This work investigated the effect of Zn excess on growth, metal accumulation and photosynthetic changes in Tetradenia riparia, in relation to possible variations in the composition of the plant volatilome. Experiments were carried out in hydroponics exposing plants to a range of Zn concentrations. Zinc excess negatively affected plant growth in a dose-dependent manner. The metal was accumulated proportionally to its concentration in the medium and preferentially allocated to roots. All the photosynthetic parameters and the concentration of some photosynthetic pigments were negatively affected by Zn, whereas the level of leaf total soluble sugars remained unchanged. Twenty-three different VOCs were identified in the plant volatilome. Each compound was emitted at a different level and intensity of emission was manifold increased by the presence of Zn in the growth medium. The Zn-induced compounds could represent both an adaptive response (f.i. methanol, acetylene, C6-aldehydes, isoprene, terpenes) and a damage by-product (f.i. propanal, acetaldehyde, alkyl fragments) of the metal presence in the culture medium. Given that the Zn-mediated induction of those VOCs, considered protective, occurred even under a Zn-limited photosynthetic capacity, our work supports the hypothesis of an active role of such molecules in an adaptive plant response to trace metal stress.
Smelling the metal: Volatile organic compound emission under Zn excess in the mint Tetradenia riparia / Bibbiani, Susanna; Colzi, Ilaria; Taiti, Cosimo; Guidi Nissim, Werther; Papini, Alessio; Mancuso, Stefano; Gonnelli, Cristina. - In: PLANT SCIENCE. - ISSN 0168-9452. - ELETTRONICO. - 271:(2018), pp. 1-8. [10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.03.006]
Smelling the metal: Volatile organic compound emission under Zn excess in the mint Tetradenia riparia
Bibbiani, SusannaMembro del Collaboration Group
;Colzi, Ilaria
Membro del Collaboration Group
;Taiti, CosimoMembro del Collaboration Group
;Guidi Nissim, WertherMembro del Collaboration Group
;Papini, AlessioMembro del Collaboration Group
;Mancuso, StefanoMembro del Collaboration Group
;Gonnelli, CristinaMembro del Collaboration Group
2018
Abstract
This work investigated the effect of Zn excess on growth, metal accumulation and photosynthetic changes in Tetradenia riparia, in relation to possible variations in the composition of the plant volatilome. Experiments were carried out in hydroponics exposing plants to a range of Zn concentrations. Zinc excess negatively affected plant growth in a dose-dependent manner. The metal was accumulated proportionally to its concentration in the medium and preferentially allocated to roots. All the photosynthetic parameters and the concentration of some photosynthetic pigments were negatively affected by Zn, whereas the level of leaf total soluble sugars remained unchanged. Twenty-three different VOCs were identified in the plant volatilome. Each compound was emitted at a different level and intensity of emission was manifold increased by the presence of Zn in the growth medium. The Zn-induced compounds could represent both an adaptive response (f.i. methanol, acetylene, C6-aldehydes, isoprene, terpenes) and a damage by-product (f.i. propanal, acetaldehyde, alkyl fragments) of the metal presence in the culture medium. Given that the Zn-mediated induction of those VOCs, considered protective, occurred even under a Zn-limited photosynthetic capacity, our work supports the hypothesis of an active role of such molecules in an adaptive plant response to trace metal stress.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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