Volatile emissions and phenolic compound concentrations along a vertical profile of Populus nigra leaves exposed to realistic ozone concentrations.
Plants are exposed to increasing levels of tropospheric ozone concentrations. This pollutant penetrates in leaves through stomata and quickly reacts inside leaves, thus making plants valuable ozone sinks, but at the same time triggers oxidation processes which lead to leaf injuries. To counteract these negative effects, plants produce an array of antioxidants which react with ozone and reactive molecules which ozone generates in the leaf tissues. In this study, we measured the effect of an ozone concentration which is likely to be attained in many areas of the world in the near future (80 ppb) on leaves of the vertical profile of the widespread agroforestry species Populus nigra. Changes in (1) physiological parameters (photosynthesis and stomatal conductance), (2) ozone uptake, (3) emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs, i.e. isoprene, methanol and other oxygenated compounds), (4) concentration of antioxidant surface compounds, and (5) concentration of phenolic compounds were assessed. The aim was to assess whether the defensive pathways leading to isoprenoids and phenolics formation were induced when a moderate and chronic increment of ozone is not able to damage photosynthesis. No visual injuries and minor changes in physiology and ozone uptake were observed. The emission of isoprene and oxygenated six-carbon (C6) volatiles were inhibited by ozone, whereas methanol emission was increased, especially in developing leaves. We interpret these results as suggesting an ontogenetic shift in ozone-treated leaves, leading to a slower development and a faster senescence. Most surface and phenolic compounds showed a declining trend in concentration from the youngest to the fully expanded leaves. Ozone reduced the concentrations of chlorogenic acid derivatives at the leaf surface, whereas in total leaf extracts a metabolic shift towards few phenolics with higher antioxidant capacity was observed.
Fares
Silvano
S
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Istituto di Biologia Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF), Rome, Italy. silvano.fares@ibaf.cnr.it
Oksanen
Elina
E
Lännenpää
Mika
M
Julkunen-Tiitto
Riitta
R
Loreto
Francesco
F
D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002070:Butadienes / Q000378:metabolism; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D045782:Hemiterpenes / Q000378:metabolism; D000432:Methanol / Q000378:metabolism; D010126:Ozone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010420:Pentanes / Q000378:metabolism; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D054046:Plant Stomata / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D018526:Plant Transpiration / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D032107:Populus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
D000975:Antioxidants; D002070:Butadienes; D045782:Hemiterpenes; D010420:Pentanes; C005059:isoprene; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010126:Ozone; D000432:Methanol
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