Life cycle stage and water depth affect flooding-induced adventitious root formation in the terrestrial species Solanum dulcamara.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Flooding can occur at any stage of the life cycle of a plant, but often adaptive responses of plants are only studied at a single developmental stage. It may be anticipated that juvenile plants may respond differently from mature plants, as the amount of stored resources may differ and morphological changes can be constrained. Moreover, different water depths may require different strategies to cope with the flooding stress, the expression of which may also depend on developmental stage. This study investigated whether flooding-induced adventitious root formation and plant growth were affected by flooding depth in Solanum dulcamara plants at different developmental stages.

Methods

Juvenile plants without pre-formed adventitious root primordia and mature p

SUBMITTER: Zhang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4512197 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature