Water scarcity is one of the major factors limiting apple production. Partial root-zone drying (PRD) is a water-saving irrigation technique necessary to improve the efficiency of irrigation techniques to optimize the amount of fruit produced with the volume of water used. The apple trees cv. Red Delicious were exposed to four treatments, including (1) control with 100% of the crop evapotranspiration (ETc) needs; (2) alternate partial root-zone drying with 75% of the ETc needs (APRD75); (3) fixed partial root-zone drying with 75% of the ETc needs (FPRD75); (4) fixed partial root-zone irrigation with 50% of the ETc needs (FPRD50) in a semiarid region of Iran. Results showed that leaf water potential (Ψ ), and chlorophyll were significantly decreased in FPRD50 compared to control and other PRD treatments. APRD75 and FPRD75 treatments significantly enhanced (+) -catechin (+C), epicatechin (EC), chlorogenic acid (CGA), caffeic acid (CA) as well as increased water use efficiency (WUE) (by 30-40% compared to control) without significant reduction of yield. PRD reduced gibberellic acid (GA3) and kinetin, while, increased the abscisic acid (ABA) and salicylic acid (SA) levels. The abiotic stress-responsive transcription factors (TFs) MdoMYB121, MdoMYB155, MdbZIP2, and MdbZIP48 were highly expressed in all PRD treatments. Our results demonstrated that APRD75 and FPRD75 have the potential to stimulate antioxidant defense mechanisms, hormonal signaling pathways, and expression of drought-tolerance TFs to improve WUE while maintaining crop yield. Therefore, APRD75andFPRD75 with water savings as compared to full irrigation might be a suitable strategy for irrigation apple trees under water scarcity.
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