Elevated temperatures increase leaf senescence and root secondary metabolite concentrations in the understory herb <i>Panax quinquefolius</i> (Araliaceae)

American Journal of Botany - Tập 94 Số 5 - Trang 819-826 - 2007
Gera M. Jochum1,2, Kenneth W. Mudge1,2, Richard B. Thomas1,2
1Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown West, Virginia 26506, USA
2Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 USA

Tóm tắt

The response of understory species to elevated temperatures is not well understood but is important because these plants are highly sensitive to their growth conditions. Three‐year‐old plants of Panax quinquefolius, an understory herb endemic to the eastern deciduous forests of North America, were grown in a greenhouse at 25/20°C (day/night) or 30/25°C for one growing season and analyzed each month. Plants grown at high temperatures had an early onset of leaf senescence and therefore accumulated less carbon. From May to July, P. quinquefolius grown at high temperatures had decreased photosynthesis (52%), stomatal conductance (60%), and root and total biomass (33% and 28%, respectively) compared to plants grown at low temperatures. As P. quinquefolius prepared to overwinter, plants grown at high temperatures had less root biomass (53%) than plants in low temperatures. The amount of storage‐root ginsenosides was unaffected by temperature, and differences in storage root size may explain why plants grown at high temperatures had greater concentrations of storage root ginsenosides (49%) than plants grown at low temperatures. Panax quinquefolius is clearly sensitive to a 5°C increase in temperature, and therefore other understory species may be negatively impacted by future increases in global temperature.

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American Journal of Botany

Tập 94 Số 5

819-826

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