Revealing Drought Tolerance Strategies in Pistachio Clonal Hybrids: Role of Osmotic Adjustment
Abstract
Background
Pistachio
(Pistacia
vera
L.)
growth,
yield
and
quality
are
affected
by
abiotic
stress
especially
drought.
Understanding
the
strategies
that
improve
dehydration
tolerance
is
essential
for
developing
resistant
pistachio
rootstocks.
In
experiment,
nine-month-old
saplings
of
seven
clonal
interspecies
hybrids
Pistacia
atlantica
×
P.
integerrima
(C1,
C2,
C16-1,
C8-3,
C4-2,
C9-4
UCB1)
were
assessed
growth
physiological
responses
to
water
withholding
recovery.
Result
Water
deficit
negatively
impacted
parameters,
including
shoot
dry
weight,
root
weight
leaf
area,
in
all
hybrids;
however,
C1
demonstrated
relatively
minor
reductions
compared
other
hybrids.
Glycine
betaine
content
leaves
increased
49.4%
47%
C1,
while
only
7%
11%
increases
found
most
sensitive
clones,
C8-3
C4-2.
Notably,
C9-4,
identified
as
tolerant
clone,
displayed
highest
proline
levels,
with
29.5%
41.5%
roots,
contrast
which
showed
minimal
6%
respectively.
Clones
higher
compatible
solutes
maintained
relative
(RWC),
lower
osmotic
potential
smaller
potential.
RWC
declined
just
whereas
it
dropped
88%
C8-3.
Osmotic
potentials
−
1.61
MPa
0.271
they
0.93
0.11
Following
recovery,
evaluations
traits
visual
observations
indicated
had
poor
recovery
ability.
Heatmap
PCA
analyses
categorized
clones
into
three
groups:
"tolerant"
(C9-4,
C2),
"moderately
tolerant"
(UCB1)
"sensitive"
(C8-3,
C4-2
C16-1).
Conclusion
The
results
this
study
underscore
significance
adjustment
a
more
critical
trait
stomatal
parameters
effectively
differentiating
from
ones.

Research Square (Research Square), Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Март 31, 2025
Язык: Английский