Environmental plasticity of Pinot noir grapevine leaves: A trans-European study of morphological and biochemical changes along a 1,500-km latitudinal climatic gradient

0484855 - ÚVGZ 2019 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Castagna, A. - Csepregi, K. - Neugart, S. - Zipoli, G. - Večeřová, Kristýna - Jakab, G. - Jug, T. - Llorens, L. - Martínez-Abaigar, J. - Martínez-Lüscher, J. - Núñez-Olivera, E. - Ranieri, A. - Schoedl-Hummel, K. - Schreiner, M. - Teszlák, P. - Tittmann, S. - Urban, Otmar - Verdaguer, D. - Jansen, M. A. K. - Hideg, É.
Environmental plasticity of Pinot noir grapevine leaves: A trans-European study of morphological and biochemical changes along a 1,500-km latitudinal climatic gradient.
Plant Cell and Environment. Roč. 40, č. 11 (2017), s. 2790-2805. ISSN 0140-7791. E-ISSN 1365-3040
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LO1415; GA MŠMT(CZ) LM2015061
Research Infrastructure: CzeCOS II - 90061
Institutional support: RVO:86652079
Keywords : hydroxycinnamic acid-derivatives * oleracea var. sabellica * uv-b radiation * photosynthetically active radiation * different flavonol glycosides * alpha-tocopherol * arabidopsis-thaliana * phenolic-compounds * ultraviolet-radiation * natural-populations * alpha-tocopherol * carotenoids * climate * global radiation * grapevine * latitude * morphology * phenolic compounds * plasticity * ultraviolet radiation
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
Impact factor: 5.415, year: 2017

A 2-year study explored metabolic and phenotypic plasticity of sun-acclimated Vitis vinifera cv. Pinot noir leaves collected from 12 locations across a 36.69-49.98 degrees N latitudinal gradient. Leaf morphological and biochemical parameters were analysed in the context of meteorological parameters and the latitudinal gradient. We found that leaf fresh weight and area were negatively correlated with both global and ultraviolet (UV) radiation, cumulated global radiation being a stronger correlator. Cumulative UV radiation (sumUVR) was the strongest correlator with most leaf metabolites and pigments. Leaf UV-absorbing pigments, total antioxidant capacities, and phenolic compounds increased with increasing sumUVR, whereas total carotenoids and xanthophylls decreased. Despite of this reallocation of metabolic resources from carotenoids to phenolics, an increase in xanthophyll-cycle pigments (the sum of the amounts of three xanthophylls: violaxanthin, antheraxanthin, and zeaxanthin) with increasing sumUVR indicates active, dynamic protection for the photosynthetic apparatus. In addition, increased amounts of flavonoids (quercetin glycosides) and constitutive beta-carotene and alpha-tocopherol pools provide antioxidant protection against reactive oxygen species. However, rather than a continuum of plant acclimation responses, principal component analysis indicates clusters of metabolic states across the explored 1,500-km-long latitudinal gradient. This study emphasizes the physiological component of plant responses to latitudinal gradients and reveals the physiological plasticity that may act to complement genetic adaptations.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0279979