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Agronomy
Rui Zhu, Tiesong Hu, Fengyan Wu, Yong Liu, Shan Zhou, Yanxuan Wang
Summary: This study investigates the effects of water deficit and flooding stress on rice's intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) and the relationship between iWUE variations and stress-induced physiological changes. The results show that water deficit and flooding stress decrease rice's photosynthetic and water transport capacities, leading to an increase in iWUE. However, improved iWUE cannot prevent yield reduction. Interestingly, the decrease in photosynthetic capacity is significantly correlated with the decline in water transport capacity. This study has important implications for understanding crop physiological responses to environmental stresses.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Yansen Xu, Bo Shang, Jinlong Peng, Zhaozhong Feng, Lasse Tarvainen
Summary: The relationship between photosynthesis and stomatal conductance varies among species when exposed to elevated ozone levels, affecting water use efficiency. This study exposed two different ozone-sensitive species to varying ozone concentrations and found that ozone uptake led to reductions in Rubisco carboxylation and electron transport rates. When incorporated into a coupled model, the simulated photosynthesis and stomatal conductance matched well with observations.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
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Forestry
Min-Hui Bi, Chao Jiang, Timothy Brodribb, Yu-Jie Yang, Guang-Qian Yao, Hui Jiang, Xiang-Wen Fang
Summary: Clarifying the mechanisms of gas exchange recovery after drought in plants is crucial for understanding plant drought adaptation and habitat distribution. However, these mechanisms are largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the role of ethylene in regulating stomatal reopening after moderate drought stress in Fraxinus chinensis seedlings. We found strong evidence that the slow stomatal reopening is regulated by a decrease in ethylene emission rate, rather than changes in leaf hydraulics or ABA levels. This finding opens up new possibilities for understanding plant drought adaptation.
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Agronomy
Jie Xiang, Laura H. Vickers, Martin C. Hare, Peter S. Kettlewell
Summary: The use of film antitranspirant (AT) can effectively reduce yield losses of rapeseed crops under drought conditions. Increasing the concentration of film AT can further improve the yield of rapeseed, which is associated with the improvement of leaf water status.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Wei Ting Ma, Guillaume Tcherkez, Xu Ming Wang, Rudi Schaeufele, Hans Schnyder, Yusheng Yang, Xiao Ying Gong
Summary: Carbon isotope discrimination (Delta) is widely used to infer intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) of C-3 plants, but the effect of mesophyll conductance (g(m)) on Delta-based predictions of iWUE has been generally neglected. This study derived a mathematical expression of iWUE as a function of Delta that includes g(m) (iWUE(mes)) and found that the inclusion of the g(sc) : g(m) ratio greatly improved estimates of iWUE across various C-3 vegetation types.
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Horticulture
Haijun Liu, Mengxuan Shao, Li Yang
Summary: With the increasing demand for vegetable fruits, tomato crops are now increasingly planted in solar greenhouses in North China. This study evaluated the photosynthetic characteristics of tomato plants and its responses to the inside microclimate in a sunken solar greenhouse. Results showed that both plant transpiration and photosynthesis rates were positively related to inside radiation and vapor pressure deficit. The water use efficiency at the leaf level was higher under specific environmental conditions. These findings could help enhance the growth of tomato crops in winter by using this sunken solar greenhouse.
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Plant Sciences
J. M. Han, J. Flexas, D. L. Xiong, J. Galmes, Y. L. Zhang
Summary: This study analyzed the effects of a drought cycle on photosynthesis in cotton and found that both upland and pima cotton decreased net CO2 assimilation rate under drought conditions. However, pima cotton showed a stronger recovery ability after rewatering. The response of leaf intrinsic WUE to drought and recovery was mainly regulated by the maximum carboxylation rate and stomatal conductance.
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Environmental Sciences
Qi Liao, Shujie Gu, Shaozhong Kang, Taisheng Du, Ling Tong, Jeffrey D. Wood, Risheng Ding
Summary: The study reveals that mild water and salt stress can enhance the water use efficiency of maize by affecting leaf osmotic adjustment and hydraulic resistance to reduce stomatal conductance and lower net photosynthesis rate. Furthermore, combined water and salt stress can reduce transpiration, stabilize yield, and improve grain water use efficiency by decreasing stomatal conductance, maintaining photosynthetic capacity, and enhancing harvest index, providing a novel approach for efficient water and salt management.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Amanda P. De Souza
Summary: Food insecurity is a growing global issue, and understanding crop responses to climate change is crucial for ensuring crop adaptation and productivity. Photosynthesis, the key process determining crop productivity, is influenced by atmospheric CO2 concentration as well as other factors. Wall et al. (2023) examined stomatal responses and their relationship with carbon assimilation during changes in light intensity under elevated CO2 conditions.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Zhaoguo Wang, Chuankuan Wang
Summary: Increasing CO2 concentration can enhance photosynthesis and reduce water loss, benefiting tree growth. Different tree species and ages respond differently to eCO2, while changes in temperature and water availability can impact these responses. This study improves our understanding of tree gas exchange in a changing climate.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2021)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Aicha Nait Douch, Laila Boukhalef, Abdelhafed El Asbahani, Ali A. Al-Namazi, Khadija El Mehrach, Laila Bouqbis, Mourad Touaf, Fatima Ain-Lhout
Summary: Grazing has a positive impact on the performance and resilience of the endemic Moroccan species Argania spinosa, as it increases photosynthetic rate, photochemical efficiency, and drought tolerance, although the compensation mechanism is limited during summer drought.
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Plant Sciences
David Eyland, Clara Gambart, Rony Swennen, Sebastien Carpentier
Summary: The rise in global temperature is causing both direct effects on plant functioning and an increase in air vapour pressure deficit (VPD). A study evaluated the stomatal and transpiration responses of 8 wild banana subspecies under increasing VPD, and identified three phenotypic groups with significant differences in stomatal reactivity. Some subspecies, such as M. acuminata ssp. zebrina and M. balbisiana, showed higher transpiration rate limitations and increased water use efficiency under high VPD levels, making them potential parent material for breeding drought-resistant bananas.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Sijesh Natarajan, Jaya Basnayake, Prakash Lakshmanan, Shu Fukai
Summary: In this study, the relationship between intrinsic transpiration efficiency (iTE) and productivity traits in sugarcane genotypes was investigated under different irrigation conditions. The results showed that genotypes with higher iTE and photosynthetic capacity (A(c)) had the potential to improve productivity without the negative impact of low stomatal conductance (g(s)). Water stress significantly affected photosynthesis and cane yield, highlighting the importance of selecting genotypes with optimal iTE under different environmental conditions.
PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Mathew Geisler, Sven Buerki, Marcelo D. Serpe
Summary: This study investigates the effect of symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) on drought tolerance in Artemisia tridentata seedlings. The results show that AMF colonization enhances intrinsic water use efficiency and delays the decrease in photosynthesis caused by drought in greenhouse experiments. However, there is no significant effect of AMF inoculation on survival and inflorescence development in the field.
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Plant Sciences
Amanda M. Salvi, Sophia G. Gosetti, Duncan D. Smith, Mark A. Adams, Thomas J. Givnish, Katherine A. McCulloh
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between hydroscape area (HA) and climatic conditions and functional traits across 10 Eucalyptus species in the Hawaiian Islands. The results show that HA decreases with increased P/E-p, and larger HA coincides with species that have higher sensitivity to mesophyll photosynthetic capacity.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)