Leaf rolling dynamics for atmospheric moisture harvesting in wheat plant as an adaptation to arid environments

Plant species surviving in the arid regions have developed novel leaf features to harvest atmospheric water. Before the collected water evaporates, it is absorbed and transported for storage within the tissues and move toward the root zone through the unique chemistry of leaf structures. Deep insigh...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2022-07, Vol.29 (32), p.48995-49006
Main Authors: Merrium, Sabah, Ali, Zulfiqar, Tahir, Muhammad Hammad Nadeem, Habib-ur-Rahman, Muhammad, Hakeem, Sadia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acclimatization
Aquatic Pollution
Arid environments
Arid regions
Arid zones
Atmosphere - chemistry
Atmospheric moisture
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Atmospheric water
Contact angle
Drought
Drought resistance
Droughts
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Health
Environmental science
Fog
Genotypes
Interception
Leaves
Moisture effects
Plant Leaves - physiology
Plant species
Plants
Research Article
Root zone
Soil moisture
Soil water
Surface dynamics
Triticum - growth & development
Triticum - physiology
Waste Water Technology
Water - metabolism
Water budget
Water harvesting
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Water resources
Water use
Water use efficiency
Wettability
Wetting
Wheat
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Summary:Plant species surviving in the arid regions have developed novel leaf features to harvest atmospheric water. Before the collected water evaporates, it is absorbed and transported for storage within the tissues and move toward the root zone through the unique chemistry of leaf structures. Deep insights into such features reveal that similarities can be found in the wheat plant. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the leaf rolling dynamics among wheat genotypes and their relationships with moisture harvesting and its movement on the leaf surface. For this purpose, genotypes were characterized for leaf rolling at three distinct growth stages (tillering, booting, and spike emergence). The contact angle of leaf surface dynamics (adaxial and abaxial), water budget, and morphophysiological traits of genotypes were measured. The results indicate that leaf rolling varies from inward to twisting type among genotypes and positively affected the water use efficiency and soil moisture difference at all growth stages under normal and drought conditions. Results of wetting property (hydrophilic 
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-022-18936-2