Effect of Water Stress on Photosynthesis in Two Mulberry Genotypes with Different drought Tolerance

Three-month-old mulberry (Morus alba L.) cultivars (drought tolerant S13 and drought sensitive S54) were subjected to water stress for 15 d. Water stress decreased the leaf water potential, net photosynthetic rate (PN), and stomatal conductance (gs) in both the cultivars. However, the magnitude of decline was comparatively greater in the sensitive cultivar (S54). Intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) was unaltered during mild stress, but significantly increased at severe stress in both cultivars. The photosystem 2 activity significantly declined only at a severe stress in both cultivars. The Ci/gs ratio representing the mesophyll efficiency was greater in the tolerant cultivar S13. Involvement of stomatal and/or non-stomatal components in declining PN depended on the severity and duration of stress. However, the degree of non-stomatal limitations was relatively less in the drought tolerant cultivar.     

钾营养对扬花期小麦旗叶光合速率日变化的影响

在田间栽培条件下,小麦旗叶的气孔导度、净光合速率与钾之间呈显著的正相关.钾可减少由于光合“午睡“造成的26.5%～37%的光合产量损失.     

毛竹(Phyllostachys pubescens)叶光合作用的气孔限制研究

运用Farquhar和Sharkey(1982)提出的两个判据——细胞间隙CO_2浓度(C_i)和气孔限制值(L_s),从几个不同的侧面研究了毛竹光合作用的气孔限制。虽然观测到气孔导度(G_s)与光合速率(P_n)随着气温、光量子通量密度的降低和叶水分胁迫的加剧而大体上平行地下降,但是在低的环境温度、低的光量子通量密度和严重的水分胁迫下,气孔导度的下降不是光合速率下降的主要原因,因为这时C_i在上升,而L_s下降。然而,在低的空气湿度和轻微水分胁迫下,C_i的下降和L_s的上升都证明,这时气孔导度的下降是光合速率降低的主要原因。     

Leaf gas exchange capacity in relation to leaf position on the stem in field grown teak (Tectona grandis L.f.)

Leaf gas exchange patterns in relation to leaf positions on stems were studied in field grown forest tree, teak (Tectona grandis L.f.) during first year growth under intensive culture plantation. Net photosynthetic rates (PN) were low in immature leaves (1-2 from shoot apices), increased basipetally on shoot, peaked in leaves (3rd or 4th leaves from shoot apices) which had recently reached full expansion, and thereafter declined in lower crown leaves. High PN found in fully expanded young leaves was associated with increased dark respiration rate (RD) and high radiation saturation as well as compensating irradiance for PN when compared to those of aged leaves. Intercellular CO2 concentrations (Ci) determined at ambient CO2 concentration and saturating irradiance were apparently low for leaves exhibiting high PN when compared to those of aged leaves. Differences in stomatal conductance (gs) and the rate of transpiration (E) were not apparent between leaves after full expansion. The relationship of PN with Ci recorded for leaves at different positions on stems and under natural ambient CO2 concentrations showed a linear decrease in PN with marked increasing Ci and suggested that increase in mesophyll limitations could cause decline in PN during aging of teak leaves after full expansion. Highly significant positive linear correlation was found between PN and Ci determined at below ambient CO2 concentrations and saturating irradiance for both fully expanded young and aged leaves. The estimate of linear relationship between PN and Ci, often considered as carboxylation efficiency, was higher for fully expanded young leaves characterised by high PN than for aged leaves exhibiting low PN. Hence, the increase in mesophyll limitations or decrease in carboxylation efficiency could explain gradual reduction in photosynthetic potential with leaf age after maturation in teak. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Asymmetric responses of adaxial and abaxial stomata to elevated CO2: impacts on the control of gas exchange by leaves

The response of adaxial and abaxial stomatal conductance in Rumex obtusifolius to growth at elevated atmospheric concentrations of CO₂ (250 μmol mol^?1 above ambient) was investigated over two growing seasons. The conductance of both the adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces was found to be reduced by elevated concentrations of CO₂. Elevated CO₂ caused a much greater reduction in conductance for the adaxial surface than for the abaxial surface. The absence of effects upon stomatal density indicated that the reductions were probably the result of changes in stomatal aperture. Partitioning of gas exchange between the leaf surfaces revealed that increased concentrations of CO₂ caused increased rates of photosynthesis only via the abaxial surface. Additionally, leaf thickness was found to increase during growth at elevated concentrations of CO₂. The tendency for these amphistomatous leaves to develop a distribution of conductance approaching that of hypostomatous leaves clearly reduced their maximum photosynthetic potential. This conclusion was supported by measurements of stomatal limitation, which showed greater values for the adaxial surfaces, and greater values at elevated CO₂. This reduction in photosynthesis may in part be caused by higher diffusive limitations imposed because of increased leaf thickness. In an uncoupled canopy, asymmetrical stomatal responses of the kind identified here may appreciably reduce transpiration. Species which show symmetrical responses are less likely to show reduced transpirational rates, and a redistribution of water loss between species may occur. The implications of asymmetrical stomatal responses for photosynthesis and canopy transpiration are discussed.     

田间小麦叶片光合效率日变化与光合“午睡”的关系

小麦灌浆初期叶片(旗叶)晴天中午光合速率下降(“午睡”)伴随了气孔导度、胞间CO_2浓度下降,而气孔限制值中午升高,进一步证实气孑L中午关闭是光合“午睡”的一个重要原因。叶片光合效率的中午下降并非都伴随着光合“午睡”现象。当两者同时发生时,胞间CO_2浓度降低,而光合速率与气孔导度、胞间CO_2浓度之间的相关性高于光合速率与光合效率之间的相关性。这些事实表明。即使光合效率中午下降是光合“午睡”的部分原因,但较之气孔中午关闭只是一个次要原因。     

Leaf gas exchange of cassava as affected by quality of planting material and water stress

Field trial was conducted to study the effects of quality of planting material and prolonged water stress on leaf gas exchange of the cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivar M Col 1684. Nutrient contents of planting material affected rootlet formation, but not leaf gas exchange. Net photosynthetic rate (PN), stomatal conductance (gs), and intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) were significantly reduced by prolonged water stress. New leaves developed after recovery from water stress showed higher PN and gs, as compared to leaves of similar ages of unstressed plants. The higher PN was associated with higher leaf nutrient contents, indicating that photosynthetic capacity was enhanced in these leaves. These compensating characteristics may partly explain the small yield reduction often observed in stressed cassava.     

植物气孔导度对CO2响应模型的构建

构建一个普适性的植物叶片气孔导度(g_s)对CO₂浓度响应(g_s-C_a)的模型, 对定量研究植物叶片g_s对CO₂浓度的响应变化尤为必要。该研究运用便携式光合仪(LI-6400)测量了大豆(Glycine max)和小麦(Triticum aestivum)光合作用对CO₂的响应曲线(A_n-C_a), 在比较传统的Michaelis-Menten模型(M-M模型)和叶子飘构建的CO₂响应模型拟合大豆和小麦A_n-C_a效果的基础上, 构建了g_s-C_a响应新模型。然后用新构建的模型拟合大豆和小麦的g_s-C_a曲线, 并将拟合结果与传统模型的拟合结果, 以及与其对应的观测数据进行比较, 以判断所构建模型是否合理。结果显示: 叶子飘构建的A_n-C_a模型可较好地拟合大豆和小麦的A_n-C_a曲线, 确定系数(R²)均高达0.999。M-M模型拟合大豆和小麦的A_n-C_a曲线时的R²虽然也较高, 但在较高CO₂浓度时的拟合曲线偏离观测曲线。因此, 基于叶子飘的A_n-C_a模型构建g_s-C_a模型更为可行。新构建的g_s-C_a模型可较好地拟合大豆和小麦的g_s-C_a曲线, R²分别为0.995和0.994, 而且还可以直接给出最大气孔导度(g_s-max)、最小气孔导度(g_s-min), 以及与g_s-min相对应的CO₂浓度值(C_s-min)。拟合得到大豆和小麦的g_s-max分别为0.686和0.481 mol·m^-2·s^-1, 与其对应的观测值(分别为0.666和0.471 mol·m^-2·s^-1)之间均不存在显著差异; 同样, 拟合得到的大豆和小麦的g_s-min分别为0.271和0.297 mol·m^-2·s^-1, 与其对应的观测值(分别为0.279和0.293 mol·m^-2·s^-1)之间也均不存在显著差异; 此外, 新构建的g_s-C_a模型给出大豆和小麦的C_s-min值分别为741.45和1 112.43 μmol·mol ^-1, 与其对应的观测值(732.78和1 200.34 μmol·mol ^-1)也不存在显著差异。由此可见, 该研究新构建的g_s-C_a模型可作为定量研究植物叶片气孔导度对CO₂浓度变化的有效数学工具。     

低温条件下黄瓜嫁接株与自根株光合特性的比较

研究了长期低温条件下,设施黄瓜嫁接苗和自根苗(播种后35 d)的净光合速率(P n)、表观量子效率(AQY)、气孔导度(G s)、蒸腾速率(T r)和胞间CO2浓度(C i)与光通量密度(PFD)的关系.结果表明:不同PFD条件下,经过长期低温后黄瓜嫁接苗和自根苗叶片的光饱和点、AQY、P n、G s和T r均较适温条件下显著下降,但嫁接黄瓜下降速度及程度显著低于自根黄瓜.适温条件下,黄瓜C i随PFD增加而降低;低温条件下,嫁接黄瓜C i也随PFD增强而降低,自根黄瓜则始终保持较高水平.以上结果表明,长期低温条件下,黄瓜嫁接苗与黄瓜自根苗均发生气孔抑制现象,但嫁接苗较自根苗保持相对较高的气孔导度,维持较高的光合同化效率,产生较少的过剩激发能,光合器官的伤害程度降低,因而有较强适应低温的能力.     

两个品种转基因抗虫棉光合生理的CO2响应

栽培环境条件的改变会对转基因作物产生深远影响。以2种不同转基因棉花及其亲本对照为材料,研究了盆栽种植条件下不同棉花品种在蕾期和吐絮期光合生理特性CO2响应特征。结果表明,与各自的常规棉对照比较,两种转基因抗虫棉单叶净光合速率CO2响应的特征参数表观初始羧化效率(CE)、表观暗呼吸速率(Rd)和最大净光合速率(Pmax,c)虽有一定程度的变化,但其差异均未达到显著水平。在高CO2浓度范围内(700μmol.mol-1),转基因抗虫棉单叶净光合速率和水分利用率(WUE)的CO2响应曲线特征发生变化,且与品种及生育时期有关。两种转基因抗虫棉在不同生育时期的气孔导度(Gs)对CO2浓度的响应特征与其常规棉对照相似,短期CO2浓度增高对转基因抗虫棉的气孔导度没有显著性影响。     

Physiological significance of proline and glycinebetaine: Maintaining photosynthesis during NaCl stress in wheat

Experiments on the physiological significance of accumulation of proline and glycinebetaine (GB) in sustaining photosynthesis during salt stress in wheat in vivo showed that pre-treatment with GB, but not proline, alleviated NaCl-induced stomatal and non-stomatal inhibition of photosynthesis completely. A permeating and non-dissociating osmoticum, 3-orthomethyl-glucopyranose, also alleviated NaCl-induced perturbations of photosynthesis, suggesting that GB may work by maintaining chloroplast volume and not by specific effects on photosynthetic processes.     

影响水稻光合午休的因素分析与响应曲面分析

当光强达到1700μmolphotonm~-2s~-1,叶温超过35℃的晴天中午,水稻可产生明显的午休．通过光合午休过程中各因素与光合速率的相关性分析,采用R～2（决定系数）决定最佳回归分析所建立的复合回归模式,以此数学模型绘制响应曲面图．本文由数学分析,证实了午休过程中光合速率下降的主要限制因子是气孔导度;并分析了光合午休过程中,气孔导度与其它各因素的交互作用对光合速率的影响,揭示午休是在干热条件下,气孔导度减小,胞间CO_2浓度明显降低,光合原料短缺导致的光合速率下降．     

Influence of ultraviolet-B radiation on photosynthetic and biochemical characteristics of a mangrove Rhizophora apiculata

Changes in photosynthesis and biochemical constituents were studied in R. apiculata seedlings grown under solar and solar enhanced UV-B radiation, equivalent to 10, 20, 30, and 40 % stratospheric ozone depletion. The seedlings grown under 10 % UV-B radiation showed an increase of 45 % net photosynthetic rate (PN) and 47 % stomatal conductance, while seedlings grown under 40 % UV-B radiation exhibited a decrease of 59 % PN with simultaneous elevation of 73 % intercellular CO2 concentration. Effects of UV-B on contents of lipids, saccharides, amino acids, and proteins were significant only at high doses of UV-B radiation. The concentration of anthocyanin was reduced with increasing doses of UV-B. The reverse was true with phenols and flavonoids.     

Photosynthetic characteristics of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Hordeum,Triticum, Rumex</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Trifolium</Emphasis> species at contrasting altitudes

Photosynthetic characteristics were compared between plants of low altitude (LA) grown at LA (Palampur; 1 300 m) and at high altitude, HA (Kibber; 4 200 m), and plants naturally occurring at different altitudes (Palampur, 1 300 m; Palchan, 2 250 m; and Marhi, 3 250 m). Net photosynthetic rate (P _N) was not significantly different between altitudes. However, the slopes of the curve relating P _N to intercellular CO₂ concentration (C _i) were higher in plants at Palchan, Marhi, and Kibber compared to those at Palampur, indicating that plants had higher efficiency of carbon uptake (the initial slope of P _N/C _i curve is an indication) at HA. They had also higher stomatal conductance (g _s), transpiration rate, and lower water use efficiency at HA. g _s was insensitive to photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) for plants naturally occurring at Palampur, Palchan, and Marhi, whereas plants from LA grown at Palampur and Kibber responded linearly to increasing PPFD. Insensitivity of g _s to PPFD could be one of the adaptive features allowing wider altitudinal distribution of the plants.This research is supported by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India vide grant number BT/PR/502/AGR/08/39/966-VI.     

气孔导度对CO2浓度变化的模拟及其生理机制

基于气孔运动的生理生化机制重点进行了气孔导度(gs)对CO2浓度变化的响应机制分析,并推导得到气孔导度(gs)对CO2浓度变化响应模型,并以9种植物进行了模型验证。结果表明:随着CO2浓度的升高,气孔导度会逐渐降低,且下降的幅度会随着CO2浓度的升高而逐渐减弱。气孔导度对CO2浓度(Cs)变化的响应模型可以表达为gs=gmax/(1+Cs/Cs0),其中式中gmax是最大气孔导度和Cs0是实验常数。该模型较好地模拟了气孔导度随CO2浓度变化的规律,模型参数具有明确的生理意义,与Jarvis模型和Ball-Berry模型相比,该模型如何实现多种环境因子的耦合有待进一步突破。另外,模型是在短期改变叶片CO2浓度的条件下得出的,在CO2浓度长期胁迫下的适用性也有待进一步确认。     

Aluminium modulation of the photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle in Zea mays

Two-weeks-old maize (Zea mays L. cv. XL-72.3) plants were submitted to Al concentrations of 0-81 g m-3 for 20 d, after which the A1 concentration-dependent effects on CO2 uptake by the mesophyll tissue and subsequent CO2 assimilation in the photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle of bundle sheath cells were investigated. The net photosynthetic rate (PN) and stomatal conductance (gs) increased continuously up to 27 g m-3 Al, whereas the intercellular CO2 concentration showed minimum values with the 27 g m-3 Al treatment. Moreover, the starch and saccharide concentrations, and fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase did not change significantly with increasing Al concentrations. The photosynthetic electron transport rates along with photosystems 2 and 1 started falling from 9 g m-3 Al onwards, while thylakoid acyl lipid composition did not show a clear pattern. With the Al concentration at 81 g m-3, NADP-malate dehydrogenase activity decreased to minimum values, whereas the opposite occurred with those of pyruvate dikinase, NADP-malic enzyme, and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. Thus in vivo Al concentrations modulate the photosynthetic reduction cycle, possibly by interacting with the carbon flow rate exported to the cytosol. Although the inhibition of NADP-malate dehydrogenase activity might limit pyruvate dikinase, NADP-malic enzyme, and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activities, in vivo the balance between phosphoenolpyruvate production and its carboxylation remains unaffected.