补充蓝光对设施栽培油桃光合性能及糖酸积累的影响

以设施曙光油桃(Prunus persica cv. ‘Shuguang’)为试材, 设置补充蓝光处理, 测定了生育期内5个关键时期叶片的光合性能相关参数及果实的糖酸组分, 并观察了叶片气孔的变化情况。结果表明: 补充蓝光后油桃叶片的净光合速率提高, 叶绿素a和b含量增加, 叶绿素a/b显著降低, 叶面积增大; 气孔开放提前并较早达到最大开度, 且关闭延迟。叶片中检测到的主要同化物为果糖、葡萄糖和山梨醇, 以山梨醇为主; 果实中则为果糖、葡萄糖、山梨醇和蔗糖, 成熟期以蔗糖为主。补充蓝光处理的叶片中3种同化物积累较少, 而果实中总糖和蔗糖含量较高, 表明蓝光处理提高了光合同化物从叶片到果实的转运转化能力。草酸是叶片和果实中主要的有机酸, 补充蓝光处理的果实中有机酸含量显著降低, 糖酸与对照相比提高了30.5%。硬核期后是蓝光处理提高果实糖酸比的关键时期, 此时补充蓝光可改善设施油桃光合性能及果实品质, 这一技术措施有望应用到设施果树的栽培中。     

光质对设施葡萄叶片衰老与内源激素含量的影响

以设施延迟栽培条件下叶片衰老速度不同的意大利和无核白鸡心2个葡萄品种为试材,分别进行补充红光和蓝光处理,研究不同光质对叶片衰老过程中叶绿素含量、净光合速率和内源激素含量的影响.结果表明: 与未补光对照相比,红光能够显著提高叶片的叶绿素含量和净光合速率,降低了内源赤霉素(GA₃)含量,但明显减缓了脱落酸(ABA)含量的增加和玉米素核苷(ZR)总含量的减少,从而显著提高了(GA₃+ZR)/ABA值,延缓叶片衰老.叶片衰老前期,蓝光处理叶片叶绿素含量、净光合速率和(GA₃+ZR)/ABA值均低于对照,加速了植株的衰老进程;但在叶片衰老后期,蓝光处理叶绿素含量、净光合速率和(GA₃+ZR)/ABA值逐渐高于对照,在一定程度上延缓了叶片衰老.植物内源激素生长素(IAA)则表现出叶片衰老前期促进叶片生长发育、叶片衰老后期加速衰老的双重作用.意大利叶片衰老速度较无核白鸡心慢.在本试验条件下,红光处理效果最好,有效延缓了叶片衰老进程,延长了叶片的生理功能期.     

光质对温室甜椒干物质生产和分配指数的影响

为了研究不同光质对甜椒植株干物质生产与分配指数的影响,以甜椒茎有限生长品种"苏椒13号"为试验材料,于2010年计不同种彩色塑料薄膜(红、黄、蓝、绿、紫,白色为对照)试验。结果表明:不同光质处理的甜椒单位面积干物质生产量(Wt)与冠层截获的太阳光合有效辐射日积分(daily photosynthetic active radiation integral,PARi,MJ·m-2)之间的模型为Wt=22.07×e0.0054λPARi;单位面积植株总干重、果实的干物质分配指数、果实采收指数和单位面积果实产量均以红膜最高,紫膜最低;蓝膜的茎干物质分配指数最高,红膜最低;蓝膜、绿膜和紫膜的植株叶片干物质分配指数明显高于红膜和黄膜;不同光质处理对甜椒植株地上部分干物质分配指数的影响差异不显著;研究认为红膜和黄膜能够促进甜椒植株的干物质积累和果实发育,紫膜和蓝膜则有明显的抑制作用,该研究结果可为温室甜椒栽培的光质选择和环境调控提供决策依据。     

施硼和赤霉素对‘李广杏’坐果率及果实品质的影响

该研究以8年生盛果期的‘李广杏’植株为试材,于花蕾膨大期喷施0.1%(P1)、0.3%(P2)和0.5%(P3)硼砂和盛花初期喷施50(C1)、100(C2)和150 mg/L(C3)赤霉素,测定不同处理下李广杏的坐果率、果实品质及营养生长指标的变化,并用主成分分析不同处理的效果进行综合评价,为敦煌寒旱区‘李广杏’的栽培提供理论依据。结果表明:(1)‘李广杏’叶面积增长量在C1浓度处理下显著高于CK,不同浓度的硼处理对其均具有抑制作用,但C1、P2浓度下新稍生长量高于其他处理。(2)适宜浓度的硼和赤霉素处理可一定程度减少‘李广杏’花的败育率,从而有效提高果树的坐果率,其中硼处理以P3浓度下最优,但P3与P2处理下坐果率无显著差异,赤霉素处理以C2浓度下最优。(3)适宜浓度硼和赤霉素能够明显提高‘李广杏’果实品质,C1浓度处理下的果实糖酸比、可溶性固形物含量显著高于CK,P2处理下的果实维生素C、可滴定酸含量显著高于其他处理;适宜浓度赤霉素和硼对果实的单果重、果形指数、侧径有明显的促进作用。(4)主成分分析结果显示,各处理效果的综合得分由高到低依次为P2(1.20)>C2(0.91)>P1(0.13)>C1(-1.01)>CK(-1.68)>P3(-2.13)>C3(-7.76);果实可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白、糖酸比等主成分占比较高,可作为评价‘李广杏’果实品质的重要依据。研究发现,花期喷施适宜浓度的硼和赤霉素可有效提高‘李广杏’果树的生长状况、坐果率及果实品质,且甘肃敦煌地区以花蕾膨大期喷施0.3%硼和盛花初期喷施100 mg/L赤霉素效果最佳。     

Growth,photosynthetic activity and tuber quality of two potato cultivars in controlled environment as affected by light source

In order to elucidate the effect of genetic material and light source and their interaction on plant performance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), we studied the influence of two light sources, white fluorescent tubes (WF) and red blue LEDs with ratio 8:1 (RB) and two cultivars, ‘Avanti’ and ‘Colomba’ grown in phytotron, on growth, leaf photosynthesis and photochemistry and tuber quality. Under WF, net photosynthesis (NP) increased from the vegetative phase until flowering, then decreased during tuber bulking, with no differences between the cultivars. Lighting with RB increased the NP and the PSII maximum quantum use efficiency compared to WF. RB reduced stem elongation in both cultivars, as well as the number and area of leaves, and the aerial biomass per plant in ‘Colomba’, compared to WF. Conversely, tuber yield was higher in plants under RB light in both ‘Avanti’ and ‘Colomba’. Light source did not influence the tuber content of starch and total glycoalkaloids, while it affected differently in the cultivars the protein content and the glycoalkaloid profile. Our results highlight how interactions between light source and genotype need to be considered for potato cultivation in controlled environment under artificial lighting.     

遮荫对甜瓜叶片光合特性的影响

以适宜不同栽培条件的3个甜瓜品种为材料,研究了遮荫对其光合色素含量、净光合速率及比叶重等叶片特性的影响。结果表明:与正常光照相比,遮光处理能诱使甜瓜叶片叶绿素和类胡萝卜素含量显著提高,叶绿素a/b显著降低。全光照条件下,3个甜瓜品种的净光合速率日变化曲线均呈双峰型,有明显的"光合午休"现象,而在遮荫条件下则呈单峰曲线变化,且光合峰值出现的时间比全光照下推迟;遮光条件下甜瓜叶片气孔导度日变化曲线与其净光合速率日变化类似。3个品种间比叶重在全光照条件下差异不显著,但遮荫显著降低了壮龄叶片的比叶重,且遮荫强度越重,比叶重越小;品种‘黄河蜜3号’壮龄叶的比叶重降幅(31.83%)显著大于‘银帝’(27.22%)和‘玉金香’(26.01%)。可见,遮荫降低了甜瓜叶片的净光合速率和功能叶片的比叶重,植株通过增加自身叶片光合色素含量以增强对环境的适应性,缓解遮荫对其的影响,品种‘银帝’表现出较强的耐弱光性。     

LED红、蓝、白组合光对茄子幼苗质量和果皮品质的影响

本试验采用发光二极管(LED)精准调控光源环境,以‘改良大龙茄’为试材,在前期探明红/蓝组合光(R/B)=3/1有利于培育茄子壮苗基础上,以R/B=3/1(9/3,CK₁)和LED白光(W,CK₂)为对照,分别设定LED红蓝白组合光为: R/B/W=3/1/1(9/3/3,T₁)、R/B/W=9/3/8(T₂)、R/B/W=3/1/6(9/3/18,T₃)和R/B/W=3/1/16(9/3/48,T₄),研究其对茄子幼苗生长、根系发育及定植后茄子产量和品质的影响,以期为茄子集约化高效育苗和设施生产补光提供理论依据和技术指导.结果表明: R/B/W=9/3/8组合光处理下,茄子幼苗株高、茎粗、壮苗指数、地上部干重、根干重、根系发育,以及定植后茄皮花青素、类黄酮含量和前期产量均较高;R/B/W=3/1/1组合光处理下,幼苗根冠比、定植后茄皮总酚和果肉中可溶性糖含量较高;而R/B/W=3/1/6组合光处理下,全株叶面积及定植后茄子果肉中游离氨基酸含量较高;R/B/W=3/1/16组合光处理下,定植后茄子果肉中可溶性蛋白含量较高.不同红蓝白组合光可不同程度提高茄子幼苗质量及定植后茄子前期产量和品质,以R/B/W=9/3/8组合光效果最显著.     

Combination of Red and Blue Lights Improved the Growth and Development of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Seedlings by Regulating Photosynthesis

The photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis, and photoperiod processes in plants are regulated according to light intensity and quality. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different light qualities on eggplant seedlings and determine the best light quality for growth. The seedlings of eggplant cultivar ‘Jingqiejingang’ were grown under light-emitting diodes (LEDs): white (W, the control), red (R), blue (B), and different ratios of B/R lights (B/R = 1/1, B/R = 1/3, B/R = 1/6, B/R = 1/9). The growth parameters, leaf morphology, photosynthetic performance, chlorophyll fluorescence, and the carbon and nitrogen metabolism in the leaves of eggplant seedlings under different LED light treatments were studied. The results showed that the plant height, leaf development, and photosynthetic characteristics were inhibited by red light but elevated by blue light compared with the control. Conversely, the contents of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and carotenoids were all increased by red light, while decreased by blue light significantly. In addition, the contents of carbohydrates and the activities of nitrogen assimilation enzymes were not or little changed by the monochromatic blue and red light. The combined light of red and blue were more beneficial for growth than the monochromatic light, especially B/R = 1/3 light. Under B/R = 1/3 light, the parameter values of plant growth, leaf development, photosynthetic pigments and characteristics, and carbon and nitrogen metabolism were all maximum. Taken together, combined application lights of red and blue are good practice for the cultivation of eggplant seedlings, and LED B/R = 1/3 light was optimum.

     

不同光质补光对促早栽培‘瑞都香玉’葡萄果实品质的影响

以4年生‘贝达’嫁接的早熟葡萄品种‘瑞都香玉’为试材,研究设施促早栽培条件下,紫外光、蓝光和红蓝光不同光质补光对果实品质的影响,结果表明: 促早栽培节能日光温室内环境属于典型的弱蓝紫光和弱紫外光环境.与对照(未补光)相比,夜间6 h的蓝光和紫外光补光处理可显著加快葡萄果实发育过程中质量和果粒纵横径的增大、果实糖含量的升高以及酸含量的下降,红蓝光效果不明显.果实成熟期紫外光补光处理果实的单粒质量最高,蓝光与红蓝光处理显著高于对照;蓝光补光处理果实葡萄糖、果糖和总糖含量最高,紫外光次之,红蓝光略高于对照.与对照相比,蓝光补光处理可显著加快果实中里那醇、α-萜品醇、橙花醇等萜烯类组分含量高峰的出现,而紫外光、红蓝光补光处理差异较小.果实成熟期蓝光补光处理果实中里那醇、香茅醇等萜烯类物质含量最高,紫外光补光处理里那醇含量较高,香叶醇、己醛、E-2-己烯醛等主要香气物质的含量最高,而红蓝光补光处理里那醇的含量与对照相比有所降低.紫外光、蓝光和红蓝光3种光质补光处理均增加了果实中醛酮类物质的种类及含量.表明蓝光补光处理果实发育最快,成熟最早,糖含量最高,里那醇等萜烯类物质含量高峰出现的时间最早;紫外光补光处理果实的单粒质量最大,主要萜烯类组分含量高;红蓝光补光处理对改善果实品质的效果不明显.     

Estimating the photosynthetic contribution of developing peach (Prunus persica) fruits to their growth and maintenance carbohydrate requirements

CO₂ exchange rates (CO₂ evolution) of late-maturing cv. Cal Red peaches, exposed to different photon flux densities, were simulated from 24 days after flowering (DAF) until harvest by using light and temperature response curves measured on attached fruits in the field at biweekly intervals. The daily patterns of dark respiration rates per unit dry weight indicated their dependence on temperatures. Fruit CO₂ exchange rates in light were also affected by photosynthetic photon flux densities. Daily photosynthetic rates per unit dry weight and per fruit were significantly lower in shaded fruits receiving 7% of the full daily sunlight compared to fruits exposed to 35% sunlight. However, the difference in photosynthetic rates in peach fruits receiving 21 and 35% of total daily sunlight was small. Within the last 4 weeks before harvest, weekly carbohydrate requirements for the production of dry matter rose rapidly in cv. Cal Red peaches and were related to high carbohydrate accumulations, especially of sucrose, in the peach mesocarp. Weekly photosynthetic contribution of late-maturing cv. Cal Red peaches to these carbohydrate accumulations increased up to 115 DAF. A decline in photosynthetic contributions between 115 DAF and harvest was related to decreasing photosynthetic activities in association with declining chlorophyll contents. Photosynthesis of late-maturing cv. Cal Red peaches provided 3–9% of the weekly fruit carbohydrate requirements early in the season and 8–15% in the midseason depending on fruit exposure to light. Photosynthesis of mature fruits contributed 3–5% of the total fruit carbohydrate requirements. Since fruit photosynthetic rates approach saturation at a photosynthetic photon flux density of about 600 μmol m² s^?2, the difference in weekly photosynthetic contributions was small between exposed and partially exposed (35 and 21% sunlight, respectively) peach fruits. However, a shaded fruit (7% sunlight) supplied significantly less of its weekly carbohydrate requirements through photosynthesis compared to exposed fruits. During the growing period of 24 DAF until harvest, dry matter accumulation of latematuring cv. Cal Red peaches accounted for 78% of the total carbohydrate requirements and 22% was used in respiration. Fruit photosynthesis of shaded peach fruit, partially exposed fruit and exposed fruit (receiving 7. 21 and 35% of full sunlight over the day, respectively) contributed 5. 8 and 9%, respectively, of the total growth and maintenance carbohydrate requirements during the growing season.     

The responses of light interception,photosynthesis and fruit yield of cucumber to LED‐lighting within the canopy

Mathematical models of light attenuation and canopy photosynthesis suggest that crop photosynthesis increases by more uniform vertical irradiance within crops. This would result when a larger proportion of total irradiance is applied within canopies (interlighting) instead of from above (top lighting). These irradiance profiles can be generated by Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs). We investigated the effects of interlighting with LEDs on light interception, on vertical gradients of leaf photosynthetic characteristics and on crop production and development of a greenhouse‐grown Cucumis sativus‘Samona’ crop and analysed the interaction between them. Plants were grown in a greenhouse under low natural irradiance (winter) with supplemental irradiance of 221 µmol photosynthetic photon flux m^?2 s^?1 (20 h per day). In the interlighting treatment, LEDs (80% Red, 20% Blue) supplied 38% of the supplemental irradiance within the canopy with 62% as top lighting by High‐Pressure Sodium (HPS)‐lamps. The control was 100% top lighting (HPS lamps). We measured horizontal and vertical light extinction as well as leaf photosynthetic characteristics at different leaf layers, and determined total plant production. Leaf mass per area and dry mass allocation to leaves were significantly greater but leaf appearance rate and plant length were smaller in the interlighting treatment. Although leaf photosynthetic characteristics were significantly increased in the lower leaf layers, interlighting did not increase total biomass or fruit production, partly because of a significantly reduced vertical and horizontal light interception caused by extreme leaf curling, likely because of the LED‐light spectrum used, and partly because of the relatively low irradiances from above.     

环境条件对黄瓜硅吸收分配和果面蜡粉形成的影响

为探明环境条件影响黄瓜果面蜡粉形成的机制,以‘山农5号’黄瓜为接穗,‘黄诚根2号’南瓜(去蜡粉能力强)和‘云南黒籽南瓜’(去蜡粉能力弱)为砧木进行嫁接,在日光温室不同栽培茬口(冬春茬和秋冬茬)下研究了硅吸收分配和果面蜡粉量差异,并在人工气候室内模拟不同季节环境条件[T₁:温度28 ℃/18 ℃(昼/夜),相对湿度55%/65%,光照强度600 μmol·m^-2·s^-1;T₂:温度22 ℃/12 ℃(昼/夜),相对湿度85%/95%,光照强度300 μmol·m^-2·s^-1],研究其对硅吸收分配和硅转运蛋白基因表达的影响。结果表明:日光温室栽培条件下,与秋冬茬相比,冬春茬黄瓜商品成熟果实表面蜡粉量显著增加,其中以‘云南黑籽南瓜’嫁接黄瓜受影响较大,自根黄瓜和‘黄诚根2号’嫁接黄瓜受影响较小;相同栽培季节,均以‘云南黑籽南瓜’嫁接黄瓜果面蜡粉量和器官硅含量最多,自根黄瓜次之,‘黄诚根2号’嫁接黄瓜最少。人工气候室内,T₁环境下黄瓜各器官硅含量、叶片和根系硅转运蛋白基因表达量均高于T₂;相同环境条件下,黄瓜各器官硅含量和叶片硅转运蛋白基因表达量均为‘云南黑籽南瓜’嫁接黄瓜＞自根黄瓜＞‘黄诚根2号’嫁接黄瓜。综上,环境条件改变了黄瓜植株对硅的吸收分配,进而影响果面蜡粉形成,适宜的环境条件有利于减少果面蜡粉量;高温、强光、低湿环境导致黄瓜果面蜡粉量增多,砧木对嫁接黄瓜硅吸收和果面蜡粉形成有显著影响。     

水分对有机基质栽培番茄生理特性、品质及产量的影响

以"齐粉"番茄品种为试材,研究了不同相对含水量对有机基质栽培番茄生长、生理特性、产量、品质和水分利用率的影响.结果表明:随着有机基质相对含水量的升高,番茄株高、茎粗、节间长和单株叶面积极显著增加,叶片色素含量、水势、渗透势及根系活力和果实产量显著增加,而番茄果实品质和水分利用率显著降低.从果实产量、品质和水分利用率方面综合考虑,80%基质相对含水量处理的果实产量达26 kg.m-2以上,可作为番茄有机基质栽培水分管理的量化指标;如果仅考虑果实品质,则50%基质相对含水量可以作为水分管理指标.     

Impact of nitric oxide on shelf life and quality of nectarine (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Prunus persica</Emphasis> var. <Emphasis Type="Italic">nucipersica</Emphasis>)

Nectarine is an emerging fruit crop in India which has immense nutritional quality and fairly good amount of antioxidants. In India, peach orchards are being replaced by nectarine primarily because of fuzzless peel. However, shelf life of nectarine is lean due to its climacteric behaviour. Hence, we attempted to observe the effect of nitric oxide (NO), using its donor compound, namely sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on postharvest life and quality of ‘Silver Queen’ nectarine fruit. In this study, fruit of ‘Silver Queen’ nectarine were treated with various concentrations of SNP (0.25 mM, 0.5 mM, 1.0 mM, 1.5 mM) after harvesting at climacteric stage of maturity. Fruit were stored at ambient condition for further analysis on daily basis, after air drying at room temperature. Our results revealed that among the various concentrations of SNP, 0.5 mM was found to be best in reducing physiological loss in weight (PLW), maintaining firmness and retaining higher phenolics, antioxidant activity, exhibiting slower increase in lipoxygenase (LOX) and pectin methylesterase (PME) activity and better quality fruit up to 8 days than 4 days of untreated fruit. Hence, postharvest dip of ‘Silver Queen’ nectarine fruit in 0.5 mM solution of SNP could be recommended for enhancing the shelf life by 4 days.     

不同光质LED光源对草莓光合特性、产量及品质的影响

以‘妙香7号’草莓品种为材料,利用LED精量调制光源,设红光、蓝光、黄光、白光、红/蓝/黄(7/2/1)、红/蓝(7/2) 5个处理,以白光为对照,测定了草莓叶片的光合与荧光参数、色素含量、果实产量、品质和根系活力指标,研究 500 μmol·m^-2·s^-1光强下不同光质处理对草莓光合特性、果实产量及品质的影响.结果表明： 红光处理有利于提高草莓叶片的净光合速率与蒸腾速率,而蓝光有减弱作用;气孔导度与胞间CO₂浓度均以蓝光处理效果最为显著.叶绿素荧光参数(F_o、F_m、Φ_PSⅡ)均在红光处理下最大,而F_v/F_m、F_v/F_o、F_m/F_o均在红/蓝/黄处理下最大;红/蓝/黄处理下草莓色素含量、果实产量和根系活力均显著高于其他处理.红光处理的可溶性固形物和维生素C含量均最高,且与红/蓝/黄处理差异不显著;蓝光处理有利于提高可滴定酸和蛋白质含量,而红/蓝/黄处理的固酸比最大.红/蓝/黄处理最有利于增加光合色素含量,提高果实产量,促进部分品质改善.     

Spatial distribution of leaf nitrogen and photosynthetic capacity within the foliage of individual trees: disentangling the effects of local light quality,leaf irradiance,and transpiration

There is presently no consensus about the factor(s) driving photosynthetic acclimation and the intra-canopy distribution of leaf characteristics under natural conditions. The impact was tested of local (i) light quality (red/far red ratio), (ii) leaf irradiance (PPFD(i)), and (iii) transpiration rate (E) on total non-structural carbohydrates per leaf area (TNC(a)), TNC-free leaf mass-to-area ratio (LMA), total leaf nitrogen per leaf area (N(a)), photosynthetic capacity (maximum carboxylation rate and light-saturated electron transport rate), and leaf N partitioning between carboxylation and bioenergetics within the foliage of young walnut trees grown outdoors. Light environment (quantity and quality) was controlled by placing individual branches under neutral or green screens during spring growth, and air vapour pressure deficit (VPD) was prescribed and leaf transpiration and photosynthesis measured at branch level by a branch bag technique. Under similar levels of leaf irradiance, low air vapour pressure deficit decreased transpiration rate but did not influence leaf characteristics. Close linear relationships were detected between leaf irradiance and leaf N(a), LMA or photosynthetic capacity, and low R/FR ratio decreased leaf N(a), LMA and photosynthetic capacity. Irradiance and R/FR also influenced the partitioning of leaf nitrogen into carboxylation and electron light transport. Thus, local light level and quality are the major factors driving photosynthetic acclimation and intra-canopy distribution of leaf characteristics, whereas local transpiration rate is of less importance.     

Dorsoventral asymmetry of photosynthesis and photoinhibition in flag leaves of two rice cultivars that differ in nitrogen response and leaf angle

Rice is believed to show photosynthetic symmetry between adaxial and abaxial leaf sides. To verify this, we re‐examined dorsoventral asymmetry in photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence and anatomical traits in flag leaves of two Oryza sativa cultivars that differ in nitrogen (N) response and in leaf angle: ‘Akenohoshi’, a cultivar that can adapt to low‐N (LN), with low leaf angle (more erect leaves), and ‘Shirobeniya’, a cultivar that is unable to adapt to LN, with higher leaf angle. Plants were grown under standard‐N (SN) and LN conditions. LN leaves of both cultivars became more erect than SN, but LN Akenohoshi still had more erect ones than Shirobeniya. Contrary to results of previous studies, leaves of both cultivars showed an asymmetry in photosynthetic rate between adaxial and abaxial sides (higher on the adaxial side) under SN. SN leaves of both cultivars showed lower susceptibility to photoinhibition on the adaxial side than on the abaxial side. However, leaves of Akenohoshi showed less asymmetry in these traits under LN than under SN, whereas leaves of Shirobeniya had similar degrees of asymmetry in these traits under both SN and LN. Both cultivars also showed dorsoventral asymmetry in anatomical traits of mesophyll tissue regardless of N level, but the degree of asymmetry was lower in LN Akenohoshi. These data reveal that rice leaves exhibit dorsoventral asymmetry in photosynthetic and anatomical features, and that the degree of asymmetry varies with cultivar and N level. It is suggested that lower leaf angles (particularly in Akenohoshi) in the presence of LN represent a light acclimation to prevent photoinhibition.     

Improved growth,productivity and quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants through application of shikimic acid

A field experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of seed presoaking of shikimic acid (30, 60 and 120 ppm) on growth parameters, fruit productivity and quality, transpiration rate, photosynthetic pigments and some mineral nutrition contents of tomato plants. Shikimic acid at all concentrations significantly increased fresh and dry weights, fruit number, average fresh and dry fruit yield, vitamin C, lycopene, carotenoid contents, total acidity and fruit total soluble sugars of tomato plants when compared to control plants. Seed pretreatment with shikimic acid at various doses induces a significant increase in total leaf conductivity, transpiration rate and photosynthetic pigments (Chl. a, chl. b and carotenoids) of tomato plants. Furthermore, shikimic acid at various doses applied significantly increased the concentration of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in tomato leaves as compared to control non-treated tomato plants. Among all doses of shikimic acid treatment, it was found that 60 ppm treatment caused a marked increase in growth, fruit productivity and quality and most studied parameters of tomato plants when compared to other treatments. On the other hand, no significant differences were observed in total photosynthetic pigments, concentrations of nitrogen and potassium in leaves of tomato plants treated with 30 ppm of shikimic acid and control plants. According to these results, it could be suggested that shikimic acid used for seed soaking could be used for increasing growth, fruit productivity and quality of tomato plants growing under field conditions.     

Photosynthetic responses of ornamental passion flower hybrids to varying light intensities

Wild species and hybrids of passion flower are cultivated in many countries for their ornamental value, and used for landscaping as indoor and garden plants. However, knowledge of physiological responses of passion flower to changes in light level is limited. In this paper, the relationship among low (25 %), medium (50 %), and high light level (75 %) and photosynthetic efficiency was investigated on hybrids of Passiflora ‘Aninha’ and Passiflora ‘Priscilla’. Hybrids of P. ‘Aninha’ grown under 25 % showed higher net photosynthetic rate and light-saturated rate of net photosynthesis, while for hybrids of P. ‘Priscilla’ the highest values were observed at 50 %. For P. ‘Aninha’ and P. ‘Priscilla’ the highest level of light (75 %) was not favorable as regards the maximization of stomatal conductance and contributed to reduction in transpiration rate. The values of maximal quantum yield of photosystem II photochemistry indicated efficient conversion of photosynthetically active radiation, being higher at 25 % light level and decreased progressively with the increase in light level. On the whole, leaf gas exchange parameters and chlorophyll fluorescence indicated higher photosynthetic efficiency at low- and medium-light levels for the two studied hybrids. Summing up, hybrids of P. ‘Aninha’ and P. ‘Priscilla’, showed adaptability to the shade, and could be used for landscaping projects of indoor.     

有机营养液灌溉频次和灌水量对设施甜瓜产量、品质及肥水利用效率的影响

为研究高产优质甜瓜的有机管理模式,以甜瓜为试材,采用基质盆栽方式,设3种有机营养液灌溉频次(施用8次,每次每株750 mL, F₁; 施用12次,每次每株500 mL, F₂; 施用16次,每次每株375 mL, F₃)与2种单株灌水量(果实膨大前按120%日蒸腾蒸发量(ET)灌溉,之后按140%ET灌溉, W₁; 果实膨大前按140%ET灌溉,之后按160%ET灌溉, W₂),共6个试验处理,随机区组试验设计,研究了不同处理对设施甜瓜光合特性、产量、品质及肥水利用效率的影响.结果表明: 少量多次施用有机营养液可以显著提高甜瓜叶片光合速率,低灌水量显著提高果实产量和水分利用效率;高灌水量和中等有机营养液灌溉频次可使肥料利用率达到最高;少量多次有机营养液施用且相对适宜的水分供给提高了果实品质.回归分析发现,甜瓜果实维生素C含量与有机营养液灌溉频次呈指数函数y=0.214e^0.18x (R²=0.851)相关.综合考虑产量、品质、水分利用效率等因素,F₃W₁处理可在保证产量的前提下,提高果实品质,且水分利用效率最大,可以实现设施有机甜瓜肥水高效管理.