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Photosynthetic and biochemical activities in flag leaves of a newly developed superhigh-yield hybrid rice (Oryza sativa) and its parents during the reproductive stage

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Responses of net photosynthetic rates to intercellular CO2 concentration (P n/C i curves) and photochemical characteristics were investigated in flag leaves of newly developed superhigh-yield hybrid rice (Oryza sativa L.) LiangYouPeiJiu (LYPJ) and its maternal PeiAi64S (PA64S) and paternal WuMang9311 (WM9311) lines grown in the field during the reproductive stage. The results showed that photosynthetic functions, such as the electron transport activities of photosystems and photophosphorylation, assessed in vivo from P n/C i curves under field conditions declined more or earlier than those obtained in vitro. The degradation of polypeptides of thylakoid membranes was slower than those for P Ca=360 (light-saturated net photosynthetic rate measured at 360 μmol mol−1) and CE (carboxylation efficiency, obtained from the initial slope of the P n/C i curve). The initial inhibition of the PSII electron transport and oxygen-evolving activity induced by senescence occurred before the degradation of the oxygen-evolving complex. In comparison, LYPJ had intermediate photosynthetic functions in the early stage of leaf development, but greater photochemical activities in the mid and late stages. WM9311 showed a similar pattern of changes but lower values, and PA64S had higher values in the early stage but showed a faster rate of senescence than LYPJ. These findings implied that the hybrid LYPJ demonstrated intermediate photosynthetic activities between its parents in the early stage of leaf development, whereas it had higher photosynthetic activities than its parents in the mid and late stages, which may be responsible for its high yield.

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Financial support was provided by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No.30270792), the Key Project of Science of Ministry of Education (No.204049), and by the Natural Foundation of Science of Jiangsu Province (BK2004143). We also gratefully acknowledge both two anonymous reviewers and the editors of this Journal for critical suggestions, and Prof. Carlos Prado of the Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil for his help in improving the English of the manuscript and expertise.

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  1. Key Lab of Biodiversity and Biotechnology of Jiangsu Province, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210097, PR China

    C.-J. Zhang, H.-J. Chu, G.-X. Chen, D.-W. Shi, M. Zuo, J. Wang, P. Wang & L. Chen

  2. College of Horticulture, South China University of Tropical Agriculture, Danzhou, 571737, PR China

    C.-J. Zhang

  3. Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241001, PR China

    J. Wang

  4. Institute of Food Crops, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, PR China

    C.-G. Lu

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Zhang, CJ., Chu, HJ., Chen, GX. et al. Photosynthetic and biochemical activities in flag leaves of a newly developed superhigh-yield hybrid rice (Oryza sativa) and its parents during the reproductive stage. J Plant Res 120, 209–217 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-006-0038-z

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