PhotosyntheticaPub Date : 2022-04-14eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2022.018
P Pachon, K Winter, E Lasso
{"title":"Updating the occurrence of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) in the genus <i>Clusia</i> through carbon isotope analysis of species from Colombia.","authors":"P Pachon, K Winter, E Lasso","doi":"10.32615/ps.2022.018","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2022.018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Clusia</i> is a widely distributed neotropical genus with 321 currently described species. This remarkable genus is the only one known to contain trees <i>sensu stricto</i> with CAM photosynthesis. To survey the occurrence of CAM in <i>Clusia</i> species from Colombia, we determined the leaf stable carbon isotope composition (δ<sup>13</sup>C) of 568 specimens from 114 species deposited in 12 Colombian herbaria. In the vast majority of specimens, δ<sup>13</sup>C values indicated that C<sub>3</sub> photosynthesis was the principal contributor to carbon gain. δ<sup>13</sup>C values typical of strong CAM (less negative than -20‰) were observed in only five species, in four of them for the first time. All samples with CAM-type isotopic signatures were collected below 1,000 m a.s.l., whereas species with predominantly C<sub>3</sub> occurred from sea level to 3,500 m a.s.l. Together with information already available in the literature, we conclude that CAM is present in 22% (35/156) of the species of <i>Clusia</i> investigated thus far.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"37 1","pages":"304-322"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11558512/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86778850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotosyntheticaPub Date : 2022-04-13eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2022.014
A L Thompson, M M Conley, M T Herritt, K R Thorp
{"title":"Response of upland cotton (<i>Gossypium hirsutum</i> L.) leaf chlorophyll content to high heat and low-soil water in the Arizona low desert.","authors":"A L Thompson, M M Conley, M T Herritt, K R Thorp","doi":"10.32615/ps.2022.014","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2022.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The sustainable production of upland cotton, an economically important fiber crop, is threatened by changing environmental factors including high temperatures and low-soil water content. Both high heat and low-soil water can reduce net photosynthesis resulting in low fiber yields or poor fiber quality. Leaf chlorophyll content has a direct relationship with photosynthetic rate. Understanding how high heat and low-soil water affect chlorophyll content can identify opportunities for breeding improvement that will lead to sustainable fiber yields. A two-year field trial located in Maricopa Arizona measured leaf chlorophyll content, available soil water, ambient air temperatures, and cotton growth measurements collected by a high-clearance tractor equipped with proximal sensors. The results showed that low-soil water significantly increased leaf chlorophyll content, while high temperatures significantly reduced content. Structured equation modeling revealed that cotton may divert available resources to leaf area and chlorophyll content for the production of photosynthates during periods of high temperatures.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"78 1","pages":"280-292"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11558507/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79230882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotosyntheticaPub Date : 2022-04-08DOI: 10.32615/ps.2022.021
G. Govindjee, Y. Kouchkovsky, G. Garab
{"title":"Tribute to Jean Lavorel (1928-2021), an outstanding experimenter and a brilliant theorist of photosynthesis","authors":"G. Govindjee, Y. Kouchkovsky, G. Garab","doi":"10.32615/ps.2022.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32615/ps.2022.021","url":null,"abstract":"Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Center of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA* Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 7 rue A. Pécard, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France** Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, 6726 Szeged, Hungary*** Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, 710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic#","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90141656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotosyntheticaPub Date : 2022-03-31eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2022.019
J J Zeng, W H Hu, X H Hu, H M Tao, L Zhong, L L Liu
{"title":"Upregulation of the mitochondrial alternative oxidase pathway improves PSII function and photosynthetic electron transport in tomato seedlings under chilling stress.","authors":"J J Zeng, W H Hu, X H Hu, H M Tao, L Zhong, L L Liu","doi":"10.32615/ps.2022.019","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2022.019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this study was to explore how the mitochondrial alternative oxidase (AOX) pathway alleviates photoinhibition in chilled tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i>) seedlings. Chilling induced photoinhibition in tomato seedlings despite the increases in thermal energy dissipation and cyclic electron flow around PSI (CEF-PSI). Chilling inhibited the function of PSII and blocked electron transport at the PSII acceptor side, however, it did not affect the oxygen-evolving complex on the donor side of PSII. Upregulation of the AOX pathway protects against photoinhibition by improving PSII function and photosynthetic electron transport in tomato seedlings under chilling stress. The AOX pathway maintained the open state of PSII and the stability of the entire photosynthetic electron transport chain. Moreover, the protective role of the AOX pathway on PSII was more important than that on PSI. However, inhibition of the AOX pathway could be compensated by increasing CEF-PSI activity under chilling stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"42 1","pages":"271-279"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11558502/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78627527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotosyntheticaPub Date : 2022-03-30eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2022.015
Z Czékus, P Koprivanacz, A Kukri, N Iqbal, A Ördög, P POóR
{"title":"The role of photosynthetic activity in the regulation of flg22-induced local and systemic defence reaction in tomato.","authors":"Z Czékus, P Koprivanacz, A Kukri, N Iqbal, A Ördög, P POóR","doi":"10.32615/ps.2022.015","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2022.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Flagellin (flg22) induces rapid and long-lasting defence responses. It may also affect the photosynthetic activity depending on several internal and external factors, such as the phytohormone ethylene or the day/night time. Based on the results, flg22 treatment, neither in the light phase nor in the evening, caused any significant change in chlorophyll fluorescence induction parameters in the leaves of wild-type and ethylene-receptor mutant <i>Never ripe</i> tomato plants measured the next morning. However, flg22 in the light phase decreased the effective quantum yield and the photochemical quenching both locally and systemically in guard cells. In parallel, the production of reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide increased, which contributed to the stomatal closure and a decrease in CO<sub>2</sub> assimilation the next day. A decrease in sugar content and elevated hexokinase activity measured after flg22 exposure can also contribute to local defence responses in intact tomato plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"33 1","pages":"259-270"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11558501/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85114637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotosyntheticaPub Date : 2022-03-28eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2022.011
Y P Lv, Y Pan
{"title":"Vertical profile of photosynthetic CO<sub>2</sub> response within rice canopy.","authors":"Y P Lv, Y Pan","doi":"10.32615/ps.2022.011","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2022.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leaf-specific Farquhar-von Caemmerer-Berry (FvCB) model was fitted to characterize the vertical profile of photosynthetic CO<sub>2</sub> response within rice canopy. Leaf-position-specific and canopy average FvCB models were fitted to study a suitable leaf representing photosynthetic parameters at the canopy scale. The results showed that leaf photosynthesis was limited by Rubisco activity or ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate regeneration under field conditions. The maximum rate of carboxylation, maximum rate of electron transport, rate of triose phosphates utilization, and light respiration rate in the FvCB model reached the highest values for the top second leaf and then decreased, while the mesophyll diffusion conductance kept decreased in downward leaves. The integrated photosynthetic CO<sub>2</sub>-response curves for the top fourth and fifth leaves were appropriate for estimating parameters in the FvCB model at the canopy scale.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"264 1","pages":"251-258"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11558505/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73353671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotosyntheticaPub Date : 2022-03-28eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2022.012
X Y Lin, X X Wang, Q Y Zeng, Q Yang
{"title":"Leaf structure and photosynthesis in <i>Populus alba</i> under naturally fluctuating environments.","authors":"X Y Lin, X X Wang, Q Y Zeng, Q Yang","doi":"10.32615/ps.2022.012","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2022.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ability to modulate photosynthesis is essential for plants to adapt to fluctuating growing conditions. <i>Populus</i> species show high tolerance to various and highly variable environments. To understand their response strategies against fluctuating environments, this study investigated the morphological and physiological differences of white poplar (<i>Populus alba</i>) leaves when grown in a phytotron, glasshouse, and field. Our results show that the palisade cells were elongated in the field, which would enhance intercellular CO<sub>2</sub> exchange. Photosynthetic capacity was the highest in the field leaves, as shown by higher electron transport rates (1.8 to 6.5 times) and carbon assimilation rates (2.7 to 4.2 times). The decrease of PSI acceptor-side limitation and increase of PSI donor-side limitation suggests changes in PSI redox status may contribute to photoprotection. This plasticity of white poplar allows adjusting its structure and photosynthesis under fluctuating conditions, which may partly enable its outstanding tolerance against environmental changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"1 1","pages":"240-250"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11558500/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85397072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotosyntheticaPub Date : 2022-03-17eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2022.007
I Villegas-VeláZquez, H A Zavaleta-Mancera, M L Arévalo-Galarza, J Suarez-Espinosa, C Garcia-Osorio, D Padilla-Chacon, I G Galvan-Escobedo, J F Jimenez-Bremont
{"title":"Chlorophyll measurements in <i>Alstroemeria</i> sp. using <i>SPAD-502</i> meter and the color space CIE L*a*b*, and its validation in foliar senescence.","authors":"I Villegas-VeláZquez, H A Zavaleta-Mancera, M L Arévalo-Galarza, J Suarez-Espinosa, C Garcia-Osorio, D Padilla-Chacon, I G Galvan-Escobedo, J F Jimenez-Bremont","doi":"10.32615/ps.2022.007","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2022.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our research aimed to study the correlation between the <i>SPAD-502</i> readings and the color space CIE L*a*b* values in two cultivars of <i>Alstroemeria</i> sp. during leaf senescence and to evaluate the statistical criteria used in the selection of the best fit calibration functions. We demonstrate the importance of the Akaike information criterion and the parsimonious function besides the coefficient of determination. The reliability of the functions was tested by <i>Student</i>'s <i>t-</i>test comparison between the chlorophyll (Chl) estimated from SPAD readings and their chemical concentrations. Polynomial and Hoerl function described well the changes in Chl <i>a</i> and total Chl (<i>a</i>+<i>b</i>) during senescence, but calibration functions are required to perform for each cultivar. We demonstrated that CIE L*a*b* system is reliable to estimate SPAD reading at stages of leaf senescence of <i>Alstroemeria</i> sp. and can be used instead of <i>SPAD-502</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"6 1","pages":"230-239"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11558510/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90430309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PhotosyntheticaPub Date : 2022-03-14eCollection Date: 2022-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2022.016
M Magyar, P Akhtar, G Sipka, W Han, X Li, G Han, J-R Shen, P H Lambrev, G Garab
{"title":"Dependence of the rate-limiting steps in the dark-to-light transition of photosystem II on the lipidic environment of the reaction center.","authors":"M Magyar, P Akhtar, G Sipka, W Han, X Li, G Han, J-R Shen, P H Lambrev, G Garab","doi":"10.32615/ps.2022.016","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2022.016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In our earlier works, we have identified rate-limiting steps in the dark-to-light transition of PSII. By measuring chlorophyll <i>a</i> fluorescence transients elicited by single-turnover saturating flashes (STSFs) we have shown that in diuron-treated samples an STSF generates only F<sub>1</sub> (< F<sub>m</sub>) fluorescence level, and to produce the maximum (F<sub>m</sub>) level, additional excitations are required, which, however, can only be effective if sufficiently long Δ<i>τ</i> waiting times are allowed between the excitations. Biological variations in the half-rise time (Δ<i>τ</i> <sub>1/2</sub>) of the fluorescence increment suggest that it may be sensitive to the physicochemical environment of PSII. Here, we investigated the influence of the lipidic environment on Δ<i>τ</i> <sub>1/2</sub> of PSII core complexes of <i>Thermosynechococcus vulcanus</i>. We found that while non-native lipids had no noticeable effects, thylakoid membrane lipids considerably shortened the Δ<i>τ</i> <sub>1/2</sub>, from ~ 1 ms to ~ 0.2 ms. The importance of the presence of native lipids was confirmed by obtaining similarly short Δ<i>τ</i> <sub>1/2</sub> values in the whole <i>T. vulcanus</i> cells and isolated pea thylakoid membranes. Minor, lipid-dependent reorganizations were also observed by steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic measurements. These data show that the processes beyond the dark-to-light transition of PSII depend significantly on the lipid matrix of the reaction center.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"13 1","pages":"147-156"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11559480/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89441391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}