A simple and fast method for the extraction of high‐quality phloem in Microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures

Greening or Huanglongbing (HLB) is the major real biotic stress affecting citrus industry, whose causative agent is the vascular bacterium Candidatus liberibacter, and ends with the collapse of the tree, until his death. Microcitrus has been pointed as citrus specie tolerant to HLB due to the pres...

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Main Authors: Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus, Primo-Capella, Amparo, Catala-Senent, Laura, Forner-Giner, María A.
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8938
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author Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus
Primo-Capella, Amparo
Catala-Senent, Laura
Forner-Giner, María A.
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Forner-Giner, María A.
Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus
Primo-Capella, Amparo
author_facet Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus
Primo-Capella, Amparo
Catala-Senent, Laura
Forner-Giner, María A.
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description Greening or Huanglongbing (HLB) is the major real biotic stress affecting citrus industry, whose causative agent is the vascular bacterium Candidatus liberibacter, and ends with the collapse of the tree, until his death. Microcitrus has been pointed as citrus specie tolerant to HLB due to the presence of a peptide with a bactericidal effect that also enhances the immune system of the plant. As vascular bacterium, the analysis and quantification of SAMP peptide in the phloem is of great interest so optimization of extraction method is a major point in any HLB study. As Microcitrus plants show high variability in their phenotype this work studies the relation between some biomass and physiological measurements and the phloem sap yield in three different greenhouse plants (four‐year‐old). Biomass fractions, number of leaves and thorns, leaf area, relative water content and phloem sap extracted were determined from four independent replicates per plant. In phloem sap extraction method, stems of 10–20 cm (0.5 cm diameter) were collected and cut into pieces (1.5 length) by pruning shears. Leaves and thorns were removed, bark was stripped longitudinally by a sterile razor blade and separated from the twig. The inner part of the bark was rinsed with deionized water and dried with Kim wipes to exclude any contamination from the xylem sap. To collect the phloem sap, six pieces of the bark tissue were cut into 0.5‐cm pieces using a sterile razor blade and placed in a 0.5‐ml Eppendorf tube. A small hole was made at the bottom of the tube using a razor blade and the tube was immersed into a 2‐ml Eppendorf tube. The sample was centrifuged at 12,000 rpm for 15 min at 4 °C and the collected phloem sap was stored at −80 °C until further use. The highest phloem yield was obtained in the plant which presented the heaviest twigs, thorns, and peeled bark FW, in addition to the highest leaf DW and surface, but lowest leaf number. RWC did not correlate with any parameter measured. Low yield is correlated with high leaf number but low leaf weight. In this work, we develop an optimized protocol for high‐quality phloem extraction in Microcitrus stems which can be used for a broad spectrum of HLB‐related purposes and propose larger‐leaved twigs as the most efficient plant material to extract phloem sap.
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spelling ReDivia89382025-04-25T14:54:30Z A simple and fast method for the extraction of high‐quality phloem in Microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus Primo-Capella, Amparo Catala-Senent, Laura Forner-Giner, María A. Huanglongbing Microcitrus H20 Plant diseases Greening Phloem Citrus Greening or Huanglongbing (HLB) is the major real biotic stress affecting citrus industry, whose causative agent is the vascular bacterium Candidatus liberibacter, and ends with the collapse of the tree, until his death. Microcitrus has been pointed as citrus specie tolerant to HLB due to the presence of a peptide with a bactericidal effect that also enhances the immune system of the plant. As vascular bacterium, the analysis and quantification of SAMP peptide in the phloem is of great interest so optimization of extraction method is a major point in any HLB study. As Microcitrus plants show high variability in their phenotype this work studies the relation between some biomass and physiological measurements and the phloem sap yield in three different greenhouse plants (four‐year‐old). Biomass fractions, number of leaves and thorns, leaf area, relative water content and phloem sap extracted were determined from four independent replicates per plant. In phloem sap extraction method, stems of 10–20 cm (0.5 cm diameter) were collected and cut into pieces (1.5 length) by pruning shears. Leaves and thorns were removed, bark was stripped longitudinally by a sterile razor blade and separated from the twig. The inner part of the bark was rinsed with deionized water and dried with Kim wipes to exclude any contamination from the xylem sap. To collect the phloem sap, six pieces of the bark tissue were cut into 0.5‐cm pieces using a sterile razor blade and placed in a 0.5‐ml Eppendorf tube. A small hole was made at the bottom of the tube using a razor blade and the tube was immersed into a 2‐ml Eppendorf tube. The sample was centrifuged at 12,000 rpm for 15 min at 4 °C and the collected phloem sap was stored at −80 °C until further use. The highest phloem yield was obtained in the plant which presented the heaviest twigs, thorns, and peeled bark FW, in addition to the highest leaf DW and surface, but lowest leaf number. RWC did not correlate with any parameter measured. Low yield is correlated with high leaf number but low leaf weight. In this work, we develop an optimized protocol for high‐quality phloem extraction in Microcitrus stems which can be used for a broad spectrum of HLB‐related purposes and propose larger‐leaved twigs as the most efficient plant material to extract phloem sap. 2024-06-07T09:32:28Z 2024-06-07T09:32:28Z 2023 poster Martínez-Cuenca, M. R., Primo-Capella, A., Catala-Senent, L., Forner-Giner, M.A. (2023). A simple and fast method for the extraction of high-quality phloem in Microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures. Iberian Plant Biology Congress 2023, Braga, p. 237. [Poster presentation] https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8938 en 2023-07-09 Iberian Plant Biology Congress Braga Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess electronico
spellingShingle Huanglongbing
Microcitrus
H20 Plant diseases
Greening
Phloem
Citrus
Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus
Primo-Capella, Amparo
Catala-Senent, Laura
Forner-Giner, María A.
A simple and fast method for the extraction of high‐quality phloem in Microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures
title A simple and fast method for the extraction of high‐quality phloem in Microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures
title_full A simple and fast method for the extraction of high‐quality phloem in Microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures
title_fullStr A simple and fast method for the extraction of high‐quality phloem in Microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures
title_full_unstemmed A simple and fast method for the extraction of high‐quality phloem in Microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures
title_short A simple and fast method for the extraction of high‐quality phloem in Microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures
title_sort simple and fast method for the extraction of high quality phloem in microcitrus and its dependence on some physiological measures
topic Huanglongbing
Microcitrus
H20 Plant diseases
Greening
Phloem
Citrus
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8938
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