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Co2 assimilation and chlorophyll fluorescence in green versus red Berberis thunbergii leaves measured with different quality irradiation

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Photosynthesis, photorespiration, and chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence in green and red Berberis thunbergii leaves were studied with two different measuring radiations, red (RR) and “white” (WR). The photosynthetic and photorespiration rates responded differently to the different radiation qualities, which indicate that the carboxylase and oxygenase activities of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBPCO) were affected. Differences in photosynthetic rate between the two color leaves were less under RR than under WR. However, this reduced difference in photosynthetic rate was not correlated with the stomatal response to the measuring radiation qualities. Compared with the WR, the RR reduced the differences in dark-adapted minimum and maximum fluorescence, steady-state fluorescence, light-adapted maximum fluorescence, and actual photochemical efficiency (ΦPS2) of photosystem 2 (PS2), but enlarged the difference in non-photochemical quenching between the two color leaves. Differences in both maximum quantum yield of PS2 and ratio of ΦPS2 to quantum yield of CO2 fixation between the two color leaves were similar under the two measuring radiations. To exclude disturbance of radiation attenuation caused by anthocyanins, it is better to use RR to compare the photosynthesis and Chl fluorescence in green versus red leaves.

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Abbreviations

C i :

intercellular CO2 concentration

FM and F0 :

maximum and minimal fluorescence in dark-adapted state

FV/FM :

maximum quantum yield of PS2

FM′ and FS :

maximum and steady-state fluorescence in radiation-adapted state

g s :

stomatal conductance

NPQ:

non-photochemical quenching

PS:

photosystem

P N :

net photosynthetic rate

Pr:

photorespiration rate

RD :

respiration rate

ΦCO2 :

quantum efficiency of CO2 fixation

ΦPS2 :

actual PS2 efficiency under irradiance

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    P.-M. Li, T. Peng & H.-Y. Gao

  2. Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    P.-M. Li, L. Cheng & H.-Y. Gao

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Li, PM., Cheng, L., Peng, T. et al. Co2 assimilation and chlorophyll fluorescence in green versus red Berberis thunbergii leaves measured with different quality irradiation. Photosynthetica 47, 11–18 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-009-0004-9

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