The effect of trunk electric vibration on the growth, yield and fruit quality of peach trees (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch)

Onguso, Justus M.; Mizutani, Fusao; Hossain, Alamgir

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2006.02.013

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“…In one study, electronic shaking reduced the heights of peach trees by 80% [28]; while this did not affect fruit weight, it did reduce flowering density and fruit growth by changing the angle between the fruiting branches and the main stem [29]. Some plants respond positively to mechanical stimuli [17].…”

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Effect of Mechanical Stress on Cotton Growth and Development

Zhang

Wang

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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Agricultural crops experience diverse mechanical stimuli, which may affect their growth and development. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of mechanical stresses caused by hanging labels from the flower petioles (HLFP) on plant shape and cotton yields in four cotton varieties: CCRI 41, DP 99B, CCRC 21, and BAI 1. HLFP significantly reduced plant height by between 7.8% and 36.5% in all four lines and also significantly reduced the number of fruiting positions per plant in the CCRI 41, DP 99B and CCRC 21 lines. However, the number of fruiting positions in BAI 1 was unaffected. HLFP also significantly reduced the boll weight for all four cultivars and the seed cotton yields for CCRI 41, DP 99B and BAI 1. Conversely, it significantly increased the seed cotton yield for CCRC 21 by 11.2%. HLFP treatment did not significantly affect the boll count in the fruiting branches of the 1st and 2nd layers in any variety, but did significantly reduce those on the 3rd and 4th fruiting branch layers for CCRI 41 and DP 99B. Similar trends were observed for the number of bolls per FP. In general, HLFP reduced plant height and boll weight. However, the lines responded differently to HLFP treatment in terms of their total numbers of fruiting positions, boll numbers, seed cotton yields, etc. Our results also suggested that HFLP responses might be delayed for some agronomy traits of some cotton genotypes, and that hanging labels from early-opening flowers might influence the properties related with those that opened later on.

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Effect of Mechanical Stress on Cotton Growth and Development

Zhang

Wang

et al. 2013

PLoS ONE

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“…For instance, when peach plants were vibrated, the regenerated shoots displayed a phenotype resembling thigmomorphogenesis (Onguso et al, 2006). The young internodes of P. vulgaris were shown to be more sensitive to rubbing and mechanical stress reduced the growth of the fourth internode which was not present at the start of the rubbing (Jaffe, 1976).…”

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Mechanical stress acclimation in plants: Linking hormones and somatic memory to thigmomorphogenesis

Brenya

Pervin,

Chen

et al. 2022

Plant Cell & Environment

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A single event of mechanical stimulation is perceived by mechanoreceptors that transduce rapid transient signalling to regulate gene expression. Prolonged mechanical stress for days to weeks culminates in cellular changes that strengthen the plant architecture leading to thigmomorphogenesis. The convergence of multiple signalling pathways regulates mechanically induced tolerance to numerous biotic and abiotic stresses. Emerging evidence showed prolonged mechanical stimulation can modify the baseline level of gene expression in naive tissues, heighten gene expression, and prime disease resistance upon a subsequent pathogen encounter.The phenotypes of thigmomorphogenesis can persist throughout growth without continued stimulation, revealing somatic-stress memory. Epigenetic processes regulate TOUCH gene expression and could program transcriptional memory in differentiating cells to program thigmomorphogenesis. We discuss the early perception, gene regulatory and phytohormone pathways that facilitate thigmomorphogenesis and mechanical stress acclimation in Arabidopsis and other plant species. We provide insights regarding: (1) the regulatory mechanisms induced by single or prolonged events of mechanical stress, (2) how mechanical stress confers transcriptional memory to induce cross-acclimation to future stress, and (3) why thigmomorphogenesis might resemble an epigenetic phenomenon. Deeper knowledge of how prolonged mechanical stimulation programs somatic memory and primes defence acclimation could transform solutions to improve agricultural sustainability in stressful environments.

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“…MPs induced by wind, touch, and dynamic flexing have all been shown to induce ethylene formation in vascular plants. It was the first plant growth regulator to be implicated in the response to MP (Goeschl et al, 1966;Brown and Leopold, 1973;Robitaille and Leopold, 1974;Hiraki and Ota, 1975;Jaffe and Biro, 1979;Biro and Jaffe, 1984;Prasad and Cline, 1985;Telewski and Jaffe, 1986;de Jaegher et al, 1987;Telewski, 1990;Emery et al, 1994;Onguso et al, 2006;Love et al, 2009). Researchers were also able to mimic the effects of MP with the application of exogenous ethylene (Mitchell, 1977;Biro et al, 1980;Erner et al, 1980;Telewski and Jaffe, 1981;Erner and Jaffe, 1983;Prasad and Cline, 1985).…”

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Mechanosensing and Plant Growth Regulators Elicited During the Thigmomorphogenetic Response

Telewski

2021

Front. For. Glob. Change

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The influence of mechanical bending or flexing of trees, due primarily to wind, on tree growth and development has been observed and reported for hundreds of years. This response was defined as the thigmomorphogenetic response in 1973. In general, the response of trees and other plants to bending is a reduction in extension/height growth, increase in radial growth, and increased allocation from above-ground to below-ground tissues accompanied by changes in biomechanical properties of the xylem. Within the last 50 years, significant advancements have been reported in characterizing the response of trees to this mechanical perturbation. Current research has advanced the understanding of how plants respond after mechanopreception via molecular signaling and physiological changes in growth regulation. This review provides insight into these subcellular reactions of thigmomorphogenesis and a summary of recent advances.

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The effect of trunk electric vibration on the growth, yield and fruit quality of peach trees (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch)

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

Effect of Mechanical Stress on Cotton Growth and Development

Effect of Mechanical Stress on Cotton Growth and Development

Mechanical stress acclimation in plants: Linking hormones and somatic memory to thigmomorphogenesis

Mechanosensing and Plant Growth Regulators Elicited During the Thigmomorphogenetic Response

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