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Alterations in photosynthesis and antioxidant enzyme activity in winter wheat subjected to post-anthesis water-logging

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Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars Yangmai 9 (water-logging tolerant) and Yumai 34 (water-logging sensitive) were subjected to water-logging (WL) from 7 d after anthesis to determine the responses of photosynthesis and anti-oxidative enzyme activities in flag leaf. At 15 d after treatment (DAT), net photosynthetic rate under WL was only 3.7 and 8.9 µmol(CO2) m−2 s−1 in Yumai 34 and Yangmai 9, respectively, which was much lower than in the control. Ratios of variable to maximum and variable to initial fluorescence, actual photosynthetic efficiency, and photochemical quenching were much lower, while initial fluorescence and non-photochemical quenching were much higher under WL than in control, indicating damage to photosystem 2. WL decreased activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase in both cultivars, and activity of peroxidase (POD) in Yumai 34, while POD activity in Yangmai 9 was mostly increased. The obvious decrease in the amount of post-anthesis accumulated dry matter, which was redistributed to grains, also contributed to the grain yield loss under WL.

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Abbreviations

APA:

amount of post-anthesis accumulated dry matter transfer into grain

CAPA:

contribution of APA to grain mass

CAT:

catalase

Chl:

chlorophyll

CRAP:

contribution of RAP to grain mass

DAA:

days after anthesis

DAT:

days after treatment

DM:

dry matter

F0 :

original fluorescence

Fv/Fm :

maximum photochemical efficiency

Fv/F0 :

ratio of variable fluorescence to original fluorescence

GM:

grain mass

MDA:

malondialdehyde

NPQ:

non-photochemical quenching

PAR:

photosynthetically active radiation

PBS:

phosphate buffer solution

P N :

net photosynthetic rate

POD:

peroxidase

PRAP:

redistribution percentage of redistributed pre-anthesis stored dry matter from vegetative organs to grain

PS:

photosystem

qP :

photochemical quenching

RAP:

redistribution amount of pre-anthesis stored dry matter from vegetative organs to grain

RC:

reaction centre

SOD:

superoxide dismutase

SPAD:

soil plant analysis development

ΦPS2 :

actual photosynthetic efficiency

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    W. Tan, J. Liu, T. Dai, Q. Jing, W. Cao & D. Jiang

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Tan, W., Liu, J., Dai, T. et al. Alterations in photosynthesis and antioxidant enzyme activity in winter wheat subjected to post-anthesis water-logging. Photosynthetica 46, 21–27 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-008-0005-0

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