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Drought-induced variations of water relations parameters in Olea europaea

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The effects of water stress on water potential components, tissue water content, mean elastic modulus and the osmoregulation capacity of olive (Olea europaea L. cv. Coratina) leaves was determined. Artificial rehydration of olive leaf tissues altered the P-V relationships so that a plateau phenomenon occurred. Points in the P-V curve in the region affected by the plateau, generally up to −0.5 MPa, were corrected for all the samples analyzed. In the corrected P-V relationship, an osmotic adjustment was found in drought-stressed leaf tissues. Osmotic potentials at full turgor (Ψ0 (sat)) and osmotic potential at turgor-loss (Ψ0 (TVT)) decreased from −2.06±0.01 MPa and −3.07±0.16 MPa in controls to −2.81±0.03 MPa and −3.85±0.12 MPa in most stressed plants. Osmotic adjustment values obtained from the P-V curves agreed with those obtained using an osmometer. An active osmotic adjustment of 1.42 MPa was also observed in 1–4 mm- diameter roots. Mannitol is the main carbohydrate involved in osmotic potential decrease in all treatments. The maximum elastic modulus increased from 11.6±0.95 MPa in the controls to 18.6±0.61 MPa in the most stressed plants.

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  1. Dipartimento di Produzione, Vegetale Universita degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy

    Bartolomeo Dichio, Cristos Xiloyannis, Vitale Nuzzo, Sabino A Bufo & Giuseppe Celano

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Dichio, B., Xiloyannis, C., Angelopoulos, K. et al. Drought-induced variations of water relations parameters in Olea europaea . Plant and Soil 257, 381–389 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1027392831483

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