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A comparative study on water-use-efficiency (WUE) under severe water deficit and recovery was conducted on potted grapevines of 'Grenache', 'Syrah' and 'Chardonnay' cultivars grown in Mallorca (Spain). Deficit irrigation was estab...
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A comparative study on water-use-efficiency (WUE) under severe water deficit and recovery was conducted on potted grapevines of 'Grenache', 'Syrah' and 'Chardonnay' cultivars grown in Mallorca (Spain). Deficit irrigation was established according to the leaf maximum daily g<sub>s</sub> to achieve severe water deficit conditions in the lapse of one week. The goal was to analyze how g<sub>s</sub> is regulated under water stress and recovery, as well as how water stress affects the adjustments of WUE at leaf and whole plant level. Soil water content, climatic conditions, leaf photosynthesis, transpiration, g<sub>s</sub> and mesophyll conductance (g<sub>m</sub>) were recorded daily throughout the experiment. Water relations and plant hydraulic conductivity (Kh<sub>Plant</sub>), were performed on five specific sampling days: the day the desired stomatal conductance (50 mmol m<sup>-2</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>) was first achieved (day 0), seven days after sustaining the plants at constant soil moisture, just before re-watering (day 7), and then 1, 2 and 7 days after re-watering. The relative contribution of g<sub>s</sub> and g<sub>m</sub> limitations during acclimation to water stress changes from predominant g<sub>s</sub> early during water stress to similar g<sub>s</sub> and g<sub>m</sub> after acclimation. Nonetheless during re-watering photosynthesis recovery was mostly limited by g<sub>s</sub>, since stomatal closure recovered much more slowly than g<sub>m</sub>. Water stress induced an increase in WUE, which interestingly persisted many days after re-watering. Kh<sub>Plant</sub> variations during drought and recovery were in accordance with g<sub>s</sub> values. However, the relationship with g<sub>m</sub> variations was lower. 'Chardonnay' showed the largest differences between water stress and irrigated plants and the lowest leaf water potential. Under drought and recovery this cultivar maintained lower g<sub>s</sub> and leaf photosynthesis (AN) but their WUE values were not the highest.
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