Evolution of stomatal closure to optimize water-use efficiency in response to dehydration in ferns and seed plants

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Veröffentlicht in:The New phytologist. - 1984. - 230(2021), 5 vom: 01. Juni, Seite 2001-2010
1. Verfasser: Yang, Yu-Jie (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bi, Min-Hui, Nie, Zheng-Fei, Jiang, Hui, Liu, Xu-Dong, Fang, Xiang-Wen, Brodribb, Timothy J
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2021
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The New phytologist
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't abscisic acid (ABA) drought stress fern seed plant stomatal conductance water-use efficiency Water 059QF0KO0R mehr... Abscisic Acid 72S9A8J5GW
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Zusammenfassung:© 2021 The Authors New Phytologist © 2021 New Phytologist Foundation.
Plants control water-use efficiency (WUE) by regulating water loss and CO2 diffusion through stomata. Variation in stomatal control has been reported among lineages of vascular plants, thus giving rise to the possibility that different lineages may show distinct WUE dynamics in response to water stress. Here, we compared the response of gas exchange to decreasing leaf water potential among four ferns and nine seed plant species exposed to a gradually intensifying water deficit. The data collected were combined with those from 339 phylogenetically diverse species obtained from previous studies. In well-watered angiosperms, the maximum stomatal conductance was high and greater than that required for maximum WUE, but drought stress caused a rapid reduction in stomatal conductance and an increase in WUE in response to elevated concentrations of abscisic acid. However, in ferns, stomata did not open beyond the optimum point corresponding to maximum WUE and actually exhibited a steady WUE in response to dehydration. Thus, seed plants showed improved photosynthetic WUE under water stress. The ability of seed plants to increase WUE could provide them with an advantage over ferns under drought conditions, thereby presumably increasing their fitness under selection pressure by drought
Beschreibung:Date Completed 14.05.2021
Date Revised 14.05.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1469-8137
DOI:10.1111/nph.17278