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Effect of 24-Epibrassinolide on Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation in Vicia faba Plants Treated with the Photosynthesis-Inhibiting Herbicide Terbutryn

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Simultaneous measurements of chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence and CO2 assimilation (A) in Vicia faba leaves were taken during the first weeks of growth to evaluate the protective effect of 24-epibrassinolide (EBR) against damage caused by the application of the herbicide terbutryn (Terb) at pre-emergence. V. faba seeds were incubated for 24 h in EBR solutions (2 × 10−6 or 2 × 10−5 mM) and immediately sown. Terb was applied at recommended doses (1.47 or 1.96 kg ha−1) at pre-emergence. The highest dose of Terb strongly decreased CO2 assimilation, the maximum quantum yield of PSII photochemistry in the dark-adapted state (F V/F M), the nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ), and the effective quantum yield (ΔF/F′M) during the first 3–4 weeks after plant emergence. Moreover, Terb increased the basal quantum yield of nonphotochemical processes (F 0/F M), the degree of reaction center closure (1 − q p), and the fraction of light absorbed in PSII antennae that was dissipated via thermal energy dissipation in the antennae (1 − F′V/F′M). The herbicide also significantly reduced plant growth at the end of the experiment as well as plant length, dry weight, and number of leaves. The application of EBR to V. faba seeds before sowing strongly diminished the effect of Terb on fluorescence parameters and CO2 assimilation, which recovered 13 days after plant emergence and showed values similar to those of control plants. The protective effect of EBR on CO2 assimilation was detected at a photosynthetic photon flux density (PFD) of 650 μmol m−2 s−1 and the effect on ΔF/F′M and photosynthetic electron transport (J) was detected under actinic lightings up to 1750 μmol m−2 s−1. The highest dose of EBR also counteracted the decrease in plant growth caused by Terb, and plants registered the same growth values as controls.

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Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge support from grant CGL2005–05620 from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. We also thank Dr. Carmen Brosa from the I.Q.S., University Ramon Llull, Barcelona, for the gift of 24-epibrassinolide, the Campos Experimentales de la Universitat de Barcelona for technical support, and Robin Rycroft for correcting the English text.

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Piñol, R., Simón, E. Effect of 24-Epibrassinolide on Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation in Vicia faba Plants Treated with the Photosynthesis-Inhibiting Herbicide Terbutryn. J Plant Growth Regul 28, 97–105 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-008-9077-0

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