Effects of Nitrogen Deficiency on Gas Exchange,Chlorophyll Fluorescence,and Antioxidant Enzymes in Leaves of Rice Plants |
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Authors: | Huang Z-A Jiang D-A Yang Y Sun J-W Jin S-H |
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Institution: | (1) State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310029, China |
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Abstract: | Gas exchange, chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence, and contents of photosynthetic pigments, soluble proteins (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, RuBPCO), and antioxidant enzymes were characterized in the fully expanded 6th leaves in rice seedlings grown on either complete (CK) or on nitrogen-deficient nutrient (N-deficiency) solutions during a 20-chase period. Compared with the control plants, the lower photosynthetic capacity at saturation irradiance (P
max) was accompanied by an increase in intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci), indicating that in N-deficient plants the decline in P
max was not due to stomatal limitation but due to the reduced carboxylation efficiency. The fluorescence parameters PS2, Fv/Fm, electron transport rate (ETR), and qP showed the same tendency as P
max in N-deficient plants. Correspondingly, a higher qN paralleled the rise of the ratio of carotenoid (Car) to Chl contents. However, Fv/Fm was still diminished, suggesting that photoinhibition did occur in the photosystem 2 (PS2) reaction centres. In addition, the activities of antioxidant enzymes on a fresh mass basis were gradually lowered, leading to the aggravation of membrane lipid peroxidation with the proceeding N-deficiency. The accumulation of malonyldialdehyde resulted in the lessening of Chl and soluble protein content. Analyses of regression showed PS2 excitation pressure (1 - qP) was linearly correlated with the content of Chl and inversely with soluble protein (particularly RuBPCO) content. There was a lag phase in the increase of PS2 excitation pressure compared to the decrease of RuBPCO content. Therefore, the increased excitation pressure under N-deficiency is probably the result of saturation of the electron transport chain due to the limitation of the use of reductants by the Calvin cycle. Rice plants responded to N-deficiency and high irradiance by decreasing light-harvesting capacity and by increasing thermal dissipation of absorbed energy. |
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Keywords: | catalase leaf senescence malonyldialdehyde Oryza sativa peroxidase photosynthesis photosystem 2 ribulose-1 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase stomatal conductance transpiration rate |
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