How do nutrients affect water use in woody plants?
Keywords:
hydraulic architecture, transpiration, hydraulic conductivity, nitrogen, phosphorusAbstract
In this review, we analyze the information available about the mechanisms by which nutrients can alter plant water use. Water consumption (e.g., total consumption per plant, transpiration rate, water use efficiency), water relations (e.g., osmotic adjustment, changes in water potential, modifications in stomatal control) or hydraulic properties of plants (e.g., root or stem hydraulic conductivity) can be affected by the nutritional status of the plant. Information is analyzed at different levels: subcellular, organ, plant and population. It is concluded that nutrient availability alters hydraulic achitecture at different organization levels, resulting in changes in water use at plant or population level. Possible modifications, and their interactions, make it difficult to predict the way nutrient availability can alter water use. Moreover, besides abiotic factors interactions (e.g., between water and each nutrient), genotypic differences in response capacity have to be taken into account.
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LOVELOCK, CE; IC FELLER; KL MCKEE; BMJ ENGELBRECHT & MC BALL. 2004. The effect of nutrient enrichment on growth, photosynthesis and hydraulic conductance of dwarf mangroves in Panamá. Functional Ecology 18:25-33.
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LOVELOCK, CE; MC BALL; B CHOAT; BMJ ENGELBRECHT; NM HOLBROOK; ET AL. 2006c. Linking physiological processes with mangrove forest structure: Phosphorus deficiency limits canopy development, hydraulic conductivity and photosynthetic carbon gain in dwarf Rhizophora mangle. Plant, Cell and Environment 29:793-802.
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MCDOWELL, N; WT POCKMAN; CD ALLEN; DD BRESHEARS; N COBB; ET AL. 2008. Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought? New Phytologist 178:719-739.
MCELRONE, AJ; J BICHLER; WT POCKMAN; RN ADDINGTON; CR LINDER; ET AL. 2007. Aquaporin-mediated changes in hydraulic conductivity of deep tree roots accessed via caves. Plant, Cell and Environment 30:1411-1421.
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PHILLIPS, N; J BERGH; R OREN & S LINDER. 2001. Effects of nutrition and soil water availability on water use in a Norway spruce stand. Tree Physiol 21:851-860.
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RADIN, JW & JS BOYER. 1982. Control of leaf expansion by nitrogen nutrition in sunflower plants: role of hydraulic conductivity and turgor. Plant Physiol. 69:771-775.
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