Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Jingdong 8) was exposed to short-term high ozone treatment after anthesis and then was either well irrigated with soil water content (SWC) of 80-85 % (O3+W) or drought treated (SWC 35-40 %, O3+D). Short-term ozone exposure significantly decreased irradiance-saturated net photosynthetic rate (PN) of winter wheat. Under good SWC, PN of the O3-treated plant was similar to that of control on 2 d after O3-exposure (6 DAA), but decreased significantly after 13 DAA, indicating that O3 exposure accelerated leaf senescence. Meanwhile, green flag leaf area was reduced faster than that of control. As a result, grain yield of O3+W was significantly decreased. PN of O3+D was further notably decreased and green flag leaf area was reduced more than that in O3+W. Consequently, substantial yield loss of O3+D was observed compared to that of O3+W. Although PN was significantly positively correlated with stomatal conductance, it also had notable positive correlation with the maximum photochemical efficiency in the dark adapted leaves (Fv/Fm), electron transport rate (ETR), photochemical quenching (qP), as well as content of chlorophyll, suggesting that the depression of PN was mainly caused by non-stomatal limitation. Hence optimal soil water condition should be considered in order to reduce the yield loss caused by O3 pollution. and H. Xu ... [et al.].
To evaluate utility of different salt-tolerant lines, three soybean lines with different resistance to salt were planted in the field under control and salt-stress conditions for two years. The results showed that net photosynthetic rate (PN) was significantly different among lines at the anthesis stage and decreased on average by 13.6-34.1% under conditions of salt stress. The stomatal conductance was a primary limiting factor for the reduction of PN under salt stress. Meanwhile, the grain yield (GY) decreased on average by 14.0-35.3% among lines under salt stress. The salt-tolerant lines S111-9 and S113-6 showed higher PN and GY under salt stress in comparison with the salt-sensitive cultivar Melrose. Regression analysis indicated that there was extremely significantly positive correlation between GY and PN under field conditions. Therefore, PN might be used as a physiological index for field resistance of soybean to salt stress., Y. He, Y. Chen, C. L. Yu, K. X. Lu, Q. S. Jiang, J. L. Fu, G. M. Wang, D. A. Jiang., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Photosynthetic properties of Cuscuta species, such as chloroplast ultrastructure, contents of chlorophylls, carotenoids, and plastid proteins, photosystem and CO2 fixation activities, and photosynthetic genes composition are reviewed. and N. K. Choudhury, D. Sahu.
After 45 d of limited water supply, cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) exhibited pronounced reduction in shoot growth, high leaf fall, and decreased stomatal conductance. However, the water status of the remaining leaves was unaffected. This was combined with an amplified heliotropic response and drooping which minimises radiant energy interception at mid-day, suggesting that leaves are sensitive to high irradiance (I). In well-irrigated plants, CO2-saturated oxygen evolution and net photosynthetic rate (PN) in air were markedly higher (5-fold) in young (expanding) leaves than in mature leaves. Water limitation did not strongly modify CO2-saturated oxygen evolution but it altered PN in air for both types of leaves, although differently. The mature leaves of drought-adapted plants displayed residual rate of P N and deteriorated photosystem 2 (PS2) photochemistry estimated from chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence measurements. In young leaves at moderate I, PN was depressed by only 66 % in stressed plants. Moreover, the photochemical quenching of Chl a fluorescence and the quantum efficiency of PS2 photochemistry in young leaves were comparable in both control and stressed plants. In contrast at high I, PN was almost null and marked decreases in the two fluorescence parameters were apparent. Hence the strong heliotropic response and drooping displayed by young leaves under water limitation is an important strategy for avoiding inactivation of PN by high I and therefore for cassava tolerance to drought. and P.-A. Calatayud ... [et al.].
In tobacco leaves inoculated with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), changes in chlorophyll (Chl) and carotenoid contents, parameters of slow Chl fluorescence kinetics, i.e. the maximum quantum yield of photosystem (PS2) photochemistry Fv/Fm, the effective quantum yield of photochemical energy conversion in PS2 Φ2, ratio of quantum yields of photochemical and concurrent non-photochemical processes in PS2 Fv/F0, non-photochemical quenching (NPQ), and photochemical activities of isolated chloroplasts from systemically infected tobacco leaves were investigated. We compared two successive stages of infection, the first in the stage of vein clearing at 9th day post inoculation (dpi) and the second at 22nd dpi when two different regions, i.e. light- (LGI) or dark-green (DGI) islands in the infected leaf were apparent and symptoms were fully developed. These two different regions were measured separately. The Chl and carotenoid contents in infected leaves decreased with a progression of infection and were lowest in LGI in the second stage. Also the ratio of Chl a/b declined in similar manner. The maximum quantum yield of PS2 photochemistry Fv/Fm, was decreased in the following order: first stage, DGI, and LGI. The same is true for the ratio Fv/F0. The decrease of Φ2 in infected leaves declined as compared to their controls. On the contrary, NPQ increased in infected leaves, the highest value was found in the first infection stage. Photochemical activities of the whole electron transport chain in isolated chloroplasts dramatically declined with the progression of symptoms, the lowest value was in LGI. Similarly, but to a lesser extent, the activity of PS2 in isolated chloroplasts decreased in infected leaves. Generally, the most marked impairment of the photosynthetic apparatus was manifested in the LGI of infected leaves. and N. Wilhelmová ... [et al.].
We studied the responses of leaf gas exchange and growth to an increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration in four tropical deciduous species differing in carbon fixation metabolism: Alternanthera crucis, C3-C4; Ipomoea carnea, C3; Jatropha gossypifolia, C3; and Talinum triangulare, inducible-CAM. In the first stage, plants were grown in one open-top chamber at a CO2 concentration of 560±40 μmol mol-1 (EC), one ambient CO2 concentration chamber (AC), and one unenclosed plot (U). In the second stage, plants were grown in five EC chambers (CO2 concentration = 680±30 μmol mol-1), five AC chambers, and five unenclosed plots. During the first weeks under EC in the first stage, plants of all the species had a very marked increase in their maximal net photosynthetic rates (Pmax) of 3.5 times on average; this stimulatory effect was maintained for 11-15 weeks, rates dampening afterward to values still higher than controls for 37 weeks. After a suspension of CO2 enrichment for 6 weeks, an increase in Pmax of EC plants over the controls was found in plants of all the species until week 82 of the experiment. Stomatal conductance (g) showed no response to EC. Carboxylation efficiency decreased in all the species under EC and this was correlated with a decrease in ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBPCO) content in all the species except for T. triangulare. During drought Pmax was higher in all species except for 7 triangulare, grown under EC relative to controls.
Ecosystem photosynthetic rates at EC were higher than in the controls during the second stage under irrigation as well as after 30 d of drought. and M. D. Fernández ... [et al.].
In the dimorphic stag’s hom fem, Platycerium coronarium (Koenig ex Mueller) Desv., photosynthetic characters and chlorophyll (Chl) contents were deteiinined in both nést and pendulous fronds at different stages of ontogeny and at different positions along the longest length of each frond. Area-specific radiant energy- saturated net photosynthetic (P^) and dark respiration rates, dry mass-specific Chl content and quantum yield increased during frond development and decreased when senescence set in. Radiant energy-saturated and dry-mass specific Chl content were greatest in the youngest tissues of each frond. In addition to the functions ascribed to the nést (water and nutrient collection) and pendulous (reproduction) fronds, the results indicate the important roles of both frond types in providing Chemical energy to the growth and survival of the plant.
Comparison of 18 trees from three different stands of damage classes 0 ( healthy) to 3 (severely damaged) showed that die fimction of tfae photosynthetic apparatus measured either as the cUorophyll fluorescence or as the whole chain electron transport capacity remained staÚe. Only in springtime we could detect a decrease of photosynthetic activities in the most damaged trees. Nevertheless, flie synthesis of the D-1 reaction centre polypeptide increased with the degree of damage when measured as incorporation of i^C-leucine. Comparison with the content of Úie D-1 protein determined by immunoblotting showed that also the degradation of this protein was stimulated. This led to a strongly variable content of tfae D-1 protein in tfae damaged spruce trees. The content of tfae D-1 protein in faealthy trees was more or less constant. During springtime the degradation seemed to outbalance tfae syntfaesis in the damaged trees and the content of tfae D-1 protein was decreasing togetfaer with the photosynthetic activities. Hence the repair of the photosynthetic apparatus is enhanced in the damaged trees to keep the photosynthetic activities constant.
In field grown cashew trees {Anacardium occidentale L.) net photosynthetic rate (Pn) was maximum in leaves grown in all four directions (East - E, West - W, South - S and North - N) between 11 to 12 h. Between 15 to 16 h, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and were higher in W than in other directions, however stomatal conductance (g^) and transpiration rate (E) were similar in all the four directions. Maximum was found in the leaves of middle portion of the tree. Irradiance was more important for than gs, intercellular CO2 (Q), and E which did not exeit significant differences at different directions and timings.