Cultivar differences in leaf photosynthesis of rice bred in Japan |
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Authors: | Haruto Sasaki Ryuichi Ishii |
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Affiliation: | (1) Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, 113 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | The grain yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.), as well as of other cereal crops, is limited to a large extent, by the supply of photosynthates produced during grain filling period. In this study, flag leaf photosynthesis (LPS) after heading was compared among 32 cultivars bred during the past century in Japan, to determine if the improvement of LPS has occurred with the breeding advance of high yielding cultivars. Measurement of LPS was made for 5 consecutive years in the paddy field, on the flag leaf of the main stem, at heading (LPS-0), and 2 weeks (LPS-2) and 4 weeks (LPS-4) after heading. LPS decreased with advance of leaf senescence from LPS-0 to LPS-2, and then to LPS-4. However, if nitrogen was top-dressed at the heading time, high LPS-2 was maintained, particularly in the newer cultivars. A significant positive correlation between LPS and the released year of cultivar was found at LPS-2, especially in the nitrogen top-dressed plot, but not at LPS-0 or LPS-4. Cultivar difference in LPS of the senescing leaves were not stable through the different years, whereas LPS-0 was stable over years, suggesting that the LPS in the senescent leaf is susceptible to the environmental variation due to the effects on leaf senescence. Cultivar difference in LPS at any stage was closely associated with mesophyll conductance to CO2, and stomatal conductance was also associated with cultivar difference in such a high LPS as LPS-0 and nitrogen top-dressed LPS-2. Significant correlation between LPS and specific leaf weight was not observed at any stage of the flag leaf.Abbreviations CV coefficient of variation - gm mesophyll conductance - gs stomatal conductance - LPS apparent photosynthetic rate per unit leaf area (leaf photosynthesis) - LPS-0 LPS at heading - LPS-2 LPS at active grain filling - LPS-4 LPS at maturity of grain - NT non-top dressed plot - PPFD photosynthetic photon flux density - rm mesophyll resistance - rs stomatal diffusion resistance against CO2 - rs(H2O) stomatal diffusion resistance against H2O - RuBisCO ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase - SLW specific leaf weight - TD nitrogen top-dressed plot |
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Keywords: | leaf senescence mesophyll conductance Oryza sativa L. photosynthesis specific leaf weight stomatal conductance |
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