干旱胁迫和CO2浓度升高条件下白羊草的光合特征

采用盆栽控制试验,研究了黄土丘陵区乡土种白羊草在不同水分水平(80%FC和40%FC)和CO₂浓度(375和750 μmol·m^-2·s^-1) 处理下的光合生理变化特征.结果表明： 干旱胁迫使白羊草的最大净光合速率(P_nmax)、表观量子效率(AQE)、气孔导度(g_s)、蒸腾速率(T_r)、最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)、潜在光化学效率(F_v/F_o)和光合色素含量降低,丙二醛(MDA)和脯氨酸(Pro)含量升高.水分充足条件下,与正常大气CO₂浓度相比,大气CO₂浓度倍增下白羊草的P_{n max}、MDA和Pro含量无显著差异.干旱胁迫下,CO₂浓度升高提高了白羊草的最大荧光(F_m)、F_v/F_m、F_v/F_o、叶绿素含量和AQE, P_nmax比正常CO₂浓度下高23.3%,差异达到显著水平,而MDA和Pro含量均显著降低.CO₂浓度升高对干旱胁迫引起的白羊草光合能力下降有一定的补偿作用,减轻了干旱胁迫对白羊草的伤害.     

The immune response of Taiwan abalone Haliotis diversicolor supertexta and its susceptibility to Vibrio parahaemolyticus at different salinity levels

Addition of NaCl at 2.5% to 3.5% to tryptic soy broth (TSB) significantly increased the growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Taiwan abalone Haliotis diversicolor supertexta held in 30 per thousand seawater were injected with V. parahaemolyticus grown in TSB containing NaCl at 0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5% at a dose of 1.6 x 10(5)colony-forming units (cfu) abalone(-1). After 48 h, the cumulative mortality was significantly higher for the abalone challenged with V. parahaemolyticus grown in 2.5% than those grown in 0.5 and 1.5% NaCl. In other experiments, abalones held in 30 per thousand seawater were injected with TSB-grown V. parahaemolyticus (1.6 x 10(5)cfu abalone(-1)), and then transferred to 20, 25, 30 and 35 per thousand seawater. All abalones held in 20 per thousand were killed in 48 h. The mortality of V. parahaemolyticus-injected abalone held in 30 per thousand was significantly lower over 24-120 h. Abalone held in 30 per thousand seawater and then transferred to 20, 25, 30 and 35 per thousand were examined for THC (total haemocyte count), phenoloxidase activity, respiratory burst, phagocytic activity and clearance efficiency of V. parahemolyticus after 24 and 72 h. The THC increased directly related with salinity levels. Phenoloxidase activity, respiratory burst, phagocytic activity and clearance efficiency of V. parahaemolyticus decreased significantly for the abalone in 20, 25 and 35 per thousand. It is concluded that the abalone transferred from 30 per thousand to 20, 25 and 35 per thousand had reduced immune ability and decreased resistance against V. parahaemolyticus infection.     

Effect of salinity on the immune response of tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon and its susceptibility to Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae

Addition of NaCl at 2.5% to tryptic soy broth (TSB) significantly increased the growth of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae. Tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon held in 25 per thousand seawater were injected with P. damsela subsp. damselae grown in TSB containing NaCl at 0.5%, 1.5%, 2.5% and 3.5% at a dose of 8.48 x 10(4)colony-forming units (cfu)shrimp(-1). Over 24-96 h, the cumulative mortality was significantly higher for the shrimp challenged with P. damselae subsp. damselae grown in 2.5% NaCl than those grown in 0.5%, 1.5% and 3.5% NaCl. In another experiment, P. monodon held in 25 per thousand were injected with TSB-grown P. damselae subsp. damselae (8.48 x 10(4)cfushrimp(-1)), and then transferred to 5 per thousand, 15 per thousand, 25 per thousand (control) and 35 per thousand. After 96 h, the mortality was highest for the P. damselae subsp. damselae-injected shrimp held in 5 per thousand, and the lowest for the P. damselae subsp. damselae-injected shrimp held in 25 per thousand. In a separate experiment, P. monodon held in 25 per thousand and then transferred to 5 per thousand, 15 per thousand, 25 per thousand (control) and 35 per thousand were examined for immune parameters, and phagocytic activity and clearance efficiency of P. damselae subsp. damselae after 12-96 h. The THC, hyaline cell, phenoloxidase activity, respiratory burst, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, phagocytic activity and clearance efficiency decreased significantly for the shrimp held in 5 per thousand, 15 per thousand and 35 per thousand after 12h. It is concluded that tiger shrimp P. monodon transferred from 25 per thousand to low salinity levels (5 per thousand and 15 per thousand) and high salinity (35 per thousand) had reduced immune ability and decreased resistance against P. damselae subsp. damselae infection.     

Photosynthetic responses of the tropical spiny shrub Lycium nodosum (Solanaceae) to drought, soil salinity and saline spray

Water relations and photosynthetic characteristics of plants of Lycium nodosum grown under increasing water deficit (WD), saline spray (SS) or saline irrigation (SI) were studied. Plants of this perennial, deciduous shrub growing in the coastal thorn scrubs of Venezuela show succulent leaves which persist for approx. 1 month after the beginning of the dry season; leaf succulence is higher in populations closer to the sea. These observations suggested that L. nodosum is tolerant both to WD and salinity. In the glasshouse, WD caused a marked decrease in the xylem water potential (psi), leaf osmotic potential (psi(s)) and relative water content (RWC) after 21 d; additionally, photosynthetic rate (A), carboxylation efficiency (CE) and stomatal conductance (gs) decreased by more than 90 %. In contrast, in plants treated for 21 d with a foliar spray with 35 per thousand NaCl or irrigation with a 10 % NaCl solution, psi and RWC remained nearly constant, while psi(s) decreased by 30 %, and A, CE and gs decreased by more than 80 %. An osmotic adjustment of 0.60 (SS) and 0.94 MPa (SI) was measured. Relative stomatal and mesophyll limitations to A increased with both WD and SS, but were not determined for SI-treated plants. No evidence of chronic photoinhibition due to any treatment was observed, since maximum quantum yield of PSII, Fv/Fm, did not change with either drought in the field or water or salinity stress in the glasshouse. Nevertheless, WD and SI treatments caused a decrease in the photochemical (qP) and an increase in the non-photochemical (qN) quenching coefficients relative to controls; qN was unaffected by the SS treatment. The occurrence of co-limitation of A by stomatal and non-stomatal factors in plants of L. nodosum may be associated with the extended leaf duration under water or saline stress. Additionally, osmotic adjustment may partly explain the relative maintenance of A and gs in the SS and SI treatments and the tolerance to salinity of plants of this species in coastal habitats.     

NaCl胁迫下黄连木叶片光合特性及快速叶绿素荧光诱导动力学曲线的变化

以1年生黄连木为试材,设置NaCl浓度分别为0(CK)、0.15%、0.3%、0.45%、0.6%5个处理,利用快速叶绿素荧光诱导动力学曲线分析技术(JIP-test),研究了NaCl胁迫对黄连木叶片光合特性和快速叶绿素荧光诱导动力学参数的影响.结果表明: 随着NaCl浓度的升高, 黄连木叶片中的叶绿素a、叶绿素b和总叶绿素含量逐渐降低,叶绿素a/b比值先升高后下降,类胡萝卜素含量逐渐增加; 叶片的净光合速率(P_n)、气孔导度(g_s)逐渐降低,其中NaCl浓度＜0.3%时,叶片P_n下降主要受气孔限制;当NaCl浓度＞0.3%时, P_n下降主要由非气孔因素限制;单位面积捕获的光能(TR_o/CS_o)、电子传递的量子产额(ET_o/CS_o)、单位面积的反应中心数量(RC/CS_o)、量子产额或能量分配比率(ψ_o和φ_Eo)逐渐降低,而单位面积吸收的光能(ABS/CS_o)、荧光诱导曲线中K点(W_k)和J点(V_j)明显增加,说明盐胁迫对黄连木叶片放氧复合体(OEC)、受体侧和PSⅡ反应中心造成了伤害.当NaCl浓度为0.3%时,PSⅡ最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)和光化学性能指数(PI_ABS)分别比对照下降 17.7%和36.6%.     

Drought tolerance in three hybrid poplar clones submitted to different watering regimes

Aims Poplars grown in North China may experience water-deficient periods in their life cycle. The aim of the present paper was to quantify the response of three clones to different watering regimes and to determine which clone among the three is the best adapted to drought conditions.Methods Three hybrid poplar clones (clone DN-34, R-247 and OP-367) were used in the present experiment. The seedlings of the three clones were grown under four watering regimes: control (well watered, 100% field water capacity (FC)) and three drought treatments (drought stress I, 50% FC; drought stress II, 40% FC; drought stress III, 30% FC). Changes in morphological, physical and biochemical indicators of the three hybrid poplar clones were investigated.Important findings Drought treatment (50%, 40% and 30% FC) decreased net photosynthetic rate (Pn), transpiration rate (Tr), stomatal conductance (gs), shoot height, total biomass and chlorophyll (Chl) content in all the three clones and it increased activities of antioxidant enzymes and free proline content. The highest values of the above-mentioned morphological and physiological parameters were recorded in clone OP-367 under 30% FC, followed by clone DN-34 and R-247. Relative leaf water content (RWC) and stem diameter (sd) markedly declined in clone R-247 and DN-34 under drought stress I, II and III, whereas RWC and sd declined in clone OP-367 only under drought stress II and III. Clone OP-367 had more RWC and sd than DN-34 and R-247. Only the 30% FC induced an increase in the root-to-shoot ratio (rs) and water use efficiency (WUE) in all the three clones. OP-367 was the most efficient clone in water absorption and use, for plants of the clone had the highest values of rs and WUE. Our data demonstrate that among the three clones, OP-367 was better able to maintain photosynthesis and growth and lower the damage caused by drought.     

设施调温模式下叶施低浓度NaCl对黄瓜幼苗生长和生理指标的影响

为了明确设施调温模式下叶施低浓度NaCl对黄瓜幼苗生长和物质积累的影响,本试验在日光温室内加设地膜小棚进行调温,形成中低温(L)区和中高温(H)区,采用0(L0和H0)、5(L5和H5)、10(L10和H10)、15 mmol-L-l(L15和H15)的NaCl 对2子叶1 心期的黄瓜幼苗进行连续21 d的叶面喷洒处理...     

The influence of supra-optimal root-zone temperatures on growth and stomatal conductance in Capsicum annuum L

Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) plants were grown aeroponically in a Singapore greenhouse under natural diurnally fluctuating ambient shoot temperatures, but at two different root-zone temperatures (RZTs): a constant 20 +/- 2 degrees C RZT and a diurnally fluctuating ambient (A) (25-40 degrees C) RZT. Plants grown at 20-RZT had more leaves, greater leaf area and dry weight than A-RZT plants. Reciprocal transfer experiments were conducted between RZTs to investigate the effect on plant growth, stomatal conductance (gs) and water relations. Transfer of plants from A-RZT to 20-RZT increased plant dry weight, leaf area, number of leaves, shoot water potential (psi shoot), and gs; while transfer of plants from 20-RZT to A-RZT decreased these parameters. Root hydraulic conductivity was measured in the latter transfer and decreased by 80% after 23 d at A-RZT. Transfer of plants from 20-RZT to A-RZT had no effect on xylem ABA concentration or xylem nitrate concentration, but reduced xylem sap pH by 0.2 units. At both RZTs, gs measured in the youngest fully expanded leaves increased with plant development. In plants with the same number of leaves, A-RZT plants had a higher gs than 20-RZT plants, but only under high atmospheric vapour pressure deficit. The roles of chemical signals and hydraulic factors in controlling gs of aeroponically grown Capsicum plants at different RZTs are discussed.     

大气CO2浓度升高对香蕉光合作用及光合碳循环过程中叶氮分配的影响

生长在高CC2浓度(700±56μl     

三种相思植物对短期大气污染的响应

3种2－3年生相思盆栽于代表不同污染程度的交通繁忙区、工业生产区和相对清洁区,4个月后进行植物叶片气体交换和叶绿素荧光特征参数的测定。结果表明,生长在污染区的相思植物的净光合速率（Pn）、气孔导度（gs）和光系统Ⅱ原初光化学效率（Fv／Fm）均出现不同程度的下降,下降幅度因植物种类和污染类型的不同而有差异,不同实验点上大腺相思叶片蒸腾速率（E）和水分利用效率（WUE）则维持相对稳定,多花和流苏相思的WUE均以污染环境下较低,根据Pn、gs和Fv/Fm的变化以及实验点上其它植物对应测定值比,推测3种相思植物对大气污染都表现出中等强度的抗性,且多花相思和流苏相思相对好于大腺相思。     

盐胁迫对枸杞光合作用的气孔与非气孔限制

NaCl胁迫后,枸杞叶片的Pn,gs,Tr随盐浓度的增加呈现下降趋势。在0．08％－0．6％的NaCl胁迫范围内,枸杞叶片的Ci降低,Ls升高,gs下降主要受气孔限制,这可能由于盐刺激根系产生的某些物理或化学信号运输到地上部所致;而在盐分浓度大于0．6％的胁迫条件下,枸杞叶片的Ci则升高,Ls降低,gs下降的原因是由于Na^ ,Cl^-的大量积累对光合酶活性产生直接的毒害作用,从而使非气孔限制因素成为主要限制因子。     

Dynamics of Changing Intercellular CO2 Concentration (ci) during Drought and Determination of Minimum Functional ci

Nine conifer species with narrow (<5 mm), single-veined leaves were selected for the purpose of examining changes in intercellular CO2 concentration (ci) during drought. Due to the leaf morphology of the study plants, the confounding effects of nonhomogenous photosynthesis common to most reticulate-veined angiosperms were largely avoided, giving a clear picture of ci dynamics under increasing drought. A characteristic biphasic response was observed in all species, with an initial stomatal control phase resulting in a substantial reduction in ci as stomatal conductance (gs) decreased. As gs reached low levels, a strong nonstomatal limitation phase was observed, causing ci to increase as gs approached a minimum. This nonstomatal phase was linked to a concomitant rapid decrease in the fluorescence parameter quantum efficiency, indicating the onset of nonreversible photoinhibition. The ratio of internal to atmospheric CO2 concentration (ci/ca) decreased from values of between 0.68 and 0.57 in undroughted plants to a minimum, (ci/ca)min, which was well defined in each species, ranging from 0.10 in Actinostrobus acuminatus to 0.36 in Acmopyle pancheri. A high correlation was found to exist between (ci/ca)min and leaf water potential measured at (ci/ca)min. Species developing high maximum intrinsic water use efficiencies (low [ci/ca]min), such as A. acuminatus, did so at lower leaf water potentials (-4.5 MPa) than more mesic species (-1.75 MPa for A. pancheri). It is concluded that in the absence of patchy stomatal closure, (ci/ca)min gives a good representation of the drought tolerance of foliage.     

Temperature and salinity regulation of growth and gas exchange of Salicornia fruticosa (L.) L.

Summary Salicornia fruticosa was collected from a salt marsh on the Mediterranean sea coast in Libya. Growth and gas exchange of this C₃ species were monitered in plants pretreated at various NaCl concentrations (0, 171, 342, 513 and 855 mM). Maximum growth was at 171 mM NaCl under cool growth conditions (20/10° C) and at 342 mM NaCl under warm growth conditions (30/15° C) with minimum growth at 0 mM NaCl (control). Net photosynthesis (Pn) was greatest in plants grown in 171 mM NaCl with plants grown at 513 and 855 mM having lowest rates. Maximum Pn was at 20–25° C shoot temperatures with statistically significant reductions at 30° C in control plants while salt treated plants showed such reductions at 35° C. Salt treatments increased dark respiration over the control at 171 and 342 mM but reduced it at higher concentrations. Photorespiration was reduced by salt treatment and increased by increasing shoot temperature. Greatest transpiration was in 171 mM NaCl treated plants and increasing shoot temperature increased transpiration in all treatments. Stomatal resistance to CO₂ influx was influenced only moderately by temperature while increasing salinity resulted in increased stomatal resistance. In general both temperature and salinity increased the mesophyll resistance to CO₂ influx. The species seems adapted to the warm saline habitat along the Mediterranean sea coast, at least partially, by its ability to maintain relatively high Pn at moderate NaCl concentrations over a broad range of shoot temperatures.     

大气CO2浓度升高对香蕉光合作用及光合碳循环过程中叶氮分配的影响

生长在高CO₂浓度(700±5μl·L^-1)1周的香蕉叶片,其光合速率(Pn,μmol·m^-2·s^-1)为5.14±0.32,较生长在大气CO₂浓度(356±301μl·L^-1)的高22.1%,而生长在较高CO₂浓度下8周,叶片Pn较生长在大气CO₂浓度的低18.1%,表现香蕉叶片对较长期高CO₂浓度的驯化和光合作用抑制.生长在高CO₂浓度的香蕉叶片有较低光下呼吸速率(R_d),而不包括光下呼吸的CO₂补偿点则变幅较小.最大羧化速率(Vcmax)和电子传递速率(J)分别较生长在大气CO₂浓度的低30.5%和14.8%,根据气体交换速率计算的表观量子产率(α,mol CO₂·mol^-1光量子),生长在较高CO₂浓度下8周的叶片为0.014±0.01,而生长在大气CO₂浓度下的为0.025±0.005.较高CO₂浓度下叶片的表观量子产率降低44%.光能转换效率electrons·quanta^-1)亦从0.203降低至0.136.生长在较高CO₂浓度下香蕉叶片的叶氮在Rubicos分配系数(PR)、叶氮在生物力能学组分分配系数(P_B)和叶氮在光捕组分的分配系数(P_L)均较生长在大气CO₂浓度低,表明在高CO₂浓度下较长期生长(8周)的香蕉叶片多个光合过程受抑制,光合活性明显降低.     

干旱区胡杨光合作用对高温和CO2浓度的响应

采用LI-6400便携式光合作用测定仪实测的塔里木河下游胡杨(Populus euphratica oliv)光合作用参数,探讨了不同地下水埋深下的胡杨光合作用对CO2浓度增加和温度升高的响应.结果表明:(1)CO2浓度升高减小了胡杨气孔导度,促进了光合速率、胞间CO2浓度和水分利用效率的增加,但不同地下水埋深下,胡杨光合作用参数对CO2浓度升高的响应不同,干旱环境(地下水埋深较深)下的响应程度大于水分适宜(地下水埋深浅)环境下的响应;(2) 高温引起胡杨气孔发生不完全关闭,导致了光合作用的光抑制发生,从而降低了胡杨光合速率,但降低程度受水分条件的影响,地下水埋深较深环境下的影响程度大于地下水埋深浅的;(3)地下水埋深是控制干旱区胡杨光合作用对CO2浓度和温度升高的根本因素,6m是胡杨生长正常的临界地下水埋深,地下水埋深>6m,胡杨即遭到水分胁迫,地下水埋深>7m,胡杨即受到了较严重的水分胁迫.     

Physiological causes of cotton fruit abscission under conditions of high temperature and enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation

An experiment was conducted in sunlit controlled environment growth chambers to determine the physiological mechanisms of fruit abscission of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. NuCOTN 33B) grown in high temperature and enhanced ultraviolet (UV)-B radiation. Six treatments included two levels of optimum (30/22°C) and high (36/28°C) day/night temperatures and three levels of biologically effective UV-B radiation (0, 7, and 14 kJ m⁻² per day). Both the temperature and UV-B treatments were imposed from seedling emergence through 79 days after emergence (DAE). High temperature did not negatively affect either leaf net photosynthetic rates (Pn) or abscission of cotton squares (floral buds with bracts) but significantly decreased boll retention. Plants exposed to 7 kJ UV-B radiation retained 56% less bolls than the 0 kJ UV-B control plants at 79 DAE, despite no significant differences in leaf Pn measured at squaring and flowering. At 53 DAE, leaf Pn of plants grown in high UV-B radiation (14 kJ m⁻² per day) decreased by 11%, whereas total non-structural carbohydrate (TNC) concentrations in the leaves, floral buds, and young bolls decreased by 34, 32, and 20%, respectively, compared with the control plants. The high UV-B radiation significantly increased square abscission. Square abscission was not related to leaf TNC concentration but closely correlated with TNC in floral buds ( r  = −0.68, P  < 0.001). Young boll abscission was highly correlated with TNC concentrations in both the leaves ( r  = −0.40, P  < 0.01) and the bolls ( r  = −0.80, P  < 0.001). Our results indicate that non-structural carbohydrate limitation in reproductive parts was a major factor associated with fruit abscission of cotton grown under high temperature and enhanced UV-B radiation conditions.     

麻疯树幼苗对干旱胁迫的响应

以不同浓度(5%～25%)的聚乙二醇(PEG-6000)模拟干旱胁迫处理麻疯树三叶期幼苗,研究了不同程度干旱胁迫下麻疯树叶片光合特性及其对干旱的耐受能力.结果表明:在较低浓度PEG(≤15%)处理下,随PEG浓度的增加,麻疯树叶片净光合速率(P_n)、气孔导度(G_s)、胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)、PSⅡ实际光化学量子产量(Φ_PSⅡ)、光化学猝灭(q_P)和表观光合电子传递速率(ETR)下降,PSⅡ原初光能转化效率(F_v/F_m)轻微下降,水分利用效率(WUE)则逐渐升高,非光化学猝灭(NPQ)明显上升,初始荧光(F_o)无显著变化(P＞0.05);在高浓度PEG(＞15%)处理下,C_i随PEG浓度的增加而显著上升,P_n、G_s和WUE持续下降,F_v/F_m、Φ_PSⅡ、q_P和ETR下降幅度明显增大,F_o显著上升,而NPQ下降.低浓度PEG处理导致麻疯树叶片P_n下降主要是由气孔因素造成的;在高浓度PEG处理下,P_n的下降则是由非气孔和气孔因素的共同限制作用造成的.当PEG浓度<20%时,虽然出现P_n下降,但光合机构未受损伤.经15 d高浓度PEG处理的植株叶片,在胁迫解除后光合活性能够迅速恢复,且植株可以存活.说明麻疯树对干旱胁迫有较强的耐受能力.     

Coronatine Alleviates Water Deficiency Stress on Winter Wheat Seedlings

With the aim to determine whether coronatine(COR) alleviates drought stress on wheat,two winter wheat(Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars,ChangWu134(drought-tolerant) and Shan253(drought-sensitive) were studied under hydroponic conditions.Seedlings at the three-leaf stage were cultured in a Hoagland solution containing COR at 0.1 μM for 24 h,and then exposed to 20% polyethylene glycol 6000(PEG6000).Under simulated drought(SD),COR increased the dry weight of shoots and roots of the two cultivars significantly;the root/shoot ratio also increased by 30% for Shan253 and 40% for ChangWu134.Both cultivars treated with COR under SD(0.1COR+PEG) maintained significantly higher relative water content,photosynthesis,transpiration,intercellular concentration of CO2 and stomatal conductance in leaves than those not treated with PEG.Under drought,COR significantly decreased the relative conductivity and malondialdehyde production,and the loss of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl scavenging activity in leaves was significantly alleviated in COR-treated plants.The activity of peroxidase,catalase,glutathione reductase and ascorbate peroxidase were adversely affected by drought.Leaves of plants treated with COR under drought produced less abscisic acid(ABA) than those not treated.Thus,COR might alleviate drought effects on wheat by reducing active oxygen species production,activating antioxidant enzymes and changing the ABA level.     

Plant regeneration of NaCl-pretreated cells from long-term suspension culture of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in high saline conditions

Cells of a 2-year-old suspension culture of rice (Oryza sativa L.), grown under 1.5% NaCl stress for 3 months, gave rise to plants through embryogenesis in different saline conditions. The high regeneration potential (59.6%) on salt-free medium decreased rapidly with increasing concentration of salt in the regeneration medium. At 1.25% NaCl, healthy shoots were developed in 14.9% of the cultures. Under 1.5% salt stress, embryo formation and embryo germination (6.1%) was observed but further development into plants was inhibited. Cells not pretreated with salt produced plants at a low frequency (2.6–4.2%) both in salt-free and low saline condition (0.75–1% NaCl). Cells pretreated for 3 months with 0.75% salt did not give rise to plants on all tested media. Plants regenerated from the salt-stressed cultures were transferred to soil and grew to maturity in a greenhouse.Abbreviations BA 6-benzyladenine - CH casein hydrolysate - 2,4-D 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - NAA 1-naphthaleneacetic acid     

Elevated CO2 and water deficit effects on photosynthesis, ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase‐oxygenase, and carbohydrate metabolism in rice

Rice (Oryza sativa[L.] cv. IR-72) was grown for a season in sunlit, controlled-environment chambers at 350 or 700 µmol CO₂ mol^?1 under continuously flooded (unstressed) or drought-imposed periods at panicle initiation (stressed). The midday canopy photosynthetic rates (P_n), measured at the CO₂ concentration ([CO₂]) used for growth, were enhanced by high [CO₂] but reduced by drought. High [CO₂] increased P_n by 18 to 34% for the unstressed plants, and 6 to 12% for the stressed plants. In the unstressed plants, CO₂ enrichment increased water-use efficiency (WUE) by 26%, and reduced evapotranspiration (ET) by 8 to 14%. Both high [CO₂] and severe drought decreased the activity and content of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (Rubisco). High-CO₂-unstressed plants had 6 to 22% smaller content and 5 to 25%, lower activity of Rubisco than ambient-CO₂-unstressed plants. Under severe drought, reductions of Rubisco were 53 and 27% in activity and 40 and 12% in content, respectively, for ambient- and high-CO₂ treatments. The apparent catalytic turnover rate (K_cat) of midday fully activated Rubisco was not altered by high [CO₂], but severe drought reduced K_cat by 17 to 23%. Chloroplasts of the high-CO₂ leaves contained more, and larger starch grains than those of the ambient CO₂ leaves. High [CO₂] did not affect the leaf sucrose content of unstressed plants. In contrast, severe drought reduced the leaf starch and increased the sucrose content in both CO₂ treatments. The activity of leaf sucrose phosphate synthase of unstressed plants was not affected by high [CO₂], whereas that of ambient-CO₂-grown plants was reduced 45% by severe drought. Reduction in ET and enhancements in both P_n and WUE for rice grown under high [CO₂] helped to delay the adverse effects of severe drought and allowed the stressed plants to assimilate CO₂ for an extra day. Thus, rice grown in the next century may utilize less water, use water more efficiently, and be able to tolerate drought better under some situations.