Stem diameter in relation to plant water status

An instrument containing a linear variable differential transformer was constructed to obtain continuous, nondestructive measurements of both short term changes in stem diameter and long term growth. In cotton plants, stem diameter, leaf water potential, and leaf relative water content are all closely related to net radiation at the top of the canopy. Leaves from the east and west sides of a plant show slight, but consistent differences in diurnal water potential patterns.     

温室茄子茎直径微变化与作物水分状况的关系

在温室条件下,采用盆栽土培和小区试验相结合的方法,以茄子(Solanummelongena,品种新乡糙青茄)为材料进行了植株茎直径微变化(膨胀或收缩)与作物体内水分状况的关系试验研究,旨在为利用茎直径微变化无损快速诊断作物水分状况提供理论依据。盆栽和小区试验均采用两因素(土壤水分梯度和作物不同生育阶段)随机区组设计,土壤水分控制下限分别取田间持水量的80%FC(Fieldwatercapacity),70%FC,60%FC和50%FC;生育阶段分别为苗期、花果期和采收期;共有4×3=12个处理组合,重复3次。结果表明:无论是在较高土壤含水量或在较低土壤含水量条件下,在晴好的天气里,茄子茎直径都是在白天收缩,傍晚、夜间复原或膨胀,而且这种微变化动态与植株体内的水分状况密切相关,不同土壤含水量条件下植株茎胀缩的幅度存在明显差异。高水分条件下,植株茎收缩幅度小,复原能力强;低水分条件下,植株茎收缩幅度大,恢复能力差。茎直径变化对环境因子水汽压差(VPD)的响应比较敏感,二者呈正相关关系,相关系数R2为0·8938。茎直径变化量(ΔSd)与叶水势(ψL)、叶片相对含水量(LRWC)呈极显著正相关关系,相关系数R2分别为0·867和0·965。这些结果显示,茎直径变化量能灵敏、实时、准确地反映植株体内的水分状况;与其它作物水分诊断方法(叶水势法,叶片相对含水量法,细胞液浓度法等)相比,茎直径微变化法可能具有简便、稳定、无损、连续监测和自动记录的优势。     

Water balance in the arborescent palm, Sabal palmetto. I. Stem structure, tissue water release properties and leaf epidermal conductance

The functional importance of water storage in the arborescent palm, Sabal palmetto, was investigated by observing aboveground water content, pressure-volume curve parameters of leaf and stem tissue and leaf epidermal conductance rates. The ratio of the amount of water stored within the stem to the leaf area (kg m^?2) increased linearly with plant height. Pressure-volume curves for leaf and stem parenchyma differed markedly; leaves lost turgor at 0.90 relative water content and –3.81 MPa, while the turgor loss point for stem parenchyma occurred at 0–64 relative water content and ?0.96 MPa. Specific capacitance (change in relative water content per change in tissue water potential) of stem parenchyma tissue was 84 times higher than that of leaves, while the bulk modulus of elasticity was 346 times lower. Leaf epidermal conductance rates were extremely low (0.32–0.56 mmol m^?2 s^?1) suggesting that S. palmetto are able to strongly restrict foliar water loss rates. Structurally, stems of S. palmetto appear to be well suited to act as a water storage reservoir, and coupled with the ability to restrict water loss from leaf surfaces, may play an important role in tree survival during periods of low water availability.     

梨枣在果实生长期对土壤水势的响应

以4年生梨枣为试验材料,在果实生长期设置了4个土壤水势水平,研究不同处理梨枣茎秆直径生长、光合速率、蒸腾速率、叶片相对含水量以及果实数量对土壤水势的响应,探讨了梨枣果实生长期适宜的土壤水势范围。结果表明:1)在果实缓慢生长期,茎秆直径生长缓慢;土壤水势高于-84 kPa时能显著地降低落果率。2)果实快速生长期,茎秆直径日最大值和叶片相对含水量能反映梨枣的水分状况;适当的控制土壤水势能显著的提高叶片的水分利用效率;土壤水势高于-84 kPa时果实快速生长期出现坐果现象。3)果实生长期前期的土壤水势低至-461 kPa会影响果实生长期叶片的功能和后期的坐果。因此,梨枣果实生长期的适宜的土壤水势范围为-41—-84 kPa,提高了叶片水分利用效率,提高了单果重,不影响产量。     

Internal water balance of barley under soil moisture stress

Leaf water potential, leaf relative water content, and relative transpiration of barley were determined daily under greenhouse conditions at 3 growth stages: tillering to boot, boot to heading, and heading to maturity. The leaf moisture characteristic curve (relative water content versus leaf water potential) was the same for leaves of the same age growing in the same environment for the first 2 stages of growth, but shifted at the heading to maturity stage to higher leaf relative water content for a given leaf water potential. Growth chamber experiments showed that the leaf moisture characteristic curve was not the same for plants growing in different environments.

Relative transpiration data indicated that barley stomates closed at a water potential of about −22 bars at the 3 stages studied.

The water potential was measured for all the leaves on barley to determine the variation of water potential with leaf position. Leaf water potential increased basipetally with plant leaf position. In soil with a moisture content near field capacity a difference of about 16.5 bars was observed between the top and bottom leaves on the same plant, while in soil with a moisture content near the permanent wilting point the difference was only 5.6 bars between the same leaf positions.

     

Structural and functional traits of Quercus ilex in response to water availability

Water potential and morpho-anatomical parameters were measured, during the course of 1 year, on leaves of Quercus ilex trees growing in two coastal stands in Tuscany (Central Italy) with different conditions of water availability: Colognole (CL, mesic site) and Cala Violina (CV, xeric site). Morpho-anatomical measurements included: general leaf features and sclerophylly indices (surface area, thickness, mass per area and density), leaf moisture indices (water content, relative water content, succulence) and histochemical analysis (detection and localization of cutine and tannins in the leaves and starch reserves in the twigs). During the warmest and driest period (August) pre-dawn water potential (ψ_pd) in Holm-oak leaves reached −2.7 MPa at CV and −0.6 MPa at CL. Leaf surface was lower (−34%) and total leaf thickness (+10%), as well as spongy-palisade parenchyma ratio (+20%) were higher at CV. The sclerophylly parameters (leaf mass per area and leaf tissue density) were higher at CV than at CL (+24% leaf mass per area and +19% leaf tissue density). Among the moisture parameters, water content was higher at CL (+8%) and succulence was higher at CV (+13%). No differences in relative water content were observed between the two sites. All the parameters considered were substantially stable during the study period, with the exception of relative water content at CL, that fluctuated within the year. Histochemical analysis revealed a greater thickness of the upper cuticular layer at CV, whereas there were no differences in tannin distribution and content between the two sites. Differences in starch storage were detected in branchlets: it was abundant in CV but very scarce at CL. The strategies of Quercus ilex to cope with water stress were discussed at morpho-structural level.     

A comparison of the water relations characteristics of Helianthus annuus and Helianthus petiolaris when subjected to water deficits

The effect of water deficits on the water relations and stomatal responses of Helianthus annuus and Helianthus petiolaris were compared in plants growing in the glasshouse under controlled conditions. Unirrigated plants of both genotypes were subjected to two different stress rates in which predawn leaf water potentials declined steadily at either 0.15 MPa day^?1 or 0.50 MPa day^?1. In both genotypes water stress induced a gradual and similar decrease in leaf conductance from 1.6 to 0.3 cm s^?1 as water potential decreased from-0.5 to-2.0 MPa. The relationship between leaf conductance and leaf water potential was not affected by the rate of stress development. Development of predawn leaf water potentials of-1.3 MPa had no significant effect on the relative water content at zero turgor, the apoplastic water content or the volumetric elastic modulus of whole leaves in either species, but decreased the osmotic potential at full turgor and zero turgor by 0.22 MPa and decreased the turgid weight: dry weight ratio from 10.6 to 8.4 in H. annuus, but not in H. petiolaris. In H. annuus leaves expanded during stress development, changes in the osmotic potential at full turgor induced by water deficits did not disappear on rewatering.     

Flooding-induced soil and plant ethylene accumulation and water status response of field-grown tobacco

Summary Ethylene (C₂H₄) accumulation in flooded soil was related to oxygen (O₂), redox potential (Eh), and flooding rate. The water status response of tobacco (Nicotiana, tabacum L.) to these conditions was evaluated from stem diameter, relative water content, leaf water potential, and C₂H₄ content of leaf tissue. Treatments were: flooded with either 0,5, or 15 cm of water per day for 6 days. By the third day, O₂ in the soil decreased to less than 9% in treatments flooded with 5 or 15 cm of water. When O₂ in the soil air was less than 9% and redox potential (Eh) was less than +150 mv, most of the soil air samples contained some C₂H₄ and 16% contained more than 6 ppm. Very little C₂H₄ was present in soil air when O₂ exceeded 9%. Tobacco leaf C₂H₄ peaked 3 days after flooding and then declined to the preflooding level a day later, one day ahead of the rapid increase in soil C₂H₄. Wilting developed progressively beginning with the rise of C₂H₄ in the soil; leaf water potential, stem diameter, and relative leaf water content all were decreased. Soil-and plant-produced C₂H₄ are suggested as factors in reducing root permeability and increasing resistance to water uptake by tobacco.Contribution of the USDA-SEA/AR, in cooperation with the South Carolina Experiment Station.     

Water balance in the arborescent palm, Sabal palmetto. II. Transpiration and stem water storage

The contribution of stem water storage to the water balance of the arborescent palm, Sabal palmetto, was investigated using greenhouse studies, field measurements and a tree-cutting experiment. Water balance studies of greenhouse trees (1.5 to 3 m tall) were conducted in which transpiration was measured by weight loss, and changes in soil and stem water content by time-domain reflectometry. When the greenhouse plants were well-watered (soil moisture near saturation), water was withdrawn from the stem during periods of high transpiration and then replenished during the night so that the net transpirational water loss came primarily from the soil. As water was withheld, however, an increasing percentage of daily net transpirational water loss came from water stored in the stem. However, studies on palms growing in their natural environment indicated that during periods of high transpiration leaf water status was somewhat uncoupled from stem water stores. In a tree-cutting experiment, the maintenance of high relative water content of attached leaves was significantly correlated with stem volume/leaf area. Leaves of a 3-m tree remained green and fully hydrated for approximately 100d after it had been cut down, whereas those of a 1-m-tall plant turned brown within one week. The significance of stem water storage may be in buffering stem xylem potentials during periods of high transpiration and in contributing to leaf survival during extended period of low soil water availability.     

Osmotic adjustment in leaves of sorghum in response to water deficits

The relationships among the total water potential, osmotic potential, turgor potential, and relative water content were determined for leaves of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench cvs. `RS 610' and `Shallu') with three different histories of water stress. Plants were adequately watered (control), or the soil was allowed to dry slowly until the predawn leaf water potential reached either −0.4 megapascal (MPa) (treatment A) or −1.6 MPa (treatment B). Severe soil and plant water deficits developed sooner after cessation of watering in `Shallu' than in `RS 610', but no significant differences in osmotic adjustment or tissue water relations were observed between the two cultivars. In both cultivars, the stress treatments altered the relationship between leaf water potential and relative water content, resulting in the previously stressed plants maintaining higher tissue water contents than control plants at the same leaf water potential. The osmotic potential at full turgor in the control sorghum was −0.7 MPa: stress pretreatment significantly lowered the osmotic potential to −1.1 and −1.6 MPa in stress treatments A and B, respectively. As a result of this osmotic adjustment, leaf turgor potentials at a given value of leaf water potential exceeded those of the control plants by 0.15 to 0.30 MPa in treatment A and by 0.5 to 0.65 MPa in treatment B. However, zero turgor potential occurred at approximately the same value of relative water content (94%) irrespective of previous stress history. From the relationship between turgor potential and relative water content there was an approximate doubling of the volumetric elastic modulus, i.e. a halving of tissue elasticity, as a result of stress preconditioning. The influence of stress preconditioning on the moisture release curve is discussed.     

Differential sensitivity of canola (Brassica napus) seedlings to ultraviolet-B radiation,water stress and abscisic acid

Responses of canola (Brassica napus L.) seedlings to three ultraviolet (UV)-B levels [0 (zero), 5 (ambient) and 10 (enhanced) kJ m^?2 d^?1], two watering regimes (well-watered and water-stressed), and two abscisic acid (ABA) levels (with and without application) were investigated. Overall, enhanced UVB and water stress negatively affected plant growth and physiology, but ABA had very little effect. Enhanced UVB decreased stem height, leaf area, plant dry matter, water use efficiency and wax content, but increased concentrations of chlorophyll a, carotenoids and flavonoids, and ethylene evolution. Water stress reduced stem height and diameter, leaf area, plant dry matter, leaf weight ratio and shoot:root weight ratio under zero and ambient UVB. Water stress also reduced chlorophyll a and carotenoids in plants exposed to enhanced UVB. ABA with watering regime had significant interactive effects only on leaf dry matter and wax content. We found that enhanced UVB and water stress adversely affected B. napus seedlings. Interaction between these two factors affected plant performance. In this interaction, ABA had little significant role. Also, optimum vegetative growth and biomass were achieved under ambient UVB.     

Detrimental effect of rust infection on the water relations of bean

Bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) infected with the rust Uromyces phaseoli became unusually susceptible to drought as sporulation occurred. Under the conditions used (1,300 ft-c, 27 C, and 55% relative humidity) such plants wilted at soil water potentials greater than −1 bar, whereas healthy plants did not wilt until the soil water potential fell below −3.4 bars. Determinations of leaf water and osmotic potentials showed that an alteration in leaf osmotic potential was not responsible for the wilting of diseased plants. When diffusive resistance was measured as a function of decreasing leaf water content, the resistance of healthy leaves increased to 50 sec cm⁻¹ by the time relative water content decreased to 70%, whereas the resistance of diseased leaves remained less than 8 sec cm⁻¹ down to 50% relative water content. Apparently, water vapor loss through cuticle damaged by the sporulation process, together with the reduction in root to shoot ratio which occurs in diseased plants, upset the water economy of the diseased plant under mild drought conditions.     

A morpho-physiological approach differentiates bread wheat cultivars of contrasting tolerance under cyclic water stress

Leaf micromorphological traits and some physiological parameters with potential relevance to drought tolerance mechanisms were investigated in four selected winter wheat varieties. Plants were subjected to two cycles of drought treatment at anthesis. Yield components confirmed contrasting drought-sensitive and -tolerant behavior of the genotypes. Drought tolerance was associated with small flag leaf surfaces and less frequent occurrence of stomata. Substantial variation of leaf cuticular thickness was found among the cultivars. Thin cuticle coincided with drought sensitivity and correlated with a high rate of dark-adapted water loss from leaves. Unlike in Arabidopsis, thickening of the cuticular matrix in response to water deprivation did not occur. Water stress induced epicuticular wax crystal depositions preferentially on the abaxial leaf surfaces. According to microscopy and electrolyte leakage measurements from leaf tissues, membrane integrity was lost earlier or to a higher extent in sensitive than in tolerant genotypes. Cellular damage and a decline of relative water content of leaves in sensitive cultivars became distinctive during the second cycle of water deprivation. Our results indicate strong variation of traits with potential contribution to the complex phenotype of drought tolerance in wheat genotypes. The maintained membrane integrity and relative water content values during repeated water limited periods were found to correlate with drought tolerance in the selection of cultivars investigated.     

Effect of some reducing agents on water stress-induced oxidative and deteriorative processes ofVigna seedlings

Decreasing substrate osmotic potential produced in seedlings ofVigna catjang Endl. (cv. Pusa Barsati) proportional decrease in relative water content and leaf water potential, increase in respiration rate, proline content, H₂O₂ content, and the activities of indole acetic acid oxidase, ascorbic acid oxidase, peroxidase and glycolate oxidase but decrease in catalase activity and glycolate content. Pretreatment with reducing agents like L-cysteine or reduced glutathione (10?3 M) caused lower decrease in the relative water content, leaf water potential and glycolate content and reduced the rise of respiration rate, proline content and H₂O₂ content and also the activities of aforementioned oxidative enzymes, except catalase activity which was increased. Such treatments also maintained the chlorophyll and protein levels and decreased the tissue permeability. It was concluded that the treatment ofVigna seedlings with reducing agents reduced the deteriorative changes and oxidative processes which are characteristic of water stressed tissue.     

Antioxidant enzyme activity,proline accumulation,leaf area and cell membrane stability in water stressed Amaranthus leaves

Traditional crops are extremely important for food production in low income, food-deficit countries (LIFDCs) where they continue to be maintained by socio-cultural preferences and traditional uses. Significant potential exists to improve these crops, one of which is to select for improved productivity during moisture stress conditions. Germplasm of Amaranthus tricolor, Amaranthus hypochondriacus and Amaranthus hybridus were subjected to various screening methods to measure metabolic and physiological changes during water stress. The activities of enzymes involved in the oxygen-scavenging system during abiotic stress conditions (superoxide dismutase (SOD), ascorbate peroxidase (APX) and glutathione reductase (GR)), free proline production, leaf area (LA), cell membrane stability (CMS), leaf water potential (LWP) and relative water content (RWC) were measured in these three amaranth species during induced water stress. This study showed significant differences in metabolic responses during water deficit of the three species tested. Moisture stress and a decrease in RWC and LWP were first experienced in A. hybridus and A. hypochondriacus, followed by A. tricolor. There was an indirect correlation between leaf water status (RWC and LWP), enzyme activity, proline production and leaf area. The combined effect of GR, APX and SOD could ensure higher levels of regulation of the toxic effect of H₂O₂ which could be associated with drought tolerance in Amaranthus. Distinct differences in onset of proline accumulation and the amount of accumulated in leaves upon induced water stress was noticed for the three amaranth species tested. Proline accumulation during water stress conditions in amaranth seems to be indirect and could possibly have a protective role apart from osmoregulation during stress conditions. This contention is supported by the decrease in leaf area and high cell membrane stability for two of the species tested. This study forms part of a project aimed at the development of improved traditional crops to contribute to food production and quality for subsistence farmers in areas with low precipitation or variable rainfall patterns.     

盐胁迫对桑树幼苗生长、叶片水分状况和离子分布的影响

以黑龙江省两个桑树品种（秋雨桑和泰来桑）为试验材料,研究了不同盐浓度下桑树幼苗生长、叶片水分关系和不同器官中离子的分布.结果表明：盐胁迫明显降低了桑树幼苗的植株高度和每株干物质量,且对新生叶片干质量的影响大于老叶片.随着盐胁迫的加重,两个品种桑树的叶片水势、渗透势、压力势和相对含水量明显下降,根、茎中Na⁺浓度明显增加,当外界NaCl浓度达到或超过150 mmol·L^-1时,各器官中Na⁺浓度达到饱和.盐胁迫明显降低了两个品种桑树根、茎和叶片中K⁺ 和 Ca²⁺浓度,以及茎和叶片中Mg²⁺浓度,而对根中Mg²⁺浓度影响不大.Na⁺在根、茎和老叶中的区域化分布是两个品种桑树生长过程中表现出耐盐性的机理之一,而盐胁迫使叶片中的Ca²⁺、K⁺和Mg²⁺浓度降低,导致植株体内的离子亏缺,从而限制了植株的生长.     

Green roof <Emphasis Type="Italic">Petunia</Emphasis>, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ageratum</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Mentha</Emphasis> responses to water stress,seaweeds, and trinexapac-ethyl treatments

The availability of sufficient irrigation water and the development of drought-tolerant species are challenging factors in the design and maintenance of green roofs in modern cities. Green roof plants of Petunia hybrid Headliner^® Red Star, Ageratum hybrid Artist^® blue, and Mentha spicata L. grown in a simulated green roof pot system under controlled greenhouse conditions. The plants were watered every 2 or 6 days (2DWI/6DWI) for 8 weeks accompanied by either a 6-day treatment of seaweed extracts of Ascophyllum nodosum as a soil drench or foliar spray, or two concentrations of trinexapac-ethyl (TE) biweekly sprays. Following treatments, leaf number, leaf area, dry weights, plant height, stomatal conductanse, photosynthetic and transpiration rates and leaf water potential and relative water content were determined in two seasons during 2016 and 2017. The prolonged irrigation intervals reduced plant growth as revealed by morphological and physiological parameters. The application of SWE as drench treatment improved Petunia and Ageratum plant vegetative growth, stomatal conductance, photosynthetic and transpiration rates and leaf water potential and relative water content during prolonged irrigation intervals. TE increased the vegetative growth as well as the physiological performance of Ageratum plants. However, neither SWE nor TE treatments improved the performance of Mentha plants under prolonged irrigation intervals. It was suggested that improved photosynthetic rates were stimulated by enhanced stomatal conductance leading to improved leaf water potential as well as increased relative water content during prolonged irrigation conditions.     

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