Increasing salinity sequentially induces salt tolerance responses in Szarvasi-1 energy grass

Soil salinity causes severe physiological disorders, decline in biomass, and crop production worldwide becoming more critical with global climate change. Consequently, salt-tolerant varieties received major focus in all sectors of agriculture. Biomass plants such as Szarvasi-1 energy grass (Elymus e...

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Main Authors: Vitor Arcoverde Cerveira Sterner, Kristóf Jobbágy, Brigitta Tóth, Szabolcs Rudnóy, Gyula Sipos, Ferenc Fodor
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Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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Kristóf Jobbágy
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Szabolcs Rudnóy
Gyula Sipos
Ferenc Fodor
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description Soil salinity causes severe physiological disorders, decline in biomass, and crop production worldwide becoming more critical with global climate change. Consequently, salt-tolerant varieties received major focus in all sectors of agriculture. Biomass plants such as Szarvasi-1 energy grass (Elymus elongatus subsp. ponticus cv. Szarvasi-1) may play an important role in energy production if they are tolerant to environmental stresses. In this study, Szarvasi-1 energy grass has been investigated to reveal its tolerance to 50–200 mM NaCl in hydroponics. Significant decline in stomatal conductance appeared at 100 mM NaCl treatment but fresh and dry weight and the maximal quantum efficiency of PSII decreased only at 200 mM NaCl. Relative water content and total chlorophyll concentration did not change compared to the control. Leaf water potential was maintained at the control level for one week NaCl exposure, decrease became significant only after two weeks. Malondialdehyde concentration did not refer to oxidative stress. In the element composition of the plants, remarkable increase was found only for Mo whereas Ca, K, S, P, Mn decreased compared to the control. K to Na ratio remained higher than one in the shoot even at 200 mM NaCl. Salt treatment caused temporal and concentration-dependent changes in the expression of genes in the phenylpropanoid pathway, Na transport, photosynthesis, and cellular protection and repair. Szarvasi-1 was found to be fairly tolerant to NaCl which induced a sequential response switching on vacuolar compartmentalization at 50 mM, Na efflux at 100 mM, and cellular protection and repair at 200 mM.
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spelling doaj-art-e1e072ed11ea43828bdfcc81031192bc2025-08-20T02:52:27ZengElsevierPlant Stress2667-064X2024-12-011410057210.1016/j.stress.2024.100572Increasing salinity sequentially induces salt tolerance responses in Szarvasi-1 energy grassVitor Arcoverde Cerveira Sterner0Kristóf Jobbágy1Brigitta Tóth2Szabolcs Rudnóy3Gyula Sipos4Ferenc Fodor5Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University H-1117 Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; Doctoral School of Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University H-1117 Budapest, HungaryInstitute of Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen H-4032 Debrecen, HungaryDepartment of Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University H-1117 Budapest, HungaryAgricultural Research and Development Institute H-5540 Szarvas, HungaryDepartment of Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; Corresponding author: Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Plant Biology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter lane 1/c 1117 Budapest, Hungary.Soil salinity causes severe physiological disorders, decline in biomass, and crop production worldwide becoming more critical with global climate change. Consequently, salt-tolerant varieties received major focus in all sectors of agriculture. Biomass plants such as Szarvasi-1 energy grass (Elymus elongatus subsp. ponticus cv. Szarvasi-1) may play an important role in energy production if they are tolerant to environmental stresses. In this study, Szarvasi-1 energy grass has been investigated to reveal its tolerance to 50–200 mM NaCl in hydroponics. Significant decline in stomatal conductance appeared at 100 mM NaCl treatment but fresh and dry weight and the maximal quantum efficiency of PSII decreased only at 200 mM NaCl. Relative water content and total chlorophyll concentration did not change compared to the control. Leaf water potential was maintained at the control level for one week NaCl exposure, decrease became significant only after two weeks. Malondialdehyde concentration did not refer to oxidative stress. In the element composition of the plants, remarkable increase was found only for Mo whereas Ca, K, S, P, Mn decreased compared to the control. K to Na ratio remained higher than one in the shoot even at 200 mM NaCl. Salt treatment caused temporal and concentration-dependent changes in the expression of genes in the phenylpropanoid pathway, Na transport, photosynthesis, and cellular protection and repair. Szarvasi-1 was found to be fairly tolerant to NaCl which induced a sequential response switching on vacuolar compartmentalization at 50 mM, Na efflux at 100 mM, and cellular protection and repair at 200 mM.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667064X24002252Elymus elongatus subsp. ponticusTall wheatgrassSalt stressSodium chloride
spellingShingle Vitor Arcoverde Cerveira Sterner
Kristóf Jobbágy
Brigitta Tóth
Szabolcs Rudnóy
Gyula Sipos
Ferenc Fodor
Increasing salinity sequentially induces salt tolerance responses in Szarvasi-1 energy grass
Plant Stress
Elymus elongatus subsp. ponticus
Tall wheatgrass
Salt stress
Sodium chloride
title Increasing salinity sequentially induces salt tolerance responses in Szarvasi-1 energy grass
title_full Increasing salinity sequentially induces salt tolerance responses in Szarvasi-1 energy grass
title_fullStr Increasing salinity sequentially induces salt tolerance responses in Szarvasi-1 energy grass
title_full_unstemmed Increasing salinity sequentially induces salt tolerance responses in Szarvasi-1 energy grass
title_short Increasing salinity sequentially induces salt tolerance responses in Szarvasi-1 energy grass
title_sort increasing salinity sequentially induces salt tolerance responses in szarvasi 1 energy grass
topic Elymus elongatus subsp. ponticus
Tall wheatgrass
Salt stress
Sodium chloride
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667064X24002252
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