Estimation of chlorophyll content and daily primary production of the major algal groups by means of multiwavelength-excitation PAM chlorophyll fluorometry: performance and methodological limits

The performance and methodological limits of the Phyto-PAM chlorophyll fluorometer were investigated with laboratory grown algae cultures and natural phytoplankton from the rivers Saar and Saale. The Phyto-PAM is a 4-wavelength chlorophyll fluorometer with the functional combination of chlorophyll (Chl) estimation and assessment of photosynthetic activity, both differentiated into the main algal groups. The reliability of fluorescence-based Chl estimation strongly depends on the group specific calibration of the instrument and the resulting chlorophyll/fluorescence (Chl/F) ratios in reference algal cultures. A very high reliability of the Chl estimation was obtained in the case of constant Chl/F-ratios. Algae grown at different light intensities showed marked differences in Chl/F-ratios, reflecting differences in pigment composition and Chl a specific absorption (a*). When the Phyto-PAM was calibrated with laboratory grown diatoms, the Chl a in river grown diatoms was underestimated, due a lower content of accessory pigments and stronger pigment packaging. While this aspect presently limits the application of PAM fluorometry in limnology, this limitation may be overcome by future technical progress in the detection of dynamic changes in Chl/F-ratio via fluorescence-based measurements of the functional PS II absorption cross-section. Practically identical Chl/F-ratios were found for the diatom-dominated waters of the rivers␣Saar and Saale, suggesting that the same instrument calibration parameters may be applied for hydrographically similar surface waters. For this particular case, despite of the present methodological limitations, the potential of PAM fluorometry in limnology could be demonstrated. Light response curves were measured to estimate primary production with a spectrally resolved model in daily courses at two sampling sites. Fluorescence based primary production was closely correlated with measured oxygen evolution rates until midday. In the afternoon, at the water surface the fluorescence approach gave higher␣rates than the measured oxygen evolution. Possible explanations for the observed differences are discussed.     

持续低温弱光对黄瓜叶片气体交换、叶绿素荧光猝灭和吸收光能分配的影响

持续常温弱光(25℃/18℃,l00umol m-2 s-1)、低温弱光(12℃/12℃,100 umol m-2 s-1和7℃/7℃,l00μmolm-2s-1)均导致黄瓜生长减慢或停滞、叶绿素含量、气孔导度和净光合速率、光合电子传递速率下降以及胞间CO2浓度上升.常温弱光和12℃弱光处理对光系统II的最大光化学效率Fv/Fm无显著影响,而7℃弱光处理导致Fv/Fm的可逆性下降.常温弱光和7℃、12℃弱光处理均导致了光化学反应速率的降低以及天线热耗散和反应中心过剩能量的增加.在胁迫后,12℃弱光0比7℃弱光更有利于植株光合功能的恢复.     

Further support for the involvement of phytoehrome in stomatal movement

The involvement of phytochrome in stomatal movement in Commelina communis L. is indicated by the following observations: 1) Short irradiation with red or blue light causes opening, of isolated stomata and swelling of guard cell protoplasts. This is reversed by subsequent far red irradiation. 2) In a similar way, stomatal response to prolonged irradiation with red or blue light is decreased by concomitant far red irradiation. 3) Pretreatment with filipin, which interferes with phytochrome binding to membranes, decreases stomatal opening in red and blue light. The stomatal responses to blue and red light are modified by DCMU, N₂, CO_2-enriched atmosphere, and CO_2-free air, which are known to affect, among other processes, chlorophyll fluorescence. Increased chlorophyll fluorescence by DCMU, N₂ and CO₂-enriched atmosphere enhanced stomatal opening in blue light and inhibited it in red light. CO₂-free air, which decreases chlorophyll fluorescence, had the opposite effect.     

GROWTH,PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND MAINTENANCE METABOLIC COST IN THE DIATOM PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM AT VERY LOW LIGHT LEVELS 1

The compensation point for growth of Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin is less than 1 μmol. m^?2s^?1. Growth at low PFDs (<3.5 μmol. m^?2.s^?1) does not appear to reduce the maximum quantum efficiency of photosynthesis (ø_m) or to greatly inhibit the potential for light-saturated, carbon-specific photosynthesis (P_m^c). The value for ø_m in P. tricornutum is 0.10–0.12 mol O₂-mol photon^?1, independent of acclimation PFD between 0.75 and 200 μmol.m^?2.s^?1 in nutrient-sufficient cultures. P_m^c in cells of P. tricornutum acclimated to PFDs <3.5 μmol m^?2?s^?1 is approximately 50% of the highest value obtained in nutrient-sufficient cultures acclimated to growth-rate-saturating PFDs. In addition, growth at low PFDs does not severely restrict the ability of cells to respond to an increase in light level. Cultures acclimated to growth at lees than 1% of the light-saturated growth rate respond rapidly to a shift-up in PFD after a short initial lag period and achieve exponential growth rates of 1.0 d^?1 (65% of the light- and nutrient-saturated maximum growth rate) at both 40 and 200 μmol.m^?2.s^?1     

温室栽培光强和光质对高山红景天生物量和红景天甙含量的影响

为探讨光强及光质对高山红景天(Rhodiola sachalinensis)生物量和红景天甙含量的影响。于2000年4月至6月在东北林业大学温室内以移栽于大兴安岭加格达奇圃地人工种植生长3a的高山红景天为材料,通过纱布遮荫及遮以不同颜色的滤光膜分别进行了光强、光质控制实验(处理45d)。随着光强的降低,高山红景天全株生物量、根生物量、根的红景天甙含量和产量以及叶中叶绿素a、叶绿素b、总叶绿素的含量均有降低的趋势,但叶绿素含量变化很小,不同光强及对照之间的差异均未达到显著水平。相对光强为67．75％和44．71％的两种处理下的全株生物量、根生物量、根的红景天甙含量和产量差异不显著,它们的全株生物量和红景天甙含量与对照(全光照)的差异也不显著,但根生物量和红景天甙产量与对照的差异显著。当相对光强减弱至31．96％,全株生物量、根生物量、根的红景天甙含量和产量均大幅度下降,根冠比显著增加。4种滤光膜处理均使高山红景天的全株生物量及根生物量显著降低,蓝膜和绿膜处理的降低幅度大于红膜和黄膜处理的。红膜处理的红景天甙的含量和产量均高于对照,但黄膜、蓝膜和绿膜处理的红景天甙含量和产量则低于对照。通过计算去除4种滤光膜的光强因素,仅从光质的作用看。4种滤光膜处理仍是减小了全株生物量和根生物量,红膜和绿膜处理提高了红景天甙的含量和产量,而黄膜处理降低了红景天甙的含量和产量,蓝膜处理几乎没有效果。4种滤光膜处理均使叶绿素含量增加,但只有蓝膜处理的与对照差异显著。红膜处理不仅显著提高根中红景天甙的含量(为对照的3．42倍),而且对根生物量的影响较小(为对照的90．24％)。因而提高了高山红景天根的红景天甙产量,这意味着在生产上可能会有一定的实践意义。     

Far-red induced changes of the protochlorophyllide components in wheat leaves

Biosynthesis of chlorophyll is partly controlled by the phytochrome system. In order to study the effects of an activated phytochrome system on the protochlorophyllide (PChlide) biosynthesis without accompanying phototransformation to chlorophyll, wheat seedlings (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Starke II Weibull) were irradiated with long wavelength far-red light of low intensity. Absorption spectra were measured in vivo after different times in the far-red light or in darkness. The relationship between the different PChlide forms, the absorbance ratio _{650nm636 nm} changed with age in darkness, and the change was more pronounced when the leaves were grown in far-red light. Absorption spectra of dark-grown leaves always showed a maximum in the red region at 650 nm. For leaves grown in far-red light the absorption at 636 nm was high, with a maximum at the 5 day stage where it exceeded the absorption at 650 nm. At the same time there was a maximum in the total amount of PChlide accumulated in the leaves, about 30% more than in leaves grown in darkness. But the amount of the directly phototransformable PChlide, mainly PChlide_650–657, was not increased. The amount of PChlide_628–632, or more probably the amount of (PChlide_628–632, + PChlide _636–657) was thus higher in young wheat leaves grown in far-red light than in those grown in darkness. After the 5 day stage the absorption at 636 nm relative to 650 nm decreased with age, and at the 8 day stage the spectra were almost the same in both types of leaves. Low temperature fluorescence spectra of the leaves also showed a change in the ratio between the different PChlide forms. The height of the fluorescence peak at 632 nm relative to the peak at 657 nm was higher in leaves grown in far-red light than in dark-grown leaves. – After exposure of the leaves to a light flash, the half time for the Shibata shift was measured. It increased with age both for leaves grown in darkness and in far-red light; but in older leaves grown in far-red light (7–8 days) the half time was slightly longer than in dark-grown leaves. – The chlorophyll accumulation in white light as well as the leaf unrolling were faster for leaves pre-irradiated with far-red light. The total length of the seedlings was equal or somewhat shorter in far-red light, but the length of the coleoptile was markedly reduced from 8.1 ± 0.1 cm for dark-grown seedlings to 5.2 ± 0.1 cm for seedlings grown in far-red light.     

不同强度的红光和蓝光下菜豆叶片的荧光特性

光质和光强均是影响植物光合作用的重要外部因素,该文以菜豆(Phaseolus vulgaris)为材料,通过叶绿素荧光技术比较研究了菜豆叶片在不同光强的红光和蓝光下叶绿素荧光特性的变化规律。结果表明:随着红光和蓝光光强的增加,菜豆叶片的光适应下的最大光化学效率(Fv'/Fm')呈下降趋势,但与在红光下相比,蓝光下叶片的Fv'/Fm'值较高。随着蓝光光强的增加,菜豆叶片PSⅡ实际光化学效率(Y(Ⅱ))和光化学猝灭系数(q P和q L)先呈上升趋势之后逐渐趋于平稳;而随着红光光强的增加,以上参数呈下降趋势。随着红光和蓝光光强的增加,非光化学猝灭系数(NPQ)、相对电子传递速率(ETR)以及调节性能量耗散的量子产量Y(NPQ)均呈上升趋势,但与在红光下相比,蓝光下叶片NPQ和Y(NPQ)的值较低,而ETR值较高。非调节性能量耗散产量Y(NO)随着红光光强增加而呈上升趋势,而随着蓝光光强增加呈下降趋势。综上可见,随着光强的增加菜豆叶片的光化学效率呈降低趋势,但叶片在蓝光下的光化学吸收和利用效率高于红光。研究结果可为植物对光强和光质的响应提供一定的参考。     

水淹导致皇冠草光合机构发生变化并加剧其出水后光抑制

通过气体交换和叶绿素荧光等方法研究了水淹及胁迫解除后皇冠草不同功能叶的光合特性及光抑制的变化.结果表明:与对照相比,气生叶(全淹组淹水前形成的功能叶)在水淹条件下叶片大小和气孔没有明显变化,但沉水叶(全淹组淹水后新生的功能叶)的叶面积增加,气孔变小,上表皮气孔密度增加.水淹导致气生叶碳同化能力、光化学效率和叶绿素含量下降.沉水叶在发育过程中碳同化能力、光化学效率和叶绿素逐渐升高.气生叶和沉水叶出水后其活体叶片在强光下的相对含水量急剧下降,发生明显的光抑制;而弱光下无明显光抑制发生.出水后离体叶片强光照射下6h后两种功能叶均发生严重光抑制,且弱光下不能恢复.因此,可以认为淹水条件下,沉水叶上表皮气孔密度的增加使其蒸腾速率提高;沉水叶较强的碳同化能力和增加的叶面积是确保其植株水下生存的重要因素;强光使气生叶和沉水叶出水后均发生严重光抑制,导度和蒸腾速率提高导致的叶片失水则加剧了这一过程,两者共同作用导致自然条件下两种功能叶的出水死亡.     

Limnology of two lake systems of Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Part II. Light penetration and Secchi depth

Seven large lakes in the Naknek River drainage and four in the Alagnak River drainage within the Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, were surveyed once a summer during the period 1990–92 to determine baseline limnological conditions. All of the lakes are oligotrophic based on Secchi depth (SD) transparency and light penetration. Overall, SD transparency varied from 4.4 m to 17 m, the vertical light extinction coefficient (K _d) ranged from 0.411 m^-1 to 0.070 m^-1 and the depth of 1% light penetration (I_1%) varied from 11 m to 67 m. However, because of greater light scattering, the percent of photosynthetic radiation (PAR) at SD was nearly twice as much in Battle Lake (30.4%) and Naknek Lake (32.8%), compared with the other nine lakes (mean 16%). Consequently, the ratio of I_1% to SD was about 4 in these two lakes compared to a mean value of 2.6 for the other lakes. However, Battle Lake is a deep blue calcium sulfate lake with little phytoplankton, whereas Naknek Lake contains some inorganic glacial flour and volcanic ash, as well as planktonic algae, but where sampled exhibits minimal turbidity. Biomass of planktonic algae (indexed by total chlorophyll concentration) explained most of the variation in SD (r ²=0.66), K _d (r ²=0.75), and I _1% (r ²=0.85). In contrast, neither color nor turbidity were significant predictors of any optical variable. Considering all 11 lakes, there was a significant linear relationship between SD and both K _d (r ²=0.80) and I _1% (r ²=0.72); however, most of the unaccounted for variation was attributed to Battle Lake and Naknek Lake. Although changes in water transparency are often linked to changes in algal biomass (chlorophyll), simple measures of SD transparency alone may not be appropriate for assessing whole-scale watershed or regional changes toward oligotrophication or eutrophication in lakes of the remote and pristine Katmai National Park and Preserve.     

Quantitative study of state 1-state 2 transitions in broken chloroplasts—comparison to in-vivo properties

A detailed quantitative study was conducted on state 1-state 2 transition and its reversal in broken chloroplasts by modulated fluorimetry. The characteristics of the transition obtained supported other previous in-vitro findings. More importantly, a very close quantitative similarity was obtained under suitable conditions to previous in-vivo studies, particularly in approaching a constancy of F_m/F₀ during the transition and the equality of the fractional change of these fluorescence parameters with the calculated light distribution fraction to PS II. This confirms that in broken chloroplasts too, the state transitions involve reciprocal changes in the absorption cross-sections of PS II and PS I.Abbreviations AMP-PNP adenylylimidodiphosphate - LHC II light harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complex - MeV methylviologen     

Photosynthetic traits of Sphagnum and feather moss species in undrained,drained and rewetted boreal spruce swamp forests

In restored peatlands, recovery of carbon assimilation by peat‐forming plants is a prerequisite for the recovery of ecosystem functioning. Restoration by rewetting may affect moss photosynthesis and respiration directly and/or through species successional turnover. To quantify the importance of the direct effects and the effects mediated by species change in boreal spruce swamp forests, we used a dual approach: (i) we measured successional changes in moss communities at 36 sites (nine undrained, nine drained, 18 rewetted) and (ii) photosynthetic properties of the dominant Sphagnum and feather mosses at nine of these sites (three undrained, three drained, three rewetted). Drainage and rewetting affected moss carbon assimilation mainly through species successional turnover. The species differed along a light‐adaptation gradient, which separated shade‐adapted feather mosses from Sphagnum mosses and Sphagnum girgensohnii from other Sphagna, and a productivity and moisture gradient, which separated Sphagnum riparium and Sphagnum girgensohnii from the less productive S. angustifolium, S. magellanicum and S. russowii. Undrained and drained sites harbored conservative, low‐production species: hummock‐Sphagna and feather mosses, respectively. Ditch creation and rewetting produced niches for species with opportunistic strategies and high carbon assimilation. The direct effects also caused higher photosynthetic productivity in ditches and in rewetted sites than in undrained and drained main sites.     

状态转换在光强响应中的作用

在低于和高于400 μmol·m·s-1的光照下,苹果(Malus pumila Mill.cv.Tengmu No.1/Malus hupehensisRehd.)叶片稳态荧光(Fs)随光强增加而分别呈现升高和降低的变化趋势,但是光适应下的最大荧光(Fm′)和最小荧光(Fo′)在整个光照范围内一直表现为下降,而且更多的光系统Ⅱ(PS Ⅱ)反应中心(RC)处于关闭状态((Fs-Fo′)/(Fm′-Fo′)).这表明在高于400 μmol·m-2·s-1的光照下,Fs降低并不是PSⅡ反应中心关闭的结果,而主要是光能从PSⅡ聚光天线(LHCⅡ)向PSⅡ RC的传递减少所导致的.在引入状态转换抑制剂NEM的情况下,Fs在400 μmol·m-2·s-1至苹果叶片饱和光强700 μmol·m-2·s-1的范围内继续上升.另外,在叶黄素循环抑制剂DTT预处理下,Fs可在高于700 μmol·m-2·s-1的光照下继续升高.这些变化说明在饱和光强以下和以上的光照下,苹果叶片Fs变化分别受状态转换和叶黄素循环的影响.在NEM预处理下,PSⅡ表观光化学反应速率(P-rate)和光化学猝灭(qP)在600800 μmol·m-2·s-1光照下显著降低,与此同时,非光化学猝灭(qN)在600-800 μmol·m-2·s-1光照下轻微上升,而在800 μmol·m-2·s-1以上光照下略微下降.这些现象说明状态转换对于苹果叶片在低于饱和光强的光照下主要起光化学作用,在高于饱和光强光照下主要起非光化学作用.     

遮荫对东北地区四种可食用蕨类植物生长和光合特征的影响

以东北4种蕨类植物——荚果蕨(Matteuccia struthiopteris(L.)Todaro)、猴腿蹄盖蕨(Athyrium multidentatum(Dol1.)Ching)、分株紫萁(Osmunda cinnamomea(L.)var.asiatica Fernald)和蕨(Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var.latiusculum (Desy.) Underw.ex Heller)为研究材料,分析在35%、13%和8%全光照处理下4种蕨类植物的生长和光合特征.结果发现:随着遮荫程度的增加,4种蕨类植物的株高减小,比叶面积增加,叶片含水量增加.4种蕨类植物的净光合速率、气孔导度、蒸腾速率随着遮荫程度的增加而降低,胞间CO2浓度呈上升趋势.在3种遮荫处理下4种蕨类植物的PSⅡ最大光化学效率在0.7~0.8;非光化学猝灭系数随着遮荫程度的增加而降低.4种蕨类植物的叶绿素含量,尤其是叶绿素b含量随着遮荫程度的增加而上升,但在8%全光照下蕨的叶绿素含量呈下降趋势.相比其他蕨类植物而言,蕨具有较高的比叶面积、净光合速率和量子产率,相对较低的非光化学猝灭系数和叶绿素a./b.结果表明,4种蕨类植物最适合在35%全光照下生长,虽然对较低光照条件具有一定的适应性,但生长受到一定的抑制;4种蕨类植物中,蕨具有较强的耐荫性.本研究为东北地区4种可食用蕨类植物的栽培管理及利用提供科学依据.     

状态转换在光强响应中的作用

在低于和高于400 μmol.m-2.s-1的光照下,苹果(Malus pumila Mill. cv. Tengmu No.1/Malus hupehensisRehd.)叶片稳态荧光(Fs)随光强增加而分别呈现升高和降低的变化趋势,但是光适应下的最大荧光(Fm′)和最小荧光(Fo′)在整个光照范围内一直表现为下降,而且更多的光系统Ⅱ(PSⅡ)反应中心(RC)处于关闭状态((Fs-Fo′)/(Fm′-Fo′))。这表明在高于400 μmol.m-2.s-1的光照下,Fs降低并不是PSⅡ反应中心关闭的结果,而主要是光能从PSⅡ聚光天线(LHCⅡ)向PSⅡ RC的传递减少所导致的。在引入状态转换抑制剂NEM的情况下,Fs在400 μmol.m-2.s-1至苹果叶片饱和光强700 μmol.m-2.s-1的范围内继续上升。另外,在叶黄素循环抑制剂DTT预处理下,Fs可在高于700 μmol.m-2.s-1的光照下继续升高。这些变化说明在饱和光强以下和以上的光照下,苹果叶片Fs变化分别受状态转换和叶黄素循环的影响。在NEM预处理下,PSⅡ表观光化学反应速率(P-rate)和光化学猝灭(qP)在600-800 μmol.m-2.s-1光照下显著降低,与此同时,非光化学猝灭(qN)在600-800 μmol.m-2.s-1光照下轻微上升,而在800 μmol.m-2.s-1以上光照下略微下降。这些现象说明状态转换对于苹果叶片在低于饱和光强的光照下主要起光化学作用,在高于饱和光强光照下主要起非光化学     

Photoregulation of the Greening Process of Wheat Seedlings Grown in Red Light*

Wheat seedling grown with their shoot bottom exposed to red light (400 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹) either with constant illumination or light-dark cycles did not accumulate chlorophyll. This near-etiolation response was manifested by a critical threshold intensity of red light and did not need continuous illumination. The inhibition of the greening process resulted from reduced synthesis of glutamate-1-semialdehyde and consequent reduction in tetrapyrrole precursor 5-aminolevulinic acid. Red light perceived by the shoot bottom down regulated the protein and/or gene expression of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of tetrapyrroles. The contents of endogenous cytokinins, i.e., isopentenyl-adenosine and dihydrozeatinriboside, were reduced in seedlings grown in red light having their shoot bottom exposed. Application of exogenous cytokinin and its analogue to roots of seedlings grown in red light reversed the down regulation of the greening process. The reversal of red-light-induced near-etiolation morphogenesis by far-red (200 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹) or blue (25 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹) light suggests that it could be a very high red-irradiance response of phytochrome, in the meristematic layers of the shoot bottom, that works in concert with blue light receptor(s). This work was supported by a competitive grant from the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (DST/SP/SO/A-49/95) to BCT. Suchi Sood Varsha Gupta: Equal contributors     

不同光强对加拿大一枝黄花生长和叶绿素荧光的影响

以外来入侵种加拿大一枝黄花(Solidago canadensis)为研究对象,在4种光照强度处理下,对其光合色素含量、叶绿素荧光特性、比叶重、植株的生长特征和生物量分配等指标进行了测定分析.结果表明:(1)随着光照强度的减弱,加拿大一枝黄花叶片的Chla、Chlb和Chl(a b)均上升,Chla/Chlb下降,4种光强处理下叶片的初始荧光(Fo)、光系统Ⅱ实际光化学效率(ФPSⅡ)、光系统Ⅱ最大光能转化效率(Fv/Fm)日变化曲线相似,高光强下的Fo、ФPSⅡ和Fv/Fm均小于中、低和弱光强下的,这说明加拿大一枝黄花能适应较大的光强幅度,同时对低、弱光强有一定的抗逆性.(2)生长在高(RI为100%)、中(RI为60%)光强下的加拿大一枝黄花植株正常生长,生长于低(RI为20%)弱(RI为5%)光强下的植株生长不良,表现为植株矮小,茎秆细弱.中度的遮荫对它的生长没有明显影响,但在严重遮阴下生长受抑.(3)生长在高、中光强下的总生物量、地下部分生物量明显增多,低、弱光强处理下的叶生物量比显著增加.结果表明,加拿大一枝黄花在高、中光强下对生长最有利,能够适应较大幅度的光照变化,但在严重遮阴下生长明显受抑,说明该入侵植物不易入侵到密林等光照强度比较弱的生境.     

Fluorescence in blue light (FLU) is involved in inactivation and localization of glutamyl‐tRNA reductase during light exposure

Fluorescent in blue light (FLU) is a negative regulator involved in dark repression of 5‐aminolevulinic acid (ALA) synthesis and interacts with glutamyl‐tRNA reductase (GluTR), the rate‐limiting enzyme of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis. In this study, we investigated FLU‘s regulatory function in light‐exposed FLU‐overexpressing (FLUOE) Arabidopsis lines and under fluctuating light intensities in wild‐type (WT) and flu seedlings. FLUOE lines suppress ALA synthesis in the light, resulting in reduced chlorophyll content, but more strongly in low and high light than in medium growth light. This situation indicates that FLU's impact on chlorophyll biosynthesis depends on light intensity. FLU overexpressors contain strongly increased amounts of mainly membrane‐associated GluTR. These findings correlate with FLU‐dependent localization of GluTR to plastidic membranes and concomitant inhibition, such that only the soluble GluTR fraction is active. The overaccumulation of membrane‐associated GluTR indicates that FLU binding enhances GluTR stability. Interestingly, under fluctuating light, the leaves of flu mutants contain less chlorophyll compared with WT and become necrotic. We propose that FLU is basically required for fine‐tuned ALA synthesis. FLU not only mediates dark repression of ALA synthesis, but functions also to control balanced ALA synthesis under variable light intensities to ensure the adequate supply of chlorophyll.     

Chloroplast signalling in the light induction of nuclear HSP70 genes requires the accumulation of chlorophyll precursors and their accessibility to cytoplasm/nucleus

Chlorophyll precursors Mg-protoporphyrin IX and its monomethylester are candidates for plastid-derived molecules involved in light signalling from the chloroplast to the nucleus. The pool sizes of these two Mg2+-containing porphyrins and of protoporphyrin IX transiently increased upon a shift of Chlamydomonas cultures from dark to light. This increase coincided with the accumulation of mRNAs encoded by the nuclear genes HSP70A and HSP70B. Analysis of a mutant (brs-1), previously shown to be defective in the light induction of these genes, revealed high levels of protoporphyrin IX but no light-induced increase in the levels of Mg2+-containing porphyrins. Inhibitors of cytoplasmic protein synthesis prevented both the light-induced rise in pool levels and induction of the HSP70 genes. Similarly, pre-gametes, intermediates of sexual differentiation, lacked both responses to light. The block in light induction of the HSP70 genes in inhibitor-treated cells and in pre-gametes could be circumvented by the exogenous addition of Mg-protoporphyrin IX in the dark. This suggests an essential role for light-induced Mg-protoporphyrin IX accumulation in this chloroplast-to-nucleus signalling pathway. However, accumulation of this porphyrin in the dark - presumably in the chloroplast - did not result in induction. A second crucial role for light in this signalling pathway is postulated which makes this plastidic compound accessible to the cytoplasm/nucleus where the downstream signalling pathway may be activated.     

两个不同葡萄种对高湿弱光气候的表现

在高湿弱光条件下 ,对欧亚种葡萄无核白鸡心、京玉、汤姆逊无核、火红无核、深红无核、红地球、里查马特和美人指与欧美杂交种葡萄巨峰、藤稔、醉金香和金星无核进行了研究。与欧美杂交种比较 ,欧亚种葡萄普遍表现徒长 ,花芽形成困难 ,产量低下。高湿弱光使大部分欧亚种葡萄 PS 光化学效率 Fv/ Fm、光化学猝灭系数 q P、最大荧光 Fm和 PS 非环式电子流的量子效率 PS 下降 ,而初始荧光 Fo与非光化学猝灭系数 q N上升 ,净光合作用与初始荧光 Fo、最大荧光 Fm、PS 光化学效率 Fv/Fm、PS 非环式电子流的量子效率 PS 、光化学猝灭系数 q P和荧光非化学猝灭系数 q N之间存在着显著或极显著的相关性(r=- 0 .782 1* ,r=0 .9384 * * ,r=0 .8176 * ,r=0 .90 11* * ,r=0 .880 1* * ,r=- 0 .86 2 5 * * ) ,表明光合结构受到一定的破坏。大部分欧亚种葡萄叶片叶绿素 a与叶绿素 b显著或极显著低于欧美杂交种葡萄 ,表明吸收光的能力较差 ;部分欧亚种葡萄叶片叶绿素 a/ b与欧美杂交种无明显差异 ,表明利用散射光的能力较强 ;叶绿素 a/ b与乙醇酸氧化酶活性存在着显著的负相关 (r=- 0 .780 0 * ) ,叶绿素 a/ b高的品种光呼吸也高。大部分欧亚种葡萄乙醇酸氧化酶活性低于欧美杂交种 ,乙醇酸氧化酶活性与产量和净光合速     

濒危植物银杉幼树对生长光强的季节性光合响应

银杉(Cathayaargyrophylla)是我国松科中特有的单种属植物,被认为处于濒危状态。在对银杉群落多年调查研究的基础上,针对银杉幼树生长过程对光强的需求特性,我们开展了银杉幼树对光的适应性研究。试验在人工培育的银杉苗圃地,采用遮荫的方法设置不同的光环境处理(100%、45%和3%自然光强),利用气体交换技术和叶绿素荧光技术测定了3种光强下银杉叶片光合生理指标的变化,探讨了不同光环境下银杉幼树光合能力在夏季和冬季的变化及其对生长光强的响应等。结果表明:在夏季银杉生长旺盛时期,遮荫导致叶片最大光合速率(Pnmax)、羧化效率(CE)下降,但不同叶龄叶片的下降幅度不同。随生长光强的下降,银杉幼树的光补偿点(LCP)和光饱和点(LSP)有所降低,但全晴天时,低光强(3%自然光强)条件下实际的光辐射量高于当年生叶片光补偿点的累积时间约6h,而且与光饱和的区域相差极大,造成全天碳同化量低,同化物累积少,严重影响了银杉幼树的正常生长。在不同处理中全光强条件下银杉幼树长势最好,45%光强条件下幼树生长减慢。冬季银杉最大光合速率(Pnmax)、羧化效率(CE)值均低于夏季,光补偿点(LCP)和光饱和点(LSP)也较夏季降低。全光照条件下无论是当年生叶片和一年生叶片,在冬季均出现了轻微光抑制现象,适度遮荫有利于银杉抵御冬季光抑制。无论在遮荫或不遮荫条件下,冬季银杉叶片将所吸收的相对过剩光能通过非辐射途径耗散出去,表现出一种光保护策略。