Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 27, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules27061942
Keywords
Chrysopogon zizanioides; volatile organic compounds; root microstructure; root ontogeny; HS-SPME GC; MS; soilless culture
Funding
- Plant Advanced Technologies (PAT, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France)
- Laboratoire Sols et Environnement (Nancy, France)
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This study investigated the cultivation of vetiver under soilless high-pressure aeroponics (HPA) and found that the HPA-grown plants showed stunted growth, abnormal root morphology, and impaired accumulation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Ultrastructural analyses revealed altered root ontogeny and reduced accumulation of essential oil that prevent EO accumulation in HPA-cultivated vetiver.
Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty) is a major tropical perfume crop. Access to its essential oil (EO)-filled roots is nevertheless cumbersome and land-damaging. This study, therefore, evaluated the potential of vetiver cultivation under soilless high-pressure aeroponics (HPA) for volatile organic compound (VOC) production. The VOC accumulation in the roots was investigated by transmission electron microscopy, and the composition of these VOCs was analyzed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC/MS) after sampling by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME). The HPA-grown plants were compared to plants that had been grown in potting soil and under axenic conditions. The HPA-grown plants were stunted, demonstrating less root biomass than the plants that had been grown in potting soil. The roots were slender, thinner, more tapered, and lacked the typical vetiver fragrance. HPA cultivation massively impaired the accumulation of the less-volatile hydrocarbon and oxygenated sesquiterpenes that normally form most of the VOCs. The axenic, tissue-cultured plants followed a similar and more exacerbated trend. Ultrastructural analyses revealed that the HPA conditions altered root ontogeny, whereby the roots contained fewer EO-accumulating cells and hosted fewer and more immature intracellular EO droplets. These preliminary results allowed to conclude that HPA-cultivated vetiver suffers from altered development and root ontology disorders that prevent EO accumulation.
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