Coordination of leaf hydraulic, anatomical, and economical traits in tomato seedlings acclimation to long-term drought

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第一作者： Li, Shuang

作者： Li, Shuang;Hamani, Abdoul Kader Mounkaila;Zhang, Yingying;Liang, Yueping;Gao, Yang;Duan, Aiwang;Li, Shuang;Hamani, Abdoul Kader Mounkaila

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关键词： Hydraulic traits; Anatomical traits; Economics traits; Stomatal conductance; Mesophyll conductance; Drought

期刊名称：BMC PLANT BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：4.215； 五年影响因子：4.96 ）

ISSN： 1471-2229

年卷期： 2021 年 21 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Background Leaf hydraulic and economics traits are critical for balancing plant water and CO2 exchange, and their relationship has been widely studied. Leaf anatomical traits determine the efficiency of CO2 diffusion within mesophyll structure. However, it remains unclear whether leaf anatomical traits are associated with leaf hydraulic and economics traits acclimation to long-term drought. Results To address this knowledge gap, eight hydraulic traits, including stomatal and venation structures, four economics traits, including leaf dry mass per area (LMA) and the ratio between palisade and spongy mesophyll thickness (PT/ST), and four anatomical traits related to CO2 diffusion were measured in tomato seedlings under the long-term drought conditions. Redundancy analysis indicated that the long-term drought decreased stomatal conductance (g(s)) mainly due to a synchronized reduction in hydraulic structure such as leaf hydraulic conductance (K-leaf) and major vein width. Simultaneously, stomatal aperture on the adaxial surface and minor vein density (VDminor) also contributed a lot to this reduction. The decreases in mesophyll thickness (T-mes) and chlorophyll surface area exposed to leaf intercellular air spaces (S-c/S) were primarily responsible for the decline of mesophyll conductance (g(m)) thereby affecting photosynthesis. Drought increased leaf density (LD) thus limited CO2 diffusion. In addition, LMA may not be important in regulating g(m) in tomato under drought. Principal component analysis revealed that main anatomical traits such as T-mes and S-c/S were positively correlated to K-leaf, VDminor and leaf thickness (LT), while negatively associated with PT/ST. Conclusions These findings indicated that leaf anatomy plays an important role in maintaining the balance between water supply and CO2 diffusion responses to drought. There was a strong coordination between leaf hydraulic, anatomical, and economical traits in tomato seedlings acclimation to long-term drought.

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