Effect of drought stress on the osmotic adjustment, cell wall elasticity and cell volume of six cultivars of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.P. Martínez ◽  
H. Silva ◽  
J.F. Ledent ◽  
M. Pinto
2010 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Chai ◽  
Fang Jin ◽  
Emily Merewitz ◽  
Bingru Huang

The objective of this study was to determine physiological traits for drought survival and post-drought recovery upon re-watering in two C3 perennial grass species, kentucky bluegrass [KBG (Poa pratensis)] and perennial ryegrass [PRG (Lolium perenne)]. Plants were maintained well watered or exposed to drought stress by withholding irrigation and were then re-watered in a growth chamber. KBG had significantly higher grass quality and leaf photochemical efficiency, and lower electrolyte leakage than PRG during 20 days of drought. After 7 days of re-watering, drought-damaged leaves were rehydrated to the control level in KBG, but could not fully recover in PRG. KBG produced a greater number of new roots, while PRG had more rapid elongation of new roots after 16 days of re-watering. Superior drought tolerance in KBG was associated with osmotic adjustment, higher cell wall elasticity, and lower relative water content at zero turgor. Osmotic adjustment, cell wall elasticity, and cell membrane stability could play important roles in leaf desiccation tolerance and drought survival in perennial grass species. In addition, post-drought recovery of leaf hydration level and physiological activity could be associated with the accumulation of carbohydrates in leaves and rhizomes during drought stress and new root production after re-watering.


2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W Blair ◽  
Andrea C Fernandez ◽  
Manabu Ishitani ◽  
Danilo Moreta ◽  
Motoaki Seki ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tânia M. Shiga ◽  
Franco M. Lajolo ◽  
Tullia M.C.C. Filisetti

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 313-314
Author(s):  
M. N. E. Faiyad ◽  
Fatma S. El- Shafei ◽  
Manal F. Tantawy

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (22) ◽  
pp. 10999-11005 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Moisés Laparra ◽  
Raymond P. Glahn ◽  
Dennis D. Miller

2010 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Blair ◽  
Carohna Astudillo ◽  
Judith Rengifo ◽  
Steve E. Beebe ◽  
Robin Graham

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurício Ursi Ventura ◽  
Tania Pereira ◽  
Daiane Heloisa Nunes ◽  
Iara Cintra de Arruda

The beetle Astylus variegatus (Germ.) (Coleoptera: Melyridae) is frequently found in flowers feeding on pollen. Responses of A. variegatus to volatile floral attractants were studied in common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) fields. Traps originally designed to capture Diabrotica speciosa (Germ.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), consisted of plastic bottles (2 L) with 150 holes (5-mm diameter) yellow gold painted and containing inside a plastic strip (3.5 <FONT FACE=Symbol>´</FONT> 25 cm) with Lagenaria vulgaris (L.) powder (0.28% B cucurbitacin - feeding stimulant and arrestant for diabroticites) sprayed with carbaril insecticide. Treatments consisted of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene (one or two dispensers per trap), 1,4-dimethoxybenze + indole, 1,4-dimethoxybenzene + cinnameldehyde and control. Volatile average release rates (over ten days) was approximately 32 mg day-1 per dispenser under laboratory conditions. 1,4-dimethoxybenzene-lured traps caught significantly more beetles than the control, three and seven days after trap setting. Ten days after the onset of the experiment, there were no differences in number of beetles caught by treatments. Captures were higher in the 1,4-dimethoxybenzene + cinnamaldehyde treatment than in 1,4-dimethoxybenzene only in the first assessment. Adding indole to 1,4-dimethoxybenzene did not improve beetle captures.


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