Growth of Arabidopsis thaliana and Eutrema salsugineum in a closed growing system designed for quantification of plant water use

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• 作者：Jhon F. Sandoval^a ; ^{jfsandovalp@unal.edu.co" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Chan Yul Yoo^b ; ¹ ; ^{chanyul.yoo@ucr.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Michael J. Gosney^a ; ^b ; ^{mjgosney@purdue.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Michael V. Mickelbart^a ; ^b ; ^{mickelbart@purdue.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Growing media ; Light response ; Methodology ; Plant growth ; Transpiration ; Water-use efficiency
• 刊名：Journal of Plant Physiology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：1 April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：193
• 期：Complete
• 页码：110-118
• 全文大小：1891 K

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The identification of genetic determinants for water-use efficiency (WUE) and their incorporation into crop plants is critical as world water resources are predicted to become less stable over the coming decades. However, quantification of WUE in small model species such as Arabidopsis is difficult because of low plant water loss relative to root zone evaporation. Furthermore, measurements of long-term WUE are labor-intensive and time-consuming. A novel high-throughput closed-container growing system for measuring plant WUE is described. The system eliminates nearly all water loss from the media and does not require irrigation throughout the duration of a typical experiment. Using the model species Arabidopsis thaliana and Eutrema salsugineum, it was confirmed that under growth chamber conditions, this system: (1) eliminates the need for irrigation for as much as 30 days with media water content remaining above 80% full capacity; (2) allows for quantification of WUE in plants with a leaf area as small as ca. 20 cm²; (3) does not inhibit plant growth; and (4) does not alter media conditions outside of an acceptable range for these species. The growing system provides an efficient high-throughput system for quantifying plant water loss and WUE.