Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Restrains the Impact of Drought on Three Maize Hybrids Differing in Water Stress Tolerance in Water Stressed Environments

Yang, Jinyoung; Sicher, Richard C.; Kim, Moon S.; Reddy, Vangimalla R.

doi:10.4081/pb.2014.5535

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Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Restrains the Impact of Drought on Three Maize Hybrids Differing in Water Stress Tolerance in Water Stressed Environments

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Jinyoung Yang

^1,*,

Richard C. Sicher

¹,

Moon S. Kim

² and

Vangimalla R. Reddy

¹

Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Building 001, Room 342, BARC-WEST, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA

²

Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Int. J. Plant Biol. 2014, 5(1), 5535; https://doi.org/10.4081/pb.2014.5535

Submission received: 30 June 2014 / Revised: 2 August 2014 / Accepted: 2 August 2014 / Published: 24 October 2014

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Abstract

Three maize genotypes were grown in controlled environment chambers with ambient (38 Pa) or elevated (70 Pa) carbon dioxide and water stress treatments were initiated 17 days after sowing. Shoot dry weight of the drought tolerant hybrid in both CO₂ treatments was 44 to 73% less than that of the intermediate and sensitive hybrids when seedlings were well watered. Decreased shoot and root dry weights of the tolerant maize hybrid due to drought were about one-half that of the other two hybrids. Genotypic differences were observed in decreases of soil water content, leaf water potential, net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in response to drought. Eleven of 19 amino acids measured in this study increased, methionine was unchanged and alanine and aspartate decreased in response to drought in the ambient CO₂ treatment. Increased amino acid levels under elevated CO₂ were observed at the end of the experiment. Significant genotypic differences were detected for amino acid responses to drought. Effects of drought on all three genotypes were mitigated by CO₂ enrichment. Decreased shoot growth likely improved the stress tolerance of a highly drought resistant maize hybrid by reducing moisture loss, improving soil moisture content and increasing leaf water potential.

Keywords: plant stress; biomass allocation; drought tolerance; maize genotypes; amino acid metabolism; proline accumulation

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Yang, J.; Sicher, R.C.; Kim, M.S.; Reddy, V.R. Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Restrains the Impact of Drought on Three Maize Hybrids Differing in Water Stress Tolerance in Water Stressed Environments. Int. J. Plant Biol. 2014, 5, 5535. https://doi.org/10.4081/pb.2014.5535

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Yang J, Sicher RC, Kim MS, Reddy VR. Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Restrains the Impact of Drought on Three Maize Hybrids Differing in Water Stress Tolerance in Water Stressed Environments. International Journal of Plant Biology. 2014; 5(1):5535. https://doi.org/10.4081/pb.2014.5535

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Yang, Jinyoung, Richard C. Sicher, Moon S. Kim, and Vangimalla R. Reddy. 2014. "Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Restrains the Impact of Drought on Three Maize Hybrids Differing in Water Stress Tolerance in Water Stressed Environments" International Journal of Plant Biology 5, no. 1: 5535. https://doi.org/10.4081/pb.2014.5535

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Yang, J., Sicher, R. C., Kim, M. S., & Reddy, V. R. (2014). Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Restrains the Impact of Drought on Three Maize Hybrids Differing in Water Stress Tolerance in Water Stressed Environments. International Journal of Plant Biology, 5(1), 5535. https://doi.org/10.4081/pb.2014.5535

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