Elevated temperatures increase leaf senescence and root secondary metabolite concentrations in the understory herb Panax quinquefolius (Araliaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 819-826

  Jochum, Gera M ^a   Mudge, Kenneth W ^b   Thomas, Richard B ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Araliaceae; Ginseng; Ginsenosides; Global warming; Panax quinquefolius; Temperature response; Understory herb

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HERB; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LEAF; ROOT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SENESCENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNDERSTORY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARALIACEAE; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 34250757228     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.5.819     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. ANDERSON, R. C., J. S. FRALISH, J. E. ARMSTRONG, AND P. K. BENJAMIN. 1993. The ecology and biology of Panax quinquefolium L. (Araliaceae) in Illinois. American Midland Naturalist 129: 357-372.
2. ATTELE, A. S., J. A. WU, AND C. S. YUAN. 1999. Ginseng pharmacology: multiple constituents and multiple actions. Biochemical Pharmacology 58: 1685-1693.
3. 2 to extreme temperature events. Ecological Applications 4: 593-603.
4. BERRY, J., AND O. BJÖRKMAN. 1980. Photosynthetic response and adaptation to temperature in higher plants. Annual Review of Plant Physiology 31: 491-543.
5. BRYANT, J. P., F. S. I. CHAPIN, AND D. R. KLEIN. 1983. Carbon/nutrient balance of boreal plants in relation to vertebrate herbivory. Oikos 40: 357-368.
6. CARPENTER, S. G., AND G. COTTAM. 1981. Growth and reproduction of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) in Wisconsin, USA. Canadian Journal of Botany 60: 2692-2696.
7. CHARRON, D., AND D. GAGNON. 1991. The demography of northern populations of Panax quinquefolium (American ginseng). Journal of Ecology 79: 431-445.
8. 2 concentration and climate warming. Global Change Biology 5: 252-267.
9. COURT, W. A., J. G. HENDEL, AND J. ELMI. 1996. Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of ginsenosides of Panax quinquefolium. Journal of Chromatography A 755: 11-17.
10. CRUSE-SANDERS, J. M., AND J. L. HAMRICK. 2004. Genetic diversity in harvested and protected populations of wild American ginseng, Panax quinquefolius L. (Araliaceae). American Journal of Botany 91: 540-548.
11. FARNSWORTH, E. J., J. NÚÑEZ- FARFAN, S. A. CAREAGA, AND F. A. BAZZAZ. 1995. Phenology and growth of three temperate forest life forms in response to artificial soil warming. Journal of Ecology 83: 967-977.
12. FOURNIER, A. R., J. T. A. PROCTOR, L. GAUTHIER, S. KHANIZADEH, A. BELANGER, A. GOSSELIN, AND M. DORAIS. 2003. Understory light and root ginsenosides in forest-grown Panax quinquefolius. Phytochemistry 63: 777-782.
13. GAMON, J. A., AND R. W. PEARCY. 1989. Leaf movement, stress avoidance and photosynthesis in Vitis californica. Oecologia 79: 475-481.
14. GENTY, B., J. M. BRIANTAIS, AND N. R. BAKER. 1989. The relationship between quantum yield of photosynthetic electron transport and quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence. Biochimica Biophysica Acta 990: 87-92.
15. GEPSTEIN, S. 1988. Photosynthesis. In L. Nooden and A. Leopold [eds.], Senescence and aging in plants, 85-109. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
16. HAMILTON, J. G., A. R. ZANGERL, E. H. DELUCIA, AND M. R. BERENBAUM. 2001. The carbon-nutrient balance hypothesis: its rise and fall. Ecology Letters 4: 86-95.
17. HERMS, D. A., AND W. J. MATTSON. 1992. The dilemma of plants: to grow or defend. Quarterly Review of Biology 67: 283-335.
18. KIM, S. K., I. SAKAMOTO, K. MORIMOTO, M. SAKATA, K. YAMASAKI, AND O. TANAKA. 1981. Seasonal variation of saponins, sucurose and monosaccharides in cultivated ginseng roots. Planta Medica 42: 181-186.
19. KIRSCHBAUM, M. 2000. Forest growth and species distribution in a changing climate. Tree Physiology 20: 309-322.
20. KONSLER, T. R., S. W. ZITO, J. E. SHELTON, AND E. J. STABA. 1990. Lime and phosphorus effects on American ginseng. II. Root and leaf ginsenoside content and their relationship. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 115: 575-580.
21. LEE, J. C., S. K. CHEON, Y. T. KIM, AND J. S. JO. 1980. Studies on the effect of shading materials on the temperature, light intensity, photosynthesis and the root growth of the Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer). Journal of the Korean Society for Crop Science 25: 91-98.
22. LEWIS, W. H., AND V. E. ZENGER. 1982. Population dynamics of the American ginseng Panax quinquefolium (Araliaceae). American Journal of Botany 69: 1483-1490.
23. LI, T. S. C., AND G. MAZZA. 1999. Correlations between leaf and soil mineral concentrations and ginsenoside contents in American ginseng. HortScience 34: 85-87.
24. LI, T. S. C., G. MAZZA, A. C. COTTRELL, AND L. GAO. 1996. Ginsenosides in roots and leaves of American ginseng. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry 44: 717-720.
25. LI, T. S. C., AND D. WARDLE. 2002. Seasonal fluctuations of leaf and root weight and ginsenoside contents of 2-, 3-, and 4-year-old American ginseng plants. HortTechnology 12: 229-232.
26. LITVAK, M. E., J. V. H. CONSTABLE, AND R. K. MONSON. 2002. Supply and demand processes as controls over needle mononterpene synthesis and concentration in Douglas fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco]. Oecologia 132: 382-391.
27. LIU, X., AND B. HUANG. 2000. Heat stress injury in relation to membrane lipid peroxidation in creeping bentgrass. Crop Science 40: 503-510.
28. MAXWELL, K., AND G. N. JOHNSON. 2000. Chlorophyll fluorescence - a practical guide. Journal of Experimental Botany 51: 659-668.
29. MCGRAW, J. B. 2001. Evidence for decline in stature of American ginseng plants from herbarium specimens. Biological Conservation 98: 25-32.
30. MCGRAW, J. B., AND M. FUREDI. 2005. Deer browsing and population viability of a forest understory plant. Science 307: 920-923.
31. MCGRAW, J. B., S. M. SANDERS, AND M. VAN DER VOORT. 2003. Distribution and abundance of Hydrastic canadensis L. (Ranunculaceae) and Panax quinquefolius L. (Araliaceae) in the central Appalachian region. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 130: 62-69.
32. MOONEY, H. A., W. E. WINNER, AND E. J. PELL. 1991. Response of plants to multiple stresses. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
33. 2 concentration and temperature on plant growth. Plant, Cell & Environment 22: 659-682.
34. MUDGE, K., W. LIM, J. LARDNER, AND V. JOUSSELIN. 2001. Ginsenosides as quality indicators in woods-grown American ginseng. Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
35. MUNNE-BOSCH, S., AND L. ALEGRE. 2004. Die and let live: leaf senescence contributes to plant survival under drought stress. Functional Plant Biology 31: 203-216.
36. NANTEL, P., D. GAGNON, AND A. NAULT. 1996. Population viability analysis of American ginseng and wild leek harvested in stochastic environments. Conservation Biology 10: 608-621.
37. NICOL, R. W., J. A. TRAQUAIR, AND M. A. BERNARDS. 2002. Ginsenosides as host resistance factors in American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). Canadian Journal of Botany 80: 557-562.
38. RUSTAD, L. E., J. L. CAMPBELL, G. M. MARION, R. J. NORBY, M. J. MITCHELL, A. E. HARTLEY, J. H. C. CORNELISSEN, AND J. GUREVITCH. 2001. A meta-analysis of the response of soil respiration, net nitrogen mineralization, and aboveground plant growth to experimental ecosystem warming. Oecologia 126: 543-562.
39. SCHLUTER, C., AND Z. K. PUNJA. 2000. Floral biology and seed production in cultivated North American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius). Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 125: 567-575.
40. 2 and temperature. Physiologia Plantarum 117: 352-358.
41. SUITS, S. A. 2003. American ginseng (Panax quinquefolium L.), the "other" ginseng. Economic Botany 57: 143-144.
42. WALTHER, G.-R., E. POST, P. CONVEY, A. MENZEL, C. PARMESAN, T. J. C. BEEBEE, J.-M. FROMENTIN, O. HOEGH-GULDBERG, AND F. BAIRLEIN. 2002. Ecological responses to recent climate change. Nature 416: 389-395.
43. YUAN, C.-S., X. WANG, J. A. WU, A. S. ATTELE, J.-T. XIE, AND M. GU. 2001. Effects of Panax quinquefolius L. on brainstem neuronal activities: comparison between Wisconsin-cultivated and Illinois-cultivated roots. Phytomedicine 8: 178-183.