The difficulty of estimating the electron transport rate at photosystem I

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riu Furutani ◽  
Miho Ohnishi ◽  
Yuki Mori ◽  
Shinya Wada ◽  
Chikahiro Miyake
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Photosystem I ◽  
Electron Transport Rate ◽  
Transport Rate

scholarly journals Updating the steady state model of C4 photosynthesis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne von Caemmerer
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Electron Transport ◽  
Electron Transport Rate ◽  
Transport Rate ◽  
Initial Slope ◽  
Carboxylase Activity ◽  
Quantitative Correlation ◽  
Steady State Model ◽  
State Models

AbstractC4 plants play a key role in world agriculture. For example, C4 crops such as maize and sorghum are major contributors to both first and third world food production and the C4 grasses sugarcane; miscanthus and switchgrass are major plant sources of bioenergy. In the challenge to manipulate and enhance C4 photosynthesis, steady state models of leaf photosynthesis provide and important tool for gas exchange analysis and thought experiments that can explore photosynthetic pathway changes. Here the C4 photosynthetic model by von Caemmerer and Furbank (1999) has been updated with new kinetic parameterisation and temperature dependencies added. The parameterisation was derived from experiments on the C4 monocot, Setaria viridis, which for the first time provides a cohesive parametrisation. Mesophyll conductance and its temperature dependence have also been included, as this is an important step in the quantitative correlation between the initial slope of the CO2 response curve of CO2 assimilation and in vitro PEP carboxylase activity. Furthermore, the equations for chloroplast electron transport have been updated to include cyclic electron transport flow and equations have been added to calculate electron transport rate from measured CO2 assimilation rates.HighlightThe C4 photosynthesis model by von Caemmerer and Furbank (1999) has been updated. It now includes temperature dependencies and equations to calculate electron transport rate from measured CO2 assimilation rates.

scholarly journals Mefenpyr-diethyl as a safener for haloxyfop-methyl in bahiagrass

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roque de Carvalho Dias ◽  
Leandro Bianchi ◽  
Vitor Muller Anunciato ◽  
Leandro Tropaldi ◽  
Paulo Vinicius da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Protective Effect ◽  
Plant Height ◽  
Electron Transport Rate ◽  
Transport Rate ◽  
Low Doses ◽  
Protective Response ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Dry Biomass ◽  
Completely Randomized Design

Abstract Mefenpyr-diethyl is a foliar-acting safener of the pyrazoline chemical group, and after its absorption, the metabolization and detoxification of herbicides occur in treated plants. Studies have demonstrated the protective effect of this safener for the herbicide fenoxaprop-P-ethyl in grass. Thus, this work aimed to evaluate whether a tank mixture of mefenpyr-diethyl has a protective response to haloxyfop-methyl in non-perennial bahiagrass. The experiment had a completely randomized design and was carried out in a greenhouse, using five replications with a 10x2 factorial scheme and ten doses of haloxyfop-methyl (0.00, 0.24, 0.49, 0.97, 1.95, 3.90, 7.79, 15.59, 31.28, and 62.35 g a.i. ha-1) in the presence or absence of a tank mixture of mefenpyr-diethyl (50 g a.i. ha-1). Phytotoxicity and electron transport rate (ETR) were evaluated at 7, 14, 21, and 28 days after application (DAA), in addition to plant height and dry biomass at 28 DAA. In general, phytotoxicity increased due to the higher levels of the herbicide haloxyfop-methyl. The application of mefenpyr-diethyl, in turn, provided lower levels of phytotoxicity, as well as lower reductions in ETR, height, and dry biomass when compared to untreated plants. These results show the safener action of a tank mixture of mefenpyr-diethyl on low doses of haloxyfop-methyl in non-perennial bahiagrass.

scholarly journals Physiological Characteristics of Photosynthesis in Yellow-Green, Green and Dark-Green Chinese Kale (Brassica oleracea L. var. alboglabra Musil.) under Varying Light Intensities

Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 960
Author(s):  
Kuan-Hung Lin ◽  
Feng-Chi Shih ◽  
Meng-Yuan Huang ◽  
Jen-Hsien Weng
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Energy Dissipation ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Electron Transport Rate ◽  
Transport Rate ◽  
Physiological Characteristics ◽  
Chinese Kale ◽  
Thermal Energy Dissipation ◽  
Dark Green

The objective of this work was to study physiological characteristics and photosynthetic apparatus in differentially pigmented leaves of three Chinese kale cultivars. Chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence and photochemical reflectance index (PRI) measurements in green, yellow-green, and dark-green cultivars in response to varying light intensities. As light intensity increased from 200 to 2000 photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD), fraction of light absorbed in photosystem (PS) II and PRI values in all plants were strongly lowered, but fraction of light absorbed in PSII dissipated via thermal energy dissipation and non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) values in all plants wereremarkably elevated.When plants were exposed to 200 PPFD, the values of fraction of light absorbed in PSII, utilized in photosynthetic electron transport(p), andfraction of light absorbed excitation energy in PSII dissipated via thermal energy dissipation (D), remained stable regardless of the changes in levels of Chla + b. Under 800 and 1200 PPFD, the values of p and electron transport rate (ETR) decreased, but D and NPQ increased as Chla + bcontent decreased, suggesting that decrease inChla + bcontent led to lower PSII efficiency and it became necessary to increase dissipate excess energy. On the contrary, in 2000 PPFD, leaves with lower Chla + bcontent had relatively higher p and electron transport rate (ETR) values and lower D level, as well as tended to increase more in NPQ but decrease more in PRI values. The consistent relations between PRI and NPQ suggest that NPQ is mainly consisted ofthe xanthophyll cycle-dependentenergy quenching.Yellow-green cultivar showed lower Chla + bcontent but high carotenoids/Chla + b ratio and had high light protection ability under high PPFD. The precise management of photosynthetic parameters in response to light intensity can maximize the growth and development of Chinese kale plants.

scholarly journals Spectral Reflectance Modeling by Wavelength Selection: Studying the Scope for Blueberry Physiological Breeding under Contrasting Water Supply and Heat Conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Lobos ◽  
Alejandro Escobar-Opazo ◽  
Félix Estrada ◽  
Sebastián Romero-Bravo ◽  
Miguel Garriga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Electron Transport Rate ◽  
Transport Rate ◽  
Physiological Traits ◽  
Plant Phenotyping ◽  
Spectral Signature ◽  
Wavelength Selection ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Cereal Breeding

To overcome the environmental changes occurring now and predicted for the future, it is essential that fruit breeders develop cultivars with better physiological performance. During the last few decades, high-throughput plant phenotyping and phenomics have been developed primarily in cereal breeding programs. In this study, plant reflectance, at the level of the leaf, was used to assess several physiological traits in five Vaccinium spp. cultivars growing under four controlled conditions (no-stress, water deficit, heat stress, and combined stress). Two modeling methodologies [Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) and Partial Least Squares (PLS)] with or without (W/O) prior wavelength selection (multicollinearity, genetic algorithms, or in combination) were considered. PLS generated better estimates than MLR, although prior wavelength selection improved MLR predictions. When data from the environments were combined, PLS W/O gave the best assessment for most of the traits, while in individual environments, the results varied according to the trait and methodology considered. The highest validation predictions were obtained for chlorophyll a/b (R2Val ≤ 0.87), maximum electron transport rate (R2Val ≤ 0.60), and the irradiance at which the electron transport rate is saturated (R2Val ≤ 0.59). The results of this study, the first to model modulated chlorophyll fluorescence by reflectance, confirming the potential for implementing this tool in blueberry breeding programs, at least for the estimation of a number of important physiological traits. Additionally, the differential effects of the environment on the spectral signature of each cultivar shows this tool could be directly used to assess their tolerance to specific environments.

scholarly journals Enhanced Relative Electron Transport Rate Contributes to Increased Photosynthetic Capacity in Autotetraploid Pak Choi

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 761-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changwei Zhang ◽  
Huiyu Wang ◽  
Yuanyuan Xu ◽  
Shuning Zhang ◽  
Jianjun Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Powdery Mildew Resistance ◽  
Photosynthetic Activity ◽  
Photosynthetic Capacity ◽  
Electron Transport Rate ◽  
Ectopic Expression ◽  
Transport Rate ◽  
Pak Choi ◽  
Relative Electron Transport Rate ◽  
Relative Electron

Abstract Autopolyploids often show growth advantages over their diploid progenitors because of their increased photosynthetic activity; however, the underlying molecular basis of such mechanism remains elusive. In this study, we aimed to characterize autotetraploid pak choi (Brassica rapa ssp. chinensis) at the physiological, cellular and molecular levels. Autotetraploid pak choi has thicker leaves than its diploid counterparts, with relatively larger intercellular spaces and cell size and greater grana thylakoid height. Photosynthetic data showed that the relative electron transport rate (rETR) was markedly higher in autotetraploid than in diploid pak choi. Transcriptomic data revealed that the expressions of genes involved in ‘photosynthesis’ biological process and ‘thylakoids’ cellular component were mainly regulated in autotetraploids. Overall, our findings suggested that the increased rETR in the thylakoids contributed to the increased photosynthetic capacity of autotetraploid leaves. Furthermore, we found that the enhanced rETR is associated with increased BrPetC expression, which is likely altered by histone modification. The ectopic expression of BrPetC in Arabidopsis thaliana led to increased rETR and biomass, which were decreased in BrPetC-silenced pak choi. Autotetraploid pak choi also shows altered hormone levels, which was likely responsible for the increased drought resistance and the impaired powdery mildew resistance of this lineage. Our findings further our understanding on how autotetraploidy provides growth advantages to plants.

Quantitative Zusammenhänge zwischen Chlorophyll-b-Reaktion, Elektronentransport und Phosphorylierung bei der Photosynthese

1968 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Rumberg ◽  
U. Siggel
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Decay Time ◽  
Electron Transport Rate ◽  
Transport Rate ◽  
Slow Phase ◽  
Chlorophyll B ◽  
Methylamine Hydrochloride ◽  
Carbonyl Cyanide ◽  
Extra Electron ◽  
Phosphorylation Rate

Carefully prepared spinach chloroplasts show the slow phase (half life 20 — 500 msec) of the absorption changes of Chlorophyll-b only. The decay of the absorption changes is an exponential one (fig. 1, fig. 5, eq. 1). The decay time as well as the electron transport rate are changed by coupling and uncoupling phosphorylation.A. By addition of the phosphorylation uncoupler methylamine hydrochloride the decay is accelerated up to ten times from 500 msec to 50 msec at pH = 7,4 and 20 °C (fig. 1, table 1). At the same time the electron transport rate measured by the reduction of ferricyanide increases ten times (table 1). Reciprocal decay time and electron transport rate are always proportional to each other (fig. 2, eq. 2).Phosphorylation uncouplers as carbonyl cyanide phenylhydrazone, atebrin, and dichlorphenol indophenol accelerate the decay of the Chl-b absorption changes as well (fig. 3).B. Phosphorylation accelerates the decay time of the Chl-b absorption changes up to two times from 90 to 40 msec at pH=8,4 and 20 °C (fig. 4, fig. 5, table 2). At the same time the electron transport rate too increases two times, thus reciprocal decay time and electron transport rate are proportional to each other again (fig. 6, table 2). The same result is obtained when phosphorylation is suppressed by omission of phosphate or addition of phlorizin (fig. 6, fig. 7 top). It is shown that the phosphorylation rate is identical with the extra electron transport rate stimulated by phosphorylation as measured by IZAWA et al. 18 (fig. 7 bottom). At the same time it is shown that phosphorylation is proportional to the change in the reciprocal decay time of the Chl-b absorption changes (fig. 7 bottom, eq. 3).JUNGE and WITT 3 show that the slow phase of the Chl-b absorption changes are connected with the translocation of protons across the thylakoid membrane. In connection with those results phosphorylation is coupled to an additional proton transfer. The foregoing results are discussed in this respect in 1. c. 3.The results are in part reviewed in *.

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