Grapevine morphological shade acclimation is mediated by light quality whereas hydraulic shade acclimation is mediated by light intensity

Plants acclimate to shade by sensing light signals such as low photosynthetic active radiation (PAR), low blue light (BL) levels and low red-to-far red ratios (R:FR) trough plant photoreceptors cross talk. We previously demonstrated that grapevine is irresponsive to variations in R:FR and that BL-attenuation mediates morphological and architectural responses to shade increasing light interception and absorption efficiencies. However, we wondered if grapevine respond to low R:FR when BL is attenuated at the same time. Our objective was to evaluate if morphological, architectural and hydraulic acclimation to shade is mediated by low R:FR ratios and BL attenuation. To test this, we carried out experiments under natural radiation, manipulating light quality by selective sunlight exclusion and light supplementation. We grew grapevines under low PAR (LP) and four high PAR (HP) treatments: HP, HP plus FR supplementation (HP + FR), HP with BL attenuation (HP–B) and HP with BL attenuation plus FR supplementation (HP–B + FR). We found that plants grown under HP-B and HP-B + FR had similar morphological (stem and petiole length, leaf thickness and area), architectural (laminae’ angles) and anatomical (stomatal density) traits than plants grown under LP. However, only LP plants presented lower stomata differentiation, lower δ13C and hence lower water use efficiency. Therefore, even under a BL and R:FR attenuated environment, morphological and architectural responses were modulated by BL but not by variation in R:FR. Meanwhile water relations were affected by PAR intensity but not by changes in light quality. Knowing grapevine responses to light quantity and quality are indispensable to adopt tools or design new cultural management practices that manipulate irradiance in the field intending to improve crop performance.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Gonzalez, Carina Veronica, Prieto, Jorge Alejandro, Mazza, Carlos Alberto, Jeréz, Damián Nicolás, Biruk, Lucía N., Jofre, María Florencia, Giordano, Carla Valeria
Format:	info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Elsevier 2021-03-30T17:47:05Z
Subjects:	Vid, Vitis vinifera, Fotosíntesis, Eficacia en el Uso del Agua, Luz, Grapevines, Photosynthesis, Water Use Efficiency, Light,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9005 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168945221000844 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.110893
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