首页|Clade-dependent effects of drought on nitrogen fixation and its components – Number, size, and activity of nodules in legumes
Clade-dependent effects of drought on nitrogen fixation and its components – Number, size, and activity of nodules in legumes
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? 2022Drought affects the growth of legumes directly, and indirectly, by reducing total nitrogen fixation. Here, we compiled published data to compare the sensitivity to water deficit on plant growth and total nitrogen fixation traits, i.e., the number of nodules per plant, average nodule mass, and nitrogen fixation per unit nodule mass. Hierarchies of phenotypic plasticity have been established for seeds and organelles, whereby variation in number associates with conserved size. By analogy, our first hypothesis is that there is a hierarchy of plasticities between nitrogen fixation traits. Our second hypothesis is that determinate nodules are more sensitive to water deficit than their indeterminate counterparts, because the latter can reactivate meristems when water becomes available. In our sample, onset of stress treatment averaged 28 d after sowing; median duration of stress was 12 d; and intensity of stress (ratio of shoot biomass between stressed and control) averaged 0.65. These drought conditions (i) reduced total nitrogen fixation and average nodule mass more severely than plant shoot mass, (ii) elicited a hierarchy of plasticities whereby number of nodules per plant varied substantially, and average nodule mass and nitrogen fixation per unit nodule mass were relatively conserved, and (iii) affected more severely Milletioids (determinate, ureide exporting nodules) than their IRLC counterparts (indeterminate, amide exporting nodules).
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Denton M.D.、Denison R.F.、Sadras V.O.、Zhou Y.、Iqbal N.
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School of Agriculture Food and Wine The University of Adelaide Waite Campus
Department of Ecology Evolution and Behavior University of Minnesota
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