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High-Temperature Preconditioning and Thermal Shock Imposition Affects Water Relations, Gas Exchange and Root Hydraulic Conductivity in Tomato

Biologia Plantarum volume 47, Article number: 203 (2003) Cite this article

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Potted tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Amalia) were submitted to three different treatments: control (C) plants were maintained at day/night temperature of 25/18 °C; preconditioned plants (PS) were submitted to two consecutive periods of 4 d each, of 30/23 and 35/28 °C before being exposed to a heat stress (40/33 °C lasting 4 d) and non-preconditioned (S) plants were maintained in the same conditions as the C plants and exposed to the heat stress. The inhibition of plant growth was observed only in PS plants. Heat stress decreased chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance in both PS and S plants. However, PS plants showed good osmotic adjustment, which enabled them to maintain leaf pressure potential higher than in S plants. Furthermore, at the end of the recovery period PS plants had higher pressure potential and stomatal conductance than in S plants.

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  1. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas, Gaveta Postal 1, 32700, San José de Las Lajas, La Habana, Cuba

    D. Morales, P. Rodríguez & J. Dell'Amico

  2. Dpto. Riego y Salinidad, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CSIC), P.O. Box 4195, E-30080, Murcia, Spain

    E. Nicolás, A. Torrecillas & M.J. Sánchez-Blanco

  3. Dpto. Producción Agraria, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Paseo Alfonso XIII, s/n, E-30203, Cartagena (Murcia), Spain

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Morales, D., Rodríguez, P., Dell'Amico, J. et al. High-Temperature Preconditioning and Thermal Shock Imposition Affects Water Relations, Gas Exchange and Root Hydraulic Conductivity in Tomato. Biologia Plantarum 47, 203 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIOP.0000022252.70836.fc

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  • leaf conductance
  • leaf osmotic potential
  • leaf water potential
  • photosynthesis
  • plant growth