Comparative Photosynthetic Properties of Palisade Tissue Chloroplasts and Spongy Tissue Chloroplasts of Camellia japonica L.: Functional Adjustment of the Photosynthetic Apparatus to Light Environment within a Leaf

The photochemical properties of chloroplasts isolated separatelyfrom palisade and spongy tissues of Camellia leaves, were compared,and the following results were obtained: (1) The content ofthe light-harvesting Chi a/b-protein complex was higher in spongytissue chloroplasts (S-Chlts) than in palisade tissue chloroplasts(P-Chlts), while the contents of P700 and PS IT polypeptideswere higher in P-Chlts. (2) Fluorescence induction was slowerin P-Chlts, indicating that they had a larger plastoquinonepool than S-Chlts. (3) The quantum yield of PS II electron transportin S-Chlts was appreciably higher, while that of PS I electrontransport was higher in P-Chlts. (4) The maximal rates of bothPS I and PS IT electron transport under saturating light werehigher in P-Chlts than in S-Chlts. From these results, we concluded that the photochemical propertiesin P-Chlts are adjusted to high light intensity and those ofS-Chlts to low intensity enriched in green and far-red; bothare adjusted to their respective in situ light environments. (Received December 24, 1983; Accepted March 6, 1984)     

Dynamic Model of Leaf Photosynthesis with Acclimation to Light and Nitrogen

A simple model of photosynthesis in a mature C₃leaf is described,based on a non-rectangular hyperbola: the model allows the high-lightasymptote of that equation (P_max) to respond dynamically tolight and nitrogen. This causes the leaf light response equationto acclimate continuously to the current conditions of lightand N nutrition, which can vary greatly within a crop canopy,and through a growing season, with important consequences forgross production. Predictions are presented for the dynamicsof acclimation, acclimated and non-acclimated photosyntheticrates are compared, and the dependence of leaf properties onlight and N availability is explored. There is good correspondenceof predictions with experimental results at the leaf level.The model also provides a mechanism for a down regulation ofphotosynthesis in response to increased carbon dioxide concentrations,whose magnitude will depend on conditions, particularly of nitrogennutrition.Copyright 1998 Annals of Botany Company Leaf, photosynthesis, hyperbola, model, C₃, acclimation, light, nitrogen.     

A Mathematical Model for Leaf Photosynthesis of Mulberry

A mathematical model of leaf photosynthesis has been established. In this model, the processes of photosynthesis are divided into two parts, ie., the carboxylation process driven by light which is dependent on temperature and CO2 concentration, and the diffusion of CO2 from atmosphere to the carboxylation site. Finatly, CO2 uptake by the leaf is understood as dependent on 1), the CO2 response curve of the leaf mesophyll and 2). the CO2 partial pressure in the intercellular space in leaf. The COs response curve of the leaf photosynthesis is described mathematically in terms of carboxylation efficiency (Ca) or its initial slope and the photosynthetic capacity (Pm) or the CO2-saturated uptake rate of CO2 uptake, and dark respiration (Rd). The dependency of photosynthesis on leaf temperature and incident light intensity is incorporated into variations of those parameters which establish an appropriate response to internal CO2 pressure for particular light and temperature conditions prevailing at any time. Secondly the interactiion of stomata with photosynthesis is represented as an empirical relation between stomatal conductance and a combined environmental physiological index, APn·Hx/CaThe parameters used in the modelwere estimated with Marquardt-Newton method for non-linear function. Field measurements of mulberry leaf photosynthesis provided a data set for model testing. The resuks show that the simulated values of the model agree well with observed data. The model was used to analyse the response surface of leaf conductance and photosynthesis to environmental factors—Applications and limitations of the model are discussed     

Effects of Different Light Qualities on Structure of Chloroplasts and Photosynthetic Physiological Properties in Panax ginseng

The ultrastructure of chloroplasts and the photosynthetic physiological properties of Panax ginseng C. A. Mey. grown under different light qualities with same light transmission rate (25 % of sun light) were investigated. The results showed that the thylakoid membranes of Panax ginseng chloroplasts are well deve lopted, and the number of grana and granal lame llae under green and violet film are more than that under red and blue film. The content of chlorophyll in the same area of leaves and the absorption spectra area of chlorophylls and leaves under violet and green film are higher than those under other films. All the photosynthetic rates are very low, and their sequence from high to low are violet, green, red and blue . Green film is advantageous to the accumulation of chlorophylls and the development of thylakoid membranes and red film is advantageous to the accumulation of chlorophyll b. Blue film reduced granal thylakoid staking and decreased the photosynthetic rate. A superior trend of the photosynthetic physiologic properties as well as the structure of chloropiasts of Panasc ginseng leaves under violet film,being composed with red and blue film is significant.     

银杏叶片衰老过程中光合生理特性及叶绿体超微结构的变化

选取自然条件下生长的雌雄银杏植株为实验材料,测定了银杏叶片在衰老过程中部分光合生理指标及叶绿体超微结构的变化。检测结果表明：银杏叶片在衰老过程中净光合速率、叶绿素含量均呈下降趋势,SOD、CAT、APX活性均先上升后下降,MDA含量则一直呈现上升趋势。叶片衰老过程中叶绿体类囊体膜片层逐渐松散,直至膜结构逐渐解体,叶绿体内油脂颗粒增大增多,最终解体。雌雄银杏植株在各项生理指标上差异不显著。     

Dorsiventrality in Photosynthetic Light Response Curves of a Leaf

Terashima, I. 1986. Dorsiventrality in photosynthetic lightresponse curves of a leaf.—J. cxp. Bot. 37 399–405 The photosynthetic light response curve of a leaf of Glycinemax (L.) Merrill obtained by illuminating the adaxial side layabove that obtained by illuminating the abaxial side. However,after inverting the leaf for 11 d, the curve obtained by illuminatingthe abax.ial side came to lie slightly above that obtained byilluminating the adaxial side. The difference in the shape oflight response curves is satisfactorily explained only whenthe intra-leaf heterogeneities in light absorption and in photosyntheticactivity are taken into account. Key words: Photosynthetic rate, direction of illumination     

Effects of Green Light on the Chloroplasts of Spinach Leaf Discs

The development and photosynthetic capacity of chloroplastsformed in green light in cultured spinach leaf discs has beenstudied. At intensities of 4 to 6 mW cm^–2 green lightstimulates chloroplast replication to about the same extentas white, blue, and red light. However, practically no chloroplastreplication occurs in discs grown in low intensity green orwhite light but considerable chloroplast growth takes place.Ultrastructural studies have shown that these chloroplasts,which can be two to five times the area of control plastids(high intensity white light), have an essentially normal thylakoidsystem. Double isotope labelling experiments have establishedthat the synthesis of chloroplast ribosomal-RNA is similar incontrols and in discs grown in low intensity green or whitelight. On a per unit chlorophyll basis the CO₂ fixation rateof spinach discs grown in low intensity green (or white) lightsaturates with increasing light intensity or increasing CO₂concentration at values well below control discs. In this respecttheir photosynthetic characteristics bear a similarity to thoseof shade plants.     

A Model for Leaf Photosynthesis by C3 Plant Species

A mathematical model for leaf photosynthesis is constructed.The model relates the net rate of carbon dioxide exchange perunit leaf area to the ambient carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrationsand the light-flux density incident on the leaf surface. The behaviour of the model under steady-state conditions isexamined and discussed. Simulated carbon dioxide and light-responsecurves for the net carbon dioxide exchange rate accord wellwith experimental observation. The model describes an inhibitionof the net exchange rate by increasing oxygen concentrationswhich is similar to the commonly observed inhibition.     

不同光质对辣椒叶色黄化突变体光合生理特性的影响研究

以辣椒叶色黄化突变体yl1及其野生型6421为试材,用白光、蓝光、红光、绿光、紫光、黄光和远红光不同光质进行处理,考察其表型、生理及光合特性的变化特征,探究光质对黄叶辣椒植株生长发育的影响。结果显示：(1)蓝光与红光对辣椒幼苗的生长有促进作用,黄光和远红光则会显著抑制幼苗生长,6421生长受不同光质的抑制影响比yl1更大。(2)两个辣椒材料光合色素含量在不同光质下均不同程度降低;6421叶绿素总含量和类胡萝卜素含量在不同光质下均高于yl1,yl1和6421叶片的光合色素含量分别在紫光和黄光下最低。(3)蓝光和绿光能显著提高yl1的净光合速率(P_n),而不同光质处理均显著降低了6421的P_n。(4)紫光处理使yl1的PSⅡ潜在活性(F_v/F_o)和最大光化学效率(F_v/F_m)值均显著降低且显著低于6421,但升高了光化学猝灭系数(qP)和非光化学猝灭系数(NPQ)。(5)蓝光、红光和绿光均能提高辣椒的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)和过氧化氢酶(...     

Seagrass Canopy Photosynthetic Response Is a Function of Canopy Density and Light Environment: A Model for Amphibolis griffithii

A three-dimensional computer model of canopies of the seagrass Amphibolis griffithii was used to investigate the consequences of variations in canopy structure and benthic light environment on leaf-level photosynthetic saturation state. The model was constructed using empirical data of plant morphometrics from a previously conducted shading experiment and validated well to in-situ data on light attenuation in canopies of different densities. Using published values of the leaf-level saturating irradiance for photosynthesis, results show that the interaction of canopy density and canopy-scale photosynthetic response is complex and non-linear, due to the combination of self-shading and the non-linearity of photosynthesis versus irradiance (P-I) curves near saturating irradiance. Therefore studies of light limitation in seagrasses should consider variation in canopy structure and density. Based on empirical work, we propose a number of possible measures for canopy scale photosynthetic response that can be plotted to yield isoclines in the space of canopy density and light environment. These plots can be used to interpret the significance of canopy changes induced as a response to decreases in the benthic light environment: in some cases canopy thinning can lead to an equivalent leaf level light environment, in others physiological changes may also be required but these alone may be inadequate for canopy survival. By providing insight to these processes the methods developed here could be a valuable management tool for seagrass conservation during dredging or other coastal developments.     

Light Environment within a Leaf I. Optical Properties of Paradermal Sections of Camellia Leaves with Special Reference to Differences in the Optical Properties of Palisade and Spongy Tissues

The attenuance (apparent absorbance), angular distribution oftransmitted light (scattering) and reflectance of paradermalsections of Camellia leaves were measured spectrophotometricallyand the data for the palisade and spongy tissues were compared. Attenuance in tissues could be expressed by Beer's law onlyfor wavelengths of strong absorption. At 680 nm, the apparentextinction coefficient of chlorophyll (e) for the spongy tissuewas about 1.4 times that for the palisade tissue. The largere for the spongy tissue is attributable mostly to the more effectiveincrease in the pathlength of light due to scattering at theinterfaces between the air space and cells because the differencebetween e for the two tissues was minimized by infiltrationof the air space in the tissues with a medium whose refractiveindex was similar to the index of the leaf cells. Scatteringwas larger for wavelengths of weak absorption, and the relativeincrease in attenuance caused by elongating the optical pathlengthwas even more prominent. Based on these data, we report an ecophysiological discussionof the internal light environment of a leaf and the meaningof the differentiation of mesophyll into the palisade and spongytissues. (Received May 18, 1983; Accepted September 21, 1983)     

Vertical Gradient in Photosynthetic Properties of Spinach Chloroplast Dependent on Intra-Leaf Light Environment

A spinach leaf piece was planed into 10 layers parallel withleaf surface. The biochemical and ultrastructural propertiesof the chloroplasts of these 10 layers were compared. Resultsshowed that both the biochemical and ultrastructural propertiesof the chloroplasts change gradually and continuously from sun-to shade-type with the depth from the adaxial surface. ² Present address: Department of Biology, College of Arts andSciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguroku, Tokyo 153 Japan. (Received December 11, 1984; Accepted March 8, 1985)     

Photoinhibition of Photosynthesis in Broken Chloroplasts as a Function of Electron Transfer Rates during Light Treatment

Photoinhibition was studied in osmotically broken chloroplasts isolated from spinach leaves (Spinacia oleracea L.). Both whole chain electron transport (measured as ferricyanide-dependent O₂ evolution in the presence of NH₄Cl) and photosystem II activity (measured as O₂ evolution in the presence of either silicomolybdate plus 3-(3,4-diphenyl)-1,1 dimethylurea or parabenzoquinone) showed similar decreases in activity in response to a photoinhibitory treatment (8 minutes of high light given in the absence of an electron acceptor other than O₂). Photosystem I activity was less affected. Photoinhibition of silicomolybdate reduction was largely reversible by an 8 minute dark incubation following the light treatment. Decreasing the O₂ concentration during photoinhibition below 2% increased photoinhibition of whole chain electron transport. Addition of superoxide dismutase to the reaction medium did not affect photoinhibition. Photoinhibition of both photosystem I and photosystem II activity increased as the rate of electron transfer during the treatment increased, and was largely prevented when 3-(3,4-diphenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea was present during the photoinhibition period. Noncyclic photophosphorylation was decreased as a consequence of whole chain electron transfer photoinhibition. Since diphenyl carbazide added after light treatment did not relieve photoinhibition of dichlorophenol indophenol reduction, we conclude that the site of inhibition is located within or near the photosystem II reaction center.     

一种在野外自然光照条件下快速测定光合作用一光响应曲线的新方法

本文尝试了一种在野外自然状态下测定植物光合作用-光响应曲线的方法。传统的方法或费时费力,或依赖精密的光发生装置,在野外操作均不方便。本研究使用英国生产的便携式光合作用测定系统LCA4型对毛乌素沙地8种优势植物在全自然条件下进行测定,仅通过改变叶室(含光敏探头)与入射光线之间的角度即可在自然光照条件下快速获得一系列植物的光合作用—光照速率的反应曲线。拟合曲线值与实测值之间显著相关。测定这种曲线过程中环境参数除叶面温度有较明显的变动外,其它参数如大气温度、CO2浓度基本不变,在这种环境下测定的曲线基本反映植物光合作用真实的自然状态,且操作简便、快速、经济、实效。     

一种在野外自然光照条件下快速测定光合作用—光响应曲线的新方法

本文尝试了一种在野外自然状态下测定植物光合作用_光响应曲线的方法。传统的方法或费时费力 ,或依赖精密的光发生装置 ,在野外操作均不方便。本研究使用英国生产的便携式光合作用测定系统LCA4型对毛乌素沙地 8种优势植物在全自然条件下进行测定 ,仅通过改变叶室 (含光敏探头 )与入射光线之间的角度即可在自然光照条件下快速获得一系列植物的光合作用_光照速率的反应曲线。拟合曲线值与实测值之间显著相关。测定这种曲线过程中环境参数除叶面温度有较明显的变动外 ,其它参数如大气温度、CO2 浓度基本不变 ,在这种环境下测定的曲线基本反映植物光合作用真实的自然状态 ,且操作简便、快速、经济、实效。     

Enhancement of Photosynthesis by Alternated Light Beams and a Kinetic Model

Using the alga Chlorella and 2 light beams of defined wavelength, we have found that short period (1 sec) alternation gives all characteristics of enhancement of net oxygen evolution observed when the beams are superimposed. With increasing period of alternation (1-20 see) decay in enhancement is more rapid at higher intensities.We have developed a kinetic model for the current hypothesis of 2 photoacts operating in series and separated by electron transport reactions. The model is applicable at low light intensity such that rate is governed only by intensities and the fractions of reaction centers open for each photoact. Potentials and pool sizes of intermediates were taken from current estimates. Wavelength dependency of the 2 photoacts was taken from enhancement spectra for superimposed light beams. Analog computer treatment of the kinetic equations gave predictions of chromatic transients and alternated enhancement which are in reasonable but not complete agreement with experimental observations.     

美国黑核桃实生苗单叶片光合作用生理生态模型的建立与验证

在对叶片光合过程机理分析的基础上,结合数学分析方法,建立了模拟美国黑核桃单叶片光合作用的机理模型,该模型包含了叶片光合作用的限速的生化过程和气孔调节因素,对光合作用一气孔导度的耦合模型进行了简化,使之既便于应用,又能较准确地反映田间条件下的情况,并就光合作用对环境因子(太阳辐射、温度及CO2浓度等）变化的响应特征及响应的合理性进行了分析,使用整个生长季实测的叶片生理数据及生态环境数据对所建模型进行了验证,结果表明,模型可以较准确地模拟田间美国黑核桃叶片的光合速率;确定了美国东部黑核桃、北加州黑核桃等两种黑核桃单叶片光合作用与环境因子互作的数量美系。     

A Two-Translocator Model for the Transport of 2-Oxoglutarate and Glutamate in Chloroplasts during Ammonia Assimilation in the Light

This study examines the transport of 2-oxoglutarate (2-OG) and other dicarboxylates during ammonia assimilation in illuminated spinach chloroplasts. The transport of all dicarboxylates examined was strongly inhibited by NH₄Cl preincubation in the light. Treatment with NH₄Cl caused a rapid depletion of the endogenous glutamate pool and a corresponding increase in endogenous glutamine content. The inhibition of transport activity by NH₄Cl was apparently linked to its metabolism in the light because inhibition of glutamine synthetase activity by the addition of l-methionine sulfoximine or carbonylcyanide-m-chlorophenylhydrazone abolished this affect. Measurements of endogenous metabolite pools showed that malate was most rapidly exchanged during the uptake of all exogenous dicarboxylates examined. Depending on the exogenous substrates used, the apparent half-times of efflux measured for endogenous malate, aspartate and glutamate were 10, 10 to 30, and 15 to 240 seconds, respectively. The transport of 2-OG was also inhibited by malate. But chloroplasts preincubated with malate in the presence or absence of NH₄Cl were found to have high transport activity similar to untreated chloroplasts. A two-translocator model is proposed to explain the stimulation of 2-OG transport as well as the stimulation of (NH₃, 2-OG)-dependent O₂ evolution by malate (KC Woo, CB Osmond 1982 Plant Physiol 69: 591-596) in isolated chloroplasts. In this model the transport of 2-OG on the 2-OG translocator and glutamate on the dicarboxylate translocator is coupled to malate counter-exchange in a cascade-like manner. This results in a net 2-OG/glutamate exchange with no net malate transport. Thus, during NH₃ assimilation the transport of 2-OG into and the export of glutamate out of the chloroplast occurs via the 2-OG and the dicarboxylate translocators, respectively.     

群体中叶片光合能力的分布及其对群体光合作用的影响

利用数学变分原理分析了群体中叶片光合能力对环境适应和有限氮资源利用的最优分布。叶片光合能力呈现与光强相同的负指数衰减分布时,“群体的光合速率和对氮的利用率最高;叶片对环境光强适应的优越性随群体消光系数和叶面积指数增加而增加。由此推导了叶片光合能力最优分布下的群体光合模型。