Physiological Responses of Two Moss Species to the Combined Stress of Water Deficit and Elevated Nitrogen Deposition. I. Secondary Metabolism

• Published in: International journal of plant sciences Vol. 176; no. 5; pp. 446 - 457
• Main Authors: Liu, Bin-yang, Lei, Chun-yi, Jin, Jian-hua, Li, Shan, Zhang, Yi-shun, Liu, Wei-qiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 01.06.2015; University of Chicago, acting through its Press
• Subjects: Abiotic stress; Accumulation; Alkaloids; Ammonium; Antioxidants; Combined stress; Dehydration; Drought; Environmental monitoring; Flavones; Metabolism; Metabolites; Mosses; Nitrogen; Oxidative stress; Phenols; Physiological responses; Physiology; Plant sciences; Plants; Quaternary ammonium compounds; Secondary metabolites; Triterpenes; Water deficit; moss; recovery; secondary metabolism; water-deficit stress; nitrogen deposition

Premise of research. It has been well documented that secondary metabolites in mosses can protect mosses from pathogen or herbivore attacks, but their functions in abiotic stress are poorly understood. Thus, we have investigated effects of water deficit and high nitrogen (N) on secondary metabolism...