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PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 311, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.111015
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Bulk modulus of elasticity; Drought; Mesophyll conductance; Monocotyledonous; Pectins; Stomatal conductance
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- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad
- MINECO, Spain [093824-B-C41]
- ERDF (FEDER)
- MINECO [FPU16/01544, FPI/1929/2016]
- Govern de les Illes Balears
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In the context of current climate change, understanding crops' physiological responses to water shortage is crucial for drought adaptation. Research shows that leaf water relations and cell wall composition play important roles in regulating photosynthesis under water deficit, with implications for plant acclimation to drought stress.
In the current climate change scenario, understanding crops' physiological performance under water shortage is crucial to overcome drought periods. Although the implication of leaf water relations maintaining leaf turgor and stomatal functioning under water deprivation has been suggested, the relationships between photosynthesis and osmotic and elastic adjustments remain misunderstood. Similarly, only few studies in dicotyledonous analysed how changes in cell wall composition affected photosynthesis and leaf water relations under drought. To induce modifications in photosynthesis, leaf water relations and cell wall composition, Hordeum vulgare and Triticum aestivum were subjected to different water regimes: control (CL, full irrigation), moderate and severe water deficit stress (Mod WS and Sev WS, respectively). Water shortage decreased photosynthesis mainly due to stomatal conductance (gs) declines, being accompanied by reduced osmotic potential at full turgor (no) and increased bulk modulus of elasticity (e). Whereas both species enhanced pectins when intensifying water deprivation, species-dependent adjustments occurred for cellulose and hemicelluloses. From these results, we showed that no and e influenced photosynthesis, particularly, gs. Furthermore, the (Cellulose+Hemicelluloses)/ Pectins ratio determined e and mesophyll conductance (gm) in grasses, presenting the lowest pectins content within angiosperms. Thus, we highlight the relevance of cell wall composition regulating grasses physiology during drought acclimation.
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