Abstract
Gas exchange, chlorophyll a fluorescence and modulated 820 nm reflection were investigated to explore the development of photosynthesis in Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) leaves from initiation to full expansion. During leaf expansion, photosynthetic rate (Pn) increased and reached the maximal level when leaves were fully expanded. The same change pattern was also found in the stomatal conductance and chlorophyll content. Lower Pn could not be ascribed to the higher stomatal resistance in developing leaves, as intercellular CO2 concentration was not significantly lower in these leaves. Lower Pn partly resulted from the lower actual photochemical efficiency of PSII in developing leaves, as more excited energy was dissipated through non-photochemical quenching. The development of primary photochemical reaction and electron transport in the donor side of PSII was completed in the initiating leaves. However, the development of electron transport in the acceptor side of PSII was not accomplished until leaves were fully expanded, indicated by the change in probability that an electron moves further than primary quinone (ψo). PSI activity changed in parallel with ψo suggesting that PSI cooperated well with PSII during leaf expansion. It should be stressed that the development of carbon fixation process was later than primary photochemical reaction but earlier than photosynthetic electron transport during leaf expansion. The later development of photosynthetic electron transport may reduce the production of reactive oxygen species from Mehler reaction, particularly under low carbon fixation.
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Abbreviations
- Ci:
-
Intercellular CO2 concentration
- Gs:
-
Stomatal conductance
- NPQ:
-
Non-photochemical quenching
- Pn:
-
Photosynthetic rate
- PI(abs):
-
PSII performance index on absorption basis
- PSI:
-
Photosystem I
- PSII:
-
Photosystem II
- Rubisco:
-
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase
- Vj:
-
Relative variable fluorescence at 2 ms
- Vk :
-
Relative variable fluorescence at 300 μs
- Ψo:
-
Probability that an electron moves further than primary quinone
- ψPo:
-
The maximum quantum efficiency for primary photochemistry
- φPSII:
-
Actual photochemical efficiency of PSII
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This work was jointly supported by One Hundred-Talent Plan of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), The Opening Foundation of the State Key Lab of Crop Biology, Shandong Agriculture University (2011KF02), the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41171216; 41001137; 31100313), the Science & Technology Development Plan of Shandong Province (2010GSF10208), the Science and Technology Development Plan of Yantai City (2011016; 20102450), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (XDA01020304) and Yantai Double-hundred Talent Plan (XY-003-02).
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Yan, K., Chen, P., Shao, H. et al. Photosynthetic characterization of Jerusalem artichoke during leaf expansion. Acta Physiol Plant 34, 353–360 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-011-0834-5
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