Midday depression of photosynthesis in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Enkleia malaccensis</Emphasis>, a woody climber in a tropical rainforest |
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Authors: | A C Tay A M Abdullah M Awang A Furukawa |
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Institution: | (1) Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women’s University, Kitauoya-Nishimachi, Nara 630-8506, Japan;(2) Faculty of Environmental Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia;(3) Kyousei Science Center for Life and Nature, Nara Women’s University, Kitauoya-Nishimachi, Nara 630-8506, Japan |
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Abstract: | We measured the diurnal changes in net photosynthetic rate (P
N) and stomatal conductance (g
s) of the leaves of a liana, Enkleia malaccensis Griff. (Thymelaeaceae), at the canopy level in the lowland tropical rainforest at Pasoh, Peninsular Malaysia. The measurements
were made from a canopy walkway system, 30 m from the ground for 3 d in March 2003. P
N increased with increasing photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) before noon, though P
N was not enhanced by the strong radiation hit in the afternoon. Plotting g
s at saturating PAR (>0.5 mmol m−2 s−1) against the vapour pressure deficit (VPD) failed to reveal a significant correlation between VPD and g
s, and g
s became very low at VPD >2.5 kPa. The relationship between P
N and g
s was fitted on the same regression line irrespective of measuring day, indicating that this relationship was not influenced
by either VPD or leaf temperature (T
L). Therefore, in the liana E. malaccensis, an increase in VPD leads to partial stomatal closure and, subsequently, reductions in P
N and the midday depression of P
N of this plant. |
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Keywords: | irradiance leaf temperature stomatal conductance tropical liana vapour pressure deficit water potential |
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