Changes in nutritional homeostasis of Poncirus trifoliata and Ceratonia siliquaas a response to different iron levels in nutrient solution

Correia, Pedro José; de Varennes, Amarilis; Gama, Florinda; Saavedra, Teresa; Pestana, Maribela

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Correia, Pedro José

de Varennes, Amarilis

Gama, Florinda

Saavedra, Teresa

Pestana, Maribela

Abstract(s)

Iron (Fe) deficiency is a nutritional disorder in plants. Poncirus trifoliata is susceptible to Fe deficiency, but symptoms of Fe deficiency are rare in Ceratonia siliqua, a slow-growing species. Specimens of the two species were grown in nutrient solutions containing three Fe concentrations: without Fe (0 mM), 1 mM Fe, and either 10 mM Fe (for Ceratonia) or 40 mM Fe (for P. trifoliata). Growth, the degree of chlorosis, the plant mineral composition, and the activity of the root ferric chelate-reductase (FCR) were assessed. Ceratonia plants exposed to 1 mM Fe were efficient at using Fe in the synthesis of chlorophyll. The activity of FCR was enhanced in the total absence of Fe. In Poncirus a low activity of the FCR was observed in plants with no Fe. The balance between micronutrients in the Ceratonia roots was not affected with 1 mM Fe compared with the higher Fe concentration treatments.