Photosynthetica 2018, 56(2):641-651 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-017-0714-3

Improvement of grapevine physiology and yield under summer stress by kaolin-foliar application: water relations, photosynthesis and oxidative damage

L. T. Dinis1,*, A. C. Malheiro1, A. Luzio1, H. Fraga1, H. Ferreira1, I. Gonçalves2, G. Pinto3, C. M. Correia1, J. Moutinho-Pereira1
1 Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
2 Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Viticultura Duriense (ADVID), Edifício Centro de Excelência da Vinha e do Vinho, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia de Vila Real - Régia Douro Park, Vila Real, Portugal
3 Department of Biology & CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

Knowledge about short-term climate change adaptation strategies for Mediterranean vineyards is needed in order to improve grapevine physiology and yield-quality attributes. We investigated effects of kaolin-particle film suspension on water relations, photosynthesis and oxidative stress of field-grown grapevines in the Douro region (northern Portugal) in 2012 and 2013. Kaolin suspension decreased leaf temperature by 18% and increased leaf water potential (up to 40.7% in 2013). Maximum photochemical quantum efficiency of PSII was higher and the minimal chlorophyll fluorescence was lower in the plants sprayed by kaolin. Two months after application, net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance at midday increased by 58.7 and 28.4%, respectively, in treated plants. In the same period, kaolin treatment increased photochemical reflectance, photosynthetic pigments, soluble proteins, soluble sugars, and starch concentrations, while decreased total phenols and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances. Kaolin application can be an operational tool to alleviate summer stresses, which ameliorates grapevine physiology and consequently leads to a higher yield.

Additional key words: biochemistry; Douro region; oxidative stress; Vitis vinifera

Received: October 7, 2016; Accepted: December 20, 2016; Published: June 1, 2018  Show citation

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Dinis, L.T., Malheiro, A.C., Luzio, A., Fraga, H., Ferreira, H., Gonçalves, I., ... Moutinho-Pereira, J. (2018). Improvement of grapevine physiology and yield under summer stress by kaolin-foliar application: water relations, photosynthesis and oxidative damage. Photosynthetica, 56(2), 641-651. doi: 10.1007/s11099-017-0714-3
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