scholarly journals Identification of a slowly inducible zeaxanthin-dependent component of non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence generated under steady-state conditions in Arabidopsis

2010 ◽  
Vol 1797 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Nilkens ◽  
Eugen Kress ◽  
Petar Lambrev ◽  
Yuliya Miloslavina ◽  
Marc Müller ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-298
Author(s):  
Gabriella Nora Maria Giudici ◽  
Josef Hájek ◽  
Miloš Barták ◽  
Svatava Kubešová

Dehydration-induced decrease in photosynthetic activity was investigated in five poikilohydric autotrophs using chlorophyll fluorescence parameters recorded during controlled desiccation. For the study, two representatives of mosses from alpine zone (Rhizomnium punctatum, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus) of the Jeseníky Mts. (Czech Republic) were used. Other two experimental species were mediterranean habitats liverwort (Pellia endiviifolia) and moss (Palustriella commutata), collected from under Woodwardia radicans canopy in the Nature Reserve Valle delle Ferriere (Italy). The last species was a liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) collected from lowland site (Brno, Moravia, Czech Republic). We investigated the relationship between relative water content (RWC) and several chlorophyll fluorescence parameters evaluating primary photochemical processes of photosynthesis, such as effective quantum yield of photosynthetic processes in photosystem II (ΦPSII), and non-photochemical quenching (qN). With desiccation from fully wet (RWC = 100%) to dry state (RWC = 0%), ΦPSII exhibited a rapid (R. punctatum) and slow decline of ΦPSII (R. squarrosus, P. endiviifolia, M. polymorpha, and P. commutata). Shapes of dehydration-response curves were species-specific. RWC0.5, i.e. the RWC at which the sample showed half of maximum ΦPSII, reflected the species-specificity. It reached 65% in desiccation sensitive (R. punctatum), 53% and 43% in semi-tolerant (P. commutata and R. squarrosus), 24% and 18% in desiccation-tolerant species (P. endiviifolia and M. polymorpha). In all experimental species, non-photochemical quenching (qN) of absorbed light energy showed high values at RWC = 100% and a slight increase with desiccation. Steady state chlorophyll fluorescence (FS) remained high during desiccation and was not correlated with ΦPSII.  


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (15) ◽  
pp. 5031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Yaghoubi Khanghahi ◽  
Sabrina Strafella ◽  
Carmine Crecchio

The present research aimed at evaluating the harmless dissipation of excess excitation energy by durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) leaves in response to the application of a bacterial consortium consisting of four plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB). Three pot experiments were carried out under non-stress, drought (at 40% field capacity), and salinity (150 mM NaCl) conditions. The results showed that drought and salinity affected photo-protective energy dissipation of photosystem II (PSII) increasing the rate of non-photochemical chlorophyll fluorescence quenching (NPQ (non-photochemical quenching) and qCN (complete non-photochemical quenching)), as well as decreasing the total quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence (qTQ), total quenching of variable chlorophyll fluorescence (qTV) and the ratio of the quantum yield of actual PSII photochemistry, in light-adapted state to the quantum yield of the constitutive non-regulatory NPQ (PQ rate). Our results also indicated that the PGPB inoculants can mitigate the adverse impacts of stresses on leaves, especially the saline one, in comparison with the non-fertilized (control) treatment, by increasing the fraction of light absorbed by the PSII antenna, PQ ratio, qTQ, and qTV. In the light of findings, our beneficial bacterial strains showed the potential in reducing reliance on traditional chemical fertilizers, in particular in saline soil, by improving the grain yield and regulating the amount of excitation energy.


2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (11) ◽  
pp. 1133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dugald C. Close ◽  
Chris L. Beadle ◽  
Mark J. Hovenden

The effects of cold-induced photoinhibition on chlorophyll and carotenoid dynamics and xanthophyll cycling in Eucalyptus nitens (Deane and Maiden) Maiden were assessed between planting and 32 weeks after planting. The seedlings were fertilised or nutrient-deprived (non-fertilised) before planting and shaded or not shaded after planting. The experimental site was 700 m a.s.l., which is considered marginal for establishment of E. nitens plantations in Tasmania due to low mean annual minimum temperatures. Low temperature–high light conditions caused a reduction in variable to maximal chlorophyll fluorescence ratio (F v /F m ), which was more pronounced in non-fertilised than in fertilised seedlings. Shadecloth shelters alleviated this depression. Except in shaded fertilised seedlings, F v /F m did not recover to the level before planting until after 20 weeks. Total chlorophyll content was initially reduced in shaded treatments but subsequently increased with increasing temperatures and F v /F m. Total xanthophyll content and xanthophylls per unit chlorophyll remained relatively constant in fertilised seedlings but decreased in non-fertilised seedlings within 2 weeks after planting. Total xanthophyll and xanthophylls per unit chlorophyll subsequently recovered in non-shaded, non-fertilised seedlings with increasing temperatures and F v /F m. Diurnal [yield and non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) and seasonal (F v /F m) variation in chlorophyll fluorescence parameters were not reflected in xanthophyll cycling during the period of most severe photoinhibition. This result may indicate that chlorophyll–xanthophylls protein complexes form in winter-acclimated E. nitens foliage as have been demonstrated to occur in Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng. (Gilmore and Ball 2000, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97, 11098–11101).


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