Comparison of different methods to evaluate tissue damage in response to leaf dehydration in Quercus ilex L. and Q. faginea Lam
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2025
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Nadal Nadal, MiquelPeguero Pina, José Javier
Sancho Knapik, Domingo
Gil PelegrÃn, Eustaquio
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Determination of the point of critical damage in plant organs is crucial to elucidate the causes of plant mortality, but the different methodologies to quantify such damage have not been previously compared under the same experimental conditions. Here, we tested different indicators to evaluate damage in leaves of Quercus faginea and Q. ilex; in the latter case, 1- and 2-year-old leaves were included. The damage indicators were relative electrolyte leakage (REL), rehydration capacity (evaluated as the percentage loss of rehydration capacity; PLRC), chlorophyll fluorescence (maximum quantum yield of PSII; Fv/Fm), and the viability marker triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC). These damage indicators were evaluated in different sets of detached leaves for each species and leaf age dehydrated on the lab bench. Electrolyte leakage and PLRC showed a gradual response to decreasing relative water content, whereas Fv/Fm and TTC showed a threshold-like response, especially in the case of Q. faginea. Electrolyte leakage and TTC did not show differences between species and/or leaf ages. Measurement of Fv/Fm in dehydrating leaves proved to be the most straightforward, rapid and precise method for damage quantification, allowing for the differentiation in dehydration tolerance between Q. ilex and Q. faginea.
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Nadal, M., Peguero-Pina, J. J., Sancho-Knapik, D., & Gil-PelegrÃn, E. (2025). Comparison of different methods to evaluate tissue damage in response to leaf dehydration in Quercus ilex L. and Q. faginea Lam. Physiologia Plantarum, 177(2), e70178. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70178
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Quercus fagineaQuercus ilex
Polielectrolitos
Rehidratación
Fluorescencia de clorofila
Deshidratación
Daño vegetal
Órganos vegetativos de las plantas
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Daño VegetalDeshidratación
Electrolitos
Fluorescencia de clorofila
Mortalidad
Órganos Vegetativos De Las Plantas
Quercus faginea
Quercus ilex
Rehidratación
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Esta investigación ha contado con el apoyo de la beca PID2022-136478OB-C32 financiada por MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (España) y por «FEDER Una manera de hacer Europa», de la beca CNS2022-136156 financiada por MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (España) y la Unión Europea ('Next Generation EU'/PRTR) y del grupo de investigación S74_23R del Gobierno de Aragón. MN recibió el apoyo de la beca postdoctoral Juan de la Cierva-Formación (FJC2020-043902-I), financiada por MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 y la Unión Europea ('Next Generation EU'/PRTR).