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Photosynthetic apparatus activity in relation to high and low contents of cell wall-bound phenolics in triticale under drought stress

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Abstract

Cell wall-bound phenolics (CWP) play an important role in the mechanisms of plant acclimation to soil drought. The study involved CWP analyses in 50 strains and 50 doubled haploid (DH) lines of winter triticale exposed to drought at their vegetative and generative stages. CWP in the plants experiencing drought at the generative stage positively correlated with their leaf water contents. The strains and DH lines characterized by high content of CWP showed higher leaf water content and higher activity of photosynthetic apparatus when exposed to drought at the generative stage compared to the strains and DH lines with the low CWP content. Furthermore, when drought subsided at the generative stage, the strains and DH lines richer in CWP demonstrated higher regeneration potential and their grain yield loss was smaller.

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Abbreviations

ABS/CSm :

light energy absorption

Chl:

chlorophyll

CWP:

cell wall-bound phenolics

CSm :

leaf cross-section

DH:

doubled haploid

DIo/CSm :

energy amount dissipated from PSII

ETo/CSm :

amount of energy used for the electron transport

Fv/Fm :

quantum yield of PSII

HCWP:

high content of cell wall-bound phenolics

LCWP:

low content of cell wall-bound phenolics

LDM :

leaf dry mass

LWC:

leaf water content

LFM :

leaf fresh mass

MCWP:

medium content of cell wall-bound phenolics

PI:

overall performance index of PSII photochemistry

\({Q_{{A^ - }}}\) :

plastochinone A

RC/CSm :

number of active reaction centers

SPh:

soluble phenolics

TRo/CSm :

amount of excitation energy trapped in PSII reaction centers

δRo :

efficiency with which an electron can move from the reduced intersystem electron acceptors to PSI end electron acceptors

φRo :

quantum yield of electron transport from \({Q_{{A^ - }}}\) to PSI end electron acceptors

Ψo :

leaf osmotic potential

ΨRo :

probability, at time 0, that a trapped exciton moves an electron into the electron transport chain beyond \({Q_{{A^ - }}}\)

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  1. Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Agriculture in Kraków, Podłużna 3, 30-239, Kraków, Poland

    K. Hura

  2. The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 21, 30-239, Kraków, Poland

    A. Ostrowska, K. Dziurka & T. Hura

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Acknowledgments: The study was supported by the National Centre for Research and Development (Poland), project GENMARK (PBS1/A8/1/2012; PBS1 177 150).

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Hura, K., Ostrowska, A., Dziurka, K. et al. Photosynthetic apparatus activity in relation to high and low contents of cell wall-bound phenolics in triticale under drought stress. Photosynthetica 55, 698–704 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-017-0687-2

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