%A Song,Qiaobo %A Liu,Yifei %A Pang,Jiayin %A Yong,Jean Wan Hong %A Chen,Yinglong %A Bai,Chunming %A Gille,Clément %A Shi,Qingwen %A Wu,Di %A Han,Xiaori %A Li,Tianlai %A Siddique,Kadambot H. M. %A Lambers,Hans %D 2020 %J Frontiers in Plant Science %C %F %G English %K peanut,Low nocturnal temperature,Growth,Calcium,Photosynthesis %Q %R 10.3389/fpls.2019.01637 %W %L %M %P %7 %8 2020-January-21 %9 Original Research %+ Yifei Liu,College of Land and Environment, National Key Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Soil and Fertilizer Resources, Northeast China Plant Nutrition and Fertilization Scientific Observation and Research Station for Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Protected Horticulture of Education Ministry and Liaoning Province, Shenyang Agricultural University,China,yifeiliu6@hotmail.com %+ Yifei Liu,The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia,Australia,yifeiliu6@hotmail.com %+ Yifei Liu,School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia,Australia,yifeiliu6@hotmail.com %+ Yifei Liu,School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia,Australia,yifeiliu6@hotmail.com %# %! Calcium Improved Peanut LNT Tolerance %* %< %T Supplementary Calcium Restores Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) Growth and Photosynthetic Capacity Under Low Nocturnal Temperature %U https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2019.01637 %V 10 %0 JOURNAL ARTICLE %@ 1664-462X %X Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a globally important oil crop, which often experiences poor growth and seedling necrosis under low nocturnal temperatures (LNT). This study assessed the effects of supplementary calcium (Ca2+) and a calmodulin inhibitor on peanut growth and photosynthetic characteristics of plants exposed to LNT, followed by recovery at a higher temperature. We monitored key growth and photosynthetic parameters in a climate-controlled chamber in pots containing soil. LNT reduced peanut growth and dry matter accumulation, enhanced leaf nonstructural carbohydrates concentrations and non-photochemical quenching, decreased the electron transport rate, increased the transmembrane proton gradient, and decreased gas exchange rates. In peanuts subjected to LNT, foliar application of Ca2+ restored growth, dry matter production and leaf photosynthetic capacity. In particular, the foliar Ca2+ application restored temperature-dependent photosynthesis feedback inhibition due to improved growth/sink demand. Foliar sprays of a calmodulin inhibitor further deteriorated the effects of LNT which validated the protective role of Ca2+ in facilitating LNT tolerance of peanuts.