Anatomical adaptations of the desert species Stipa lagascae against drought stress

Biologia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Façal Boughalleb ◽  
Raoudha Abdellaoui ◽  
Zied Hadded ◽  
Mohammed Neffati
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Water Potential ◽  
Water Deficit ◽  
Cortical Cell ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Leaf Rolling ◽  
Drought Period ◽  
Severe Water Deficit ◽  
Anatomical Adaptations ◽  
Stipa Lagascae

AbstractStipa lagascae R. & Sch. (perennial bunchgrass) is one of the most promising steppic species for arid and desert lands of Tunisia. The present study was designed to study the effect of drought on root and leaf anatomy, water relationship, and the growth of three- month-old S. lagascae plants, submitted to water deficit (5, 10, 15, 20, 30 days of withheld irrigation) and grown in pots in greenhouse conditions. The results show that water deficit treatments reduced the biomass accumulation (MS) and leaf water potential (Ψw) of plants. However, leaf relative water content (RWC) decreased significantly only at severe drought. The root’s anatomical features showed reduced root cross-sectional diameter under water deficit. Conversely, epidermis was unaffected by water stress. Moderate and/or severe water deficit (20-30 days) reduced significantly the cortex thickness, cortical cell size, stele diameter, xylem vessel diameter and the stele/root crosssectional ratio, while the number of cortical cells increased for severe water deficit. The cuticles and mesophyll of S. lagascae was thickened by moderate to severe drought and the entire lamina thickness was increased significantly by 5.8% only after 30 days of water deficit while epidermis was unaffected by water deficit. However, severe water deficit (30 days) decreased the width and the length of the bundle sheath. At the same time, the mesophyll cells size and both the xylem and phloem vessels diameter diminished by 12, 16.8 and 17.5%, respectively. Leaf rolling occurs as a response to water deficit and its level increases as the drought period is progressing in plants while reduced bulliform cells size occurred only at severe water deficit. Our findings suggest a complex network of root and leaf anatomical adaptations such as a reduced vessel size with lesser cortical and mesophyll parenchyma formation and increased leaf rolling. These proprieties are required for the maintenance of water potential and energy storage under water stress which can improve the resistance of S. lagascae to survive in extremely arid areas

Effects of water stress and soil type on photosynthesis, leaf water potential and yield of olive trees (Olea europaea L. cv. Chemlali Sfax)

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (12) ◽  
pp. 1484 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ben Rouina ◽  
A. Trigui ◽  
R. d'Andria ◽  
M. Boukhris ◽  
M. Chaïeb
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Water Potential ◽  
Leaf Water Potential ◽  
Sandy Soil ◽  
Clay Soil ◽  
Sandy Loam ◽  
Leaf Water ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Relative Water ◽  
Olive Trees

In Tunisia, olives are grown under severe rain-fed, arid conditions. To determine the behaviour of olive trees (cv. Chemlali Sfax) during the severe drought affecting Tunisian arid areas in 2002, a range of physiological parameters were investigated in three adjacent orchards. Two olive orchards were rain-fed, one located on a sandy soil, and the other on a sandy-loam clay soil. A third orchard was also located on sandy soil, but received remedial irrigation (415 mm of water per year; ~40% of olive evapotranspiration). Predawn leaf water potential (Ψpd) did not fall below –1.52 MPa for irrigated olive trees. However, a large decrease in Ψpd was observed for rain-fed olive trees in the same period with Ψpd measured at about –3.2 MPa on sandy soil and –3.6 MPa on sandy-loam clay soil. At the same time, the minimal leaf water potential recorded at midday (Ψmin) decreased to –4.15 MPa and –4.71 MPa in the rain-fed trees for sandy and sandy-loam clay soil, respectively. For irrigated trees, the Ψmin was –1.95 MPa. These results were associated with relative water content, which varied from 80% for irrigated trees to 54 and 43.6%, respectively, for rain-fed trees and trees subjected to severe drought. In August, when the relative water content values were less than 50%, a progressive desiccation in the outer layer of canopy and death of terminal shoots were observed in trees, which grew on the sandy-loam clay soil. Furthermore, low soil water availability also affected (negatively) the net photosynthetic rate in rain-fed orchards (10.3 µmol/m2.s for irrigated trees v. 5.3 µmol/m2.s in rain-fed trees on sandy soil) and stomatal conductance (98.5 mmol/m2.s v. 69.3 mmol/m2.s). However, it improved water use efficiency (7.6 v. 4.7 µmol CO2/mmol H2O), which increased by more than 50% in both groups of rain-fed trees compared with the irrigated ones. We can conclude that olive trees respond to drought by showing significant changes in their physiological and biological mechanisms. These results also help our understanding of how olive trees cope with water stress in the field and how marginal soils can restrict growth and lower yields.

scholarly journals CERATOCYSTIS WILT IN ‘UBÁ’ AND ‘DURA’ MANGO TREES UNDER WATER DEFICIT

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
SAULO DAVID REZENDE DA SILVA ◽  
DALMO LOPES DE SIQUEIRA ◽  
LUIS CARLOS CHAMHUM SALOMÃO ◽  
PAULO ROBERTO CECON ◽  
ACELINO COUTO ALFENAS
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Water Deficit ◽  
Fungal Diseases ◽  
Lesion Length ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Ceratocystis Fimbriata ◽  
Ceratocystis Wilt ◽  
Drought Conditions ◽  
Lower Severity ◽  
Semi Arid

ABSTRACT The occurrence of water stress in mango trees grown in orchards located in semi-arid climates in Brazil is frequent. Water stress caused to plants may predispose them to the incidence of fungal diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of water deficit on the incidence and severity of Ceratocystis wilt in mango trees considered resistant. Seedlings of ‘Ubá’ and ‘Dura’ were kept in pots and submitted to different water stress levels and inoculated with Ceratocystis fimbriata isolate (CEBS15). Mortality was low in ‘Ubá’ plants and high in ‘Dura’ plants. ‘Ubá’ plants showed lower severity and lesion length. In ‘Ubá’ plants, water deficit influenced the increase in lesion length. ‘Dura’ plants showed greater severity and lesion length, which were not affected by increasing water stress. It was concluded that ‘Ubá’ variety is resistant to fungus Ceratocystis fimbriata, even in severe drought conditions, while ‘Dura’ variety was not resistant to CEBS15 isolate, even under optimum irrigation conditions.

Water relations of woody plants on contrasting soils during drought: does edaphic compensation account for dry rainforest distribution?

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Curran ◽  
Peter J. Clarke ◽  
Nigel W. M. Warwick
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Water Potential ◽  
Water Relations ◽  
Soil Type ◽  
Plant Traits ◽  
Sandy Soils ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Ecotypic Differentiation ◽  
Compensation Hypothesis

The occurrence of dry rainforest in climates considered drier than the recognised limit for rainforest has been explained by the edaphic compensation hypothesis, which proposed that finer-textured soils facilitate the occurrence of rainforest at climatic extremes. We tested this by examining the effect of soil type on the water relations and plant traits of four dry rainforest species, during a severe drought and subsequent non-drought periods. We predicted plants growing in sandy soils would exhibit higher levels of water stress (lower predawn water potential and stomatal conductance) and possess morphological and physiological traits that more typically reflect drought resistance (late leaf fall in deciduous species, low specific leaf area, vertical leaf angles and stomata that close at low water potential) than those growing in loam soils. During drought, levels of water stress were similar across soil types, while post-drought plants on sandy soils were less stressed. Soil type did not cause shifts in drought tolerance traits, suggesting there has been no ecotypic differentiation of dry rainforest species across soil types for these traits. Hence, we found no support for the edaphic compensation hypothesis in adult plants; future studies should consider other life-cycle stages, such as seedlings.

scholarly journals Penggulungan daun pada tanaman monokotil saat kekurangan air (Leaf rolling in monocotyledon plants under water deficit)

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Song Ai Nio ◽  
Audry Agatha Lenak
Keyword(s):  
Water Potential ◽  
Water Deficit ◽  
Leaf Water Potential ◽  
Drought Resistance ◽  
Leaf Water ◽  
Leaf Rolling ◽  
Bulliform Cells ◽  
Drought Avoidance ◽  
Evapotranspiration Rate ◽  
Dry Soil

Abstrak Penggulungan daun merupakan salah satu bentuk resistensi terhadap kekeringan atau lebih tepatnya mekanisme menghindari kekeringan pada tumbuhan monokotil. Mekanisme ini terjadi dengan cara menurunkan laju evapotranspirasi atau dengan meningkatkan absorpsi air pada tanah kering untuk mempertahankan potensial air daun tetap tinggi. Proses penggulungan daun ini berkaitan erat dengan peranan sel kipas. Pada saat kekurangan air, jumlah dan ukuran sel kipas meningkat, sehingga daun akan menggulung. Tingkat penggulungan daun dapat ditentukan secara visual berdasarkan sistem standar evaluasi untuk tanaman padi dengan memberi skor 1-9. Rendahnya tingkat penggulungan daun berkorelasi positif dengan meningkatnya potensial air daun. Kata kunci: menghindari kekeringan, penggulungan daun Abstract Leaf rolling is one mechanism of drought resistance, i.e. drought avoidance. This mechanism was resulted from decreasing evapotranspiration rate or increasing water absorption in the dry soil to maintain high leaf water potential. The process of leaf rolling in monocotyledon was closely related to the activity of bulliform cells. The number and size of bulliform cells were increased under water deficit, so that leaf rolling occurred. Leaf rolling score (1-9) could be visually determined based on the system of standard evaluation in rice. The low leaf rolling score was positively correlated with high leaf water potential. Keywords: drought avoidance, leaf rolling

scholarly journals IS ABSCISIC ACID INVOLVED IN THE DROUGHT RESPONSES OF BRAZILIAN GREEN DWARF COCONUT?

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. P. GOMES ◽  
M. A. OLIVA ◽  
M. S. MIELKE ◽  
A-A. F. DE ALMEIDA ◽  
H. G. LEITE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Abscisic Acid ◽  
Water Stress ◽  
Stomatal Conductance ◽  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Water Potential ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Recovery Cycles ◽  
Mild Drought

SUMMARYAbscisic acid (ABA) accumulation in leaves of drought-stressed coconut palms and its involvement with stomatal regulation of gas exchange during and after stress were investigated. Two Brazilian Green Dwarf coconut ecotypes from hot/humid and hot/dry environments were submitted to three consecutive drying/recovery cycles under greenhouse conditions. ABA accumulated in leaflets before significant changes in pre-dawn leaflet water potential (ΨPD) and did not recover completely in the two ecotypes after 8 days of rewatering. Stomatal conductance was influenced by ABA under mild drought and by ΨPD under severe drought. There were no significant differences between the ecotypes for most variables measured. However, the ecotype from a hot/dry environment showed higher water use efficiency after repeated cycles of water stress.

Anatomical adaptations of Astragalus gombiformis Pomel. under drought stress

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1215-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayçal Boughalleb ◽  
Raoudha Abdellaoui ◽  
Nabil Ben-Brahim ◽  
Mohammed Neffati
Keyword(s):  
Water Deficit ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Wall Thickness ◽  
Vascular Tissue ◽  
Xylem Vessel ◽  
Stomata Density ◽  
Stomata Size ◽  
Severe Water Deficit ◽  
Drought Conditions ◽  
Anatomical Adaptations

AbstractThe present study was designed to study the effect of drought on root, stem and leaf anatomy of Astragalus gombiformis Pomel. Several root, stem and leaf anatomical parameters (cross section diameter, cortex, root cortical cells, pith, leaf lamina and mesophyll thickness) were reduced under moderate to severe water deficit (20–30 days of withheld irrigation). The stele/cross section root ratio increased under moderate water deficit. The root’s and stems vascular systems showed reduced xylem vessel diameter and increased wall thickness under water deficit. In addition, the root xylem vessel density was increased in these drought conditions while it was unchanged in the stems. The stomata density was increased under prolonged drought conditions whereas the stomata size was untouched. The leaf vascular system showed reduced xylem and phloem tissue thickness in the main vein under moderate to severe water deficit. However, in the lamina the vascular tissue and the distance between vascular bundle were unaffected. Our findings suggest a complex network of anatomical adaptations such as a reduced vessel size with increased wall thickness, lesser cortical and mesophyll parenchyma formation and increased stomata density. These proprieties are required for the maintenance of water potential and energy storage under water stress which can improve the resistance of A. gombiformis to survive in arid areas.

Net photosynthesis, water use efficiency, leaf water potential and leaf rolling as affected by water deficit in tropical upland rice

1989 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 1171 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Dingkuhn ◽  
RT Cruz ◽  
JC O'Toole ◽  
K D÷rffling
Keyword(s):  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Potential ◽  
Water Deficit ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Leaf Water Potential ◽  
Upland Rice ◽  
Stomatal Closure ◽  
Leaf Water ◽  
Leaf Rolling ◽  
Use Efficiency

Growth and production of tropical upland rice is often impeded by drought. Little is known on varietal response of CO2 assimilation to water deficit under tropical field conditions. A drought-susceptible semidwarf (IR20) and a drought-resistant traditional (Azucena) rice were grown in a dryland field experiment with sprinkler irrigation during the dry season in the Philippines. Differential irrigation was imposed for 11 days during vegetative growth using a line source sprinkler. Net photosynthesis, leaf conductance, transpiration, leaf rolling and leaf water potential were determined during the stress cycle at pre-noon and afternoon, with all measurements on the same leaf. No varietal differences in maximum photosynthetic rate and in the relationship between photosynthesis and leaf conductance were observed. In both rices, partial stomatal closure and nonstomatal inhibition reduced assimilation rates in the afternoon. Leaf water deficits restricted gas exchange through at least three apparently independent mechanisms: leaf rolling, reduced stomatal conductance and non-stomata1 inhibition which became evident only at severe degrees of stress. Stomata1 closure and leaf rolling were more sensitive to water deficit in Azucena which maintained higher leaf water potential throughout the stress cycle. Both stomatal closure and leaf rolling improved water use efficiency at moderate stress while nonstomatal inhibition of photosynthesis reduced water use efficiency.

scholarly journals Impact of Water Stress on Microbial Community and Activity in Sandy and Loamy Soils

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylwia Siebielec ◽  
Grzegorz Siebielec ◽  
Agnieszka Klimkowicz-Pawlas ◽  
Anna Gałązka ◽  
Jarosław Grządziel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Bacterial Diversity ◽  
Water Deficit ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Soil Microbial Communities ◽  
Stress Conditions ◽  
Drought Period ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Level 2

Prolonged drought and extreme precipitation can have a significant impact on the activity and structure of soil microbial communities. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of drought length on the dynamics of mineral nitrogen, enzyme activities and bacterial diversity in two soils of different texture (sand and silt loam, according to USDA classification). An additional objective was to evaluate the effect of compost on the alleviation of soil microbial responses to stress conditions, i.e. alternating periods of drought and excessive soil moisture. The pot study was carried out in a greenhouse under controlled conditions. Compost was added at an amount equal to 3% of soil to the sandy soil, which was characterised by a significantly lower water retention capacity. Specific levels of water stress conditions were created through application of drought and soil watering periods. For each soil, four levels of moisture regimes were set-up, including optimal conditions kept at 60% of field water holding capacity, and three levels of water stress: The low level—2 week period without watering; the medium level—1 month drought period followed by watering to full but short-term soil saturation with water; and the high level—2 month drought period followed by full and long-term saturation with the same total amount of water, as in other variants. The soil water regime strongly modified the activities of dehydrogenases and acid and alkaline phosphatase, as well as the bacterial diversity. Loamy soil exhibited greater resistance to the inhibition of soil enzymatic activity. After irrigation, following both a 1 month and 2 month drought, the enzyme activities and nitrification largely recovered in soil with a loamy texture. Drought induced substantial shifts in the functional diversity of bacterial communities. The use of such C substrates, as carboxylic and acetic acids, was strongly inhibited by water deficit. Water deficit induced changes in the relative abundances of particular phyla, for example, an increase in Acidobacteria or a decrease in Verrucomicrobia. The study clearly proves the greater susceptibility of microbial communities to drought in sandy soils and the important role of exogenous organic matter in protecting microbial activity in drought periods.

Water deficits change dry matter partitioning and seed yield in narrow-leafed lupins (Lupinus angustifolius L.)

1991 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 471 ◽  
Author(s):  
RJ French ◽  
NC Turner
Keyword(s):  
Water Potential ◽  
Water Deficit ◽  
Leaf Water Potential ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Leaf Water ◽  
Reproductive Growth ◽  
Water Deficits ◽  
First Order ◽  
Severe Water Deficit

lrrigation treatments were imposed in the field on an indeterminate cultivar of narrow-leafed lupins (Lupinus angustifolius L., cv. Danja) and on a breeding line with reduced branching (75A/329) so that they experienced no water-deficits (frequently irrigated), a transient mild water-deficit or a transient severe water-deficit during early reproductive growth, or continuous severe water-deficit during reproductive growth (unirrigated). Both leaf water potential and leaf conductance declined in all treatments in which a water-deficit was imposed. Differences in leaf conductance were apparent before differences in leaf water potential: conductance declined to 40% and 30% of the frequently irrigated controls in the transient mild and severe water-deficit treatments, respectively. Leaf water potential declined to -1 - 1 MPa and -1.6 MPa, respectively, in the transient mild and severe water-deficit treatments, compared to between -0 - 65 and -0 - 95 MPa for the frequently irrigated controls. Seed yield and total dry weight were reduced in the transient severe water-deficit and unirrigated treatments, but were no different from the frequently irrigated treatment when the water-deficit was transient and mild. However both transient water-deficit treatments produced more main-stem seed yield than the frequently irrigated treatment, especially in the reduced-branching line 75A/329. The transient mild water-deficit treatment also produced more first-order apical axis yield than the frequently irrigated treatment. These yield increases were mainly due to a greater yield of seed per pod, although on the first-order apical axes there was also a tendency to set more pods. The greater seed yield per pod in the transient water-deficit treatments was due to an apparent redirection of assimilate from vegetative to reproductive growth. This was not due to a smaller reduction in reproductive growth rates than in vegetative growth rates, but to an acceleration of reproductive growth that was maintained after stress relief. The same early acceleration of reproductive growth was also observed in unirrigated treatments, but the severe stress which persisted throughout later reproductive growth reduced pod growth rates and negated the early advantage.

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