title: Response of Brazilian native trees to acute ozone dose.
abstract: Ozone (O3) is a toxic secondary pollutant able to cause an intense oxidative stress that induces visual symptoms on sensitive plant species. Controlled fumigation experiment was conducted with the aim to verify the O3 sensibility of three tropical species: Piptadenia gonoachanta (Mart.) Macbr. (Fabaceae), Astronium graveolens Jacq. (Anacardiaceae), and Croton floribundus Spreng. (Euphorbiaceae). The microscopical features involved in the oxidative stress were recognized based on specific histochemical analysis. The three species showed visual symptoms, characterized as necrosis and stippling between the veins, mostly visible on the adaxial leaf surface. All the studied species presented hypersensitive-like response (HR-like), and peroxide hydrogen accumulation (H2O2) followed by cell death and proanthocyanidin oxidation in P. gonoachanta and A. graveolens. In P. gonoachanta, a decrease in chlorophyll autofluorescence occurred on symptomatic tissues, and in A. graveolens and C. floribundus, a polyphenol compound accumulation occurred. The responses of Brazilian native species were similar to those described for sensitive species from temperate climate, and microscopical markers may be useful for the detection of ozone symptoms in future studies in the field.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo, Av. Miguel Estefano 3687, CEP 04301-902, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, bmourabio@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bárbara Baêsso
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: Sílvia Ribeiro
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Edenise Segala
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D001938:Brazil; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D010126:Ozone / Q000633:toxicity*; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D023382:Toxicity Tests, Acute; D014197:Trees / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D002734:Chlorophyll; D010126:Ozone; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide