Title:	Ferns and Lycophytes as new challenges: physiological and biochemical changes in desiccation and rehydration cycles of Selaginella convoluta (Selaginellaceae).
Authors:	AIDAR, S. de T. CHAVES, A. R. de M. FERNANDES JUNIOR, P. I. MORGANTE, C. V.
Affiliation:	SAULO DE TARSO AIDAR, CPATSA AGNALDO RODRIGUES DE MELO CHAVES, CPATSA PAULO IVAN FERNANDES JUNIOR, CPATSA CAROLINA VIANNA MORGANTE, CPATSA / Cenargen.
Date Issued:	2023
Citation:	Rodriguésia, v. 74, e00672023, 2023.
Description:	Vegetative desiccation tolerance (VDT) is a biological process that allows resurrection plants to complete desiccation-rehydration cycles and survive without permanent damage. Physiological and biochemical changes related to the VDT were evaluated in the lycophyte Selaginella convoluta from the Caatinga biome, a seasonally dry tropical forest of northeastern Brazil. As representative of the oldest division of extant vascular plants, the investigation of VDT mechanisms in this species serves as an opportunity to provide information for research communities interested in functional traits related to water-limited conditions. The experiments were performed with plants in their natural habitat, in dry and rainy seasons, and in pots under shade house conditions. Relative water content, chlorophyll a fluorescence, gas exchange, activity of antioxidant enzymes, concentration of chlorophylls, proteins, total amino acids, proline, and soluble carbohydrates in leaf tissues were evaluated throughout the process of complete dehydration and subsequent re-watering of intact plants. The overall results reveal the capacity of S. convoluta to tolerate extreme dehydration and rapidly recover upon rehydration. This species minimizes potential damages during the desiccation-rehydration cycle due to the presence of inductive mechanisms (photochemical preventing, sucrose accumulation) and constitutive mechanisms (antioxidant activity of catalase and ascorbate peroxidase), which share similarities with the VDT of both angiosperms and bryophytes.
Thesagro:	Samambaia Caatinga
NAL Thesaurus:	Selaginella
Keywords:	Resistência à desidratação Característica funcional Planta de ressurreição Estratégia de sobrevivência Dessecação vegetativa Bioma Caatinga
DOI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2175-7860202374088
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPATSA)