Claim · model-written summary
Osmotic adjustment was observed under water deficit conditions in sorghum.
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e0“A field experiment was conducted with a non-irrigated water stress treatment and an irrigated control using four sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) cultivars”
e1“Osmotic adjustment was observed under water deficit conditions”
Title
GNANASIRI S. PREMACHANDRA; HIROFUMI SANEOKA; KOUNOSUKE FUJITA; et al. Journal of Experimental Botany 1992. doi:10.1093/jxb/43.12.1569
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Mechanism Lower osmotic potential helped sorghum plants maintain turgor.
- Observation Sugar and K were the major solutes contributing to osmotic potential in sorghum.
- Intervention effect Sugar concentration in cell sap increased by 37·4% under water deficit conditions.
- Intervention effect K concentration in cell sap increased by 27% under water deficit conditions.
- Intervention effect Stomatal and cuticular conductance were lower in the non-irrigated plants.
- Observation Cell membrane stability differed widely among the four sorghum cultivars.
- Intervention effect Cell membrane stability increased with increasing water deficit.
- Intervention effect Epicuticular wax load increased on leaves of water-deficient plants.
- Association Epicuticular wax load was positively correlated with cuticular conductance and cell membrane stability.
- Intervention effect Membrane phospholipid content increased in water-stressed plants.
- Association Cell membrane stability was influenced by epicuticular wax load, cuticular thickness and osmotic concentration of leaf tissues.
- Observation Cultivars that kept higher membrane stability, wax load and turgor under water deficit were identified as drought tolerant.