Claim · model-written summary
Iron fertilisation improved photosynthetic performance in peach leaves.
- Taxon
- peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch.)
Prunus persicae0 - Treatment
- Fertilisation with Fee1
- Outcome
- photosynthetic performancee1
- Direction
- improvede1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch.)”
e1“Fertilisation with Fe improved photosynthetic performance but the proper xylem structure and water relations of leaves were not fully restored”
Title
Thomas Eichert; José Javier Peguero-Pina; Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín; et al. Physiologia Plantarum 2009. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.2009.01295.x
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Iron deficiency reduced maximum potential PSII efficiency in peach leaves.
- Intervention effect Iron deficiency reduced net photosynthesis and transpiration rates in peach leaves.
- Intervention effect Iron deficiency reduced peach leaf water use efficiency.
- Intervention effect Iron chlorosis was associated with smaller xylem vessels in peach leaves.
- Intervention effect Iron chlorosis was associated with lower leaf hydraulic conductance.
- Observation During the day, chlorotic peach leaves had higher water potentials than green leaves.
- Observation Chlorotic peach leaves failed to open stomata upon withdrawal of external CO(2).
- Observation Previously darkened chlorotic peach leaves closed stomata after sudden illumination.
- Mechanism The authors interpret iron-deficiency limits to xylem conductivity as eliciting a water-saving strategy.
- Intervention effect Iron fertilisation did not fully restore peach leaf xylem structure and water relations.