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Köhler, Tina ; Schaum, Carolin ; Tung, Shu-Yin ; Steiner, Franziska ; Tyborski, Nicolas ; Wild, Andreas ; Zebene, Asegidew Akale ; Pausch, Johanna ; Lüders, Tillmann ; Wolfrum, Sebastian ; Mueller, Carsten W. ; Vidal, Alix ; Vahl, Wouter K. ; Groth, Jennifer ; Eder, Barbara ; Ahmed, Mutez Ali ; Carminati, Andrea:
Above and belowground traits impacting transpiration decline during soil drying in 48 maize (Zea mays) genotypes.
In: Annals of Botany.
(2022)
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ISSN 1095-8290
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcac147
Abstract in another language
Background and Aims
Stomatal regulation allows plants to promptly respond to water stress. However, our understanding of the impact of above and belowground hydraulic traits on stomatal regulation remains incomplete. The objective of this study was to investigate how key plant hydraulic traits impact transpiration of maize during soil drying. We hypothesize that the stomatal response to soil drying is related to a loss in soil hydraulic conductivity at the root–soil interface, which in turn depends on plant hydraulic traits.
Methods
We investigate the response of 48 contrasting maize (Zea mays) genotypes to soil drying, utilizing a novel phenotyping facility. In this context, we measure the relationship between leaf water potential, soil water potential, soil water content and transpiration, as well as root, rhizosphere and aboveground plant traits.
Key Results
Genotypes differed in their responsiveness to soil drying. The critical soil water potential at which plants started decreasing transpiration was related to a combination of above and belowground traits: genotypes with a higher maximum transpiration and plant hydraulic conductance as well as a smaller root and rhizosphere system closed stomata at less negative soil water potentials.
Conclusions
Our results demonstrate the importance of belowground hydraulics for stomatal regulation and hence drought responsiveness during soil drying. Furthermore, this finding supports the hypothesis that stomata start to close when soil hydraulic conductivity drops at the root–soil interface.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Keywords: | Critical soil water potential; transpiration; leaf water potential; rhizosheath; rhizosphere; plant hydraulic conductance; root length; soil drying; Zea mays; phenotyping |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Chair Ecological Microbiology > Chair Ecological Microbiology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tillmann Lüders Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Biology > Chair Ecological Microbiology |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences, biology |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2023 09:38 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jan 2023 09:38 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/73520 |