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Published on: June 18, 2020
Morphophysiological responses and tolerance mechanisms of Xanthium strumarium to manganese stress
Gao Pan1, Wensheng Liu2, Heping Zhang2
1College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, PR China; National Engineering Laboratory for Applied Technology of Forestry & Ecology in South China, Changsha 410004, PR China.
Abstract:
Effective phytoremediation of manganese (Mn) requires the careful selection of a species that has a relatively high manganese tolerance. Exploring the physiological mechanisms related to Mn stress responses is crucial for identifying and employing species for Mn phytoremediation. Xanthium strumarium is a species that can accumulate high levels of Mn, thus it is a candidate species for Mn-phytoremediation. To reveal the tolerance mechanisms of this species to manage Mn stress, the morphological, physiological, and biochemical responses of seedlings grown in water cultures under six different Mn concentrations were analyzed. The results showed that X. strumarium can accumulate high levels of Mn, even as plant growth was inhibited by rising Mn concentrations. Malondialdehyde (MDA) content increased and catalase (CAT) activity decreased along with the increased Mn concentrations, while soluble protein and proline content, as well as the superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) enzymes, all increased initially and then declined. The highest value of POD, SOD, soluble protein and proline all occurred at 5000 µM of Mn stress, which means that X. strumarium can adapt to low concentration of Mn stress. The net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs), intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) and transpiration rate (Tr) decreased, and the stomatal limitation (Ls) increased in response to Mn stress. Furthermore, water use efficiency (WUE) and intrinsic water use efficiency (WUEi) increased first under low concentration of Mn, and then reduced as the concentration of Mn increased. The maximum quantum efficiency of PSII photochemistry (Fv/Fm), efficiency of excitation capture by open PSII reaction centers (Fv'/Fm'), electron transport rate (ETR) declined as Mn concentration increased. In conclusion, the above results showed that X. strumarium can be effectively used for phytoremediation of Mn-contaminated soils.
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