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| The role of organic and inorganic solutes in the osmotic adjustment of drought-stressed Jatropha curcas plants | |
| Silva, E. N. | |
| 2010 | |
| Source Publication | Environmental and Experimental Botany
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| ISSN | 0098-8472 |
| Volume | 69Issue:3Pages:279-285 |
| Abstract | This study aimed to assess the accumulation of organic and inorganic solutes and their relative contribution to osmotic adjustment in roots and leaves of Jatropha curcas subjected to different water deficit intensity. Plants were grown in vermiculite 50% (control), 40%, 30%, 20% and 10% expressed in gravimetric water content. The water potential, osmotic potential and turgor potential of leaves decreased progressively in parallel to CO(2) photosynthetic assimilation, transpiration and stomatal conductance, as the water deficit increased. However, the relative water content, succulence and water content in the leaves did not show differences between the control and stressed plants, indicating osmotic adjustment associated with an efficient mechanisms to prevent water loss by transpiration through stomatal closure. The K() ions had greater quantitative participation in the osmotic adjustment in both leaves and roots followed by Na() and Cl(-), while the NO(3)(-) ion only showed minor involvement. Of the organic solutes studied, the total soluble sugars showed the highest relative contribution to the osmotic adjustment in both organs and its concentration positively increased with more severe water deficit. The free amino acids and glycinebetaine also effectively contributed to the osmotic potential reduction of both the root and leaves. The role of proline was quantitatively insignificant in terms of osmotic adjustment, in both the control and stressed roots and leaves. Our data reveal that roots and leaves of J. curcas young plants display osmotic adjustment in response to drought stress linked with mechanisms to prevent water loss by transpiration by means of the participation of inorganic and organic solutes and stomatal closure. Of all the solutes studied, soluble sugars uniquely display a prominent drought-induced synthesis and/or accumulation in both roots and leaves. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/7741 |
| Collection | 热带植物资源可持续利用重点实验室特色文献_小桐子相关文献 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Silva, E. N.. The role of organic and inorganic solutes in the osmotic adjustment of drought-stressed Jatropha curcas plants[J]. Environmental and Experimental Botany,2010,69(3):279-285. |
| APA | Silva, E. N..(2010).The role of organic and inorganic solutes in the osmotic adjustment of drought-stressed Jatropha curcas plants.Environmental and Experimental Botany,69(3),279-285. |
| MLA | Silva, E. N.."The role of organic and inorganic solutes in the osmotic adjustment of drought-stressed Jatropha curcas plants".Environmental and Experimental Botany 69.3(2010):279-285. |
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