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Water stress induced changes in the leaf lipid composition of four grapevine genotypes with different drought tolerance

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Biologia Plantarum

Abstract

To dissect differences in both lipid accumulation and composition and the role of these modifications during drought stress, four grapevine cultivars exhibiting differential tolerance to drought were subjected to water shortage. Tolerant cultivars, Kahli Kerkennah and Cardinal, exhibited higher leaf water potential (Ψw), and lower lipid peroxidation compared to the sensitive cultivars Guelb Sardouk and Superior Seedless during stress. Total lipid amounts increased during stress only in the leaves of the tolerant cultivars. Drought induced increases in the ratios digalactosyldiacylglycerol/monogalactosyldiacylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine/phoshatidylethanolamine of almost all the drought stressed cultivars. Moreover, the overall analysis of the composition of fatty acids revealed that a linolenic acid was prevalent in grapevine and the unsaturation level of lipids increased under water stress in all the cultivars. Specific adjustments in the lipid composition during stress could compromise stress tolerance.

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Abbreviations

C16:0 :

palmitic acid

C16:1 :

palmitoleic acid

C16:3 :

palmitolenic acid

C18:0 :

stearic acid

C18:1 :

oleic acid

C18:2 :

linoleic acid

C18:3 :

linolenic acid

DBI:

double bond index

DGDG:

digalactosyldiacylglycerol

GL:

glycolipids

MGDG:

monogalactosyldiacylglycerol

PC:

phosphatidylcholine

PE:

phoshatidylethanolamine

PG:

phosphatidylglycerol

PL:

phospholipids

TLC:

thin layer chromatography

Ψw :

leaf water potential

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  1. Laboratory of Grapevine Molecular Physiology, Route Touristique de Soliman 95, Hammam-Lif, 2050, Tunisia

    I. Toumi, M. Gargouri, A. Ben Salem-Fnayou, A. Mliki & A. Ghorbel

  2. Laboratory of Characterization and Quality of Olive Oil, Route Touristique de Soliman 95, Hammam-Lif, 2050, Tunisia

    I. Nouairi & M. Zarrouk

  3. Laboratory of Plant physiology and Biotechnology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

    P. N. Moschou

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Toumi, I., Gargouri, M., Nouairi, I. et al. Water stress induced changes in the leaf lipid composition of four grapevine genotypes with different drought tolerance. Biol Plant 52, 161–164 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-008-0035-2

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