Narrow vessels cavitate first during a simulated drought in Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Establishing drying-limits for mortality of different tree species and understanding the anatomical and physiological traits involved is crucial to predict forests' responses to climate change. The xylem of Eucalyptus camaldulensis presents a complex of solitary vessels surrounded by different imper...

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Autores principales: Barigah, Tete Severien, Gyenge, Javier, Barreto, Florencia, Rozenberg, Philippe, Fernandez, María Elena
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11213
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppl.13556
https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13556
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author Barigah, Tete Severien
Gyenge, Javier
Barreto, Florencia
Rozenberg, Philippe
Fernandez, María Elena
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description Establishing drying-limits for mortality of different tree species and understanding the anatomical and physiological traits involved is crucial to predict forests' responses to climate change. The xylem of Eucalyptus camaldulensis presents a complex of solitary vessels surrounded by different imperforate tracheary elements and parenchyma that influence, in a poorly known way, its hydraulic functioning. We aimed at describing the dynamics of embolism propagation in this type of xylem, seeking any vessel-size pattern, and unraveling the threshold of xylem embolism leading to nonrecovery after drought in E. camaldulensis. We assigned potted saplings to a protracted water-stress for 70 days. We relied on colorimetric and hydraulic methods to test for links between xylem anatomy and embolism propagation in the main stem. On average, the occurrence of embolism was randomly distributed in the stem xylem, but the probability of embolized vessels was higher than predicted by chance in the narrowest vessels of individuals that experienced low to moderate water-stress. The saplings could recover from severe water-stress if their percentage loss of conductance (PLC) was <77%, but not when the PLC was ˃ 85%. We concluded that, contrary to results reported for most species, the narrowest vessels are the most vulnerable to cavitation in E. camaldulensis, suggesting a lack of tradeoff between xylem efficiency and safety (in response to drought) at the tissue level. These results challenge the well-established paradigm of the effect of vessel size on cavitation, which states that the widest conduits are the most vulnerable to both freeze–thaw and drought-induced cavitation.
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spelling INTA112132022-02-18T16:27:00Z Narrow vessels cavitate first during a simulated drought in Eucalyptus camaldulensis Barigah, Tete Severien Gyenge, Javier Barreto, Florencia Rozenberg, Philippe Fernandez, María Elena Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Sequía Xilema Embolia Estrés de Sequía Drought Xylem Embolism Drought Stress Establishing drying-limits for mortality of different tree species and understanding the anatomical and physiological traits involved is crucial to predict forests' responses to climate change. The xylem of Eucalyptus camaldulensis presents a complex of solitary vessels surrounded by different imperforate tracheary elements and parenchyma that influence, in a poorly known way, its hydraulic functioning. We aimed at describing the dynamics of embolism propagation in this type of xylem, seeking any vessel-size pattern, and unraveling the threshold of xylem embolism leading to nonrecovery after drought in E. camaldulensis. We assigned potted saplings to a protracted water-stress for 70 days. We relied on colorimetric and hydraulic methods to test for links between xylem anatomy and embolism propagation in the main stem. On average, the occurrence of embolism was randomly distributed in the stem xylem, but the probability of embolized vessels was higher than predicted by chance in the narrowest vessels of individuals that experienced low to moderate water-stress. The saplings could recover from severe water-stress if their percentage loss of conductance (PLC) was <77%, but not when the PLC was ˃ 85%. We concluded that, contrary to results reported for most species, the narrowest vessels are the most vulnerable to cavitation in E. camaldulensis, suggesting a lack of tradeoff between xylem efficiency and safety (in response to drought) at the tissue level. These results challenge the well-established paradigm of the effect of vessel size on cavitation, which states that the widest conduits are the most vulnerable to both freeze–thaw and drought-induced cavitation. EEA Balcarce Fil: Barigah, Tete Severien. Université Clermont Auvergne; Francia. Fil: Barigah, Tete Severien. National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment; Francia. Fil: Gyenge, Javier Enrique. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación Para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Fil: Barreto, Florencia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Rozenberg, Philippe. National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment; Francia Fil: Fernández, María Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación Para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. 2022-02-18T16:18:27Z 2022-02-18T16:18:27Z 2021-09-15 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11213 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppl.13556 0031-9317 1399-3054 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13556 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Wiley Physiologia Plantarum 173 (4) : 2081-2090 (2021)
spellingShingle Eucalyptus Camaldulensis
Sequía
Xilema
Embolia
Estrés de Sequía
Drought
Xylem
Embolism
Drought Stress
Barigah, Tete Severien
Gyenge, Javier
Barreto, Florencia
Rozenberg, Philippe
Fernandez, María Elena
Narrow vessels cavitate first during a simulated drought in Eucalyptus camaldulensis
title Narrow vessels cavitate first during a simulated drought in Eucalyptus camaldulensis
title_full Narrow vessels cavitate first during a simulated drought in Eucalyptus camaldulensis
title_fullStr Narrow vessels cavitate first during a simulated drought in Eucalyptus camaldulensis
title_full_unstemmed Narrow vessels cavitate first during a simulated drought in Eucalyptus camaldulensis
title_short Narrow vessels cavitate first during a simulated drought in Eucalyptus camaldulensis
title_sort narrow vessels cavitate first during a simulated drought in eucalyptus camaldulensis
topic Eucalyptus Camaldulensis
Sequía
Xilema
Embolia
Estrés de Sequía
Drought
Xylem
Embolism
Drought Stress
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/11213
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppl.13556
https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13556
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