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Plasticity of Plantago lanceolata L. in Adaptation to Extreme Environmental Conditions
This study aimed at characterizing some adaptive changes in Plantago lanceolata L. exposed to harsh conditions of a desert-like environment generating physiological stress of limited water availability and exposure to strong light. It was clearly shown that the plants were capable of adapting their...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10487448/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37686411 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241713605 |
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author | Miszalski, Zbigniew Kaszycki, Paweł Śliwa-Cebula, Marta Kaczmarczyk, Adriana Gieniec, Miron Supel, Paulina Kornaś, Andrzej |
author_facet | Miszalski, Zbigniew Kaszycki, Paweł Śliwa-Cebula, Marta Kaczmarczyk, Adriana Gieniec, Miron Supel, Paulina Kornaś, Andrzej |
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description | This study aimed at characterizing some adaptive changes in Plantago lanceolata L. exposed to harsh conditions of a desert-like environment generating physiological stress of limited water availability and exposure to strong light. It was clearly shown that the plants were capable of adapting their root system and vascular tissues to enable efficient vegetative performance. Soil analyses, as well as nitrogen isotope discrimination data show that P. lanceolata leaves in a desert-like environment had better access to nitrogen (nitrite/nitrate) and were able to fix it efficiently, as compared to the plants growing in the surrounding forest. The arbuscular mycorrhiza was also shown to be well-developed, and this was accompanied by higher bacterial frequency in the root zone, which might further stimulate plant growth. A closer look at the nitrogen content and leaf veins with a higher number of vessels and a greater vessel diameter made it possible to define the changes developed by the plants populating sandy habitats as compared with the vegetation sites located in the nearby forest. A determination of the photosynthesis parameters indicates that the photochemical apparatus in P. lanceolata inhabiting the desert areas adapted slightly to the desert-like environment and the time of day, with some changes of the reaction center (RC) size (photosystem II, PSII), while the plants’ photochemical activity was at a similar level. No differences between the two groups of plants were observed in the dissipation of light energy. The exposure of plants to harsh conditions of a desert-like environment increased the water use efficiency (WUE) value in parallel with possible stimulation of the β-carboxylation pathway. |
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spelling | pubmed-104874482023-09-09 Plasticity of Plantago lanceolata L. in Adaptation to Extreme Environmental Conditions Miszalski, Zbigniew Kaszycki, Paweł Śliwa-Cebula, Marta Kaczmarczyk, Adriana Gieniec, Miron Supel, Paulina Kornaś, Andrzej Int J Mol Sci Article This study aimed at characterizing some adaptive changes in Plantago lanceolata L. exposed to harsh conditions of a desert-like environment generating physiological stress of limited water availability and exposure to strong light. It was clearly shown that the plants were capable of adapting their root system and vascular tissues to enable efficient vegetative performance. Soil analyses, as well as nitrogen isotope discrimination data show that P. lanceolata leaves in a desert-like environment had better access to nitrogen (nitrite/nitrate) and were able to fix it efficiently, as compared to the plants growing in the surrounding forest. The arbuscular mycorrhiza was also shown to be well-developed, and this was accompanied by higher bacterial frequency in the root zone, which might further stimulate plant growth. A closer look at the nitrogen content and leaf veins with a higher number of vessels and a greater vessel diameter made it possible to define the changes developed by the plants populating sandy habitats as compared with the vegetation sites located in the nearby forest. A determination of the photosynthesis parameters indicates that the photochemical apparatus in P. lanceolata inhabiting the desert areas adapted slightly to the desert-like environment and the time of day, with some changes of the reaction center (RC) size (photosystem II, PSII), while the plants’ photochemical activity was at a similar level. No differences between the two groups of plants were observed in the dissipation of light energy. The exposure of plants to harsh conditions of a desert-like environment increased the water use efficiency (WUE) value in parallel with possible stimulation of the β-carboxylation pathway. MDPI 2023-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10487448/ /pubmed/37686411 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241713605 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Miszalski, Zbigniew Kaszycki, Paweł Śliwa-Cebula, Marta Kaczmarczyk, Adriana Gieniec, Miron Supel, Paulina Kornaś, Andrzej Plasticity of Plantago lanceolata L. in Adaptation to Extreme Environmental Conditions |
title | Plasticity of Plantago lanceolata L. in Adaptation to Extreme Environmental Conditions |
title_full | Plasticity of Plantago lanceolata L. in Adaptation to Extreme Environmental Conditions |
title_fullStr | Plasticity of Plantago lanceolata L. in Adaptation to Extreme Environmental Conditions |
title_full_unstemmed | Plasticity of Plantago lanceolata L. in Adaptation to Extreme Environmental Conditions |
title_short | Plasticity of Plantago lanceolata L. in Adaptation to Extreme Environmental Conditions |
title_sort | plasticity of plantago lanceolata l. in adaptation to extreme environmental conditions |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10487448/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37686411 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241713605 |
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