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Maguire AJ, Kobe RK. Drought and shade deplete nonstructural carbohydrate reserves in seedlings of five temperate tree species. Ecol Evol. 2015;5(23):5711-21doi: 10.1002/ece3.1819.
Maguire, A. J., & Kobe, R. K. (2015). Drought and shade deplete nonstructural carbohydrate reserves in seedlings of five temperate tree species. Ecology and evolution, 5(23), 5711-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1819
Maguire, Andrea J, and Kobe, Richard K. "Drought and shade deplete nonstructural carbohydrate reserves in seedlings of five temperate tree species." Ecology and evolution vol. 5,23 (2015): 5711-21. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1819
Maguire AJ, Kobe RK. Drought and shade deplete nonstructural carbohydrate reserves in seedlings of five temperate tree species. Ecol Evol. 2015 Nov 19;5(23):5711-21. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1819. eCollection 2015 Dec. PMID: 27069619; PMCID: PMC4813112.
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Ecol Evol. 2015 Nov 19;5(23):5711-21. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1819. eCollection 2015 Dec.

Drought and shade deplete nonstructural carbohydrate reserves in seedlings of five temperate tree species.

Ecology and evolution

Andrea J Maguire, Richard K Kobe

Affiliations

  1. Department of Plant Biology Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan.
  2. Department of Plant Biology Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan; Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan; Department Forestry Michigan State University East Lansing Michigan.

PMID: 27069619 PMCID: PMC4813112 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1819

Abstract

Plants that store nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) may rely on carbon reserves to survive carbon-limiting stress, assuming that reserves can be mobilized. We asked whether carbon reserves decrease in resource stressed seedlings, and if NSC allocation is related to species' relative stress tolerances. We tested the effects of stress (shade, drought, and defoliation) on NSC in seedlings of five temperate tree species (Acer rubrum Marsh., Betula papyrifera Marsh., Fraxinus americana L ., Quercus rubra L., and Quercus velutina Lam.). In a greenhouse experiment, seedlings were subjected to combinations of shade, drought, and defoliation. We harvested seedlings over 32-97 days and measured biomass and NSC concentrations in stems and roots to estimate depletion rates. For all species and treatments, except for defoliation, seedling growth and NSC accumulation ceased. Shade and drought combined caused total NSC decreases in all species. For shade or drought alone, only some species experienced decreases. Starch followed similar patterns as total NSC, but soluble sugars increased under drought for drought-tolerant species. These results provide evidence that species deplete stored carbon in response to carbon limiting stress and that species differences in NSC response may be important for understanding carbon depletion as a buffer against shade- and drought-induced mortality.

Keywords: Carbon reserves; carbon starvation; nonstructural carbohydrates; soluble sugars; starch; stress

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