Journal
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
Volume 60, Issue 8, Pages 676-684Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/BT12072
Keywords
benzoxazolin-2(3H)-one; cinammic acid; intrinsic water use efficiency; leaf-water relationship
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- Galician Government [10PXIB310261PR]
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, Subdireccion General de Proyectos de Investigacion Proyectos de Investigacion Fundamental no orientada [AGL2010-17885]
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In the present study, we evaluated the seedling growth, water status and signature of stable carbon isotopes in C-3 perennial species exposed to natural phytochemicals. Three perennial species, cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata), perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) and common sorrel (Rumex acetosa), were grown for 30 days in perlite, watered with Hoagland solution and exposed to the phytochemicals benzoxazolin-2(3H)-one (BOA) and cinnamic acid (CA) at 0, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5mM concentrations. BOA markedly decreased the leaf and root fresh weights of D. glomerata and L. perenne in a concentration-dependent manner. The leaf fresh weight (LFW) of plants treated with CA (1.5 mM) was similarly affected by showing a decrease of LFW, being the lowest in L. perenne (56%) followed by D. glomerata (46%). The relative water contents of L. perenne, D. glomerata and R. acetosa were decreased while maximum RWC reduction was observed in L. perenne. Carbon isotope discrimination in L. perenne, D. glomerata and R. acetosa were reduced following treatment with BOA and CA at 1.5 mM. BOA at 1.5 mM decreased the ratio of intercellular to ambient CO2 concentration relative to control in L. perenne, D. glomerata and R. acetosa. There was an increase in water-use efficiency in L. perenne, D. glomerata and R. acetosa after treatment with BOA and CA. The dry weight of plants treated with CA (1.5 mM) showed different patterns of variation, being lowest in L. perenne (33%) followed by D. glomerata (3%) and R. acetosa (2%). Phytotoxicity was higher for the perennial grass than for the perennial broadleaf. These results clearly demonstrate a widespread occurrence of phytotoxicity among the three species, their tolerance and relationship between carbon isotope discrimination and intrinsic water-use efficiency.
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