Differential Response of Two Tomato Genotypes, Wild Type cv. Ailsa Craig and Its ABA-Deficient Mutant <i>flacca</i> to Short-Termed Drought Cycles

Two tomato genotypes with constitutively different ABA level, <i>flacca</i> mutant and wild type of Ailsa Craig cv. (WT), were subjected to three repeated drought cycles, with the aim to reveal the role of the abscisic acid (ABA) threshold in developing drought tolerance. Differential re...

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Autores principales: Bojana Živanović, Sonja Milić Komić, Nenad Nikolić, Dragosav Mutavdžić, Tatjana Srećković, Sonja Veljović Jovanović, Ljiljana Prokić
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/d256283f5b6b4cd19c1466e629ef6eab
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Sumario:Two tomato genotypes with constitutively different ABA level, <i>flacca</i> mutant and wild type of Ailsa Craig cv. (WT), were subjected to three repeated drought cycles, with the aim to reveal the role of the abscisic acid (ABA) threshold in developing drought tolerance. Differential responses to drought of two genotypes were obtained: more pronounced stomatal closure, ABA biosynthesis and proline accumulation in WT compared to the mutant were compensated by dry weight accumulation accompanied by transient redox disbalance in <i>flacca</i>. Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectra analysis of isolated cell wall material and morphological parameter measurements on tomato leaves indicated changes in dry weight accumulation and carbon re-allocation to cell wall constituents in <i>flacca</i>, but not in WT. A higher proportion of cellulose, pectin and lignin in isolated cell walls from <i>flacca</i> leaves further increased with repeated drought cycles. Different ABA-dependent stomatal closure between drought cycles implies that acquisition of stomatal sensitivity may be a part of stress memory mechanism developed under given conditions. The regulatory role of ABA in the cell wall restructuring and growth regulation under low leaf potential was discussed with emphasis on the beneficial effects of drought priming in developing differential defense strategies against drought.