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The impact of light intensity on shade-induced leaf senescence
Authors:Brouwer Bastiaan  Ziolkowska Agnieszka  Bagard Matthieu  Keech Olivier  Gardeström Per
Institution:1. Department of Plant Physiology, Ume? Plant Science Centre, Ume? University, S‐90187 Ume?, Sweden;2. Unité Mixte de Recherche Bioemco, équipe IBIOS, Université Paris Est Créteil, 94010 Créteil cedex, France
Abstract:Plants often have to cope with altered light conditions, which in leaves induce various physiological responses ranging from photosynthetic acclimation to leaf senescence. However, our knowledge of the regulatory pathways by which shade and darkness induce leaf senescence remains incomplete. To determine to what extent reduced light intensities regulate the induction of leaf senescence, we performed a functional comparison between Arabidopsis leaves subjected to a range of shading treatments. Individually covered leaves, which remained attached to the plant, were compared with respect to chlorophyll, protein, histology, expression of senescence-associated genes, capacity for photosynthesis and respiration, and light compensation point (LCP). Mild shading induced photosynthetic acclimation and resource partitioning, which, together with a decreased respiration, lowered the LCP. Leaf senescence was induced only under strong shade, coinciding with a negative carbon balance and independent of the red/far-red ratio. Interestingly, while senescence was significantly delayed at very low light compared with darkness, phytochrome A mutant plants showed enhanced chlorophyll degradation under all shading treatments except complete darkness. Taken together, our results suggest that the induction of leaf senescence during shading depends on the efficiency of carbon fixation, which in turn appears to be modulated via light receptors such as phytochrome A.
Keywords:Arabidopsis thaliana  light compensation point (LCP)  photosynthetic acclimation  photosynthetic resource partitioning  phytochrome A (PHYA)  R/FR ratio
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