Photomorphogenic effects of UVB and UVA radiation on leaves of six Mediterranean sclerophyllous woody species subjected to two different watering regimes at the seedling stage

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• 作者：Dolors Verdaguer^a ; ^{dolors.verdaguer@udg.edu} ; Laura Llorens^a ; ^{laura.llorens@udg.edu} ; Meritxell Bernal^a ; ^{meritxell.bernal@udg.edu} ; Jordi Badosa^b ; ¹ ; ^{jordi.badosa@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Dg ; Daphne gnidium L. ; Ia ; Ilex aquifolium L. ; Ln ; Laurus nobilis L. ; Pl ; Pistacia lentiscus L. ; Pha ; Phillyrea angustifolia L. ; Rs ; Rosa sempervirens L. ; UVA ; UVA radiation ; UVBA ; UVB plus UVA radiation ; UV0 ; no UV radiation
• 刊名：Environmental and Experimental Botany
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：39_00988472
• 类别：abs
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：79
• 期：Complete
• 页码：66-75
• 文件大小：643 K

摘要

We aimed to investigate the effects of UV radiation and drought on the leaf morphology and anatomy of six native Mediterranean species with different degrees of sclerophylly (Phillyrea angustifolia, Pistacia lentiscus, Daphne gnidium, Ilex aquifolium, Laurus nobilis, Rosa sempervirens). One-year-old seedlings of these species were grown in a glasshouse under three different UV conditions: UVB plus UVA radiation (UVBA), UVA radiation (UVA) and without UV radiation (UV0), and under two watering regimes (low- and well-watered). We observed a significant reduction in leaf area and thickness in response to drier conditions in all the species. The combination of UVB and UVA radiation resulted in leaves with a higher leaf mass area (LMA) and thickness, basically as a consequence of an increase in the thickness of the palisade parenchyma. UVA radiation specifically affected the adaxial epidermal cells, which were thicker and longer than those grown without UV. However, when UV radiation effects were analysed within each watering treatment, well-watered plants showed a higher sensitivity to UV whilst UV did not affect significantly the leaf parameters measured in low-watered plants. Lastly, the more sclerophyllous plants were the least sensitive to UV radiation which suggests that leaf sclerophylly would influence the UV plant response.