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Most past work on the ecophysiology of the Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant, Hoya carnosa, in the lab and in situ in Australia indicates that this epiphytic vine is better adapted to shaded, not exposed, locations, although a recent study of this species in Taiwan presents findings that run counter to this conclusion. Thus, photosynthetic characteristics of shaded and exposed individuals of H. carnosa were compared in situ in a subtropical rain forest in northeastern Taiwan in order to determine whether this CAM epiphyte is better adapted to the shade or the sun. Although leaves of shade plants had much greater chlorophyll concentrations than did those of sun plants, chlorophyll a/b ratios did not differ between the two groups of plants. Fluorescence measurements revealed some ability of leaves to acclimate to both shade and sun, although some evidence for photoinhibition (photoprotection) was observed in more exposed plants. Despite the latter, both exposed and shaded plants exhibited CAM, measured as diel fluctuations in leaf acidity, and CAM was more consistently found in the exposed plants. Furthermore, some evidence for more CAM at higher light availabilities was found. Overall, the results of this investigation reveal that H. carnosa in this subtropical rain forest in Taiwan exhibits adaptations to both high and low light levels, which should prove adaptive for an epiphytic vine with leaves on the same individual exposed to a wide range of exposure and shade in the host tree canopy.  相似文献   

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The responses of CO2 exchange and overnight malate accumulation of leaf and stem succulent CAM-plants to water stress and the particular climatic conditions of fog and föhn in the southern Namib desert have been investigated. In most of the investigated CAM plants a long term water stress gradually attenuated any uptake of external CO2 and led to CO2 release throughout day and night. No CAM-idling was observed. Rainfall or irrigation immediately restored daytime CO2 uptake while the recovery of the nocturnal CO2 uptake was delayed. Dawn peak of photosynthesis was only found in well watered plants but was markedly reduced by the short term water stress of a föhn-storm. Morning fog with its higher diffuse light intensity compared with clear days increased photosynthetic CO2 uptake considerably. Even in well watered plants nocturnal CO2 uptake and malate accumulation were strongly affected by föhn indicating that the water vapour pressure deficit during the night determines the degree of acidification.  相似文献   

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Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), an advanced photosynthetic pathway conferring water conservation to plants in arid habitats, has enigmatically been reported in some species restricted to extremely wet tropical forests. Of these, epiphytic Bromeliaceae may possess absorbent foliar trichomes that hinder gas‐exchange when wetted, imposing further limitations on carbon dioxide (CO2) uptake. The hypothesis that the metabolic plasticity inherent to CAM confers an ecological advantage over conventional C3 plants, when constant rainfall and mist might inhibit gas‐exchange was investigated. Gas‐exchange, fluorometry and organic acid and mineral nutrient contents were compared for the bromeliads Aechmea dactylina (CAM) and Werauhia capitata (C3) in situ at the Cerro Jefe cloud forest, Panama (annual rainfall > 4 m). Daily carbon gain and photosynthetic nutrient use efficiencies were consistently higher for A. dactylina, due to a greater CO2 uptake period, recycling of CO2 from respiration and a dynamic response of CO2 uptake to wetting of leaf surfaces. During the dry season CAM also had water conserving and photoprotective roles. A paucity of CAM species at Cerro Jefe suggests a recent radiation of this photosynthetic pathway into the wet cloud forest, with CAM extending diversity in form and function for epiphytes.  相似文献   

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Background and Aims

The deployment of temporally separated carboxylation pathways for net CO2 uptake in CAM plants provides plasticity and thus uncertainty on how species with this photosynthetic pathway will respond to life in a higher-CO2 world. The present study examined how long-term exposure to elevated CO2 influences the relative contributions that C3 and C4 carboxylation make to net carbon gain and to establish how this impacts on the availability of carbohydrates for export and growth and on water use efficiency over the day/night cycle.

Methods

Integrated measurements of leaf gas exchange and diel metabolite dynamics (e.g. malate, soluble sugars, starch) were made in leaves of the CAM bromeliad Aechmea ‘Maya’ after exposure to 700 µmol mol−1 CO2 for 5 months.

Key Results

There was a 60 % increase in 24-h carbon gain under elevated CO2 due to a stimulation of daytime C3 and C4 carboxylation in phases II and IV where water use efficiency was comparable with that measured at night. The extra CO2 taken up under elevated CO2 was largely accumulated as hexose sugars during phase IV and net daytime export of carbohydrate was abolished. Under elevated CO2 there was no stimulation of dark carboxylation and nocturnal export and respiration appeared to be the stronger sinks for carbohydrate.

Conclusions

Despite the increased size of the soluble sugar storage pool under elevated CO2, there was no change in the net allocation of carbohydrates between provision of substrates for CAM and export/respiration in A. ‘Maya’. The data imply the existence of discrete pools of carbohydrate that provide substrate for CAM or sugars for export/respiration. The 2-fold increase in water-use efficiency could be a major physiological advantage to growth under elevated CO2 in this CAM bromeliad.Key words: Aechmea ‘Maya’, carbon budgets, elevated CO2, gas exchange, metabolite dynamics, PEPC, photosynthetic plasticity, Rubisco  相似文献   

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After 23 days without water in a greenhouse, rates of nocturnal CO2 uptake in Tillandsia schiedeana decreased substantially and maximum rates occurred later in the dark period eventually coinciding with the onset of illumination. Nocturnal CO2 uptake accounted for less than half the total nighttime increase in acidity measured in well-watered plants. With increased tissue desiccation, only 11–12% of measured acid accumulation was attributable to atmospheric CO2 uptake. Plants desiccated for 30 days regained initial levels of nocturnal acid accumulation and CO2 uptake after rehydration for 10h. These results stress the importance of CO2 recycling via CAM in this epiphytic bromeliad, especially during droughts.Partially supported by Biomedical Sciences Support Grant RR07037.  相似文献   

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Abstract Field measurements of the gas exchange of epiphytic bromeliads were made during the dry season in Trinidad in order to compare carbon assimilation with water use in CAM and C3 photosynthesis. The expression of CAM was found to be directly influenced by habitat and microclimate. The timing of nocturnal CO2 uptake was restricted to the end of the dark period in plants found at drier habitats, and stomatal conductance in two CAM species was found to respond directly to humidity or temperature. Total night-time CO2 uptake, when compared with malic-acid formation (measured as the dawn-dusk difference in acidity, ΔH+), could only account for 10–40% of the total ΔH+ accumulated. The remaining malic acid must have been derived from the refixation of respired CO2 (recycling). Within the genus Aechmea (12 samples from four species), recycling was significantly correlated with night temperature at the six sample sites. Recycling was lowest in A. fendleri (54% of ΔH+ derived from respired CO2), a CAM bromeliad with little water-storage parenchyma that is restricted to wetter, cooler regions of Trinidad. Gas-exchange rates of C3 bromeliads were found to be similar to those of the CAM bromeliads, with CO2 uptake from 1 to 3 μmol m?2 s?1 and stomatal conductances generally up to 100 mmol m?2 s?1. The midday depression of photosynthesis occurred in exposed habitats, although photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) limited photosynthesis in shaded habitats. CO2 uptake of the C3 bromeliad Guzmania lingulata was saturated at around 500 μmol m?2 s?1 PAR, suggesting that epiphytic plants found in the shaded forest understorey are shade-tolerant rather than shade-demanding. Transpiration ratios (TR) during CO2 fixation in CAM (Phase I and IV) and C3 bromeliads were compared at different sites in order to assess the efficiency of water utilization. For the epiphytes displaying marked uptake of CO2, TR were found to be lower than many previously published values. In addition, the average TR values were very similar for dark CO2 uptake in CAM (42 ± 41, n= 12), Phase IV of CAM (69 ± 36, n= 3) and for C3 photosynthesis (99 ± 73, n= 4) in these plants. It appears that recycling of respired CO2 by CAM bromeliads and efficient use of water in all phases of CO2 uptake are physiological adaptations of bromeliads to arid microclimates in the humid tropics.  相似文献   

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Summary In well-watered plants of Clusia uvitana, a species capable of carbon fixation by crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), recently expanded leaves gained 5 to 13-fold more carbon during 12 h light than during 12 h dark periods. When water was withheld from the plants, daytime net CO2 uptake strongly decreased over a period of several days, whereas there was a marked increase in nocturnal carbon gain. Photosynthetic rates in the chloroplasts were hardly affected by the water stress treatment, as demonstrated by measurements of chlorophyll a fluorescence of intact leaves, indicating efficient decarboxylation of organic acids and refixation of carbon in the light. Within a few days after rewatering, plants reverted to the original gas exchange pattern with net CO2 uptake predominantly occurring during daytime. The reversible increase in dark CO2 fixation was paralleled by a reversible increase in the content of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) carboxylase protein. In wellwatered plants, short-term changes in the degree of dark CO2 fixation were induced by alterations in CO2 partial pressure during light periods: a decrease from 350 to 170 bar CO2 caused nocturnal carbon gain, measured in normal air (350 bar), to increase, whereas an increase to 700 bar CO2, during the day, caused net dark CO2 fixation to cease. The increased CAM activity in response to water shortage may, at least to some extent, be directly related to the reduced carbon gain during daytime.  相似文献   

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Net CO2 uptake over 24-hour periods was examined for the leaves and for the stems of 11 species of cacti representing all three subfamilies. For Pereskia aculeata, Pereskia grandifolia, and Maihuenia poeppigii (subfamily Pereskioideae), all the net shoot CO2 uptake was by the leaves and during the daytime. In contrast, for the leafless species Carnegiea gigantea, Ferocactus acanthodes, Coryphantha vivipara, and Mammillaria dioica (subfamily Cactoideae), all the shoot net CO2 uptake was by the stems and at night. Similarly, for leafless Opuntia ficus-indica (subfamily Opuntioideae), all net CO2 uptake occurred at night. For leafy members of the Opuntioideae (Pereskiopsis porteri, Quiabentia chacoensis, Austrocylindropuntia subulata), at least 88% of the shoot CO2 uptake over 24 hours was by the leaves and some CO2 uptake occurred at night. Leaves responded to the instantaneous level of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) during the daytime, as occurs for C3 plants, whereas nocturnal CO2 uptake by stems of O. ficus-indica and F. acanthodes responded to the total daily PAR, as occurs for Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants. Thus, under the well-watered conditions employed, the Pereskioideae behaved as C3 plants, the Cactoideae behaved as CAM plants, and the Opuntioideae exhibited characteristics of both pathways.  相似文献   

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Seasonal Shifts of Photosynthesis in Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq   总被引:6,自引:5,他引:1       下载免费PDF全文
Portulacaria afra (L.) Jacq., a perennial facultative Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) species, was studied under natural photoperiods and temperatures in San Diego, California. The plants were irrigated every fourth day throughout the study period. Measurements of 14CO2 uptake, stomatal resistance, and titratable acidity were made periodically from July 1981 through May 1982. P. afra maintained C3 photosynthesis during the winter and the spring. Diurnal acid fluctuations were low and maximal 14CO2 uptake occurred during the day. The day/night ratio of carbon uptake varied from 5 to 10 and indicated little nocturnal CO2 uptake. CAM photosynthesis occurred during the summer and a mixture of both C3 and CAM during the fall. Large acid fluctuations of 100 to 200 microequivalents per gram fresh weight were observed and maximal 14CO2 uptake shifted to the late night and early morning hours. Daytime stomatal closure was evident. A reduction in the day/night ratio of carbon uptake to 2 indicated a significant contribution of nocturnal CO2 uptake to the overall carbon gain of the plant. The seasonal shift from C3 to CAM was facilitated by increasing daytime temperature and accompanied by reduced daytime CO2 uptake despite irrigation.  相似文献   

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Abstract The paper reports the results of the comprehensive study of crassulacean acid metabolism in two epiphytic tropical ferns, Drymoglossum piloselloides and Pyrrosia longifolia. The plants were investigated under different light, temperature and water status. It was found that both species are obligate CAM plants. The diurnal acidity rhythm is due to the fluctuation in malic acid concentration, which accounts for the change in titratable acidity. Besides malic acid, shikimate and oxalate are found to be present, but not contributing to the CAM acid rhythm. The diurnal rhythm of malic acid content results in a corresponding rhythm in leaf water relations. Both ΦΦ and Φtotal, were lowest at the end of the night, i.e. when the level of malic acid was highest. The effects of temperature on CO2 exchange were inverse to those observed in other CAM plants. In both ferns studied, dark CO2 fixation increased when the night temperature was increased. Increase in day temperature reduced CO2 uptake during phase IV and during the following night. The observed responses of the ferns to temperature changes suggest that the in situ environmental conditions are optimal for their CAM performance. In weak light, the plants showed net CO2 output during the midday deacidification period. Increases in light intensity reduced such CO2 output. Under drought conditions, the CO2 exchange in the ferns was reduced to zero within 5–6 d, indicating that the ferns studied are more susceptible to water deficiency than other CAM plants. This could be due to a higher cuticular conductance for water. The results are discussed, in particular, in relation to CAM performance of epiphytes growing in the wet tropics.  相似文献   

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Manfred Kluge 《Planta》1969,86(2):142-150
Summary Starch consumption during the dark period in detached phyllodia of Bryophyllum tubiflorum is inhibited, when the phyllodia are held in an atmosphere free from carbon dioxide during the night. This is true also in other succulent plants with Crassulacean acid metabolism=CAM (examined were Bryophyllum calycinum and Sedum morganianum). This effect seems to indicate that the role of starch in CAM is production of CO2 acceptors rather than production of carbon dioxide by respiration. If the CO2 acceptors are not used, starch consumption comes to an end.This hypothesis could also explain results of experiments in which phyllodia were held at different temperatures during the dark period, and net CO2 fixation, starch loss and malate gain were determined. At 10° CO2 uptake was at a maximum (the necessary supply of CO2 acceptors must have therefore been at a maximum, too). Under these conditions there was the greatest amount of starch consumption. At 23° C, CO2 uptake was clearly lowered, and this was also true for starch consumption. At 35° C net CO2 uptake was balanced by net CO2, output (no CO2 acceptors were needed in CO2 dark fixation). At this temperature no starch loss could be measured.  相似文献   

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The responses of CO2 exchange and overnight malate accumulation of leaf and stem succulent CAM-plants to water stress and the particular climatic conditiens of fog and föhn in the southern Namib desert have been investigated. In most of the investigated CAM plants a long term water stress gradually attenuated any uptake of external CO2 and led to CO2 release throughout day and night. No CAM-idling was observed. Rainfall or irrigation immediately restored daytime CO2 uptake while the recovery of the noctural CO2 uptake was delayed. Dawn peak of photosynthesis was only found in well watered plants but was markedly reduced by the short term water stress of a föhn-storm. Morning fog with its higher diffuse light intensity compared with clear days increased photosynthetic CO2 uptake considerably. Even in well watered plants noctural CO2 uptake and malate accumulation were strongly affected by föhn indicating that the water vapour pressure deficit during the night determines the degree of acidification.  相似文献   

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We examined the in situ CO2 gas-exchange of fruits of a tropical tree, Durio zibethinus Murray, growing in an experimental field station of the Universiti Pertanian Malaysia. Day and night dark respiration rates were exponentially related to air temperature. The temperature dependent dark respiration rate showed a clockwise loop as time progressed from morning to night, and the rate was higher in the daytime than at night. The gross photosynthetic rate was estimated by summing the rates of daytime dark respiration and net photosynthesis. Photosynthetic CO2 refixation, which is defined as the ratio of gross photosynthetic rate to dark respiration rate in the daytime, ranged between 15 and 45%. The photosynthetic CO2 refixation increased rapidly as the temperature increased in the lower range of air temperature T c (T c <28.5 °C), while it decreased gradually as the temperature increased in the higher range (T c 28.5 °C). Light dependence of photosynthetic CO2 refixation was approximated by a hyperbolic formula, where light saturation was achieved at 100 mol m–2 s–1 and the asymptotic CO2 refixation was determined to be 37.4%. The estimated gross photosynthesis and dark respiration per day were 1.15 and 4.90 g CO2 fruit–1, respectively. Thus the CO2 refixation reduced the respiration loss per day by 23%. The effect of fruit size on night respiration rate satisfied a power function, where the exponent was larger than unity.  相似文献   

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A comparison of carbon metabolism in the constitutive crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant Kalanchoë daigremontiana Hamet et Perr. and the C3-CAM intermediate Clusia minor L. was undertaken under controlled environmental conditions where plants experience gradual changes in light intensity, temperature and humidity at the start and end of the photoperiod. The magnitude of CAM activity was manipulated by maintaining plants in ambient air or by enclosing leaves overnight in an atmosphere of N2 to suppress C4 carboxylation. Measurements of diel changes in carbonisotope discrimination and organic acid content were used to quantify the activities of C3 and C4 carboxylases in vivo and to indicate the extent to which the activities of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase), ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (Rubisco) and decarboxylation processes overlap at the start and end of the photoperiod. These measurements in vivo were compared with measurements in vitro of changes in the diel sensitivity of PEPCase to malate inhibition. The results demonstrate fundamental differences in the down-regulation of PEPCase during the day in the two species. While PEPCase is inactivated within the first 30 min of the photoperiod in K. daigremontiana, the enzyme is active for 4 h at the start and 3 h at the end of the photoperiod in C. minor. Enclosing leaves in N2 overnight resulted in a two-to threefold increase in PEPCase-mediated CO2 uptake during Phase II of CAM in both species. However, futile cycling of CO2 between malate synthesis and decarboxylation does not occur during Phase II in either species. In terms of overall carbon balance, C4 carboxylation accounted for ≈ 20% of net daytime assimilation in both species under control conditions, increasing to 30–34% after a night in N2. Although N2-treated leaves of K. daigremontiana took up 25% more CO2 than control leaves during the day this was insufficient to compensate for the loss of CO2 taken up by CAM the previous night. In contrast, in N2-treated leaves of C. minor, the twofold increase in daytime PEPCase activity and the increase in net CO2 uptake by Rubisco during Phase III compensated for the inhibition of C4 carboxylation at night in terms of diel carbon balance.  相似文献   

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This paper reports autecological field-studies in Singaporeon Drymoglossum piloselloides (L.) Presl., an epiphytic fernof the humid tropics which is capable of performing Crassulaceanacid metabolism (CAM). As indicated by the gas exchange patternsand by the occurrence of a diurnal malic acid rhythm, the plantalso features CAM in situ at its natural sites. Both in well-wateredand in naturally droughted plants external CO2 was taken upsolely during the night. Water stress decreased nocturnal CO2uptake,but left the synthesis and storage of malic acid unaffected.This indicates that CO2 recycling of respiratory CO2 by CAMis ecophysiologically important at the high night temperaturestypical of the tropical habitats of the fern. The plants showeda diel fluctuation of cell-sap osmotic pressure which paralleledthat of malic acid, while the fluctuation of the xylem tensionfollowed the curve of transpiration more closely than it followedthat of the malic acid content. CAM in D. piloselloides wasclearly not limited by natural access to mineral ions and nitrogen.It is concluded that the ecophysiological advantage of CAM forD. piloselloides lies in a better water use efficiency as comparedwith C3 ferns and in the salvaging of carbon by CO2 recycling. Key words: CAM, epiphytic ferns, gas exchange, water relations  相似文献   

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Abstract The results described represent the first detailed measurements of gas exchange of epiphytic plants with crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in the humid tropics. A portable steady-state CO2 and H2O porometer was used to measure net exchange rates of CO2 and H2O vapour (JCO2, JH2O), leaf temperature (T1), air temperature (TA), air relative humidity (RH) and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) for bromeliads in the field during the dry season in February and March 1983 on the tropical island of Trinidad. Different lengths of tubing (up to 25 m) were used so that the gas exchange could be measured of bromeliads in situ in their epiphytic habitats. Derived parameters such as leaf-air water-vapour-concentration difference (Δw), water-vapour conductance of leaves (g) and internal CO2 partial pressure (piCO2) could be calculated. The particular problems of making such measurements in the humid tropics due to high relative humidities and high dew-point temperatures are discussed. The long and often broad, strap-like leaves of bromeliads are well suited for measurements with the steady-state porometer. It is shown that CAM activity varies along the length of individual leaves, and variability between different leaves is also demonstrated. The major phases of CAM, i.e. nocturnal stomalal opening, CO2 uptake and dark fixation as malic acid (Phase I), daytime stomatal closure and light-dependent assimilation of CO2 derived from decarboxylation of the malic acid (Phase III), and late-afternoon stomatal opening with direct light-dependent assimilation of atmospheric CO2 (Phase IV) were all clearly shown by CAM bromeliads in situ. Their expression and magnitude depended on the environmental conditions. An early-morning peak of CO2 uptake as is characteristic of Phase II of CAM was not detected during the night-day transition. A bromeliad intermediate between C3 and CAM, Guzmania monostachia, showed substantial net CO2 uptake in the early morning but no net uptake integrated over the whole of the night.  相似文献   

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Abstract The regulation of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) under controlled environmental conditions has been investigated for two tropical epiphytes, relating plant water and carbon balance to growth form and habitat preference under natural conditions. Aechmea fendleri is restricted to wet, upper montane regions of Trinidad, while A. nudicaulis has a wider distribution extending into more arid regions of the island. Morphological characteristics of these plants are related to habitat preference in terms of leaf succulence (0.44 and 0.94 kg m?2 for the two species respectively) and a distinct layer of water storage parenchyma in A. nudicaulis In contrast, the thinner leaves of A. fendleri contain little water-storage parenchyma and less chlorenchyma per unit area, but the plants have a more open leaf rosette. The two species differ in expression of CAM, since the proportion of respiratory CO2 recycled as part of CAM had been found to be much lower in A. fendleri This study compared the efficiency of water use and role of respiratory CO2 recycling under two PAR regimes (300 and 120 μnol m?2 s?1) and three night temperatures (12, 18 and 25 °C). Dark CO2 uptake rates for both species were comparable to plants in the field (maximum of 2.3 ± 0.2 μmol m?2s?1± SD, n= 3). Total net CO2 uptake at night increased on leaf area basis with temperature for both species under higher PAR, although under the low PAR regime CO2 uptake was maximal at 18 °C. Water-use efficiency (WUE) increased at 18 °C and 25 °C during dark CO2 uptake (Phase I) and also during late afternoon photosynthesis (Phase IV) in both species. For A. fendleri, dawn to dusk changes in titrable acidity (ΔH +) were similar under high and low PAR, although ΔH+ was correlated to night temperature and PAR in A. nudicaulis. The proportion of ΔH+ derived from respiratory CO2 also varied with experimental conditions. Thus percentage recycling was lower in A. fendleri under high PAR (0–10%), but was only reduced at 18 °C under low PAR. Recycling by A. nudicaulis ranged from 32–42% under high PAR, but was also reduced to 6% under low PAR at 18 °C; at 12 °C and 25 °C, recycling was 37% and 52% respectively. Previous studies have suggested a relationship between the proportion of recycling and degree of water stress. This study indicated that CAM as a CO2 concentrating mechanism regulates both water-use efficiency and plant carbon balance in these epiphytes, in response to PAR and night temperature. However, the precise relationship between respiratory processes and the balance between external and internal sources of CO2 is as yet unresolved.  相似文献   

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普晓妍  王鹏程  李苏  鲁志云  宋钰 《广西植物》2021,41(9):1465-1475
附生植物是热带亚热带森林生态系统中物种多样性极高且极其脆弱敏感的生物类群之一。光照被认为是促进附生植物由陆生类群演化而来并决定其生长和分布的关键因素。然而,由于接近林冠和规范性采样的限制,附生植物与光照的关系仍亟待阐述。为揭示附生植物对光强变化的响应和适应策略,该研究以亚热带常绿阔叶林6种附生植物(林冠层木本:鼠李叶花楸、毛棉杜鹃;林冠层草本:狭瓣贝母兰、毛唇独蒜兰;树干区草本:点花黄精、距药姜)为对象,对其在4个光处理梯度下生长的叶片气孔特征及其可塑性进行了对比分析。结果表明:(1) 2种附生小乔木的气孔面积(SA)、气孔密度(SD)、潜在气孔导度指数(PCI)和表皮细胞密度(ECD)均对光强改变显著响应。2种附生兰科植物的SA最大,而SD最小;附生乔木叶片SD和ECD的光响应趋势与陆生植物更相似,而附生草本则出现种间差异。(2) 6种附生植物的气孔、表皮细胞特性及其表型可塑性,在草本-木本、常绿-落叶植物、林冠-树干区之间,均无明显差别。(3)附生植物气孔特性和表皮细胞平均可塑性指数均低于陆生植物。综上结果表明,亚热带常绿阔叶林中附生植物对于光环境变化的适应性相对较弱。不同的附生植物可以通过不同程度地增加叶片SD和ECD来适应高光强生境,并通过对SD和SA的双重调节以增大潜在光合能力从而应对低光胁迫。  相似文献   

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  • Global climate change is likely to impact all plant life. Vascular epiphytes represent a life form that may be affected more than any other by possible changes in precipitation leading to water shortage, but negative effects of drought may be mitigated through increasing levels of atmospheric CO2.
  • We studied the response of three epiphytic Aechmea species to different CO2 and watering levels in a full‐factorial climate chamber study over 100 days. All species use crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). Response variables were relative growth rate (RGR), nocturnal acidification and foliar nutrient levels (N, P, K, Mg).
  • Both elevated CO2 and increased water supply stimulated RGR, but the interaction of the two factors was not significant. Nocturnal acidification was not affected by these factors, indicating that the increase in growth in these CAM species was due to higher assimilation in the light. Mass‐based foliar nutrient contents were consistently lower under elevated CO2, but most differences disappeared when expressed on an area basis.
  • Compared to previous studies with epiphytes, in which doubling of CO2 increased RGR, on average, by only 14%, these Aechmea species showed a relatively strong growth stimulation of up to +61%. Consistent with earlier findings with other bromeliads, elevated CO2 did not mitigate the effect of water shortage.
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To investigate the possible induction of Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) by drought in Talinum paniculatum ([Jacq.] Gaertn.), a deciduous herb with succulent leaves and lignified stems, nocturnal acid accumulation and CO2-exchange were studied in watered and droughted greenhouse-grown plants. Watered plants had a typical C3 pattern of CO2-exchange. When plants were subjected to drought, nocturnal acid accumulation increased significantly from 0.9 to 13.4 μmol H+ cm?2 after 21 days. Water deficit provoked a rapid reduction of daytime CO2 assimilation of as much as 92% and a slower increase in night-time fixation. A maximum of 24% of the diel carbon gain was contributed by dark fixation in droughted plants. After 34 days of drought, only CO2 compensation and a small accumulation of acid (idling) was detected during the night. Relative recycling of respiratory CO2 was approximately 100% for most of the water deficit treatment, the amount of CO2 recycled showing a high positive correlation with nocturnal acid accumulation. A low rate of nocturnal loss of CO2 in watered plants did not explain the amount recycled nightly in droughted plants, implying that respiration increased with drought. Leaf lamina area was reduced by 49% during drought due to rolling. Leaf biomass remained unchanged during the water-deficit treatment. Neither apparent quantum yield nor light-saturated photosynthetic rate differed significantly between control and 14-day water-stressed plants rewatered for 20 h. Chlorophyll content did not change with drought. These results confirm that CAM is induced by drought in T. paniculatum; the carbon acquired through this pathway only contributes to maintain, but not to increase, leaf biomass; also, CAM is responsible for a high recycling of respiratory CO2 during the night. Recycling through CAM, plus the reduction of exposed leaf area during drought, may help explain the maintenance of chlorophyll, quantum yield and saturated photosynthetic rates in water-stressed plants of T. paniculatum.  相似文献   

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