Foliar antitranspirant and soil superabsorbent hydrogel affect photosynthetic gas exchange and water use efficiency of maize grown under low rainfall conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 350-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Yang ◽  
Shiwen Guo ◽  
Pinfang Li ◽  
Riquan Song ◽  
Jian Yu
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Photosynthetic Gas Exchange ◽  
Superabsorbent Hydrogel ◽  
Use Efficiency

scholarly journals Association of carbon isotope discrimination with leaf gas exchange and water use efficiency in maize following soil amendment with superabsorbent hydrogel

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 484-490
Author(s):  
Yang Wei ◽  
Li Pin-Fang
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Carbon Isotope ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Carbon Isotope Discrimination ◽  
Photosynthetic Gas Exchange ◽  
Superabsorbent Hydrogel ◽  
Isotope Discrimination ◽  
Intrinsic Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Use Efficiency

The correlation of carbon isotope discrimination (△<sup>13</sup>C) with photosynthetic gas exchange and water use efficiency (WUE) in maize was investigated under low rainfall conditions with or without superabsorbent polymer (SAP). SAP (45 kg/ha) was mixed into the top 10 cm soil layer at sowing in lysimeters. Compared with the control plants not treated with SAP, the application of SAP increased net photosynthesis rate; stomatal conductance (g<sub>s</sub>); transpiration rate; chlorophyll content (Chl) and intrinsic water use efficiency at leaf level (WUE<sub>i</sub>), but decreased intercellular CO<sub>2</sub> concentration (C<sub>i</sub>) and leaf △<sup>13</sup>C. In plants supplied with SAP, leaf △<sup>13</sup>C was positively correlated with C<sub>i</sub> (r = 0.864, P &lt; 0.01) and negatively correlated with g<sub>s</sub> and WUE<sub>i</sub> (r = –0.860 and –0.626, P &lt; 0.01, respectively). Leaf △<sup>13</sup>C was not correlated with Chl with or without SAP. Grain △<sup>13</sup>C significantly decreased by 12.4% and showed a significant negative correlation with grain WUE under SAP treatments (r = –0.670, P &lt; 0.05). These results suggest that in the presence of SAP, maize leaf and grain △<sup>13</sup>C could be good indicators for evaluating maize WUE during periods of low rainfall.

Seasonal photosynthetic gas exchange and water-use efficiency in a constitutive CAM plant, the giant saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)

Oecologia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 167 (3) ◽  
pp. 861-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin R. Bronson ◽  
Nathan B. English ◽  
David L. Dettman ◽  
David G. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Photosynthetic Gas Exchange ◽  
Carnegiea Gigantea ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Cam Plant

Bunchgrass architecture, light interception, and water-use efficiency: assessment by fiber optic point quadrats and gas exchange

Oecologia ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 59 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 178-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Caldwell ◽  
T. J. Dean ◽  
R. S. Nowak ◽  
R. S. Dzurec ◽  
J. H. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Light Interception ◽  
Efficiency Assessment ◽  
Use Efficiency

Boron Supply and Water Deficit Consequences in Young Paricá (Schizolobium parahyba var. amazonicum) Plants

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 250-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca do Carmo SILVA ◽  
Pêola Reis de SOUZA ◽  
Daihany Moraes CALLEGARI ◽  
Vanessa Ferreira ALVES ◽  
Allan Klynger da Silva LOBATO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Stomatal Conductance ◽  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Deficit ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Electrolyte Leakage ◽  
Tolerance Mechanism ◽  
Schizolobium Parahyba ◽  
Use Efficiency

Boron (B) is a very important nutrient required by forest plants; when supplied in adequate amounts, plants can ameliorate the negative effects of abiotic stresses. The objective of this study was to (i) investigate gas exchange, (ii) measure oxidant and antioxidant compounds, and (iii) respond how B supply acts on tolerance mechanism to water deficit in young Schizolobium parahyba plants. The experiment employed a factorial that was entirely randomised, with two boron levels (25 and 250 µmol L-1, simulating conditions of sufficient B and high B, respectively) and two water conditions (control and water deficit). Water deficit induced negative modifications on net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance and water use efficiency, while B high promoted intensification of the effects on stomatal conductance and water use efficiency. Hydrogen peroxide and electrolyte leakage of both tissues suffered non-significant increases after B high and when applied water deficit. Ascorbate levels presented increases after water deficit and B high to leaf and root. Our results suggested that the tolerance mechanism to water deficit in young Schizolobium parahyba plants is coupled to increases in total glutathione and ascorbate aiming to control the overproduction of hydrogen peroxide and alleviates the negative consequences on electrolyte leakage and gas exchange. In relation to B supply, this study proved that sufficient level promoted better responses under control and water deficit conditions.

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