Carry-over benefit of high internal N pool on growth and function of oak seedlings (Quercus petraea) competing with Deschampsia cespitosa

Abstract Due to climate change, sessile oak (Quercus petraea) seedlings experience an increasing risk of drought during regeneration of forest stands by management practices. The present study was aimed at elucidating the potential of sessile oak seedlings originating from sites with different aridity and nitrogen (N) supply to acclimate to contrasting water availability. For this purpose, a free-air cross-exchange experiment was conducted between a dry and a humid forest stand with high and low soil N contents, respectively, during two consecutive years differing in aridity before harvest. Almost all structural and physiological foliar traits analyzed did not differ consistently between seed origins during both years, when cultivated at the same site. As an exception, the arid provenance upregulated foliar ascorbate contents under drought, whereas the humid provenance accumulated the phenolic antioxidants vescalagin and castalagin (VC) under favorable weather conditions and consumed VC upon drought. Apparently, differences in long-term aridity at the forest sites resulted in only few genetically fixed differences in foliar traits between the provenances. However, structural and physiological traits strongly responded to soil N contents and weather conditions before harvest. Foliar N contents and their partitioning were mostly determined by the differences in soil N availability at the sites, but still were modulated by weather conditions before harvest. In the first year, differences in aridity before harvest resulted in differences between most foliar traits. In the second year, when weather conditions at both sites were considerably similar and more arid compared to the first year, differences in foliar traits were almost negligible. This pattern was observed irrespective of seed origin. These results support the view that leaves of sessile oak seedlings generally possess a high plasticity to cope with extreme differences in aridity by immediate acclimation responses that are even better developed in plants of arid origin.

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Response of sessile oak seedlings (Quercus petraea) to flooding: an integrated study

Tree Physiology ◽

10.1093/treephys/26.6.759 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 26 (6) ◽

pp. 759-766 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

H. Folzer ◽

J. F. Dat ◽

N. Capelli ◽

D. Rieffel ◽

P.-M. Badot

Keyword(s):

Quercus Petraea ◽

Sessile Oak ◽

Integrated Study ◽

Oak Seedlings

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Early Summer Drought Stress During the First Growing Year Stimulates Extra Shoot Growth in Oak Seedlings (Quercus petraea)

Frontiers in Plant Science ◽

10.3389/fpls.2016.00193 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Arion Turcsán ◽

Kathy Steppe ◽

Edit Sárközi ◽

Éva Erdélyi ◽

Marc Missoorten ◽

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Keyword(s):

Drought Stress ◽

Shoot Growth ◽

Quercus Petraea ◽

Early Summer ◽

Summer Drought ◽

Oak Seedlings

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Molecular cloning and characterization of calmodulin genes in young oak seedlings (Quercus petraea L.) during early flooding stress

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression ◽

10.1016/j.bbaexp.2004.12.009 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 1727 (3) ◽

pp. 213-219 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Hélène Folzer ◽

Nicolas Capelli ◽

James Dat ◽

Pierre-Marie Badot

Keyword(s):

Molecular Cloning ◽

Quercus Petraea ◽

Flooding Stress ◽

Oak Seedlings

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Effects of extremely high temperatures on some growth parameters of sessile oak (Quercus petraea/Matt./Liebl.) seedlings in northeastern Serbia

Archives of Biological Sciences ◽

10.2298/abs171215013k ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 70 (3) ◽

pp. 521-529 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Milun Krstic ◽

Branko Kanjevac ◽

Violeta Babic

Keyword(s):

Heat Wave ◽

High Temperatures ◽

Growth Parameters ◽

Weather Conditions ◽

Quercus Petraea ◽

Protective Role ◽

Mature Trees ◽

Climate Conditions ◽

Sessile Oak ◽

Oak Seedlings

This paper presents research results on the effects of the extremely high temperatures during the heat wave of August 2017 on the growth and development of injury symptoms in sessile oak (Quercus petraea /Matt./Liebl.) seedlings of different age in the area of the Majdanpek municipality in northeastern Serbia. The starting hypotheses of this study is that the resistance of sessile oak seedlings to extremely high temperatures changes with age and that the stand canopy has a significant protective role in situations where sessile oak seedlings are endangered by extremely high temperatures. The extreme weather conditions at the beginning of August manifested themselves in extremely high temperatures and prolonged absence of precipitation. The average temperature at the beginning of August 2017 was 5.0 to 5.1o? (depending on the altitude) higher compared to the period of seedling growth (2010-2016). During the heat wave, the recorded precipitation was in the range from 0 to 1 mm. These climate conditions significantly affected the development of young seedlings, causing wilting of smaller or larger parts of the leaf surface and sometimes leading to plant death. Using analysis of variance, differences in the intensity of seedling damage were found to depend on age, height, and the protection provided by the mature stand canopy. The obtained results point to the very important role of mature trees in the protection of seedlings from the dangers of extremely high temperatures.

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Conformation of Ribosomes from Escherichia Coli

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100051062 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 210-211

Author(s):

M. Boublik ◽

W. Hellmann ◽

F. Jenkins

Keyword(s):

Binding Sites ◽

Ribosomal Proteins ◽

Fluorescent Dyes ◽

Protein Biosynthesis ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Spatial Arrangement ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Complete Understanding ◽

And Function

The present knowledge of the three-dimensional structure of ribosomes is far too limited to enable a complete understanding of the various roles which ribosomes play in protein biosynthesis. The spatial arrangement of proteins and ribonuclec acids in ribosomes can be analysed in many ways. Determination of binding sites for individual proteins on ribonuclec acid and locations of the mutual positions of proteins on the ribosome using labeling with fluorescent dyes, cross-linking reagents, neutron-diffraction or antibodies against ribosomal proteins seem to be most successful approaches. Structure and function of ribosomes can be correlated be depleting the complete ribosomes of some proteins to the functionally inactive core and by subsequent partial reconstitution in order to regain active ribosomal particles.

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The Effect of Oxidized Cholesterol on the Aorta of Rabbits- Scanning Electron Microscopic Observations

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100054327 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

pp. 340-341

Author(s):

S. K. Pena ◽

C. B. Taylor ◽

J. Hill ◽

J. Safarik

Keyword(s):

Cholesterol Biosynthesis ◽

Cholesterol Content ◽

Arterial Injury ◽

Electron Microscopic ◽

Aortic Smooth Muscle ◽

Oxidized Cholesterol ◽

Initial Event ◽

Membrane Structure And Function ◽

Scanning Electron Microscopic ◽

And Function

Introduction: Oxidized cholesterol derivatives have been demonstrated in various cell cultures to be very potent inhibitors of 3-hvdroxy-3- methylglutaryl Coenzyme A reductase which is a principle regulator of cholesterol biosynthesis in the cell. The cholesterol content in the cells exposed to oxidized cholesterol was found to be markedly decreased. In aortic smooth muscle cells, the potency of this effect was closely related to the cytotoxicity of each derivative. Furthermore, due to the similarity of their molecular structure to that of cholesterol, these oxidized cholesterol derivatives might insert themselves into the cell membrane, alter membrane structure and function and eventually cause cell death. Arterial injury has been shown to be the initial event of atherosclerosis.

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Ultrastructure of developing visual cortical synapses in the cat superior colliculus

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100085083 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 49 ◽

pp. 156-157

Author(s):

Caroline A. Miller ◽

Laura L. Bruce

Keyword(s):

Superior Colliculus ◽

Phosphate Buffer ◽

Receptive Fields ◽

Visual Cortical Area ◽

Cortical Synapses ◽

Visual Cortical ◽

And Function ◽

Phosphate Buffered Saline ◽

The Brain ◽

Cat Superior Colliculus

The first visual cortical axons arrive in the cat superior colliculus by the time of birth. Adultlike receptive fields develop slowly over several weeks following birth. The developing cortical axons go through a sequence of changes before acquiring their adultlike morphology and function. To determine how these axons interact with neurons in the colliculus, cortico-collicular axons were labeled with biocytin (an anterograde neuronal tracer) and studied with electron microscopy.Deeply anesthetized animals received 200-500 nl injections of biocytin (Sigma; 5% in phosphate buffer) in the lateral suprasylvian visual cortical area. After a 24 hr survival time, the animals were deeply anesthetized and perfused with 0.9% phosphate buffered saline followed by fixation with a solution of 1.25% glutaraldehyde and 1.0% paraformaldehyde in 0.1M phosphate buffer. The brain was sectioned transversely on a vibratome at 50 μm. The tissue was processed immediately to visualize the biocytin.

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