Drought priming improved water status, photosynthesis and water productivity of cowpea during post-anthesis drought stress

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第一作者： Tankari, Moussa

作者： Tankari, Moussa;Wang, Chao;Ma, Haiyang;Li, Li;Soothar, Rajesh Kumar;Hao, Weiping;Wang, Yaosheng;Ma, Haiyang;Li, Xiangnan;Cui, Ningbo;Zaman-Allah, Mainassara;Liu, Fulai

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关键词： Irrigation; Plant hormone; Stomata conductance; Water use efficiency; Water stress

期刊名称：AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT （ 影响因子：4.516； 五年影响因子：5.12 ）

ISSN： 0378-3774

年卷期： 2021 年 245 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Drought occurring at the reproductive stage is the most critical phase affecting cowpea production. It remains unclear whether drought priming at the early growth stage can be employed to alleviate drought stress during the post-anthesis drought period and improve water productivity (WP) in cowpea. Therefore, the physiological responses and WP as affected by drought priming were investigated. Two cowpea varieties (tolerant (V1) and sensitive (V2) to drought stress) were submitted to drought priming followed by water recovery and then subjected to subsequent drought stresses (80%, 60% and 40% of soil water holding capacity (SWHC)). The results showed that cowpea pre-exposed to drought priming acquired a stress imprint that alleviated the subsequent drought stress which occurred during the later growth stage as exemplified by the improvement of water status, photosynthesis, water productivity of biomass (WPb) and yield (WPy) as well as the modulation of plant hormones. Under the drought stress during the post-anthesis period, primed plants maintained lower [ABA](leaf) and higher [IAA](leaf) than plants without priming due to better plant water status for drought-primed plants. The results revealed that drought priming could modulate against [ABA] leaf increase under drought, as elevated [ABA](leaf) was the main reason for stomatal limitation, thereby decreasing photosynthesis and leading to great yield loss. Primed plants consumed 32% and 24% less water for V1 and V2, respectively, which significantly increased WP while decreased intrinsic water use efficiency (WUE;) of drought-primed plants. It is suggested that drought priming during the early growth period can be used as a promising strategy to save water use for irrigation while improving WP of crops in the regions where water is scarce.

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