Acclimation of interacting leaf surface traits affects foliar water uptake.

Autor: Chin ARO; Plant Sciences Department, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.; Institute of Integrative Biology, Plant Ecology Group, ETH, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland., Guzmán-Delgado P; Plant Sciences Department, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA., Kerhoulas LP; Department of Forestry and Wildland Resources, California Polytechnic Institute, Arcata, CA 95521, USA., Zwieniecki MA; Plant Sciences Department, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Tree physiology [Tree Physiol] 2023 Mar 09; Vol. 43 (3), pp. 418-429.
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpac120
Abstrakt: Absorption of water across the surfaces of leaves is an ecologically important aspect of tree physiology. Variation in foliar water uptake capacity depends on environmental conditions when traits associated with the uptake pathway respond to climatic signals. Using a series of experiments, we verify that water enters Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. leaves by crossing the cuticle, and show that surface-trait acclimation alters the kinetic parameters of foliar water uptake. Under our experimental conditions, the cuticle was the primary pathway for water entry into the leaf. Exposure to climatic variation may induce surface acclimations, such as increased waxiness, that reduce water-film formation over stomata at the expense of dry-season foliar uptake rates. We found that water uptake is negatively associated with the interaction of leaf-surface wax coverage and stomatal density, and provide an accessible protocol to measure these key traits in Sequoia. Linking absorptive pathways and trait acclimation to physiological performance can provide a foundation for range-wide or genomic investigations of forest interactions with water and a mechanism-centered means to monitor canopy hydraulic parameters over time.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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