Responses of photosynthetic O2 evolution to PPFD in the CAM epiphyte Tillandsia usneoides L. (Bromeliaceae) |
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Authors: | Craig E Martin Juliet M McKee Andreas K Schmitt |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Botany, University of Kansas,, 66045 Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.;(2) Department of Botany, University of Kansas, 66045 Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A.;(3) Institut für Botanik, Fachbereich Biologie (10), Techniche Hochschule Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstrasse 3-5, D-6100 Darmstadt, F.R.G. |
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Abstract: | Past studies of the effects of varying levels of photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) on the morphology and physiology of the epiphytic Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plant Tillandsia usneoides L. (Bromeliaceae) have resulted in two important findings: (1) CAM, measured as integrated nocturnal CO2 uptake or as nocturnal increases in tissue acidity, saturates at relatively low PPFD, and (2) this plant does not acclimate to different PPFD levels, these findings require substantiation using photosynthetic responses immediately attributable to different PPFD levels, e.g., O2 evolution, as opposed to the delayed, nocturnal responses (CO2 uptake and acid accumulation). In the present study, instantaneous responses of O2 evolution to PPFD level were measured using plants grown eight weeks at three PPFD (20–45, 200–350, and 750–800 mol m-2s-1) in a growth chamber, and using shoots taken from the exposed upper portions (maximum PPFD of 800 mol m-2s-1) and shaded lower portions (maximum PPFD of 140 mol m-2s-1) of plants grown ten years in a greenhouse. In addition, nocturnal increases in acidity were measured in the growth chamber plants. Regardless of the PPFD levels during growth, O2 evolution rates saturated around 500 mol m-2s-1. Furthermore, nocturnal increases in tissue acidity saturated at much lower PPFD. Thus, previous results were confirmed: photosynthesis saturated at low PPFD, and this epiphyte does not acclimate to different levels of PPFD.Abbreviations ANOVA
analysis of variance
- CAM
Crassulacean acid metabolism
- DW
dry weight
- PPFD
photosynthetic photon flux density
- SNK
Student-Newman-Keuls
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Keywords: | acclimation Crassulacean acid metabolism epiphyte irradiance O2 evolution Tillandsia usneoides titratable acidity |
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