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October 11, 2024
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Does the soil microbial community facilitate Mimosa pudica's ' s biological performance under abiotic stress? Growth, tolerance mechanisms, and seismonastic behaviour

Publicated to:Plant Physiology And Biochemistry. 215 108971- - 2024-10-01 215(), DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108971

Authors: Sapina-Solano, Adrian; Gambera, Anna P; Boscaiu, Monica; Vicente, Oscar; Ruiz-Gonzalez, Mario X

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Univ Politecn Valencia, Inst Conservat & Improvement Valencian Agrodivers, Camino Vera S-N - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Mediterranean Agroforestry Inst IAM, Camino Vera S-N - Author

Abstract

Climate change effects such as soil salinisation or drought dramatically affect native and potentially invasive plant species. Mimosa pudica, , originally native to South America but spread to Africa and Asia, exhibits great adaptability to disturbed environments in tropical and subtropical areas. It has become a model organism for studying thigmomorphogenetic behaviour due to its ability to display fast responses to mechanical stimuli. We investigated the effects of salt and water stresses on M. pudica in interaction with a Mediterranean coastal dune microbial community by growing plants on soils collected from dunes near Valencia, Spain. Plant biomass, potential mechanisms of stress tolerance, seismonastic response, and phenology were assessed. Abiotic stress, particularly salt stress, adversely affects plant performance and seismonasty. Mimosa pudica, , however, displayed the blockage of Na+ + transport at the root level as a primary defence mechanism against salinity. When exposed to natural soils, plants produced more leaves and flowers, with lower flower abortion rates than plants in a sterile substrate, and the stimulated plants displayed faster responses across time before reaching a plateau, while the recovery increased with time. Our results highlight the need for integrative and multidisciplinary approaches to understand plant-abiotic stress-microorganisms interactions. In M. pudica, , soil microorganisms had weak or no effects on biomass or biochemical stress markers; however, their presence strongly improved reproductive traits and seismonasty, thus facilitating potential plant establishment in a new environment.

Keywords

Antioxidant systemsArbuscular mycorrhizal fungiAssayBiomassBiotic interactionsChlorophyll a/b ratiosClimate changeFungiIon transportLeavesLipid-peroxidationMimosaMovementOsmolytesOxidative stressPhenologyResponsesSalinitySalt stressSoil microbiologySpainStress, physiologicalTissues

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Plant Physiology And Biochemistry due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 20/265, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Plant Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-04:

  • WoS: 1
  • Europe PMC: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-04:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 26 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Sapiña Solano, Adrian) and Last Author (Ruíz González, Mario Javier).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Ruíz González, Mario Javier.