scholarly journals Temperature response of photosynthesis and its interaction with light intensity in sweet orange leaf discs under non-photorespiratory condition

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 670-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Vasconcelos Ribeiro ◽  
Eduardo Caruso Machado ◽  
Ricardo Ferraz de Oliveira

This study aimed to evaluate the response of photosynthesis (A), given by photosynthetic O2 evolution, to increasing temperature from 25 to 50ºC in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) leaf discs under non-photorespiring conditions. In order to evaluate the response of gross photosynthesis to temperature and the balance between photosynthetic and respiratory activities, respiration (Rd) rates were also measured, i.e. the O2 uptake in each temperature. In addition, light response curves of photosynthesis were performed by varying the photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) from 0 to 1160 µmol m-2 s-1 at 25 and 40ºC. The highest A values were observed at 35 and 40ºC, whereas the highest Rd values were noticed at 50ºC. A higher relationship A/Rd was found at 30 and 35ºC, suggesting an optimum temperature of 35ºC when considering the balance between photosynthesis and respiration under non-photorespiring condition. Overall, heat effects on plant metabolism were more evident when evaluating the relationship A/Rd. In light response curves, higher A values were also found at 40ºC under PPFD higher than 300 µmol m-2 s-1. Light saturation point of photosynthesis was increased at 40ºC, without significant change of quantum efficiency under low PPFD. Respiration was also enhanced at 40ºC, and as a consequence, the light compensation point increased. The better photosynthetic performance at 35-40ºC was supported by higher photochemical efficiency in both light and temperature response curves. The temperature-dependence of photosynthesis was affected by growth temperature, i.e. a high air temperature during plant growth is a probable factor leading to a higher photosynthetic tolerance to heat stress.

2017 ◽  
Vol 142 (5) ◽  
pp. 346-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuyang Zhen ◽  
Marc W. van Iersel

Photosynthetic responses to light are dependent on light intensity, vary among species, and can be affected by acclimation to different light environments (e.g., light intensity, spectrum, and photoperiod). Understanding how these factors affect photochemistry is important for improving supplemental lighting efficiency in controlled-environment agriculture. We used chlorophyll fluorescence to determine photochemical light response curves of three horticultural crops with contrasting light requirements [sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas), lettuce (Lactuca sativa), and pothos (Epipremnum aureum)]. We also quantified how these responses were affected by acclimation to three shading treatments-full sun, 44% shade, and 75% shade. The quantum yield of photosystem II (ΦPSII), a measure of photochemical efficiency, decreased exponentially with increasing photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) in all three species. By contrast, linear electron transport rate (ETR) increased asymptotically with increasing PPF. Within each shading level, the high-light-adapted species sweetpotato used high light more efficiently for electron transport than light-intermediate lettuce and shade-tolerant pothos. Within a species, plants acclimated to high light (full sun) tended to have higher ΦPSII and ETR than those acclimated to low light (44% or 75% shade). Nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) (an indicator of the amount of absorbed light energy that is dissipated as heat) was upregulated with increasing PPF; faster upregulation was observed in pothos as well as in plants grown under 75% shade. Our results have implications for supplemental lighting: supplemental light is used more efficiently and results in a greater increase in ETR when provided at low ambient PPF. In addition, high-light-adapted crops and crops grown under relatively high ambient light can use supplemental light more efficiently than low-light-adapted crops or those grown under low ambient light.


MAUSAM ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-306
Author(s):  
Y. R. KENJLE ◽  
M. C. VARSHNEYA ◽  
T. R. U. NAIDU

ABSTRACT. The diurnal variation of rate of photosynthesis (l') with photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) model of light response curves and the relationship between PPFD and P were studied for two postmonsoon (rabi) sorghum genotypes, viz.. M35- I and RSV-9R under field conditions at Pune. The half maximal values. i.e., PPFD level at which P=Pmax/2 obtained were 1251 and 937 umolm-2s-1 for M35-l and RSV.9R respectively. The potential rates of photosynthesis were 65,79 and 64.52  umolm-2S-1 whereas the observed maximum rates of photosynthesis were lower. 40.93 and 46.66 umolm-2s-1 in M35-1 and RSV-9R Respectively, due to effect of air temperatures under the field conditions, n1e maximum rate of photosynthesis determined from the model decreased with delay in the sowing of the crop. Correlation coefficients between PPFD and rate of photosynthesis were 0,794 and 0,708 for M35-1 and RSV-9R respectively. The PPFD received and rate of photosynthesis decreased significantly with delay in sorghum sowing.    


Planta ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 189 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. �gren ◽  
J.R. Evans

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 639
Author(s):  
Roberta Paradiso ◽  
Pieter H. B. de Visser ◽  
Carmen Arena ◽  
Leo F. M. Marcelis

We investigated the light response of leaf photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and optical properties in rose plants grown in a glasshouse with bending technique. Leaves were lighted from the adaxial or the abaxial side during measurements, performed in four positions in the upright and bent shoots: top leaves, middle leaves, bottom leaves, and bent shoot leaves. Moreover, the effect of the irradiation on the adaxial or abaxial leaf side on whole canopy photosynthesis was estimated through model simulation. No significant differences were found in light transmission, reflection and absorption of leaves and in photosynthesis light response curves among the four positions. In all the leaf positions, light absorption, stomatal conductance and photosynthesis were higher when leaves were lighted from the adaxial compared with the abaxial side. The model showed that a substantial part of the light absorbed by the crop originated from light reflected from the greenhouse floor, and thus the abaxial leaf properties have impact on whole crop light absorbance and photosynthesis. Simulations were performed for crops with leaf area index (LAI) 1, 2 and 3. Simulation at LAI 1 showed the highest reduction of simulated crop photosynthesis considering abaxial properties; however, to a lesser extent photosynthesis was also reduced at LAI 2 and 3. The overall results showed that the model may be helpful in designing crop systems for improved light utilisation by changing lamp position or level of leaf bending and pruning.


1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
HG Jones ◽  
DO Hall ◽  
JE Corlett ◽  
A Massacci

When field-grown sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) and millet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke) plants are subjected to drought, the speed of stomatal closure in response to darkness is enhanced in comparison with the speed observed in well-irrigated control plants. This shade-induced closure is most apparent at early stages of desiccation and is not rapidly reversible. These results need to be considered when developing protocols for the measurement of photosynthetic light response curves in the field. The sensitivity to crop water status of this stomatal closure response potentially provides a very valuable means for detection of the early stages of soil drying, and may also provide opportunities for screening different varieties for their adaptation to drought conditions.


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