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Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on leaf gas exchange response to progressive drought in barley and tomato plants with different endogenous ABA levels

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Background and aims

ABA plays an important role in modulating stomatal response to drought and elevated atmospheric CO2 (e [CO2]). This study aimed to investigate the effect of e[CO2] on the response of leaf gas exchange and plant water relations of barley and tomato plants with different endogenous ABA levels to progressive soil drying.

Methods

Barley and tomato plants were grown in ambient (a[CO2], 400 ppm) and e[CO2] (800 ppm) and subjected to progressive drought stress. Wild type (WT) genotypes (Steptoe barley and AC tomato) and their ABA-deficient mutants (Az34 barley and flacca) were examined.

Results

e[CO2] sensitized the photosynthetic decline with soil drying. Soil-drying induced stomatal closure was affected by [CO2] in WT genotypes, where e[CO2] sensitized stomatal closure in barley but retarded it in tomato, whereas such effects were absent in mutants. Compared to a[CO2], e[CO2] maintained leaf water potential and improved turgor pressure except in the flacca mutant. For the WT genotypes, the stomata became less sensitive to an increase in leaf ABA concentration ([ABA]leaf) under e[CO2] than a[CO2]; while for both mutants, the stomata was predominately controlled by leaf turgor and not an increase in [ABA]leaf during soil drying.

Conclusion

Endogenous ABA level played an important role in modulating the effect of e[CO2] on stomatal response to soil drying. These findings improve our understanding of the mechanisms of stomatal control in monocot and dicot species responding to a future drier and CO2-enriched environment.

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Acknowledgements

This work was partly supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2452018063) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (51909220). The technical assistance by Rene Hvidberg Petersen, Britta Garly Henriksen and Lene Korsholm Jørgensen was gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Weihui Road 23, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

    Zhenhua Wei & Jie Liu

  2. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegaard Allé 13, DK-2630, Taastrup, Denmark

    Zhenhua Wei, Jie Liu & Fulai Liu

  3. Key Laboratory of Agricultural Soil and Water Engineering in Arid and Semiarid Areas, Ministry of Education, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

    Liang Fang & Fulai Liu

  4. Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130012, China

    Xiangnan Li

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Wei, Z., Fang, L., Li, X. et al. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on leaf gas exchange response to progressive drought in barley and tomato plants with different endogenous ABA levels. Plant Soil 447, 431–446 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04393-3

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