Chitosan oligosaccharide addition to buddhist pine (podocarpus macrophyllus (thunb) sweet) under drought: Reponses in ecophysiology and δ13C abundance

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Abstract

Climate warming induces the necessity to increase the drought resistance of shade-obligate juvenile trees in sub-tropical forests. Chitosan oligosaccharide (COS) is a biopolymer derived from the marine resource that has attracted accumulative attention to induce and promote a plant's resistance to abiotic stress. Buddhist pine (Podocarpus mascrophyllus (Thunb)Sweet) seedlings were cultured as the model material whose natural distribution in sub-tropical areas of China has suffered severe summer drought events in the last 113 years. A split-block design was conducted with a simulated drought event (drought vs. irrigated control), the COS addition, and two samplings at the ends of drought and re-watered treatments. The COS addition increased the resistance to drought by inducing a starch allocation towards roots where δ13C abundance and antioxidant enzyme activities were upregulated. The COS addition can promote biomass allocation to roots and increase the number of new roots. The COS addition to drought-treated Buddhist pine seedlings resulted in robust diameter growth. Therefore, COS is an available polymer to promote the resistance of Buddhist pine to drought. More work is suggested to clarify the dose of COS addition that can induce a prominent response of biomass accumulation and carbohydrate metabolism.

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He, C., Zhao, Y., Zhang, J., & Gao, J. (2020). Chitosan oligosaccharide addition to buddhist pine (podocarpus macrophyllus (thunb) sweet) under drought: Reponses in ecophysiology and δ13C abundance. Forests, 11(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/F11050526

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