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The effect of CaCl2 on calcium content, photosynthesis, and chlorophyll fluorescence of tung tree seedlings under drought conditions

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The study investigated the effects of different CaCl2 concentrations (2, 5, and 10 mM) on photosynthetic enzymatic activities, photosynthesis, and chlorophyll fluorescence of tung tree seedlings under drought conditions. Plants were sprayed with either CaCl2 or distilled water until run-off. Irrigation was then withheld to induce drought stress. The strength of drought stress was evaluated by relative leaf water content and soil water content, which was 27.3 and 9.5% on day 0 and day 12, respectively. Drought stress decreased activities of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, chlorophyll (a+b) content, net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, electron transport rate, the maximal quantum yield of PSII photochemistry, and effective quantum yield of PSII in tung tree seedlings. The CaCl2 pretreatments alleviated the negative effect of drought stress to some degree on all the parameters mentioned above.

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Abbreviations

C i :

intercellular CO2 concentration

Chl:

chlorophyll

DM:

dry mass

DAT:

day of treatment

E :

transpiration rate

ETR:

electron transport rate

FM:

fresh mass

F0 :

minimal fluorescence yield of the dark-adapted state

Fv/Fm :

maximal quantum yield of PSII photochemistry

g s :

stomatal conductance

PEPC:

phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase

P N :

net photosynthetic rate

RWC:

relative leaf water content

SPAD values:

corresponding to content of chlorophyll (a+b)

SWC:

soil water content

ФPSII :

effective quantum yield of PSII

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This work was supported by the National Forestry Public Welfare Industry Research Project of China (201204403), a Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduates (CX2015B286).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Cultivation and Protection for Non-Wood Forest Trees, Ministry of Education, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China

    Z. Li, X. F. Tan, K. Lu, Z. M. Liu & L. L. Wu

  2. Cooperative Innovation Center of Cultivation and Utilization for Non-Wood Forest Trees of Hunan Province, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China

    Z. Li, X. F. Tan, K. Lu, Z. M. Liu & L. L. Wu

  3. Department of Biology, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM, 88130, USA

    Z. M. Liu

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Li, Z., Tan, X.F., Lu, K. et al. The effect of CaCl2 on calcium content, photosynthesis, and chlorophyll fluorescence of tung tree seedlings under drought conditions. Photosynthetica 55, 553–560 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-016-0676-x

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