Abstract
Growth, photosynthetic characteristics, chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence parameters, and peroxidation of membrane lipids of Cryptotaenia japonica were studied under differing irradiances (15, 35, 60, and 100 % of full irradiance). At full irradiance, C. japonica exhibited a typical decline in net photosynthetic rate (PN) at midday, which was not observed in the other irradiance treatments. This indicates a possible photoinhibition for C. japonica at the high irradiance. Diurnal patterns of stomatal conductance (gs) were remarkably similar to those of PN in each irradiance treatment, and the intercellular CO2 concentration (ci) had the opposite trend. C. japonica growing under 60 % of the full irradiance exhibited the highest plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, and biomass. The initial fluorescence (F0) value was lowest at 60 % of the full irradiance. Maximal fluorescence (Fm), potential activity of photosystem II (PS II) (Fv/F0), and maximal photochemical efficiency of PS II (Fv/Fm) values were highest at 60 % of full irradiance and lowest at 15 % of the full irradiance. The malondialdehyde (MDA) content in 15 % and 100 % of the full irradiance were higher than under the other irradiances. During the treatment, catalase, peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase activities firstly increased and then declined under 15 % and 100 % of the full irradiance and were steadily low under 60 % of the full irradiance, indicating a low production of reactive oxygen species. Therefore, C. japonica thrived best under 60 % of the full irradiance.
Abbreviations
- CAT:
-
catalase
- Chl:
-
chlorophyll
- ci :
-
intercellular CO2 concentration
- E:
-
transpiration rate
- F0 :
-
minimal fluorescence
- Fm :
-
maximum fluorescence
- Fv/F0 :
-
ratio of variable to minimal fluorescence
- Fv/Fm :
-
ratio of variable to maximum fluorescence
- gs :
-
stomatal conductance for CO2
- LA:
-
leaf area
- LAR:
-
leaf area ratio
- LMA:
-
specific leaf mass
- LMR:
-
leaf mass ratio
- MDA:
-
malondialdehyde
- PN :
-
net photosynthetic rate
- POD:
-
peroxidase
- PPFD:
-
photosynthetic photon flux density
- RMR:
-
root mass ratio
- ROS:
-
reactive oxygen species
- LWC:
-
leaf water content
- SMR:
-
stem mass ratio
- SOD:
-
superoxide dismutase
- Tleaf :
-
leaf temperature
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Acknowledgements: This study was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31400291), the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (11040606M77), the Key Foundation of the Education Department of Anhui Province (KJ2011A129) and the Innovation Funds of the Anhui Normal University (2012cxjj07). Special acknowledgements are given to the editors and reviewers.
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Liu, K., Zhou, S.B., Wu, X.Y. et al. Effects of irradiance on the photosynthetic traits, antioxidative enzymes, and growth of Cryptotaenia japonica . Biol Plant 59, 521–528 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-015-0534-x
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