Coordination of leaf hydraulic, anatomical, and economical traits in tomato seedlings acclimation to long-term drought.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leaf hydraulic and economics traits are critical for balancing plant water and CO₂ exchange, and their relationship has been widely studied. Leaf anatomical traits determine the efficiency of CO₂ diffusion within mesophyll structure. However, it remains unclear whether leaf anatomical traits are associated with leaf hydraulic and economics traits acclimation to long-term drought.

Results

To address this knowledge gap, eight hydraulic traits, including stomatal and venation structures, four economics traits, including leaf dry mass per area (LMA) and the ratio between palisade and spongy mesophyll thickness (PT/ST), and four anatomical traits related to CO₂ diffusion were measured in tomato seedlings under the long-term drought cond

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8591842 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature