Nutrient content and photosynthesis of young yellowing Norway spruce trees (Picea abies L. Karst.) following calcium and magnesium fertilisation |
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Authors: | E Dreyer J Fichter M Bonneau |
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Institution: | (1) Equipe Bioclimatologie et Ecophysiologie, Unité Ecophysiologie Forestière, INRA Nancy, France;(2) Laboratoire d'Etude des Sols et de la Fertilisation, INRA Nancy, Champenoux, F-54280 Seichamps, France |
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Abstract: | Severely yellowed ten-year-old spruce trees growing in the Vosges Mountains on an acidic soil were fertilised with Magnesium lime during the spring of 1990. The effects of this treatment were assessed 18 months later. A very significant improvement of the mineral status of the trees was detected, with increasing Mg contents in the needles, and as a consequence, reduced yellowing and improved chlorophyll content. Only slight differences with control trees were observed for height increase. Effects of this improved nutrition on photosynthesis were tested measuring net CO2 assimilation rates and chlorophyll a fluorescence. Light-saturated net assimilation rates of current-year needles were high, reaching 5.3 mol m–2 s–1 on a total needle area basis. The improvement in chlorophyll and Mg content had no significant effect on net assimilation rates or on any parameter describing photochemical functions of both current-and previous-year needles. Despite the strong inter-individual variability in needle chlorophyll and Mg contents (ranging from 0.2 to 0.8 mg g–1 fresh weight, and 0.05 to 0.5 mg g-1 dry weight respectively), photochemical efficiency of PS II under limiting irradiance only decreased significantly on older needles displaying Mg contents below 0.1 mg g–1. It is concluded from these results that spruce trees exhibit a high degree of plasticity with regard to Mg deficiency on acidic soils, and that improved Mg nutrition and increased chlorophyll content do not necessarily improve photosynthesis and height growth.Abbreviations A
light-saturated net CO2 assimilation rate ( mol m–2 s–1)
- gw
light-saturated needle conductance to water vapour (mmol m–2 s–1)
- wp and wm
pre-dawn and mid-day needle water potential (MPa)
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osmotic potential of sap expressed from needles (MPa)
- PFD
photosynthetic photon flux density ( mol m–2 s–1)
- Fv/Fm
photochemical efficiency of PS II after 20 min dark adaptation
- F/Fm
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photochemical efficiency of PS II reaction centres after 10 min at a PFD of 220 mol m–2 s–1 |
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Keywords: | chlorophyll fluorescence fertilisation calcium magnesium mineral nutrition photosystem II spruce stomatal conductance |
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