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Title: DNA integrity and ecophysiological responses of Spanish populations of Ulmus glabra to increasing ozone levels
Authors: Dell’Orso, Ambra
Kuzminsky, Elena 
Bermejo-Bermejo, Victoria
Ruiz-Checa, Raquel
Alonso-Del Amo, Rocío
Meschini, Roberta 
Journal: ECOTOXICOLOGY 
Issue Date: 2021
Abstract: 
Ulmus glabra is a deciduous tree with a wide distribution in the Eurosiberian region. The southernmost populations, in the Mediterranean area, are fragmented in mountain areas which act as a refugium. These small relict populations can act as sentinel of global change, including climate change and impacts of human activities such as air pollution. Besides, tropospheric ozone (O3) is an additional stress factor in the Mediterranean region affecting plant physiology and health. Moreover, oxidative stress caused by O3 could increase DNA damage in plants cells. U. glabra 4-year-old seedlings originated from a natural population growing in the Guadarrama mountain range (central Spain), were exposed in Open Top Chambers to four O3 treatments: charcoal filtered air, non-filtered air reproducing ambient levels, non-filtered air supplemented with 15 nl l−1 O3 and non- filtered air supplemented with 30 nl l−1 O3. Ozone effects on the DNA integrity through Comet assay were evaluated and eco-physiological responses were explored as well as. Comet assay showed a significant increase of DNA damage with increasing levels of O3 after only one-month exposure, when no eco-physiological symptoms of damage could be detected. Comet assay could thus be suggested as a predictive test to detect DNA damage induced in plants by other abiotic stresses as well as to identify tolerant and sensitive species or in preservation strategies of small relict populations. The discovery of a test for an early identification of stressed plants could be important to speed the selection of tolerant individuals for breeding programmes.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2067/43702
ISSN: 1573-3017
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-021-02436-z
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