Surface properties and permeability to calcium chloride of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea leaves of different canopy heights

Plant surfaces have a considerable degree of chemical and physical variability also in relation to different environmental conditions, organs and state of development. The potential changes on plant surface properties in association with environmental variations have been little explored so far....

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Autores principales: Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro, Gil, Luis, Fernández, Victoria
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2502
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5915543/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00494/full
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author Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro
Gil, Luis
Fernández, Victoria
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description Plant surfaces have a considerable degree of chemical and physical variability also in relation to different environmental conditions, organs and state of development. The potential changes on plant surface properties in association with environmental variations have been little explored so far. Using two model tree species (i.e., Quercus petraea, sessile oak and Fagus sylvatica, beech) growing in ‘Montejo de la Sierra Forest,’ we examined various traits of the abaxial and adaxial surface of leaves of both species collected at a height of approximately 15 m (top canopy), versus 3.5–5.5 m for beech and sessile oak, lower canopy leaves. Leaf surface ultra-structure was analyzed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and the surface free energy and related parameter were estimated after measuring drops of 3 liquids with different degrees of polarity and apolarity. The permeability of the adaxial and abaxial surface of top and bottom canopy leaves to CaCl2 was estimated by depositing 2 drops of 3–4 ml per cm2 and comparing the concentration of Ca in leaf tissues 24 h after treatment, and also Ca and Cl concentrations in the washing liquid. Higher Ca concentrations were recorded after the application of CaCl2 drops onto the veins and adaxial blade of top canopy beech leaves, while no significant evidence for foliar Ca absorption was gained with sessile oak leaves. Surprisingly, high amounts of Cl were recovered after washing untreated, top canopy beach and sessile oak leaves with deionised water, a phenomenon which was not traced to occur on lower canopy leaves of both species. It is concluded that the surface of the two species analyzed is heterogeneous in nature and may have areas favoring the absorption of water and solutes as observed for the veins of beech leaves.
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spelling INTA25022018-05-30T11:58:47Z Surface properties and permeability to calcium chloride of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea leaves of different canopy heights Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro Gil, Luis Fernández, Victoria Fagus Sylvatica Quercus Petraea Cloruro Calcico Nutrición Foliar Absorción Calcium Chloride Foliar Nutrition Absorption Permeability Permeabilidad Cubierta de Copas Plant surfaces have a considerable degree of chemical and physical variability also in relation to different environmental conditions, organs and state of development. The potential changes on plant surface properties in association with environmental variations have been little explored so far. Using two model tree species (i.e., Quercus petraea, sessile oak and Fagus sylvatica, beech) growing in ‘Montejo de la Sierra Forest,’ we examined various traits of the abaxial and adaxial surface of leaves of both species collected at a height of approximately 15 m (top canopy), versus 3.5–5.5 m for beech and sessile oak, lower canopy leaves. Leaf surface ultra-structure was analyzed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and the surface free energy and related parameter were estimated after measuring drops of 3 liquids with different degrees of polarity and apolarity. The permeability of the adaxial and abaxial surface of top and bottom canopy leaves to CaCl2 was estimated by depositing 2 drops of 3–4 ml per cm2 and comparing the concentration of Ca in leaf tissues 24 h after treatment, and also Ca and Cl concentrations in the washing liquid. Higher Ca concentrations were recorded after the application of CaCl2 drops onto the veins and adaxial blade of top canopy beech leaves, while no significant evidence for foliar Ca absorption was gained with sessile oak leaves. Surprisingly, high amounts of Cl were recovered after washing untreated, top canopy beach and sessile oak leaves with deionised water, a phenomenon which was not traced to occur on lower canopy leaves of both species. It is concluded that the surface of the two species analyzed is heterogeneous in nature and may have areas favoring the absorption of water and solutes as observed for the veins of beech leaves. Fil: Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina Fil: Fernández, Victoria. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural. Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales; España Fil: Gil, Luis. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Montes, Forestal y del Medio Natural. Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Naturales; España 2018-05-29T11:48:02Z 2018-05-29T11:48:02Z 2018-04 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2502 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5915543/ 1664-462X https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00494/full eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Frontiers in plant science 9 : article 494. (April 2018 )
spellingShingle Fagus Sylvatica
Quercus Petraea
Cloruro Calcico
Nutrición Foliar
Absorción
Calcium Chloride
Foliar Nutrition
Absorption
Permeability
Permeabilidad
Cubierta de Copas
Bahamonde, Héctor Alejandro
Gil, Luis
Fernández, Victoria
Surface properties and permeability to calcium chloride of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea leaves of different canopy heights
title Surface properties and permeability to calcium chloride of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea leaves of different canopy heights
title_full Surface properties and permeability to calcium chloride of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea leaves of different canopy heights
title_fullStr Surface properties and permeability to calcium chloride of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea leaves of different canopy heights
title_full_unstemmed Surface properties and permeability to calcium chloride of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea leaves of different canopy heights
title_short Surface properties and permeability to calcium chloride of Fagus sylvatica and Quercus petraea leaves of different canopy heights
title_sort surface properties and permeability to calcium chloride of fagus sylvatica and quercus petraea leaves of different canopy heights
topic Fagus Sylvatica
Quercus Petraea
Cloruro Calcico
Nutrición Foliar
Absorción
Calcium Chloride
Foliar Nutrition
Absorption
Permeability
Permeabilidad
Cubierta de Copas
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2502
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5915543/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00494/full
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