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SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
Volume 121, Issue -, Pages 486-493Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2018.12.016
Keywords
Biomass; Compensatory growth; Drought; Herbivory; Photosynthesis; Root-shoot ratio
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- Turku University Foundation [7972]
- Academy of Finland [307335]
- Nordic Energy Research (AquaFEED project)
- Turku University Foundation
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We investigated the physiological and growth responses of Jatropha curcas (L.) seedlings to simulated herbivory stress at different levels of drought stress in experimental greenhouse conditions. Simulated herbivory stress had an effect on photosystemII (PSII) yield of seedlings. The highest decrease of mean PSII yield (63 %) was recorded in seedlings grown under severe drought stress (200 mm yr(-1)) whereas a moderate herbivory stress (25 %) showed positive effects on mean PSII yield of the seedlings grown under well-watered conditions (1,900 mm yr(-1)). Stemwater content, stemdry biomass and root-shoot ratio (with orwithout leaves) were significantly affected by the interaction effect of the simulated herbivory and drought stress. Simulated herbivory stress had effects on both root biomass and autumnal height growth rate. The highest above-and below-ground biomasses were obtained in the undamaged and well-watered (1,900 mm yr(-1)) seedlings, whereas the lowest above-and below-ground biomasswere obtained in seedlings exposed to 25 % herbivory stress and grown in extreme drought stress (200 mm yr(-1)). Our results showed that J. curcas seedlings exhibited under-compensatory growth responses to simulated herbivory stress in all drought stress levels. (C) 2019 SAAB. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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