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High-light-like photosynthetic responses of Cucumis sativus leaves acclimated to fluorescent illumination with a high red:far-red ratio: interaction between light quality and quantity

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This study evaluated the photosynthetic responses of Cucumis sativus leaves acclimated to illumination from three-band white fluorescent lamps with a high red:far-red (R:FR) ratio (R:FR = 10.5) and the photosynthetic responses of leaves acclimated to metal-halide lamps that provided a spectrum similar to that of natural light (R:FR = 1.2) at acclimation photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) of 100 to 700 μmol m−2 s−1. The maximum gross photosynthetic rate (P G) of the fluorescent-acclimated leaves was approximately 1.4 times that of the metal-halide-acclimated leaves at all acclimation PPFDs. The ratio of quantum efficiency of photosystem II (ΦPSII) of the fluorescent-acclimated leaves to that of the metal-halide-acclimated leaves tended to increase with increasing acclimation PPFD, whereas the corresponding ratios for the leaf mass per unit area tended to decrease with increasing acclimation PPFD. These results suggest that the greater maximum P G of the fluorescent-acclimated leaves resulted from an interaction between the acclimation light quality and quantity, which was mainly caused by the greater leaf biomass for photosynthesis per area at low acclimation PPFDs and by the higher ΦPSII as a result of changes in characteristics and distribution of chloroplasts, or a combination of these factors at high acclimation PPFDs.

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Abbreviations

ANOVA :

analysis of variance

Chl:

chlorophyll

g s :

stomatal conductance

LMA:

leaf mass per unit area

P G :

gross photosynthetic rate

P N :

net photosynthetic rate

PPFD:

photosynthetic photon flux density

R:FR:

red:far-red ratio

ΦPSII :

quantum efficiency of photosystem II

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    T. Shibuya, R. Endo & Y. Kitaya

  2. School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, 599 8531, Japan

    N. Hayashi

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Acknowledgements: We thank referees and editors for their careful reading and valuable suggestions to improve this paper. This research was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (General), 24380140); by the Osaka Prefecture University graduate school fellowship.

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Shibuya, T., Endo, R., Hayashi, N. et al. High-light-like photosynthetic responses of Cucumis sativus leaves acclimated to fluorescent illumination with a high red:far-red ratio: interaction between light quality and quantity. Photosynthetica 50, 623–629 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-012-0071-1

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