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Griffani DS, Rognon P, Farquhar GD. The role of thermodiffusion in transpiration. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024. [PMID: 38453691 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024]
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Plant leaf temperatures can differ from ambient air temperatures. A temperature gradient in a gas mixture gives rise to a phenomenon known as thermodiffusion, which operates in addition to ordinary diffusion. Whilst transpiration is generally understood to be driven solely by the ordinary diffusion of water vapour along a concentration gradient, we consider the implications of thermodiffusion for transpiration. We develop a new modelling framework that introduces the effects of thermodiffusion on the transpiration rate, E. By applying this framework, we quantify the proportion of E attributable to thermodiffusion for a set of physiological and environmental conditions, varied over a wide range. Thermodiffusion is found to be most significant (in some cases > 30% of E) when a leaf-to-air temperature difference coincides with a relatively small water vapour concentration difference across the boundary layer; a boundary layer conductance that is large as compared to the stomatal conductance; or a relatively low transpiration rate. Thermodiffusion also alters the conditions required for the onset of reverse transpiration, and the rate at which this water vapour uptake occurs.
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- Danielle S Griffani
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, East Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia
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- School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia
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- Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Beckett HAA, Bryant C, Neeman T, Mencuccini M, Ball MC. Plasticity in branch water relations and stem hydraulic vulnerability enhances hydraulic safety in mangroves growing along a salinity gradient. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2024; 47:854-870. [PMID: 37975319 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14764] [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: 08/09/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Coping with water stress depends on maintaining cellular function and hydraulic conductance. Yet measurements of vulnerability to drought and salinity do not often focus on capacitance in branch organs that buffer hydraulic function during water stress. The relationships between branch water relations, stem hydraulic vulnerability and stem anatomy were investigated in two co-occurring mangroves Aegiceras corniculatum and Rhizophora stylosa growing at low and high salinity. The dynamics of branch water release acted to conserve water content in the stem at the expense of the foliage during extended drying. Hydraulic redistribution from the foliage to the stem increased stem relative water content by up to 21%. The water potentials at which 12% and 50% loss of stem hydraulic conductivity occurred decreased by ~1.7 MPa in both species between low and high salinity sites. These coordinated tissue adjustments increased hydraulic safety despite declining turgor safety margins at higher salinity sites. Our results highlight the complex interplay of plasticity in organ-level water relations with hydraulic vulnerability in the maintenance of stem hydraulic function in mangroves distributed along salinity gradients. These results emphasise the importance of combining water relations and hydraulic vulnerability parameters to understand vulnerability to water stress across the whole plant.
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- Holly A A Beckett
- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Biological Data Science Institute, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Ecological and Forestry Applications Research Centre (CREAF), Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Feng W, Ma X, Yuan Z, Li W, Yan Y, Yang W. An Experimental Investigation of the Precipitation Utilization of Plants in Arid Regions. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:594. [PMID: 38475440 DOI: 10.3390/plants13050594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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What represents a water source for the ecological restoration of a plant in an arid region is still up to debate. To address this issue, we conducted an in situ experiment in the Ulan Buh Desert of China, to study desert plants absorbing atmospheric water vapor. We selected Tamarisk, a common drought-salt-tolerant species in the desert, for ecological restoration as our research subject, used a newly designed lysimeter to monitor precipitation infiltration, and a sap flow system to track reverse sap flow that occurred in the shoot, branch, and stem during the precipitation event, and observed the precipitation redistribution process of the Tamarisk plot. The results showed that Tamarisk indeed directly absorbs precipitation water: when precipitation occurs, the main stem, lateral branch, and shoot all show the signs of reversed sap flow, and the reversed sap flow accounted for 21.5% of the annual sap flow in the shoot and branch, and 13.6% in the stem. The precipitation event in the desert was dominated by light precipitation events, which accounted for 81% of the annual precipitation events. It was found that light precipitation can be directly absorbed by the Tamarisk leaves, especially during nighttime or cloudy days. Even when the precipitation is absent, it was found that desert plants can still absorb water from the unsaturated atmospheric vapor; even the absorbed atmospheric water vapor was transported from the leaves to the stem, forming a reversed sap flow, as a reversed sap flow was observed when the atmospheric relative humidity reached 75%. This study indicated that the effect of light precipitation on desert plants was significant and should not be overlooked in terms of managing the ecological and hydrological systems in arid regions.
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- Wei Feng
- Department of Livestock, Xilingol Vocational College, Xilinhot 026000, China
- Institute of Ecological Protection and Restoration, China Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100093, China
- School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Institute of Ecological Protection and Restoration, China Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100093, China
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- School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
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- Low-Coverage Sand Control Company, Hohhot 010000, China
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Fradera-Soler M, Mravec J, Schulz A, Taboryski R, Jørgensen B, Grace OM. Revisiting an ecophysiological oddity: Hydathode-mediated foliar water uptake in Crassula species from southern Africa. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2024; 47:460-481. [PMID: 37876364 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14743] [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: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
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Hydathodes are usually associated with water exudation in plants. However, foliar water uptake (FWU) through the hydathodes has long been suspected in the leaf-succulent genus Crassula (Crassulaceae), a highly diverse group in southern Africa, and, to our knowledge, no empirical observations exist in the literature that unequivocally link FWU to hydathodes in this genus. FWU is expected to be particularly beneficial on the arid western side of southern Africa, where up to 50% of Crassula species occur and where periodically high air humidity leads to fog and/or dew formation. To investigate if hydathode-mediated FWU is operational in different Crassula species, we used the apoplastic fluorescent tracer Lucifer Yellow in combination with different imaging techniques. Our images of dye-treated leaves confirm that hydathode-mediated FWU does indeed occur in Crassula and that it might be widespread across the genus. Hydathodes in Crassula serve as moisture-harvesting structures, besides their more common purpose of guttation, an adaptation that has likely played an important role in the evolutionary history of the genus. Our observations suggest that ability for FWU is independent of geographical distribution and not restricted to arid environments under fog influence, as FWU is also operational in Crassula species from the rather humid eastern side of southern Africa. Our observations point towards no apparent link between FWU ability and overall leaf surface wettability in Crassula. Instead, the hierarchically sculptured leaf surfaces of several Crassula species may facilitate FWU due to hydrophilic leaf surface microdomains, even in seemingly hydrophobic species. Overall, these results confirm the ecophysiological relevance of hydathode-mediated FWU in Crassula and reassert the importance of atmospheric humidity for some arid-adapted plant groups.
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- Marc Fradera-Soler
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Nitra, Slovakia
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- National Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization (DTU Nanolab), Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Beckett HAA, Webb D, Turner M, Sheppard A, Ball MC. Bark water uptake through lenticels increases stem hydration and contributes to stem swelling. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2024; 47:72-90. [PMID: 37811590 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14733] [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: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Foliar water uptake can recharge water storage tissue and enable greater hydration than through access to soil water alone; however, few studies have explored the role of the bark in facilitating water uptake. We investigated pathways and dynamics of bark water uptake (BWU) in stems of the mangrove Avicennia marina. We provide novel evidence that specific entry points control dynamics of water uptake through the outer bark surface. Furthermore, using a fluorescent symplastic tracer dye we provide the first evidence that lenticels on the outer bark surface facilitate BWU, thus increasing stem water content by up to 3.7%. X-ray micro-computed tomography showed that BWU was sufficient to cause measurable swelling of stem tissue layers increasing whole stem cross-sectional area by 0.83 mm2 or 2.8%, implicating it as a contributor to the diel patterns of water storage recharge that buffer xylem water potential and maintain hydration of living tissue.
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- Holly A A Beckett
- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Centre for Advanced Microscopy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Al-Handawi MB, Commins P, Dinnebier RE, Abdellatief M, Li L, Naumov P. Harvesting of aerial humidity with natural hygroscopic salt excretions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2313134120. [PMID: 37903263 PMCID: PMC10636306 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313134120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
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Plants and animals that thrive in arid regions utilize the diurnal changes in environmental temperature and humidity to optimize their water budget by combining water-harvesting mechanisms and morphophysiological traits. The Athel tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla) is a halophytic desert shrub that survives in arid, hypersaline conditions by excreting concentrated solutions of ions as droplets on its surface that crystallize into salt crystals and fall off the branches. Here, we describe the crystallization on the surface of the plant and explore the effects of external conditions such as diurnal changes in humidity and temperature. The salt mixtures contain at least ten common minerals, with NaCl and CaSO4·2H2O being the major products, SiO2 and CaCO3 main sand contaminants, and Li2SO4, CaSO4, KCl, K2Ca(SO4)2·H2O, CaMg(CO3)2 and AlNaSi3O8 present in smaller amounts. In natural conditions, the hanging or sitting droplets remain firmly attached to the surface, with an average adhesion force of 275 ± 3.5 µN measured for pure water. Rather than using morphological features of the surface, the droplets adhere by chemical interactions, predominantly by hydrogen bonding. Increasing ion concentration slightly increases the contact angle on the hydrophobic cuticle, thereby lowering surface wettability. Small amounts of lithium sulfate and possibly other hygroscopic salts result in strong hygroscopicity and propensity for deliquescence of the salt mixture overnight. Within a broader context, this natural mechanism for humidity harvesting that uses environmentally benign salts as moisture adsorbents could provide a bioinspired approach that complements the currently available water collection or cloud-seeding technologies.
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- Marieh B. Al-Handawi
- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Department of Sciences and Engineering, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Smart Materials Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Center for Smart Engineering Materials, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Research Center for Environment and Materials, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, MK-1000 Skopje, Macedonia
- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Design Institute, New York University, New York, NY10003
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Wu S, Gu X, Zheng Y, Chen L. Nocturnal sap flow as compensation for water deficits: an implicit water-saving strategy used by mangroves in stressful environments. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 14:1118970. [PMID: 37223786 PMCID: PMC10200988 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1118970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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As part of the plant water-use process, plant nocturnal sap flow (Q n) has been demonstrated to have important ecophysiological significance to compensate for water loss. The purpose of this study was to explore nocturnal water-use strategies to fill the knowledge gap in mangroves, by measuring three species co-occurring in a subtropical estuary. Sap flow was monitored over an entire year using thermal diffusive probes. Stem diameter and leaf-level gas exchange were measured in summer. The data were used to explore the different nocturnal water balance maintaining mechanisms among species. The Q n existed persistently and contributed markedly over 5.5%~24.0% of the daily sap flow (Q) across species, which was associated with two processes, nocturnal transpiration (E n) and nocturnal stem water refilling (R n). We found that the stem recharge of the Kandelia obovata and Aegiceras corniculatum occurred mainly after sunset and that the high salinity environment drove higher Q n while stem recharge of the Avicennia marina mainly occurred in the daytime and the high salinity environment inhibited the Q n. The diversity of stem recharge patterns and response to sap flow to high salinity conditions were the main reasons for the differences in Q n/Q among species. For Kandelia obovata and Aegiceras corniculatum, R n was the main contributor to Q n, which was driven by the demands of stem water refilling after diurnal water depletion and high salt environment. Both of the species have a strict control over the stomata to reduce water loss at night. In contrast, Avicennia marina maintained a low Q n, driven by vapor pressure deficit, and the Q n mainly used for E n, which adapts to high salinity conditions by limiting water dissipation at night. We conclude that the diverse ways Q n properties act as water-compensating strategies among the co-occurring mangrove species might help the trees to overcoming water scarcity.
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De Rosa A, McGaughey S, Magrath I, Byrt C. Molecular membrane separation: plants inspire new technologies. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 238:33-54. [PMID: 36683439 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18762] [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: 08/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Plants draw up their surrounding soil solution to gain water and nutrients required for growth, development and reproduction. Obtaining adequate water and nutrients involves taking up both desired and undesired elements from the soil solution and separating resources from waste. Desirable and undesirable elements in the soil solution can share similar chemical properties, such as size and charge. Plants use membrane separation mechanisms to distinguish between different molecules that have similar chemical properties. Membrane separation enables distribution or retention of resources and efflux or compartmentation of waste. Plants use specialised membrane separation mechanisms to adapt to challenging soil solution compositions and distinguish between resources and waste. Coordination and regulation of these mechanisms between different tissues, cell types and subcellular membranes supports plant nutrition, environmental stress tolerance and energy management. This review considers membrane separation mechanisms in plants that contribute to specialised separation processes and highlights mechanisms of interest for engineering plants with enhanced performance in challenging conditions and for inspiring the development of novel industrial membrane separation technologies. Knowledge gained from studying plant membrane separation mechanisms can be applied to developing precision separation technologies. Separation technologies are needed for harvesting resources from industrial wastes and transitioning to a circular green economy.
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- Annamaria De Rosa
- Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, 2601, ACT, Acton, Australia
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- Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, 2601, ACT, Acton, Australia
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- Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, 2601, ACT, Acton, Australia
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- Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, 2601, ACT, Acton, Australia
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Jiang GF, Li SY, Dinnage R, Cao KF, Simonin KA, Roddy AB. Diverse mangroves deviate from other angiosperms in their genome size, leaf cell size and cell packing density relationships. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2023; 131:347-360. [PMID: 36516425 PMCID: PMC9992938 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcac151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS While genome size limits the minimum sizes and maximum numbers of cells that can be packed into a given leaf volume, mature cell sizes can be substantially larger than their meristematic precursors and vary in response to abiotic conditions. Mangroves are iconic examples of how abiotic conditions can influence the evolution of plant phenotypes. METHODS Here, we examined the coordination between genome size, leaf cell sizes, cell packing densities and leaf size in 13 mangrove species across four sites in China. Four of these species occurred at more than one site, allowing us to test the effect of climate on leaf anatomy. RESULTS We found that genome sizes of mangroves were very small compared to other angiosperms, but, like other angiosperms, mangrove cells were always larger than the minimum size defined by genome size. Increasing mean annual temperature of a growth site led to higher packing densities of veins (Dv) and stomata (Ds) and smaller epidermal cells but had no effect on stomatal size. In contrast to other angiosperms, mangroves exhibited (1) a negative relationship between guard cell size and genome size; (2) epidermal cells that were smaller than stomata; and (3) coordination between Dv and Ds that was not mediated by epidermal cell size. Furthermore, mangrove epidermal cell sizes and packing densities covaried with leaf size. CONCLUSIONS While mangroves exhibited coordination between veins and stomata and attained a maximum theoretical stomatal conductance similar to that of other angiosperms, the tissue-level tradeoffs underlying these similar relationships across species and environments were markedly different, perhaps indicative of the unique structural and physiological adaptations of mangroves to their stressful environments.
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, and State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, PR China
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199USA
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, and State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Daxuedonglu 100, Nanning, Guangxi 530004, PR China
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- Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132USA
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Fuenzalida TI, Blacker MJ, Turner M, Sheppard A, Ball MC. Foliar water uptake enables embolism removal in excised twigs of Avicennia marina. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 237:1136-1145. [PMID: 36372990 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Embolism refilling is thought to require relaxation of xylem tension, and it is unclear whether and how tall trees or plants growing in arid or saline soils recover from embolism. We tested whether foliar water uptake could enable embolism refilling in dehydrated twigs of the grey mangrove (Avicennia marina). Four dehydrated twigs were imaged by laboratory-based micro-computed tomography before and after wetting leaves. Emboli were observed in dehydrated stems and leaves. Embolism decreased with increasing distance from the cut end of stems, suggesting that stem emboli were caused by cutting. A significant (P = 0.026) c. 80% reduction in the embolised area was observed in leaves between the start and the end of the experiment (29 ± 10 h after wetting). Embolus diameter was unaffected by wetting. Embolism refilling occurred slowly, in stems embolised by cutting and leaves embolised by cutting and/or dehydration. The lack of response of embolus diameter to wetting suggests that capillarity was not the main mechanism for refilling. Results show that excised twigs of A. marina are able to recover from embolism by absorption of atmospheric water and call for studies under natural conditions.
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- Tomás I Fuenzalida
- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Quantum Science, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Vega C, Chi CJE, Fernández V, Burkhardt J. Nocturnal Transpiration May Be Associated with Foliar Nutrient Uptake. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:531. [PMID: 36771616 PMCID: PMC9919148 DOI: 10.3390/plants12030531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Aerosols can contribute to plant nutrition via foliar uptake. The conditions for this are best at night because the humidity is high and hygroscopic, saline deposits can deliquesce as a result. Still, stomata tend to be closed at night to avoid unproductive water loss. However, if needed, nutrients are on the leaf surface, and plants could benefit from nocturnal stomatal opening because it further increases humidity in the leaf boundary layer and allows for stomatal nutrient uptake. We tested this hypothesis on P-deficient soil by comparing the influence of ambient aerosols and additional foliar P application on nocturnal transpiration. We measured various related leaf parameters, such as the foliar water loss, minimum leaf conductance (gmin), turgor loss point, carbon isotope ratio, contact angle, specific leaf area (SLA), tissue element concentration, and stomatal and cuticular characteristics. For untreated leaves grown in filtered, aerosol-free air (FA), nocturnal transpiration consistently decreased overnight, which was not observed for leaves grown in unfiltered ambient air (AA). Foliar application of a soluble P salt increased nocturnal transpiration for AA and FA leaves. Crusts on stomatal rims were shown by scanning electron microscopy, supporting the idea of stomatal uptake of deliquescent salts. Turgor loss point and leaf moisture content indicated a higher accumulation of solutes, due to foliar uptake by AA plants than FA plants. The hypothesis that deliquescent leaf surface salts may play a role in triggering nocturnal transpiration was supported by the results. Still, further experiments are required to characterize this phenomenon better.
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- Clara Vega
- Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Nutrition Group, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Strasse 13, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Plant Nutrition Group, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Strasse 13, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
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Kagawa A. Foliar water uptake as a source of hydrogen and oxygen in plant biomass. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 42:2153-2173. [PMID: 35554604 PMCID: PMC9652008 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac055] [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: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Introductory biology lessons around the world typically teach that plants absorb water through their roots, but, unfortunately, absorption of water through leaves and subsequent transport and use of this water for biomass formation remains a field limited mostly to specialists. Recent studies have identified foliar water uptake as a significant net water source for terrestrial plants. The growing interest in the development of a new model that includes both foliar water uptake (in liquid form) and root water uptake to explain hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in leaf water and tree rings demands a method for distinguishing between these two water sources. Therefore, in this study, I have devised a new labelling method that utilizes two different water sources, one enriched in deuterium (HDO + D2O; δD = 7.0 × 10 4‰, δ18O = 4.1‰) and one enriched in oxygen-18 (H218O; δD = -85‰, δ18O = 1.1 × 104‰), to simultaneously label both foliar-absorbed and root-absorbed water and quantify their relative contributions to plant biomass. Using this new method, I here present evidence that, in the case of well-watered Cryptomeria japonica D. Don, hydrogen and oxygen incorporated into new leaf cellulose in the rainy season derives mostly from foliar-absorbed water (69% from foliar-absorbed water and 31% from root-absorbed water), while that of new root cellulose derives mostly from root-absorbed water (20% from foliar-absorbed water and 80% from root-absorbed water), and new branch xylem is somewhere in between (55% from foliar-absorbed water and 45% from root-absorbed water). The dual-labelling method first implemented in this study enables separate and simultaneous labelling of foliar-absorbed and root-absorbed water and offers a new tool to study the uptake, transport and assimilation processes of these waters in terrestrial plants.
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Gimeno TE, Stangl ZR, Barbeta A, Saavedra N, Wingate L, Devert N, Marshall JD. Water taken up through the bark is detected in the transpiration stream in intact upper-canopy branches. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:3219-3232. [PMID: 35922889 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14415] [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: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Alternative water uptake pathways through leaves and bark complement water supply with interception, fog or dew. Bark water-uptake contributes to embolism-repair, as demonstrated in cut branches. We tested whether bark water-uptake could also contribute to supplement xylem-water for transpiration. We applied bandages injected with 2 H-enriched water on intact upper-canopy branches of Pinus sylvestris and Fagus sylvatica in a boreal and in a temperate forest, in summer and winter, and monitored transpiration and online isotopic composition (δ2 H and δ18 O) of water vapour, before sampling for analyses of δ2 H and δ18 O in tissue waters. Xylem, bark and leaf waters from segments downstream from the bandages were 2 H-enriched whereas δ18 O was similar to controls. Transpiration was positively correlated with 2 H-enrichment. Isotopic compositions of transpiration and xylem water allowed us to calculate isotopic exchange through the bark via vapour exchange, which was negligible in comparison to estimated bark water-uptake, suggesting that water-uptake occurred via liquid phase. Results were consistent across species, forests and seasons, indicating that bark water-uptake may be more ubiquitous than previously considered. We suggest that water taken up through the bark could be incorporated into the transpiration stream, which could imply that sap-flow measurements underestimate transpiration when bark is wet.
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- Teresa E Gimeno
- CREAF, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Catalonia, Spain
- Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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- BEECA, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Umeå, Sweden
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Krauss KW, Lovelock CE, Chen L, Berger U, Ball MC, Reef R, Peters R, Bowen H, Vovides AG, Ward EJ, Wimmler MC, Carr J, Bunting P, Duberstein JA. Mangroves provide blue carbon ecological value at a low freshwater cost. Sci Rep 2022; 12:17636. [PMID: 36271232 PMCID: PMC9586979 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-21514-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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"Blue carbon" wetland vegetation has a limited freshwater requirement. One type, mangroves, utilizes less freshwater during transpiration than adjacent terrestrial ecoregions, equating to only 43% (average) to 57% (potential) of evapotranspiration ([Formula: see text]). Here, we demonstrate that comparative consumptive water use by mangrove vegetation is as much as 2905 kL H2O ha-1 year-1 less than adjacent ecoregions with [Formula: see text]-to-[Formula: see text] ratios of 47-70%. Lower porewater salinity would, however, increase mangrove [Formula: see text]-to-[Formula: see text] ratios by affecting leaf-, tree-, and stand-level eco-physiological controls on transpiration. Restricted water use is also additive to other ecosystem services provided by mangroves, such as high carbon sequestration, coastal protection and support of biodiversity within estuarine and marine environments. Low freshwater demand enables mangroves to sustain ecological values of connected estuarine ecosystems with future reductions in freshwater while not competing with the freshwater needs of humans. Conservative water use may also be a characteristic of other emergent blue carbon wetlands.
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- Ken W. Krauss
- grid.2865.90000000121546924U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, LA 70506 USA
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- grid.1003.20000 0000 9320 7537School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072 Australia
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- grid.12955.3a0000 0001 2264 7233Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102 Fujian China
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- grid.4488.00000 0001 2111 7257Institute of Forest Growth and Forest Computer Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- grid.1001.00000 0001 2180 7477Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601 Australia
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- grid.1002.30000 0004 1936 7857School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800 Australia
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- grid.4488.00000 0001 2111 7257Institute of Forest Growth and Forest Computer Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- grid.452507.10000 0004 1798 0367Instituto de Ecología AC, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, 91073 Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico
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- grid.8756.c0000 0001 2193 314XSchool of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- grid.2865.90000000121546924U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, LA 70506 USA
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- grid.4488.00000 0001 2111 7257Institute of Forest Growth and Forest Computer Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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- grid.2865.90000000121546924U.S. Geological Survey, Eastern Ecological Science Center, Laurel, MD 20708 USA
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- grid.8186.70000 0001 2168 2483Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales UK
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- grid.26090.3d0000 0001 0665 0280Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science, Clemson University, Georgetown, SC 29442 USA
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Tredenick EC, Stuart-Williams H, Enge TG. Materials on Plant Leaf Surfaces Are Deliquescent in a Variety of Environments. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:722710. [PMID: 35903227 PMCID: PMC9315345 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.722710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Materials on plant leaf surfaces that attract water impact penetration of foliar-applied agrochemicals, foliar water uptake, gas exchange, and stomatal density. Few studies are available on the nature of these substances, and we quantify the hygroscopicity of these materials. Water vapor sorption experiments on twelve leaf washes of sample leaves were conducted and analyzed with inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) and X-ray diffraction. All leaf surface materials studied were hygroscopic. Oils were found on the surface of the Eucalyptus studied. For mangroves that excrete salt to the leaf surfaces, significant sorption occurred at high humidity of a total of 316 mg (~0.3 ml) over 6-10 leaves and fitted a Guggenheim, Anderson, and de Böer sorption isotherm. Materials on the plant leaf surface can deliquesce and form an aqueous solution in a variety of environments where plants grow, including glasshouses and by the ocean, which is an important factor when considering plant-atmosphere relations.
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- E. C. Tredenick
- Division of Plant Sciences, ARC Centre of Excellence in Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Division of Plant Sciences, ARC Centre of Excellence in Translational Photosynthesis, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Chi CJE, Zinsmeister D, Lai IL, Chang SC, Kuo YL, Burkhardt J. Aerosol Impacts on Water Relations of Camphor ( Cinnamomum camphora). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:892096. [PMID: 35795349 PMCID: PMC9251497 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.892096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Major parts of anthropogenic and natural aerosols are hygroscopic and deliquesce at high humidity, particularly when depositing to leaf surfaces close to transpiring stomata. Deliquescence and subsequent salt creep may establish thin, extraordinary pathways into the stomata, which foster stomatal uptake of nutrients and water but may also cause stomatal liquid water loss by wicking. Such additional water loss is not accompanied by a wider stomatal aperture with a larger CO2 influx and hypothetically reduces water use efficiency (WUE). Here, the possible direct impacts of aerosols on physical and physiological parameters of camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) were studied (i) in a greenhouse experiment using aerosol exclusion and (ii) in a field study in Taiwan, comparing trees at two sites with different aerosol regimes. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images showed that leaves grown under aerosol exclusion in filtered air (FA) were lacking the amorphous, flat areas that were abundant on leaves grown in ambient air (AA), suggesting salt crusts formed from deliquescent aerosols. Increasing vapor pressure deficit (VPD) resulted in half the Ball-Berry slope and double WUE for AA compared to FA leaves. This apparent contradiction to the wicking hypothesis may be due to the independent, overcompensating effect of stomatal closure in response to VPD, which affects AA more than FA stomata. Compared to leaves in a more polluted region in the Taiwanese Southwest, NaCl aerosols dominated the leaf surface conditions on mature camphor trees in Eastern Taiwan, while the considerably lower contact angles and the 2.5 times higher minimum epidermal conductances might have come from organic surfactants. Interpretations of SEM images from leaf surface microstructures should consider amorphous areas as possible indicators of aerosol deposition and other hygroscopic material. The amount and type of the material determine the resulting impacts on plant water relations, together with the surrounding atmosphere and ecophysiological traits.
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- Chia-Ju Ellen Chi
- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Graduate Institute of Bioresources, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Ecology and Sustainability, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Forestry, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Foliar water uptake (FWU) is a mechanism that enables plants to acquire water from the atmosphere through their leaves. As mangroves live in a saline sediment water environment, the mechanism of FWU might be of vital importance to acquire freshwater and grow. The goal of this study was to assess the FWU capacity of six different mangrove species belonging to four genera using a series of submersion experiments in which the leaf mass increase was measured and expressed per unit leaf area. The foliar water uptake capacity differed between species with the highest and lowest average water uptake in Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. (1.52 ± 0.48 mg H2O cm−2) and Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam. (0.13 ± 0.06 mg H2O cm−2), respectively. Salt-excreting species showed a higher FWU capacity than non-excreting species. Moreover, A. marina, a salt-excreting species, showed a distinct leaf anatomical trait, i.e., trichomes, which were not observed in the other species and might be involved in the water absorption process. The storage of leaves in moist Ziplock bags prior to measurement caused leaf water uptake to already occur during transport to the field station, which proportionately increased the leaf water potential (A. marina: −0.31 ± 0.13 MPa and B. gymnorhiza: −2.70 ± 0.27 MPa). This increase should be considered when performing best practice leaf water potential measurements but did not affect the quantification of FWU capacity because of the water potential gradient between a leaf and the surrounding water during submersion. Our results highlight the differences that exist in FWU capacity between species residing in the same area and growing under the same environmental conditions. This comparative study therefore enhances our understanding of mangrove species’ functioning.
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Gauthey A, Backes D, Balland J, Alam I, Maher DT, Cernusak LA, Duke NC, Medlyn BE, Tissue DT, Choat B. The Role of Hydraulic Failure in a Massive Mangrove Die-Off Event. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:822136. [PMID: 35574083 PMCID: PMC9094047 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.822136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Between late 2015 and early 2016, more than 7,000 ha of mangrove forest died along the coastline of the Gulf of Carpentaria, in northern Australia. This massive die-off was preceded by a strong 2015/2016 El Niño event, resulting in lower precipitation, a drop in sea level and higher than average temperatures in northern Australia. In this study, we investigated the role of hydraulic failure in the mortality and recovery of the dominant species, Avicennia marina, 2 years after the mortality event. We measured predawn water potential (Ψpd) and percent loss of stem hydraulic conductivity (PLC) in surviving individuals across a gradient of impact. We also assessed the vulnerability to drought-induced embolism (Ψ50) for the species. Areas with severe canopy dieback had higher native PLC (39%) than minimally impacted areas (6%), suggesting that hydraulic recovery was ongoing. The high resistance of A. marina to water-stress-induced embolism (Ψ50 = -9.6 MPa), indicates that severe water stress (Ψpd < -10 MPa) would have been required to cause mortality in this species. Our data indicate that the natural gradient of water-stress enhanced the impact of El Niño, leading to hydraulic failure and mortality in A. marina growing on severely impacted (SI) zones. It is likely that lowered sea levels and less frequent inundation by seawater, combined with lower inputs of fresh water, high evaporative demand and high temperatures, led to the development of hyper-salinity and extreme water stress during the 2015/16 summer.
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- Alice Gauthey
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia
- Plant Ecology Research Laboratory PERL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia
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- TropWATER Centre, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW, Australia
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Bryant C, Fuenzalida TI, Zavafer A, Nguyen HT, Brothers N, Harris RJ, Beckett HAA, Holmlund HI, Binks O, Ball MC. Foliar water uptake via cork warts in mangroves of the Sonneratia genus. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2021; 44:2925-2937. [PMID: 34118083 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Foliar water uptake (FWU) occurs in plants of diverse ecosystems; however, the diversity of pathways and their associated FWU kinetics remain poorly resolved. We characterized a novel FWU pathway in two mangrove species of the Sonneratia genus, S. alba and S. caseolaris. Further, we assessed the influence of leaf wetting duration, wet-dry seasonality and leaf dehydration on leaf conductance to surface water (Ksurf ). The symplastic tracer dye, disodium fluorescein, revealed living cells subtending and encircling leaf epidermal structures known as cork warts as a pathway of FWU entry into the leaf. Rehydration kinetics experiments revealed a novel mode of FWU, with slow and steady rates of water uptake persistent over a duration of 12 hr. Ksurf increased with longer durations of leaf wetting and was greater in leaves with more negative water potentials at the initiation of leaf wetting. Ksurf declined by 68% between wet and dry seasons. Our results suggest that FWU via cork warts in Sonneratia sp. may be rate limited and under active regulation. We conclude that FWU pathways in halophytes may require ion exclusion to avoid uptake of salt when inundated, paralleling the capacity of halophyte roots for ion selectivity during water acquisition.
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- Callum Bryant
- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Trau Quy, Gia Lam, Ha Noi, Vietnam
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- Pepperdine University, Natural Science Division, Malibu, CA, 90263, USA
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Plant Science Division, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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