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| Author(s): |
Vanderlei Antonio Stefanuto
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2002-04-04 |
| Examining board members: |
Antonio Natal Gonçalves;
Nelson Barbosa Machado Neto;
Gustavo Maia Souza
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| Advisor: | Antonio Natal Gonçalves |
| Abstract | |
The aim of this work was to verify the effects of diferent calcium concentrations in the response of E. grandis shoots to the water deficit. The hypotesis of this work was the calcium acts as a buffer to the effects induced by the water deficit. Thus, increasing the tolerance (estability) of the plants, slowing the changes in some biochemical parameters that contribute to the osmotic adjustment and avoiding excessive energetic losses in the synthesis of osmolites like: soluble sugar, soluble aminoacids amg others. Shoots of E. grandis were cultivated in liquid JADS medium supplemented with 15% of PEG 600 and different concentration of calcium: 5,0 (control) 7,5; 10,0; 12,5 e 15,0 mmol.L-1. Four replicates were made for treatment in a totally randomized blocks design. The plant responses were evalueted according to the folling variables: relative growth rate, total soluble aminoacid content; total soluble sugars; proline content, total sugars; proline content, total soluble proteins, chlorophyll a and b contents, leaf anatomy and leaf water potencial (yf). The growth conditions were: PAR 50 ± 2 mmol. m -2 s -1 , 25 ± 2° C ad 16 hour photoperiod. The analysis were made at the seventh and the 21 rts days of culture. Then, all the remainng shoots were transplanted in vitro JADS basic medium for shoots recovery after 21 days of culture. The tratment with PEG 6000 without calcium addition induced signifitive responses (Tukey, p<0,05) for all biochemical variables in the relation to the control (basic JADS medium). The PCA showed that the supplementar calcium concentration that contributed the most to the shoot homeostais under water deficit was that of 7.5 mmol.L-1 in the form of CaCl2. (AU) | |