Author:
Wang Xiao,Xia Jiang-Bao,Cao Xue-Bin
Abstract
AbstractThis study investigated the physiological and ecological changes in P. sepium Bunge and elucidated the physiological regulatory mechanisms underlying the adaptation of P. sepium to drought stress in shell sand. Drought stress led to a significant decrease in the net photosynthesis rate (Pn) and respiration rate of leaves and a decrease in low-intensity light-use efficiency (LUE) and light ecological amplitude. An increase in drought stress led to a considerable decrease in the photosynthetic electron transport rate in the P. sepium leaves and a significant increase in the amount of light energy dissipated as heat. In addition, the photosynthesis process suffered from severe photoinhibition. P. sepium plants counteracted the effects of drought stress primarily by increasing their peroxidase (POD) activity and by regulating membrane lipid peroxidation by secreting greater numbers of osmotic adjustment substances (proline (Pro) and soluble sugars (Ss)) and malondialdehyde (MDA). As drought stress increased, both the stem sap flow rate and the cumulative sap flow of P. sepium decreased considerably. P. sepium Bunge adapts to drought stress through interregulatory activity between photosynthesis, water-related physiological activities, and physiological and biochemical processes, and this species exhibits relatively high adaptive plasticity to drought.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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