المؤلفون: Hunziker, Stefan, Nazarova, Tatiana, Kather, Michel, Hartmann, Martin, Brunner, Ivano, Schaub, Marcus, Rigling, Andreas, Hug, Christian, Schönbeck, Leonie, Bose, Arun K, Kammerer, Bernd, Gessler, Arthur

المصدر: Tree Physiology; Apr2024, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p1-10, 10p

مصطلحات موضوعية: SCOTS pine, METABOLOMIC fingerprinting, TREE mortality, CROWNS (Botany), METABOLITES, TREES

مصطلحات جغرافية: ASIA

مستخلص: The loss of leaves and needles in tree crowns and tree mortality are increasing worldwide, mostly as a result of more frequent and severe drought stress. Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) is a tree species that is strongly affected by these developments in many regions of Europe and Asia. So far, changes in metabolic pathways and metabolite profiles in needles and roots on the trajectory toward mortality are unknown, although they could contribute to a better understanding of the mortality mechanisms. Therefore, we linked long-term observations of canopy defoliation and tree mortality with the characterization of the primary metabolite profile in needles and fine roots of Scots pines from a forest site in the Swiss Rhone valley. Our results show that Scots pines are able to maintain metabolic homeostasis in needles over a wide range of canopy defoliation levels. However, there is a metabolic tipping point at around 80–85% needle loss. Above this threshold, many stress-related metabolites (particularly osmoprotectants, defense compounds and antioxidants) increase in the needles, whereas they decrease in the fine roots. If this defoliation tipping point is exceeded, the trees are very likely to die within a few years. The different patterns between needles and roots indicate that mainly belowground carbon starvation impairs key functions for tree survival and suggest that this is an important factor explaining the increasing mortality of Scots pines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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