Seasonal changes in the photosynthetic response ofMercurialis perennis plants from different light regime conditions |
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Authors: | Elena Masarovičova P. Eliáš |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Experimental Biology and Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská 14, CS-814 34 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
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Abstract: | Curves relating net photosynthetic rate to irradiance [P(I) curve relation] were estimated and analysed inMercurialis perennis L. plants stemming from three forest (spruce, beech and ash) stands with different tree leaf canopy development and different light regime. The saturating irradiance (Is) reached the highest values in plants of all three stands in spring (spruce forest: 438 W m−2, beech forest: 440 W m−2 and ash forest: 367 W m−2), it declined sharply in the middle of the growing season (283, 285 and 297 W m-2, respectively) and this Is level persisted until autumn. A pronounced dynamics in plants from spruce and beech forests made itself manifest also in the adaptation (Ia) and compensating (Ic) irradiances, respectively. After a sudden decline in summer, values in autumn were close to those of the vernal season. The most pronounced parameter, which optimally expressed the adaptation ofMercurialis perennis to various light conditions, was the photosynthetic efficiency (α) calculated as the slope of the linear part of the curve relating net photosynthetic rate to irradiance. At the time of the highest PN sat. value in course of the growing season (August) (spruce forest: 100, beech forest: 98.7 and ash forest: 85.8 μg CO2 m−2 s−1), RD was in its minimum; in autumn PN sat. reached the lowest values which corresponded to the most intensive RD. It was found thatMercurialis perennis plants stemming from forest stands with different light conditions did not make use equally of the altering light conditions in the course of the growing season. By the underlying analysis of P(I) curves this rhizomatous perennial herb (geophyte) may be characterized as a shade tolerant species. |
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