Physiological responses of two moss species to the combined stress of water deficit and elevated N deposition (II): Carbon and nitrogen metabolism

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 6; no. 21; pp. 7596 - 7609
• Main Authors: Liu, Bin‐yang, Lei, Chun‐yi, Jin, Jian‐hua, Guan, Yi‐yun, Li, Shan, Zhang, Yi‐shun, Liu, Wei‐qiu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.11.2016; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Ammonium; Ammonium chloride; Assimilation; Bryophyta; Carbon; carbon metabolism; Combined stress; compensation effect; Deposition; Drought; Extreme drought; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamate-ammonia ligase; Glutamine; Hypnum; Interspecific; Metabolism; moss; Mosses; Nitrogen; nitrogen assimilation; Nitrogen metabolism; Original Research; Osmotic stress; Photorespiration; Physiological responses; Pogonatum; Proline; Rehydration; stress; Water deficit; Water shortages; Water stress; China; moss; stress; drought; nitrogen; compensation effect; carbon metabolism; nitrogen assimilation

Nitrogen (N) deposition levels and frequencies of extreme drought events are increasing globally. In efforts to improve understanding of plants' responses to associated stresses, we have investigated responses of mosses to drought under elevated nitrogen conditions. More specifically, we expose...