Effect of the transgenerational exposure to elevated CO(2)on low temperature tolerance of winter wheat: Chloroplast ultrastructure and carbohydrate metabolism

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  • Hui Li
  • Shengqun Liu
  • Junhong Guo
  • Liu, Fulai
  • Fengbin Song
  • Xiangnan Li

The transgenerational effect of elevated atmospheric CO(2)concentration (e[CO2]) on low temperature response in wheat is still little investigated, through the interaction ofe[CO2], and low-temperature stress has been reported in a single generation. Here, the low temperature-induced modifications of chloroplast ultrastructure and carbohydrate metabolism in wheat after four generations continuously grown under ambient CO(2)concentration (a[CO2]) ande[CO2] (2014-2018) were investigated. The results indicated that the transgenerational exposure toe[CO2] increased the number of grana lamellae and the amounts of osmiophilic lipid droplets, attenuating the negative effect of low temperature on chloroplast ultrastructure. The transgenerationale[CO2] enhanced the activities of antioxidant enzymes (i.e. SOD, POD and CAT) and concentrations of osmotic substances (i.e. proline and soluble sugar), which alleviated the low temperature-induced oxidative damage to the chloroplast ultrastructure. In addition, transgenerational exposure of wheat toe[CO2] increased activities of vacInv and cwInv, while decreased fructokinase activity, which affected the sucrose metabolism in wheat leaf. These findings elucidated that transgenerational exposure toe[CO2] could improve low temperature tolerance of winter wheat, which provide novel insights to the response of wheat to future climate change.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Agronomy and Crop Science
Volume206
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)773-783
Number of pages11
ISSN0931-2250
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Research areas

  • carbohydrate metabolism, chilling, elevated CO2, Triticum aestivum, ultrastructure, TRITICUM-AESTIVUM L., COLD STRESS, CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE, ATMOSPHERIC CO2, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, ACCLIMATION, RESISTANCE, GROWTH, ELONGATION, PARAMETERS

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