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Linking Leaf Water Potential, Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Loss With Mechanisms of Photo- and Antioxidant Protection in Juvenile Olive Trees Subjected to Severe Drought

The identification of drought-tolerant olive tree genotypes has become an urgent requirement to develop sustainable agriculture in dry lands. However, physiological markers linking drought tolerance with mechanistic effects operating at the cellular level are still lacking, in particular under sever...

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Autores principales: Baccari, Sahar, Elloumi, Olfa, Chaari-Rkhis, Anissa, Fenollosa, Erola, Morales, Melanie, Drira, Noureddine, Ben Abdallah, Ferjani, Fki, Lotfi, Munné-Bosch, Sergi
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7759475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33362839
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.614144
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author Baccari, Sahar
Elloumi, Olfa
Chaari-Rkhis, Anissa
Fenollosa, Erola
Morales, Melanie
Drira, Noureddine
Ben Abdallah, Ferjani
Fki, Lotfi
Munné-Bosch, Sergi
author_facet Baccari, Sahar
Elloumi, Olfa
Chaari-Rkhis, Anissa
Fenollosa, Erola
Morales, Melanie
Drira, Noureddine
Ben Abdallah, Ferjani
Fki, Lotfi
Munné-Bosch, Sergi
author_sort Baccari, Sahar
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description The identification of drought-tolerant olive tree genotypes has become an urgent requirement to develop sustainable agriculture in dry lands. However, physiological markers linking drought tolerance with mechanistic effects operating at the cellular level are still lacking, in particular under severe stress, despite the urgent need to develop these tools in the current frame of global change. In this context, 1-year-old olive plants growing in the greenhouse and with a high intra-specific variability (using various genotypes obtained either from cuttings or seeds) were evaluated for drought tolerance under severe stress. Growth, plant water status, net photosynthesis rates, chlorophyll contents and the extent of photo- and antioxidant defenses (including the de-epoxidation state of the xanthophyll cycle, and the contents of carotenoids and vitamin E) were evaluated under well-watered conditions and severe stress (by withholding water for 60 days). Plants were able to continue photosynthesizing under severe stress, even at very low leaf water potential of −4 to −6 MPa. This ability was achieved, at least in part, by the activation of photo- and antioxidant mechanisms, including not only increased xanthophyll cycle de-epoxidation, but also enhanced α-tocopherol contents. “Zarrazi” (obtained from seeds) and “Chemlali” (obtained from cuttings) showed better performance under severe water stress compared to the other genotypes, which was associated to their ability to trigger a higher antioxidant protection. It is concluded that (i) drought tolerance among the various genotypes tested is associated with antioxidant protection in olive trees, (ii) the extent of xanthophyll cycle de-epoxidation is strongly inversely related to photosynthetic rates, and (iii) vitamin E accumulation is sharply induced upon severe chlorophyll degradation.
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spelling pubmed-77594752020-12-26 Linking Leaf Water Potential, Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Loss With Mechanisms of Photo- and Antioxidant Protection in Juvenile Olive Trees Subjected to Severe Drought Baccari, Sahar Elloumi, Olfa Chaari-Rkhis, Anissa Fenollosa, Erola Morales, Melanie Drira, Noureddine Ben Abdallah, Ferjani Fki, Lotfi Munné-Bosch, Sergi Front Plant Sci Plant Science The identification of drought-tolerant olive tree genotypes has become an urgent requirement to develop sustainable agriculture in dry lands. However, physiological markers linking drought tolerance with mechanistic effects operating at the cellular level are still lacking, in particular under severe stress, despite the urgent need to develop these tools in the current frame of global change. In this context, 1-year-old olive plants growing in the greenhouse and with a high intra-specific variability (using various genotypes obtained either from cuttings or seeds) were evaluated for drought tolerance under severe stress. Growth, plant water status, net photosynthesis rates, chlorophyll contents and the extent of photo- and antioxidant defenses (including the de-epoxidation state of the xanthophyll cycle, and the contents of carotenoids and vitamin E) were evaluated under well-watered conditions and severe stress (by withholding water for 60 days). Plants were able to continue photosynthesizing under severe stress, even at very low leaf water potential of −4 to −6 MPa. This ability was achieved, at least in part, by the activation of photo- and antioxidant mechanisms, including not only increased xanthophyll cycle de-epoxidation, but also enhanced α-tocopherol contents. “Zarrazi” (obtained from seeds) and “Chemlali” (obtained from cuttings) showed better performance under severe water stress compared to the other genotypes, which was associated to their ability to trigger a higher antioxidant protection. It is concluded that (i) drought tolerance among the various genotypes tested is associated with antioxidant protection in olive trees, (ii) the extent of xanthophyll cycle de-epoxidation is strongly inversely related to photosynthetic rates, and (iii) vitamin E accumulation is sharply induced upon severe chlorophyll degradation. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7759475/ /pubmed/33362839 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.614144 Text en Copyright © 2020 Baccari, Elloumi, Chaari-Rkhis, Fenollosa, Morales, Drira, Ben Abdallah, Fki and Munné-Bosch. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Plant Science
Baccari, Sahar
Elloumi, Olfa
Chaari-Rkhis, Anissa
Fenollosa, Erola
Morales, Melanie
Drira, Noureddine
Ben Abdallah, Ferjani
Fki, Lotfi
Munné-Bosch, Sergi
Linking Leaf Water Potential, Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Loss With Mechanisms of Photo- and Antioxidant Protection in Juvenile Olive Trees Subjected to Severe Drought
title Linking Leaf Water Potential, Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Loss With Mechanisms of Photo- and Antioxidant Protection in Juvenile Olive Trees Subjected to Severe Drought
title_full Linking Leaf Water Potential, Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Loss With Mechanisms of Photo- and Antioxidant Protection in Juvenile Olive Trees Subjected to Severe Drought
title_fullStr Linking Leaf Water Potential, Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Loss With Mechanisms of Photo- and Antioxidant Protection in Juvenile Olive Trees Subjected to Severe Drought
title_full_unstemmed Linking Leaf Water Potential, Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Loss With Mechanisms of Photo- and Antioxidant Protection in Juvenile Olive Trees Subjected to Severe Drought
title_short Linking Leaf Water Potential, Photosynthesis and Chlorophyll Loss With Mechanisms of Photo- and Antioxidant Protection in Juvenile Olive Trees Subjected to Severe Drought
title_sort linking leaf water potential, photosynthesis and chlorophyll loss with mechanisms of photo- and antioxidant protection in juvenile olive trees subjected to severe drought
topic Plant Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7759475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33362839
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.614144
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