Abstract
Five populations of Typha domingensis Pers. were evaluated for their tolerance to different regimes of cadmium (Cd). Plants were collected from different sites in Punjab province of Pakistan viz. Jaranwala (S1), Farooq Abad (S2), Chiniot (S3), Khurianwala (S4), and Sidhnai (S5). Collected plants were established for three months and then subjected to Cd levels, i.e., 0, 50, 100, and 150 µM L−1. Differential changes in attributes presented variation in tolerance level of T. domingensis populations against Cd toxicity. Fresh and dry biomass, photosynthetic pigments, and total soluble sugars were decreased in all populations under Cd stress, but reduction in biomass of S2 plants was least. Similarly, amino acids, protein contents, and antioxidant enzymatic activity were increased in S2 and S3 under Cd. The populations, i.e., S2, S3, with better anti-oxidative metabolism, ionic partitioning, and growth presented useful structural changes in root and leaves. Contrary to increased leaf thickness, area of leaf and root conducting vessels was decreased with increasing Cd concentrations but these changes were lowest in S2 plants as compared to other populations. Our data indicate that the higher tolerance to Cd toxicity observed in S2 population of T. domingensis could be related to the collective role played by physiological, biochemical and anatomical changes.










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Abbreviations
- ANOVA:
-
Analysis of variance
- AsA:
-
Ascorbic acid
- CAR:
-
Cartenoid
- CAT:
-
Catalase
- Chl_a:
-
Chlorophyll-a
- Chl_b:
-
Chlorophyll-b
- CRD:
-
Completely randomized design
- EDTA:
-
Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid
- FW:
-
Fresh weight
- GB:
-
Glycinebetaine
- HMs:
-
Heavy metal
- LACA:
-
Leaf arenchyma cell area
- LCCA:
-
Leaf cortical cell area
- LCd:
-
Leaf cadmium
- LCl:
-
Leaf chloride
- LK:
-
Leaf Potassium
- LMVCA:
-
Leaf Metaxylem vessel cell area
- Lna:
-
Leaf Sodium
- LP:
-
Leaf Phosphorus
- LStT:
-
Leaf schlrenchyma thickness
- LT:
-
Leaf thickness
- MDA:
-
Malondialdehyde
- NBT:
-
Nitroblue tetrazolium
- OD:
-
Optimal density
- POD:
-
Peroxidase
- PS II:
-
Photosystem-II
- RA:
-
Root area
- RAA:
-
Root aerenchyma area
- RCCA:
-
Root cortical cell area
- RCd:
-
Root cadmium
- RENCA:
-
Root endodermal cell area
- REPCA:
-
Root epidermal cell area
- REPT:
-
Root epidermal thickness
- RMVCA:
-
Root Metaxylem cell area
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- RPHA:
-
Root phloem area
- RVBCA:
-
Root vascular bundle cell area
- S1 :
-
Jaranwalal
- S2 :
-
Farooqabad
- S3 :
-
Chiniot
- S4 :
-
Khurianwala
- S5 :
-
Sidhnai
- SFWT:
-
Shoot fresh weight
- SOD:
-
Speroxide dismutase
- SRM:
-
Standard reference materials
- TBA:
-
Thiobarbituric acid
- TCA:
-
Trichloroacetic acid
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Authors are highly thankful to Government College for Women University, Faisalabad Pakistan for providing experimental station and lab facilities. A Part of this research paper has been extracted from Master theses of Ms. Omey Habiba and Mehwish Hina. Authors also extend their appreciation to the deanship of scientific research, King Khalid university for research group program under R.G.P. 2/17/43.
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Akhter, N., Habiba, O., Hina, M. et al. Structural, Biochemical, and Physiological Adjustments for Toxicity Management, Accumulation, and Remediation of Cadmium in Wetland Ecosystems by Typha domingensis Pers. Water Air Soil Pollut 233, 151 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05613-w
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