Unraveling the effects of plant hydraulics on stomatal closure during water stress in walnut
Unraveling the effects of plant hydraulics on stomatal closure during water stress in walnut
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DOI:
10.1104/pp.010400
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发表时间:
2002-01-01
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7.4
通讯作者:
Améglio, T
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作者:
Cochard, H;Coll, L;Améglio, T
The objectives of the study were to identify the relevant hydraulic parameters associated with stomatal regulation during water stress and to test the hypothesis of a stomatal control of xylem embolism in walnut (Juglans regia X nigra) trees. The hydraulic characteristics of the sap pathway were experimentally altered with different methods to alter plant transpiration (E-plant) and stomatal conductance (g(s)). Potted trees were exposed to a soil water depletion to alter soil water potential (Psi(soil)), soil resistance (R-soil), and root hydraulic resistances (R-root). Soil temperature was changed to alter R-root alone. Embolism was created in the trunk to increase shoot resistance (R-shoot). Stomata closed in response to these stresses with the effect of maintaining the water pressure in the leaf rachis Xylem (P-rachis) above - 1.4 MPa and the leaf water potential (Psi(leaf)) above - 1.6 MPa. The same dependence of E-plant and g(s) on P-rachis or Psi(leaf) was always observed. This suggested that stomata were not responding to changes in Psi(soil) R-root or R-shoot per se but rather to their impact on P-rachis and/or Psi(leaf). Leaf rachis was the most vulnerable organ, with a threshold P-rachis for embolism induction of - 1.4 MPa. The minimum Psi(leaf) values corresponded to leaf turgor loss point. This suggested that stomata are responding to leaf water status as determined by transpiration rate and plant hydraulics and that P-rachis might be the physiological parameter regulated by stomatal closure during water stress, which would have the effect of preventing extensive developments of cavitation during water stress.