Photosynthetica 2020, 58(SI):369-378 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.165

Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Thylakoid membrane reorganization, induced by growth light intensity, affects the plants susceptibility to drought stress

N. PETROVA1, M. PAUNOV2, S. STOICHEV1, S. TODINOVA1, S.G. TANEVA1, V. GOLTSEV2, S. KRUMOVA1
1 Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
2 Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski', Faculty of Biology, Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Dragan Tzankov Blvd. 8, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria

One of the major questions in photosynthesis research is related to the role of the ultrastructure of thylakoid membranes in higher plants for their functional performance at optimal and stress environmental conditions. In this work, we compared the drought stress response of pea plants grown at moderate and low light conditions, based on our recent findings that they differ in the extent of grana stacking and in the thermal stability of the major light-harvesting complex of PSII that plays important regulatory role for plant survival. Our data demonstrate that low light-adapted plants are structurally and functionally less affected by the water deficit, strongly suggesting a major role of thylakoid structural organization for drought stress response.

Additional key words: circular dichroism; differential scanning calorimetry; JIP-test; rehydration.

Received: September 1, 2019; Revised: November 25, 2019; Accepted: December 6, 2019; Prepublished online: January 21, 2020; Published: May 28, 2020  Show citation

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PETROVA, N., PAUNOV, M., STOICHEV, S., TODINOVA, S., TANEVA, S.G., GOLTSEV, V., & KRUMOVA, S. (2020). Special issue in honour of Prof. Reto J. Strasser – Thylakoid membrane reorganization, induced by growth light intensity, affects the plants susceptibility to drought stress. Photosynthetica, 58(SPECIAL ISSUE), 369-378. doi: 10.32615/ps.2019.165
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