Contrasting adaptive responses to cope with drought stress and recovery in Cenchrus ciliaris L. and their implications for tissue lignification

Cenchrus ciliaris L. is a widely used species for cattle feed in arid and semi-arid regions due to good forage value and known tolerance to drought conditions. Here, we provide insights to adaptive responses of two contrasting genotypes of C. ciliaris (drought-tolerant ‘RN51’ and drought-sensitive ‘RN1’) to face drought stress and recovery conditions and the implications for tissue lignification. Drought stress caused a reversible decrease in the leaf water relationship and damage to photosystem II, leading to an increased generation of reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation. Plants of RN51 exhibited a pronounced increase of antioxidant enzymatic activities. Unlike the drought-sensitive genotype, RN51 exhibited further development of lignified tissues and bulliform cells and had the greatest thickness of the adaxial epidermis. Drought stress led to the rapid activation of the expression of lignin biosynthesis pathway-related enzymes. The transcript level of the caffeoyl-CoA-O-methyltransferase gene decreased in RN1, whereas cinnamoyl-CoA reductase transcripts were increased in RN51. After rewatering, the tolerant genotype recovered more rapidly than RN1. Even though the two genotypes survived when they were exposed to drought stress, RN1 showed the highest reduction in growth parameters, and this reduction was sustained during rewatering.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Carrizo, Iliana Magali, Lopez Colomba, Eliana, Tommasino, Exequiel Arturo, Carloni, Edgardo José, Bollati, Graciela, Grunberg, Karina
Format:	info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Wiley 2021-03-10T19:23:19Z
Subjects:	Cenchrus Ciliaris, Genotypes, Drought Stress, Lignification, Oxidative Stress, Drought Resistance, Genotipos, Estrés de Sequia, Lignificación, Estrés Oxidativo, Resistencia a la Sequía,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8860 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ppl.13274 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13274
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