J Integr Plant Biol. ›› 2015, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (2): 171-185.DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12238
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Honghong Wu, Min Zhu, Lana Shabala, Meixue Zhou and Sergey Shabala*
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Plant salinity tolerance is a physiologically complex trait, with numerous mechanisms contributing to it. In this work, we show that the ability of leaf mesophyll to retain K+ represents an important and essentially overlooked component of a salinity tolerance mechanism. The strong positive correlation between mesophyll K+ retention ability under saline conditions (quantified by the magnitude of NaCl-induced K+ efflux from mesophyll) and the overall salinity tolerance (relative fresh weight and/or survival or damage under salinity stress) was found while screening 46 barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes contrasting in their salinity tolerance. Genotypes with intrinsically higher leaf K+ content under control conditions were found to possess better K+ retention ability under salinity and, hence, overall higher tolerance. Contrary to previous reports for barley roots, K+ retention in mesophyll was not associated with an increased H+-pumping in tolerant varieties but instead correlated negatively with this trait. These findings are explained by the fact that increased H+ extrusion may be needed to charge balance the activity and provide the driving force for the high affinity HAK/KUP K+ transporters required to restore cytosolic K+ homeostasis in salt-sensitive genotypes.
Wu H, Zhu M, Shabala L, Zhou M, Shabala S (2015) K+ retention in leaf mesophyll, an overlooked component of salinity tolerance mechanism: A case study for barley. J Integr Plant Biol 57: 171–185. doi: 10.1111/jipb.12238
Key words: Cytosolic K+ homeostasis, ion flux, membrane potential, membrane transport, tissue tolerance
Honghong Wu, Min Zhu, Lana Shabala, Meixue Zhou and Sergey Shabala. K+ retention in leaf mesophyll, an overlooked component of salinity tolerance mechanism: A case study for barley[J]. J Integr Plant Biol., 2015, 57(2): 171-185.
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