Dominant and Priming Role of Waterlogging in Tomato at e[CO2] by Multivariate Analysis

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  • Rong Zhou
  • Fangling Jiang
  • Xiaqing Yu
  • Lamis Abdelhakim
  • Xiangnan Li
  • Rosenqvist, Eva
  • Carl-Otto Ottosen
  • Zhen Wu

The frequency of waterlogging episodes has increased due to unpredictable and intense rainfalls. However, less is known about waterlogging memory and its interaction with other climate change events, such as elevated CO2 concentration (e[CO2]). This study investigated the combined effects of e[CO2] and two rounds of waterlogging stress on the growth of cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and wild tomato (S. pimpinellifolium). The aim is to elucidate the interaction between genotypes and environmental factors and thereby to improve crop resilience to climate change. We found that two rounds of treatments appeared to induce different acclimation strategies of the two tomato genotypes. S. pimpinellifolium responded more negatively to the first-time waterlogging than S. lycopersicum, as indicated by decreased photosynthesis and biomass loss. Nevertheless, the two genotypes respond similarly when waterlogging stress recurred, showing that they could maintain a higher leaf photosynthesis compared to single stress, especially for the wild genotype. This showed that waterlogging priming played a positive role in stress memory in both tomato genotypes. Multivariate analysis showed that waterlogging played a dominant role when combined with [CO2] for both the cultivated and wild tomato genotypes. This work will benefit agricultural production strategies by pinpointing the positive effects of e[CO2] and waterlogging memory.

Original languageEnglish
Article number12121
JournalInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume23
Issue number20
Number of pages18
ISSN1661-6596
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

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  • elevated CO concentration, multivariate analysis, stress memory, tomato, waterlogging

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