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Species-specific responses of spectral reflectance and the photosynthetic characteristics in two selected Antarctic mosses to thallus desiccation

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Mosses are considered highly resistant against desiccation because they maintain photosynthetic activity even when severely dehydrated. In our study, we investigated changes in the photochemical processes of photosynthesis, as well as the spectral reflectance parameters during controlled rehydration and desiccation in two Antarctic species, i.e. Brachythecium austro-glareosum and Bryum pseudotriquetrum. Changes in primary photochemical processes were evaluated by chlorophyll fluorescence, i.e. slow Kautsky kinetics supplemented with saturation light pulses. In desiccating thalli, an effective quantum yield of photosynthetic processes in PS II (ΦPSII) remained unchanged within low to moderate desiccation, i.e. with a relative water content (RWC) decrease from fully wet (100%) to semidry (30%). Below 20% RWC, ΦPSII showed a species-specific decline, as well as steady-state fluorescence (FS). A half-decrease in ΦPSII was reached at an RWC of 12.6% (B. austro-glareosum) and 9.8% (B. pseudotriquetrum). Rapid light–response curves showed a strong limitation of photosynthetic electron transport (ETR) at an RWC below 20% in both species. The ΦPSII and ETR data suggested that both species were desiccation-tolerant and well adapted to harsh Antarctic environments. However, B. pseudotriquetrum was more resistant in a state of severe dehydration (RWC below 20%) than B. austro-glareosum. Spectral reflectance indices responded to desiccation either (a) similarly in the two species (normalised difference vegetation index [NDVI]), (b) with similar trends but different values (modified chlorophyll absorption in reflectance index [MCARI] and greenness index [GI]) and (c) species-specifically (photochemical reflectance index [PRI]).

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Abbreviations

ChlF:

Chlorophyll fluorescence

KK:

Kautsky kinetics of chlorophyll fluorescence

FV/FM :

Potential yield of photochemical photosynthetic processes in PS II

ΦPSII:

Effective yield of photochemical photosynthetic processes in PS II

NPQ:

Non-photochemical quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence

FS :

Steady-state fluorescence

RLCs:

Rapid light curves

ETR:

Electron transport rate

RWC:

Relative water content

WP:

Water potential

NDVI:

Normalised difference vegetation index

PRI:

Photochemical reflectance index

PSII:

Photosystem II

MCARI:

Modified chlorophyll absorption in reflectance index

GI:

Greenness index

CARI:

Carotenoid index

CIred-edge :

Red-edge chlorophyll index

CCRI:

Carotenoid/chlorophyll ratio index

Pq:

Phaeophytisation index

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The authors thank the ECOPOLARIS and CzechPolar-I and II projects (CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001708, LM2010009 and LM2015078) for providing facilities and the infrastructure used to conduct the research reported in this study.

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    Alla Orekhova, Miloš Barták, Josef Hájek & Jana Morkusová

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Orekhova, A., Barták, M., Hájek, J. et al. Species-specific responses of spectral reflectance and the photosynthetic characteristics in two selected Antarctic mosses to thallus desiccation. Acta Physiol Plant 44, 6 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-021-03339-6

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