-watered conditions. Selection for lower WUE was marginally stronger under drought. There were no net fitness costs of WUE plasticity. WUE plasticity (per se) was globally neutral, but locally favored under drought. Strong genetic correlation between WUE and flowering time may facilitate the evolution of drought escape, or constrain independent evolution of these traits. Terminal drought favored drought escape in these spring flowering accessions of A. thaliana. WUE plasticity may be favored over completely fixed development in environments with periodic drought.
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- Amanda M Kenney
- Department of Biological Sciences, St. Edward's University Austin, Texas
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado
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- Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis Davis, California
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- Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas
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Costa e Silva J, Potts BM, Lopez GA. Heterosis may result in selection favouring the products of long-distance pollen dispersal in Eucalyptus. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93811. [PMID: 24751722 PMCID: PMC3994164 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Using native trees from near the northern and southern extremities of the relatively continuous eastern distribution of Eucalyptus globulus in Tasmania, we compared the progenies derived from natural open-pollination (OP) with those generated from within-region and long-distance outcrossing. Controlled outcrossing amongst eight parents - with four parents from each of the northern and southern regions - was undertaken using a diallel mating scheme. The progeny were planted in two field trials located within the species native range in southern Tasmania, and their survival and diameter growth were monitored over a 13-year-period. The survival and growth performances of all controlled cross types exceeded those of the OP progenies, consistent with inbreeding depression due to a combination of selfing and bi-parental inbreeding. The poorer survival of the northern regional (♀N♂N) outcrosses compared with the local southern regional outcrosses (♀S♂S) indicated differential selection against the former. Despite this mal-adaptation of the non-local ♀N♂N crosses at both southern sites, the survival of the inter-regional hybrids (♀N♂S and ♀S♂N) was never significantly different from that of the local ♀S♂S crosses. Significant site-dependent heterosis was detected for the growth of the surviving long-distance hybrids. This was expressed as mid-parent heterosis, particularly at the more northern planting site. Heterosis increased with age, while the difference between the regional ♀N♂N and ♀S♂S crosses remained insignificant at any age at either site. Nevertheless, the results for growth suggest that the fitness of individuals derived from long-distance crossing may be better at the more northern of the planting sites. Our results demonstrate the potential for early-age assessments of pollen dispersal to underestimate realised gene flow, with local inbreeding under natural open-pollination resulting in selection favouring the products of longer-distance pollinations. Indeed, heterosis derived from long-distance pollinations may be sufficient to counter local mal-adaptation, at least in the first generation.
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- João Costa e Silva
- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- School of Biological Sciences and National Centre for Future Forest Industries, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences and National Centre for Future Forest Industries, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Bischoff M, Jürgens A, Campbell DR. Floral scent in natural hybrids of Ipomopsis (Polemoniaceae) and their parental species. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2014; 113:533-44. [PMID: 24355404 PMCID: PMC3906972 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Floral traits, such as floral volatiles, can contribute to pre-zygotic reproductive isolation by promoting species-specific pollinator foraging. When hybrid zones form, floral traits could also influence post-zygotic isolation. This study examined floral volatiles in parental species and natural hybrids in order to explore potential scent mediation of pre-zygotic and post-zygotic isolation. METHODS Floral bouquets were analysed for the sister species Ipomopsis aggregata and I. tenuituba and their natural hybrids at two contact sites differing in both hybridization rate and temporal foraging pattern of hawkmoth pollinators. Floral volatiles were quantified in diurnal and nocturnal scent samples using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. KEY RESULTS The bouquets of parental species and hybrids showed qualitative overlap. All flowers emitted similar sets of monoterpenoid, sesquiterpenoid, aliphatic and benzenoid compounds, but separated into groups defined by multivariate analysis of quantitative emissions. The parental species differed most strikingly in the nitrogenous compound indole, which was found almost exclusively in nocturnal bouquets of I. tenuituba. Natural hybrid bouquets were highly variable, and showed emission rates of several compounds that appeared transgressive. However, indole emission rates were intermediate in the hybrids compared with rates in the parents. Volatile bouquets at the contact site with lower hybridization did not show greater species specificity in overall scent emission, but I. tenuituba presented a stronger indole signal during peak hawkmoth activity at that site. CONCLUSIONS The two species of Ipomopsis differed in patterns of floral bouquets, with indole emitted in nocturnal I. tenuituba, but not in I. aggregata. Natural hybrid bouquets were not consistently intermediate between the parents, although hybrids were intermediate in indole emission. The indole signal could potentially serve as a hawkmoth attractant that mediates reproductive isolation both before and after hybrid formation.
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- Mascha Bischoff
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, 215 Tower Road, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA
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- University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Life Sciences, P. Bag X01 Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
- Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA
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Campbell DR, Wendlandt C. Altered precipitation affects plant hybrids differently than their parental species. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2013; 100:1322-1331. [PMID: 23748678 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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PREMISE OF THE STUDY Future changes in environmental conditions may alter evolutionary processes, including hybridization in nature. Frequency of hybrids could be altered via range shifts by the parental species or by changes in prezygotic or postzygotic reproductive isolation. We examined the potential for range shifts and change in postzygotic isolation by determining effects of increasing and decreasing precipitation on leaf physiology and fitness components in the subalpine herbs Ipomopsis aggregata (Polemoniaceae), I. tenuituba¸ and their natural hybrids in a common garden in the habitat of I. aggregata. METHODS Summer precipitation was experimentally doubled or halved over 3 yr in comparison with ambient conditions. We measured relative growth rate, specific leaf area, intrinsic water-use efficiency, survival to reproduction, biomass, number of flowers produced, and floral morphology. KEY RESULTS Ipomopsis tenuituba increased relative growth rate with higher precipitation more so than did I. aggregata during the first summer, but this response did not result in changes across treatments in relative survival or final reproductive success of the two species. When precipitation was reduced, the relative success of hybrids was greater than that of the home species, I. aggregata. In dry conditions, hybrids increased water-use efficiency and fitness as indexed by number of flowers more so than the other plant types did. CONCLUSIONS Increased reproduction in hybrids in the reduced precipitation regime indicates that postzygotic reproductive isolation may breakdown under imposition of dry conditions. These results suggest the potential for frequency of hybrids to increase if severe droughts become more common.
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- Diane R Campbell
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
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Greiner S, Bock R. Tuning a ménage à trois: Co-evolution and co-adaptation of nuclear and organellar genomes in plants. Bioessays 2013; 35:354-65. [DOI: 10.1002/bies.201200137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Wang M, Shi S, Lin F, Hao Z, Jiang P, Dai G. Effects of soil water and nitrogen on growth and photosynthetic response of Manchurian ash (Fraxinus mandshurica) seedlings in northeastern China. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30754. [PMID: 22347401 PMCID: PMC3275608 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2010] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Soil water and nitrogen (N) are considered to be the main environmental factors limiting plant growth and photosynthetic capacity. However, less is known about the interactive effects of soil water and N on tree growth and photosynthetic response in the temperate ecosystem. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We applied N and water, alone and in combination, and investigated the combined effect of different water and N regimes on growth and photosynthetic responses of Fraxinus mandshurica seedlings. The seedlings were exposed to three water regimes including natural precipitation (CK), higher precipitation (HW) (CK +30%) and lower precipitation (LW) (CK -30%), and both with and without N addition for two growing seasons. We demonstrated that water and N supply led to a significant increase in the growth and biomass production of the seedlings. LW treatment significantly decreased biomass production and leaf N content, but they showed marked increases in N addition. N addition could enhance the photosynthetic capability under HW and CK conditions. Leaf chlorophyll content and the initial activity of Rubisco were dramatically increased by N addition regardless of soil water condition. The positive relationships were found between photosynthetic capacity, leaf N content, and SLA in response to water and N supply in the seedling. Rubisco expression was up-regulated by N addition with decreasing soil water content. Immunofluorescent staining showed that the labeling for Rubisco was relatively low in leaves of the seedlings under LW condition. The accumulation of Rubisco was increased in leaf tissues of LW by N addition. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our study has presented better understanding of the interactions between soil water and N on the growth and photosynthetic response in F. mandschurica seedlings, which may provide novel insights on the potential responses of the forest ecosystem to climate change associated with increasing N deposition.
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- Miao Wang
- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
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Budar F, Roux F. The role of organelle genomes in plant adaptation: time to get to work! PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:635-9. [PMID: 21499027 PMCID: PMC3172827 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.5.14524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2011] [Accepted: 01/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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That organellar genome variation can play a role in plant adaptation has been suggested by several lines of evidence, including cytoplasm capture, cytoplasm effects in local adaptation, and positive selection in a chloroplast gene. In-depth analysis and better understanding of the genetic basis of plant adaptation is becoming a main objective in plant science. Arabidopsis thaliana has all the required characteristics to be used as a model for obtaining knowledge on the mechanisms underlying the role of organelles in plant adaptation. The availability of the appropriate tools and materials for assessing organelle genetic variation will open up new opportunities for developing novel breeding strategies.
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- Françoise Budar
- INRA, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles cedex, France.
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