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Turgor‐time controls grass leaf elongation rate and duration under drought stress

Jonas R. Coussement | Selwyn L. Y. Villers | Hilde Nelissen | Dirk Inzé | Kathy Steppe
First published: 29 December 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13989

Abstract
The process of leaf elongation in grasses is characterized by the creation and transformation of distinct cell zones. The prevailing turgor pressure within these cells is one of the key drivers for the rate at which these cells divide, expand and differentiate, processes that are heavily impacted by drought stress. In this article, a turgor‐driven growth model for grass leaf elongation is presented, which combines mechanistic growth from the basis of turgor pressure with the ontogeny of the leaf. Drought‐induced reductions in leaf turgor pressure result in a simultaneous inhibition of both cell expansion and differentiation, lowering elongation rate but increasing elongation duration due to the slower transitioning of cells from the dividing and elongating zone to mature cells.

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