Preparation of high water-retaining biochar and its mechanism of alleviating drought stress in the soil and plant system

Biochar ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Li ◽  
Zhongxin Tan
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
High Water ◽  
Plant System

scholarly journals Physiological Responses under Drought Stress of Improved Drought-Tolerant Rice Lines and their Parents

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 679-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preeyanuch LARKUNTHOD ◽  
Noppawan NOUNJAN ◽  
Jonaliza L SIANGLIW ◽  
Theerayut TOOJINDA ◽  
Jirawat SANITCHON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Drought Tolerance ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Physiological Responses ◽  
High Water ◽  
Recurrent Parent ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Substitution Lines ◽  
Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines ◽  
Drought Tolerant

Many of the economically important rice cultivars including ‘Khao Dawk Mali 105’ (KDML105) or jasmine rice, one of the world’s famous rice exported from Thailand suffers from drought due to erratic rainfalls and limited irrigation. To improve drought tolerance and reserve genetic background of KDML105, chromosome segment substitution lines (CSSL) containing drought tolerant quantitative trait loci (DT-QTL) has been previously developed by backcrossing between KDML105 and drought tolerant donor, IR58586-F2-CA-143 (DH212). To understand the physiological responses related to drought tolerance in CSSL lines compared to parents, two CSSLs namely CSSL1-16 and CSSL1-18, respectively were used in this study. Twenty-one-d-old hydroponically grown plants were subjected to 20% PEG for 0, 7, 14 d and then recovered from stress for 3 d. The results indicated that CSSL lines especially, CSSL1-16 showed better performance under drought stress compared to their recurrent parent. Drought tolerance superior CSSL1-16 line was indicated by high water status (high relative water content and leaf water potential), good osmotic adjustment, high proline and greater membrane stability. Moreover, this line was able to resume growth after stress recovery whereas other lines/cultivar could not recover. Similarly, drought tolerant donor showed high water status suggesting that well-maintained plant water status was associated with drought tolerant trait. It could be concluded that the highest drought tolerant line was CSSL1-16 followed by DH212, CSSL1-18 and KDML105. It would be interesting to go further into introgressed section in CSSL1-16 to identify potential candidate genes in DT-QTL for breeding drought tolerant rice in the future.

scholarly journals Phytohormone Cross-Talk Synthesizes Glycoalkaloids in Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in Response to Aphid (Myzus persicae Sulzer) Infestation under Drought Stress

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 724
Author(s):  
Peter Quandahor ◽  
Yuping Gou ◽  
Chunyan Lin ◽  
Mohammed Mujitaba Dawuda ◽  
Jeffrey A. Coulter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Cross Talk ◽  
Green Peach Aphid ◽  
Solanum Tuberosum L ◽  
Insect Pest ◽  
Potato Production ◽  
High Water ◽  
High Water Content ◽  
Aphid Infestation ◽  
Green Peach Aphids

Potato production is adversely affected by aphid infestation across the globe. Understanding the mechanism of host plant defense against aphids under drought stress is paramount for insect pest management. This study was conducted to examine the cross-talk of phytohormones in potato glycoalkaloids’ defense against green peach aphids under greenhouse conditions. A 3 × 2 × 2 factorial experiment comprising three potato cultivars (Qingshu 9, Longshu 3, and Atlantic) and two levels each of water availability and aphid infestation was conducted. The results show that under drought stress, green peach aphids thrive well on host plants, which contain a relatively high water content. The resistant cultivar DXY, which exhibited a higher level of phytohormones, also demonstrated higher α-chaconine and α-solanine contents in both leaf and root, under drought and aphid stress. Conversely, the susceptible cultivar QS9, which exhibited a lower level of phytohormones, also demonstrated low α-chaconine and α-solanine contents in both leaf and root, under drought and aphid stress. The DXY cultivar, which possessed high resistant traits such as α-chaconine and α-solanine, can be used in areas where green peach aphid infestation is a major setback.

scholarly journals Effect of water stress and AM fungi on the growth performance of pea

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Jaya Thakur ◽  
Bharat Shinde
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Root Length ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Am Fungi ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
High Water ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Number Of Leaves ◽  
Mycorrhizal Plants

The study was conducted to determine the effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi inoculation on growth of pea grown under water stressed pot culture conditions. Water stress was given to the pea plants after 30 days at the interval of 4, 8 and 12 days. The data was collected at an interval of 15 days. Three replicates of each set were maintained. . The mixture of AM fungi used for current experiment included the species of Acaulospora denticulata, A. gerdemannii, Glomus macrocarpum, G. maculosum, G. fasciculatum and Scutellospora minuta. The mycorrhizal plants have shown more shoot and root length as compared to the control plants. The height of shoot and root was significantly decreased with the increase in drought stress. Mycorrhizal plants with low water stress showed enhanced shoot and root length than high water stress. The mycorrhizal plants have shown more number of leaves than control plants during drought stress. The number of leaves significantly reduced with the increase in drought stress. The leaves produced by the control plants were comparatively smaller than those of mycorrhizal plants. The dry weight of root and shoot of both control and mycorrhizal plants decreased with the increase in water stress. Mycorrhizal plants showed more dry weight of shoot and root as compared to control plants.  Plants inoculated with AM fungi produce more dry weight than the control plants. The fresh weight of both control and mycorrhizal plants has been decreased with the increase in water stress interval and also the fresh weight of root and shoot was observed higher in mycorrhizal plants as compared to those of control plants.

scholarly journals Water availability dynamics have long-term effects on mature stem structure in Vitis vinifera

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Munitz ◽  
Y. Netzer ◽  
Ilana Shtein ◽  
A. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Hydraulic Conductivity ◽  
Vitis Vinifera ◽  
Water Potential ◽  
Water Availability ◽  
Vegetative Growth ◽  
Ring Width ◽  
High Water ◽  
Anatomical Structure ◽  
Trunk Diameter

AbstractVitis vinifera is a climbing vine with wide vessels and high hydraulic conductivity. There is a lack of data on the anatomical structure of the mature vine stem, and most current knowledge is based on first-year shoots. Moreover, the effect of drought stress on anatomical structure has been partly reported in shoots of Vitis vinifera but not in stems.In current study two irrigation approaches were applied on Vitis vinifera Merlot vines: constant (low, medium and high irrigation) and dynamic (early/late season water deficit). The following parameters were measured: trunk diameter, annual ring width and area, vessel diameter, specific hydraulic conductivity and stem water potential.High water availability early in the season (high irrigation and late deficit) resulted in vigorous vegetative growth (greater trunk diameter, ring width and area), wider vessels and increased specific hydraulic conductivity. The distribution of large xylem vessels was altered by drought stress, where high water availability early in the season caused a shift of the vessel population towards the wider frequency classes. Interestingly, the early deficit vines showed more negative water potential values late in the season compared to the low irrigation vines. This may imply an effect of anatomical structure on vine water status.HighlightsWater availability early in the season determines vegetative growth and stem anatomical structure in mature Vitis vinifera vines.

scholarly journals Necrotic upper tips1mimics heat and drought stress and encodes a protoxylem-specific transcription factor in maize

2020 ◽  
Vol 117 (34) ◽  
pp. 20908-20919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaobin Dong ◽  
Zhennan Xu ◽  
Ling Xu ◽  
Mary Galli ◽  
Andrea Gallavotti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Wall ◽  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Target Genes ◽  
Water Movement ◽  
High Water ◽  
Leaf Sheath ◽  
Coding Region ◽  
Downstream Target ◽  
Vessel Integrity

Maintaining sufficient water transport during flowering is essential for proper organ growth, fertilization, and yield. Water deficits that coincide with flowering result in leaf wilting, necrosis, tassel browning, and sterility, a stress condition known as “tassel blasting.” We identified a mutant,necrotic upper tips1(nut1), that mimics tassel blasting and drought stress and reveals the genetic mechanisms underlying these processes. Thenut1phenotype is evident only after the floral transition, and the mutants have difficulty moving water as shown by dye uptake and movement assays. These defects are correlated with reduced protoxylem vessel thickness that indirectly affects metaxylem cell wall integrity and function in the mutant.nut1is caused by anActransposon insertion into the coding region of a uniqueNACtranscription factor within theVNDclade ofArabidopsis. NUT1 localizes to the developing protoxylem of root, stem, and leaf sheath, but not metaxylem, and its expression is induced by flowering. NUT1 downstream target genes function in cell wall biosynthesis, apoptosis, and maintenance of xylem cell wall thickness and strength. These results show that maintaining protoxylem vessel integrity during periods of high water movement requires the expression of specialized, dynamically regulated transcription factors within the vasculature.

scholarly journals Physiological Properties and Molecular Regulation in Different Edamame Cultivars under Drought Stress

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 939
Author(s):  
Chung-Tse Chen ◽  
Chun-Tang Lu ◽  
Jason T. C. Tzen ◽  
Chin-Ying Yang
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
High Water ◽  
Molecular Regulation ◽  
Drought Treatment ◽  
Physiological Properties ◽  
Glycine Max L ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Qualification Rate ◽  
Aba Biosynthesis

Edamame (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is an important economic crop worldwide and is a good source of protein and nutrients. Kaohsiung No. 9 (KH9), Kaohsiung No. 11 (KH11), and Xiang-Ji (XJ) are three major edamame cultivars planted in Taiwan. Edamame has high water requirements in all development stages. Insufficient irrigation causes aborted blossoms, small pods, and shriveled beans, thus greatly reducing the yield. We examined the three aforementioned cultivars in drought conditions during the blooming period. The results revealed that drought stress decreased the yield in all three cultivars; however, XJ and KH11 showed better drought resistant ability than KH9 did. The reduction of the qualification rate and the dry weight of qualified pods by drought stress in XJ, KH9 and KH11 was 23%, 33%, 21% and 32%, 62%, and 44%, respectively. The quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction results indicated that genes involved in the abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis, ABA-dependent, and ABA-independent pathways were upregulated by drought stress in KH11, which may explain why KH11 produced higher yields than KH9 after drought treatment. We determined that drought-related signaling transduction differed among these edamame cultivars, resulting in different drought tolerance.

Identification of Peanut Genotypes with High Water Use Efficiency under Drought Stress Conditions from Peanut Germplasm of Diverse Origins

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 628-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Jongrungkl ◽  
B. Toomsan ◽  
N. Vorasoot ◽  
S. Jogloy ◽  
T. Kesmala ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
High Water ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Use Efficiency

scholarly journals Screening of Lettuce Germplasm for Agronomic Traits under Low Water Conditions

HortScience ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 669-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renée L. Eriksen ◽  
Caleb Knepper ◽  
Michael D. Cahn ◽  
Beiquan Mou
Keyword(s):  
Drought Stress ◽  
Agronomic Traits ◽  
High Water ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Lactuca Serriola ◽  
Cultivar Selection ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Water Conditions ◽  
Leaf Lettuce ◽  
Water Treatments

After a preliminary screening of over 3500 cultivars, we selected 200 butterhead, cos, crisphead, leaf, and stem lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and wild prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola L.) varieties to test under high water (150% evapotranspiration [ET]) and low water (50% ET) conditions in the field, and tracked commercially relevant traits related to growth and marketability, maturity, and physiology. Plants typically reduced growth and appeared to reallocate developmental resources to achieve maturity quickly, as indicated by traits such as increased core length. This strategy may allow them to complete their life cycle before severe drought stress proves lethal. Although most cultivars experienced a reduction in growth under low water conditions relative to high water conditions, some cultivars had a significantly reduced yield penalty under stress conditions. Among the different types of lettuce, the fresh weight (FW) of cos cultivars was most affected by drought stress, and the FW of leaf lettuce was least affected. Cos cultivars tended to bolt early. Crisphead cultivars Cal-West 80, Heatmaster, and Marion produced large heads and did not bolt under low water treatments, and butterhead cultivars Buttercrunch and Bibb also produced relatively large heads with very little bolting and no signs of tipburn. The four green leaf cultivars Slobolt, Grand Rapids, Western Green, and Australian showed no statistically significant difference in FW among high and low water treatments in multiple trials, and may be good choices for growers who wish to minimize losses under reduced irrigation. The identification of potentially drought-tolerant varieties and the information from this study may be helpful for cultivar selection by growers under drought conditions, but this study also serves as a step forward in the genetic improvement of lettuce to drought stress.

Differential photosynthetic performance and photoprotection mechanisms of three Mediterranean evergreen oaks under severe drought stress

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 453 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Javier Peguero-Pina ◽  
Domingo Sancho-Knapik ◽  
Fermín Morales ◽  
Jaume Flexas ◽  
Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Drought Stress ◽  
Oxidative Damage ◽  
Dark Respiration ◽  
Photosynthetic Electron Transport ◽  
High Water ◽  
Quercus Suber ◽  
Photochemical Quenching ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Evergreen Oaks

The ability of three Mediterranean oaks (Quercus coccifera L., Quercus ilex ssp. ballota (Desf.) Samp and Quercus suber L.) to cope with intense drought was investigated. Water stress reduced stomatal conductance and photosynthesis in these species. Drought-mediated changes in photosynthetic-related parameters allowed the characterisation of the specific photo-protective mechanisms. Specifically, Q. suber downregulated photosynthetic electron transport rates (ETR) closing PSII reaction centres (i.e. decreasing photochemical quenching) and through an antheraxanthin (A) + zeaxanthin (Z)-mediated diminished intrinsic PSII efficiency (Φexc.). These changes were lower in Q. coccifera and Q. ilex ssp. ballota, which decreased further ETR photo-inactivating PSII centres (evidenced by their low predawn Fv/Fm ratios at high water stress). The predawn Fv/Fm ratio decreased in Q. coccifera largely due to Fm decreases, whereas in Q. ilex ssp. ballota Fv/Fm decreases were due to F0 increases, below –4 MPa. These Fv/Fm decreases were well correlated with increases in the A + Z photo-protective pigments. An analysis of dark respiration and photorespiration as alternative electron sinks under intense drought stress also revealed interspecific differences. The largest imbalance between electrons generated and consumed increased potentially oxidative damage in Q. suber. Subsequently, only Q. suber showed loss of chlorophyll, which is one of the main targets of oxidative damage. Data suggest that Q. coccifera and Q. ilex ssp. ballota seem more able than Q. suber to withstand highly xeric conditions. Therefore, our results question the consideration of Mediterranean evergreen oaks as a homogeneous physiological group.

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