Chlorophyll （Chl） degradation causes leaf yellowing during senescence or under stress conditions. For Chl breakdown, STAY-GREEN1 （SGR1） interacts with Chl catabolic enzymes （CCEs） and light-harvesting complex II...Chlorophyll （Chl） degradation causes leaf yellowing during senescence or under stress conditions. For Chl breakdown, STAY-GREEN1 （SGR1） interacts with Chl catabolic enzymes （CCEs） and light-harvesting complex II （LHCII） at the thylakoid membrane, possibly to allow metabolic channeling of potentially phototoxic Chl breakdown intermediates. Among these Chl catabolic components, SGR1 acts as a key regulator of leaf yellowing. In addition to SGR1 （At4g22920）, the Arabidopsis thaliana genome contains an additional homolog, SGR2 （At4g11910）, whose biological function remains elusive. Under senescence-inducing conditions, SGR2 expression is highly up-regulated, similarly to SGR1 expression. Here we show that SGR2 function counteracts SGR1 activity in leaf Chl degradation; SGR2-overexpressing plants stayed green and the sgr2-1 knockout mutant exhibited early leaf yellowing under age-, dark-, and stress-induced senescence conditions. Like SGR1, SGR2 interacted with LHCII but, in contrast to SGR1, SGR2 interactions with CCEs were very limited. Furthermore, SGR1 and SGR2 formed homo- or heterodimers, strongly suggesting a role for SGR2 in negatively regulat- ing Chl degradation by possibly interfering with the proposed CCE-recruiting function of SGR1. Our data indicate an antagonistic evolution of the functions of SGR1 and SGR2 in Arabidopsis to balance Chl catabolism in chloroplasts with the dismantling and remobilizing of other cellular components in senescing leaf cells.展开更多
Jasmonic acid （JA） functions in plant development, including senescence and immunity. Arabidopsis thaliana CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1 encodes a JA receptor and functions in the JA‐responsive signaling pathway. The Ar...Jasmonic acid （JA） functions in plant development, including senescence and immunity. Arabidopsis thaliana CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1 encodes a JA receptor and functions in the JA‐responsive signaling pathway. The Arabidopsis genome harbors a single COI gene, but the rice （Oryza sativa） genome harbors three COI homologs, OsCOI1a, OsCOI1b, and OsCOI2. Thus, it remains unclear whether each OsCOI has distinct, additive, synergistic, or redundant func-tions in development. Here, we use the oscoi1b‐1 knockout mutants to show that OsCOI1b mainly affects leaf senescence under senescence‐promoting conditions. oscoi1b‐1 mutants stayed green during dark‐induced and natural senescence, with substantial retention of chlorophylls and photosyn-thetic capacity. Furthermore, several senescence‐associated genes were downregulated in oscoi1b‐1 mutants, including homologs of Arabidopsis thaliana ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE 3 and ORESARA 1, important regulators of leaf senescence. These results suggest that crosstalk between JA signaling and ethylene signaling affects leaf senescence. The Arabidopsis coi1‐1 plants containing 35S：OsCOI1a or 35S：OsCOI1b rescued the delayed leaf senescence during dark incubation, sug-gesting that both OsCOI1a and OsCOI1b are required for promoting leaf senescence in rice. oscoi1b‐1 mutants showed significant decreases in spikelet fertility and grain weight, leading to severe reduction of grain yield, indicating that OsCOI1‐mediated JA signaling affects spikelet fertility and grain filling.展开更多
Nutrient resorption is a crucial mechanism for plant nutrient conservation,but most previous studies did not consider the leaf-mass loss during senescence due to lack of measured data.This would lead to an underestima...Nutrient resorption is a crucial mechanism for plant nutrient conservation,but most previous studies did not consider the leaf-mass loss during senescence due to lack of measured data.This would lead to an underestimation of nutrient resorption efficiency(NuRE),or calculating NuRE of various species based on the average mass loss at plant-functional-group level in the literature,thus affecting its accuracy.Here we measured the leaf-mass loss to correct NuRE with the species-specific mass loss correction factor(MLCF),so as to foster a more accurate calculation of the nutrient fluxes within and between plants and the soil.Green leaves and senesced leaves were collected from 35 dominant woody plants in northern China.Mass of green and senesced leaves were measured to calculate the MLCF at species level.The MLCF was reported for each of the 35 dominant woody plants in northern China.These species averagely lost 17%of the green-leaf mass during leaf senescence,but varied greatly from 1.3%to 36.8%mass loss across the 35 species,or 11.7%to 19.6%loss across the functional types.Accordingly,the MLCF varied from 0.632 to 0.987 across the 35 species with an average value 0.832.The NuRE corrected with MLCF was remarkably increased on the whole(e.g.both the average nitrogen and phosphorus NuRE became about 9%higher,or more accurate),compared with the uncorrected ones,especially in the case of low resorption efficiencies.Our field data provide reliable references for the MLCF of plants in related regions at both species and functional-type levels,and are expected to promote more accurate calculations of NuRE.展开更多
To compare current methods of pretreatment/determination for plant foliar pH,we proposed a method for longperiod sample preservation with little interference with the stability of foliar pH.Four hundred leaf samples f...To compare current methods of pretreatment/determination for plant foliar pH,we proposed a method for longperiod sample preservation with little interference with the stability of foliar pH.Four hundred leaf samples from 20 species were collected and four methods of pH determination were used:refrigerated(stored at 4°C for 4 days),frozen(stored at−16°C for 4 days),oven-dried and fresh green-leaf pH(control).To explore the effects of different leaf:water mixing ratio on the pH determination results,we measured oven-dried green-leaf pH by leaf:water volume ratio of 1:8 and mass ratio of 1:10,and measured frozen senesced-leaf pH by mass ratio of 1:10 and 1:15.The standard major axis regression was used to analyze the relationship and the conversion equation between the measured pH with different methods.Foliar pH of refrigerated and frozen green leaves did not signifcantly differ from that of fresh green-leaf,but drying always overrated fresh green-leaf pH.During the feld sampling,cryopreservation with a portable refrigerator was an advisable choice to get a precise pH.For long-duration feld sampling,freezing was the optimal choice,and refrigeration is the best choice for the shorttime preservation.The different leaf:water mixing ratio signifcantly infuenced the measured foliar pH.High dilution reduced the proton concentration and increased the measured pH.Our fndings provide the conversion relationships between the existing pretreatment and measurement methods,and establish a connection among pH determined by different methods.Our study can facilitate foliar pH measurement,thus contributing to understanding of this interesting plant functional trait.展开更多
文摘Chlorophyll （Chl） degradation causes leaf yellowing during senescence or under stress conditions. For Chl breakdown, STAY-GREEN1 （SGR1） interacts with Chl catabolic enzymes （CCEs） and light-harvesting complex II （LHCII） at the thylakoid membrane, possibly to allow metabolic channeling of potentially phototoxic Chl breakdown intermediates. Among these Chl catabolic components, SGR1 acts as a key regulator of leaf yellowing. In addition to SGR1 （At4g22920）, the Arabidopsis thaliana genome contains an additional homolog, SGR2 （At4g11910）, whose biological function remains elusive. Under senescence-inducing conditions, SGR2 expression is highly up-regulated, similarly to SGR1 expression. Here we show that SGR2 function counteracts SGR1 activity in leaf Chl degradation; SGR2-overexpressing plants stayed green and the sgr2-1 knockout mutant exhibited early leaf yellowing under age-, dark-, and stress-induced senescence conditions. Like SGR1, SGR2 interacted with LHCII but, in contrast to SGR1, SGR2 interactions with CCEs were very limited. Furthermore, SGR1 and SGR2 formed homo- or heterodimers, strongly suggesting a role for SGR2 in negatively regulat- ing Chl degradation by possibly interfering with the proposed CCE-recruiting function of SGR1. Our data indicate an antagonistic evolution of the functions of SGR1 and SGR2 in Arabidopsis to balance Chl catabolism in chloroplasts with the dismantling and remobilizing of other cellular components in senescing leaf cells.
基金the support of ‘Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science & Technology Development (PJ00812802)’, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea
文摘Jasmonic acid （JA） functions in plant development, including senescence and immunity. Arabidopsis thaliana CORONATINE INSENSITIVE 1 encodes a JA receptor and functions in the JA‐responsive signaling pathway. The Arabidopsis genome harbors a single COI gene, but the rice （Oryza sativa） genome harbors three COI homologs, OsCOI1a, OsCOI1b, and OsCOI2. Thus, it remains unclear whether each OsCOI has distinct, additive, synergistic, or redundant func-tions in development. Here, we use the oscoi1b‐1 knockout mutants to show that OsCOI1b mainly affects leaf senescence under senescence‐promoting conditions. oscoi1b‐1 mutants stayed green during dark‐induced and natural senescence, with substantial retention of chlorophylls and photosyn-thetic capacity. Furthermore, several senescence‐associated genes were downregulated in oscoi1b‐1 mutants, including homologs of Arabidopsis thaliana ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE 3 and ORESARA 1, important regulators of leaf senescence. These results suggest that crosstalk between JA signaling and ethylene signaling affects leaf senescence. The Arabidopsis coi1‐1 plants containing 35S：OsCOI1a or 35S：OsCOI1b rescued the delayed leaf senescence during dark incubation, sug-gesting that both OsCOI1a and OsCOI1b are required for promoting leaf senescence in rice. oscoi1b‐1 mutants showed significant decreases in spikelet fertility and grain weight, leading to severe reduction of grain yield, indicating that OsCOI1‐mediated JA signaling affects spikelet fertility and grain filling.
基金TheNational Key Researchand Development Program of China(2018YFC0507204)"Strategic Priority Research Program"of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA26040202)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41473068).
文摘Nutrient resorption is a crucial mechanism for plant nutrient conservation,but most previous studies did not consider the leaf-mass loss during senescence due to lack of measured data.This would lead to an underestimation of nutrient resorption efficiency(NuRE),or calculating NuRE of various species based on the average mass loss at plant-functional-group level in the literature,thus affecting its accuracy.Here we measured the leaf-mass loss to correct NuRE with the species-specific mass loss correction factor(MLCF),so as to foster a more accurate calculation of the nutrient fluxes within and between plants and the soil.Green leaves and senesced leaves were collected from 35 dominant woody plants in northern China.Mass of green and senesced leaves were measured to calculate the MLCF at species level.The MLCF was reported for each of the 35 dominant woody plants in northern China.These species averagely lost 17%of the green-leaf mass during leaf senescence,but varied greatly from 1.3%to 36.8%mass loss across the 35 species,or 11.7%to 19.6%loss across the functional types.Accordingly,the MLCF varied from 0.632 to 0.987 across the 35 species with an average value 0.832.The NuRE corrected with MLCF was remarkably increased on the whole(e.g.both the average nitrogen and phosphorus NuRE became about 9%higher,or more accurate),compared with the uncorrected ones,especially in the case of low resorption efficiencies.Our field data provide reliable references for the MLCF of plants in related regions at both species and functional-type levels,and are expected to promote more accurate calculations of NuRE.
基金supported by the‘Strategic Priority Research Program’of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA26040202)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32001165)supported by Chinese Universities Scientifc Fund(2021TC117).
文摘To compare current methods of pretreatment/determination for plant foliar pH,we proposed a method for longperiod sample preservation with little interference with the stability of foliar pH.Four hundred leaf samples from 20 species were collected and four methods of pH determination were used:refrigerated(stored at 4°C for 4 days),frozen(stored at−16°C for 4 days),oven-dried and fresh green-leaf pH(control).To explore the effects of different leaf:water mixing ratio on the pH determination results,we measured oven-dried green-leaf pH by leaf:water volume ratio of 1:8 and mass ratio of 1:10,and measured frozen senesced-leaf pH by mass ratio of 1:10 and 1:15.The standard major axis regression was used to analyze the relationship and the conversion equation between the measured pH with different methods.Foliar pH of refrigerated and frozen green leaves did not signifcantly differ from that of fresh green-leaf,but drying always overrated fresh green-leaf pH.During the feld sampling,cryopreservation with a portable refrigerator was an advisable choice to get a precise pH.For long-duration feld sampling,freezing was the optimal choice,and refrigeration is the best choice for the shorttime preservation.The different leaf:water mixing ratio signifcantly infuenced the measured foliar pH.High dilution reduced the proton concentration and increased the measured pH.Our fndings provide the conversion relationships between the existing pretreatment and measurement methods,and establish a connection among pH determined by different methods.Our study can facilitate foliar pH measurement,thus contributing to understanding of this interesting plant functional trait.
