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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
卷 70, 期 5, 页码 1613-1625出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz018
关键词
Citrullus colocynthis; cuticular transpiration; cuticular waxes; drought; Phoenix dactylifera; thermal stress
资金
- Capes Foundation
- Ministry of Education of Brazil
- DAAD STIBET 'Abschlussbeihilfen' fellowship
- National Plan for Science, Technology, and Innovation (MAARIFAH), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [12-ENV2564-02]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists [2011T2S31]
Water-saver and water-spender strategies are successful adaptations allowing plants to cope with the limitations of hot desert habitats. We investigated whether the efficacy of the cuticular transpiration barrier and its susceptibility to high temperatures are ecophysiological traits differentially developed in the water-spender Citrullus colocynthis and the water-saver Phoenix dactylifera. Minimum leaf conductance (g(min)) at 25 degrees C was six times lower in P. dactylifera (1.1x10(-5) m s(-1)) than in C. colocynthis (6.9x10(-5) m s(-1)). Additionally, g(min) in the range 25-50 degrees C did not change in P. dactylifera but increased by a factor of 3.2 in C. colocynthis. Arrhenius formalism applied to the C. colocynthis g(min) led to a biphasic graph with a steep increase at temperatures 35 degrees C, whereas for P. dactylifera the graph was linear over all temperatures. Leaf cuticular wax coverage amounted to 4.2 +/- 0.4 mu g cm(-2) for C. colocynthis and 29.4 +/- 4.2 mu g cm(-2) for P. dactylifera. In both species, waxes were mainly composed of very-long-chain aliphatics. Midpoints of the wax melting ranges of P. dactylifera and C. colocynthis were 80 degrees C and 73 degrees C, respectively. We conclude that in P. dactylifera a particular wax and cutin chemistry prevents the rise of g(min) at elevated temperatures.
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