Interpretation of the difference in shade tolerance of two subtropical forest tree species of different successional stages at the transcriptome and physiological levels

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第一作者： Yu, Zheng-Chao

作者： Yu, Zheng-Chao;Lin, Wei;Zheng, Xiao-Ting;Cai, Min-Ling;Luo, Yan-Na;Peng, Chang-Lian;Zhang, Tai-Jie

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关键词： community succession; light requirement; photoprotection; photosynthesis; shade tolerance

期刊名称：TREE PHYSIOLOGY （ 影响因子：4.196； 五年影响因子：4.727 ）

ISSN： 0829-318X

年卷期： 2021 年 41 卷 9 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Differences in plant shade tolerance constitute a major mechanism driving the succession of forest communities in subtropical forests. However, the indirect effects of differences in light requirements on the growth of mid- and late-successional tree species are unclear, and this potential growth effect has not been explained at the transcriptome level. Here, a typical mid-successional dominant tree species, Schima superba Gardn. et Champ, and a typical late-successional dominant tree species, Cryptocarya concinna Hance were used as materials and planted under 100% full light (FL) and 30% FL (low light, LL) to explore the responses of tree species in different successional stages of subtropical forests to different light environments. Transcriptome sequencing was used to analyze the expression changes in genes related to growth and photoprotection under different light environments. The young leaves of S. superba accumulated more malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide radicals (O-2(center dot-)) under LL. A lower hormone content (auxin, cytokinin, gibberellin) in the young leaves, a weaker photosynthetic capacity in the mature leaves and significant downregulation of related gene expression were also found under LL, which resulted in the total biomass of S. superba under LL being lower than that under FL. The young leaves of C. concinna had less MDA and O-2(center dot-), and a higher hormone contents under LL than those under FL. There was no significant difference in photosynthetic capacity between mature leaves in contrasting light environments. Although the biomass of C. concinna under LL was less than that under FL, the height of C. concinna under LL was higher than that under FL, indicating that C. concinna could grow well under the two light environments. Our results describing the acclimatization of light at the physiological, molecular and transcriptome levels are important for a complete understanding of successional mechanisms.

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