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      Anatomic and physiological modifications in seedlings of Coffea arabica cultivar Siriema under drought conditions Translated title: Modificações anatômicas e fisiológicas em mudas de Coffea arábica cultivar Siriema submetidas ao déficit hidrico

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          Due to the weather changes prognostic for the coming years, the understanding of water deficit and physiological responses of plants to drought becomes an important requirement in order to develop technologies such as mechanisms to assist plants to cope with longer drought periods, which will be essential to maintenance of Brazilian and worldwide production. This study aimed to evaluate ecophysiological and anatomical aspects as well as the nitrate reductase activity in Siriema coffee seedlings subjected to four treatments: Daily irrigated, non-irrigated, re-irrigated 24 hours and re-irrigated 48 hours after different stress periods. Non-irrigation promoted a reduction in leaf water potential being accented from the ninth day of evaluation onwards. Re-irrigation promoted a partial recovery of the plant water potential. Non-irrigated plants showed an increase in stomatal resistance and reduction of transpiration and nitrate reductase activity. In the roots, there was a decrease in nitrate reductase activity under water stress. Leaf anatomical modifications were significant only for the adaxial surface epidermis and palisade parenchyma thickness, this latter characteristic being higher in control plants. Stomatal density and polar and equatorial diameter ratios showed the highest values in plants under water stress. In the roots, differences only in the cortex thickness being bigger in the non-irrigated treatment could be observed. Therefore, Siriema coffee plants under water stress show physiological, biochemical and anatomical modifications that contribute to the tolerance of this genotype to these conditions.

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          Em razão do prognóstico de mudanças climáticas nos próximos anos, a compreensão do déficit hídrico e das respostas fisiológicas de plantas ao mesmo, torna-se uma importante condição para o desenvolvimento de tecnologias, como mecanismos que auxiliem as plantas a suportar períodos mais longos de seca, o que será essencial para a manutenção da produção mundial e brasileira. Neste estudo, objetivou-se avaliar aspectos ecofisiológicos e anatômicos além da atividade da redutase do nitrato em mudas de café Siriema submetidas a quatro tratamentos: irrigadas diariamente, não irrigadas, re-irrigadas 24 horas e re-irrigadas 48 horas após os diferentes períodos de estresse. A ausência de irrigação promoveu redução no potencial hídrico foliar, sendo mais acentuada a partir do nono dia de avaliação. A re-irrigação das mudas promoveu uma recuperação parcial do estado hídrico das plantas. Nas plantas não irrigadas observou-se um aumento na resistência estomatal e diminuição da transpiração, reduzindo a atividade da redutase do nitrato nas folhas. Nas raízes, houve um declínio na redutase do nitrato sob estresse hídrico. Ocorreram modificações na anatomia foliar apenas na espessura da epiderme da face adaxial e parenquimama paliçádico, sendo maior nas plantas controle. A densidade estomatal e razão diâmetro polar e equatorial demonstraram maiores valores nas plantas sob déficit hídrico. Nas raízes, foi observada diferença apenas na espessura do córtex, sendo esta maior no tratamento não irrigado. Dessa forma, o café Siriema sob condições de estresse hídrico apresenta modificações fisiológicas, bioquímicas e anatômicas que contribuem para a tolerância desse genótipo nessas condições.

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          Drought tolerance is associated with rooting depth and stomatal control of water use in clones of Coffea canephora.

          Drought is a major environmental constraint affecting growth and production of Coffea canephora. Selection of C. canephora clones has been largely empirical as little is known about how clones respond physiologically to drought. Using clones previously shown to differ in drought tolerance, this study aimed to identify the extent of variation of water use and the mechanisms responsible, particularly those associated morphological traits. * Clones (14 and 120, drought-tolerant; 46 and 109A, drought-sensitive, based on their abilities to yield under drought) were grown in 120-L pots until they were 12-months old, when an irrigation and a drought treatment were applied; plants were droughted until the pressure potential (psi(x)) before dawn (pre-dawn) reached -3.0 MPa. Throughout the drought period, psi(x) and stomatal conductance (g(s)) were measured. At the end of the experiment, carbon isotope ratio and parameters from pressure-volume curves were estimated. Morphological traits were also assessed. * With irrigation, plant hydraulic conductance (K(L)), midday psi(x) and total biomass were all greater in clones 109A and 120 than in the other clones. Root mass to leaf area ratio was larger in clone 109A than in the others, whereas rooting depth was greater in drought-tolerant than in drought-sensitive clones. Predawn psi(x) of -3.0 MPa was reached fastest by 109A, followed progressively by clones 46, 120 and 14. Decreases in g(s) with declining psi(x), or increasing evaporative demand, were similar for clones 14, 46, and 120, but lower in 109A. Carbon isotope ratio increased under drought; however, it was lower in 109A than in other clones. For all clones, psi(x), g(s) and K(L) recovered rapidly following re-watering. Differences in root depth, K(L) and stomatal control of water use, but not osmotic or elastic adjustments, largely explained the differences in relative tolerance to drought stress of clones 14 and 120 compared with clones 46 and 109A.
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            Effects of long-term soil drought on photosynthesis and carbohydrate metabolism in mature robusta coffee (Coffea canephora Pierre var. kouillou) leaves

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              Morphological and physiological responses of two coffee progenies to soil water availability.

              Drought is a major environmental constraint affecting growth and production of coffee. The effects of water supply on growth, biomass allocation, water relations, and gas exchange in two coffee progenies representing drought-tolerant (Siriema) and drought-sensitive (Catucaí) genotypes were compared. They were grown in 12-L pots until 4-months old, when they were submitted to two watering treatments for 60 d: plants receiving either 100% transpired water (control plants) or a fraction (about 40%) of the amount of water transpired by control plants (drought-stressed plants). Under control conditions, Siriema grew faster than Catucaí. Regardless of the watering regimes and progenies, relative growth rate (RGR) was positively correlated both with net assimilation rate (NAR) and long-term water-use efficiency (WUE), but not with differences in biomass allocation. Both progenies responded to drought stress through (i) similar decreases in both RGR and NAR with marginal, if any, changes in allocation; (ii) decreases in leaf water potential, which occurred to a greater extent in Catucaí than in Siriema, even though they have showed similar abilities to adjust osmotically and elastically; (iii) similar reductions in net photosynthesis due mainly to nonstomatal factors; and (iv) decreases in transpiration rate coupled with increased long-term WUE. However, the lower transpiration rate and the higher long-term WUE as found in Siriema relative to Catucaí under control conditions persisted under drought conditions. Overall, the major differences between these progenies were largely associated with differences in plant water use, which was likely related to the improved water status of Siriema. The possible implications of selecting coffee genotypes for high WUE are discussed.
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                Ciência e Agrotecnologia
                Ciênc. agrotec.
                Editora da Universidade Federal de Lavras (Lavras )
                1981-1829
                February 2014
                : 38
                : 1
                : 25-33
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade Federal de Lavras Brazil
                [3 ] Universidade Federal de Lavras Brazil
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                S1413-70542014000100003
                10.1590/S1413-70542014000100003
                9b7acc8a-6978-47a3-9cac-b062483633da

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

                General agriculture
                Coffee tree,ecophysiology,water stress,nitrate reductase,Cafeeiro,ecofisiologia,estresse hídrico,redutase do nitrato

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