Physiological response of Miscanthus genotypes to salinity stress under elevated CO2

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Miscanthus is a class of C4 perennial grasses, which can be cultivated on marginal land even with high salinity. However, the future environment may be altered by elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]) and knowledge is limited about the interactive impacts of CO2 enrichment and salinity on this C4 bioenergy crop. In this study, three Miscanthus genotypes (M. sacchariflorus, M. × giganteus, and M. lutarioriparius) were grown under either ambient (400 ppm) [CO2] (a[CO2]) or elevated (800 ppm) [CO2] (e[CO2]) at five salinity levels (0, 50, 100, 150, and 200 mm NaCl denoted as S0, S1, S2, S3, and S4, respectively), and the impacts of e[CO2] on plant physiological responses to salt stress were investigated. Our results suggested that e[CO2] had no obvious effect on net photosynthetic rate (An), but significantly reduced the stomatal conductance (gs), thus improving water use efficiency regardless of salinity levels. In addition, e[CO2] could improve water potential of plants under both control and saline conditions, but the magnitude of increase was highly genotypic dependent. The maximum quantum yield of photosystem II (Fv/Fm) was not altered by e[CO2], which, however, could alleviate the negative effect of salt on Fv/Fm. Furthermore, salt stress increased the concentration of abscisic acid (ABA) in xylem sap and leaves, while the effect of e[CO2] on ABA level was closely associated with genotypes. e[CO2] reduced Na+ concentration and had positive influences on maintaining Na+/K+ ratio, thus favoring ionic homeostasis, although such effect was genotype dependent. Collectively, our data suggested that e[CO2] could partially mitigate the detrimental effects of salinity, conferring higher salt tolerance of Miscanthus.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftGCB Bioenergy
Vol/bind14
Udgave nummer7
Sider (fra-til)858-874
Antal sider17
ISSN1757-1693
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2022

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Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Uffe Jørgensen and Dr. Kirsten Kørup, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, for assistance with rhizome samples of the miscanthus, thank Dr. Eva Rosenqvist for excellent technical guidance. This work was supported by the China Scholarship Council and international cooperation key project of Science and Technology Bureau of Changsha (kq1901031), Hunan, China. Shennong Scholars Program of Hunan Agricultural University (5407316 and 5407318), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31471557).

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