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Wu XP, Gao X, Zhang R, Luan J, Wang Y, Liu S. Nitrogen addition alleviates water loss of Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) under drought by affecting light-induced stomatal responses. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 938:173615. [PMID: 38815830 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2024] [Revised: 05/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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The combined climate-change-evoked drought and nitrogen (N) deposition have severely affected plant carbon and water relations governed by stomata. However, the interplay between steady-state and dynamic stomatal behavior responses to light remains unclear regarding its impact on plant water and carbon relations. The objective here was to investigate whether light-induced stomatal dynamics could mitigate the adverse effects of steady-state gas exchange on water conservation or photosynthesis under drought and N addition conditions. We conducted a manipulative experiment to investigate the impacts of throughfall reduction, N addition, and their combination on light-induced stomatal and photosynthetic dynamics in a Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) forest. We determined the influence of stomal response rate on water loss and photosynthesis, and further assessed whether it mitigated the effects of steady-state gas exchange (gs). We found that Moso bamboo decreased gs under throughfall reduction, while accelerated stomatal opening and biochemical activation when irradiance increased, which reduced the lag in photosynthesis during the induction period. In contrast, under the combined throughfall reduction and N addition condition, Moso bamboo increased gs but showed faster stomatal closure, which decreased the percentage of transpiration following a decrease in light intensity. Our findings indicate that stomatal dynamic behavior may depend on the effects of steady-state gas exchange on water conservation and carbon uptake under different soil water and N conditions. These discoveries contribute to our understanding of the coupling mechanisms of plant water use and carbon uptake in the context of global changes.
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- Xi-Pin Wu
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration/Beijing for Bamboo & Rattan Science and Technology, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing 100102, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration/Beijing for Bamboo & Rattan Science and Technology, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing 100102, China; Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration/Beijing for Bamboo & Rattan Science and Technology, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing 100102, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration/Beijing for Bamboo & Rattan Science and Technology, International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing 100102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China.
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Li S, Li S, Agathokleous E, Hao G, Wang S, Feng Z. Leaf water relations determine the trade-off between ozone resistance and stomatal functionality in urban tree species. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2024. [PMID: 38693830 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Urban trees possess different capacities to mitigate ozone (O3) pollution through stomatal uptake. Stomatal closure protects trees from oxidative damage but limits their growth. To date, it is unclear how plant hydraulic function affect stomatal behaviour and determine O3 resistance. We assessed gas exchange and hydraulic traits in three subtropical urban tree species, Celtis sinensis, Quercus acutissima, and Q. nuttallii, under nonfiltered ambient air (NF) and elevated O3 (NF60). NF60 decreased photosynthetic rate (An) and stomatal conductance (gs) only in Q. acutissima and Q. nuttallii. Maintained An in C. sinensis suggested high O3 resistance and was attributed to higher leaf capacitance at the full turgor. However, this species exhibited a reduced stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit and an increased minimal gs under NF60. Such stomatal dysfunction did not decrease intrinsic water use efficiency (WUE) due to a tight coupling of An and gs. Conversely, Q. acutissima and Q. nuttallii showed maintained stomatal sensitivity and increased WUE, primarily correlated with gs and leaf water relations, including relative water content and osmotic potential at turgor loss point. Our findings highlight a trade-off between O3 resistance and stomatal functionality, with efficient stomatal control reducing the risk of hydraulic failure under combined stresses.
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- Shenglan Li
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Carbon Source and Sink, China Meteorological Administration (ECSS-CMA), School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Carbon Source and Sink, China Meteorological Administration (ECSS-CMA), School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
- College of Resource and Environment, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Carbon Source and Sink, China Meteorological Administration (ECSS-CMA), School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Carbon Source and Sink, China Meteorological Administration (ECSS-CMA), School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Carbon Source and Sink, China Meteorological Administration (ECSS-CMA), School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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Qie YD, Zhang QW, McAdam SA, Cao KF. Stomatal dynamics are regulated by leaf hydraulic traits and guard cell anatomy in nine true mangrove species. PLANT DIVERSITY 2024; 46:395-405. [PMID: 38798723 PMCID: PMC11119510 DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2024.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Stomatal regulation is critical for mangroves to survive in the hyper-saline intertidal zone where water stress is severe and water availability is highly fluctuant. However, very little is known about the stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit (VPD) in mangroves, and its co-ordination with stomatal morphology and leaf hydraulic traits. We measured the stomatal response to a step increase in VPD in situ, stomatal anatomy, leaf hydraulic vulnerability and pressure-volume traits in nine true mangrove species of five families and collected the data of genome size. We aimed to answer two questions: (1) Does stomatal morphology influence stomatal dynamics in response to a high VPD in mangroves? with a consideration of possible influence of genome size on stomatal morphology; and (2) do leaf hydraulic traits influence stomatal sensitivity to VPD in mangroves? We found that the stomata of mangrove plants were highly sensitive to a step rise in VPD and the stomatal responses were directly affected by stomatal anatomy and hydraulic traits. Smaller, denser stomata was correlated with faster stomatal closure at high VPD across the species of Rhizophoraceae, and stomata size negatively and vein density positively correlated with genome size. Less negative leaf osmotic pressure at the full turgor (πo) was related to higher operating steady-state stomatal conductance (gs); and a higher leaf capacitance (Cleaf) and more embolism resistant leaf xylem were associated with slower stomatal responses to an increase in VPD. In addition, stomatal responsiveness to VPD was indirectly affected by leaf morphological traits, which were affected by site salinity and consequently leaf water status. Our results demonstrate that mangroves display a unique relationship between genome size, stomatal size and vein packing, and that stomatal responsiveness to VPD is regulated by leaf hydraulic traits and stomatal morphology. Our work provides a quantitative framework to better understand of stomatal regulation in mangroves in an environment with high salinity and dynamic water availability.
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- Ya-Dong Qie
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Education, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541001, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Landscape Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization in Lijiang River Basin, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541001, China
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- Purdue Center for Plant Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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Zhang F, Rosental L, Ji B, Brotman Y, Dai M. Metabolite-mediated adaptation of crops to drought and the acquisition of tolerance. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 118:626-644. [PMID: 38241088 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16634] [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: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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Drought is one of the major and growing threats to agriculture productivity and food security. Metabolites are involved in the regulation of plant responses to various environmental stresses, including drought stress. The complex drought tolerance can be ascribed to several simple metabolic traits. These traits could then be used for detecting the genetic architecture of drought tolerance. Plant metabolomes show dynamic differences when drought occurs during different developmental stages or upon different levels of drought stress. Here, we reviewed the major and most recent findings regarding the metabolite-mediated plant drought response. Recent progress in the development of drought-tolerant agents is also discussed. We provide an updated schematic overview of metabolome-driven solutions for increasing crop drought tolerance and thereby addressing an impending agricultural challenge.
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- Fei Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, 8410501, Israel
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, 8410501, Israel
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Sevanto S, Gehring CA, Ryan MG, Patterson A, Losko AS, Vogel SC, Carter KR, Dickman LT, Espy MA, Kuske CR. Benefits of symbiotic ectomycorrhizal fungi to plant water relations depend on plant genotype in pinyon pine. Sci Rep 2023; 13:14424. [PMID: 37660169 PMCID: PMC10475095 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41191-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023] Open
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Rhizosphere microbes, such as root-associated fungi, can improve plant access to soil resources, affecting plant health, productivity, and stress tolerance. While mycorrhizal associations are ubiquitous, plant-microbe interactions can be species specific. Here we show that the specificity of the effects of microbial symbionts on plant function can go beyond species level: colonization of roots by ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) of the genus Geopora has opposite effects on water uptake, and stomatal control of desiccation in drought tolerant and intolerant genotypes of pinyon pine (Pinus edulis Engelm.). These results demonstrate, for the first time, that microorganisms can have significant and opposite effects on important plant functional traits like stomatal control of desiccation that are associated with differential mortality and growth in nature. They also highlight that appropriate pairing of plant genotypes and microbial associates will be important for mitigating climate change impacts on vegetation.
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- Sanna Sevanto
- Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS J495, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS J495, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
- Integral Ecology Group, Duncan, BC, V9L 6H1, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
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- Material Sciences and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
- Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Material Sciences and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS J495, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS J495, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Engineering Technology and Design Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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- Biosciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA
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Martín-Gómez P, Rodríguez-Robles U, Ogée J, Wingate L, Sancho-Knapik D, Peguero-Pina J, Dos Santos Silva JV, Gil-Pelegrín E, Pemán J, Ferrio JP. Contrasting stem water uptake and storage dynamics of water-saver and water-spender species during drought and recovery. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 43:1290-1306. [PMID: 36930058 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpad032] [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: 08/13/2022] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Drought is projected to occur more frequently and intensely in the coming decades, and the extent to which it will affect forest functioning will depend on species-specific responses to water stress. Aiming to understand the hydraulic traits and water dynamics behind water-saver and water-spender strategies in response to drought and recovery, we conducted a pot experiment with two species with contrasting physiological strategies, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea L.). We applied two cycles of soil drying and recovery and irrigated with isotopically different water to track fast changes in soil and stem water pools, while continuously measuring physiological status and xylem water content from twigs. Our results provide evidence for a tight link between the leaf-level response and the water uptake and storage patterns in the stem. The water-saver strategy of pines prevented stem dehydration by rapidly closing stomata which limited their water uptake during the early stages of drought and recovery. Conversely, oaks showed a less conservative strategy, maintaining transpiration and physiological activity under dry soil conditions, and consequently becoming more dehydrated at the stem level. We interpreted this dehydration as the release of water from elastic storage tissues as no major loss of hydraulic conductance occurred for this species. After soil rewetting, pines recovered pre-drought leaf water potential rapidly, but it took longer to replace the water from conductive tissues (slower labeling speed). In contrast, water-spender oaks were able to quickly replace xylem water during recovery (fast labeling speed), but it took longer to refill stem storage tissues, and hence to recover pre-drought leaf water potential. These different patterns in sap flow rates, speed and duration of the labeling reflected a combination of water-use and storage traits, linked to the leaf-level strategies in response to drought and recovery.
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- Paula Martín-Gómez
- Joint Research Unit CTFC - AGROTECNIO - CERCA, Ctra de Sant Llorenç de Morunys, km 2, E-25280 Solsona, Lleida, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Independencia Nacional 151, Autlán de Navarro, 48900 Jalisco, México
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- Atmosphere Plant Soil Interactions Research Unit (UMR ISPA), Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), 71 Av. Edouard Bourlaux, F-33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Atmosphere Plant Soil Interactions Research Unit (UMR ISPA), Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), 71 Av. Edouard Bourlaux, F-33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Departamento de Sistemas Agrícolas, Forestales y Medio Ambiente, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Avda. Montañana 930, E-50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemas Agrícolas, Forestales y Medio Ambiente, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Avda. Montañana 930, E-50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemas Agrícolas, Forestales y Medio Ambiente, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Avda. Montañana 930, E-50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemas Agrícolas, Forestales y Medio Ambiente, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Avda. Montañana 930, E-50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, Universitat de Lleida (UdL), Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, 25198 Lleida, Spain
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- Departamento de Sistemas Agrícolas, Forestales y Medio Ambiente, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Avda. Montañana 930, E-50059 Zaragoza, Spain
- Aragon Agency for Research and Development (ARAID), E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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Belovitch MW, NeSmith JE, Nippert JB, Holdo RM. African savanna grasses outperform trees across the full spectrum of soil moisture availability. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 239:66-74. [PMID: 36967595 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Models of tree-grass coexistence in savannas make different assumptions about the relative performance of trees and grasses under wet vs dry conditions. We quantified transpiration and drought tolerance traits in 26 tree and 19 grass species from the African savanna biome across a gradient of soil water potentials to test for a trade-off between water use under wet conditions and drought tolerance. We measured whole-plant hourly transpiration in a growth chamber and quantified drought tolerance using leaf osmotic potential (Ψosm ). We also quantified whole-plant water-use efficiency (WUE) and relative growth rate (RGR) under well-watered conditions. Grasses transpired twice as much as trees on a leaf-mass basis across all soil water potentials. Grasses also had a lower Ψosm than trees, indicating higher drought tolerance in the former. Higher grass transpiration and WUE combined to largely explain the threefold RGR advantage in grasses. Our results suggest that grasses outperform trees under a wide range of conditions, and that there is no evidence for a trade-off in water-use patterns in wet vs dry soils. This work will help inform mechanistic models of water use in savanna ecosystems, providing much-needed whole-plant parameter estimates for African species.
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506, USA
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- Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30601, USA
- School of Animal Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa
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Buckley TN, Frehner EH, Bailey BN. Kinetic factors of physiology and the dynamic light environment influence the economic landscape of short-term hydraulic risk. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2023; 238:529-548. [PMID: 36650668 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Optimality-based models of stomatal conductance unify biophysical and evolutionary constraints and can improve predictions of land-atmosphere carbon and water exchange. Recent models incorporate hydraulic constraints by penalizing excessive stomatal opening in relation to hydraulic damage caused by low water potentials. We used simulation models to test whether penalties based solely on vulnerability curves adequately represent the optimality hypothesis, given that they exclude the effects of kinetic factors on stomatal behavior and integrated carbon balance. To quantify the effects of nonsteady-state phenomena on the landscape of short-term hydraulic risk, we simulated diurnal dynamics of leaf physiology for 10 000 patches of leaf in a canopy and used a ray-tracing model, Helios, to simulate realistic variation in sunfleck dynamics. Our simulations demonstrated that kinetic parameters of leaf physiology and sunfleck properties influence the economic landscape of short-term hydraulic risk, as characterized by the effect of stomatal strategy (gauged by the water potential causing a 50% hydraulic penalty) on both aggregated carbon gain and the aggregated carbon cost of short-term hydraulic risk. Hydraulic penalties in optimization models should be generalized to allow their parameters to account for kinetic factors, in addition to parameters of hydraulic vulnerability.
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- Thomas N Buckley
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Kullberg AT, Slot M, Feeley KJ. Thermal optimum of photosynthesis is controlled by stomatal conductance and does not acclimate across an urban thermal gradient in six subtropical tree species. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2023; 46:831-849. [PMID: 36597283 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14533] [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: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Modelling the response of plants to climate change is limited by our incomplete understanding of the component processes of photosynthesis and their temperature responses within and among species. For ≥20 individuals, each of six common subtropical tree species occurring across steep urban thermal gradients in Miami, Florida, USA, we determined rates of net photosynthesis (Anet ), maximum RuBP carboxylation, maximum RuBP regeneration and stomatal conductance, and modelled the optimum temperature (Topt ) and process rate of each parameter to address two questions: (1) Do the Topt of Anet (ToptA ) and the maximum Anet (Aopt ) of subtropical trees reflect acclimation to elevated growth temperatures? And (2) What limits Anet in subtropical trees? Against expectations, we did not find significant acclimation of ToptA , Aopt or the Topt of any of the underlying photosynthetic parameters to growth temperature in any of the focal species. Model selection for the single best predictor of Anet both across leaf temperatures and at ToptA revealed that the Anet of most trees was best predicted by stomatal conductance. Our findings are in accord with those of previous studies, especially in the tropics, that have identified stomatal conductance to be the most important factor limiting Anet , rather than biochemical thermal responses.
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- Alyssa T Kullberg
- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Republic of Panama
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- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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Kunert N, Hajek P, Hietz P, Morris H, Rosner S, Tholen D. Summer temperatures reach the thermal tolerance threshold of photosynthetic decline in temperate conifers. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2022; 24:1254-1261. [PMID: 34651391 PMCID: PMC10078684 DOI: 10.1111/plb.13349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Climate change-related environmental stress has been recognized as a driving force in accelerating forest mortality over the last decades in Central Europe. Here, we aim to elucidate the thermal sensitivity of three native conifer species, namely Norway spruce (Picea abies), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and silver fir (Abies alba), and three non-native species, namely Austrian pine (Pinus nigra), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica). Thermal sensitivity, defined here as a decline of the maximum quantum yield of photosystem II (Fv /Fm ) with increasing temperature, was measured under varying levels of heat stress and compared with the turgor loss point (πtlp ) as a drought resistance trait. We calculated three different leaf thermotolerance traits: the temperature at the onset (5%) of the Fv /Fm decline (T5), the temperature at which Fv /Fm was half the maximum value (T50) and the temperature at which only 5% Fv /Fm remained (T95). T5 ranged from 38.5 ± 0.8 °C to 43.1 ± 0.6 °C across all species, while T50 values were at least 9 to 11 degrees above the maximum air temperatures on record for all species. Only Austrian pine had a notably higher T5 value than recorded maximum air temperatures. Species with higher T5 values were characterized by a less negative πtlp compared to species with lower T5. The six species could be divided into 'drought-tolerant heat-sensitive' and 'drought-sensitive heat-tolerant' groups. Exposure to short-term high temperatures thus exhibits a considerable threat to conifer species in Central European forest production systems.
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- N. Kunert
- Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity ResearchInstitute of BotanyUniversity of Natural Resources and Life SciencesViennaAustria
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- GeobotanyUniversity of FreiburgFreiburgGermany
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity ResearchInstitute of BotanyUniversity of Natural Resources and Life SciencesViennaAustria
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity ResearchInstitute of BotanyUniversity of Natural Resources and Life SciencesViennaAustria
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity ResearchInstitute of BotanyUniversity of Natural Resources and Life SciencesViennaAustria
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity ResearchInstitute of BotanyUniversity of Natural Resources and Life SciencesViennaAustria
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Zlobin IE, Kartashov AV, Ivanov YV, Ivanova AI, Kuznetsov VV. Stem notching decreases stem hydraulic conductance but does not influence drought impacts and post-drought recovery in Scots pine and Norway spruce. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2022; 174:e13813. [PMID: 36326172 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The tight connection between the deterioration of xylem function and plant mortality under drought is well recognized. However, a lack of mechanistic understanding of how substantial conductivity loss influences plant performance under drought and during post-drought recovery hinders our ability to model tree responses to drought stress. We artificially induced a loss of 50% of xylem conducting area in Scots pine and Norway spruce saplings by stem notching and investigated plant performance under drought and during post-drought recovery. Plant mortality, xylem hydraulic conductivity, leaf water status and stomatal conductance were measured. We observed no preferential mortality of top plant parts (above the notches) compared to basal plant parts (below the notches), and no consistent trend in hydraulic conductivity loss was observed between top and basal parts of dying plants. Stem hydraulic conductivity, water status of the needles and stomatal conductance changed similarly between the top and basal parts during drought and post-drought recovery, which indicated the substantial hydraulic overcapacity of the stems. The recovery of stomatal conductance demonstrated prominent hysteresis due to non-hydraulic stomatal limitations. The results obtained are highly important for modelling the influence of plant hydraulic impairment on plant performance under drought and during post-drought recovery.
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- Ilya E Zlobin
- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, Moscow, Russia
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- K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, Moscow, Russia
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Chen Z, Li S, Wan X, Liu S. Strategies of tree species to adapt to drought from leaf stomatal regulation and stem embolism resistance to root properties. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:926535. [PMID: 36237513 PMCID: PMC9552884 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.926535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Considerable evidences highlight the occurrence of increasing widespread tree mortality as a result of global climate change-associated droughts. However, knowledge about the mechanisms underlying divergent strategies of various tree species to adapt to drought has remained remarkably insufficient. Leaf stomatal regulation and embolism resistance of stem xylem serves as two important strategies for tree species to prevent hydraulic failure and carbon starvation, as comprising interconnected physiological mechanisms underlying drought-induced tree mortality. Hence, the physiological and anatomical determinants of leaf stomatal regulation and stems xylem embolism resistance are evaluated and discussed. In addition, root properties related to drought tolerance are also reviewed. Species with greater investment in leaves and stems tend to maintain stomatal opening and resist stem embolism under drought conditions. The coordination between stomatal regulation and stem embolism resistance are summarized and discussed. Previous studies showed that hydraulic safety margin (HSM, the difference between minimum water potential and that causing xylem dysfunction) is a significant predictor of tree species mortality under drought conditions. Compared with HSM, stomatal safety margin (the difference between water potential at stomatal closure and that causing xylem dysfunction) more directly merge stomatal regulation strategies with xylem hydraulic strategies, illustrating a comprehensive framework to characterize plant response to drought. A combination of plant traits reflecting species' response and adaptation to drought should be established in the future, and we propose four specific urgent issues as future research priorities.
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- Zhicheng Chen
- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Ecology, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China
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- Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Ecology and Nature Conservation Institute, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China
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Salvi AM, Gosetti SG, Smith DD, Adams MA, Givnish TJ, McCulloh KA. Hydroscapes, hydroscape plasticity and relationships to functional traits and mesophyll photosynthetic sensitivity to leaf water potential in Eucalyptus species. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:2573-2588. [PMID: 35706133 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14380] [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: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The isohydric-anisohydric continuum describes the relative stringency of stomatal control of leaf water potential (ψleaf ) during drought. Hydroscape area (HA)-the water potential landscape over which stomata regulate ψleaf -has emerged as a useful metric of the iso/anisohydric continuum because it is strongly linked to several hydraulic, photosynthetic and structural traits. Previous research on HA focused on broad ecological patterns involving several plant clades. Here we investigate the relationships between HA and climatic conditions and functional traits across ecologically diverse but closely related species while accounting for phylogeny. Across a macroclimatic moisture gradient, defined by the ratio of mean annual precipitation to mean annual pan evaporation (P/Ep ), HA decreased with increased P/Ep across 10 Eucalyptus species. Greater anisohydry reflects lower turgor loss points and greater hydraulic safety, mirroring global patterns. Larger HA coincides with mesophyll photosynthetic capacity that is more sensitive to ψleaf . Hydroscapes exhibit little plasticity in response to variation in water supply, and the extent of plasticity does not vary with P/Ep of native habitats. These findings strengthen the case that HA is a useful metric for characterizing drought tolerance and water-status regulation.
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- Amanda M Salvi
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria, Australia
- Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
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- Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Álvarez-Maldini C, Acevedo M, Estay D, Aros F, Dumroese RK, Sandoval S, Pinto M. Examining physiological, water relations, and hydraulic vulnerability traits to determine anisohydric and isohydric behavior in almond ( Prunus dulcis) cultivars: Implications for selecting agronomic cultivars under changing climate. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:974050. [PMID: 36092408 PMCID: PMC9453546 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.974050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The search for drought tolerant species or cultivars is important to address water scarcity caused by climate change in Mediterranean regions. The anisohydric-isohydric behavior concept has been widely used to describe stomatal regulation during drought, simply in terms of variation of minimal water potential (Ψmin) in relation to pre-dawn water potential (Ψpd). However, its simplicity has sometimes failed to deliver consistent results in describing a complex behavior that results from the coordination of several plant functional traits. While Prunus dulcis (almond) is known as a drought tolerant species, little information is available regarding consistent metrics to discriminate among cultivars or the mechanisms underlying drought tolerance in almond. Here we show a sequence of plant stomatal, hydraulic, and wilting responses to drought in almonds, and the main differences between anisohydric and isohydric cultivars. In a pot desiccation experiment we observed that stomatal closure in P. dulcis is not driven by loss in turgor or onset of xylem cavitation, but instead, occurs early in response to decreasing Ψmin that could be related to the protection of the integrity of the hydraulic system, independently of cultivar. Also, we report that anisohydric cultivars of P. dulcis are characterized by maximum stomatal conductance, lower water potentials for stomatal closure and turgor loss, and lower vulnerability to xylem cavitation, which are traits that correlated with metrics to discriminate anisohydric and isohydric behavior. Our results demonstrate that P. dulcis presents a strategy to avoid cavitation by closing stomata during the early stages of drought. Future research should also focus on below-ground hydraulic traits, which could trigger stomatal closure in almond.
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- Carolina Álvarez-Maldini
- Instituto Ciencias Agroalimentarias Animales y Ambientales (ICA3), Campus Colchagua, Universidad de O′Higgins, San Fernando, Chile
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- Centro Tecnológico de la Planta Forestal, Instituto Forestal, Sede Biobío, San Pedro de la Paz, Chile
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- Instituto Ciencias Agroalimentarias Animales y Ambientales (ICA3), Campus Colchagua, Universidad de O′Higgins, San Fernando, Chile
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- Instituto Ciencias Agroalimentarias Animales y Ambientales (ICA3), Campus Colchagua, Universidad de O′Higgins, San Fernando, Chile
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- United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID, United States
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- Laboratorio de Análisis y Modelamiento de Geoinformación, Departamento de Manejo de Bosques y Medio Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Instituto Ciencias Agroalimentarias Animales y Ambientales (ICA3), Campus Colchagua, Universidad de O′Higgins, San Fernando, Chile
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Sakoda K, Adachi S, Yamori W, Tanaka Y. Towards improved dynamic photosynthesis in C3 crops by utilizing natural genetic variation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:3109-3121. [PMID: 35298629 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Under field environments, fluctuating light conditions induce dynamic photosynthesis, which affects carbon gain by crop plants. Elucidating the natural genetic variations among untapped germplasm resources and their underlying mechanisms can provide an effective strategy to improve dynamic photosynthesis and, ultimately, improve crop yields through molecular breeding approaches. In this review, we first overview two processes affecting dynamic photosynthesis, namely (i) biochemical processes associated with CO2 fixation and photoprotection and (ii) gas diffusion processes from the atmosphere to the chloroplast stroma. Next, we review the intra- and interspecific variations in dynamic photosynthesis in relation to each of these two processes. It is suggested that plant adaptations to different hydrological environments underlie natural genetic variation explained by gas diffusion through stomata. This emphasizes the importance of the coordination of photosynthetic and stomatal dynamics to optimize the balance between carbon gain and water use efficiency under field environments. Finally, we discuss future challenges in improving dynamic photosynthesis by utilizing natural genetic variation. The forward genetic approach supported by high-throughput phenotyping should be introduced to evaluate the effects of genetic and environmental factors and their interactions on the natural variation in dynamic photosynthesis.
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- Kazuma Sakoda
- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Midori-cho, Nishitokyo, Tokyo 188-0002, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 3-5-8, Saiwai-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Midori-cho, Nishitokyo, Tokyo 188-0002, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Faralli M, Bontempo L, Bianchedi PL, Moser C, Bertamini M, Lawson T, Camin F, Stefanini M, Varotto C. Natural variation in stomatal dynamics drives divergence in heat stress tolerance and contributes to seasonal intrinsic water-use efficiency in Vitis vinifera (subsp. sativa and sylvestris). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:3238-3250. [PMID: 34929033 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Stomata control CO2 uptake for photosynthesis and water loss through transpiration, thus playing a key role in leaf thermoregulation, water-use efficiency (iWUE), and plant productivity. In this work, we investigated the relationship between several leaf traits and hypothesized that stomatal behavior to fast (i.e. minutes) environmental changes co-determines, along with steady-state traits, the physiological response of grapevine to the surrounding fluctuating environment over the growing season. No relationship between iWUE, heat stress tolerance, and stomatal traits was observed in field-grown grapevine, suggesting that other physiological mechanisms are involved in determining leaf evaporative cooling capacity and the seasonal ratio of CO2 uptake (A) to stomatal conductance (gs). Indeed, cultivars that in the field had an unexpected combination of high iWUE but low sensitivity to thermal stress displayed a quick stomatal closure to light, but a sluggish closure to increased vapor pressure deficit (VPD) levels. This strategy, aiming both at conserving water under a high to low light transition and in prioritizing evaporative cooling under a low to high VPD transition, was mainly observed in the cultivars Regina and Syrah. Moreover, cultivars with different known responses to soil moisture deficit or high air VPD (isohydric versus anisohydric) had opposite behavior under fluctuating environments, with the isohydric cultivar showing slow stomatal closure to reduced light intensity but quick temporal responses to VPD manipulation. We propose that stomatal behavior to fast environmental fluctuations can play a critical role in leaf thermoregulation and water conservation under natural field conditions in grapevine.
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- Michele Faralli
- Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, Via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Department of Food Quality and Nutrition, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crops Department, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, Via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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- Department of Food Quality and Nutrition, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
- Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A), University of Trento, Via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria
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- Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crops Department, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, via Mach 1, 38098 San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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Thom JK, Livesley SJ, Fletcher TD, Farrell C, Arndt SK, Konarska J, Szota C. Selecting tree species with high transpiration and drought avoidance to optimise runoff reduction in passive irrigation systems. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 812:151466. [PMID: 34780836 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Rainfall in cities can generate large volumes of stormwater runoff which degrades receiving waterways. Irrigating trees with runoff (passive irrigation) has the potential to increase transpiration and contribute to stormwater management by reducing runoff received by downstream waterways, but the stochastic nature of rainfall may expose trees with high transpiration to drought stress. We hypothesized that for success in passive irrigation systems, tree species should exhibit i) high maximum transpiration rates under well-watered conditions, ii) drought avoidance between rainfall events, and iii) high recovery of transpiration with rainfall following a drought. We assessed 13 commonly planted urban tree species in Melbourne, Australia against three metrics representing these behaviours (crop factor, hydroscape area, and transpiration recovery, respectively) in a glasshouse experiment. To aid species selection, we also investigated the relationships between these three metrics and commonly measured plant traits, including leaf turgor loss point, wood density, and sapwood to leaf area ratio (Huber value). Only one species (Tristaniopsis laurina) exhibited a combination of high crop factor (>1.1 mm mm-1 d-1) indicating high transpiration, small hydroscape area (<3 MPa2) indicating drought avoidance, and high transpiration recovery (>85%) following water deficit. Hence, of the species measured, it had the greatest potential to reduce runoff from passive irrigation systems while avoiding drought stress. Nevertheless, several other species showed moderate transpiration, hydroscape areas and transpiration recovery, indicating a balanced strategy likely suitable for passive irrigation systems. Huber values were negatively related to crop factor and transpiration recovery and may therefore be a useful tool to aid species selection. We propose that selecting tree species with high transpiration rates that can avoid drought and recover well could greatly reduce stormwater runoff, while supporting broader environmental benefits such as urban cooling in cities.
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- Jasmine K Thom
- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Burnley, Victoria 3121, Australia.
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Burnley, Victoria 3121, Australia.
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Burnley, Victoria 3121, Australia.
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Burnley, Victoria 3121, Australia.
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Burnley, Victoria 3121, Australia.
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Burnley, Victoria 3121, Australia; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 5a, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Burnley, Victoria 3121, Australia.
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Martini D, Sakowska K, Wohlfahrt G, Pacheco-Labrador J, van der Tol C, Porcar-Castell A, Magney TS, Carrara A, Colombo R, El-Madany TS, Gonzalez-Cascon R, Martín MP, Julitta T, Moreno G, Rascher U, Reichstein M, Rossini M, Migliavacca M. Heatwave breaks down the linearity between sun-induced fluorescence and gross primary production. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 233:2415-2428. [PMID: 34921419 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Sun-induced fluorescence in the far-red region (SIF) is increasingly used as a remote and proximal-sensing tool capable of tracking vegetation gross primary production (GPP). However, the use of SIF to probe changes in GPP is challenged during extreme climatic events, such as heatwaves. Here, we examined how the 2018 European heatwave (HW) affected the GPP-SIF relationship in evergreen broadleaved trees with a relatively invariant canopy structure. To do so, we combined canopy-scale SIF measurements, GPP estimated from an eddy covariance tower, and active pulse amplitude modulation fluorescence. The HW caused an inversion of the photosynthesis-fluorescence relationship at both the canopy and leaf scales. The highly nonlinear relationship was strongly shaped by nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ), that is, a dissipation mechanism to protect from the adverse effects of high light intensity. During the extreme heat stress, plants experienced a saturation of NPQ, causing a change in the allocation of energy dissipation pathways towards SIF. Our results show the complex modulation of the NPQ-SIF-GPP relationship at an extreme level of heat stress, which is not completely represented in state-of-the-art coupled radiative transfer and photosynthesis models.
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- David Martini
- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, 07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute of BioEconomy, National Research Council (IBE-CNR), 38010, San Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
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- Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck, Sternwartestrasse 15, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, 7500 AE, Enschede, the Netherlands
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- Optics of Photosynthesis Laboratory, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR/Forest Sciences) and Viikki Plant Science Center, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Centro De Estudios Ambientales Del Mediterráneo, 46980, Valencia, Spain
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Environment, National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (INIA), 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Environmental Remote Sensing and Spectroscopy Laboratory (SpecLab), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 28037, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-2: Plant Sciences, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, 07745, Jena, Germany
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra (VA), 21027, Italy
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Benson MC, Miniat CF, Oishi AC, Denham SO, Domec JC, Johnson DM, Missik JE, Phillips RP, Wood JD, Novick KA. The xylem of anisohydric Quercus alba L. is more vulnerable to embolism than isohydric codominants. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2022; 45:329-346. [PMID: 34902165 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The coordination of plant leaf water potential (ΨL ) regulation and xylem vulnerability to embolism is fundamental for understanding the tradeoffs between carbon uptake and risk of hydraulic damage. There is a general consensus that trees with vulnerable xylem more conservatively regulate ΨL than plants with resistant xylem. We evaluated if this paradigm applied to three important eastern US temperate tree species, Quercus alba L., Acer saccharum Marsh. and Liriodendron tulipifera L., by synthesizing 1600 ΨL observations, 122 xylem embolism curves and xylem anatomical measurements across 10 forests spanning pronounced hydroclimatological gradients and ages. We found that, unexpectedly, the species with the most vulnerable xylem (Q. alba) regulated ΨL less strictly than the other species. This relationship was found across all sites, such that coordination among traits was largely unaffected by climate and stand age. Quercus species are perceived to be among the most drought tolerant temperate US forest species; however, our results suggest their relatively loose ΨL regulation in response to hydrologic stress occurs with a substantial hydraulic cost that may expose them to novel risks in a more drought-prone future.
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- Michael C Benson
- O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, North Carolina, USA
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, Otto, North Carolina, USA
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- O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRA UMR 1391 ISPA, Gradignan, France
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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- University of Missouri, School of Natural Resources, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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McMann N, Peichel A, Savage JA. Early spring flowers rely on xylem hydration but are not limited by stem xylem conductivity. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 233:838-850. [PMID: 34618926 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17782] [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: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Many woody plants produce large floral displays early in the spring when xylem transport can be variable and often reduced. To determine whether stem hydraulics impact floral water use, we quantified floral transpiration and tested whether it was correlated with stem xylem conductivity in five temperate woody species that flower before producing leaves. We measured inflorescence gas exchange, examined the relationship between diffusive conductance and inflorescence morphology, and estimated the amount of water supplied to an inflorescence by the phloem. We also tested for correlation between transpiration and native stem xylem conductivity for branches with leaves and branches with flowers. The flowers of our study species obtain most of their water from the xylem. Diffusive conductance was higher in small inflorescences, but water content and daily transpiration rates were greater for larger inflorescences. We found no correlation between floral transpiration per branch and stem xylem conductivity within species. The data suggest that inflorescence water loss during anthesis is not limited by the xylem in our study species. We highlight the impact of floral morphology on hydraulic traits and encourage exploration into temporal shifts in floral hydration.
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- Natalie McMann
- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, 207 Swenson Science Building, 1035 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN, 55812, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, 207 Swenson Science Building, 1035 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN, 55812, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth, 207 Swenson Science Building, 1035 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN, 55812, USA
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Zhang Y, Zhao J, Xu J, Chai Y, Liu P, Quan J, Wu X, Li C, Yue M. Effects of Water Availability on the Relationships Between Hydraulic and Economic Traits in the Quercus wutaishanica Forests. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:902509. [PMID: 35720582 PMCID: PMC9199496 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.902509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Water availability is a key environmental factor affecting plant species distribution, and the relationships between hydraulic and economic traits are important for understanding the species' distribution patterns. However, in the same community type but within different soil water availabilities, the relationships in congeneric species remain ambiguous. In northwest China, Quercus wutaishanica forests in the Qinling Mountains (QM, humid region) and Loess Plateau (LP, drought region) have different species composition owing to contrasting soil water availability, but with common species occurring in two regions. We analyzed eight hydraulic traits [stomatal density (SD), vein density (VD), wood specific gravity (WSGbranch), lower leaf area: sapwood area (Al: As), stomatal length (SL), turgor loss point (ΨTlp), maximum vessel diameter (Vdmax) and height (Height)] and five economic traits [leaf dry matter content (LDMC), leaf tissue density (TD), leaf dry mass per area (LMA), Leaf thickness (LT) and maximum net photosynthetic rate (Pmax)] of congeneric species (including common species and endemic species) in Q. wutaishanica forests of QM and LP. We explored whether the congeneric species have different economic and hydraulic traits across regions. And whether the relationship between hydraulic and economic traits was determined by soil water availability, and whether it was related to species distribution and congeneric endemic species composition of the same community. We found that LP species tended to have higher SD, VD, WSGbranch, Al: As, SL, ΨTlp and Vdmax than QM species. There was a significant trade-off between hydraulic efficiency and safety across congeneric species. Also, the relationships between hydraulic and economic traits were closer in LP than in QM. These results suggested that relationships between hydraulic and economic traits, hydraulic efficiency and safety played the role in constraining species distribution across regions. Interestingly, some relationships between traits changed (from significant correlation to non-correlation) in common species across two regions (from LP to QM), but not in endemic species. The change of these seven pairs of relationships might be a reason for common species' wide occurrence in the two Q. wutaishanica forests with different soil water availability. In drought or humid conditions, congeneric species developed different types of adaptation mechanisms. The study helps to understand the environmental adaptive strategies of plant species, and the results improve our understanding of the role of both hydraulic and economic traits during community assembly.
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- Yuhan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
- Xi'an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province/Institute of Botany of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an, China
- *Correspondence: Ming Yue,
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Kannenberg SA, Guo JS, Novick KA, Anderegg WRL, Feng X, Kennedy D, Konings AG, Martínez‐Vilalta J, Matheny AM. Opportunities, challenges and pitfalls in characterizing plant water‐use strategies. Funct Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics University of Utah Salt Lake City UT USA
- Arizona Experiment Station, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences University of Arizona Tucson AZ USA
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- O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University Bloomington IN USA
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- Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo‐Engineering University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN USA
- Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN USA
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- CREAF, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Catalonia Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Catalonia Spain
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- Department of Geological Sciences Jackson School of Geosciences University of Texas Austin TX USA
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Isohydricity of Two Different Citrus Species under Deficit Irrigation and Reclaimed Water Conditions. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10102121. [PMID: 34685931 PMCID: PMC8538605 DOI: 10.3390/plants10102121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Citrus species are frequently subjected to water and saline stresses worldwide. We evaluated the effects of diurnal changes in the evaporative demands and soil water contents on the plant physiology of grapefruit and mandarin crops under saline reclaimed (RW) and transfer (TW) water conditions, combined with two irrigation strategies, fully irrigated (fI) and non-irrigated (nI). The physiological responses were different depending on the species. Grapefruit showed an isohydric pattern, which restricted the use of the leaf water potential (Ψl) as a plant water status indicator. Its water status was affected by salinity (RW) and water stress (nI), mainly as the combination of both stresses (RW-nI); however, mandarin turned out to be relatively more tolerant to salinity and more sensitive to water stress, mainly because of its low hydraulic conductance (K) levels, showing a critical drop in Ψl that led to severe losses of root–stem (Kroot–stem) and canopy (Kcanopy) hydraulic conductance in TW-nI. This behavior was not observed in RW-nI because a reduction in canopy volume as an adaptive characteristic was observed; thus, mandarin exhibited more anisohydric behavior compared to grapefruit, but isohydrodynamic since its hydrodynamic water potential gradient from roots to shoots (ΔΨplant) was relatively constant across variations in stomatal conductance (gs) and soil water potential. The gs was considered a good plant water status indicator for irrigation scheduling purposes in both species, and its responses to diurnal VPD rise and soil drought were strongly correlated with Kroot–stem. ABA did not show any effect on stomatal regulation, highlighting the fundamental role of plant hydraulics in driving stomatal closure.
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Yao GQ, Nie ZF, Zeng YY, Waseem M, Hasan MM, Tian XQ, Liao ZQ, Siddique KHM, Fang XW. A clear trade-off between leaf hydraulic efficiency and safety in an aridland shrub during regrowth. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2021; 44:3347-3357. [PMID: 34327717 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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It has been suggested that a trade-off between hydraulic efficiency and safety is related to drought adaptation across species. However, whether leaf hydraulic efficiency is sacrificed for safety during woody resprout regrowth after crown removal is not well understood. We measured leaf water potential (ψleaf ) at predawn (ψpd ) and midday (ψmid ), leaf maximum hydraulic conductance (Kleaf-max ), ψleaf at induction 50% loss of Kleaf-max (Kleaf P50 ), leaf area-specific whole-plant hydraulic conductance (LSC), leaf vein structure and turgor loss point (πtlp ) in 1- to 13-year-old resprouts of the aridland shrub (Caragana korshinskii). ψpd was similar, ψmid and Kleaf P50 became more negative, and Kleaf-max decreased in resprouts with the increasing age; thus, leaf hydraulic efficiency clearly traded off against safety. The difference between ψmid and Kleaf P50 , leaf hydraulic safety margin, increased gradually with increasing resprout age. More negative ψmid and Kleaf P50 were closely related to decreasing LSC and more negative πtlp , respectively, and the decreasing Kleaf-max arose from the lower minor vein density and the narrower midrib xylem vessels. Our results showed that a clear trade-off between leaf hydraulic efficiency and safety helps C. korshinskii resprouts adapt to increasing water stress as they approach final size.
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- Guang-Qian Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
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- The UWA Institute of Agriculture and UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China
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Chen Z, Zhang Y, Yuan W, Zhu S, Pan R, Wan X, Liu S. Coordinated variation in stem and leaf functional traits of temperate broadleaf tree species in the isohydric-anisohydric spectrum. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 41:1601-1610. [PMID: 33693879 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Stomatal regulation serves as an important strategy for plants to adapt to drought. However, the understanding of how complexes of plant-functional traits vary along the continuum from isohydry to anisohydry remains insufficient. In this study, we investigated a proxy of the degree of iso/anisohydry-the water potential at stomatal closure-and a series of functional traits of leaves and branches in 20 temperate broadleaf species planted in an arid limestone habitat in northern China. The results showed that the water potential at stomatal closure was significantly correlated with many functional traits. At the anisohydric end of the spectrum, species had a higher leaf carbon content and vein density, a greater stomatal length, a thicker lower leaf epidermis, higher embolism resistance, higher wood density, a greater Huber value, a greater ratio of fiber wall thickness to xylem lumen diameter, a larger proportion of total fiber wall area to xylem cross-sectional area, a lower water potential at the turgor loss point (TLP), a smaller relative water content at the TLP, a lower osmotic potential at full turgor and a smaller specific leaf area. It is concluded that a continuum of coordination and trade-offs among co-evolved anatomical and physiological traits gives rise to the spectrum from isohydry to anisohydry spanned by the 20 tree species, and the anisohydric species showed stronger stress resistance, with greater investment in stems and leaves than the isohydric species to maintain stomatal opening under drought conditions.
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- Zhicheng Chen
- Research Institute of Forestry New Technology, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- Mountain Tai Forest Ecosystem Research Station of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Forestry College of Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China
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- Experimental Center of Forestry in North China, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 102300, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Conservation, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
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- School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
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- Research Institute of Forestry New Technology, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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- Key laboratory of Forest Ecology and Environment of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
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Álvarez-Maldini C, Acevedo M, Pinto M. Hydroscapes: A Useful Metric for Distinguishing Iso-/Anisohydric Behavior in Almond Cultivars. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:plants10061249. [PMID: 34205343 PMCID: PMC8233807 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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As a consequence of climate change, water scarcity has increased the use of the iso-/anisohydric concept with the aim of identifying anisohydric or drought-tolerant genotypes. Recently, Meinzer and colleagues developed a metric for discriminating between iso- and anisohydric behavior called the hydroscape, which describes a range in which stomata control leaf water potential (Ψ) with decreasing water availability, and it is linked to several water-regulation and drought-tolerance traits. Thus, our objective was to test the usefulness of the hydroscape in discriminating between iso- and anisohydric Prunus dulcis cultivars, a species that is widely cultivated in Mediterranean central Chile due to its ability to withstand water stress. Through a pot desiccation experiment, we determined that the hydroscape was able to discriminate between two contrasting Prunus cultivars; the more anisohydric cultivar had a hydroscape 4.5 times greater than that of the other cultivar, and the hydroscape correlated with other metrics of plant water-use strategies, such as the maximum range of daily Ψ variation and the Ψ at stomatal closure. Moreover, the photosynthesis rates were also differently affected between cultivars. The more isohydric cultivar, which had a smaller hydroscape, displayed a steeper photosynthesis reduction at progressively lower midday Ψ. This methodology could be further used to identify drought-tolerant anisohydric Prunus cultivars.
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- Carolina Álvarez-Maldini
- Instituto Ciencias Agro-alimentarias, Animales y Ambientales (ICA3), Campus Colchagua, Universidad de O’Higgins, San Fernando 2840440, Chile;
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- Instituto Forestal, Centro Tecnológico de la Planta Forestal, San Pedro de la Paz 7770223, Chile;
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- Instituto Ciencias Agro-alimentarias, Animales y Ambientales (ICA3), Campus Colchagua, Universidad de O’Higgins, San Fernando 2840440, Chile;
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Buckley TN. Optimal carbon partitioning helps reconcile the apparent divergence between optimal and observed canopy profiles of photosynthetic capacity. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 230:2246-2260. [PMID: 33454975 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17199] [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: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photosynthetic capacity per unit irradiance is greater, and the marginal carbon revenue of water (∂A/∂E) is smaller, in shaded leaves than sunlit leaves, apparently contradicting optimization theory. I tested the hypothesis that these patterns arise from optimal carbon partitioning subject to biophysical constraints on leaf water potential. In a whole plant model with two canopy modules, I adjusted carbon partitioning, nitrogen partitioning and leaf water potential to maximize carbon profit or canopy photosynthesis, and recorded how gas exchange parameters compared between shaded and sunlit modules in the optimum. The model predicted that photosynthetic capacity per unit irradiance should be larger, and ∂A/∂E smaller, in shaded modules compared to sunlit modules. This was attributable partly to radiation-driven differences in evaporative demand, and partly to differences in hydraulic conductance arising from the need to balance marginal returns on stem carbon investment between modules. The model verified, however, that invariance in the marginal carbon revenue of N (∂A/∂N) is in fact optimal. The Cowan-Farquhar optimality solution (invariance of ∂A/∂E) does not apply to spatial variation within a canopy. The resulting variation in carbon-water economy explains differences in capacity per unit irradiance, reconciling optimization theory with observations.
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- Thomas N Buckley
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Salvi AM, Smith DD, Adams MA, McCulloh KA, Givnish TJ. Mesophyll photosynthetic sensitivity to leaf water potential in Eucalyptus: a new dimension of plant adaptation to native moisture supply. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 230:1844-1855. [PMID: 33630331 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photosynthetic sensitivity to drought is a fundamental constraint on land-plant evolution and ecosystem function. However, little is known about how the sensitivity of photosynthesis to nonstomatal limitations varies among species in the context of phylogenetic relationships. Using saplings of 10 Eucalyptus species, we measured maximum CO2 -saturated photosynthesis using A-ci curves at several different leaf water potentials (ψleaf ) to quantify mesophyll photosynthetic sensitivity to ψleaf (MPS), a measure of how rapidly nonstomatal limitations to carbon uptake increase with declining ψleaf . MPS was compared to the macroclimatic moisture availability of the species' native habitats, while accounting for phylogenetic relationships. We found that species native to mesic habitats have greater MPS but higher maximum photosynthetic rates during non-water-stressed conditions, revealing a trade-off between maximum photosynthesis and drought sensitivity. Species with lower turgor loss points have lower MPS, indicating coordination among photosynthetic and water-relations traits. By accounting for phylogenetic relationships among closely related species, we provide the first compelling evidence that MPS in Eucalyptus evolved in an adaptive fashion with climatically determined moisture availability, opening the way for further study of this poorly explored dimension of plant adaptation to drought.
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- Amanda M Salvi
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne, Creswick, Vic., 3363, Australia
- Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn, Vic., 3122, Australia
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- Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn, Vic., 3122, Australia
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA
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Warren JM, Jensen AM, Ward EJ, Guha A, Childs J, Wullschleger SD, Hanson PJ. Divergent species-specific impacts of whole ecosystem warming and elevated CO 2 on vegetation water relations in an ombrotrophic peatland. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2021; 27:1820-1835. [PMID: 33528056 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15543] [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: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Boreal peatland forests have relatively low species diversity and thus impacts of climate change on one or more dominant species could shift ecosystem function. Despite abundant soil water availability, shallowly rooted vascular plants within peatlands may not be able to meet foliar demand for water under drought or heat events that increase vapor pressure deficits while reducing near surface water availability, although concurrent increases in atmospheric CO2 could buffer resultant hydraulic stress. We assessed plant water relations of co-occurring shrub (primarily Rhododendron groenlandicum and Chamaedaphne calyculata) and tree (Picea mariana and Larix laricina) species prior to, and in response to whole ecosystem warming (0 to +9°C) and elevated CO2 using 12.8-m diameter open-top enclosures installed within an ombrotrophic bog. Water relations (water potential [Ψ], turgor loss point, foliar and root hydraulic conductivity) were assessed prior to treatment initiation, then Ψ and peak sap flow (trees only) assessed after 1 or 2 years of treatments. Under the higher temperature treatments, L. laricina Ψ exceeded its turgor loss point, increased its peak sap flow, and was not able to recover Ψ overnight. In contrast, P. mariana operated below its turgor loss point and maintained constant Ψ and sap flow across warming treatments. Similarly, C. calyculata Ψ stress increased with temperature while R. groenlandicum Ψ remained at pretreatment levels. The more anisohydric behavior of L. laricina and C. calyculata may provide greater net C uptake with warming, while the more conservative P. mariana and R. groenlandicum maintained greater hydraulic safety. These latter species also responded to elevated CO2 by reduced Ψ stress, which may also help limit hydraulic failure during periods of extreme drought or heat in the future. Along with Sphagnum moss, the species-specific responses of peatland vascular communities to drier or hotter conditions will shape boreal peatland composition and function in the future.
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- Jeffrey M Warren
- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, LA, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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Barratt GE, Sparkes DL, McAusland L, Murchie EH. Anisohydric sugar beet rapidly responds to light to optimize leaf water use efficiency utilizing numerous small stomata. AOB PLANTS 2021; 13:plaa067. [PMID: 33442465 PMCID: PMC7780706 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plaa067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Under conditions of high transpiration and low soil water availability, the demand for water can exceed supply causing a reduction in water potential and a loss of cell turgor (wilting). Regulation of stomatal aperture mediates the loss of water vapour (g s), which in turn is dependent in part on the anatomical characteristics of stomatal density (SD) and stomatal size (SS). Anisohydric sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) is atypical, exhibiting wilting under high soil water availability. Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) belongs to the same family Chenopodiaceae s.s., but demonstrates a more typical wilting response. To investigate the role of stomatal dynamics in such behaviours, sugar beet and spinach leaves were exposed to step-changes in photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) from 250 to 2500 µmol m-2 s-1. Using a four log-logistic function, the maximum rate of stomatal opening was estimated. Concurrent measurements of SD and SS were taken for both species. While sugar beet coupled faster opening with smaller, more numerous stomata, spinach showed the converse. After exposure to drought, maximum g s was reduced in sugar beet but still achieved a similar speed of opening. It is concluded that sugar beet stomata respond rapidly to changes in PPFD with a high rate and magnitude of opening under both non-droughted and droughted conditions. Such a response may contribute to wilting, even under high soil water availability, but enables photosynthesis to be better coupled with increasing PPFD.
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, UK
- Corresponding author’s e-mail address:
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Jiang P, Meinzer FC, Wang H, Kou L, Dai X, Fu X. Below-ground determinants and ecological implications of shrub species' degree of isohydry in subtropical pine plantations. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 226:1656-1666. [PMID: 32096212 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The degree of plant iso/anisohydry is a popular framework for characterising species-specific drought responses. However, we know little about associations between below-ground and above-ground hydraulic traits as well as the broader ecological implications of this framework. For 24 understory shrub species in seasonally dry subtropical coniferous plantations, we investigated contributions of the degree of isohydry to species' resource economy strategies, abundance, and importance value, and quantified the hydraulic conductance (Kh ) of above-ground and below-ground organs, magnitude of deep water acquisition (WAdeep ), shallow absorptive root traits (diameter, specific root length, tissue density), and resource-use efficiencies (Amax , maximum photosynthesis rate; PNUE, photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency). The extreme isohydric understory species had lower wood density (a proxy for higher growth rates) because their higher WAdeep and whole-plant Kh allowed higher Amax and PNUE, and thus did not necessarily show lower abundance and importance values. Although species' Kh was coordinated with their water foraging capacity in shallow soil, the more acquisitive deep roots were more crucial than shallow roots in shaping species' extreme isohydric behaviour. Our results provide new insights into the mechanisms through which below-ground hydraulic traits, especially those of deep roots, determine species' degree of isohydry and economic strategies.
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- Peipei Jiang
- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modelling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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Hernández GG, Winter K, Slot M. Similar temperature dependence of photosynthetic parameters in sun and shade leaves of three tropical tree species. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 40:637-651. [PMID: 32083285 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpaa015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Photosynthetic carbon uptake by tropical forests is of critical importance in regulating the earth's climate, but rising temperatures threaten this stabilizing influence of tropical forests. Most research on how temperature affects photosynthesis focuses on fully sun-exposed leaves, and little is known about shade leaves, even though shade leaves greatly outnumber sun leaves in lowland tropical forests. We measured temperature responses of light-saturated photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and the biochemical parameters VCMax (maximum rate of RuBP carboxylation) and JMax (maximum rate of RuBP regeneration, or electron transport) on sun and shade leaves of mature tropical trees of three species in Panama. As expected, biochemical capacities and stomatal conductance were much lower in shade than in sun leaves, leading to lower net photosynthesis rates. However, the key temperature response traits of these parameters-the optimum temperature (TOpt) and the activation energy-did not differ systematically between sun and shade leaves. Consistency in the JMax to VCMax ratio further suggested that shade leaves are not acclimated to lower temperatures. For both sun and shade leaves, stomatal conductance had the lowest temperature optimum (~25 °C), followed by net photosynthesis (~30 °C), JMax (~34 °C) and VCMax (~38 °C). Stomatal conductance of sun leaves decreased more strongly with increasing vapor pressure deficit than that of shade leaves. Consistent with this, modeled stomatal limitation of photosynthesis increased with increasing temperature in sun but not shade leaves. Collectively, these results suggest that modeling photosynthetic carbon uptake in multi-layered canopies does not require independent parameterization of the temperature responses of the biochemical controls over photosynthesis of sun and shade leaves. Nonetheless, to improve the representation of the shade fraction of carbon uptake dynamics in tropical forests, better understanding of stomatal sensitivity of shade leaves to temperature and vapor pressure deficit will be required.
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- Georgia G Hernández
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado Postal 0843-03092, Panama, Republic of Panama
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado Postal 0843-03092, Panama, Republic of Panama
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado Postal 0843-03092, Panama, Republic of Panama
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Hoshika Y, Fares S, Pellegrini E, Conte A, Paoletti E. Water use strategy affects avoidance of ozone stress by stomatal closure in Mediterranean trees-A modelling analysis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2020; 43:611-623. [PMID: 31834637 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Both ozone (O3 ) and drought can limit carbon fixation by forest trees. To cope with drought stress, plants have isohydric or anisohydric water use strategies. Ozone enters plant tissues through stomata. Therefore, stomatal closure can be interpreted as avoidance to O3 stress. Here, we applied an optimization model of stomata involving water, CO2 , and O3 flux to test whether isohydric and anisohydric strategies may affect avoidance of O3 stress by stomatal closure in four Mediterranean tree species during drought. The data suggest that stomatal closure represents a response to avoid damage to the photosynthetic mechanisms under elevated O3 depending on plant water use strategy. Under high-O3 and well-watered conditions, isohydric species limited O3 fluxes by stomatal closure, whereas anisohydric species activated a tolerance response and did not actively close stomata. Under both O3 and drought stress, however, anisohydric species enhanced the capacity of avoidance by closing stomata to cope with the severe oxidative stress. In the late growing season, regardless of the water use strategy, the efficiency of O3 stress avoidance decreased with leaf ageing. As a result, carbon assimilation rate was decreased by O3 while stomata did not close enough to limit transpirational water losses.
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- Yasutomo Hoshika
- Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- CIRSEC, Centre for Climatic Change Impact, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Jiang P, Wang H, Meinzer FC, Kou L, Dai X, Fu X. Linking reliance on deep soil water to resource economy strategies and abundance among coexisting understorey shrub species in subtropical pine plantations. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:222-233. [PMID: 31247133 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Strategies for deep soil water acquisition (WAdeep ) are critical to a species' adaptation to drought. However, it is unknown how WAdeep determines the abundance and resource economy strategies of understorey shrub species. With data from 13 understorey shrub species in subtropical coniferous plantations, we investigated associations between the magnitude of WAdeep , the seasonal plasticity of WAdeep , midday leaf water potential (Ψmd ), species abundance and resource economic traits across organs. Higher capacity for WAdeep was associated with higher intrinsic water use efficiency, but was not necessary for maintaining higher Ψmd in the dry season nor was it an ubiquitous trait possessed by the most common shrub species. Species with higher seasonal plasticity of WAdeep had lower wood density, indicating that fast species had higher plasticity in deep soil resource acquisition. However, the magnitude and plasticity of WAdeep were not related to shallow fine root economy traits, suggesting independent dimensions of soil resource acquisition between deep and shallow soil. Our results provide new insights into the mechanisms through which the magnitude and plasticity of WAdeep interact with shallow soil and aboveground resource acquisition traits to integrate the whole-plant economic spectrum and, thus, community assembly processes.
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- Peipei Jiang
- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Zhongke-Ji'an Institute for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Ji'an, 343000, China
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- USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Zhongke-Ji'an Institute for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Ji'an, 343000, China
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- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Zhongke-Ji'an Institute for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Ji'an, 343000, China
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- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
- Zhongke-Ji'an Institute for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Ji'an, 343000, China
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Guo JS, Hultine KR, Koch GW, Kropp H, Ogle K. Temporal shifts in iso/anisohydry revealed from daily observations of plant water potential in a dominant desert shrub. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:713-726. [PMID: 31519032 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Plant species are characterized along a spectrum of isohydry to anisohydry depending on their regulation of water potential (Ψ), but the plasticity of hydraulic strategies is largely unknown. The role of environmental drivers was evaluated in the hydraulic behavior of Larrea tridentata, a drought-tolerant desert shrub that withstands a wide range of environmental conditions. With a 1.5 yr time-series of 2324 in situ measurements of daily predawn and midday Ψ, the temporal variability of hydraulic behavior was explored in relation to soil water supply, atmospheric demand and temperature. Hydraulic behavior in Larrea was highly dynamic, ranging from partial isohydry to extreme anisohydry. Larrea exhibited extreme anisohydry under wet soil conditions corresponding to periods of high productivity, whereas partial isohydry was exhibited after prolonged dry or cold conditions, when productivity was low. Environmental conditions can strongly influence plant hydraulic behavior at relatively fast timescales, which enhances our understanding of plant drought responses. Although species may exhibit a dominant hydraulic behavior, variable environmental conditions can prompt plasticity in Ψ regulation, particularly for species in seasonally dry climates.
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- Jessica S Guo
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
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- Department of Research, Conservation, and Collections, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ, 85008, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
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- Department of Geography, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, 13346, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
- Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
- School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA
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Zhang Q, Peng S, Li Y. Increase rate of light-induced stomatal conductance is related to stomatal size in the genus Oryza. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:5259-5269. [PMID: 31145797 PMCID: PMC6793446 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The rapid response of stomatal conductance (gs) to fluctuating irradiance is of great importance to maximize carbon assimilation while minimizing water loss. Smaller stomata have been proven to have a faster response rate than larger ones, but most of these studies have been conducted with forest trees. In the present study, the effects of stomatal anatomy on the kinetics of gs and photosynthesis were investigated in 16 Oryza genotypes. Light-induced stomatal opening includes an initial time lag (λ) followed by an exponential increase. Smaller stomata had a larger maximum stomatal conductance increase rate (Slmax) during the exponential increase phase, but showed a longer time lag and a lower initial stomatal conductance (gs,initial) at low light. Stomatal size was, surprisingly, negatively correlated with the time required to reach 50% of maximum gs and photosynthesis (T50%gs and T50%A), which was shown to be positively correlated with λ and negatively correlated with gs,initial. With a lower gs,initial and a larger λ, small stomata showed a faster decrease of intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) during the induction process, which may have led to a slower apparent Rubisco activation rate. Therefore, smaller stomata do not always benefit photosynthesis as reported before; the influence of stomatal size on dynamic photosynthesis is also correlated with λ and gs,initial.
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- Qiangqiang Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Crop Ecophysiology and Farming System in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Fu X, Meinzer FC, Woodruff DR, Liu YY, Smith DD, McCulloh KA, Howard AR. Coordination and trade-offs between leaf and stem hydraulic traits and stomatal regulation along a spectrum of isohydry to anisohydry. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:2245-2258. [PMID: 30820970 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The degree of plant iso/anisohydry, a widely used framework for classifying species-specific hydraulic strategies, integrates multiple components of the whole-plant hydraulic pathway. However, little is known about how it associates with coordination of functional and structural traits within and across different organs. We examined stem and leaf hydraulic capacitance and conductivity/conductance, stem xylem anatomical features, stomatal regulation of daily minimum leaf and stem water potential (Ψ), and the kinetics of stomatal responses to vapour pressure deficit (VPD) in six diverse woody species differing markedly in their degree of iso/anisohydry. At the stem level, more anisohydric species had higher wood density and lower native capacitance and conductivity. Like stems, leaves of more anisohydric species had lower hydraulic conductance; however, unlike stems, their leaves had higher native capacitance at their daily minimum values of leaf Ψ. Moreover, rates of VPD-induced stomatal closure were related to intrinsic rather than native leaf capacitance and were not associated with species' degree of iso/anisohydry. Our results suggest a trade-off between hydraulic storage and efficiency in the leaf, but a coordination between hydraulic storage and efficiency in the stem along a spectrum of plant iso/anisohydry.
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- Xiaoli Fu
- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Zhongke-Ji'an Institute for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Ji'an, China
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- USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, Oregon
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- Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf, Ministry of Education, Guangxi Teachers Education University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Department of Biology, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon
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Kannenberg SA, Novick KA, Phillips RP. Anisohydric behavior linked to persistent hydraulic damage and delayed drought recovery across seven North American tree species. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 222:1862-1872. [PMID: 30664253 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The isohydry-anisohydry spectrum has become a popular way to characterize plant drought responses and recovery processes. Despite the proven utility of this framework for understanding the interconnected physiological changes plants undergo in response to water stress, new challenges have arisen pertaining to the traits and tradeoffs that underlie this concept. To test the utility of this framework for understanding hydraulic traits, drought physiology and recovery, we applied a 6 wk experimental soil moisture reduction to seven tree species followed by a 6 wk recovery period. Throughout, we measured hydraulic traits and monitored changes in gas exchange, leaf water potential, and hydraulic conductivity. Species' hydraulic traits were not coordinated, as some anisohydric species had surprisingly low resistance to embolism (P50 ) and negative safety margins. In addition to widespread hydraulic damage, these species also experienced reductions in photosynthesis and stem water potential during water stress, and delayed recovery time. Given that we observed no benefit of being anisohydric either during or after drought, our results indicate the need to reconsider the traits and tradeoffs that underlie anisohydric behavior, and to consider the environmental, biological and edaphic processes that could allow this strategy to flourish in forests.
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- Steven A Kannenberg
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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Tanaka Y, Adachi S, Yamori W. Natural genetic variation of the photosynthetic induction response to fluctuating light environment. CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 49:52-59. [PMID: 31202005 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2019.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2018] [Revised: 04/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Field-grown plants experience fluctuating light intensity for periods extending from seconds to hours because of cloud movements and self-shading. When full light intensity returns after shading, the net CO2 assimilation rate in leaves does not reach its maximum value immediately, but rises gradually over several minutes to approach a new steady state. This phenomenon has been termed photosynthetic induction, which substantially affects the efficiency of carbon fixation, and thus crop production. The significant natural variation of the speed of induction response exists among not only interspecies but also intraspecies. Recent advances in molecular analysis and high-throughput measurement techniques have revealed the genetic and eco-physiological basis of observed genetic variations in photosynthetic induction response. Here, we review the current understanding of the physiological and genetic mechanisms behind photosynthetic induction, and discusses routes to further advances.
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- Yu Tanaka
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; Japan Science and Technology Agency, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Kawaguchi, Japan.
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- Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Vialet-Chabrand S, Lawson T. Dynamic leaf energy balance: deriving stomatal conductance from thermal imaging in a dynamic environment. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:2839-2855. [PMID: 30793211 PMCID: PMC6506762 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In spite of the significant progress made in recent years, the use of thermography to derive biologically relevant traits remains a challenge under fluctuating conditions. The aim of this study was to rethink the current method to process thermograms and derive temporal responses of stomatal conductance (gsw) using dynamic energy balance equations. Time-series thermograms provided the basis for a spatial and temporal characterization of gsw responses in wheat (Triticum aestivum). A leaf replica with a known conductance was used to validate the approach and to test the ability of our model to be used with any material and under any environmental conditions. The results highlighted the importance of the co-ordinated stomatal responses that run parallel to the leaf blade despite their patchy distribution. The diversity and asymmetry of the temporal response of gsw observed after a step increase and step decrease in light intensity can be interpreted as a strategy to maximize photosynthesis per unit of water loss and avoid heat stress in response to light flecks in a natural environment. This study removes a major bottleneck for plant phenotyping platforms and will pave the way to further developments in our understanding of stomatal behaviour.
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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Bucci SJ, Carbonell Silletta LM, Garré A, Cavallaro A, Efron ST, Arias NS, Goldstein G, Scholz FG. Functional relationships between hydraulic traits and the timing of diurnal depression of photosynthesis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2019; 42:1603-1614. [PMID: 30613989 DOI: 10.1111/pce.13512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The hydraulic coordination along the water transport pathway helps trees provide adequate water supply to the canopy, ensuring that water deficits are minimized and that stomata remain open for CO2 uptake. We evaluated the stem and leaf hydraulic coordination and the linkages between hydraulic traits and the timing of diurnal depression of photosynthesis across seven evergreen tree species in the southern Andes. There was a positive correlation between stem hydraulic conductivity (ks ) and leaf hydraulic conductance (KLeaf ) across species. All species had similar maximum photosynthetic rates (Amax ). The species with higher ks and KLeaf attained Amax in the morning, whereas the species with lower ks and KLeaf exhibited their Amax in the early afternoon concurrently with turgor loss. These latter species had very negative leaf water potentials, but far from the pressure at which the 88% of leaf hydraulic conductance is lost. Our results suggest that diurnal gas exchange dynamics may be determined by leaf hydraulic vulnerability such that a species more vulnerable to drought restrict water loss and carbon assimilation earlier than species less vulnerable. However, under stronger drought, species with earlier CO2 uptake depression may increase the risk of hydraulic failure, as their safety margins are relatively narrow.
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- Sandra J Bucci
- Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF), Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), (9000), Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
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- Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF), Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), (9000), Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
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- Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), (9000), Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
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- Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF), Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), (9000), Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF), Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), (9000), Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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- Grupo de Estudios Biofísicos y Ecofisiológicos (GEBEF), Instituto de Biociencias de la Patagonia (INBIOP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), (9000), Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
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Li X, Blackman CJ, Peters JMR, Choat B, Rymer PD, Medlyn BE, Tissue DT. More than iso/anisohydry: Hydroscapes integrate plant water use and drought tolerance traits in 10 eucalypt species from contrasting climates. Funct Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Ximeng Li
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Penrith NSW Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Penrith NSW Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Penrith NSW Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Penrith NSW Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Penrith NSW Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Penrith NSW Australia
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- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment Western Sydney University Penrith NSW Australia
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Deans RM, Brodribb TJ, Busch FA, Farquhar GD. Plant water-use strategy mediates stomatal effects on the light induction of photosynthesis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2019; 222:382-395. [PMID: 30372523 DOI: 10.1111/nph.15572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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More efficient gas exchange strategies under dynamic light environments have been hypothesised to contribute to the dominance of angiosperms in the vascular plant flora. However, we still lack a clear understanding of how stomatal dynamics affect photosynthetic dynamics and whether differences exist between lineages. Stomatal and photosynthetic dynamics following changes in irradiance were studied in 15 species, encompassing ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. We determined the effect of stomatal speed on dynamic photosynthesis and water loss. Moreover, we assessed whether dynamic behaviour followed evolutionary lineage divisions, or whether ecological adaptation to maximise light fleck use could describe dynamic behaviour. We found that species with fast stomatal opening, such as ferns, forgo less photosynthesis during photosynthetic induction. By contrast, there was no relationship between stomatal closure speed and the water wasted by transiently more-open stomata, because species with higher rates of gas exchange also showed faster stomatal closure. Shade-adapted species possessed fast-opening but slow-closing stomata, consistent with ecological adaptation to maximise light fleck use. Our results suggest dynamic behaviour follows adaptive ecological trends more strongly than evolutionary ones, but angiosperms may benefit from relatively faster photosynthetic induction by adopting a less conservative water-use strategy.
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- Ross M Deans
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Translational Photosynthesis, Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas., 7001, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Translational Photosynthesis, Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Translational Photosynthesis, Division of Plant Science, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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Villalobos-González L, Muñoz-Araya M, Franck N, Pastenes C. Controversies in Midday Water Potential Regulation and Stomatal Behavior Might Result From the Environment, Genotype, and/or Rootstock: Evidence From Carménère and Syrah Grapevine Varieties. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 10:1522. [PMID: 31850024 PMCID: PMC6900739 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Controversies exist regarding the iso/anisohydric continuum for classifying plant water-use strategies. Isohydricity has been argued to result from plant-environment interaction rather than it being an intrinsic property of the plant itself. Discrepancies remain regarding the degree of isohydricity (σ) of plants and their threshold for physiological responses and resistance to drought. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the isohydricity of the grapevine varieties Syrah and Carménère under a non-lethal water deficit progression from veraison from two different locations, the Cachapoal Valley (CV) and Maipo Valley (MV), in central Chile and with different rootstock only in Syrah. For this purpose, the midday stem water potential (Ψmds) regulation and stomatal responses to drought, leaf traits related to pressure-volume curves, stomatal sensitivity to ABA, cavitation threshold, and photosynthetic responses were assessed. A higher atmospheric water demand was observed in the CV compared to the MV, with lower Ψmds values in the former for both varieties. Also, the σ values in Carménère were 1.11 ± 0.14 MPa MPa-1 and 0.68 ± 0.18 MPa MPa-1 in the CV and MV, respectively, and in Syrah they were 1.10 ± 0.07 MPa MPa-1 in the CV and 0.60 ± 0.10 MPa MPa-1 in the MV. Even though similar variations in σ between locations in both varieties were evident, Carménère plants showed a conserved stomatal response to Ψmds in both study sites, while those of Syrah resulted in a higher stomatal sensitivity to Ψmds in the site of lower σ. Besides the differences in seasonal weather conditions, it is likely that the different rootstock and clonal variability of each season in Syrah were able to induce coordinated changes in σ, Ψgs12, and osmotic potential at full turgor (π0). On the other hand, irrespective of the σ, and given the similarity between the π0 and Ψgs12 in leaves before drought, it seems that π0 could be a convenient tool for assessing the Ψmds threshold values posing a risk to the plants in order to aid the irrigation decision making in grapevines under controlled water deficit. Finally, water deficits in vineyards might irreversibly compromise the photosynthetic capacity of leaves.
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- Luis Villalobos-González
- Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Silvoagropecuarias y Veterinarias, Campus Sur Universidad de Chile, La Pintana, Chile
- *Correspondence: Luis Villalobos-González, ; Claudio Pastenes,
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- Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- *Correspondence: Luis Villalobos-González, ; Claudio Pastenes,
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Fu X, Meinzer FC. Metrics and proxies for stringency of regulation of plant water status (iso/anisohydry): a global data set reveals coordination and trade-offs among water transport traits. TREE PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 39:122-134. [PMID: 30257009 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpy087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Plants operate along a continuum of stringency of regulation of plant water potential from isohydry to anisohydry. However, most metrics and proxies of plant iso/anisohydric behavior have been developed from limited sets of site-specific experiments. Understanding the underlying mechanisms that determine species' operating ranges along this continuum, independent of site and growing conditions, remains challenging. We compiled a global database to assess the global patterns of metrics and proxies of plant iso/anisohydry and then explored some of the underlying functional traits and trade-offs associated with stringency of regulation that determines where species operate along the continuum. Our results showed that arid and semi-arid biomes were associated with greater anisohydry than more mesic biomes, and angiosperms showed marginally greater anisohydry than gymnosperms. Leaf water potential at the turgor loss point (Ψtlp) and wood density were the two most powerful proxies for ranking the degree of plant iso/anisohydry for a wide range of species and biomes. Both of these simple traits can be easily and rapidly determined, and therefore show promise for a priori mapping and understanding of the global distribution pattern of the degree of plant iso/anisohydry. Generally, the most anisohydric species had the most negative values of Ψtlp and highest wood density, greatest resistance to embolism, lowest hydraulic capacitance and lowest leaf-specific hydraulic conductivity of their branches. Wood density in particular appeared to be central to a coordinated series of traits, trade-offs and behaviors along a continuum of iso/anisohydry. Quantification of species' operating ranges along a continuum of iso/anisohydry and identification of associated trade-offs among functional traits may hold promise for mechanistic modeling of species-specific responses to the anticipated more frequent and severe droughts under global climate change scenarios.
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- Xiaoli Fu
- Qianyanzhou Ecological Research Station, Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Network Observation and Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Ecosystem Processes and Information, Ji'an, China
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- USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR, USA
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Maréchaux I, Bonal D, Bartlett MK, Burban B, Coste S, Courtois EA, Dulormne M, Goret J, Mira E, Mirabel A, Sack L, Stahl C, Chave J. Dry‐season decline in tree sapflux is correlated with leaf turgor loss point in a tropical rainforest. Funct Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Isabelle Maréchaux
- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique UMR5174, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, IRD Toulouse Cedex 9 France
- AMAP, INRA, University of Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS Montpellier France
- AgroParisTech‐ENGREF Paris France
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- Université de Lorraine, AgroParisTech, INRA, UMR Silva Nancy France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California
- Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University Princeton New Jersey
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- INRA, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CNRS, CIRAD, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane Kourou France
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- Université de Guyane, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CNRS, CIRAD, INRA, Université des Antilles Cayenne France
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- Department of Biology University of Antwerp Wilrijk Belgium
- Laboratoire Écologie, évolution, interactions des systèmes amazoniens (LEEISA) Université de Guyane, CNRS Guyane Cayenne France
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- Université des Antilles, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CNRS, CIRAD, INRA, Université de Guyane Pointe à Pitre France
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- INRA, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CNRS, CIRAD, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane Kourou France
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- Université des Antilles, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CNRS, CIRAD, INRA, Université de Guyane Pointe à Pitre France
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- Université de Guyane, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CNRS, CIRAD, INRA, Université des Antilles Cayenne France
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution University of California Los Angeles Los Angeles California
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- INRA, UMR EcoFoG, AgroParisTech, CNRS, CIRAD, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane Kourou France
- Department of Biology University of Antwerp Wilrijk Belgium
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- Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique UMR5174, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, IRD Toulouse Cedex 9 France
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Nadal M, Flexas J, Gulías J. Possible link between photosynthesis and leaf modulus of elasticity among vascular plants: a new player in leaf traits relationships? Ecol Lett 2018; 21:1372-1379. [DOI: 10.1111/ele.13103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Miquel Nadal
- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions Departament de Biologia; Universitat de les Illes Balears, INAGEA; Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5 07122 Palma de Mallorca Illes Balears Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions Departament de Biologia; Universitat de les Illes Balears, INAGEA; Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5 07122 Palma de Mallorca Illes Balears Spain
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- Research Group on Plant Biology under Mediterranean Conditions Departament de Biologia; Universitat de les Illes Balears, INAGEA; Carretera de Valldemossa Km 7.5 07122 Palma de Mallorca Illes Balears Spain
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Fusaro L, Mereu S, Salvatori E, Agliari E, Fares S, Manes F. Modeling ozone uptake by urban and peri-urban forest: a case study in the Metropolitan City of Rome. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:8190-8205. [PMID: 29079972 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0474-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Urban and peri-urban forests are green infrastructures (GI) that play a substantial role in delivering ecosystem services such as the amelioration of air quality by the removal of air pollutants, among which is ozone (O3), which is the most harmful pollutant in Mediterranean metropolitan areas. Models may provide a reliable estimate of gas exchanges between vegetation and atmosphere and are thus a powerful tool to quantify and compare O3 removal in different contexts. The present study modeled the O3 stomatal uptake at canopy level of an urban and a peri-urban forest in the Metropolitan City of Rome in two different years. Results show different rates of O3 fluxes between the two forests, due to different exposure to the pollutant, management practice effects on forest structure and functionality, and environmental conditions, namely, different stressors affecting the gas exchange rates of the two GIs. The periodic components of the time series calculated by means of the spectral analysis show that seasonal variation of modeled canopy transpiration is driven by precipitation in peri-urban forests, whereas in the urban forest seasonal variations are driven by vapor pressure deficit of ambient air. Moreover, in the urban forest high water availability during summer months, owing to irrigation practice, leads to an increase in O3 uptake, thus suggesting that irrigation may enhance air phytoremediation in urban areas.
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- Lina Fusaro
- Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- Impacts on Agriculture, Forests and Natural Ecosystems (IAFES) Division, CMCC, Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Sassari, Italy
- Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources (DipNET), University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica (GNFM-INdAM), Rome, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Viale Santa Margherita 80, 52100, Arezzo, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro, 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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