Photosynthetica 2016, 54(4):589-597 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-016-0646-3

Girdling interruption between source and sink in Quercus pubescens does not trigger leaf senescence

V. Holland1,2,*, L. Fragner3, T. Jungcurt2, W. Weckwerth3, W. Brüggemann1,2
1 Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2 Department of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
3 Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria

Metabolite changes and senescence behaviour after mechanical phloem girdling were studied in leaf tissue of Quercus pubescens. Sugar accumulation is not only considered to be an important part of several developmental signalling pathways, but is also seen as one of the basic triggers for senescence induction, or at least an obligatory accessory phenomenon. Our survey showed that an accumulation of the soluble sugars, glucose and fructose, was not on its own obligatorily connected with the induction of leaf senescence, since no indication or even an onset of senescence could be observed during the course of the experiment. Instead, we observed an inhibition of leaf development with a decrease of photosynthesis and a slow-down of development in nearly all chlorophyll a fluorescence analysis parameters using the JIP-test. We detected a change of metabolites linked to oxidative stress, possibly due to an overexcitation of the developmentally inhibited photosynthetic apparatus.

Additional key words: chlorophyll fluorescence; climate change; metabolomics; JIP-test; PEA; SPAD

Received: September 29, 2015; Accepted: May 19, 2016; Published: December 1, 2016  Show citation

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Holland, V., Fragner, L., Jungcurt, T., Weckwerth, W., & Brüggemann, W. (2016). Girdling interruption between source and sink in Quercus pubescens does not trigger leaf senescence. Photosynthetica, 54(4), 589-597. doi: 10.1007/s11099-016-0646-3
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