The Effects of Rehydration Time on Pressure-Volume Curves of Larix gmelinii and Fraxinus mandshurica in Northeast China
Pressure-volume (P-V) curves were measured on shoots of Larix gmelinii and leaves of Fraxinus mandshurica in northeast China to analyze the effects of nonrehydrated, rehydrated, and extended rehydrated treatments on water relations parameters. For L. gmelinii, increasing
rehydration time significantly increased the estimate of osmotic potential at full turgor (Ψπ100) and at turgor loss point (Ψtlp) and decreased the estimate of the relative water content at turgor loss point (RWCtlp), bulk elastic modulus (ε),
and symplastic solute content per dry mass (RNs). However, in F. mandshurica, increasing the rehydration time did not significantly change key parameters. The difference in response among these two species relates to the increase in the percent volume of apoplastic water
content (AWC) in rehydrated tissues. For L. gmelinii, average AWC was 18.5% in rehydrated and 27.9% in extended rehydration treatments. For F. mandshurica, the average AWC was 4.7% in rehydrated and 4.3% in extended rehydration treatments. In contrast, the AWC value of the nonrehydrated
tissue was only 0.7% for L. gmelinii and 2.7% for F. mandshurica. We recommend making P-V curves using unrehydrated tissue whenever possible to avoid potential errors caused by rehydration on the estimates of water relations parameters.
Keywords: Fraxinus mandshurica; Larix gmelinii; pressure-volume curves; rehydration time; water parameters
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 30 August 2016
This article was made available online on 09 June 2016 as a Fast Track article with title: "The Effects of Rehydration Time on Pressure-Volume Curves of <i>Larix gmelinii</i> and <i>Fraxinus mandshurica</i> in Northeast China".
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