Growth kinetics of Marquis wheat. IV. Temperature dependence

1973 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 729-736 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. D. H. Macdowall
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Net Photosynthesis ◽  
Absolute Maximum ◽  
Temperature Optimum ◽  
Differential Growth ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Growth Coefficient ◽  
Light Intensities ◽  
Kinetics Of

Earlier described data from this laboratory were subjected to primary growth analysis. The plants had been grown in constant conditions of light intensity (200 to 2500 ft-c) and temperature (10° to 30 °C) at five different settings each. Multiple temperature optima were revealed and interpreted. The computed maximum plant growth coefficient was highest in value at 25 °C (plant kmL = 0.44 day−1) and secondarily so at 15 °C, but at the experimental light intensities the plant growth coefficient was maximal at 15 °C. The higher temperature optimum was characteristic of roots and "stems" (stem plus leaf sheaths) whose growth coefficients displayed a prominent peak at 25 °C (root kmL ~ 0.8 day−1, "stem" kmL = 0.4 day−1). This optimum was shifted downward with decreasing light intensity until temperature insensitivity was attained at low light intensity. The low-temperature optimum at 15 °C was principally displayed by leaf blades (lamina kmL = 0.47 day−1) whose computed maximum growth coefficient also showed a secondary maximum at 25°, but the 15 °C peak was the only one evident at low light intensities. It was tentatively concluded that the 25 °C temperature optimum was that of net translocation, and that the 15 °C temperature optimum was that of net photosynthesis in which photosynthesis was primarily balanced by photorespiration in wheat. The differential growth of the organs represented their relative sink strengths for attracting growth substrate, as dependent on light intensity and temperature. The availability of photosynthate was considered to be the dominating factor in the kinetics of growth free from inorganic limitations. When there was very little photosynthate the tissues benefited from translocation on a "first come first serve" basis. The high values of kmL pushed the absolute maximum plant growth coefficient, kM, of Marquis wheat toward 0.5 or 50% per day, and the basis of the advantage over previous approximations must be elucidated by further experiments. The computed relative efficiency of the use of photosynthate for growth was temperature dependent, but its value at optimum temperature was similar to previous estimates.

Effects of light intensity and CO2 concentration on the kinetics of 1st month growth and nitrogen fixation of alfalfa

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. D. H. Macdowall
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Rhizobium Meliloti ◽  
Net Photosynthesis ◽  
Co2 Concentration ◽  
Shoot Elongation ◽  
High Light Intensity ◽  
High Light ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Kinetics Of

Medicago sativa L. cv. Algonquin seedlings were grown for 28 days in growth rooms at several intensities of light and concentrations of CO2. Optimal or deficient NO3− concentrations were provided, the latter with or without inoculation and nodulation by Rhizobium meliloti str. 102F70 (Burton). All growth coefficients (k1′) were hyperbolically dependent on the intensity of light. Light saturation of plant k1′ was achieved, but the k1′ for nitrogenase development the highest in value, was not light saturated at high CO2 by the highest light intensity (555 μE∙m−2∙s−1). That intensity also did not saturate the photosynthesis of plants grown at that intensity nor the amount (yield) and absolute rate of plant growth. The latter were very much reduced at intensities below the compensation point (100 μE∙m−2∙s−1) of net photosynthesis. The data for k1′ at low light intensity indicated that photosynthate was utilized with equal efficiency for N2 and NO3− reduction. Fourfold enrichment of CO2 concentration did not influence the k1′ of plant growth in optimum NO3− and high light intensity but increased the yield by 78%. In the absence of high NO3− concentration, however, it nearly doubled the nitrogenase growth k1′, to a doubling time of 1.4 days, increased the nodule yield fourfold, the plant (symbiotic) yield threefold, and N content twofold. Sevenfold enrichment of CO2 was inhibitory to yields of N-deficient plants and nodules. The previous conclusion that added (combined) N chiefly limited seedling growth was supported by the lack of effect on plant k1′ of the stimulation of photosynthesis by high light intensity and CO2 concentration. A limitation on the value of the k1′ for shoot elongation in deficient combined N raised CO2 and high light was relieved symbiotically.

Growth kinetics of Marquis wheat. II. Carbon dioxide dependence

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 883-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. D. H. Macdowall
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Concentration ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Enrichment ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Growth Coefficient ◽  
Light Intensities ◽  
Wide Range

Marquis wheat was grown in growth rooms with four different concentrations of carbon dioxide and four to seven different intensities of light in a 16-h photoperiod at 25 °C. Growth was expressed quantitatively as the pseudo-first-order rate coefficient. Carbon dioxide stimulated growth, but the effect was greater the lower the light intensity in opposition to the known effect on photosynthesis. Carbon dioxide and light, in effect, did not influence the "rate" of growth of wheat additively but, rather, mutually compensated over a wide range. The growth coefficient of the roots was a little less than that of the shoots at all carbon dioxide concentrations and light intensities, probably owing to the cost of translocation. However, root growth benefited most from carbon dioxide enrichment at low light intensities. At intermediate light intensity there appeared to be a carbon dioxide concentration optimal for shoot growth. Carbon dioxide enrichment did not influence the maximum growth coefficient of Marquis wheat with respect to light intensity. The light-using efficiency of growth, calculated for vanishingly low light intensity at which it is maximal, was maximal for shoots at 1300 ppm CO2 but that for laminal area and root dry weight increased with CO2 to 2200 ppm at which the value for "leaves" was nearly fourfold that for roots. Unlike photosynthesis, the stimulation of growth by raised CO2 concentration was accomplished by increased efficiency of, and not capacity for, the net photosynthetic use of light.

A laboratory study of vertical migration

1955 ◽  
Vol 144 (916) ◽  
pp. 329-354 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Vertical Migration ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Overhead Light ◽  
Light Intensities ◽  
Orientation Response ◽  
Reduced Light ◽  
Characteristic Maximum

In a tank filled with a suspension of indian ink in tap water, a population of Daphnia magna will undergo a complete cycle of vertical migration when an overhead light source is cycli­cally varied in intensity. A ‘dawn rise’ to the surface at low intensity is followed by the descent of the animals to a characteristic maximum depth. The animals rise to the surface again as the light decreases, and finally show a typical midnight sinking. The light intensities at the level of the animals in this experiment are of the same order as those which have been reported in field observations; the time course of the movement also repeats the natural conditions in the field. The process is independent of the duration of the cycle and is related only to the variation in overhead light intensity. At low light intensity the movement of the animal is determined solely by positive photo-kinesis; the dawn rise is a manifestation of this, and is independent of the direction of the light. At high light intensities there is an orientation response which is superimposed upon an alternating positive (photokinetic) phase and a negative phase during which movement is inhibited. The fully oriented animal shows a special type of positive and negative phototaxis, moving towards the light at reduced light intensities and away from it when the light intensity is increased. In this condition it follows a zone of optimum light intensity with some exactness. Experiments show that an animal in this fully oriented condition will respond to the slow changes of intensity characteristic of the diurnal cycle, while being little affected by tran­sient changes of considerable magnitude.

COMBINATION AND DISPROPORTIONATION OF ETHYL RADICALS: INFLUENCE OF THE REACTION H+C2H5 = C2H6

1955 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 821-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moyra J. Smith ◽  
Patricia M. Beatty ◽  
J. A. Pinder ◽  
D. J. Le Roy
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Excellent Agreement ◽  
Mercury Concentration ◽  
Rate Constants ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Ethylene Concentration ◽  
Light Intensities ◽  
Ethyl Radicals ◽  
Hydrogenation Of Ethylene

The mercury (3P1) photosensitized hydrogenation of ethylene has been studied at room temperature as a function of ethylene concentration, mercury concentration, and light intensity. In addition to combination and disproportionation, ethyl radicals have been shown to take part in the reaction[Formula: see text]The conditions favoring this reaction have been established and anomalous values previously found for the ratio of ethane to butane have been explained. The value obtained for the ratio of the rate constants for the disproportionation and combination of ethyl radicals, 0.15 ±.01, is in excellent agreement with the values obtained by other methods. Hexane formation is of some importance at low light intensities and high ethylene concentrations, and is adequately accounted for by the reactions[Formula: see text]

scholarly journals Light intensity regulates phototaxis, foraging and righting behaviors of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e8001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangnan Sun ◽  
Xiaomei Chi ◽  
Mingfang Yang ◽  
Jingyun Ding ◽  
Dongtao Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Foraging Behavior ◽  
Sea Urchins ◽  
High Light Intensity ◽  
High Light ◽  
Strongylocentrotus Intermedius ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Low Light Intensity ◽  
Light Intensities ◽  
Significant Difference

Small sea urchins Strongylocentrotus intermedius (1–2 cm of test diameter) are exposed to different environments of light intensities after being reseeded to the sea bottom. With little information available about the behavioral responses of S. intermedius to different light intensities in the environment, we carried out an investigation on how S. intermedius is affected by three light intensity environments in terms of phototaxis, foraging and righting behaviors. They were no light (zero lx), low light intensity (24–209 lx) and high light intensity (252–2,280 lx). Light intensity had obvious different effects on phototaxis. In low light intensity, sea urchins moved more and spent significantly more time at the higher intensity (69–209 lx) (P = 0.046). S. intermedius in high light intensity, in contrast, spent significantly more time at lower intensity (252–690 lx) (P = 0.005). Unexpectedly, no significant difference of movement (average velocity and total distance covered) was found among the three light intensities (P > 0.05). Foraging behavior of S. intermedius was significantly different among the light intensities. In the no light environment, only three of ten S. intermedius found food within 7 min. In low light intensity, nine of 10 sea urchins showed successful foraging behavior to the food placed at 209 lx, which was significantly higher than the ratio of the number (two of 10) when food was placed at 24 lx (P = 0.005). In the high light intensity, in contrast, significantly less sea urchins (three of 10) found food placed at the higher light intensity (2,280 lx) compared with the lower light intensity (252 lx) (10/10, P = 0.003). Furthermore, S. intermedius showed significantly longer righting response time in the high light intensity compared with both no light (P = 0.001) and low light intensity (P = 0.031). No significant difference was found in righting behavior between no light and low light intensity (P = 0.892). The present study indicates that light intensity significantly affects phototaxis, foraging and righting behaviors of S. intermedius and that ~200 lx might be the appropriate light intensity for reseeding small S. intermedius.

scholarly journals Transcriptome analysis of genes and pathways associated with metabolism in Scylla paramamosain under different light intensities during indoor overwintering

BMC Genomics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Li ◽  
Junming Zhou ◽  
Huan Wang ◽  
Changkao Mu ◽  
Ce Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Metabolism ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Differentially Expressed Genes ◽  
High Light ◽  
Differentially Expressed ◽  
Scylla Paramamosain ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Light Intensities ◽  
Light Group

Abstract Background Scylla paramamosain is one of the commercially crucial marine crustaceans belonging to the genus Scylla, which is commonly distributed along the coasts of China, Vietnam, and Japan. Genomic and transcriptomic data are scarce for the mud crab. Light intensity is one of the ecological factors that affect S. paramamosain during indoor overwintering. To understand the energy metabolism mechanism adapted to light intensity, we analyzed the transcriptome of S. paramamosain hepatopancreas in response to different light intensities (0, 1.43, 40.31 μmol·m− 2·s− 1). Results A total of 5052 differentially expressed genes were identified in low light group (LL group, 3104 genes were up-regulated and 1948 genes were down-regulated). A total of 7403 differentially expressed genes were identified in high light group (HL group, 5262 genes were up-regulated and 2141 genes were down-regulated). S. paramamosain adapts to different light intensity environments through the regulation of amino acids, fatty acids, carbon and energy metabolism. Different light intensities had a strong impact on the energy generation of S. paramamosain by influencing oxygen consumption rate, aerobic respiration, glycolysis/gluconeogenesis pathway, the citrate cycle (TCA cycle) and fatty acid degradation. Conclusion Low light is more conducive to the survival of S. paramamosain, which needs to produce and consume relatively less energy to sustain physiological activities. In contrast, S. paramamosain produced more energy to adapt to the pressure of high light intensities. The findings of the study add to the knowledge of regulatory mechanisms related to S. paramamosain metabolism under different light intensities.

Light-induced alteration of leaf sterol content and late blight disease development in tomato

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (12) ◽  
pp. 2724-2728 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Bradford ◽  
L. D. Moore ◽  
D. M. Orcutt
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Late Blight ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Total Sterol ◽  
Disease Development ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Light Intensities ◽  
Intensity Changes ◽  
Late Blight Disease ◽  
Blight Disease

‘Nova’ and 'Beefsteak,' cultivars of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), were grown in chambers under light intensities of 240 or 120 μE∙m−2∙s−1. Thirty-five days after seeding, half of the tomato plants were harvested for sterol analysis and the others were inoculated with a tomato race O isolate of Phytophthora infestons (Mont.) de By. Late blight symptoms were assessed 10 days after inoculation from the number of leaves showing disease (disease incidence) and the amount of blighted area of each leaf (percent colonization). Disease incidence and percent colonization were not influenced by light intensity with 'Nova' plants, but 'Beefsteak' plants grown under low light were significantly [Formula: see text] more diseased than those exposed to the higher light intensity. Changes in free sterol, steryl ester, and total sterol concentrations between plants grown under different light intensities were similar for both cultivars. A significant decrease in the steryl glycoside concentration of low light grown 'Beefsteak' plants correlated with increased disease incidence. The possible role of steryl glycosides and their derivatives in late blight disease development is discussed.

Differential Regulation of Flavone Glycosylation during Ontogeny of Silene pratensis

1983 ◽  
Vol 38 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 544-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Steyns ◽  
G. van Nigtevecht ◽  
G. J. Niemann ◽  
J. v. Brederode
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Differential Regulation ◽  
Low Light ◽  
Leaf Pair ◽  
Low Light Intensity ◽  
Light Intensities ◽  
Flower Stem ◽  
Pair Number ◽  
Silene Pratensis ◽  
Effect Of Light

Two isovitexin glycosides have been found in the cotyledons and foliage leaves of Sitene pratensis plants that are unable to glycosylate isovitexin in their petals (genotype gg glgl fgfg). The glycosides (isovitexin 7-O-galactoside and isovitexin 7-O-galactose 2″-O-arabinoside) were present only in the lower leaves: leaves produced later in the development of the flower stem accumulated only the aglycon isovitexin. The transition in the flavone composition during the ontogeny of the plants could be influenced by light intensity. In plants grown at low light intensity, glycoside production continued until a higher leaf pair number than in plants grown at higher light intensities. However, the effect of light intensity is indirect: the transition in the flavone composition is correlated with the transition from rosette leaves to stem leaves. The presence of the 7-O-galactosides in cotyledons and rosette leaves suggests that in addition to the g, gl and fg loci, there are further glycosylating loci which are not expressed in stem leaves and petals.

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