Abstract
Physiological features associated with differential resistance to salinity were evaluated in two sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid) cultivars over an 8-week period during which greenhouse-grown plants were drip-irrigated with water or with NaCI solutions of 2, 4, 8, or 12 decisiemens (dS) m-1 electrical conductivity (EC). The CO2 assimilation rate (A), stomatal conductance (g), and shoot growth rate (SGR) began to decline as EC of the irrigation solution increased above 2 dS m-1. A, g, and SGR of a salinity-resistant cultivar (H69-8235) were consistently higher than those of a salinity-susceptible cultivar (H65-7052) at all levels of salinity and declined less sharply with increasing salinity. Carbon isotope discrimination ([delta]) in tissue obtained from the uppermost fully expanded leaf increased with salinity and with time elapsed from the beginning of the experiment, but [delta] was consistently lower in the resistant than in the susceptible cultivar at all levels of salinity. Gas-exchange measurements suggested that variation in [delta] was attributable largely to variation in bundle sheath leakiness to CO2 ([phi]). Salinity-induced increases in [phi] appeared to be caused by a reduction in C3 pathway activity relative to C4 pathway activity rather than by physical changes in the permeability of the bundle sheath to CO2. A strong correlation between [delta] and A, g, and SGR permitted these to be predicted from [delta] regardless of the cultivar and salinity level. [delta] thus provided an integrated measure of several components of physiological performance and response.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
CO2 assimilation, stomatal conductance and shoot growth declined above 2 dS m-1.
- Taxon
- Sugarcanet0
- Treatment
- EC of the irrigation solution increased above 2 dS m-1e0
- Outcome
- CO2 assimilation rate (A), stomatal conductance (g), and shoot growth rate (SGR)e0
- Direction
- declinee0
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Verbatim
e0“The CO2 assimilation rate (A), stomatal conductance (g), and shoot growth rate (SGR) began to decline as EC of the irrigation solution increased above 2 dS m-1”
t0“Sugarcane”
Claim · model-written summary
Resistant H69-8235 had higher A, g and SGR than H65-7052.
Verbatim
e0“A, g, and SGR of a salinity-resistant cultivar (H69-8235) were consistently higher than those of a salinity-susceptible cultivar (H65-7052) at all levels of salinity”
t0“Sugarcane”
Claim · model-written summary
These measures declined less sharply in the resistant cultivar.
Verbatim
e0“A, g, and SGR of a salinity-resistant cultivar (H69-8235) were consistently higher than those of a salinity-susceptible cultivar (H65-7052) at all levels of salinity and declined less sharply with increasing salinity”
t0“Sugarcane”
Claim · model-written summary
Carbon isotope discrimination increased with salinity.
Verbatim
e0“Carbon isotope discrimination ([delta]) in tissue obtained from the uppermost fully expanded leaf increased with salinity”
t0“Sugarcane”
Claim · model-written summary
Carbon isotope discrimination increased with elapsed time.
Verbatim
e0“[delta] was consistently lower in the resistant than in the susceptible cultivar at all levels of salinity”
t0“Sugarcane”
Claim · model-written summary
Variation in discrimination was largely attributable to bundle sheath CO2 leakiness.
Verbatim
e0“variation in [delta] was attributable largely to variation in bundle sheath leakiness to CO2 ([phi])”
t0“Sugarcane”
Claim · model-written summary
Increased leakiness appeared caused by lower C3 pathway activity relative to C4.
Verbatim
e0“Salinity-induced increases in [phi] appeared to be caused by a reduction in C3 pathway activity relative to C4 pathway activity rather than by physical changes in the permeability of the bundle sheath to CO2”
t0“Sugarcane”
Claim · model-written summary
Discrimination correlated strongly with A, g and SGR.
Not reportedOrgan / stageDirection
Verbatim
e0“A strong correlation between [delta] and A, g, and SGR permitted these to be predicted from [delta] regardless of the cultivar and salinity level”
t0“Sugarcane”
Claim · model-written summary
Discrimination permitted prediction of A, g and SGR.
Not reportedComparatorValue
Verbatim
e0“permitted these to be predicted from [delta] regardless of the cultivar and salinity level”
t0“Sugarcane”
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