Adaptive Responses to Progressive Drought Stress in Two Poplar Species Originating from Different Altitudes
By Fan Yang, Lingfeng Miao. 2010
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Cuttings of Populus kangdingensis C. Wang et Tung and Populus cathayana Rehder, originating from high and low altitudes in the eastern Himalaya, respectively, were examined during one growing season in a greenhouse to determine the effects of progressive drought stress. The results manifested that the adaptive responses to progressive drought stress were different in these two species from different altitudes. Significant changes in stem height, leaf development, relative water content (RWC), malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) appeared earlier in P cathayana than in P kangdingensis, whereas changes in soluble protein, soluble sugar, free proline and antioxidant enzymes appeared earlier in P kangdingensis. In addition, changes in these parameters became more and more significant when the drought stress progressed, especially under severe drought stress in P cathayana. Plant growth showed significant positive correlations with soluble proteins and sugars, free proline and antioxidants and a significant negative correlation with RWC under water stressed treatment in two poplar species. Compared with P cathayana, P kangdingensis was able to maintain a superior height growth and leaf development under drought stress. Also, P kangdingensis possessed greater increments in soluble protein, soluble sugar, free proline and antioxidant enzymes, but lower increments in M DA and H2O2 than did P. cathayana when the cuttings were exposed to progressive drought stress. Our results suggest that P kangdingensis originating from the high altitude has a better drought tolerance than does P. cathayana originating from the low altitude. Furthermore, this study manifested that acclimation to drought stress are related the rapidity, severity, duration of the drought event and the altitude of two poplar species.
Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science
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- Morphological, physiological and biochemical responses of plants to drought stress (2011, background): “Yang and Miao (2010) noted the increments of the MDA and H2O2 concentrations in the water-stressed cuttings were 88.9 and 99.7% in P. cathayana, respectively, whereas they were only 44and 63.6% in P. kangdingensis.”