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Evidence of drought memory in Dipteryx alata indicates differential acclimation of plants to savanna conditions

The remarkable phytogeographic characteristics of the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) resulted in a vegetation domain composed of plants with high structural and functional diversity to tolerate climate extremes. Here we used a key Cerrado species (Dipteryx alata) to evaluate if species of this domain p...

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Autores principales: Alves, Rauander D. F. B., Menezes-Silva, Paulo E., Sousa, Leticia F., Loram-Lourenço, Lucas, Silva, Maria L. F., Almeida, Sabrina E. S., Silva, Fabiano G., Perez de Souza, Leonardo, Fernie, Alisdair R., Farnese, Fernanda S.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7536413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33020558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73423-3
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author Alves, Rauander D. F. B.
Menezes-Silva, Paulo E.
Sousa, Leticia F.
Loram-Lourenço, Lucas
Silva, Maria L. F.
Almeida, Sabrina E. S.
Silva, Fabiano G.
Perez de Souza, Leonardo
Fernie, Alisdair R.
Farnese, Fernanda S.
author_facet Alves, Rauander D. F. B.
Menezes-Silva, Paulo E.
Sousa, Leticia F.
Loram-Lourenço, Lucas
Silva, Maria L. F.
Almeida, Sabrina E. S.
Silva, Fabiano G.
Perez de Souza, Leonardo
Fernie, Alisdair R.
Farnese, Fernanda S.
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description The remarkable phytogeographic characteristics of the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) resulted in a vegetation domain composed of plants with high structural and functional diversity to tolerate climate extremes. Here we used a key Cerrado species (Dipteryx alata) to evaluate if species of this domain present a mechanism of stress memory, responding more quickly and efficiently when exposed to recurrent drought episodes. The exposure of D. alata seedlings to drought resulted in several changes, mainly in physiological and biochemical traits, and these changes differed substantially when the water deficit was imposed as an isolated event or when the plants were subjected to drought cycles, suggesting the existence of a drought memory mechanism. Plants submitted to recurrent drought events were able to maintain essential processes for plant survival when compared to those submitted to drought for the first time. This differential acclimation to drought was the result of orchestrated changes in several metabolic pathways, involving differential carbon allocation for defense responses and the reprogramming and coordination of primary, secondary and antioxidant metabolism. The stress memory in D. alata is probably linked the evolutionary history of the species and reflects the environment in which it evolved.
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spelling pubmed-75364132020-10-07 Evidence of drought memory in Dipteryx alata indicates differential acclimation of plants to savanna conditions Alves, Rauander D. F. B. Menezes-Silva, Paulo E. Sousa, Leticia F. Loram-Lourenço, Lucas Silva, Maria L. F. Almeida, Sabrina E. S. Silva, Fabiano G. Perez de Souza, Leonardo Fernie, Alisdair R. Farnese, Fernanda S. Sci Rep Article The remarkable phytogeographic characteristics of the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) resulted in a vegetation domain composed of plants with high structural and functional diversity to tolerate climate extremes. Here we used a key Cerrado species (Dipteryx alata) to evaluate if species of this domain present a mechanism of stress memory, responding more quickly and efficiently when exposed to recurrent drought episodes. The exposure of D. alata seedlings to drought resulted in several changes, mainly in physiological and biochemical traits, and these changes differed substantially when the water deficit was imposed as an isolated event or when the plants were subjected to drought cycles, suggesting the existence of a drought memory mechanism. Plants submitted to recurrent drought events were able to maintain essential processes for plant survival when compared to those submitted to drought for the first time. This differential acclimation to drought was the result of orchestrated changes in several metabolic pathways, involving differential carbon allocation for defense responses and the reprogramming and coordination of primary, secondary and antioxidant metabolism. The stress memory in D. alata is probably linked the evolutionary history of the species and reflects the environment in which it evolved. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7536413/ /pubmed/33020558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73423-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Alves, Rauander D. F. B.
Menezes-Silva, Paulo E.
Sousa, Leticia F.
Loram-Lourenço, Lucas
Silva, Maria L. F.
Almeida, Sabrina E. S.
Silva, Fabiano G.
Perez de Souza, Leonardo
Fernie, Alisdair R.
Farnese, Fernanda S.
Evidence of drought memory in Dipteryx alata indicates differential acclimation of plants to savanna conditions
title Evidence of drought memory in Dipteryx alata indicates differential acclimation of plants to savanna conditions
title_full Evidence of drought memory in Dipteryx alata indicates differential acclimation of plants to savanna conditions
title_fullStr Evidence of drought memory in Dipteryx alata indicates differential acclimation of plants to savanna conditions
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title_short Evidence of drought memory in Dipteryx alata indicates differential acclimation of plants to savanna conditions
title_sort evidence of drought memory in dipteryx alata indicates differential acclimation of plants to savanna conditions
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7536413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33020558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-73423-3
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