Root cortical aerenchyma improves the drought tolerance of m(7)

发布时间:2021-06-06

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consistentwiththeresponsetolowphosphorusavailability(Fanetal.2003;Zhu&Lynch2004).HigherRCAlineshavemorecorticalairspaceinroottissues(Figs1&7),whichmayreducerootcarboncostforrootmaintenanceinhigherRCAlines.Thus,higherRCAlinesmayhavemorecarbonandenergyavailableforrootconstruction,permittingexplorationofdeepersoilsunderwaterstress(Figs3,4,6,9&10).Covariateanalysisshowedthattherewasnosigni -cantrelationshipbetweentotalrootdryweightandper-centageofRCA(F=0.65,P=0.57).Inotherwords,RCAwasnotdrivenbythesizeofrootsystemorthesizeoftheplant(Fig.5).WefoundhighRCAlineswithdeeperrootingunderwaterstresshadhigherleafrelativewatercontent(Fig.11).Takentogether,these ndingsdemonstrateRCAplaysanimportantroleforplantadaptationtodrought.Wefoundthatseminalrootrespirationperunitlength(y1)wassigni cantlyassociatedwithpercentageofRCA

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Figure8.Rootlengthdensity(upperpanel)androotnumberdensity(lowerpanel)at56dafterplanting(DAP)from40to50cmdeepsoilcoresegmentsforsevengenotypesinbothwell-watered(WW)andwater-stressed(WS)conditionsinthe eld.Datashownaremeans SEofthemean(n=4).Meanswiththesamelettersarenotsigni cantlydifferent(P 0.05).

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acquisition,sincedeepersoildomainsgenerallyhavegreaterwatercontentcomparedwithshallowsoildomains,asevidencedinthisstudybytimedomainre ectometry(TDR)measurementsinthe eld(Fig.6)andsoilwaterpotentialmeasurementsat35DAPinmesocosms.

Thereisincreasingevidencethatrootmetaboliccostsareanimportantcomponentofplantgrowthandadaptationunderlowphosphorusavailability(Zhu&Lynch2004;Lynch&Ho2005;Zhu,Kaeppler&Lynch2005c).Rootcostcanbeestimatedastotalbelow-groundexpenditureofcarbon,whichisusedforrootconstruction,rootmainte-nance,andionuptake(Lambers,Atkin&Scheurwater1996;Lambersetal.2002;Lynch&Ho2005).Inthisstudy,speci crootrespirationperunitoflengthandweightweresigni cantlyreducedbywaterstress(Fig.3),whichis

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Figure9.Rootlengthperframe(upperpanel)androotcounts

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