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Matsumoto, Kazuho, Takeshi Ohta, and Takafumi Tanaka. "Dependence of stomatal conductance on leaf chlorophyll concentration and meteorological variables." Elsevier, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/6964.
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Dumont, Jennifer. "Rôle de la régulation stomatique et de la capacité de détoxication foliaire dans l'estimation d'un seuil de risque à l'ozone pour la végétation." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013LORR0022/document.
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L'ozone troposphérique est un polluant atmosphérique majeur qui agit comme une phytotoxine. Il pénètre dans les feuilles par les stomates avant d'être dissout dans l'apoplaste en générant des radicaux libres oxygénés (ROS) provoquant ainsi un stress oxydatif. Deux barrières existent pour restreindre les effets de l'ozone : (i) les stomates qui peuvent limiter les flux entrants par contrôle de la conductance stomatique et (ii) le système de détoxication des ROS issus de la dégradation de l'ozone. Nous avons étudié les effets de l'ozone (120 ppb) sur ces deux moyens de défense chez trois génotypes de peuplier euraméricain (Populus deltoides x Populus nigra) placés en conditions contrôlées dans des chambres phytotroniques. Un effet direct de l'ozone sur la photosynthèse et sur les mouvements stomatiques en réponse à des variations de facteurs environnementaux (ralentissement des phénomènes d'ouverture et de fermeture) a été mis en évidence. Les modèles de calcul de la conductance stomatique, sur lesquels se basent les indicateurs de seuil de risque à l'ozone pour la végétation, doivent donc les prendre en compte. De plus, ces travaux ont mis en évidence le rôle prépondérant des concentrations constitutives en antioxidants dans la tolérance à l'ozone ainsi que la complexité de ces mécanismes de détoxication. La notion de flux effectif d'ozone doit prendre en considération ces deux aspects afin de caractériser au mieux les différences de sensibilité à l'ozone intra et inter spécifiqueTropospheric ozone is a major air pollutant that acts as a phytotoxin. It enters the leaf through the stomata before being dissolved in the apoplast by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) causing oxidative stress. Two defenses exist to restrict the effects of ozone: (i) the stomata which can limit ozone uptake by regulating stomatal conductance and (ii) the detoxification processes of ROS generated by ozone.We studied the effects of ozone (120 ppb) on these two mechanisms of defense in three euramerican poplar genotypes (Populus deltoides x Populus nigra) under controlled conditions in phytotronic chambers. A direct effect of ozone on photosynthesis and stomatal movements in response to changes in environmental factors (by slowing the stomatal opening and closure) has been highlighted. Models of stomatal conductance, on which indicators of critical level of ozone for vegetation are based, must take them into account. In addition, these studies have highlighted the role of constitutive concentrations of antioxidants in tolerance to ozone as well as the complexity of these detoxification mechanisms. The notion of effective ozone flux must consider these two aspects to better characterize the intra-and inter-specific differences in sensitivity to ozone
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Cornish, Katrina, Phenmin Lu, John W. Radin, Edgar L. Turcotte, and Eduardo Zeiger. "Photosynthetic Rate and Stomatal Conductance are Related to Heat Tolerance in Pima Cotton." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/208325.
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Breeding for high yield in hot environments (heat tolerance) has tripled the yield of Pirna cotton since 1949. We compared six strains (one primitive non-cultivated line, four cultivars representing advancing stages in the breeding process, and one unreleased advanced line) for their gas exchange properties in the greenhouse. Both photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance increased with improving genetic yield potential. Photosynthetic rate was enhanced more in the morning than in the afternoon. Stomatal conductance did not limit photosynthesis; rather, the changes resulted from alterations of characteristics of the green mesophyll cells. There is no evidence that increased yield results from the enhanced photosynthetic rates of single leaves. However, the increased stomatal conductance in modem lines was also expressed in the field in 1990, allowing increased transpiration rate and evaporative cooling of leaves. Heat tolerance in Pima cotton may be related to the ability of plants to cool themselves by transpiration.
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Miranda, Barradas Victor Luis. "Responses to leaf microenvironment dynamics : their implications for photosynthesis and transpiration." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.260603.
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Ramos, Antônio Mário de Torres. "O papel da histerese no comportamento complexo da condutância estomática." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/43/43134/tde-06102014-135524/.
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Estômatos são poros responsáveis pela troca gasosa entre a folha e o meio externo. A partir da década de 80, experimentos revelaram um complexo padrão espaço temporal na abertura e fechamento dos estômatos. As experiências apontam para uma possível coordenação entre estômatos em algumas áreas da folha chamada de patches. Esse fenômeno é conhecido na literatura como patchy stomatal conductance. Frequentemente a coordenação dinâmica dos estômatos está associada à oscilações temporais na condutãncia estomática (média especial da abertura dos estômatos). Em 1997 Haefner, Buckley e Mott (HBM) publicaram uma análise numérica de um modelo dinâmico para explorar o comportamento complexo dos estômatos. O modelo é baseado em algumas características conhecidas dos estômatos e assume transporte hídrico em uma rede definida por uma geometria simples e bastante restritiva. De acordo com os autores, o modelo reproduz qualitativamente os dados experimentais. Recentemente, Ferraz e Prado mostraram que esse modelo não é capaz de reproduzir os resultados experimentais. Usando ingredientes do modelo sugerido por HBM, Ferraz e Prado sugeriram uma geometria realística de distribuição reservatórios hídricos. Embora essa configuração reproduza os patches, eles permanecem estáticos e nenhuma oscilação é observada. Sem explorar detalhes significativos, Ferraz e Prado afirmaram que a histerese na abertura estomatal poderia explicar vários aspectos dos resultados experimentais. No presente estudo comprovamos, através de uma abordagem computacional baseada em transdutores histeréticos, que a hipótese de histerese na abertura dos estômatos de fato reproduz qualitativamente os dados experimentais. Em nossa abordagem a histerese na abertura dos estômatos é emulada através de operadores chamados de histerons. A robustez da hipótese é testada usando diferentes tipos de histerons. Analisamos a correlação entre os estômatos na rede que simula a superfície da folha. Observamos que a correlação entre estômatos depende da geometria da veia. Uma análise detalhada dos parâmetros envolvidos revela uma dependência entre o período de oscilação na condutância estomática e o déficit de vapor d\'água entre a folha e o meio ambiente. Esta característica subjacente ao modelo pode inspirar novas experiências para testar a hipótese da histerese na abertura dos estômatos.Stomata are pores on the surface of leaves responsible for controlling the exchange of gas between the plant and the environment. Experiments revealed a complex spatial-temporal pattern in the opening and closing mechanism of stomata. The main feature of the phenomenon is that stomata appear to be synchronized into clusters, known as patches. The dynamical coordination of stomata often involves oscillations in stomatal conductance. In 1997 Haefner, Buckley, and Mott (HBM) published a numerical analysis of a dynamic model to explore the complex behavior of stomata. The model is based on some known features of the stomata, and assumes that water diffuses within the leaves according to a simple geometric arrangement. According to the authors, the model reproduces qualitatively the experimental data. Recently, Ferraz and Prado showed that the computational approach of HBM is not able to reproduce the experimental results. Inspired by this model, Ferraz and Prado introduced a new geometric features that leads to static patches of stomata; however no oscillation was observed and the patches remained static. The authors suggested that hysteresis in stomatal aperture could explain several experimental aspects. We now report a further investigation of the changes suggested by Ferraz and Prado in the original model of HBM. The theoretical approach confirmed that hysteresis in the aperture mechanism of pores reproduces a variety of behaviors of stomatal conductance described in experiments. We explore the hysteresis feature through the formalism of hysteretic transducer. The robustness of the hysteretic assumption is tested by different kinds of hysteresis operators. We analyzed the correlation among stomata in the lattice. We observed that the correlation depends on the geometry of the veins. Finally, the analysis of the model reveals a dependence between the period of oscillation in the stomatal conductance time series and water vapor pressure deficits Δω - an external parameter. Further experiments might explore this underlying feature of the model.
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Sakoda, Kazuma. "Physiological and Genetic Factors for High Leaf Photosynthetic Capacity in Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.)." Kyoto University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/242682.
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Wehr, Richard, Róisín Commane, J. William Munger, J. Barry McManus, David D. Nelson, Mark S. Zahniser, Scott R. Saleska, and Steven C. Wofsy. "Dynamics of canopy stomatal conductance, transpiration, and evaporation in a temperate deciduous forest, validated by carbonyl sulfide uptake." COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623091.
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Stomatal conductance influences both photosynthesis and transpiration, thereby coupling the carbon and water cycles and affecting surface–atmosphere energy exchange. The environmental response of stomatal conductance has been measured mainly on the leaf scale, and theoretical canopy models are relied on to upscale stomatal conductance for application in terrestrial ecosystem models and climate prediction. Here we estimate stomatal conductance and associated transpiration in a temperate deciduous forest directly on the canopy scale via two independent approaches: (i) from heat and water vapor exchange and (ii) from carbonyl sulfide (OCS) uptake. We use the eddy covariance method to measure the net ecosystem–atmosphere exchange of OCS, and we use a flux-gradient approach to separate canopy OCS uptake from soil OCS uptake. We find that the seasonal and diurnal patterns of canopy stomatal conductance obtained by the two approaches agree (to within ±6 % diurnally), validating both methods. Canopy stomatal conductance increases linearly with above-canopy light intensity (in contrast to the leaf scale, where stomatal conductance shows declining marginal increases) and otherwise depends only on the diffuse light fraction, the canopy-average leaf-to-air water vapor gradient, and the total leaf area. Based on stomatal conductance, we partition evapotranspiration (ET) and find that evaporation increases from 0 to 40 % of ET as the growing season progresses, driven primarily by rising soil temperature and secondarily by rainfall. Counterintuitively, evaporation peaks at the time of year when the soil is dry and the air is moist. Our method of ET partitioning avoids concerns about mismatched scales or measurement types because both ET and transpiration are derived from eddy covariance data. Neither of the two ecosystem models tested predicts the observed dynamics of evaporation or transpiration, indicating that ET partitioning such as that provided here is needed to further model development and improve our understanding of carbon and water cycling.
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Rzigui, Touhami. "Analyse de la réponse d’un mutant mitochondrial de Nicotiana sylvestris au manque d’eau." Thesis, Paris 11, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA112144/document.
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Pour étudier le rôle de la mitochondrie dans la tolérance à la sécheresse, la réponse à la contrainte hydrique a été comparée entre une lignée sauvage (WT) et un mutant CMSII (Cytoplasmic Male Sterile) de Nicotiana sylvestris. Chez le mutant CMSII, le complexe I mitochondrial est absent et la respiration est assurée par les NAD(P)H déshydrogénases alternes et elle est maintenue à un niveau supérieur de l’ordre de 20 à 30% à celui du WT. La différence observée entre les plantes WT et CMSII met en jeu non seulement le fonctionnement mitochondrial, mais également le fonctionnement des chloroplastes. En effet, l’activité photosynthétique du mutant est plus faible que celui du WT et elle est corrélée avec une plus faible conductance stomatique (gs) et mésophyllienne (gm).Après l’arrêt de l’arrosage, on observe que le contenu relatif en eau (RWC) diminue plus lentement chez les feuilles du CMSII. Ceci n’était pas le résultat d’une plus petite surface de transpiration ou d’une masse racinaire d’absorption plus élevé puisque le rapport partie aérienne/racine et la surface foliaire totale ont été similaires au début de l’expérience chez les deux génotypes. De plus la mutation n’a pas induit des changements au niveau des paramètres hydriques (P0, PTLP, RWCTLP) ni au niveau de la densité stomatique. La tolérance des plantes CMSII a été le plus probablement la conséquence de sa plus faible transpiration en conditions bien hydratées et aux premiers jours de déshydratation et non pas d’une meilleure efficacité d’absorption de l’eau puisque le contenu en eau du sol reste plus élevé chez CMSII après l’arrêt de l’arrosage. La plus faible conductance stomatique chez le CMSII bien hydraté a été expliquée par sa plus faible conductance hydraulique. De plus, contrairement au WT, le niveau des acides aminés totaux diminue au cours de la déshydratation lorsque le contenu en protéines solubles augmente chez les feuilles du CMSII, suggérant une accélération de la remobilisation des acides aminés. D’autre part, il a été aussi montré que le mutant CMSII est capable de s’acclimater mieux à la sécheresse que le WT lorsqu’ils ont été maintenus à un RWC de 80 % sur plusieurs jours. Sous ces conditions, la photosynthèse reste plus élevée chez le mutant que chez le WT. Cette meilleure acclimatation corrèle avec une plus forte photorespiration du CMSII sous conditions bien hydratées et sous conditions d’acclimatation. La photorespiration chez CMSII et le WT a été estimée par le transport électronique dévolu à l’oxygénation de RuBP et en plus par l’accumulation des métabolites impliqués dans la photorespiration. D’une part, l’acclimatation à la sécheresse diminue gm plus fortement chez le WT que chez le CMSII. D’autre part, le WT accumule la glycine ce qui laisse supposer que le glycine décarboxylase mitochondrial est plus affectée chez le WT que chez le CMS et inhibe ainsi la photorespiration. En effet, cette plus faible photorespiration chez le WT affecte les réactions primaires de la photosynthèse par une accumulation d’un gradient de protons estimé par le quenching non-photochimique (NPQ) de la fluorescence chlorophyllienne ce qui induit une diminution du transport électronique des réactions primaires de la photosynthèseTo investigate the role of mitochondria in drought stress, the response to water deprivation was compared between Nicotiana sylvestris wild type (WT) plants and the CMSII respiratory complex I mutant. In CMSII, alternative NAD(P)H-dehydrogenases bypassing complex 1 allow respiration.. The difference of mitochondrial function between WT and CMSII plants affect also photosynthesis. The CMSII has lower photosynthetic actitvity than the WT and lower stomatal (gs) and internal (gm) conductances to CO2. When watering of plants with similar leaf surface and similar shoot/root ratio was stopped the relative water content (RWC) declined faster in WT as compared to CMSII leaves. Furthermore, CMSII and WT leaves had the same osmotic potential at leaf saturation (P0) and at leaf turgor lost pressure (PTLP) and the same stomatal density. The slower decline of RWC in CMSII, compared to WT leaves, was most likely the consequence of the lower stomatal conductance (gs) under well-watered conditions and during the first days after withholding watering, The lower stomatal conductance of well-watered CMSII leaves correlated with a lower hydraulic conductance of leaves. Remarkably, total free amino acid levels declined and total soluble protein content increased in CMSII leaves, while the opposite was observed in WT leaves. This suggests protein synthesis in CMSII but protein degradation in WT leaves during drought stress. We also show that CMSII leaves better acclimate to drought stress than the WT leaves. After several days at 80 % RWC , photosynthesis is higher in the mutant than in WT. As compared to the WT, the mutant shows higher rates of photorespiration before and after acclimation to drought.The strong accumulation of glycine in the WT suggests that photorespiration may be limited at the level of glycine decarboxylase. In addition, after acclimation to drought gm declined markedly in WT but not in CMSII leaves, thus further limiting CO2 supply for photosynthesis in the WT. The resulting lower photosynthesis and photorespiration in WT leaves affect also the primary reaction of photosynthesis by increasing the non-photochemical fluorescence quenching (NPQ) and decreasing linear electron transport
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Nwugo, Chika Charles. "Physiological and Molecular Studies on Silicon-Induced Cadmium Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1216779093.
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Vialet-Chabrand, Silvère. "Modélisation des variations journalières de la conductance stomatique : apport d'une approche dynamique et conséquences sur l'efficience intrinsèque d'utilisation de l'eau chez le chêne." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013LORR0146/document.
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L'efficience intrinsèque d'utilisation de l'eau (Wi) définit comme le rapport de l'assimilation nette de CO2 (A) sur la conductance stomatique à la vapeur d'eau (gs) est un estimateur au niveau foliaire du compromis fait par la plante entre l'accumulation de biomasse et sa consommation en eau. De nombreuses études ont révélé une forte diversité inter et intra-spécifique de ce trait intégré dans le temps dont l'origine est encore mal connue. Les travaux réalisés sur les variations journalières de A et gs ont jusqu'à maintenant révélé un rôle plus important de la diversité de gs dans la diversité de Wi. Une approche de modélisation inversée a permis de décomposer les variations de gs, observées lors de cinétiques journalières, sous la forme de paramètres décrivant les réponses stomatiques aux différentes variables microclimatiques. Comparé aux modèles décrivant les variations de gs en régime permanent, le développement d'un nouveau modèle dynamique a permis d'ajouter une dimension temporelle essentielle décrivant la réponse temporelle des stomates aux variations microclimatiques. La diversité des réponses temporelles des stomates détectée ne semble pas dépendre de leur densité ou de leur taille. Elle présente toutefois une asymétrie entre l'ouverture et la fermeture des stomates qui participe à la diversité des variations journalières de gs et impacte le bilan hydrique journalier au niveau du plant entier. Ainsi, on peut distinguer deux composantes aux variations journalières de Wi liées à gs : une composante temporelle due à la lente réponse des stomates et une autre composante due aux différences de perception des variations du microclimatIntrinsic water use efficiency (Wi), defined as the ratio between net CO2 assimilation rate (A) and stomatal conductance to water vapour (gs), is a leaf level estimator of the trade-off between biomass accumulation and water loss at the plant level. A number of studies have shown a strong inter and intra-specific diversity, usually using a time integrated estimator of this trait. However, the origin of this diversity is not yet well known. Up to now, research on the daily variations of Wi have shown a stronger influence of gs on the diversity of Wi as compared to A. An inverse modelling approach has allowed partitioning the variations of gs observed during daily time-courses into parameters, which describe the stomatal responses to different microclimatic variables. Compared to steady-state gs models, the development of a new dynamic model of gs has allowed adding a necessary temporal dimension, which describes the temporal response of stomata to environmental variations. The observed diversity of these temporal stomatal responses was not related to stomatal density or size. The temporal responses of stomata were shown to be asymmetric between opening and closing, which impacts the observed diversity of gs during daily time courses as well as whole plant water relations. Overall these results suggest two components that determine the variations of Wi related to gs during daily time courses: one component due to the temporal response of stomata in itself, and one component which is due to differences in the sensing of microclimate variations
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Martorell, Lliteras Sebastià. "Understanding the regulation of leaf and plant gas Exchange under water stress with a process-based model of stomatal conductance." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/288210.
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Water availability is one of the biggest constraints limiting the plant growth and
species distribution around the world. This is the case in the Mediterranean region
where, moreover, the frequency and amount of rainfall will decrease due to global
warming. This will provoke longer periods of drought and a general decrease of water
availability. In this context, one of the most vulnerable crops is grapevine. This crop has
been traditionally rain-feed, although in recent years it’s becoming an irrigated crop.
This increases the demand to regulate the water use by more precise irrigation
techniques based on the plant water status. A good physiological indicator that allows
knowing the plant water status is stomatal conductance. Although it is widely known
the importance of the stoma, there is not an accurate model to predict their behavior as
many physiological and environmental parameters co-regulate it.
The aims of this thesis are to: a) study the physiological mechanisms regulating
stomatal conductance, b) apply a process-based model to predict the behavior of
stomatal conductance c) use this model as tool to better understand the physiological
stomatal regulation along the canopy.
Results show that stoma has a strong regulation by hydraulic conductance being
a key physiological parameter regulating water use. In addition, abscisic acid and
osmotic adjustment are also playing an important role in their regulation. On the other
hand, the mechanistic model of stomatal conductance has been validated predicting with
a good accuracy the variations throughout the day and season in well water and water
stress conditions. At time, because this model is based on physiological parameters
permits to infer about the relevance of those physiological parameters under water
stress, predicting that hydraulic conductance has a main role on the regulation of
stomatal conductance in different parts of the canopy.
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Büker, Patrick [Verfasser], and Willy [Akademischer Betreuer] Werner. "Development of a stomatal conductance model for white clover and its application for ozone flux predictions / Patrick Büker ; Betreuer: Willy Werner." Trier : Universität Trier, 2010. http://d-nb.info/1197696423/34.
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Elamri, Yassin. "Bilan hydrique et développement de culture sous panneaux photovoltaïques dynamiques : de la modélisation à l’évaluation de solutions agrivoltaïques." Thesis, Montpellier, SupAgro, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017NSAM0049.
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L’agrivoltaïque, association sur une même surface d’une production agricole et d’une production d’énergie d’origine photovoltaïque, apparait aujourd’hui comme une solution innovante pour atténuer les effets du changement climatique, notamment sur le secteur agricole. Déjà imaginé en 1982, les premières expérimentations débutées à Montpellier (France) en 2010 ont montré la pertinence de cette association à travers un maintien des rendements sous certaines conditions, une meilleure efficience d’utilisation du sol ainsi qu’une diminution de la consommation en eau des cultures sous ombrage. Suite à ces travaux pionniers réalisés sous des panneaux photovoltaïques à inclinaison fixe, l’utilisation de panneaux dynamiques à inclinaison variable est apparue nécessaire pour réduire l’hétérogénéité du rayonnement disponible pour la culture mais aussi, adapter la stratégie d’ombrage aux besoins radiatifs de la culture au cours de son développement.La présente thèse avait pour objectif de caractériser et de modéliser l’impact de la présence de panneaux solaires sur le bilan hydrique d’une culture conduite sous dispositif agrivoltaïque dynamique en vue d’optimiser la stratégie d’irrigation et le pilotage de l’inclinaison des panneaux. Les expérimentations menées sur une culture de laitues ont mis en évidence l’intérêt de panneaux dynamiques afin de réduire les hétérogénéités radiatives. Le développement d’un modèle de redistribution des pluies par les panneaux photovoltaïques a permis la mise en œuvre d’une stratégie de pilotage de l’inclinaison en temps réel a permis d’homogénéiser les cumuls observés au sol. L’adaptation d’un modèle de bilan hydrique et de développement de culture par l’ajout d’un module décrivant la dynamique stomatique sous ombrage fluctuant a permis de décrire la consommation en eau de la culture et son développement sous différentes stratégies de pilotage de l’ombrage. Enfin, différentes stratégies de pilotage de l’inclinaison des panneaux photovoltaïque ont pu être simulées et évaluées à l’aide d’un indicateur globale intégrant l’efficience d’utilisation du sol, la productivité de l’eau, le décalage de maturité et les sources d’hétérogénéités pouvant affecter la production de laituesAgrivoltaism, defined as the association on the same land of agricultural and photovoltaic energy production, appears as an innovating concept to dampen some of the effects of climate change, in the agricultural sector. Although the concept was already imagined in 1982, the first experimentations started in 2010 at Montpellier (France) and showed the relevance of this combination by the maintenance of crop yield under certain conditions, the increase of land use efficiency and a reduction of water consumption for the tested crops. Following this pioneering work done under fixed (but not horizontal) photovoltaic panels, the use of "dynamic" panels, i.e. panels with a variable tilting angle, appears necessary to reduce the spatial heterogeneity of the transmitted radiation but also to adapt the shading strategy to the radiation amount required for crop growth.This thesis aims to characterize and to model the impact of the photovoltaic panels on the water budget of the cultivated plot and to progress towards the optimization of irrigation strategies in such systems controlled by the variations in time of the tilting angle of the panels. Experimentations conduced on lettuces showed the benefits of "dynamic" photovoltaic panels to reduce the radiative heterogeneity. Accounting for rain redistribution by the solar panels permits the implementation of a real time strategy to reduce rainfall heterogeneity on the ground surface. The derivation of a water budget and crop development model which describes the dynamics of stomatal conductance under fluctuating shading allows a better simulation of water consumption and crop development for different shading strategies. Finally, various strategies for the piloting of the solar panels could be tested and evaluated by a new, global index combining land use efficiency, water productivity, maturity delays and heterogeneities (in rain and radiation) which can impact production
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Szejner, Paul, William E. Wright, Flurin Babst, Soumaya Belmecheri, Valerie Trouet, Steven W. Leavitt, James R. Ehleringer, and Russell K. Monson. "Latitudinal gradients in tree ring stable carbon and oxygen isotopes reveal differential climate influences of the North American Monsoon System." AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621424.
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The arrival of the North American Monsoon System (NAMS) terminates a presummer hyperarid period in the southwestern United States (U.S.), providing summer moisture that is favorable for forest growth. Montane forests in this region rely on winter snowpack to drive much of their growth; the extent to which they use NAMS moisture is uncertain. We addressed this by studying stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in earlywood and latewood from 11 sites along a latitudinal gradient extending from Arizona and New Mexico to Utah. This study provides the first regional perspective on the relative roles of winter versus summer precipitation as an ecophysiological resource. Here we present evidence that Ponderosa pine uses NAMS moisture differentially across this gradient. C-13/C-12 ratios suggest that photosynthetic water use efficiency during latewood formation is more sensitive to summer precipitation at the northern than at the southern sites. This is likely due to the fact that NAMS moisture provides sufficiently favorable conditions for tree photosynthesis and growth during most years in the southern sites, whereas the northern sites experience larger summer moisture variability, which in some years is limiting growth. Cellulose O-18 and C-13 values revealed that photoassimilates in the southern sites were produced under higher vapor pressure deficit conditions during spring compared to summer, demonstrating a previously underappreciated effect of seasonal differences in atmospheric humidity on tree ring isotope ratios. Our findings suggest that future changes in NAMS will potentially alter productivity and photosynthetic water use dynamics differentially along latitudinal gradients in southwestern U.S. montane forests.
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Hunter, Graham C. "Evaluating Eriogonum Corymbosum Tolerance to Frequent Irrigation and Evaluating Its Significant Morphological Variations for Potential Cultivars." DigitalCommons@USU, 2013. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/1725.
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Two separate experiments were designed to assess the value of Lacy Buckwheat (Eriogonum corymbosum ) as a low water landscape plant. Low water use landscapes can contribute to water conservation in arid climates. Developing a palette of plants that are both attractive and drought tolerant can promote the acceptance of low water use landscapes as an alternative to the traditional bluegrass landscapes of the Intermountain West. Eriogonum corymbosum is an attractive subshrub species native to low rainfall areas of the Colorado Plateau. A strip plot design containing four repetitions with four randomly assigned plants each of Eriogonum corymbosum , Eriogonum thompsoniaeand the control species Cornus sericea `Kelseyi' was established to determine E.corymbosum tolerance to frequent irrigation. Two water treatments were assigned to the repetitions for each species. One treatment was watered by a drip irrigation system with sixteen liters of water every three days; the other treatment was not watered. Stomatal conductance (Gs) and plant water potential were assessed weekly for each species from June through August for the years 2009 and 2010. In 2009 and 2010 bothEriogonum accessions showed no significant difference with the water treatment/accession interaction. NeitherE. corymbosum accession exhibited differences in stomatal conductance or water potential between the wet and dry treatments for the length of study season over both years.Cornus sericea `Kelseyi' showed less ability to withstand the prolonged dry frequencies. Eriogonum corymbosum has many aesthetic qualities, in addition to being drought tolerant, such as long duration late season blooming of yellow and white flowers, and an appealing hemispherical crown shape. A second study was designed to investigate the morphological diversity of thirteen Eriogonum accessions collected in the state of Utah and established in a common garden. Nineteen different variables made up of both quantitative and qualitative morphological characteristics comprised of leaf, canopy and floral characteristics were selected to compare between and within accessions. These characteristics were observed or measured, then used in a Multidimensional Preference analysis (MDPREF) to facilitate the selection of potential cultivars. The MDPREF is useful in selecting accessions with unique combinations of ornamental characteristics that could have a marketable advantage.
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Antunes, Werner Camargos. "Engineering for desiccation postponement: antisense of sucrose transporter in tobacco specifically on guard cells results in reduced stomatal conductance and increased water use efficiency." Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2009. http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/7860.
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Nesse trabalho foi avaliada a importância do transportador de sacarose especificamente em células guarda (CG) e o papel da sacarose sobre os movimentos estomáticos. Utilizou-se plantas de tabaco transformadas com o antisenso do gene do transportador de sacarose sob controle do promotor KST1, específico de GC. As CG das plantas transgênicas apresentaram menores teores de sacarose, maiores nos de amido e um modesto incremento nos de K + . O menor conteúdo de sacarose nas CG das plantas transgênicas esteve associado com menores valores de condutância estomática (g s ). Essa associação sugere a importância da sacarose no simplasto na manutenção de baixos potenciais osmóticos nas CG. Foi observada uma rápida redução nos teores de amido quando os estômatos estavam se abrindo, fato não observado nas plantas não-transformadas. Nas plantas transformadas, com menor g s , foi possível demonstrar uma restrição difusional (estomática) à fotossíntese (A). As plantas transformadas também apresentaram menor taxa de transpiração (E) e menor concentração de CO 2 na câmara sub-estomática, além de maiores valores da razão de composição isotópica (δ 13 C). Entretanto, maiores valores da razão A/E esteve associado com menores valores de A, conseqüentemente, a uma menor taxa de crescimento, porém não a uma menor eficiência baseada nas taxas de crescimento relativas. Os dados de δ 13 C confirmaram a menor g s e reforçam que esse fenótipo se prolongou pelo desenvolvimento das plantas. Por meio de plantas de tabaco com menor g s foi possível demonstrar que o fenótipo de retardamento à seca foi a principal característica desta transformação, proporcionando as plantas transgênicas um menor consumo de água. Os resultados sugerem que a manipulação do transporte de sacarose em CG foi um mecanismo prático e efetivo na aquisição de plantas mais resistentes à seca.
It was evaluated the importance of guard cell (GC) sucrose transporter and the role of sucrose as osmotic on GC. We transformed tobacco plants with antisense gene construct for sucrose transporter driven by KST1, GC specific promoter. Transgenic plants GC have less sucrose, more starch and modest increase in K + contents. Low sucrose contents in GC of transgenic lines were associated with low stomatal conductance (g s ), suggesting the importance of sucrose transporter and symplastic sucrose in maintaining low osmotic potential on GC. It was observed rapid starch disappearance when the guard cells are swelling, fact not observed in control plants. By means of low g s tobacco plants demonstrated diffusional (stomatal) restriction of photosynthesis (A), low transpiration rate (E) and low sub-stomatal CO 2 concentration, high A/E and higher carbon rate composition (δ 13 C). However, higher A/E was associated with lower A, consequently, a slower crop growth rate, but not smaller “efficiency index” as showed by relative growth rate. The δ 13 C data confirms the low conductance, showing that it represents a common stomata behavior over all plant development. By means of low g s tobacco plants, we got desiccation postponement phenotype as principal feature of this transformation, being high water saving plants. These results suggest that manipulation of sucrose transport in GC may be developed as a practical mechanism for drought avoidance and water conservation during irrigation. These results illustrate the importance of fine tuning of sucrose metabolism transport and metabolism in the fitness of stomatal function in contributing to plant survival or growth under unfavorable water conditions.
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De, Costa W. A. J. M. "Effects of contrasting water regimes on dry matter production, radiation and water use and stomatal conductance of determinate and indeterminate faba beans (Vicia faba L.)." Thesis, University of Reading, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314724.
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Marrichi, Ana Heloisa Carnaval. "Caracterização da capacidade fotossintética e da condutância estomática em sete clones comerciais de Eucalyptus e seus padrões de resposta ao déficit de pressão de vapor." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11150/tde-13042009-144513/.
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O estudo caracterizou as variáveis fisiológicas da fotossíntese, em 7 clones de Eucalyptus de alta produtividade, determinando-se as capacidades fotossintéticas máximas (Amax), e o comportamento da fotossíntese (A), condutância (gs) e transpiração (E) em relação ao Déficit de Pressão de Vapor (DPV). Para isso, um ensaio foi instalado em 2004, na ESALQ/USP, contendo os clones do Projeto BEPP (Brasil Eucalyptus Produtividade Potencial), sendo cada parcela composta de 49 plantas (7x7) no espaçamento de 3,0m x 2,7m. Mediram-se as alturas ou DAPs e selecionaram-se 3 árvores médias para as mensurações fisiológicas, aos 16 e 36 meses. A amostragem para Amax foi composta de duas posições superiores da copa (2 e 3), dois galhos por posição e duas folhas por galho. As medições foram feitas das 8 às 10 horas (baixo DPV). Para o comportamento de A e gs frente ao DPV, as medições continuaram, de hora em hora, das 11 às 15 horas, nas folhas do primeiro galho da posição 2. Ao final as folhas foram coletadas para determinação da área foliar específica (AFE) e do nitrogênio (N). Aos 16 meses, foram feitas curvas A/Ci, para posterior cálculo de Vcmax (taxa máxima de carboxilação), Jmax (taxa máxima de transporte de elétrons) e VTPU (utilização da triose fosfato), pelo programa Photosyn Assistant. As curvas foram feitas em 2 árvores por clone, nas posições superiores e inferiores da copa. Todas mensurações foram realizadas com o aparelho LiCor-6400. Os resultados mostraram que Amax foi similar para as posições 2 e 3. Entre os clones, houve variação, porém não consistente entre idades, e todos mostraram altos valores de Amax na idade de 16 meses (entre 26 e 31, com média de 29 µmol m-2s-1), reduzindo-se aos 36 meses (entre 19 e 26, com média de 22 µmol m-2s-1). A AFE e o N também foram similares entre as posições 2 e 3 e maiores na idade mais jovem (11 versus 8 m²kg-1, 29 versus 21 gN kg-1), podendo estar associados à queda de Amax. A, gs e E também apresentaram menores valores aos 36 meses, para todos os clones (23 versus 18 µmol m-2s-1; 0,41 versus 0,26 mol m-2s-1; 9,2 versus 6,1 mmol m-2s-1). Os clones mostraram sensibilidade ao DPV, reduzindo os valores de gs e A ao longo do dia, sendo a sensibilidade menor aos 36 meses. As sensibilidades foram distintas, evidenciando potencial de seleção de materiais mais aptos a tolerarem estresse hídrico. Em geral, maiores valores de fotossíntese estão relacionados a maiores valores de transpiração, evidenciando a necessidade de se conhecer a disponibilidade hídrica local quando do uso de clones de alta produtividade. Vcmax, Jmax e VTPU foram maiores para as posições superiores da copa, e não diferiram entre os clones. Devido à semelhança fisiológica entre as posições 2 e 3, pode-se sugerir que não haja distinção entre elas em futuras medições de fotossíntese, essenciais para a parametrização de modelos. Não houve relação direta entre crescimento do tronco e fotossíntese, evidenciando a necessidade de integração com estudos relacionados à alocação do carbono dentro da planta.This study aimed to characterize the physiological variables related to photosynthesis, in seven commercial Eucalyptus clones with high productivity, by evaluating maximum photosynthetic capacity (Amax), and the response of photosynthesis (A), stomatal conductance (gs) and transpiration (E) to Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD). A trial was installed in 2004, at ESALQ/USP, with the clones that were part of BEPP Project (Brazil Eucalyptus Potential Productivity), and each plot had 49 plants (7x7) in a 3 m x 2.7m spacing. We measured tree height or DBHs and three average trees were selected for measurements, at 16 and 36 months. The sample to estimate Amax was: two crown positions (2 and 3), two branches per tree and two leaves per branch. The measurements which were taken from 8 to 10 am (low VPD). To get the response of A and gs to VPD measurements continued hourly, from 11 am to 3 pm, on the leaves from the first branch and position 2. At the end of the measurements leaves were collected for specific leaf area (SLA) and nitrogen (N) determination. Additionally, at 16 months, A/Ci curves were established, and parameters Vcmax, Jmax and VTPU were estimated through the program Photosyn Assistant. The curves were done for 2 trees per clone, at superior crown positions (2 and 3) and inferior ones (4 and 5). The physiological measurements and A/Ci curves were made using LiCor-6400. The results showed that Amax was similar for positions 2 and 3. There was variation among clones, but not consistent between ages, and all the clones had high Amax at 16 months (between 26 and 31 µmol m-2s-1, with an average of 29 µmol m-2s-1), decreasing at 36 months (between 19 and 26 µmol m-2s-1, with an average of 22 µmol m-2s-1). SLA and N were also similar between positions 2 and 3 and higher at younger age (11,1 versus 8,3 m²kg-1, 29,6 versus 21,1 gN kg-1;), what may be associate with Amax decrease. A, gs and E also showed lower values at age 36, for all the clones (23 versus 18 µmol m-2s-1; 0,41 versus 0,26 mol m-2s-1; 9,2 versus 6,1 mmol m-2s-1). All clones showed sensitivity to VPD, reducing gs and A with increasing VPD. However, the clones showed different sensitivities and all of them were less sensitive to VPD at age 36, highlighting a selection potential of genetic materials for water stress. In general, higher photosynthesis values were associated with higher transpiration, showing the necessity to know the water conditions of sites when planting genetic materials with high productivity. Vcmax, Jmax and VTPU were greater for superior positions compared to inferior ones, and were not different among clones. Due to a similarity in SLA, N and physiological and biochemical traits between positions 2 and 3, no distinction on future photosynthesis measurements between these positions is needed. Finally, there was not a direct relation between stem growth and photosynthesis, at both ages, showing that photosynthesis at crown level by itself can not capture all the ecophysiological processes related to wood productivity, being necessary the integration with studies related to carbon allocation inside the plant.
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DIKOSHI, R. MONGA ILUNGA. "PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL DRIVERS AND AGRONOMICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE OZONE-LIKE SYNDROME IN WHEAT." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/336262.
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Tropospheric ozone (O3) is known to adversely affect the productivity of a wide range of crops including wheat. However different species, can exhibit different responses to ozone exposure. Since the Triticum genus (wheat) is one of the most cultivated and consumed cereal on the global scale and also considered an O3-sensitive crop, research on its protection against ozone damages can contribute to the improvement of its productivity and thus the worldwide food security.
The first part of this research was focused on a varietal screening experiment carried out in 2013 to assess the ozone sensitivity of 3 Italian and 2 Spanish cultivars of durum wheat (Triticum durum), applying two different levels of ozone (50% increment and 50% decrement of the ambient ozone concentration ) to plants grown in Open-Top Chambers. The durum wheat sensitivity to ozone was based on the assessment of leaf visible injuries, histochemical observations, physiological parameters, yield and yield quality analysis. Two Italian cultivars (Colombo and Sculptur) resulted more sensitive to ozone than the others, according to the physiological parameters tested and to the grain yield and quality analysis. However, they also showed different levels of leaf visible and microscopic injuries. The flag-leaves of cv Colombo resulted clearly more damaged by ozone exposure than the flag-leaves of cv Sculptur at both visible and microscopic levels.
The second part of the research tried to analyze to a deeper extent the response to ozone exposure of the two most sensitive cultivars selected from the previous experiment. A second experiment was performed in 2014 using four ozone levels: -5% and -50% of ambient ozone concentration in non-filtered and charcoal-filtered OTCs, respectively; +30 and +60% of ambient ozone concentration in ozone-enriched OTCs (OZ+ and OZ++ OTC).
In order to test the effectiveness of an antitranspirant compound in protecting durum wheat from ozone oxidative stress, a chitosan solution was weekly applied as leaf spraying during the growing season in 2014. The chitosan treatments were applied at 3 levels: tap-water (CTRL, no chitosan), 40kDa chitosan solution (CHI40) and 300kDa chitosan solution (CHI300). Both durum wheat cultivars confirmed their sensitivity to ozone as observed in the previous experiment. Grain yield losses observed in ozonated treatments were related to a decrease of stomatal conductance that is due to damages to the Rubisco and Calvin cycle. No protective effect due to chitosan treatments was observed in both cultivars. However, chitosan improved slightly the grain yield and the aboveground biomass production in plants grown in charcoal-filtered and non-filtered OTCs. Biomass data were also used for the definition of dose-effect relationships based on the ozone exposure (AOT40), the phytotoxic ozone dose (POD6) and the yield losses. The grain yield losses were plotted against AOT40 and POD6 in order to test the linear regression of these two indices. Each increase of AOT40 3000 ppb.h caused a grain yield loss of about 1.8%, while for the POD6, an increase of 1mmol O3 m-2 caused 1.3% reduction. Both AOT40 and POD6 resulted appropriated for assessment of durum wheat yield losses. However, the dose-effect relationship based on POD6 showed a better fit compared to the AOT40.
During the 2014 experiment an important part of the research regarded the ultrastructural analysis of ozone-like symptoms on flag-leaves carried out by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and the assessment of the levels of some antioxidant molecules (ascorbate and glutathione) involved in the ozone-detoxifying process, to understand the mechanisms underlying the different ozone sensitivity of Colombo and Sculptur in terms of visible and microscopic symptoms. Results from TEM demonstrated that visible symptoms in Colombo are due to the presence of damaged stomata and plasmolyzed mesophyll cells around the sub-stomatal cavity. On other hand, no damage on stomata, mesophyll cells and chloroplasts were observed in Sculptur cultivar explaining the absence of the visible symptoms. In general Sculptur showed higher levels of ascorbate content than Colombo, suggesting a higher capacity ascorbate biosynthesis. No significant difference in ascorbate content was found between plants exposed and not exposed to elevated ozone. The total and the oxidized glutathione content increased in the Colombo cultivar grown in elevated ozone conditions indicating that plant ability to maintain glutathione in the reduced form was decreased by the ozone stress.
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Dean, Katie L. "Vertical distribution of soil water use and maintenance of stomatal conductance in the invasive exotic plant Lepidium latifolium in the riparian zone of the Walker River." abstract and full text PDF (UNR users only), 2009. http://0-gateway.proquest.com.innopac.library.unr.edu/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1472950.
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Inman, William W. "Hydraulic resistance a determinant of short term stomatal conductance signaling in disparate xylem anatomy of Red Maple (Acer rubrum L.) and Shumard Oak (Quercus shumardii Buckl.) /." Connect to this title online, 2007. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1181251213/.
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Rossdeutsch, Landry. "Contribution du métabolisme de l'ABA et de la conductivité hydraulique à la réponse de la transpiration en situation de contrainte hydrique chez la Vigne : Variabilité génétique et effets du greffage." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015BORD0256/document.
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Dans le contexte de changement climatique, la compréhension des mécanismes régissant les pertes en eau de la vigne peut permettre d'adapter le matériel végétal pour maintenir la productivité de la vigne et la qualité du vin. L'adaptation à la sécheresse est un caractère complexe faisant intervenir des mécanismes physiologiques liés aux génotypes du greffon et du porte-greffe. Mais les effets du porte-greffe sur la régulation stomatique du greffon sont mal connus. La production par les racines de signaux chimiques tels que l'ABA et/ou hydraulique pourraient y contribuer. La réponse physiologique et moléculaire à la contrainte hydrique a été analysée sur de jeunes boutures pour 7 porte-greffes plus ou moins adaptés à la sécheresse et 2 cépages connus pour leur caractère iso ou anisohydrique. Puis 23 combinaisons greffon/porte-greffe issues de ces génotypes ont été étudiées. Une analyse métabolique sur l'accumulation de l'ABA et ses dérivés a été menée sur feuilles, racines et dans la sève xylémienne. Ces informations ont été couplées à des analyses transcriptomiques sur des gènes du métabolisme et de la signalisation de ABA, et codant des aquaporines de type PIP. L‘analyse conjointe des données physiologiques, métabolomiques et transcriptomiques ont permis d'identifier des composants moléculaires discriminant les porte-greffes selon leur fond génétique et leur adaptation à la sécheresse. Les réponses globales à la contrainte hydrique sont mieux coordonnées au sein d‘un même tissu qu‘entre racines et feuilles. A l‘échelle de la plante greffée, une prépondérance du signal hydraulique est probable. Certains gènes répondent spécifiquement aux interactions greffon/porte-greffeIn the context of climate change, understanding the mechanisms governing the water loss of the vine is necessary to adapt the plant material to maintain the productivity of the vine and wine quality. The adaptation to drought is a complex trait involving physiological mechanisms related to scion and rootstock genotypes. But the effects of the rootstock on stomatal regulation graft are still unknown. Production by roots of chemical signals such as ABA and / or hydraulic ones be involved. Molecular and physiological responses to water stress were analyzed on young cuttings for 7 rootstocks more or less adapted to drought and 2 varieties known for their iso or anisohydric behaviour. Then 23 combinations scion / rootstock from these genotypes were investigated. Metabolic analyses for ABA and its derivatives was conducted in leaves, roots and in the xylem sap. The information was integrated with transcriptomic analyzes for genes involved in ABA metabolism and signaling, and encoding PIP aquaporins. Joint analyses of physiological data, metabolomic and transcriptomic allow the identification of the molecular components discriminating rootstocks according to their genetic background and their adaptation to drought. Global responses to water stress are better coordinated within the same tissue between roots and leaves. At the scale of the grafted plant, a preponderance of the hydraulic signal is likely. Some genes specifically respond to the scion / rootstock interactions
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Batcho, Elie. "Proprietes physiologiques de l'acide usnique et applications a la regulation de la transpiration vegetale." Paris 7, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA077008.
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Ce travail est consacre a la recherche d'un antitranspirant vegetal non synthetique. Les investigations menees du laboratoire au champ (agriculture et sylviculture) ont pour objectif l'augmentation de l'efficience de l'eau en zone sub-aride. Le principe d'action recherche est la reduction de l'etr par action sur la transpiration stomatique. L'importance du role de la pompe h**(+)/k**(+) sur le mouvement stomatique a oriente ce travail vers les chelateurs naturels. L'acide usnique extrait de divers lichens valide l'hypothese de travail. La purification du produit et l'etude de son activite sur la regulation du mouvement stomatique (sur plantes entieres et sur feuilles isolees) en constituent la demonstration
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Durand, Maxime. "Déterminismes physiologiques, morphologiques et moléculaires de l’efficience d’utilisation de l’eau en lien avec la réponse à la sécheresse chez les peupliers : de la feuille à la plante entière." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LORR0082.
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Il est prévu une augmentation de l’intensité et de la fréquence des sécheresses dans les années à venir à cause des changements climatiques. Puisque la productivité des peupliers est étroitement liée à la disponibilité en eau, il existe un risque de déclin de la production de bois dans les peupleraies. L’optimisation de la biomasse produite en regard de l’eau consommée (efficience d’utilisation de l’eau, WUE) apparaît alors être une question de recherche prometteuse. Des études précédentes ont montré une diversité clonale de WUE chez les peupliers, pilotée principalement par la conductance stomatique (gs). Cependant, gs et l’assimilation en CO2 ne sont pas toujours connectés, ce qui peut conduire à de fortes variations de WUE au niveau foliaire. De plus, puisque la mesure de l’efficience d’utilisation de l’eau au niveau de la plante entière (TE) est laborieuse à mesurer, les expérimentations sont souvent réalisées en serre. Toutefois, les conditions contrôlées d’une serre conduisent à un environnement très différent des conditions naturelles, et les comparaisons de WUE entre conditions contrôlées et naturelles sont rares dans la littérature. Nous avons évalué la diversité des dynamiques stomatiques au sein de génotypes de peupliers sous conditions témoins et sous sécheresse en serre et en pépinière. Nous avons examiné le lien entre différents facteurs physiologiques, morphologiques et moléculaires et les dynamiques stomatiques, ainsi que leur influence sur TE. De plus, nous avons étudié la relation entre différents estimateurs de WUE et ses composantes entre des conditions contrôlées et naturelles. Le contenu en éléments minéraux et l’expression de gènes candidats ont également été quantifiés à deux moments de la journée pour analyser leur relation avec gs. Nous avons observé une variabilité génotypique significative des dynamiques stomatiques à la fois en réponse à l’irradiance et au VPD, de plus modifiée par la sécheresse et les conditions de croissance. La taille et la densité des stomates ainsi que la transpiration foliaire étaient fortement corrélées aux dynamiques stomatiques en serre, mais très peu en pépinière. Ces résultats soulignent l’importance et la complexité de ces mécanismes à l’échelle de la plante entière. WUE au niveau de la feuille et de la plante entière étaient relativement stables au sein des génotypes et entre conditions de croissance, mais bien moins avec la sécheresse. Enfin, des contenus en éléments et des expressions géniques distinctes ont été observées entre faces de la feuille et enter moments de la journée, en lien avec gs. Ces résultats fournissent de précieuses informations pour mieux comprendre les divers mécanismes foliaires pilotant WUE au niveau de la plante entièreThe number of drought events is expected to increase in intensity and frequency as a result of climate change. Since poplar productivity is closely linked to water availability, there is an increasing risk of decline in wood production from poplar plantations. Optimization of the ratio of biomass production to water used (i.e. water use efficiency, WUE) appears therefore as a relevant target for poplar research. Previous studies have shown the clonal diversity of WUE in poplar is driven mainly by stomatal conductance (gs). However gs and photosynthesis are not always tightly coupled which can result in large variations of WUE at leaf level. Additionally, because transpiration efficiency (TE) is laborious to measure, experiments are often conducted in pots in glasshouses. However in controlled conditions the environment is widely different than in the field and comparisons of WUE in controlled and field conditions are scarce in the literature. We assessed the diversity of stomatal dynamics among poplar genotypes under control or drought conditions grown in a glasshouse and in the field. We investigated the link between physiological, morphological and molecular factors and stomatal dynamics, and their influence on TE. Furthermore, we examined the relation between different estimators of WUE and its components between controlled and field conditions. Element content and candidate gene expression in the guard cells were also quantified at two times during the day to analyze their link to stomatal conductance. We found among the four genotypes studied significant genotypic variability of stomatal dynamics to irradiance and VPD which was altered by drought and growing conditions. Stomatal size and density as well as water use, but not WUE, were correlated to stomatal dynamics, emphasizing the importance and complexity of such mechanisms at the whole plant scale. Good agreements between leaf-level and whole-plant WUE among genotypes and between growing conditions were also found. Finally, distinct guard cell element contents and candidate gene expression, between leaf sides and time of day, linked with stomatal conductance draw attention to the diversity of components contributing to TE. These findings provides valuable information to better understand the diverse, sometimes unsuspected, leaf-level mechanisms driving water use efficiency at the whole plant scale
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Issoufou, Hassane Bil-Assanou. "Réponse hydrique à la sécheresse et impact de la coupe chez une espèce semi-sempervirente sahélienne (Guiera senegalensis J.F.Gmel)." Thesis, Montpellier 2, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012MON20091/document.
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La zone sahélienne a connu une baisse des précipitations et d’importants changements d'utilisation des terres ces dernières décennies qui ont conduit à une forte régression du couvert ligneux. Pourtant, Guiera senegalesis J.F. Gmel est une Combretaceae semi-sempervirente, dont la dominance s'est accrue avec la pression agricole dans la bande soudano-sahélienne où elle joue un rôle socio-économique et agroforestier important. Elle constitue donc un bon modèle pour étudier les réponses hydriques du couvert ligneux actuel à la sécheresse et les modifications de ces réponses sous l'effet de la coupe.Les objectifs de ce travail de thèse étaient : 1) de caractériser et quantifier les processus de régulation hydrique chez G. senegalensis et de déterminer ses limites fonctionnelles, afin d’estimer sa marge de sécurité dans ses conditions actuelles de croissance, 2) d’estimer l’effet de la coupe annuelle sur ses processus de régulation et 3) d’analyser les variations de ses traits foliaires en fonction de la saison et des conditions de croissance.Les mesures et les observations ont été réalisées d’avril 2009 à février 2011 sur une jachère âgée, sur une jeune jachère et sur deux champs de mil adjacents aux deux jachères respectivement. A l'échelle de l'arbuste, le potentiel hydrique foliaire et la conductance stomatique ont été mesurés au cours de ces deux saisons de croissance sur un échantillon d'arbustes dans les trois types de couvert. Le taux de transpiration foliaire et la conductance hydraulique sol-feuille en ont été déduits. A l’échelle du rameau, ont été suivi la dynamique du nombre de feuilles, de la surface moyenne des feuilles, du diamètre moyen des tiges qui les portent. La durée de vie moyenne des feuilles et leur masse surfacique ont été mesurées. La courbe de vulnérabilité à la cavitation de l'espèce, qui est la perte de la conductivité hydraulique en fonction du potentiel hydrique, a été réalisée à partir de plusieurs segments de branches passés au CAVITRON en laboratoire.Les principaux résultats obtenus sont que la fermeture des stomates qui permet à l’espèce de réguler ses pertes en eau a lieu à un niveau faible de cavitation du xylème (30%). Ainsi, l’espèce peut survivre dans les conditions sahéliennes grâce à une « marge de sécurité » positive de +0,6 MPa. La régulation stomatique couplée à un ajustement foliaire permet à l’espèce de maintenir son équilibre hydrique au cours de la saison sèche chez les arbustes matures non perturbés. La baisse des potentiels hydriques foliaires de base et minimum en réponse à la sécheresse saisonnière est isohydrodynamique et est plus élevé chez les arbustes matures, suggérant que les repousses de l'année sont moins stressées. De plus, la coupe a pour effet de découpler l’ajustement foliaire de la régulation stomatique et entraîne une production de feuilles et une croissance des jeunes rameaux continues tout au long de l'année chez les repousses, grâce à une conductance hydraulique sol-feuille deux fois plus élevée que chez les arbustes matures. Enfin, la durée de vie des feuilles s’allonge avec l’âge des rameaux d'une année comme avec l'âge du peuplement, tandis que la masse surfacique foliaire augmente progressivement de la même façon quand on passe de la saison des pluies à la saison sèche, quel que soit l'âge du peuplement.Ces traits fonctionnels contribuent à ce que l’espèce puisse à la fois résister aux conditions de sécheresse dans lesquelles elle croît et ré-allouer de façon intense des ressources, stockées probablement dans les racines, à la reconstruction rapide de sa partie aérienne à la suite d'une coupe. Les limites d'une telle stratégie restent cependant à identifier, en particulier le seuil d'épuisement des ressources sous l'effet de la répétition annuelle des coupesSahel suffered from severe rainfall decreases combined to great changes in land use during the last decades that led to strong decrease in the woody cover. However, Guiera senegalesis J.F. Gmel is a semi-evergreen Combretaceae whose dominance rose with crop pressure in the Sudano-Sahelian band where it plays an important socio-economic role through agroforestry. Consequently, this is a good model to study hydric responses of the present woody cover to drought and the effect of cutting on these responses.The aims of this work were: 1) to characterize and quantify hydric regulation processes in G. senegalesis and to determine its specific functional limits, in order to estimate its safety margin in its current growth conditions, 2) to estimate cut effect on these processes and 3) to analyze variations of its leaf traits according to the season and its specific growth conditions.Measurements and observations were conducted from April 2009 to February 2011 on an old fallow, on a young fallow, and on the two crop fields adjacent to the two fallows respectively. At the shrub scale, leaf water potential and stomatal conductance were measured during the two growing seasons on shrub samples in the three cover type. The leaf transpiration rate and the soil-to-leaf conductivity were deduced. At the stem scale, the dynamics of the number of leaves, the mean leaf area (LMA), the mean diameter of the stems that carry them, the mean leaf life span, and the leaf mass per area were monitored. The species vulnerability curve to cavitation, which is the loss of conductivity as a function of the water potential, was obtained from several peaces of branches treated in a CAVITRON at the laboratory.The main results obtained were that the stomatal closure that allows species to regulate its water loss occurs at a low rate of xylem cavitation (30%). Thus, the species can survive in its Sahelian conditions thanks to a positive “safety margin” of +0.6 MPa. Stomatal regulation coupled with leaf adjustment allows the species to maintain its water balance during the dry season in mature and undisturbed shrubs. The decrease in predawn and midday leaf water potentials in response to seasonal drought was isohydrodynamic, and it was greater in mature shrubs, suggesting that current year resprouts are under less stress. In addition, cutting decouple leaf adjustment from stomatal regulation, leading to continuous leaf production and young stem growth all over the year, thanks to a soil-to-leaf conductivity seven times higher in the current year's resprouts than in the mature shrubs. Finally, leaf life span increases with the current year's stem age as well as with the stand age, while the LMA progressively increases from the rainy season to the dry season, similarly whatever the stand age.These functional traits contribute to the species resistance to the drought conditions under which it grows, but also, following the cutting, to intensively re-allocate resources, probably from the root reserve, to the fast re-building of the aerial part. However, the limits of such a strategy remain to be identified, especially the resource exhaustion threshold under repetitive yearly cutting
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Ocheltree, Troy W. "Growth and survival during drought: the link between hydraulic architecture and drought tolerance in grasses." Diss., Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13803.
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The pathway for the movement of water through plants, from the soil matrix to the atmosphere, constitutes the hydraulic architecture of a plant. The linkage between the hydraulic architecture of woody plants and drought tolerance has received considerable attention, but much less work has been done on grasses. I investigated the linkage between the hydraulic architecture of grasses to physiological patterns of water use across a range of species and conditions. The rate of stomatal conductance (g[subscript]s) and photosynthesis (A) increased acropetally along the leaves of 5 grass species, which is a unique feature of this growth form. The internal structure of leaves also changed acropetally in order to minimize the pressure gradient across the mesophyll that would otherwise occur as a result of increasing g[subscript]s. The resistance to water movement through the mesophyll represented 80-90% of leaf resistance in six genotypes of Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench). This resistance was most important in controlling g[subscript]s and A when water was readily available, but as soil-moisture decreased it was the efficient transport of water through the xylem that was most important in maintaining plant function. I also investigated the relationship between hydraulic architecture and stomatal responses of grasses to increasing Vapor Pressure Deficit (D). Grasses with a larger proportion of their hydraulic resistance within the xylem were less sensitive to increasing D and plants with high root conductance maintained higher rates of gas exchange D increased. Finally, I investigated the tolerance of grasses to extreme drought events to test if there was a trade-off between drought tolerance and growth in grasses. Plants with drought tolerant leaf traits typically sacrificed the ability to move water efficiently through their leaves. Having drought tolerant leaves did not limit the plants ability to have high rates of gas exchange, and, in fact, the most drought tolerant plants had the high rates of g[subscript]s when expressed on a mass basis. Leaf-level drought tolerance did contribute to species’ occurrence, as the drought intolerant species I studied are not commonly found in low precipitation systems. The results presented here highlight the importance of studying the hydraulic architecture of plants to provide a better understanding of what controls plant function across a range of environmental conditions.
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Otto, Marina Shinkai Gentil. "Physiological responses of forest species to water stress." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11144/tde-05112015-154241/.
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Abiotic and biotic stresses affect tree growth and play a major role in determining the geographic distribution of species. The objective of this study is to elucidate the following questions: (1) are GABA aminoacid and stomatal control good indicators of tolerance to water stress in Eucalyptus clones? In addition, what are the anatomical differences between drought-tolerant and drought-sensitive clones of Eucalyptus? (2) Are there differences of xylem vulnerability to cavitation in Pinus flexilis families susceptible and resistant to white pine blister rust (WPBR) and with different origins (high and low altitudes)? Two studies were carried out to elucidate the issues above. On chapters 1, eight Eucalyptus clones from different geographical and climatological conditions, three drought-sensitive (CNB, FIB and JAR), three drought-tolerant (GG, SUZ and VM), and two plastics (VER and COP), were studied in normal water supply (control treatment) and in water stress conditions (stress treatment). The first chapter concluded that GABA is an aminoacid very sensitive to water stress, but there was no relation between GABA concentration and tolerance to water stress of the clones. In addition, all clones decreased stomatal conductance with increasing vapor pressure deficit, and plastics and drought-tolerant clones (except GG) presented lower stomatal sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit under stress conditions than drought-sensitive clones. Besides, all clones showed differences on the anatomical parameters between, and only COP (plastic) and SUZ (drought-tolerant) showed homogeneous mesophyll and amphi-hipostomatic leaves. All clones increased the number of stomata and reduced leaf thickness of the leaves formed after water stress period. On the chapter 2, we studied 12 families of Pinus flexilis originating from high and lower altitudes, in which six families previously shown to contain the dominant C4 allele (resistant to WPBR) and six families without C4 allele (susceptible to WPBR). This study showed that the mean cavitation pressure (MCP) of Pinus flexilis varying between 3.63 a -4.84 Mpa, although there was a significant difference in vulnerability to cavitation comparing all families, this variable was not related to WPBR and origin region. These studies highlight that the physiological responses of plants under water stress conditions are important tools that can be used to complement the strategies of genotype selection in forest breeding programs.Estresses abióticos e bióticos podem afetar o crescimento das árvores e desempenham um papel importante na determinação da distribuição geográfica das espécies. O objetivo deste estudo, foi elucidar as seguintes questões: (1) o aminoácido GABA e o controle estomático são bons indicadores da tolerância ao estresse hídrico em clones de Eucalyptus? E quais são as diferenças anatômicas entre clones de Eucalyptus tolerantes e sensíveis ao estresse hídrico? (2) existem diferenças de vulnerabilidade a cavitação do xilema entre famílias de Pinus flexilis suscetíveis e resistentes à ferrugem do pinho branco (WPBR) e com diferentes procedências (elevada e baixa altitudes)? Dois estudos foram desenvolvidos para elucidar as questões acima descritas. No capítulo 1, oito clones de Eucalyptus de diferentes procedências e condições climáticas, sendo três clones sensíveis ao estresse hídrico (CNB, FIB e JAR), três clones tolerantes ao estresse hídrico (GG, SUZ e VM) e dois clones plásticos (VER e COP), foram estudados sob duas condições distintas: sob adequado suprimento de água (tratamento controle) e sob condições de estresse hídrico (tratamento estresse). Do primeiro capítulo concluiu-se que o GABA é um aminoácido que possui alta sensibilidade ao estresse hídrico, no entanto, não houve relação entre a concentração de GABA e os níveis de tolerância ao estresse hídrico dos clones. Além disso, todos os clones reduziram a condutância estomática em relação ao aumento do déficit de pressão de vapor (DPV), sendo que, sob condições de estresse hídrico, os clones plásticos e tolerantes à seca (exceto o clone GG) apresentaram menor sensibilidade estomática ao DPV do que os clones sensíveis ao estresse hídrico. Além disso, todos os clones apresentaram diferenças anatômicas, sendo que, diferentemente dos demais, os clones COP (plástico) e SUZ (tolerante) apresentaram mesofilo homogêneo e folhas anfi-hipoestomáticas. Todos os clones aumentaram a quantidade de estômatos e reduziram a espessura foliar das folhas formadas após períodos de estresse hídrico. No segundo capítulo foram avaliadas 12 famílias de Pinus flexilis procedentes de regiões de baixa e alta altitudes, sendo seis famílias contendo um alelo dominante C4 (resistente à WPBR) e seis famílias sem o alelo C4 (suscetíveis à WPBR). Este estudo apresentou uma variação da pressão média da cavitação (MCP) para Pinus flexilis de -3,63 a -4,84 Mpa, e embora tenha havido uma diferença significativa da susceptibilidade a cavitação entre todas as famílias estudadas, esta variável não relacionou-se com a susceptibilidade a doença WPBR e com a região de procedência das famílias. Estes estudos comprovam que a avaliação das respostas fisiológicas das plantas sob condições de estresse hídrico são importantes ferramentas que podem ser utilizadas para complementar as estratégias da seleção de genótipos em programas de melhoramento florestal.
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Schley, Thayssa Rabelo. "Intensidade do estresse hídrico modula a expressão de aquaporinas durante a reidratação em Sorghum bicolor." Botucatu, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/138029.
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Orientador: Luiz Fernando Rolim AlmeidaResumo: Espera-se que os efeitos da seca aumentem e alterem a duração do estresse hídrico nos próximos anos em diferentes regiões agrícolas. A recuperação fisiológica após o estresse hídrico ainda não é compreendida e as aquaporinas (AQPs) participam do processo de recuperação. Nosso objetivo foi avaliar se as aquaporinas estão associadas com o processo de recuperação fisiológica nas folhas após a reidratação. Plantas de Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench) foram submetidas a diferentes intensidades de estresse hídrico durante 20 dias e posterior reidratação durante 12 dias. Durante estes períodos, as variáveis de relações hídricas, fluorescência da clorofila a, trocas gasosas e a expressão dos genes PIP1,5, PIP2;2 e TIP1; 1 foram avaliados. Plantas submetidas ao déficit hídrico moderado (DHM) mostraram mesmos valores do controle em todas as variáveis fisiológicas e aumento da expressão das aquaporinas no final do déficit hídrico. Enquanto as plantas da deficiência hídrica severa (DHS) e severa progressiva (DHSP) apresentaram diminuição nas variáveis de relações hídricas, limitação estomática e não estomática da fotossíntese e baixa expressão das aquaporinas. Após a reidratação, as plantas desses tratamentos apresentam conjunto de ajustes fisiológicos que permitem o retorno da fotossíntese 144 horas após o fornecimento de água, sendo a limitação estomática a maior responsável pela recuperação. As AQPs analisadas são responsivas à reidratação somente nas plantas que não tiveram controle da rep... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: It is expected that the effects of drought increase and change the duration of water stress in the coming years in different agricultural regions. The physiological recovery after water stress is still not well understood and aquaporins (AQPs) participate in the recovery process. Our aim was evaluate whether aquaporins are associated with physiological recovery process in leaves after rehydration. Sorghum bicolor L. (Moench) plants were submitted to different intensities of water stress during 20 days and subsequent rehydration for 12 days. During these periods, variables of water relations, chlorophyll fluorescence, gas exchange and PIP1;5, PIP2;2 and TIP1;1 gene expression were evaluated. Moderate water deficit (DHM) plants showed same values of control in all physiological variables and increased aquaporins expression in the end of water deficit. While severe (DHS) and progressive severe water stress (DHSP) plants had decreased water relations, diffusive and non-diffusive limitation of photosynthesis and low aquaporins expression. After rehydration, plants of these treatments have set of physiological adjustments that enable the return of photosynthesis 144 hours after the water supply. Stomatal limitation was the most responsible for recovery. The AQPs analyzed are responsive to rehydration only in plants that did not have control of water replacement in the soil (DHSP). We observed a pattern of responses of these AQPs that depends on the intensity of water deficit and no... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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Tomczak, Valmor Elias. "Ecofisiologia de mudas de ipê-roxo (Tabebuia impetiginosa Mart. ex. DC. Standal.) submetidas a estresse hídrico." Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, 2012. http://bdtd.ufersa.edu.br:80/tede/handle/tede/54.
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Tabebuia impetiginosa is a tree species, known as pau d'arco or ipe-roxo. It is found in Caatinga areas, and is of great importance to this biome, its wood is much appreciated, and because it contains in its bark substances that act against cancer. This species has been used in land restoration programs. Species of this biome, such as ipe-roxo, present several morphophysiological changes as a way to adapt to the dry seasons of the year. The study of these changes is of great importance, and it s necessary to understand these mechanisms so that we can manage and conserve these species. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the ecophysiological behavior of Tabebuia impetiginosa in response to water stress and rehydration. For this purpose an experiment was conducted in a greenhouse at the Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Arido. The fruits were collected from trees of the same University and sowed in soil from two locations, Mossoro, and Angicos, this one collected in an area in process of desertification. When the seedlings reached nine months in the dry season, the treatments were applied, consisted of a set of two factors. the first one were the two soil types (Mossoró and Angicos) and the second, two water regimes with three replications, with each repetition represented by three plants. The evaluations were performed every three days during the period of suspension of irrigation in seedlings with and without irrigation, and the return of irrigation determined by monitoring the onset of leaf fall in plants subjected to irrigation suspension. After this period the plants were rehydrated, and evaluations done until the photosynthesis rates of the seedlings that were subjected to irrigation suspension equalized to the ones that were not submitted. The variables investigated were photosynthesis (A), stomatal conductance (E), internal CO2 concentration (Ci), transpiration (E), water use efficiency (A/E), carboxylation efficiency (A/Ci) and leaf water potential (Ψw) at predawn and midday.The soil of Mossoro presented greater rates of A and E in some evaluations when exposed to good water conditions when compared to the Angicos soil. This response in this condition was not related to gs. When subjected to stress, the of ipe-roxo seedlings in Angicos soil reduced their leaf Ψw before the seedlings grown in Mossoro soil. When rehydrated, seedlings grown in Angicos soil recovered their leaf Ψw before the plants grown in Mossoro soil. Regardless of the soil, water stress affected A, E, gs, and Ci, with decrease of these variables and rapid recovery after rehydration. In contrast, there was an increase in A/E during water stress, and this occurred earlier in plants grown in Mossoro soil. With water stress there was a the reduction of leaf Ψw, this reduction being found earlier in Angicos soil and in predawn. The Tabebuia impetiginosa presents itself as an investor plant, with an ability to reduce its leaf Ψw in water shortage conditions
Tabebuia impetiginosa é uma espécie arbórea, conhecida como pau-d`arco ou ipê-roxo. Encontrada em áreas da Caatinga, é de grande importância para esse bioma, possuindo madeira muito apreciada, e por conter em sua casca substâncias que agem contra o câncer. Essa espécie vem sendo usada em programas de recuperação de áreas degradadas. Espécies desse bioma, como o Ipê-roxo, apresentam diversas alterações morfofisiológicas como forma de adaptação às épocas secas do ano. O estudo dessas alterações é de grande importância, sendo necessário conhecer esses mecanismos para que se possa manejar e conservar essas espécies. Logo, objetiva-se nesse estudo avaliar o comportamento ecofisiológico de Tabebuia impetiginosa em resposta ao estresse hídrico e a reidratação. Para isso foi realizado um experimento na casa de vegetação da Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido. Os frutos foram coletados em árvores da mesma Universidade e a semeadura realizada em solos de duas localidades, Mossoró, e Angicos, esse último coletado em uma área em processo de desertificação. Quando as mudas atingiram nove meses, na estação seca do ano, foram aplicados os tratamentos, constituídos de um conjunto de dois fatores, sendo o primeiro, dois tipos de solo (Mossoró e Angicos) e o segundo, dois regimes hídricos com três repetições, com cada repetição representada por três plantas. O delineamento experimental foi em blocos casualizados. As avaliações foram realizadas a cada três dias, durante o período de suspensão da irrigação, em mudas com e sem irrigação, sendo a retomada da irrigação determinada pelo monitoramento do início da queda das folhas, nas plantas submetidas à suspensão. Após esse período as mudas foram reidratadas, e as avaliações realizadas até que as taxas de fotossíntese das mudas que foram submetidas à suspensão igualassem às que não foram submetidas. As variáveis avaliadas foram fotossíntese (A), condutância estomática (gs), concentração interna de CO2 (Ci), transpiração, Eficiência de uso da água (A/E), Eficiência de carboxilação (A/Ci) e o potencial hídrico foliar (Ψw) ao pré-amanhecer e ao meio-dia. O solo de Mossoró apresentou maiores taxas de A e E em determinados períodos de avaliação quando submetido a boa condição hídrica em relação ao solo de Angicos. Essa resposta, nessa condição, não esteve relacionada à gs. Quando submetido ao estresse, as mudas de Ipê-roxo no solo de Angicos reduziram seu Ψw foliar antes das mudas cultivada no solo de Mossoró. E quando reidratadas, mudas cultivadas no solo de Angicos recuperaram seu Ψw foliar antes do solo de Mossoró. Independente do solo estudado o estresse hídrico afeta A, E, gs, Ci, com decréscimo dessas variáveis e rápidas recuperações após a reidratação. Diferentemente, a A/E, presenta um aumento com o estresse hídrico, sendo esse verificado antes em mudas cultivadas no solo de Mossoró. Com o estresse hídrico ocorre a redução do Ψw foliar, sendo essa redução encontrada antes no solo de Angicos e no período anterior ao amanhecer. A Tabebuia impetiginosa apresenta-se como uma espécie investidora, apresentando capacidade de reduzir seu Ψw foliar em condições de falta de água
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Krauss, Lauren Marie. "Balancing the Water Budget: the effect of plant functional type on infiltration to harvest ratios in stormwater bioretention cells." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101970.
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Stormwater bioretention cells (BRCs) are a variety of green stormwater infrastructure with the potential to restore pre-urban water balance, provided they can be tailored to infiltrate and evapotranspire (i.e., harvest) urban runoff in proportions consistent with pre-urban hydrologic conditions. This paper evaluates their capacity to do so, focusing on evapotranspirative harvest, which is relatively understudied, and the capacity of CSR (Competitve, Stress-tolerant, and Ruderal) functional type to serve as an overarching framework characterizing the water use strategy of BRC plants. The goal is to determine if harvest (and therefore the ratio of urban runoff infiltrated to harvested; the I:H ratio) might be fine-tuned to meet pre-urban values in BRCs through informed manipulation of plant community composition. This study focuses on 3 critical plant water use traits, the turgor loss point, the point of incipient water stress, and maximum stomatal conductance. A global plant traits meta-analysis identified degree of plant competitiveness and stress tolerance as significant determinants of all three water use traits, with stem type (woody vs herbaceous) also being significant, but only for turgor loss point. Based on these results, six water use scenarios appropriate for plants with different CSR type/stem type combinations were developed. BRC plants spanning the range of CSR types necessary to actionize these scenarios were determined to be available in eight major climate zones of the coterminous US, suggesting that regulating plant water use in BRCs using CSR is likely feasible. Hydraulic simulations (Hydrus 1D) were conducted for each scenario in all eight climate zones and revealed significant differences in evapotranspirative harvest and I:H ratios in simulated BRCs. Competitive woody plants had the highest evapotranspiration and lowest I:H ratios; 1.5-1.8 times more evapotranspiration and a 1.6-2 times lower I:H ratio than stress tolerant herbaceous plants, on average, across climate zones. Despite these significant differences, no simulated BRC in any climate zone was capable of reproducing pre-urban I:H ratios, regardless of plant type. More water was infiltrated than harvested in all scenarios and climates with the inverse being true for all pre-urban conditions. This suggests that absent additional sources of harvest (e.g., use of BRC water for nonpotable purposes such as toilet flushing and outdoor irrigation, or adoption of novel BRC designs that promote lateral exfiltration, stimulating "extra" evapotranspiration from nearby landscapes), BRCs will be unable to restore pre-urban water balance on their own. If true, then using BRCs in combination with other green technologies (particularly those biased towards harvest), may be the best path forward for balancing urban water budgets.Master of Science
Stormwater bioretention cells (BRCs) are a variety of green infrastructure designed to manage urban stormwater flows that can dramatically reduce the amount of stormwater that is rapidly (and unnaturally) conveyed from paved surfaces to ecosystems. Their ability to recreate natural flow conditions is dependent on them balancing rates of infiltration – slowly filtering water down to the water table – and evapotranspiration – letting plants capture and transpire water. This paper evaluates the extent to which different plant functional types (competitive, stress tolerant, and ruderal (weedy)) can be used to regulate this balance, bringing urban hydrologic conditions closer to pre-urban ones. Competitiveness and stress tolerance were found to significantly influence plant water use traits, as was plant stem type (woody vs herbaceous) to a lesser extent (i.e., managing water budgets using CSR functional type is theoretically possible). Published BRC vegetation guidelines in 8 major US climate zones were found to include both competitive and stress tolerant species (i.e., the range of functional types required to regulate BRC water balance exists, suggesting it is feasible). Finally, hydraulic simulations conducted under six plant water use scenarios (reflecting different CSR types and stem types) revealed significant differences in the ratio of water infiltrated to evapotranspired by BRCs (i.e., changing plant functional types can meaningfully influence BRC water balance). This said, the magnitude of this effect may be insufficient to return urban catchments to a pre-urban state. All BRCs infiltrated too much water in our simulations suggesting that absent additional sources of harvest (for instance., use of BRC water for nonpotable purposes such as toilet flushing or outdoor irrigation), BRCs will be unable to restore pre-urban water balance on their own. If true, then using BRCs in combination with other green technologies (particularly those biased towards harvest), may be the best path forward for balancing urban water budgets.
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François, Ticiana. "RELAÇÕES HÍDRICAS E TROCAS GASOSAS EM PLANTAS DE FEIJÃO SUBMETIDAS À IRRIGAÇÃO DEFICITÁRIA." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2012. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/7555.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorThe constant deficiency of available water resources and the society pressure for the rational water use in agriculture requires the correct management of the irrigation water. When a plant does not receive the right amount of water, it will affect the crop yield. The deficit irrigation contributes to increase the crops yield, comparing to a systems without irrigation, and as a results the agriculture will be more efficient preserving the quality ant quantity of natural recourses increasing or maintaining the crop yield. Therefore, this study is justified insofar as it seeks to identify deficit irrigation management in order to maintain satisfactory productivity, coupled with the water savings. The objective of this research was to evaluate water relations and gas exchange through the assessment of physiological variables that indicate changes in the crop yield of dry bean submitted to deficit irrigation. The experiment was conducted at the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil, under a mobile greenhouse, which was only closed during the occurrence of rain. In this way, there was no rainfall interference affecting the treatments. A completely randomized design was used with three replications. Treatments were consisted of four irrigation managements: 100% of accumulated crop evapotranspiration (ETc ac), and deficit irrigation of 75%, 50% and 25% of the ETc ac. Dry beans was sowed under a no tillage system, and the irrigation need was determined based on crop evapotranspiration values estimated using Penman-Monteith method, and the crop coefficients (Kc) used were those proposed by Allen et al. (1998). Irrigations were applied when the ETc accumulated a height of 20mm. The following leaf water relations and leaf gas exchanges were evaluated: Transpiration rate, stomatal conductance, leaf steam pressure deficit, internal concentration of CO2 and photosynthesis rate, using a LI-6400 (LI-Cor). With the values of photosynthesis rate, transpiration rate, stomatal conductance and internal concentration of CO2 were determined: transpiration instantaneous efficiency (photosynthesis rate/transpiration rate); intrinsic water use efficiency and (photosynthesis rate/stomatal conductance); carboxylation efficiency of the plants (photosynthesis rate/internal concentration of CO2). The following morphological features were evaluated: leaf area index, plant height and yield compounds (one hundred mass grains, number of seed plant and crop yield). The water use efficiency (EUA) was found by the ratio between grain yield (kg ha-1) and total depth applied (mm). During crop development accumulated ETc was 379,7 mm and was applied 122, 206, 290 and 376 mm of irrigation depth for the deficit irrigation treatment of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of ETc ac, respectively. The application of deficit irrigation reduced the leaf area index, plant height and reduction of 47,41% in the number of seed plant, 39,26%, in one hundred mass grain and 53,41% in crop yield. The reduction in water depth from 100% to 25% of ETc ac reduced by up to 91% of the stomatal concuctance and these plants had lower photosynthesis rate. The plants that received irrigation depth of 100% of ETc ac had higher E and carboxylation efficiency. The intrinsic water use efficiency and water use efficiency increased with the use of deficit irrigation.
A escassez dos recursos hídricos e a pressão social para o uso racional da água na agricultura exigem o correto uso e manejo da água de irrigação, pois, a falta ou excesso, comprometem o rendimento das culturas. O uso da irrigação, deficitária ou estratégica, contribui para o aumento da produtividade de grãos, comparando-se às condições de sequeiro, e resulta em uma agricultura economicamente mais eficiente, preservando os recursos naturais em termos de quantidade e qualidade, mantendo níveis satisfatórios de produtividade. Portanto, o presente estudo se justifica na medida em que se busca identificar manejos de irrigação deficitária que permitam manter níveis satisfatórios de produtividade, aliados à economia de água e energia. Assim, o objetivo desse trabalho foi avaliar as relações hídricas e as trocas gasosas, através da avaliação de variáveis fisiológicas que indiquem alterações na produção das plantas de feijão, quando submetidas a diferentes manejos de irrigação deficitária. O experimento foi desenvolvido na Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brasil, no interior de uma cobertura móvel, estruturada sobre trilhos metálicos, com movimentação mecânica, a qual somente foi fechada durante a ocorrência de chuvas. Dessa forma, não houve a interferência das chuvas durante a execução dos tratamentos. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado, com três repetições. Os tratamentos foram constituídos de quatro manejos de irrigação: reposição de 100% da evapotranspiração da cultura acumulada (ETc ac), e irrigação deficitária de 75%, 50% e 25% da ETc ac. A cultura do feijão foi semeada sob sistema de plantio direto e a necessidade de irrigação foi determinada com base na evapotranspiração da cultura, estimada pelo método de Penman-Monteith e os coeficientes de cultura (Kc) foram os propostos por Allen et al. (1998). Irrigações eram realizadas quando a ETc acumulava um valor de 20 mm. As seguintes relações hídricas e trocas gasosas das plantas foram avaliadas: taxa de transpiração, condutância estomática, déficit de pressão de vapor na folha, concentração interna de CO2 e taxa fotossintética, com o aparelho LI-6400 da Licor. Com os valores de taxa fotossintética, taxa de transpiração, condutância estomática e concentração interna de CO2 foram determinados: a eficiência instantânea da transpiração (razão taxa fotossintética/taxa de transpiração); a eficiência intrínseca do uso da água (razão taxa fotossintética/condutância estomática) e; a eficiência de carboxilação das plantas (razão taxa fotossintética/concentração interna de CO2). Foram avaliadas as seguintes características morfológicas nas plantas: índice de área foliar e altura de plantas e, os componentes de rendimento: massa de cem grãos, número de vagens por planta e rendimento de grãos. A eficiência de uso da água foi encontrada por meio da razão entre a produtividade de grãos (kg ha-1) e total de lâmina aplicada (mm). Durante o ciclo de desenvolvimento da cultura do feijão a ETc ac foi de 379,7 mm e foram aplicados 122, 206, 290 e 376 mm de lâmina de irrigação para os tratamentos de 25, 50, 75 e 100% da ETc ac, respectivamente. A aplicação da irrigação deficitária reduziu o índice de área foliar, a altura das plantas e causou reduções de até 47,41% no número de vagens por planta, 39,26%, na massa de cem grãos de feijão e 53,41% no rendimento de grãos. A redução da lâmina de irrigação de 100% para 25% da ETc ac reduziu em até 87% a condutância estomática das plantas e estas apresentaram menor taxa fotossintética. As plantas que receberam lâmina de irrigação de 100% da ETc ac apresentaram maiores taxa de transpiração e eficiência de carboxilação. A eficiência instrínseca do uso da água e a eficiência do uso da água aumentaram com a utilização da irrigação deficitária.
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Lindeque, Susan. "Influence of SO2 fumigation on growth, photosynthesis, lipoxygenase and peroxidase activities of soybean (Glycine max), in open-top chambers / Susan Lindeque." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8716.
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Air pollutant exposure poses a health risk to humans and impacts negatively on agriculture. High levels of air pollution resulted in extensive crop damage and yield reduction in Europe and USA. The Highveld region in South Africa, a very important area for maize and soya production, has already been declared an air pollution hot spot, with SO2 being the most concerning air pollutant. Most of the SO2 over the Highveld originates from the burning of coal for power generation. Developing countries, such as South Africa, are highly dependent on agriculture for food security and high levels of air pollution pose serious risks to the agricultural industry. Currently very little information is available on the effects of air pollution on crop production in South Africa.
This study aimed to establish exposure-response relationship for SO2 on soybean and the quantification thereof on the morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics. Two soybean cultivars were used, namely: LS 6164 and PAN 1666. The plants were fumigated for 7 hours, 7 days a week with 0 (carbon filtered control; CF), 25, 75 and 150 ppb SO2. The effect of SO2 was investigated on the growth, photosynthetic capabilities, photosynthetic gas exchange, peroxidase activity and lipoxygenase activity of the cultivars.
Foliar injuries and interveinal chlorosis were visible with increasing levels of SO2 as well as a decrease in biomass accumulation, especially in root biomass; a more prominent feature of LS 6164. The number of nodules of both cultivars decreased insignificantly as the levels of SO2 increased. The number of pods per plant and the average weight of 30 seeds indicated a downward trend with an increase in SO2 concentration. The chlorophyll content of PAN 1666 was lower compared to LS 6164. PAN 1666 had the largest reduction in stomatal conductance at 150 ppb SO2 fumigation.
The photosynthetic vitality index indicated that LS 6164 was more sensitive to SO2 inhibition from 25 ppb SO2 and higher, whereas PAN 1666 mostly became sensitive to SO2 from 75 ppb SO2. A decrease in the ability to absorb light energy, the trapping of excitation energy to transfer electrons beyond QA-, and the reduction of end electron acceptors all contributed to the decline in the vitality index.
Sulphur content increased significantly in the 75 ppb and 150 ppb treatments of both cultivars. Induced peroxidase and lipoxygenase activity was seen in both cultivars, especially at higher concentrations of SO2 treatments. PAN 1666 had a higher rate of peroxidase and lipoxygenase activity compared to LS 6164.
The implication for SO2 on crop production in the highly industrial Highveld area was demonstrated to be potentially of great concern. The dose-response relationships plotted for OJIP parameters emphasized that SO2 is an inhibitor of photosynthesis and phytotoxic of nature. Both cultivars experienced limitations from 75 ppb, especially at the 150 ppb SO2 concentration. From these results it appears that PAN 1666 is more adapted to SO2 compared to LS 6164 and levels of 75 ppb SO2 and higher become toxic to these plants.Thesis (Master of Environmental Sciences)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013
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Lindsey, Alexander Joseph. "Agronomic and Physiological Responses of Modern Drought-Tolerant Maize (Zea mays L.) Hybrids to Agronomic Production Practices." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1428654442.
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Volpe, Valeria. "On Some Ecohydrological Interactions in Coastal Environments." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3422052.
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The modeling of coupled processes of plant transpiration and photosynthesis together with soil moisture dynamics and morphology evolution is of key importance to study the fate of coastal areas, characterized by shallow waters and complex hydraulic regimes which regulate the sediment budget and salinity.
In this study, a novel approach to physically-based models which deal with water potential gradients is presented, based on plant stomatal optimization which aims to increase photosynthesis and minimize transpiration, for a cost parameter which depends on the local soil moisture. Such an approach allows to model hydraulic lift - that is water redistribution exerted by roots from wet to dry soil zones. Future possible scenarios of climate change, with increased values of ambient CO2 concentration and air temperature, are explored in order to investigate the effects on plant adaptation.
Being salinity a stress factor in coastal areas, inhibiting photosynthesis both in salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive plants, a small-scale model for stomatal conductance is proposed. The optimality model here is revised to include the mesophyll conductance and its dependence on water salinity. The optimization problem of adjusting stomatal aperture for maximizing carbon gain at a given water loss is solved for both a non-linear and a linear biochemical demand function. The approaches here successfully describe gas-exchange measurements reported for olive trees (Olea europea L.) and spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) in fresh water and in salt stressed conditions. From the results obtained, the photosynthetic capacity of the plant is directly reduced by 30-40% under salt stress conditions. Hence, reductions in photosynthetic rates observed under increased salt stress are not only due to a limitation of CO2 diffusion, but also caused by a direct salinity effect on the metabolic apparatus of the plant. An increase in salt stress causes also an increase in the cost of water parameter (or marginal water use efficiency) exceeding 100%.
At a large scale, the effect of vegetation on sediment resuspension has been studied with application to coastal shallow waters by use of remote sensing and mathematical modeling in order to retrieve suspended sediment concentration maps. A simplified radiative transfer model has been applied to retrieve information from multispectral data from different sensors (LANDSAT, ASTER and ALOS AVNIR). Both the radiative transfer and the sediment transport models have been calibrated and validated with observations from a network of turbidity sensors in the Venice lagoon and the comparison of the suspended particulate matter (SPM) maps produced by satellite images and modelling allows to identify the magnitude of the stabilizing effect of benthic vegetation.La modellazione dei processi accoppiati di traspirazione e fotosintesi da parte delle piante con le dinamiche di umidità nel suolo e l'evoluzione morfologica è di grande importanza per lo studio dell'evoluzione degli ambienti costieri, caratterizzati da acque basse e regimi idraulici complessi che regolano il bilancio dei sedimenti e la salinità. In questo lavoro viene presentato un approccio originale nell'ambito dei modelli che riguardano i potenziali idrici. Tale approccio è basato sull'ottimizzazione dell'apertura degli stomi da parte della pianta, che tende a massimizzare la fotosintesi e minimizzare la traspirazione, dato un parametro di costo che dipende dall'umidità de suolo locale. Tale approccio permette di descrivere l'hydraulic lift, ovvero la ridistribuzione di acqua da zone umide a zone più secche del suolo, esercitata da parte delle radici. Vengono inoltre esplorati futuri scenari di cambiamenti climatici, simulando aumenti della concentrazione di CO2 in atmosfera e della temperatura dell'aria, per studiarne gli effetti sull'adattamento delle piante. La salinità rappresenta un fattore di stress nelle aree costiere, inibendo la fotosintesi sia per le piante tolleranti al sale che per quelle sensibili. E' stato, quindi, sviluppato un modello a piccola scala per la conduttanza degli stomi. Il modello di ottimizzazione, ovvero l'adattamento dell'apertura degli stomi per massimizzare la fotosintesi per una fissata traspirazione, viene qui rivisitato al fine di includere la conduttanza dei mesofilli e la sua dipendenza dalla salinità nella rappresentazione del modello. Il problema di ottimizzazione è risolto sia per una domanda biochimica di ossigeno non lineare che per una lineare. Entrambi gli approcci riproducono alcune misure riportate in letteratura per ulivi (Olea europea L.) e spinaci (Spinacia oleracea L.), per condizioni di acqua d'irrigazione dolce o salata. Dai risultati ottenuti, risulta che la capacità fotosintetica della pianta è ridotta del 30-40% in condizioni saline. Ne risulta che le riduzioni del tasso di fotosintesi che si osservano in condizioni saline non sono dovute solamente ad una limitazione nella diffusione di CO2, ma sono causate anche da un effetto diretto che la salinità stessa ha sull'apparato metabolico della pianta. Un aumento dello stress salino causa anche un aumento del parametro di costo dell'acqua (o efficienza di uso dell'acqua marginale) che eccede il 100%. A grande scala, l'effetto della vegetazione sulla risospensione dei sedimenti è stato studiato con applicazione alle acque basse costiere attraverso il telerilevamento e la modellazione matematica, al fine di creare delle mappe della concentrazione dei solidi sospesi. E' stato applicato un modello di trasferimento radiativo semplificato per estrarre informazione da immagini multispettrali acquisite da diversi sensori (LANDSAT, ASTER and ALOS AVNIR). Sia il modello di trasferimento radiativo che il modello di trasporto sono stati calibrati e validati sulla base di dati misurati da una rete di torbidimetri nella laguna di Venezia, e il confronto tra le mappe di sedimento in sospensione create dalle immagini satellitari e dal modello permette di valutare l'entità dell'effetto di stabilizzazione esercitato dalla vegetazione bentica.
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Durand, Maxime. "Déterminismes physiologiques, morphologiques et moléculaires de l’efficience d’utilisation de l’eau en lien avec la réponse à la sécheresse chez les peupliers : de la feuille à la plante entière." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lorraine, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LORR0082.
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Il est prévu une augmentation de l’intensité et de la fréquence des sécheresses dans les années à venir à cause des changements climatiques. Puisque la productivité des peupliers est étroitement liée à la disponibilité en eau, il existe un risque de déclin de la production de bois dans les peupleraies. L’optimisation de la biomasse produite en regard de l’eau consommée (efficience d’utilisation de l’eau, WUE) apparaît alors être une question de recherche prometteuse. Des études précédentes ont montré une diversité clonale de WUE chez les peupliers, pilotée principalement par la conductance stomatique (gs). Cependant, gs et l’assimilation en CO2 ne sont pas toujours connectés, ce qui peut conduire à de fortes variations de WUE au niveau foliaire. De plus, puisque la mesure de l’efficience d’utilisation de l’eau au niveau de la plante entière (TE) est laborieuse à mesurer, les expérimentations sont souvent réalisées en serre. Toutefois, les conditions contrôlées d’une serre conduisent à un environnement très différent des conditions naturelles, et les comparaisons de WUE entre conditions contrôlées et naturelles sont rares dans la littérature. Nous avons évalué la diversité des dynamiques stomatiques au sein de génotypes de peupliers sous conditions témoins et sous sécheresse en serre et en pépinière. Nous avons examiné le lien entre différents facteurs physiologiques, morphologiques et moléculaires et les dynamiques stomatiques, ainsi que leur influence sur TE. De plus, nous avons étudié la relation entre différents estimateurs de WUE et ses composantes entre des conditions contrôlées et naturelles. Le contenu en éléments minéraux et l’expression de gènes candidats ont également été quantifiés à deux moments de la journée pour analyser leur relation avec gs. Nous avons observé une variabilité génotypique significative des dynamiques stomatiques à la fois en réponse à l’irradiance et au VPD, de plus modifiée par la sécheresse et les conditions de croissance. La taille et la densité des stomates ainsi que la transpiration foliaire étaient fortement corrélées aux dynamiques stomatiques en serre, mais très peu en pépinière. Ces résultats soulignent l’importance et la complexité de ces mécanismes à l’échelle de la plante entière. WUE au niveau de la feuille et de la plante entière étaient relativement stables au sein des génotypes et entre conditions de croissance, mais bien moins avec la sécheresse. Enfin, des contenus en éléments et des expressions géniques distinctes ont été observées entre faces de la feuille et enter moments de la journée, en lien avec gs. Ces résultats fournissent de précieuses informations pour mieux comprendre les divers mécanismes foliaires pilotant WUE au niveau de la plante entièreThe number of drought events is expected to increase in intensity and frequency as a result of climate change. Since poplar productivity is closely linked to water availability, there is an increasing risk of decline in wood production from poplar plantations. Optimization of the ratio of biomass production to water used (i.e. water use efficiency, WUE) appears therefore as a relevant target for poplar research. Previous studies have shown the clonal diversity of WUE in poplar is driven mainly by stomatal conductance (gs). However gs and photosynthesis are not always tightly coupled which can result in large variations of WUE at leaf level. Additionally, because transpiration efficiency (TE) is laborious to measure, experiments are often conducted in pots in glasshouses. However in controlled conditions the environment is widely different than in the field and comparisons of WUE in controlled and field conditions are scarce in the literature. We assessed the diversity of stomatal dynamics among poplar genotypes under control or drought conditions grown in a glasshouse and in the field. We investigated the link between physiological, morphological and molecular factors and stomatal dynamics, and their influence on TE. Furthermore, we examined the relation between different estimators of WUE and its components between controlled and field conditions. Element content and candidate gene expression in the guard cells were also quantified at two times during the day to analyze their link to stomatal conductance. We found among the four genotypes studied significant genotypic variability of stomatal dynamics to irradiance and VPD which was altered by drought and growing conditions. Stomatal size and density as well as water use, but not WUE, were correlated to stomatal dynamics, emphasizing the importance and complexity of such mechanisms at the whole plant scale. Good agreements between leaf-level and whole-plant WUE among genotypes and between growing conditions were also found. Finally, distinct guard cell element contents and candidate gene expression, between leaf sides and time of day, linked with stomatal conductance draw attention to the diversity of components contributing to TE. These findings provides valuable information to better understand the diverse, sometimes unsuspected, leaf-level mechanisms driving water use efficiency at the whole plant scale
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Jinagool, Wanploy. "Variabilité génétique de la tolérance à la sécheresse d'arbres d'intérêts agronomiques : rôle de la vulnérabilité à la cavitation du xylème." Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015CLF22575/document.
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Dans un contexte de changements climatiques, le stress hydrique et la gestion de l'eau sont considérés comme une contrainte importante pour le secteur agricole. Ainsi la sélection pour la tolérance à la sécheresse est devenue un objectif majeur pour de nombreux programmes de sélection. La vulnérabilité à la cavitation est considérée comme un trait d'intérêt pour la sélection à une sécheresse extrême, en particulier pour les plantes ligneuses. Pourtant, l'étendue de sa variabilité et sa relation avec la tolérance à la sécheresse sont mal documentées à l’échelle intra-spécifique, et en particulier dans les espèces cultivées. Dans cette étude, la variabilité génétique de la vulnérabilité à la cavitation a été étudiée sur trois dispositifs expérimentaux différents avec trois arbres d’intérêt agronomique qui sont menacés par le risque de sécheresse: noyer, hévéa et pommier. Une faible ou aucune, variation de la vulnérabilité à la cavitation a été trouvée dans les espèces étudiées ainsi qu'entre deux espèces de noyers malgré les différences de traits précédemment rapportés. Ces résultats suggèrent une canalisation de la résistance à la cavitation dans les organes critiques (branches, tiges). Chez le pommier, le porte-greffe est soupçonné de provoquer de la plus étroite résistance à la cavitation sur le greffon. Par contre, des différences ont bien étés trouvées sur d’autres traits de réponse à la sécheresse comme la régulation stomatique, la chute des feuilles ou encore la vulnérabilité à la cavitation dans le pétiole. Ainsi, la vulnérabilité à la cavitation des organes critiques n’est pas un paramètre pertinent pour la sélection de la tolérance à la sécheresse, et les programmes de sélection sur les espèces étudiées ne semblent pas avoir affecté ce paramètreIn a context of climatic changes, drought stress and water management are regarded as one of the most important constraints for agricultural sector. Thus the selection for drought tolerance became a main objective for many breeding programs. Vulnerability to cavitation is considered a trait of interest for the selection for extreme drought stress, especially for woody species. However, the extent of its variability and its relation to drought tolerance are poorly documented on intraspecific level, particularly for cultivated species. In this study the genetic variability of vulnerability to cavitation was studied on three different experimental devices with three trees of agronomic interest that are threatened by the risk of drought: walnut, rubber and apple trees. Low or no variation in xylem vulnerability to cavitation was found in the studied species and between two species of walnuts despite differences previously reported features. These results suggested a canalization of cavitation resistance on critical organs (branches and stems). In apple tree, the rootstock was suspected to cause the narrow resistance to cavitation on the scion. On the contrary, differences on other traits in response to drought stress such as stomatal regulation, leaf shedding or vulnerability to cavitation on petiole were found. Therefore, vulnerability to cavitation of critical organs was not a relevant parameter for the selection of drought tolerance and breeding programs on the species studied did not appear to affect this parameter
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Silva, Cláudio Ricardo da. "Evapotranspiração e desenvolvimento de limeira ácida 'Tahiti' na ausência e presença de estresse hídrico." Universidade de São Paulo, 2005. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11143/tde-27092005-152323/.
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As relações hídricas e fisiológicas em plantas de lima ácida Tahiti sob estresse hídrico foram estudadas tendo-se como principais objetivos: (a) verificar a sazonalidade da evapotranspiração e o coeficiente de cultivo com o uso de lisímetro de pesagem baseado em célula de carga eletrônica, (b) determinar o limite crítico da água disponível em função da evapotranspiração, trocas gasosas e potencial de água na folha durante um período de estresse hídrico e (c) avaliar o efeito da supressão da irrigação durante diferentes períodos fenológicos sobre o desenvolvimento vegetativo, na produtividade e qualidade do fruto. Este experimento foi conduzido na Fazenda Areão do Departamento de Engenharia Rural da ESALQ/USP, em Piracicaba, SP, em um pomar de 1 hectare no espaçamento de 7 X 4 m com lima ácida Tahiti (Citrus latifolia Tanaka) enxertadas em citrumelo Swingle [Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. x C. paradisi Macf.] irrigadas por gotejamento. Para as medidas fisiológicas, foram utilizados equipamentos portáteis como a câmara de pressão e analisador de gases por infravermelho além de medidas do desenvolvimento vegetativo e produtivo. O monitoramento da água solo foi realizado por tensiômetros e sondas de TDR. A Evapotranspiração de Referência foi obtida com uma estação agrometeorológica automatizada presente na área. Verificou-se um efeito sazonal na evapotranspiração, com uma redução superior a 50% no período verãoinverno, possibilitando a economia da irrigação no período. A evapotranspiração, trocas gasosas e potencial da água na folha ao amanhecer foram diminuídos pelo esgotamento de 40% da água disponível do solo por ocasião do final do período de inverno. A supressão da irrigação no período de Setembro a Março diminuiu o potencial matricial do solo e promoveu um estresse leve nas plantas não-irrigadas, não se observando efeitos negativos no desenvolvimento vegetativo, produtivo e na qualidade dos frutos formados. Recomenda-se o potencial da água no folha ao amanhecer para manejo da irrigação, mantendo-o maior que -0,6 MPa, para evitar o estresse hídrico em plantas de limeira ácida Tahiti.Water and physiologic relations in acid lime trees under water stress were studied with the following purposes: (a) to verify the seasonal effect of evapotranspiration and the crop coefficient in non-stressed trees by weighing lysimeter; (b) to determine the critical soil water depletion for evapotranspiration, gas exchange as well as the leaf water potential during a stage of growing of the trees and (c) to determine the effect of the irrigation suppression on growth, yield and fruit quality during different phenological periods. The experiment was carried out an experimental farm at College of Agriculture Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ), in Piracicaba and performed from 2003 to 2005 in a 1 hectare orchard planted with Tahiti (Citrus latifolia Tanaka) grafted on Swingle [Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. x C. paradisi Macf. ] rootstock. The trees were spaced 7 x 4 m apart and drip-irrigated. For physiologic measurements were used portable equipments such as a pressure chamber and an infrared gas analyzer as well measurements of vegetative and productive growth. The soil water status was monitored by tensiometers and TDR probes. The reference evapotranspiration was obtained by an automatic weather station presented on the area. There was a seasonal effect on evapotranspiration with a reduction higher than 50% forward to summer-winter, being able to water savings in the period. The evapotranspiration, gas exchange and leaf water potential at predawn were decreased when the soil water available was depleted by 40% in the end of winter. The irrigation suppression from September and March decreased the soil matric potential and promoted a light stress level in non-irrigated trees, but without negative effects on vegetative, productive and fruit quality. We recommend the leaf water potential at predawn for irrigation scheduling, keeping higher than -0.6 MPa for avoid water stress in acid lime trees.
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Carneiro, Rafaela Lorenzato. "Caracterização da capacidade fotossintética e da condutância estomática em árvores de Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis e de Pinus taeda em Itatinga, São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11150/tde-10092013-170745/.
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Realizaram-se campanhas em árvores de cinco anos de idade de Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis e Pinus taeda em parcelas controle (sem fertilização e sem irrigação) e parcelas fertilizadas e irrigadas, durante o verão e o inverno de 2012 visando caracterizar as seguintes variáveis fisiológicas: i) Capacidade máxima fotossintética (Amax); ii) Fotossíntese ao longo do dia (A); iii) Variação da condutância estomática (gs) em relação ao aumento do déficit de pressão de vapor (DPV); e iv) Taxas máximas de carboxilização (Vcmax) e de transporte de elétrons (Jmax) via curvas A/Ci. O estudo foi realizado no projeto Produtividade Potencial do Pinus no Brasil, localizado na Estação Experimental da ESALQ/USP em Itatinga-SP.Foram escolhidas três árvores médias por parcela para as avaliações fisiológicas, realizadas com o LiCor 6400XT. A mensuração da Amax foi realizada no terço médio da copa, em dois galhos por árvore e em duas posições por galho, sendo realizada das 8 às 10 horas, e o comportamento da A, gs com o aumento do DPV, ocorreram de hora em hora, das 11 às 15 horas. Ao final, as acículas foram coletadas para a determinação da área foliar específica (AFE) e do nitrogênio foliar. As curvas A/Ci foram realizadas nas três árvores, um galho por árvore e duas posições por galho, entre 8 e 12 horas. Aos cinco anos o Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis apresenta o dobro do volume de madeira do que o Pinus taeda. As duas avaliações fisiológicas mostraram valores similares entre tratamentos, para cada espécie. Os valores de Amax foram maiores durante o verão e o Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis mostrou grande sensibilidade, comparativamente ao Pinus taeda. Ao analisar os dados de A e gs ao longo do dia, observa-se também maiores variações do Pinus caribaea var. honduresis. Os valores médios de Amax para o verão e o inverno foram 8,2 e 4,8 ?mol m-2 s-1 e 6,8 e 6,3 ?mol m-2 s-1 para o Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis e o Pinus taeda, respectivamente. Ocorreu redução dos valores de A e gs com o aumento do DPV, para ambas as campanhas em relação ao Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis e somente no inverno para o Pinus taeda. As duas espécies apresentaram relação positiva entre fotossíntese e transpiração, sendo que o Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis apresenta maior eficiência no uso da água. As médias da AFE e nitrogênio foliar foram de 9,6 m²kg-1, 10,1g Kg-1 e 10,0 m²kg-1, 13,4g Kg-1, para o Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis e Pinus taeda, respectivamente. Em relação aos parâmetros fotossintéticos o Pinus taeda se destacou em ambas as campanhas, com valores médios de Vcmax e Jmax maiores que o Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis, relacionado à maiores concentrações de nitrogênio foliar. Não houve relação entre o crescimento em biomassa das árvores e as medições da fotossíntese a nível foliar, indicando que outros processos a nível de copa, uso e alocação de fotossintetizados devem ser investigados para explicar a diferença de crescimento.The campaigns were conducted in trees with five years old of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis and Pinus taeda in control plots (no fertilization and no irrigation) and fertilized and irrigated plots during summer and winter of 2012 to characterize the physiological variables: i) maximum photosynthetic capacity (Amax), ii) Photosynthesis throughout the day (A); iii) Changes in stomatal conductance (gs) in relation to the increase in vapor pressure deficit (VPD), and iv) Maximum rates of carboxilization (Vcmax) and maximum rates of electron transport (Jmax) based on A/Ci curves. The study was conducted in the project Potential Productivity of Pinus in Brazil, located at the Experimental Station of ESALQ/USP in Itatinga-SP. Three average trees per plot were chosen for physiological evaluations, performed with the LiCor 6400XT. The Amax measurement was performed in the middle third of the crown, in two branches per tree and two positions per branch, taken from 8 to 10am. To get the response of A and gs with increasing VPD, the measurements continued every hour, from 11 am to 3 pm. At the end of the measurements, the needles were collected for determination of specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf nitrogen (N). The A/Ci curves were performed in three trees, one branch per tree and two positions per branch were taken from 8 am to 12 pm. At five years, the Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis showed two-fold the wood volume of Pinus taeda. Both physiological measurements showed similar results between treatments for each species. Amax values were higher during summer, and Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis shower greater sensitivity compared to Pinus taeda. A and gs throughout the day showed higher variation in Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis. The average values of Amax for summer and winter were 8.2, 4.8 ?mol m-2 s-1 and 6.75, 6.3 ?mol m-2 s-1 for Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis and Pinus taeda, respectively. There was a reduction of A and gs with the increasing of DPV, for both campaigns for the Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis and only in winter campaign for Pinus taeda. Thus, the two species have different behaviors in response to climatic changes. The two species showed a positive relationship between photosynthesis and transpiration, with Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis showing greater water use efficiency. The average SLA and needle nitrogen were 9.6 m² kg-1, 10.1g kg-1 and 10 m² kg-1, 13.4g kg-1 for Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis and Pinus taeda, respectively. Photosynthetic parameters in Pinus taeda was higher in both campaigns, with average values of Vcmax and Jmax greater than in Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis, related to higher concentration of needle nitrogen. There was no relationship between tree biomass growth and leaf-level measurements of photosynthesis, indicating that other processes at crown level, use and allocation of photosynthates should be investigated to explain the difference in growth.
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Neves, Ademir Diniz. "Estimativa do nível de dano de Orthezia praelonga Douglas, 1891 e de Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Mèneville, 1842) por varíaveis fisiológicas vegetais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2005. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11146/tde-26042005-150817/.
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O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar, por meio de variáveis fisiológicas vegetais como fotossíntese, condutância estomática, transpiração foliar, concentração interna de CO2 e temperatura foliar, o efeito de insetos pragas de diferentes hábitos alimentares em suas plantas hospedeiras. Foram estimados os níveis de dano de um sugador, Orthezia praelonga Douglas, 1891, em limão cravo (Citrus limonia L.), e de Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Mènevile, 1842), um mastigador, em mudas de café 'Obatã'. Os ensaios foram realizados em condições ótimas de temperatura, com luz e CO2 saturantes, e diferentes porcentagens de área foliar lesionada, obtidas pela variação do número de insetos por folha, no caso de O. praelonga em limão cravo (de 0 a 35 cochonilhas/folha (0-6%), de 40 a 70 cochonilhas/folha (7-13%), de 80 a 220 cochonilhas/folha (14-40%) e >220 cochonilhas/folha (>40%)) ou por tecido vegetal consumido (intervalos de 0-25%, 26-36% e >37%), no caso de L. coffeella em mudas de cafeeiro. As leituras das variáveis fisiológicas vegetais foram feitas com um medidor portátil de fotossíntese (IRGA). Os dados foram analisados por meio de uma regressão não linear, e, nos dois casos, existe uma correlação negativa entre fotossíntese e área foliar lesionada, ou seja, quanto maior a área foliar lesionada, menor a fotossíntese; e o ponto de inflexão negativo da curva, no qual um pequeno aumento na área foliar lesionada resultou em uma grande perda fotossintética, é tomado como referência de nível de dano, sendo que o nível de controle destas pragas, esta abaixo destes valores. A condutância estomática, a transpiração foliar, a concentração interna de CO2 e a temperatura foliar, em ambos os casos, não demonstram uma correlação definida com a intensidade de danos. A transpiração foliar em limão cravo atacado por O. praelonga é maior nos pontos onde também é maior a condutância estomática, e nas folhas de café com ataque de L. coffeella a transpiração foliar mantem-se constante durante toda a curva, semelhante à variável condutância estomática. As relações matemáticas de fotossíntese/concentração interna de CO2, e fotossíntese/condutância estomática são, em ambos os casos, decrescentes, o que demonstra respectivamente queda na eficiência instantânea de carboxilação da rubisco e redução da eficiência intrínseca do uso da água em função do aumento da área foliar lesionada. A análise conjunta dos dados demonstrou que O. praelonga afeta o fotossistema I (PS I) de folhas de limão cravo; enquanto L. coffeella afeta, em primeiro plano, o fotossistema II (PS II). No caso de O. praelonga em limão cravo, determina-se a faixa de 7 a 13% de área foliar lesionada (de 40 a 70 cochonilhas/folha) como sendo o valor de nível de dano, e para L. coffeella em cafeeiro este valor ficou na faixa de 25 a 36% de área foliar lesionada (tecido consumido pelo inseto). Os valores obtidos em laboratório, necessitam ajustes efetivos na determinação do nível de controle destas pragas no campo. A técnica de leitura de fotossíntese mostrou-se adequada a este propósito, e a análise dessa variável demonstrou ser a melhor opção para tal correlação.The goal of this work was to evaluate the effect of insect pests of different feeding habits in their host plants through readings of plant physiological variables as photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, leaf transpiration, internal carbon dioxide concentration and leaf temperature. Thus, one estimated the injury level of a sucking insect, Orthezia praelonga Douglas, 1891, in 'Rangpur' lime (Citrus limonia L.), and Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Mènevile, 1842), a chewing insect, in 'Obatã' coffee seedlings. The trials were carried out under optimum temperature conditions, with saturating light and CO2 , with different injured leaf area percentages, obtained by the variation of the number of insects per leaf, in the case of O. praelonga in 'Rangpur' lime (0-35 mealybugs/leaf (0-6%), 40-70 mealybugs/leaf (7-13%), 80-220 mealybugs/leaf (14-40%), and >220 mealybugs/leaf (>40%)), or through plant tissue consumed (0-25%, 26-36% and > 37% intervals), in the case of L. coffeella in coffee seedlings. Plant physiological variables readings were performed through a portable photosynthesis meter(IRGA). The data were analyzed by means of nonlinear regression, and, in both cases, a negative correlation was observed between photosynthesis and the injured leaf area, that is, the larger the injured leaf area, the lesser the photosynthesis; the negative inflection point of the curve, upon which a slight increase in the injured leaf area resulted in great photosynt hesis loss is taken as a damage level reference, and the control level of these pests is below these values. The stomatal conductance, leaf transpiration, internal CO2 concentration and the leaf temperature, in both cases, showed no defined correlation with the damage intensity. The leaf transpiration in 'Rangpur' lime attacked by O. praelonga is higher in points where the stomatal conductance is higher as well, and in coffee leaves attacked by L. coffeella the leaf transpiration remains constant throughout the curve, similarly to the stomatal conductance variable. The mathematical relationships of photosynthesis/internal CO2 concentration, and photosynthesis/stomatal conductance are, in both cases, decreasing, which respectively shows drop in instant Rubisco carboxylation efficiency and reduction of the intrinsic efficiency of water use according to the increase of the injured leaf area. The joint data analysis showed that O. praelonga affects photosystem I (PS I) of 'Rangpur' lime, while L. coffeella affects, at first, photosystem II (PS II). In the case of O. praelonga in 'Rangpur' lime the 7-13% range of the injured leaf area (40-70 mealybugs/leaf) is determined as the damage level value, and for L. coffeella in coffee the value ranges 25-36% of the injured leaf area (tissue consumed by the insect). The values found in laboratory require field validation for effective adjustments to determine the level to control these insect pests. Overall, the photosynthesis reading technique was shown adequate to this purpose, and the analysis of this variable was the best choice for such correlation.
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Lima, Mayky Francley Pereira de. "Ecofisiologia de espécies de plantas daninhas submetidas a estresse hídrico e à reidratação." Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, 2015. http://bdtd.ufersa.edu.br:80/tede/handle/tede/92.
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There is no doubt that the effect of weed causes damage to various human activities and especially those for agricultural use. Therefore, if not properly handled, can reduce productivity and production quality due to competition for light, nutrients, and especially water, which is the most abundant resource, while the most limiting to agricultural productivity. This study aimed to assess the potential for competition four weed species by water. The experiment was conducted in a factorial 4 x 2, distributed in a randomized complete block design, with five replications. were studied species malva-branca (Waltheria indica L.); crotalária (Crotalaria retusa L.); mussambê (Cleome affinis DC.) and trapoeraba (Commelina benghalensis L.), with two water regimes (with and without water stress). Plants subjected to water stress had suspended irrigation during flowering, and maintained until the CO2 assimilation rate of plants to morning 9am reached values close to zero, at the resumed irrigation. As from the date irrigation suspension the plants were submitted to the following evaluations: water potential before dawn (ΨAM) and water potential at noon (ΨMD) (MPa); photosynthesis (A; CO2 μmol m-2); stomatal conductance (gs; μmol H2O m-2 s-1), and transpiration (E; mmol H2O m-2 s-1) carried out every day until the photosynthetic rates of plants subjected to water stress is to equalize plants without stress. At the end of the experiment was measured leaf area (cm2), the dry mass of roots, stems, leaves and total (g), the chlorophyll content index near the apex of the leaves and the next leaves the base. Was also determined daily water consumption species (mL). The results grouped the plants into two groups: trapoeraba and mussambê, considered conservative, keeping the high water potential and transpiration, being uncompetitive by water, and crotalária and malva-branca, medium investors, able to reduce the water potential and stomatal aperture values higher, resulting in greater potential for competition for water. And in low water availability conditions, the mauve-white is the most competitive for water, because it can maintain high water consumption levels over time
Não há dúvidas de que a interferência das plantas daninhas causa prejuízos a diversas atividades do ser humano e principalmente aquelas destinadas à agricultura. Por isso, se não forem manejadas adequadamente, podem reduzir a produtividade e a qualidade da produção, devido à competição por luz, nutrientes e principalmente água, que é o recurso mais abundante e, ao mesmo tempo, o mais limitante à produtividade agrícola. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o potencial de competição de quatro espécies de plantas daninhas por água. O experimento foi conduzido no esquema fatorial 4 x 2, distribuídos no delineamento experimental em blocos casualizados, com cinco repetições. Foram estudadas as espécies malva-branca (Waltheria indica L.); crotalária (Crotalaria retusa L.); mussambê (Cleome affinis DC.) e trapoeraba (Commelina benghalensis L.)], com dois regimes hídricos (com e sem estresse hídrico). As plantas submetidas ao estresse hídrico tiveram a irrigação suspensa por ocasião do florescimento, e mantida até a taxa de assimilação de CO2 das plantas às 9h da manhã atingisse valores próximos a zero, quando foi retomada a irrigação. A partir da data da suspensão da irrigação as plantas foram submetidas às seguintes avaliações: potencial hídrico antes do amanhecer (ΨAM) e potencial hídrico ao meio dia (ΨMD) (MPa); fotossíntese (A; μmol CO2 m-2); condutância estomática (gs; μmol H2O m-2 s-1), e a transpiração (E; mmol H2O m-2 s-1) realizadas todos os dias até que as taxas de fotossíntese das plantas submetidas ao estresse hídrico se igualassem à das plantas sem estresse. Ao final do experimento foi mensurada a área foliar (cm2), a massa seca das raízes, caules, folhas e total (g), o Índice de conteúdo de clorofila das folhas próximas ao ápice e das folhas próximas a base. Também foi determinado o consumo de água diário das espécies (mL). Os resultados permitiram agrupar as plantas em dois grupos: trapoeraba e mussambê, consideradas como conservadoras, mantendo o potencial hídrico alto e com baixa transpiração, sendo pouco competitivas por água, e crotalária e malva-branca, medianamente investidoras, capazes de reduzir o potencial hídrico e com valores de abertura estomática mais altos, implicando em maior potencial de competição por água. E em condições de baixa disponibilidade de água, a malva-branca é a mais competitiva por água, pois consegue manter altos valores de consumo de água por mais tempo
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Ayyaru, Thevar Prasanna. "Determining transpiration efficiency of eight grain sorghum lines [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1094.
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Pace, Brian A. "Physiology, Photochemistry, and Fitness of Mexican Maize Landraces in the Field." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1545421491370678.
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Bulegon, Lucas Guilherme. "Relações hídricas, trocas gasosas e atividade enzimática de Urochloa ruziziensis inoculada com Azospirillum brasilense, sob déficit hídrico." Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, 2016. http://tede.unioeste.br:8080/tede/handle/tede/1300.
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The water deficit causes the plant physiological and biochemical disarray, so is sought ways to reduce these effects and increase the tolerance of plants to water stress. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the physiological behavior and biochemical Urochloa ruziziensis inoculated with Azospirillum brasilense via seed and leaf (foliar spray) in conditions induced and controlled water deficit. We used the randomized block design and the treatments, control, inoculation of A. brasilense in seeds, foliar spay application of A. brasilense, combination of seed inoculation and foliar spay application of A. brasilense, segmented into four steps. I - factorial scheme 2x2x13, presence and absence of inoculated seeds, presence and absence of water deficit, and light levels, evaluating gas exchange in moderate drought, severe and rehydration. II - 2x4 factorial scheme, the presence and absence of drought, and the four treatments by assessing daily relative water content, soil moisture and gas exchange. III - was used treatments in drought and irrigated control, being determined, the soluble protein content and the activity of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase (SOD) and catalase, and the contents of chlorophyll a and b, and carotenoid. IV - was the analysis of correlations, track and major components for the plants kept in water restriction and irrigated maintained. The results showed that the use of A. brasilense via seed, makes the culture reach greater photosynthetic activity, less point compensation in severe stress conditions. For water relations, gas exchange and enzyme activity, A. brasilense, inferred positively, especially foliar application, with pronounced effects on stomatal regulation and enzymatic action. By observing the variables linked to maintenance of photosynthesis stood out stomatal conductance (moderate and severe) and SOD (severe). In rehydrating the A. brasilense acted in stomatal and enzymatic regulation, leading to a recovery in order to not harm the plant. It follows that the use of A. brasilense regardless of the form increases the tolerance to water deficit in U. ruziziensis, however foliar application has pronounced effect in relation to the main variables associated with the maintenance of photosynthesis and greater prospect of use
O déficit hídrico causa na planta um descontrole fisiológico e bioquímico, assim busca-se formas para reduzir esses efeitos e aumentar a tolerância das plantas a restrição hídrica. Desta forma, o presente estudo objetivou, avaliar o comportamento fisiológico e bioquímico de Urochloa ruziziensis inoculada com Azospirillum brasilense via semente e foliar, em condições de déficit hídrico induzido e controlado. Utilizou-se o delineamento em blocos casualizados e os tratamentos, controle, inoculação de A. brasilense nas sementes, aplicação foliar de A. brasilense, combinação entre inoculação das sementes e aplicação foliar de A. brasilense, segmentado em quatro etapas. I - Esquema fatorial 2x2x13, presença e ausência da inoculação nas sementes, presença e ausência de déficit hídrico, e níveis de luminosidade, avaliando as trocas gasosas em déficit hídrico moderado, severo e reidratação. II - Esquema fatorial 2x4, a presença e ausência do déficit hídrico, e os quatro tratamentos, avaliando-se diariamente teor relativo de água, umidade do solo e as trocas gasosas. III- Utilizou-se os tratamentos em déficit hídrico e o controle irrigado, determinando-se, o teor de proteínas solúveis e a atividade das enzimas superóxido dismutase, peroxidase (SOD) e catalase, e os teores de clorofila a e b, e carotenoides. IV - consistiu na análise de correlações, trilha e de componentes principais para as plantas mantidas em restrição hídrica e mantidas irrigadas. Os resultados mostraram que o uso de A. brasilense via semente, faz com que a cultura alcance maior atividade fotossintética, com menor ponto de compensação em condições de déficit severo. Para as relações hídricas, trocas gasosas e atividade enzimática, o A. brasilense, inferiu positivamente, se destacando a aplicação foliar, com efeitos pronunciados na regulação estomática e ação enzimática. Ao observar as variáveis ligadas a manutenção da fotossíntese destacou-se a condutância estomática (moderado e severo) e a SOD (severo). Na reidratação o A. brasilense atuou na regulação estomática e enzimática, levando a uma recuperação de forma a não prejudicar a planta. Conclui-se que o uso de A. brasilense independente da forma eleva a tolerância ao déficit hídrico em U. ruziziensis, contudo a aplicação foliar tem efeito pronunciado em relação as principais variáveis ligadas a manutenção da fotossíntese, além de maior perspectiva de uso
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Pfeiffer, Steven S. "Effects of Lonicera maackii on soil water content and tree seedlings in eastern deciduous forest." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1375221589.
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Akgul, Alper. "Performance of slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) containerized rooted cuttings and bare-root seedlings established on five planting dates in the flatlands of western Louisiana." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2230.
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The forest product industry is keenly interested in extending the normal planting season, as well as in the comparative field performance of standard nursery bare-root seedlings and containerized rooted cuttings. The effect of seasonal planting dates on survival, above and belowground biomass allocation, water relations, gas exchange attributes and foliar carbon isotope composition (δ13C) of two stock types of slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) were examined. Slash pine bare-root seedlings (BRS) and containerized rooted cuttings (CRC) were hand planted in September, November, January, March and April in three consecutive planting seasons (2000-2001, 2001-2002 and 2002-2003) on three sites with silt loam topsoils in southwestern Louisiana. First-year mean survival of CRC across all planting dates and sites was consistently high at 96 to 98%, whereas BRS survival was significantly (P < 0.0001) lower at 59 to 81% and highly variable among study sites and dates through three planting seasons. Generally, there was a negative relationship between soil moisture at the time of planting and first-year survival of BRS planted September through March in 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 planting seasons, whereas the opposite was observed only for BRS planted in April 2002 and 2003. Survival of CRC was affected very little by the variation in soil moisture. Containerized rooted cuttings had higher early above and belowground biomass, and height and diameter than did BRS. However, three years after planting the size differences between stock types disappeared or became negligible. Early size differences among trees planted September through March also decreased after three years, although September trees were tallest. Growth of the April-planted trees was poor compared to trees planted in other months. Late-planted April trees had higher δ13C values, and higher water-use efficiency in the first growing season compared to earlier planted trees. Differences in δ13C values among the planting dates disappeared in the second growing season. Net photosynthesis rates did not differ considerably between stock types or among planting dates in the second and third growing seasons. This study indicates that it is possible to extend the planting season to as early as September and as late as March by using CRC.
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Cottee, Nicola Sandra. "Thermotolerance of cotton." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5428.
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The Australian cotton industry has developed high yielding and high quality fibre production systems and attributes a significant contribution of this achievement to highly innovative breeding programs, specifically focused on the production of premium quality lint for the export market. Breeding programs have recently shifted attention to the development of new germplasm with superior stress tolerance to minimise yield losses attributed to adverse environmental conditions and inputs such as irrigation, fertilisers and pesticides. Various contributors to yield, such as physiology, biochemistry and gene expression have been implemented as screening tools for tolerance to high temperatures under growth cabinet and laboratory conditions but there has been little extension of these mechanisms to field based systems. This study evaluates tools for the identification of specific genotypic thermotolerance under field conditions using a multi-level ‘top down’ approach from crop to gene level. Field experiments were conducted in seasons 1 (2006) and 3 (2007) at Narrabri (Australia) and season 2 (2006) in Texas (The United States of America) and were supplemented by growth cabinet experiments to quantify cultivar differences in yield, physiology, biochemical function and gene expression under high temperatures. Whole plants were subjected to high temperatures in the field through the construction of Solarweave® tents and in the growth cabinet at a temperature of 42 oC. The effectiveness of these methods was then evaluated to establish a rapid and reliable screening tool for genotype specific thermotolerance that could potentially improve the efficiency of breeding programs and aid the development to high yielding cultivars for hot growing regions. Cotton cultivars Sicot 53 and Sicala 45 were evaluated for thermotolerance using crop level measurements (yield and fibre quality) and whole plant measurements (fruit retention) to determine the efficacy of these measurements as screening tools for thermotolerance under field conditions. Sicot 53 was selected as a relatively thermotolerant cultivar whereas Sicala 45 was selected as a cultivar with a lower relative thermotolerance and this assumption was made on the basis of yield in hot and cool environments under the CSIRO Australian cotton breeding program. Yield and fruit retention were lower under tents compared with ambient conditions in all 3 seasons. Yield and fruit retention were highly correlated in season 1 and were higher for Sicot 53 compared to Sicala 45 suggesting that fruit retention is a primary limitation to yield in a hot season. Thus yield and fruit retention are good indicators of thermotolerance in a hot season. Temperature treatment and cultivar differences were determined for fibre quality in seasons 1 and 3; however, quality exceeded the industry minimum thereby indicating that fibre quality is not a good determinant of thermotolerance. Physiological determinants of plant functionality such as photosynthesis, electron transport rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate were determined for cultivars Sicot 53 and Sicala 45 under the tents and an index of these parameters was also analysed to determine overall plant physiological capacity in the field. Physiological capacity was also determined under high temperatures in the growth cabinet using a light response curve at various levels of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). Photosynthesis and electron transport rate decreased, whilst stomatal conductance and transpiration rate increased under the tents as well as under high temperatures in the growth cabinet. Photosynthesis and electron transport rate were higher for Sicot 53 but stomatal conductance and transpiration rate were higher for Sicala 45 under the tents. No cultivar differentiation was evident for plants grown under high temperatures in the growth cabinet. Temperature treatment and cultivar differences in physiological function were greater in a hot year (season 1), thereby indicating the importance of cultivar selection for thermotolerance in the presence of stress. Electron transport rate was correlated with yield in season 1, thus suggesting the suitability of this method for broad genotypic screening for thermotolerance under field conditions. Biochemical processes such as membrane integrity and enzyme viability were used to determine cultivar specific thermotolerance under high temperature stress in the laboratory, field and growth cabinet. Electrolyte leakage is an indicator of decreased membrane integrity and may be estimated by the relative electrical conductivity or relative cellular injury assays. The heat sensitivity of dehydrogenase activity, a proxy for cytochrome functionality and capacity for mitochondrial electron transport, may be quantified spectrophotometrically. Cellular membrane integrity and enzyme viability decreased sigmoidally with exposure to increasing temperatures in a water bath. Membrane integrity was higher for Sicot 53 compared with Sicala 45 under the tents and under high temperatures in the growth cabinet. No temperature treatment or cultivar differences were found for enzyme viability under the tents; however, enzyme viability for Sicala 45 was higher in the growth cabinet compared with Sicot 53. Relative electrical conductivity was strongly correlated with yield under ambient field conditions and under the tents, suggesting impairment of electron flow through photosynthetic and/or respiratory pathways, thus contributing to lower potential for ATP production and energy generation for yield contribution. Thus, the membrane integrity assay was considered to be a rapid and reliable tool for thermotolerance screening in cotton cultivars. Gene expression was examined for cultivars Sicot 53 and Sicala 45 grown under high (42 oC) temperatures in the growth cabinet. Rubisco activase expression was quantified using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis and was decreased under high temperatures and was lower for Sicala 45 than Sicot 53. Maximum cultivar differentiation was found after 1.0 h exposure to high temperatures and hence, leaf tissue sampled from this time point was further analysed for global gene profiling using cDNA microarrays. Genes involved in metabolism, heat shock protein generation, electron flow and ATP generation were down-regulated under high temperatures in the growth cabinet and a greater number of genes were differentially expressed for Sicala 45, thereby indicating a higher level of heat stress and a greater requirement for mobilisation of protective and compensatory mechanisms compared with Sicot 53. Cultivar specific thermotolerance determination using gene profiling may be a useful tool for understanding the underlying basis of physiological and biochemical responses to high temperature stress in the growth cabinet. There is future opportunity for profiling genes associated with heat stress and heat tolerance for identification of key genes associated with superior cultivar performance under high temperature stress and characterisation of these genes under field conditions. This research has identified cultivar differences in yield under field conditions and has identified multiple physiological and biochemical pathways that may contribute to these differences. Future characterisation of genes associated with heat stress and heat tolerance under growth cabinet conditions may be extended to field conditions, thus providing the underlying basis of the response of cotton to high temperature stress. Electron transport rate and relative electrical conductivity were found to be rapid and reliable determinants of cultivar specific thermotolerance and hence may be extended to broad-spectrum screening of a range of cotton cultivars and species and under a range of abiotic stress. This will enable the identification of superior cotton cultivars for incorporation into local breeding programs for Australian and American cotton production systems.
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Cottee, Nicola Sandra. "Thermotolerance of cotton." University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5428.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)The Australian cotton industry has developed high yielding and high quality fibre production systems and attributes a significant contribution of this achievement to highly innovative breeding programs, specifically focused on the production of premium quality lint for the export market. Breeding programs have recently shifted attention to the development of new germplasm with superior stress tolerance to minimise yield losses attributed to adverse environmental conditions and inputs such as irrigation, fertilisers and pesticides. Various contributors to yield, such as physiology, biochemistry and gene expression have been implemented as screening tools for tolerance to high temperatures under growth cabinet and laboratory conditions but there has been little extension of these mechanisms to field based systems. This study evaluates tools for the identification of specific genotypic thermotolerance under field conditions using a multi-level ‘top down’ approach from crop to gene level. Field experiments were conducted in seasons 1 (2006) and 3 (2007) at Narrabri (Australia) and season 2 (2006) in Texas (The United States of America) and were supplemented by growth cabinet experiments to quantify cultivar differences in yield, physiology, biochemical function and gene expression under high temperatures. Whole plants were subjected to high temperatures in the field through the construction of Solarweave® tents and in the growth cabinet at a temperature of 42 oC. The effectiveness of these methods was then evaluated to establish a rapid and reliable screening tool for genotype specific thermotolerance that could potentially improve the efficiency of breeding programs and aid the development to high yielding cultivars for hot growing regions. Cotton cultivars Sicot 53 and Sicala 45 were evaluated for thermotolerance using crop level measurements (yield and fibre quality) and whole plant measurements (fruit retention) to determine the efficacy of these measurements as screening tools for thermotolerance under field conditions. Sicot 53 was selected as a relatively thermotolerant cultivar whereas Sicala 45 was selected as a cultivar with a lower relative thermotolerance and this assumption was made on the basis of yield in hot and cool environments under the CSIRO Australian cotton breeding program. Yield and fruit retention were lower under tents compared with ambient conditions in all 3 seasons. Yield and fruit retention were highly correlated in season 1 and were higher for Sicot 53 compared to Sicala 45 suggesting that fruit retention is a primary limitation to yield in a hot season. Thus yield and fruit retention are good indicators of thermotolerance in a hot season. Temperature treatment and cultivar differences were determined for fibre quality in seasons 1 and 3; however, quality exceeded the industry minimum thereby indicating that fibre quality is not a good determinant of thermotolerance. Physiological determinants of plant functionality such as photosynthesis, electron transport rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate were determined for cultivars Sicot 53 and Sicala 45 under the tents and an index of these parameters was also analysed to determine overall plant physiological capacity in the field. Physiological capacity was also determined under high temperatures in the growth cabinet using a light response curve at various levels of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). Photosynthesis and electron transport rate decreased, whilst stomatal conductance and transpiration rate increased under the tents as well as under high temperatures in the growth cabinet. Photosynthesis and electron transport rate were higher for Sicot 53 but stomatal conductance and transpiration rate were higher for Sicala 45 under the tents. No cultivar differentiation was evident for plants grown under high temperatures in the growth cabinet. Temperature treatment and cultivar differences in physiological function were greater in a hot year (season 1), thereby indicating the importance of cultivar selection for thermotolerance in the presence of stress. Electron transport rate was correlated with yield in season 1, thus suggesting the suitability of this method for broad genotypic screening for thermotolerance under field conditions. Biochemical processes such as membrane integrity and enzyme viability were used to determine cultivar specific thermotolerance under high temperature stress in the laboratory, field and growth cabinet. Electrolyte leakage is an indicator of decreased membrane integrity and may be estimated by the relative electrical conductivity or relative cellular injury assays. The heat sensitivity of dehydrogenase activity, a proxy for cytochrome functionality and capacity for mitochondrial electron transport, may be quantified spectrophotometrically. Cellular membrane integrity and enzyme viability decreased sigmoidally with exposure to increasing temperatures in a water bath. Membrane integrity was higher for Sicot 53 compared with Sicala 45 under the tents and under high temperatures in the growth cabinet. No temperature treatment or cultivar differences were found for enzyme viability under the tents; however, enzyme viability for Sicala 45 was higher in the growth cabinet compared with Sicot 53. Relative electrical conductivity was strongly correlated with yield under ambient field conditions and under the tents, suggesting impairment of electron flow through photosynthetic and/or respiratory pathways, thus contributing to lower potential for ATP production and energy generation for yield contribution. Thus, the membrane integrity assay was considered to be a rapid and reliable tool for thermotolerance screening in cotton cultivars. Gene expression was examined for cultivars Sicot 53 and Sicala 45 grown under high (42 oC) temperatures in the growth cabinet. Rubisco activase expression was quantified using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis and was decreased under high temperatures and was lower for Sicala 45 than Sicot 53. Maximum cultivar differentiation was found after 1.0 h exposure to high temperatures and hence, leaf tissue sampled from this time point was further analysed for global gene profiling using cDNA microarrays. Genes involved in metabolism, heat shock protein generation, electron flow and ATP generation were down-regulated under high temperatures in the growth cabinet and a greater number of genes were differentially expressed for Sicala 45, thereby indicating a higher level of heat stress and a greater requirement for mobilisation of protective and compensatory mechanisms compared with Sicot 53. Cultivar specific thermotolerance determination using gene profiling may be a useful tool for understanding the underlying basis of physiological and biochemical responses to high temperature stress in the growth cabinet. There is future opportunity for profiling genes associated with heat stress and heat tolerance for identification of key genes associated with superior cultivar performance under high temperature stress and characterisation of these genes under field conditions. This research has identified cultivar differences in yield under field conditions and has identified multiple physiological and biochemical pathways that may contribute to these differences. Future characterisation of genes associated with heat stress and heat tolerance under growth cabinet conditions may be extended to field conditions, thus providing the underlying basis of the response of cotton to high temperature stress. Electron transport rate and relative electrical conductivity were found to be rapid and reliable determinants of cultivar specific thermotolerance and hence may be extended to broad-spectrum screening of a range of cotton cultivars and species and under a range of abiotic stress. This will enable the identification of superior cotton cultivars for incorporation into local breeding programs for Australian and American cotton production systems.
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Laclau, Patricia Renee Françoise Battie. "Efeitos da adubação potássica sobre a adaptação à seca do Eucalyptus grandis." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/64/64134/tde-16012014-160920/.
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Com a continuação do aquecimento global, prevê-se o aumento dos períodos de seca, um dos mais importantes fatores abióticos a afetar o crescimento dos eucaliptos no Brasil. Nessa direção, as práticas silviculturais poderiam adaptar-se para favorecer os mecanismos de adaptação das árvores à seca. Assim, na Estação Experimental de Itatinga, foram avaliados os efeitos da adubação potássica sobre os aspectos produtivos e fisiológicos de um povoamento de Eucalyptus grandis, em primeira rotação, submetido à exclusão parcial de chuva durante trinta meses após o plantio. O dispositivo experimental foi um split plot, com três blocos completos e quatro tratamentos: dois regimes hídricos (100% e 63% das chuvas, com exclusão parcial artificial) e duas doses de K (0 e 4,5 kmol ha-1). A meta foi avaliar a influência da nutrição potássica sobre as características e a atividade fotossintética das folhas. A transpiração foi medida por sensores de fluxo de seiva para estimar a eficiência de transpiração do povoamento. O potencial foliar e as trocas gasosas foliares foram monitorados, enquanto os valores de \'delta\'13C do floema foram medidos, para avaliar o estado hídrico e o funcionamento estomático das árvores, em função da disponibilidade de K e de água. Os resultados mostraram que a adição de K atuou sobre vários mecanismos responsáveis pelo aumento do crescimento e da produção de madeira: aumento da área foliar total e individual, da duração de vida foliar, do tamanho e da turgescência celular foliar, da espessura foliar e dos espaços intercelulares no mesófilo foliar, da capacidade fotossintética, da condutância dos estômatos e do mesófilo, da exportação dos fotoassimilados, produzidos nas folhas-fontes, do fluxo de seiva, da eficiência de transpiração na produção de madeira, pelo aumento da repartição de biomassa nesse compartimento. Folhas com sintomas de deficiência de K mostraram concentrações de nutrientes, espaços intercelulares e atividade fotossintética inferiores, e concentrações de açúcares solúveis superiores, na comparação com o tratamento com K, sugerindo uma ligação entre nutrição, anatomia e fisiologia foliar. Durante o déficit hídrico, o E. grandis mostrou um comportamento isohidrodinâmico, associado ao fechamento estomático, ao ajustamento foliar osmótico, à diminuição na elasticidade das paredes celulares, ao aumento na eficiência de uso da água nas folhas, à diminuição da área foliar total e à rápida absorção da água nas camadas profundas do solo. A partir de aproximadamente 22 meses após o plantio, o estado hídrico das árvores diminuiu: (1) nas parcelas com exclusão parcial de chuva, em relação às parcelas sem exclusão parcial de chuva, e (2) nas parcelas com adição de K, em relação às parcelas sem essa adição. Embora a adição de K melhore as relações hídricas nas folhas, o controle dos movimentos estomáticos e as trocas gasosas foliares, ela agravou o estado hídrico das árvores durante períodos de seca intensa, devido ao maior crescimento e à demanda hídrica. Assim, os efeitos benéficos da adição de K sobre a adaptação à seca das árvores poderiam não contrabalançar o aumento do déficit hídrico durante períodos mais intensos de seca. Em relação às previsões futuras de seca, as empresas florestais, provavelmente, terão de adaptar a fertilização para minimizar a demanda de água e os riscos de mortalidadeGlobal warming is predicted to exacerbate drought, one of the most important abiotic stress factors affecting eucalypts growth in Brazil. Silvilcultural practices might be adapted to enhance drought adaptation mechanisms of trees. This study examined the effects of K addition on productive and physiological aspects of Eucalyptus grandis stands in first rotation submitted to partial through fall exclusion over thirty months after planting. A large-scale through fall exclusion experiment using a split plot design was conducted with three blocks and four treatments: two water regimes (100% and 63% of through fall with partial artificial exclusion) and two K doses (0 and 4.5 kmol ha-1). The influence of K nutrition on characteristics and photosynthetic activity of leaves was assessed Tree transpiration was measured from sap flow probes to estimate water use efficiency. Foliar water potential and gas exchange were monitored, and phloem \'delta\'13C was measured in order to evaluate tree water status and stomatal regulation depending on K and water availabilities. The results showed that K supply influence various mechanisms responsible for tree growth enhancement: increase in total and individual leaf area, leaf lifespan, cell turgor and cell size due to an increase in turgor, leaf thickness and intercellular spaces, photosynthetic capacity, stomata and mesophyll conductances, photoassimilate export from source leaves and transpiration efficiency for wood production through increase of biomass partitioning to this compartment. Leave with K-deficiency symptoms exhibited lower nutrient concentrations and photosynthetic activity, reduced intercellular spaces, and higher soluble sugar contents compared to healthy leaves, which suggested a strong link between nutrition, leaf anatomy and physiology. The adaptive mechanisms of E. grandis trees to cope with water restriction were an isohydrodynamic behavior associated with stomatal closure, osmotic adjustment, a decrease in wall cell elasticity, an increase in foliar water use efficiency, a decrease in total leaf area and a fast water uptake in very deep soil layers. From approximately 22 months after planting onwards, tree water status was lower: (1) in droughted plots compared to the rain-fed plots and, (2) in K-fertilized plots, compared to the K-unfertilized trees. Although K addition enhanced tree water relations, stomatal control and leaf gas exchange, it exacerbated tree water deficit during severe drought as a result of high water demand throughout tree development. Therefore, the beneficial effects of K supply on tree acclimation to drought may not counterbalance the increase in water deficit during severe water restriction periods compared to the K-unfertilized trees. Regarding future drought previsions, forest managers might have to adapt their fertilization regimes to minimize water demand and risks of mortality
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Haghighi, Maryam, Atena Sheibanirad, and Mohammad Pessarakli. "Effects Of Selenium as a Beneficial Element on Growth and Photosynthetic Attributes of Greenhouse Cucumber." Taylor & Francis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/615120.
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Selenium (Se) is an essential element for human and livestock with antioxidant and anticancer characteristics. Although Se is not an essential element for plants, it has been reported that it can improve plant growth. This experiment was conducted at the Isfahan University of Technology in winter 2010. The experiment was factorial based on a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 replications. Se was added to nutrient solution in 4 concentrations 2, 4, and 6 mg/l sodium selenite (Na2SeO3). Root volume, fresh and dry weights of shoots and roots, number and weight of fruits, chlorophyll content and photosynthesis traits (photosynthesis rate, stomata internal carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, stomata conductance) were measured. Results showed that Se increased root dry weight. Fresh and dry weights of shoot increased in the 2 mg/l Se treatment and decreased at the higher level of Se. Chlorophyll content and photosynthesis rate were not affected by Se. Stomata internal CO2 concentration and stomata conductance decreased by Se addition. Overall, Se at 2 mg/l application rate was effective in some physiological characteristics of cucumber.
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Martineau, Elsa. "Rôle joué par le potassium dans la réponse au déficit hydrique du maïs (Zea mays L.) : des mécanismes physiologiques au fonctionnement intégré du peuplement." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016BORD0286/document.
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Le potassium (K) est un élément majeur connu pour contribuer à la résistance des plantes à la sècheresse. L'étudede son influence sur la réponse physiologique du maïs (Zea mays L.) sous contrainte hydrique est essentiellepour prédire la future productivité dans un contexte de changements climatiques, en particulier de la diminutiondes précipitations. Des modalités d'apports en K et en eau ont été croisées et soumises à des plants de maïs,élevés en condition contrôlées ou cultivés au champ. La croissance (biomasses aériennes et racinaires,rendements en grain) ainsi que les mécanismes écophysiologiques du métabolisme carboné (photosynthèse,transport des sucres) et du statut hydrique (transpiration, conductance stomatique, potentiels hydriques) ont étéétudiés. L'apport de K a contribué à l'augmentation de la croissance, le développement et le rendement grain quelque soit le régime hydrique imposé au maïs et les conditions d'expérimentation. Les résultats attendus sur lameilleure régulation stomatique en cas de déficit hydrique sont moins évidents. L'effet du stress hydrique ou dela déficience en K tendent à diminuer la photosynthèse. Cependant, ces effets ressortent plus sur les feuillesâgées que sur les feuilles jeunes. Dans ces mêmes conditions, le transport des sucres ne semble pas être unélément limitant de la croissance. Plusieurs résultats convergent pour attribuer au K un rôle dans la maîtrise despertes en eau (par unité de surface foliaire) et sur la meilleure efficience d'utilisation de l'eau. Néanmoins, cetteefficience est imputée à des meilleurs rendements, liés à une surface foliaire plus importante, et non pas à unemoindre consommation de l'eauPotassium (K) is a major nutrient known to help plants resist drought. In the context of climate change,quantifying the role of K on maize physiological acclimation to reduced precipitations is essential to betterpredict future productivity. Maize (Zea mays L.) plants grown under controlled or field conditions weresubmitted to different K and water levels. Plant growth (shoot and root biomass, grain yield) as well as plantwater status (transpiration, stomatal conductance, water potential) and ecophysiological mechanisms of Carbonmetabolism (photosynthesis, sugar transport) were studied. Regardless of the water regime and experimentalconditions, K nutrition increased growth and whole-plant development and improved grain yield. The effect ofwater stress on stomatal regulation was not straightforward and depended on the level of K fertilization. Theeffects of water or K deficit tend to decrease photosynthesis. Drought or K nutrition affected more leafphotosynthesis in old than in young leaves, and sugar transport did not seem to be a growth limiting factor. Ourresults demonstrated a strong effect of K on biomass production and a higher water use efficiency with less of animpact on leaf-level physiology. This better water use was mainly the consequence of the positive effect of leafarea on yield, and not due to a reduce water use