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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Suboptimal temperature favors reserve information in biennial carrot (Daucus carota) plants |
Author: | Gonzalez, M. Sadras, V. Equiza, M. Tognetti, J. |
Citation: | Physiologia Plantarum, 2009; 137(1):10-21 |
Publisher: | Blackwell Munksgaard |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
ISSN: | 0031-9317 1399-3054 |
Statement of Responsibility: | María V. González, Victor O. Sadras, María A. Equiza and Jorge A. Tognetti |
Abstract: | In response to suboptimal temperatures, temperate annual plants often increase root:shoot ratios, build-up carbohydrates and display typical morphological and anatomical changes. We know less about the responses of biennials such as carrot. As a model plant, carrot has the additional feature of two functionally and morphologically distinct root parts: the taproot, which stores carbohydrate and other compounds, and the fibrous root system involved in acquisition of water and nutrients. Here, we analyze the effects of temperature (12 vs 25°C) on growth, carbohydrate accumulation and whole-plant morphology in two carrot cultivars. Our working hypothesis is that suboptimal temperature favors active formation of reserve structures, rather than passive accumulation of storage carbohydrates. In comparison with plants grown at 25°C, plants grown at 12°C had: (1) higher fibrous root:shoot ratio (13%) , (2) thicker (10–15%) and smaller (up to two- to three-fold) leaves, (3) lower leaf cuticular permeance (two- to four-fold), (4) higher taproot:shoot ratio (two-fold), (5) higher phloem:xylem ratios in taproot (two- to six-fold), (6) unchanged percentage dry matter content (%DMC) in leaves, petioles or fibrous roots and (7) higher %DMC in taproot (20%). However, %DMC of individual taproot tissues (phloem and xylem) was unaffected by temperatures and was consistently higher in the phloem (up to 30%). Therefore, the higher %DMC of whole taproots at 12°C was attributed solely to the increased development of phloem tissue. Carrot, therefore, shares many of the most conspicuous elements of temperate plant responses to low temperatures. Consistently with our hypothesis, however, carrots grown at suboptimal temperature promoted reserve structures, rather than the increase in carbohydrate concentration typical of most temperate annual species and woody perennials. |
Keywords: | Daucus carota Plant Shoots Plant Roots Carbohydrates Biomass Temperature Osmosis Xylem Phloem Plant Stomata Plant Development |
Description: | Copyright © Physiologia Plantarum 2009 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2009.01247.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2009.01247.x |
Appears in Collections: | Agriculture, Food and Wine publications Aurora harvest |
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