Agronomic traits, secondary metabolites and element concentrations of Lavandula angustifolia leaves as a response to single or reiterated drought stress: How effective is the previously experienced stress?

In nature, plants are constantly challenged by an array of drought episodes, which critically affect the distribution of the plants. The drought episodes might occur recurrently, so the plants endure drought by adjusting and shifting their metabolisms. The impacts of subjecting plants to drought str...

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Main Authors: Kumlay Ahmet Metin, Kocak Mehmet Zeki, Gohari Gholamreza, Nouraein Mojtaba, Celikcan Ferdi, Kaysim Mustafa Guven, Kulak Muhittin
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Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2022-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2022-0005
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author Kumlay Ahmet Metin
Kocak Mehmet Zeki
Gohari Gholamreza
Nouraein Mojtaba
Celikcan Ferdi
Kaysim Mustafa Guven
Kulak Muhittin
author_facet Kumlay Ahmet Metin
Kocak Mehmet Zeki
Gohari Gholamreza
Nouraein Mojtaba
Celikcan Ferdi
Kaysim Mustafa Guven
Kulak Muhittin
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description In nature, plants are constantly challenged by an array of drought episodes, which critically affect the distribution of the plants. The drought episodes might occur recurrently, so the plants endure drought by adjusting and shifting their metabolisms. The impacts of subjecting plants to drought stress have been widely investigated, but reports on how reiterated drought stress affects the plants are limited. The present study was designed to investigate the response of lavender, a reputed medicinal and aromatic plant, against single drought, recovery and reiterated drought stress at greenhouse conditions. In this regard, the experimental design was based on three cycles of 11 days of drought by withholding water, followed by subsequent periods of 6 days of recovery, and then double-stressed and single-stressed periods. As expected, the present findings revealed that single stress decreased the fresh and dry weights of the leaf, stem and root. Reiterated drought stress caused critical reductions in the fresh weight of the leaf, stem and root, while the dry weight of stem and root were not significantly affected. Of the estimated traits, only the dry weight of leaf increased with reiterated drought stress. The mineral status of the leaves was adversely affected with single stress, but the effects of recovery and reiterated stress were not in accordance with the improvement in water contents of the leaf and soil. Regarding essential oil compounds, eucalyptol, camphor and endo-borneol were predominant. Single and reiterated drought stress increased camphor percentage, while recovery and full irrigation decreased the percentage. Endo-borneol was decreased under single stress, but reiterated stress increased the percentage of the compound. Considering the phenolic acids, stressed and non-stressed groups were well discriminated and hence, phenolic acids might be useful as good indicators of the stress response in lavender.
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spelling doaj.art-9d919c78001345fead0c9cf23d6478322022-12-22T03:08:50ZengSciendoFolia Horticulturae2083-59652022-02-0134111610.2478/fhort-2022-0005Agronomic traits, secondary metabolites and element concentrations of Lavandula angustifolia leaves as a response to single or reiterated drought stress: How effective is the previously experienced stress?Kumlay Ahmet Metin0Kocak Mehmet Zeki1Gohari Gholamreza2Nouraein Mojtaba3Celikcan Ferdi4Kaysim Mustafa Guven5Kulak Muhittin6Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Igdir University, 76000Igdir, TurkeyDepartment of Organic Farming, College of Applied Science, Igdir University, 76000Igdir, TurkeyDepartment of Horticulture, Faculty of Horticulture, University of Maragheh, 55181-83111Maragheh, IranDepartment of Plant Genetics and Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh, 55181-83111Maragheh, IranDepartment of Organic Farming, College of Applied Science, Igdir University, 76000Igdir, TurkeyDepartment of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Igdir University, 76000Igdir, TurkeyDepartment of Herbal and Animal Production, Vocational School of Technical Sciences, Igdir University, 76000Igdir, TurkeyIn nature, plants are constantly challenged by an array of drought episodes, which critically affect the distribution of the plants. The drought episodes might occur recurrently, so the plants endure drought by adjusting and shifting their metabolisms. The impacts of subjecting plants to drought stress have been widely investigated, but reports on how reiterated drought stress affects the plants are limited. The present study was designed to investigate the response of lavender, a reputed medicinal and aromatic plant, against single drought, recovery and reiterated drought stress at greenhouse conditions. In this regard, the experimental design was based on three cycles of 11 days of drought by withholding water, followed by subsequent periods of 6 days of recovery, and then double-stressed and single-stressed periods. As expected, the present findings revealed that single stress decreased the fresh and dry weights of the leaf, stem and root. Reiterated drought stress caused critical reductions in the fresh weight of the leaf, stem and root, while the dry weight of stem and root were not significantly affected. Of the estimated traits, only the dry weight of leaf increased with reiterated drought stress. The mineral status of the leaves was adversely affected with single stress, but the effects of recovery and reiterated stress were not in accordance with the improvement in water contents of the leaf and soil. Regarding essential oil compounds, eucalyptol, camphor and endo-borneol were predominant. Single and reiterated drought stress increased camphor percentage, while recovery and full irrigation decreased the percentage. Endo-borneol was decreased under single stress, but reiterated stress increased the percentage of the compound. Considering the phenolic acids, stressed and non-stressed groups were well discriminated and hence, phenolic acids might be useful as good indicators of the stress response in lavender.https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2022-0005abiotic stresslavenderplant stress memorysecondary metaboliteswater stress
spellingShingle Kumlay Ahmet Metin
Kocak Mehmet Zeki
Gohari Gholamreza
Nouraein Mojtaba
Celikcan Ferdi
Kaysim Mustafa Guven
Kulak Muhittin
Agronomic traits, secondary metabolites and element concentrations of Lavandula angustifolia leaves as a response to single or reiterated drought stress: How effective is the previously experienced stress?
Folia Horticulturae
abiotic stress
lavender
plant stress memory
secondary metabolites
water stress
title Agronomic traits, secondary metabolites and element concentrations of Lavandula angustifolia leaves as a response to single or reiterated drought stress: How effective is the previously experienced stress?
title_full Agronomic traits, secondary metabolites and element concentrations of Lavandula angustifolia leaves as a response to single or reiterated drought stress: How effective is the previously experienced stress?
title_fullStr Agronomic traits, secondary metabolites and element concentrations of Lavandula angustifolia leaves as a response to single or reiterated drought stress: How effective is the previously experienced stress?
title_full_unstemmed Agronomic traits, secondary metabolites and element concentrations of Lavandula angustifolia leaves as a response to single or reiterated drought stress: How effective is the previously experienced stress?
title_short Agronomic traits, secondary metabolites and element concentrations of Lavandula angustifolia leaves as a response to single or reiterated drought stress: How effective is the previously experienced stress?
title_sort agronomic traits secondary metabolites and element concentrations of lavandula angustifolia leaves as a response to single or reiterated drought stress how effective is the previously experienced stress
topic abiotic stress
lavender
plant stress memory
secondary metabolites
water stress
url https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2022-0005
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