Estimation of the effect of photoinhibition on the carbon gain in leaves of a willow canopy |
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Authors: | Erling Ögren Michael Sjöström |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Chemistry, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden;(2) Research Group for Chemometrics, Institute of Chemistry, University of Umeå, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden |
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Abstract: | The occurrence of photoinhibition of photosynthesis in leaves of a willow canopy was examined by measuring the chlorophyll-a fluorescence ratio of F
V/F
M (FM is the maximum fluorescence level of the induction curve, and FV is the variable fluorescence, F
V=F
M–F
0, where F0 is the minimal fluorescence). The majority of the leaves situated on the upper parts of peripheral shoots showed an afternoon inhibition of this ratio on clear days. This was the consequence of both a decrease in F
M and a rise in F
O. In the same leaves the diurnal variation in intercepted photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) was monitored using leaf-mounted sensors. Using the multivariate method, partial least squares in latent variables, it is shown that the dose of PPFD, integrated and linearly weighted over the last 6-h period, best predicts photoinhibition. Photoinhibition occurred even among leaves that did not intercept PPFDs above 1000 mol·m–2·s–1. Exposure of leaves to a standard photoinhibitory treatment demonstrated that the depression in the F
V/F
M ratio was paralleled by an equal depression in the maximal quantum yield of CO2 uptake and a nearly equal depression in the rate of bending (convexity) of the light-response curve of CO2 uptake. As a result, the rate of net photosynthesis is depressed over the whole natural range of PPFD. By simulating the daily course in the rate of net photosynthesis, it is estimated that in the order of one-tenth of the potential carbon gain of peripheral willow shoots is lost on clear days as a result of photoinhibition. This applies to conditions of optimal temperatures. Photoinhibition is even more pronounced at air temperatures below 23° C, as judged from measurements of the FV/FM ratio on clear days: the afternoon inhibition of this ratio increased in a curvilinear manner from 15% to 25% with a temperature decrease from 23° to 14° C.Abbreviations and Symbols FO
minimum fluorescence
- FV
variable fluorescence
- FM
maximum fluorescence
- PLS
partial least squares in latent variables
- PPFD
photosynthetic photon flux density
- VPD
water vapour-pressure deficit
This study was supported by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council. We are indebted to Dr. Jerry Leverenz (Department of Plant Physiology, University of Umeå, Sweden) for guidance with the modelling of the photosynthesis data. |
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Keywords: | Chlorophyll fluorescence Photoinhibition of photosynthesis Photosynthesis (photoinhibition) Salix |
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