A novel, non-invasive, online-monitoring, versatile and easy plant-based probe for measuring leaf water status

  • A high-precision pressure probe is described which allows non-invasive online-monitoring of the water relations of intact leaves. Real-time recording of the leaf water status occurred by data transfer to an Internet server. The leaf patch clamp pressure probe measures the attenuated pressure, Pp, of a leaf patch in response to a constant clamp pressure, Pclamp. Pp is sensed by a miniaturized silicone pressure sensor integrated into the device. The magnitude of Pp is dictated by the transfer function of the leaf, Tf, which is a function of leaf patch volume and ultimately of cell turgor pressure, Pc, as shown theoretically. The power function Tf=f(Pc) theoretically derived was experimentally confirmed by concomitant Pp and Pc measurements on intact leaflets of the liana Tetrastigma voinierianum under greenhouse conditions. Simultaneous Pp recordings on leaflets up to 10 m height above ground demonstrated that changes in Tf induced by Pc changes due to changes of microclimate and/or of the irrigation regime were sensitively reflected in corresponding changes of Pp. Analysis of the data show that transpirational water loss during the morning hours was associated with a transient rise in turgor pressure gradients within the leaflets. Subsequent recovery of turgescence during the afternoon was much faster than the preceding transpiration-induced water loss if the plants were well irrigated. Our data show the enormous potential of the leaf patch clamp pressure probe for leaf water studies including unravelling of the hydraulic communication between neighbouring leaves and over long distances within tall plants (trees).

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Author:Dirk Zimmermann, Randolph Reuss, Markus Westhoff, Petra Geßner, Matthias Wolf Bauer, Ernst BambergGND, Friedrich-Wilhelm Bentrup, Ulrich Zimmermann
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-57965
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ern171
ISSN:1460-2431
ISSN:0022-0957
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18689442
Parent Title (English):The journal of experimental botany
Publisher:Oxford Univ. Press
Place of publication:Oxford
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2008/10/01
Date of first Publication:2008/08/01
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2008/10/01
Tag:Tetrastigma voinierianum; irrigation; leaf patch clamp pressure; liana; transfer function; turgor pressure; turgor pressure probe
Volume:59
Issue:11
Page Number:11
First Page:3157
Last Page:3167
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© 2008 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This paper is available online free of all access charges (see http://jxb.oxfordjournals.org/open_access.html for further details)
Source:Journal of Experimental Botany 2008 59(11):3157-3167; doi:10.1093/jxb/ern171
HeBIS-PPN:206039352
Institutes:Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie / Biochemie und Chemie
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 2.0