Journal article
Structural and physiological analyses in Salsoleae (Chenopodiaceae) indicate multiple transitions among C3, intermediate, and C4 photosynthesis
Journal of experimental botany, Vol.64(12), pp.3583-3604
09/2013
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/106150
PMCID: PMC3745723
PMID: 23881394
Abstract
In subfamily Salsoloideae (family Chenopodiaceae) most species are C
4
plants having terete leaves with Salsoloid Kranz anatomy characterized by a continuous dual chlorenchyma layer of Kranz cells (KCs) and mesophyll (M) cells, surrounding water storage and vascular tissue. From section
Coccosalsola sensu
Botschantzev, leaf structural and photosynthetic features were analysed on selected species of
Salsola
which are not performing C
4
based on leaf carbon isotope composition. The results infer the following progression in distinct functional and structural forms from C
3
to intermediate to C
4
photosynthesis with increased leaf succulence without changes in vein density: From species performing C
3
photosynthesis with Sympegmoid anatomy with two equivalent layers of elongated M cells, with few organelles in a discontinuous layer of bundle sheath (BS) cells (
S. genistoides
,
S. masenderanica
,
S. webbii
) > development of proto-Kranz BS cells having mitochondria in a centripetal position and increased chloroplast number (
S. montana
) > functional C
3
–C
4
intermediates having intermediate CO
2
compensation points with refixation of photorespired CO
2
, development of Kranz-like anatomy with reduction in the outer M cell layer to hypodermal-like cells, and increased specialization (but not size) of a Kranz-like inner layer of cells with increased cell wall thickness, organelle number, and selective expression of mitochondrial glycine decarboxylase (Kranz-like Sympegmoid,
S. arbusculiformis
; and Kranz-like Salsoloid,
S. divaricata
) > selective expression of enzymes between the two cell types for performing C
4
with Salsoloid-type anatomy. Phylogenetic analysis of tribe Salsoleae shows the occurrence of C
3
and intermediates in several clades, and lineages of interest for studying different forms of anatomy.
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- Title
- Structural and physiological analyses in Salsoleae (Chenopodiaceae) indicate multiple transitions among C3, intermediate, and C4 photosynthesis
- Creators
- Elena V Voznesenskaya - ,Nuria K Koteyeva - ,Hossein Akhani - ,Eric H Roalson - ,Gerald E Edwards - ,
- Publication Details
- Journal of experimental botany, Vol.64(12), pp.3583-3604
- Academic Unit
- Biological Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; UK
- Identifiers
- 99900546731701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article