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A Novel Method to Simultaneously Measure Leaf Gas Exchange and Water Content. REMOTE SENSING 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/rs14153693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Understanding the relationship between plant water status and productivity and between plant water status and plant mortality is required to effectively quantify and predict the effects of drought on plants. Plant water status is closely linked to leaf water content that may be estimated using remote sensing technologies. Here, we used an inexpensive miniature hyperspectral spectrometer in the 1550–1950 nm wavelength domain to measure changes in silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) leaf water content combined with leaf gas exchange measurements at a sub-minute time resolution, under increasing vapor pressure deficit, CO2 concentrations, and light intensity within the measurement cuvette; we also developed a novel methodology for calibrating reflectance measurements to predict leaf water content for individual leaves. Based on reflectance at 1550 nm, linear regression modeling explained 98–99% of the variation in leaf water content, with a root mean square error of 0.31–0.43 g cm−2. The prediction accuracy of the model represents a c. ten-fold improvement compared to previous studies that have used destructive sampling measurements of several leaves. This novel methodology allows the study of interlinkages between leaf water content, transpiration, and assimilation at a high time resolution that will increase understanding of the movement of water within plants and between plants and the atmosphere.
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Słupianek A, Dolzblasz A, Sokołowska K. Xylem Parenchyma-Role and Relevance in Wood Functioning in Trees. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:1247. [PMID: 34205276 PMCID: PMC8235782 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Woody plants are characterised by a highly complex vascular system, wherein the secondary xylem (wood) is responsible for the axial transport of water and various substances. Previous studies have focused on the dead conductive elements in this heterogeneous tissue. However, the living xylem parenchyma cells, which constitute a significant functional fraction of the wood tissue, have been strongly neglected in studies on tree biology. Although there has recently been increased research interest in xylem parenchyma cells, the mechanisms that operate in these cells are poorly understood. Therefore, the present review focuses on selected roles of xylem parenchyma and its relevance in wood functioning. In addition, to elucidate the importance of xylem parenchyma, we have compiled evidence supporting the hypothesis on the significance of parenchyma cells in tree functioning and identified the key unaddressed questions in the field.
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- Aleksandra Słupianek
- Department of Plant Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Kanonia 6/8, 50-328 Wrocław, Poland; (A.D.); (K.S.)
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Paljakka T, Rissanen K, Vanhatalo A, Salmon Y, Jyske T, Prisle NL, Linnakoski R, Lin JJ, Laakso T, Kasanen R, Bäck J, Hölttä T. Is Decreased Xylem Sap Surface Tension Associated With Embolism and Loss of Xylem Hydraulic Conductivity in Pathogen-Infected Norway Spruce Saplings? FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1090. [PMID: 32765568 PMCID: PMC7378778 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Increased abiotic stress along with increasing temperatures, dry periods and forest disturbances may favor biotic stressors such as simultaneous invasion of bark beetle and ophiostomatoid fungi. It is not fully understood how tree desiccation is associated with colonization of sapwood by fungi. A decrease in xylem sap surface tension (σxylem) as a result of infection has been hypothesized to cause xylem embolism by lowering the threshold for air-seeding at the pits between conduits and disruptions in tree water transport. However, this hypothesis has not yet been tested. We investigated tree water relations by measuring the stem xylem hydraulic conductivity (Kstem), σxylem, stem relative water content (RWCstem), and water potential (Ψstem), and canopy conductance (gcanopy), as well as the compound composition in xylem sap in Norway spruce (Picea abies) saplings. We conducted our measurements at the later stage of Endoconidiophora polonica infection when visible symptoms had occurred in xylem. Saplings of two clones (44 trees altogether) were allocated to treatments of inoculated, wounded control and intact control trees in a greenhouse. The saplings were destructively sampled every second week during summer 2016. σxylem, Kstem and RWCstem decreased following the inoculation, which may indicate that decreased σxylem resulted in increased embolism. gcanopy did not differ between treatments indicating that stomata responded to Ψstem rather than to embolism formation. Concentrations of quinic acid, myo-inositol, sucrose and alkylphenol increased in the xylem sap of inoculated trees. Myo-inositol concentrations also correlated negatively with σxylem and Kstem. Our study is a preliminary investigation of the role of σxylem in E. polonica infected trees based on previous hypotheses. The results suggest that E. polonica infection can lead to a simultaneous decrease in xylem sap surface tension and a decline in tree hydraulic conductivity, thus hampering tree water transport.
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- Teemu Paljakka
- Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Faculty of Science, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Espoo, Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Espoo, Finland
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- Forest Sciences/Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Forest Sciences/Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Forest Sciences/Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Yang J, M Michaud J, Jansen S, Schenk HJ, Zuo YY. Dynamic surface tension of xylem sap lipids. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 40:433-444. [PMID: 32031666 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The surface tension of xylem sap has been traditionally assumed to be close to that of the pure water because decreasing surface tension is thought to increase vulnerability to air seeding and embolism. However, xylem sap contains insoluble lipid-based surfactants, which also coat vessel and pit membrane surfaces, where gas bubbles can enter xylem under negative pressure in the process known as air seeding. Because of the insolubility of amphiphilic lipids, the surface tension influencing air seeding in pit pores is not the equilibrium surface tension of extracted bulk sap but the local surface tension at gas-liquid interfaces, which depends dynamically on the local concentration of lipids per surface area. To estimate the dynamic surface tension in lipid layers that line surfaces in the xylem apoplast, we studied the time-dependent and surface area-regulated surface tensions of apoplastic lipids extracted from xylem sap of four woody angiosperm plants using constrained drop surfactometry. Xylem lipids were found to demonstrate potent surface activity, with surface tensions reaching an equilibrium at ~25 mN m-1 and varying between a minimum of 19 mN m-1 and a maximum of 68 mN m-1 when changing the surface area between 50 and 160% around the equilibrium surface area. It is concluded that xylem lipid films in natural conditions most likely range from nonequilibrium metastable conditions of a supersaturated compression state to an undersaturated expansion state, depending on the local surface areas of gas-liquid interfaces. Together with findings that maximum pore constrictions in angiosperm pit membranes are much smaller than previously assumed, low dynamic surface tension in xylem turns out to be entirely compatible with the cohesion-tension and air-seeding theories, as well as with the existence of lipid-coated nanobubbles in xylem sap, and with the range of vulnerabilities to embolism observed in plants.
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- Jinlong Yang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall 302, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
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- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Ulm D-89081, Germany
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92831, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall 302, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 1319 Punahou Street, Honolulu, HI 96826, USA
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Fan DY, Dang QL, Xu CY, Jiang CD, Zhang WF, Xu XW, Yang XF, Zhang SR. Stomatal Sensitivity to Vapor Pressure Deficit and the Loss of Hydraulic Conductivity Are Coordinated in Populus euphratica, a Desert Phreatophyte Species. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:1248. [PMID: 32922423 PMCID: PMC7456922 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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There are considerable variations in the percentage loss of hydraulic conductivity (PLC) at mid-day minimum water potential among and within species, but the underpinning mechanism(s) are poorly understood. This study tested the hypothesis that plants can regulate leaf specific hydraulic conductance (K l) via precise control over PLC under variable ΔΨ (water potential differential between soil and leaf) conditions to maintain the -m/b constant (-m: the sensitivity of stomatal conductance to VPD; b: reference stomatal conductance at 1.0 kPa VPD), where VPD is vapor pressure deficit. We used Populus euphratica, a phreatophyte species distributed in the desert of Northwestern China, to test the hypothesis. Field measurements of VPD, stomatal conductance (g s), g s responses to VPD, mid-day minimum leaf water potential (Ψ lmin), and branch hydraulic architecture were taken in late June at four sites along the downstream of Tarim River at the north edge of the Taklamakan desert. We have found that: 1) the -m/b ratio was almost constant (=0.6) across all the sites; 2) the average Ψ 50 (the xylem water potential with 50% loss of hydraulic conductivity) was -1.63 MPa, and mid-day PLC ranged from 62 to 83%; 3) there were tight correlations between Ψ 50 and wood density/leaf specific hydraulic conductivity (k l) and between specific hydraulic conductance sensitivity to water potential [d(k s)/dln(-Ψ)] and specific hydraulic conductivity (k s). A modified hydraulic model was applied to investigate the relationship between g s and VPD under variable ΔΨ and K l conditions. It was concluded that P. euphratica was able to control PLC in order to maintain a relatively constant -m/b under different site conditions. This study demonstrated that branchlet hydraulic architecture and stomatal response to VPD were well coordinated in order to maintain relatively water homeostasis of P. euphratica in the desert. Model simulations could explain the wide variations of PLC across and within woody species that are often observed in the field.
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- Da-Yong Fan
- College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Da-Yong Fan, ; Shou-Ren Zhang,
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- Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
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- College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Oasis Eco-agriculture, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Shihezi University, Shihezi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- *Correspondence: Da-Yong Fan, ; Shou-Ren Zhang,
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Sidor CG, Camarero JJ, Popa I, Badea O, Apostol EN, Vlad R. Forest vulnerability to extreme climatic events in Romanian Scots pine forests. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 678:721-727. [PMID: 31078863 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In the last years, large-scale mass forest withering and dieback have been reported for Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) across eastern Europe, particularly in Romania. In these regions, the climate models forecast an increase in intensity and frequency of extreme climate events such as drought. Taking into account these aspects, the exact identification of the influences of drought on the loss of radial growth and vitality in Scots pine stands becomes mandatory. To achieve this aim, we developed the first country-wide Scots pine dendrochronological network in Romania consisting of 34 chronologies of basal area increment (BAI), and including 1401 individual tree-ring width series. Romanian Scots pine forests were severely impacted by the 2000 and 2012 droughts. The high temperatures and low precipitation from April to August were the main climatic causes of radial-growth reduction and large-scale withering in some areas. By mapping post-drought growth resilience, we identified locations where resilience was low and could identify foci of future forest dieback and high tree mortality. The projected appearance of similar prolonged and severe droughts in the future will lead to the damage or local extinction of some Scots pine forests in Romania, regardless of their age, composition or spatial location. The elaboration of adaptive forest management strategies to the impact of climate changes, specifically designed for the Scots pine stands, is not possible without knowing and understanding these aspects.
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- Cristian Gheorghe Sidor
- National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry 'Marin Drăcea', Calea Bucovinei 73 bis, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania.
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- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, 50192 Zaragoza, Spain
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- National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry 'Marin Drăcea', Calea Bucovinei 73 bis, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania
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- National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry 'Marin Drăcea', Calea Bucovinei 73 bis, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania
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- National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry 'Marin Drăcea', Calea Bucovinei 73 bis, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania
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- National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry 'Marin Drăcea', Calea Bucovinei 73 bis, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania
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Losso A, Beikircher B, Dämon B, Kikuta S, Schmid P, Mayr S. Xylem Sap Surface Tension May Be Crucial for Hydraulic Safety. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 175:1135-1143. [PMID: 28982780 PMCID: PMC5664478 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The surface tension (γ) of xylem sap plays a key role in stabilizing air-water interfaces at the pits between water- and gas-filled conduits to avoid air seeding at low water potentials. We studied seasonal changes in xylem sap γ in Picea abies and Pinus mugo growing at the alpine timberline. We analyzed their vulnerability to drought-induced embolism using solutions of different γ and estimated the potential effect of seasonal changes in γ on hydraulic vulnerability. In both species, xylem sap γ showed distinct seasonal courses between about 50 and 68 mn m-1 Solutions with low γ caused higher vulnerability to drought-induced xylem embolism. The water potential at 50% loss of hydraulic conductivity in P. abies and P. mugo was -3.35 and -3.86 MPa at γ of 74 mn m-1 but -2.11 and -2.09 MPa at 45 mn m-1 This indicates up to about 1 MPa seasonal variation in 50% loss of hydraulic conductivity. The results revealed pronounced effects of changes in xylem sap γ on the hydraulic safety of trees in situ. These effects also are relevant in vulnerability analyses, where the use of standard solutions with high γ overestimates hydraulic safety. Thus, γ should be considered carefully in hydraulic studies.
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- Adriano Losso
- Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Botany, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, 1180 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Lintunen A, Lindfors L, Nikinmaa E, Hölttä T. Xylem diameter changes during osmotic stress, desiccation and freezing in Pinus sylvestris and Populus tremula. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 37:491-500. [PMID: 27998974 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpw114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Trees experience low apoplastic water potential frequently in most environments. Low apoplastic water potential increases the risk of embolism formation in xylem conduits and creates dehydration stress for the living cells. We studied the magnitude and rate of xylem diameter change in response to decreasing apoplastic water potential and the role of living parenchyma cells in it to better understand xylem diameter changes in different environmental conditions. We compared responses of control and heat-injured xylem of Pinus sylvestris (L.) and Populus tremula (L.) branches to decreasing apoplastic water potential created by osmotic stress, desiccation and freezing. It was shown that xylem in control branches shrank more in response to decreasing apoplastic water potential in comparison with the samples that were preheated to damage living xylem parenchyma. By manipulating the osmotic pressure of the xylem sap, we observed xylem shrinkage due to decreasing apoplastic water potential even in the absence of water tension within the conduits. These results indicate that decreasing apoplastic water potential led to withdrawal of intracellular water from the xylem parenchyma, causing tissue shrinkage. The amount of xylem shrinkage per decrease in apoplastic water potential was higher during osmotic stress or desiccation compared with freezing. During desiccation, xylem diameter shrinkage involved both dehydration-related shrinkage of xylem parenchyma and water tension-induced shrinkage of conduits, whereas dehydration-related shrinkage of xylem parenchyma was accompanied by swelling of apoplastic ice during freezing. It was also shown that the exchange of water between symplast and apoplast within xylem is clearly faster than previously reported between the phloem and the xylem. Time constant of xylem shrinkage was 40 and 2 times higher during osmotic stress than during freezing stress in P. sylvestris and P. tremula, respectively. Finally, it was concluded that the amount of water stored in the xylem parenchyma is an important reservoir for trees to buffer daily fluctuations in water relations.
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- Anna Lintunen
- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. BOX 27, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. BOX 27, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. BOX 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. BOX 27, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. BOX 27, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Schenk HJ, Espino S, Romo DM, Nima N, Do AYT, Michaud JM, Papahadjopoulos-Sternberg B, Yang J, Zuo YY, Steppe K, Jansen S. Xylem Surfactants Introduce a New Element to the Cohesion-Tension Theory. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 173:1177-1196. [PMID: 27927981 PMCID: PMC5291718 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Vascular plants transport water under negative pressure without constantly creating gas bubbles that would disable their hydraulic systems. Attempts to replicate this feat in artificial systems almost invariably result in bubble formation, except under highly controlled conditions with pure water and only hydrophilic surfaces present. In theory, conditions in the xylem should favor bubble nucleation even more: there are millions of conduits with at least some hydrophobic surfaces, and xylem sap is saturated or sometimes supersaturated with atmospheric gas and may contain surface-active molecules that can lower surface tension. So how do plants transport water under negative pressure? Here, we show that angiosperm xylem contains abundant hydrophobic surfaces as well as insoluble lipid surfactants, including phospholipids, and proteins, a composition similar to pulmonary surfactants. Lipid surfactants were found in xylem sap and as nanoparticles under transmission electron microscopy in pores of intervessel pit membranes and deposited on vessel wall surfaces. Nanoparticles observed in xylem sap via nanoparticle-tracking analysis included surfactant-coated nanobubbles when examined by freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Based on their fracture behavior, this technique is able to distinguish between dense-core particles, liquid-filled, bilayer-coated vesicles/liposomes, and gas-filled bubbles. Xylem surfactants showed strong surface activity that reduces surface tension to low values when concentrated as they are in pit membrane pores. We hypothesize that xylem surfactants support water transport under negative pressure as explained by the cohesion-tension theory by coating hydrophobic surfaces and nanobubbles, thereby keeping the latter below the critical size at which bubbles would expand to form embolisms.
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- H Jochen Schenk
- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.);
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.);
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.);
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.)
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.)
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.)
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.)
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.)
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.)
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.)
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.)
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.)
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.)
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.)
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.)
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.)
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.)
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.)
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.)
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.)
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.)
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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- Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California 92831 (H.J.S., S.E., D.M.R., N.N., A.Y.T.D., J.M.M.)
- NanoAnalytical Laboratory, San Francisco, California 94118 (B.P.-S.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (J.Y., Y.Y.Z.)
- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (K.S.); and
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, D-89081 Ulm, Germany (S.J.)
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Hernandez MJ, Montes F, Ruiz F, Lopez G, Pita P. The effect of vapour pressure deficit on stomatal conductance, sap pH and leaf-specific hydraulic conductance in Eucalyptus globulus clones grown under two watering regimes. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2016; 117:1063-71. [PMID: 27052343 PMCID: PMC4866316 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Stomatal conductance has long been considered of key interest in the study of plant adaptation to water stress. The expected increase in extreme meteorological events under a climate change scenario may compromise survival in Eucalyptus globulus plantations established in south-western Spain. We investigated to what extent changes in stomatal conductance in response to high vapour pressure deficits and water shortage are mediated by hydraulic and chemical signals in greenhouse-grown E. globulus clones. METHODS Rooted cuttings were grown in pots and submitted to two watering regimes. Stomatal conductance, shoot water potential, sap pH and hydraulic conductance were measured consecutively in each plant over 4 weeks under vapour pressure deficits ranging 0·42 to 2·25 kPa. Evapotranspiration, growth in leaf area and shoot biomass were also determined. KEY RESULTS There was a significant effect of both clone and watering regime in stomatal conductance and leaf-specific hydraulic conductance, but not in sap pH. Sap pH decreased as water potential and stomatal conductance decreased under increasing vapour pressure deficit. There was no significant relationship between stomatal conductance and leaf-specific hydraulic conductance. Stomata closure precluded shoot water potential from falling below -1·8 MPa. The percentage loss of hydraulic conductance ranged from 40 to 85 %. The highest and lowest leaf-specific hydraulic conductances were measured in clones from the same half-sib families. Water shortage reduced growth and evapotranspiration, decreases in evapotranspiration ranging from 14 to 32 % in the five clones tested. CONCLUSIONS Changes in sap pH seemed to be a response to changes in atmospheric conditions rather than soil water in the species. Stomata closed after a considerable amount of hydraulic conductance was lost, although intraspecific differences in leaf-specific hydraulic conductance suggest the possibility of selection for improved productivity under water-limiting conditions combined with high temperatures in the early stages of growth.
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- ENCE S.A., Ctra A-5000 km 7·5. Apartado 223, 21007 Huelva, Spain
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- ENCE S.A., Ctra A-5000 km 7·5. Apartado 223, 21007 Huelva, Spain
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- School of Forestry Engineering and Natural Resources, Technical University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Guada G, Camarero JJ, Sánchez-Salguero R, Cerrillo RMN. Limited Growth Recovery after Drought-Induced Forest Dieback in Very Defoliated Trees of Two Pine Species. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:418. [PMID: 27066053 PMCID: PMC4817349 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Mediterranean pine forests display high resilience after extreme climatic events such as severe droughts. However, recent dry spells causing growth decline and triggering forest dieback challenge the capacity of some forests to recover following major disturbances. To describe how resilient the responses of forests to drought can be, we quantified growth dynamics in plantations of two pine species (Scots pine, black pine) located in south-eastern Spain and showing drought-triggered dieback. Radial growth was characterized at inter- (tree-ring width) and intra-annual (xylogenesis) scales in three defoliation levels. It was assumed that the higher defoliation the more negative the impact of drought on tree growth. Tree-ring width chronologies were built and xylogenesis was characterized 3 years after the last severe drought occurred. Annual growth data and the number of tracheids produced in different stages of xylem formation were related to climate data at several time scales. Drought negatively impacted growth of the most defoliated trees in both pine species. In Scots pine, xylem formation started earlier in the non-defoliated than in the most defoliated trees. Defoliated trees presented the shortest duration of the radial-enlargement phase in both species. On average the most defoliated trees formed 60% of the number of mature tracheids formed by the non-defoliated trees in both species. Since radial enlargement is the xylogenesis phase most tightly related to final growth, this explains why the most defoliated trees grew the least due to their altered xylogenesis phases. Our findings indicate a very limited resilience capacity of drought-defoliated Scots and black pines. Moreover, droughts produce legacy effects on xylogenesis of highly defoliated trees which could not recover previous growth rates and are thus more prone to die.
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- Guillermo Guada
- Departamento de Botánica, Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaLugo, Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de OlavideSevilla, Spain
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Malone MW, Yoder J, Hunter JF, Espy MA, Dickman LT, Nelson RO, Vogel SC, Sandin HJ, Sevanto S. In vivo Observation of Tree Drought Response with Low-Field NMR and Neutron Imaging. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:564. [PMID: 27200037 PMCID: PMC4858708 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Using a simple low-field NMR system, we monitored water content in a living tree in a greenhouse over 2 months. By continuously running the system, we observed changes in tree water content on a scale of half an hour. The data showed a diurnal change in water content consistent both with previous NMR and biological observations. Neutron imaging experiments show that our NMR signal is primarily due to water being rapidly transported through the plant, and not to other sources of hydrogen, such as water in cytoplasm, or water in cell walls. After accounting for the role of temperature in the observed NMR signal, we demonstrate a change in the diurnal signal behavior due to simulated drought conditions for the tree. These results illustrate the utility of our system to perform noninvasive measurements of tree water content outside of a temperature controlled environment.
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Sperry JS, Love DM. What plant hydraulics can tell us about responses to climate-change droughts. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2015; 207:14-27. [PMID: 25773898 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Climate change exposes vegetation to unusual drought, causing declines in productivity and increased mortality. Drought responses are hard to anticipate because canopy transpiration and diffusive conductance (G) respond to drying soil and vapor pressure deficit (D) in complex ways. A growing database of hydraulic traits, combined with a parsimonious theory of tree water transport and its regulation, may improve predictions of at-risk vegetation. The theory uses the physics of flow through soil and xylem to quantify how canopy water supply declines with drought and ceases by hydraulic failure. This transpiration 'supply function' is used to predict a water 'loss function' by assuming that stomatal regulation exploits transport capacity while avoiding failure. Supply-loss theory incorporates root distribution, hydraulic redistribution, cavitation vulnerability, and cavitation reversal. The theory efficiently defines stomatal responses to D, drying soil, and hydraulic vulnerability. Driving the theory with climate predicts drought-induced loss of plant hydraulic conductance (k), canopy G, carbon assimilation, and productivity. Data lead to the 'chronic stress hypothesis' wherein > 60% loss of k increases mortality by multiple mechanisms. Supply-loss theory predicts the climatic conditions that push vegetation over this risk threshold. The theory's simplicity and predictive power encourage testing and application in large-scale modeling.
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- John S Sperry
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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Schenk HJ, Steppe K, Jansen S. Nanobubbles: a new paradigm for air-seeding in xylem. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 20:199-205. [PMID: 25680733 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2014] [Revised: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/17/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Long-distance water transport in plants relies on a system that typically operates under negative pressure and is prone to hydraulic failure due to gas bubble formation. One primary mechanism of bubble formation takes place at nanoporous pit membranes between neighboring conduits. We argue that this process is likely to snap off nanobubbles because the local increase in liquid pressure caused by entry of air-water menisci into the complex pit membrane pores would energetically favor nanobubble formation over instant cavitation. Nanobubbles would be stabilized by surfactants and by gas supersaturation of the sap, may dissolve, fragment into smaller bubbles, or create embolisms. The hypothesis that safe and stable nanobubbles occur in plants adds a new component supporting the cohesion-tension theory.
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- H Jochen Schenk
- Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton, PO Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, USA
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- Laboratory of Plant Ecology, Department of Applied Ecology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute for Systematic Botany and Ecology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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Lucas WJ, Groover A, Lichtenberger R, Furuta K, Yadav SR, Helariutta Y, He XQ, Fukuda H, Kang J, Brady SM, Patrick JW, Sperry J, Yoshida A, López-Millán AF, Grusak MA, Kachroo P. The plant vascular system: evolution, development and functions. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2013; 55:294-388. [PMID: 23462277 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 400] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The emergence of the tracheophyte-based vascular system of land plants had major impacts on the evolution of terrestrial biology, in general, through its role in facilitating the development of plants with increased stature, photosynthetic output, and ability to colonize a greatly expanded range of environmental habitats. Recently, considerable progress has been made in terms of our understanding of the developmental and physiological programs involved in the formation and function of the plant vascular system. In this review, we first examine the evolutionary events that gave rise to the tracheophytes, followed by analysis of the genetic and hormonal networks that cooperate to orchestrate vascular development in the gymnosperms and angiosperms. The two essential functions performed by the vascular system, namely the delivery of resources (water, essential mineral nutrients, sugars and amino acids) to the various plant organs and provision of mechanical support are next discussed. Here, we focus on critical questions relating to structural and physiological properties controlling the delivery of material through the xylem and phloem. Recent discoveries into the role of the vascular system as an effective long-distance communication system are next assessed in terms of the coordination of developmental, physiological and defense-related processes, at the whole-plant level. A concerted effort has been made to integrate all these new findings into a comprehensive picture of the state-of-the-art in the area of plant vascular biology. Finally, areas important for future research are highlighted in terms of their likely contribution both to basic knowledge and applications to primary industry.
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- William J Lucas
- Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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