The role of organic and inorganic solutes in the osmotic adjustment of drought-stressed Jatropha curcas plants

被引:147
作者
Silva, Evandro Nascimento [1 ]
Ferreira-Silva, Sergio Luiz [1 ]
Viegas, Ricardo Almeida [2 ]
Gomes Silveira, Joaquim Albenisio [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Ceara, Lab Metab Plantos, Dept Bioquim & Biol Mol, BR-60451970 Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Campina Grande, Campinas, Brazil
关键词
Jatropha curcas; Osmotic adjustment; Osmolytes; Solutes; Water stress; ION ACCUMULATION; GAS-EXCHANGE; WATER-STRESS; GROWTH; PROLINE; NACL; LEAVES; GLYCINEBETAINE; PROTECTION; CULTIVARS;
D O I
10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.05.001
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
This study aimed to assess the accumulation of organic and inorganic solutes and their relative contribution to osmotic adjustment in roots and leaves of Jatropha curcas subjected to different water deficit intensity. Plants were grown in vermiculite 50% (control), 40%, 30%, 20% and 10% expressed in gravimetric water content. The water potential, osmotic potential and turgor potential of leaves decreased progressively in parallel to CO2 photosynthetic assimilation, transpiration and stomatal conductance, as the water deficit increased. However, the relative water content, succulence and water content in the leaves did not show differences between the control and stressed plants, indicating osmotic adjustment associated with an efficient mechanisms to prevent water loss by transpiration through stomatal closure. The K+ ions had greater quantitative participation in the osmotic adjustment in both leaves and roots followed by Na+ and Cl-, while the NO3- ion only showed minor involvement. Of the organic solutes studied, the total soluble sugars showed the highest relative contribution to the osmotic adjustment in both organs and its concentration positively increased with more severe water deficit. The free amino acids and glycinebetaine also effectively contributed to the osmotic potential reduction of both the root and leaves. The role of proline was quantitatively insignificant in terms of osmotic adjustment, in both the control and stressed roots and leaves. Our data reveal that roots and leaves of J. curcas young plants display osmotic adjustment in response to drought stress linked with mechanisms to prevent water loss by transpiration by means of the participation of inorganic and organic solutes and stomatal closure. Of all the solutes studied, soluble sugars uniquely display a prominent drought-induced synthesis and/or accumulation in both roots and leaves. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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