Differential mechanisms of photosynthetic acclimation to light and low temperature in  Arabidopsis and the extremophile Eutrema salsugineum

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creativework.keywords - en
adaptive (phenotypic) plasticity
cold adaptation
acclimatization
plants - photoinhibition
photosynthesis
creativework.keywords - fr
plasticité phênotypique adaptative
adaptation au froid
acclimatation
photoinhibition des plantes
photosynthèse
dc.contributor.author
Khanal, Nityananda
Bray, Geoffrey E.
Grisnich, Anna
Moffatt, Barbara A.
Gray, Gordon R.
dc.date.accepted
2017-08-01
dc.date.accessioned
2023-08-17T20:31:50Z
dc.date.available
2023-08-17T20:31:50Z
dc.date.issued
2017-08-09
dc.date.submitted
2017-06-14
dc.description.abstract - en
Photosynthetic organisms are able to sense energy imbalances brought about by the overexcitation of photosystem II (PSII) through the redox state of the photosynthetic electron transport chain, estimated as the chlorophyll fluorescence parameter 1-qL, also known as PSII excitation pressure. Plants employ a wide array of photoprotective processes that modulate photosynthesis to correct these energy imbalances. Low temperature and light are well established in their ability to modulate PSII excitation pressure. The acquisition of freezing tolerance requires growth and development a low temperature (cold acclimation) which predisposes the plant to photoinhibition. Thus, photosynthetic acclimation is essential for proper energy balancing during the cold acclimation process. Eutrema salsugineum (Thellungiella salsuginea) is an extremophile, a close relative of Arabidopsis thaliana, but possessing much higher constitutive levels of tolerance to abiotic stress. This comparative study aimed to characterize the photosynthetic properties of Arabidopsis (Columbia accession) and two accessions of Eutrema (Yukon and Shandong) isolated from contrasting geographical locations at cold acclimating and non-acclimating conditions. In addition, three different growth regimes were utilized that varied in temperature, photoperiod and irradiance which resulted in different levels of PSII excitation pressure. This study has shown that these accessions interact differentially to instantaneous (measuring) and long-term (acclimation) changes in PSII excitation pressure with regard to their photosynthetic behaviour. Eutrema accessions contained a higher amount of photosynthetic pigments, showed higher oxidation of P700 and possessed more resilient photoprotective mechanisms than that of Arabidopsis, perhaps through the prevention of PSI acceptor-limitation. Upon comparison of the two Eutrema accessions, Shandong demonstrated the greatest PSII operating efficiency (ΦPSII) and P700 oxidizing capacity, while Yukon showed greater growth plasticity to irradiance. Both of these Eutrema accessions are able to photosynthetically acclimate but do so by different mechanisms. The Shandong accessions demonstrate a stable response, favouring energy partitioning to photochemistry while the Yukon accession shows a more rapid response with partitioning to other (non-photochemical) strategies.
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Khanal, N., Bray, G. E., Grisnich, A., Moffatt, B. A., & Gray, G. R. (2017). Differential mechanisms of photosynthetic acclimation to light and low temperature in Arabidopsis and the extremophile Eutrema salsugineum. Plants. 6(3), Article 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants6030032
dc.identifier.doi
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants6030032
dc.identifier.issn
2223-7747
dc.identifier.uri
https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/1087
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
MDPI
dc.rights - en
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights - fr
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - en
Gold
dc.rights.openaccesslevel - fr
Or
dc.rights.uri - en
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.uri - fr
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr
dc.subject - en
Agriculture
dc.subject - fr
Agriculture
dc.subject.en - en
Agriculture
dc.subject.fr - fr
Agriculture
dc.title - en
Differential mechanisms of photosynthetic acclimation to light and low temperature in  Arabidopsis and the extremophile Eutrema salsugineum
dc.type - en
Article
dc.type - fr
Article
local.acceptedmanuscript.articlenum
32
local.article.journalissue
3
local.article.journaltitle
Plants
local.article.journalvolume
6
local.peerreview - en
Yes
local.peerreview - fr
Oui
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