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Influence of NaCl on Productivity and Fluorescence Parameters of Nasturtium officinale R. Br. and Its Relevance to Artificial Closed Ecosystems

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Productivity values, sodium accumulation in aboveground biomass, and photosynthetic indices of watercress (Nasturtium officinale) leaves were investigated under conditions resembling artificial closed ecological systems (CES). The seedlings were grown on nutrient media with various NaCl concentrations (0.7, 1.4, and 1.8 g/L) for 7, 14, and 19 days after transferring them to saline solutions. The productivity of plants on the seventh day of their growth on saline media did not differ from that of control plants. The decrease in plant productivity was noted in all the treatments starting from the 14th day after transferring the plants to saline solutions. When NaCl concentration in the nutrient solution was raised from 0.7 to 1.8 g/L, a significant increase in relative Na+ content in plant tissues was observed, regardless of the duration of NaCl treatment. A substantial decrease in chlorophyll (a + b) to carotenoid content ratio was noted on the seventh and 14th days in plants grown at 1.8 g/L NaCl. In plants treated for 7 days with 0.7 and 1.4 g/L NaCl, the content of chlorophylls a and b and carotenoids was found to increase, which indicates the tolerance of N. officinale to CES conditions. The relative content of chlorophylls a and b in the light-harvesting chlorophyll (a + b) complex was independent of the extent of salinity. The maximum quantum yield of photosystem II reaction in N. officinale plants had typically high values (Y(II)max of 0.755 ± 0.007). Using the Imaging Maxi version of the pulse amplitude-modulated (PAM) fluorometer, it was found that light curves for the effective quantum yield of photochemical and nonphotochemical fluorescence quenching (Y(II) and Y(NPQ), respectively) differed appreciably between the salt-treated and untreated plants in the case of long-term cultivation (19 days) at 0.7 and 1.4 g/L NaCl. The treatment with 1.8 g/L NaCl for the period from 14 to 19 days had no effect on light curves of Y(II) and Y(NPQ). It is argued that N. officinale can be used as a source of NaCl for humans under CES conditions.

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This work was supported by the fundamental research program of the Russian Academy of Sciences for 2013–2020, project no. 56.1.4 Sustainability of Higher Plant Cenoses Grown on Nutrient Media with Mineralized Organic Waste in Closed Human-Inhabited Ecological Systems.

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    A. M. Pavlova & N. A. Gaevskii

  2. Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    A. M. Pavlova, O. V. Anishchenko, N. A. Tikhomirova & A. A. Tikhomirov

  3. Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    A. A. Tikhomirov

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Abbreviations: AGB—aboveground biomass (dry matter content); Car—carotenoids; CES—closed ecological systems; Chl—chlorophyll; ETR—electron transport rate; LHC—light-harvesting chlorophyll (a + b) complex; PAR—photosynthetically active radiation; PFD—photon flux density; PSII— photosystem II; PSA—photosynthetic apparatus.

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Pavlova, A.M., Gaevskii, N.A., Anishchenko, O.V. et al. Influence of NaCl on Productivity and Fluorescence Parameters of Nasturtium officinale R. Br. and Its Relevance to Artificial Closed Ecosystems. Russ J Plant Physiol 68, 1173–1185 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1021443721050137

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