Unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit

The rise in global temperature is not only affecting plant functioning directly, but is also increasing air vapour pressure deficit (VPD). The yield of banana is heavily affected by water deficit but so far breeding programs have never addressed the issue of water deficit caused by high VPD. A reduc...

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Autores principales: Eyland, David, Gambart, Clara, Swennen, Rony, Carpentier, Sebastien C.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Frontiers Media 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131763
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author Eyland, David
Gambart, Clara
Swennen, Rony
Carpentier, Sebastien C.
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Gambart, Clara
Swennen, Rony
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Gambart, Clara
Swennen, Rony
Carpentier, Sebastien C.
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description The rise in global temperature is not only affecting plant functioning directly, but is also increasing air vapour pressure deficit (VPD). The yield of banana is heavily affected by water deficit but so far breeding programs have never addressed the issue of water deficit caused by high VPD. A reduction in transpiration at high VPD has been suggested as a key drought tolerance breeding trait to avoid excessive water loss, hydraulic failure and to increase water use efficiency. In this study, stomatal and transpiration responses under increasing VPD at the leaf and whole-plant level of 8 wild banana (sub)species were evaluated, displaying significant differences in stomatal reactivity. Three different phenotypic groups were identified under increasing VPD. While (sub)species of group III maintained high transpiration rates under increasing VPD, M. acuminata ssp. e rrans (group I), M. acuminata ssp. zebrina (group II) and M. balbisiana (group II) showed the highest transpiration rate limitations to increasing VPD. In contrast to group I, group II only showed strong reductions at high VPD levels, limiting the cost of reduced photosynthesis and strongly increasing their water use efficiency. M. acuminata ssp. zebrina and M. balbisiana thus show the most favourable responses. This study provides a basis for the identification of potential parent material in gene banks for breeding future-proof bananas that cope better with lack of water.
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spelling CGSpace1317632025-12-08T10:29:22Z Unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit Eyland, David Gambart, Clara Swennen, Rony Carpentier, Sebastien C. bananas drought tolerance biodiversity plátano The rise in global temperature is not only affecting plant functioning directly, but is also increasing air vapour pressure deficit (VPD). The yield of banana is heavily affected by water deficit but so far breeding programs have never addressed the issue of water deficit caused by high VPD. A reduction in transpiration at high VPD has been suggested as a key drought tolerance breeding trait to avoid excessive water loss, hydraulic failure and to increase water use efficiency. In this study, stomatal and transpiration responses under increasing VPD at the leaf and whole-plant level of 8 wild banana (sub)species were evaluated, displaying significant differences in stomatal reactivity. Three different phenotypic groups were identified under increasing VPD. While (sub)species of group III maintained high transpiration rates under increasing VPD, M. acuminata ssp. e rrans (group I), M. acuminata ssp. zebrina (group II) and M. balbisiana (group II) showed the highest transpiration rate limitations to increasing VPD. In contrast to group I, group II only showed strong reductions at high VPD levels, limiting the cost of reduced photosynthesis and strongly increasing their water use efficiency. M. acuminata ssp. zebrina and M. balbisiana thus show the most favourable responses. This study provides a basis for the identification of potential parent material in gene banks for breeding future-proof bananas that cope better with lack of water. 2023-08-21 2023-09-06T10:29:35Z 2023-09-06T10:29:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131763 en Open Access application/pdf Frontiers Media Eyland, D.; Gambart, C.; Swennen, R.; Carpentier, S. (2023) Unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit. Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1068191. 13 p. ISSN: 1664-462X
spellingShingle bananas
drought tolerance
biodiversity
plátano
Eyland, David
Gambart, Clara
Swennen, Rony
Carpentier, Sebastien C.
Unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit
title Unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit
title_full Unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit
title_fullStr Unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit
title_full_unstemmed Unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit
title_short Unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit
title_sort unravelling the diversity in water usage among wild banana species in response to vapour pressure deficit
topic bananas
drought tolerance
biodiversity
plátano
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131763
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