PhotosyntheticaPub Date : 2023-05-25eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.018
H D Raub, N Rajan, K J Mcinnes, J B West
{"title":"Excess energy and photosynthesis: responses to seasonal water limitations in co-occurring woody encroachers of the semi-arid Southern Great Plains.","authors":"H D Raub, N Rajan, K J Mcinnes, J B West","doi":"10.32615/ps.2023.018","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2023.018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Woody plant areal encroachment is pervasive throughout the Southern Great Plains, USA. The ability of woody plants to dissipate excess solar radiation - dynamically over the day and sustained periods without recovery overnight - is key for maintaining photosynthetic performance during dry stretches, but our understanding of these processes remains incomplete. Photosynthetic performance and energy dissipation were assessed for co-occurring encroachers on the karst Edwards Plateau (<i>Juniperus ashei</i>, <i>Prosopis glandulosa</i>, and <i>Quercus fusiformis</i>) under seasonal changes in water status. Only <i>J. ashei</i> experienced mild photoinhibition from sustained energy dissipation overnight while experiencing the lowest photochemical yields, minimal photosynthetic rates, and the highest dynamic energy dissipation rates at midday during the dry period - indicating susceptibility to photosynthetic downregulation and increased dissipation under future drought regimes. Neither other encroacher experienced sustained energy dissipation in the dry period, though <i>P. glandulosa</i> did experience marked reductions in photosynthesis, photochemical yields, and increased regulatory dynamic energy dissipation.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"25 1","pages":"285-296"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11558594/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78296316","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 : 2023-05-15eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.013
F Petracca, C Arena, C Cirillo, V de Micco
{"title":"The basalt dust deposition on leaves does not influence the measurement of ecophysiological traits in grapevine.","authors":"F Petracca, C Arena, C Cirillo, V de Micco","doi":"10.32615/ps.2023.013","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2023.013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In many crops, including grapevine, the distribution of reflecting dust on foliage is a practice potentially leading to the mitigation of environmental stresses such as excessive light and limited water supply. This study aimed to evaluate whether the presence of dust on the leaves may affect PSII photochemical efficiency and gas-exchange measurements, thus leading to biased results. The study was conducted in a winery located at Benevento (Italy) on <i>Vitis vinifera</i> L. subsp. <i>vinifera</i> 'Falanghina' where the application of basalt dust was tested on the canopy to alleviate the effects of water stress. The results showed that there is no difference in PSII photochemistry or gas-exchange parameters measured in the presence of dust or after cleaning the leaves. Therefore, we conclude there is no need to remove dust from leaves before performing the ecophysiological investigations, thus fastening and simplifying the data collection.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"108 1","pages":"244-249"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11515844/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89011340","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 : 2023-05-12eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.016
V Lysenko, Y Guo, V D Rajput, E Chalenko, O Yadronova, T Zaruba, T Varduny, E Kirichenko
{"title":"Changes of dorsoventral asymmetry and anoxygenic photosynthesis in response of <i>Chelidonium majus</i> leaves to the SiO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticle treatment.","authors":"V Lysenko, Y Guo, V D Rajput, E Chalenko, O Yadronova, T Zaruba, T Varduny, E Kirichenko","doi":"10.32615/ps.2023.016","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2023.016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Natural SiO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles (SiO<sub>2</sub>-NPs) are widely distributed in the environment, and at the same time, synthetic SiO<sub>2</sub>-NP may be applied in agriculture. Evaluations of physiological responses to SiO<sub>2</sub>-NPs treatment of plants are controversial. They are often performed at adaxial leaf sides whereas NPs permeate leaf tissues through stomata located at the abaxial leaf side in the majority of bifacial plants. We measured coefficients of the functional dorsoventral asymmetry of NPs-stressed <i>Chelidonium majus</i> leaves, S, by values of the CO<sub>2</sub> assimilation rate (S<i>P</i> <sub>N</sub>), dark respiration (S<i>R</i>), maximal and operating quantum yields of photosystem II (SF<sub>v</sub>/F<sub>m</sub>, SF<sub>v</sub>'/F<sub>m</sub>'; using PAM-fluorometry), and oxygen coefficients of photosynthesis (SΨ<sub>O2</sub>; using photoacoustics). The results indicated that S<i>P</i> <sub>N</sub> and SΨ<sub>O2</sub> were significantly influenced by SiO<sub>2</sub>-NPs treatment, since <i>P</i> <sub>N</sub> and Ψ<sub>O2</sub> were declining more markedly when the light was directed to the abaxial side of leaves compared to the adaxial side. Overall, SiO<sub>2</sub>-NPs-induced stress increased 'anoxygenity' of photosynthesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"57 1","pages":"275-284"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11558580/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84879429","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 : 2023-05-05eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.014
P Laad, P Patel, K N Guruprasad, M P Sharma, S Kataria, M Brestic
{"title":"Effect of UV exclusion and AMF inoculation on photosynthetic parameters of <i>Glycine max</i>.","authors":"P Laad, P Patel, K N Guruprasad, M P Sharma, S Kataria, M Brestic","doi":"10.32615/ps.2023.014","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2023.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study aims to understand the effect of UV exclusion and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation on the photosynthetic parameters of soybean. The study was conducted in nursery bags and plants were grown under iron mesh covered with UV cut-off filters. The plants grown under the exclusion of UV with AMF inoculation (I) showed higher photosynthetic pigments, carbonic anhydrase activity, reduced internal CO<sub>2</sub> concentration, enhanced transpiration rate, and stomatal conductance as well as improved photosynthetic rate over uninoculated plants. Moreover, -UVB+I and -UVAB+I plants exhibited an increased performance index, the activity of the water-splitting complex on the donor side of PSII, and the concentration of active PSII reaction centers per excited cross-section. Overall, UV-excluded and AMF-inoculated plants showed the highest quantum yield of PSII and rate of photosynthesis. Our study will pave the way for future investigation to identify the possible role of UV exclusion and AMF in improving the photosynthetic performance for better yield of soybean.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"11 1","pages":"236-243"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11515856/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90757068","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 : 2023-05-04eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.017
S Fujii, K Nishida, T K Akitsu, A Kume, Y T Hanba
{"title":"Variation in leaf mesophyll anatomy of fern species imposes significant effects on leaf gas exchange, light capture, and leaf hydraulic conductance.","authors":"S Fujii, K Nishida, T K Akitsu, A Kume, Y T Hanba","doi":"10.32615/ps.2023.017","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2023.017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mesophyll anatomical traits are essential factors for efficient light capture, CO<sub>2</sub> diffusion, and hydraulics in leaves. At the same time, leaf hydraulics are governed by the xylem anatomical traits. Thus, simultaneous analyses of the mesophyll and xylem anatomy will clarify the links among light capture, CO<sub>2</sub> capture, and water use. However, such simultaneous analyses have been scarcely performed, particularly on non-seed plants. Using seven fern species, we first showed that fern species with a large mesophyll thickness had a high photosynthetic rate related to high light capture, high drought tolerance, and low leaf hydraulic conductance. The chloroplast surface area (S<sub>c</sub>) per mesophyll thickness significantly decreased with an increase in mesophyll thickness, which may increase light diffusion and absorption efficiency in each chloroplast. The photosynthetic rate per S<sub>c</sub> was almost constant with mesophyll thickness, which suggests that ferns enhance their light capture ability <i>via</i> the regulation of chloroplast density.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"19 1","pages":"225-235"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11515861/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82062753","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 : 2023-04-11eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.012
C Y Guo, C J Meng, M Yue
{"title":"Morphological and physiological responses of two <i>Osmanthus fragrans</i> cultivars to salt stress.","authors":"C Y Guo, C J Meng, M Yue","doi":"10.32615/ps.2023.012","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2023.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined the morphological and physiological responses of <i>Osmanthus fragrans</i> 'Yingui' (Yin) and <i>O. fragrans</i> 'Jingui' (Jin) to different NaCl concentrations. NaCl concentrations significantly affected plant height and leaf mass per area. Total biomass decreased by 22.8-41.8% under moderate and high NaCl which inhibited <i>O. fragrans</i> growth. The ratio of root to shoot biomass in Yin was 44.3% higher than that in Jin at high NaCl concentrations which suggested that Yin possesses conservative resource acquisition strategies to resist salt stress. Compared to Yin, Jin showed higher net photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and intercellular CO<sub>2</sub> concentration under high NaCl treatment. Jin exhibited also relatively higher proline, soluble sugar, K<sup>+</sup> content, and K<sup>+</sup>/Na<sup>+</sup> under the treatments implying that acquisitive resource acquisition may be the main strategy for salt resistance in Jin. Our results demonstrated that Yin and Jin could be cultivated in saline land in a short time and the two cultivars respond to salinity by different morphological and physiological mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"38 1","pages":"124-134"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11515812/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91331237","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 : 2023-04-11eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.011
R Liu, X E Ning, D M Li, L Chen, Z L Ning
{"title":"The physiological responses of critically endangered species <i>Ardisia gigantifolia</i> Stapf (Primulaceae) to different light intensities.","authors":"R Liu, X E Ning, D M Li, L Chen, Z L Ning","doi":"10.32615/ps.2023.011","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2023.011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To investigate the light intensity suitable for the growth of <i>Ardisia gigantifolia</i> Stapf, morphology, photosynthetic parameters, and indicators of oxidative stress were analyzed under different light intensities. Compared to high-irradiance treatment, medium and low-irradiance treatments promoted plant growth and restricted transpiration. Compared to medium irradiance, plants under high and low irradiance exhibited significantly lower maximal photochemical efficiency, potential photochemical efficiency, and electron transport rate, but significantly higher malondialdehyde content. This indicated that both excessive light and severe shading inhibited photosynthetic activity and induced oxidative stress, which resulted in a significant decrease in net photosynthetic rate. <i>A. gigantifolia</i> can adapt to different light intensities, improving light harvesting and utilizing capacity under low irradiance by increasing Chl (<i>a+b</i>) content and reducing Chl <i>a</i>/<i>b</i> ratio, and adapting to high irradiance by enhancing heat dissipation and activity of peroxidase. <i>A. gigantifolia</i> showed the best performance in growth and photosynthesis under medium irradiance treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"20 1","pages":"115-123"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11515815/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79904703","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 : 2023-04-04eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.015
G Govindjee, S Frenkel
{"title":"The life story of Albert W. Frenkel (1919-2015): a pioneer in photosynthesis research.","authors":"G Govindjee, S Frenkel","doi":"10.32615/ps.2023.015","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2023.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this historical perspective, we focus on selected discoveries that Albert Frenkel (1919-2015) made all by himself - single-handedly - which is the discovery of photophosphorylation and NAD reduction in anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria. Then, we present various aspects of his research life through his unpublished letters with some key scientists in his research field. To give a glimpse of his personal life, we have also provided some photographs.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"85 1","pages":"108-114"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11515858/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80939507","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 : 2023-03-30eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.008
F F Liu, G P Li, H W Li
{"title":"Downregulated expression of <i>TaDeg7</i> inhibits photosynthetic activity in bread wheat (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.).","authors":"F F Liu, G P Li, H W Li","doi":"10.32615/ps.2023.008","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2023.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Deg proteases play critical roles in photoprotection and PSII-repair circle, which remains elusive in cereal crops including wheat. Here, a Deg7-encoding gene <i>TaDeg7</i> was silenced in wheat <i>via</i> a <i>Barley stripe mosaic virus</i>-induced gene-silencing system (BSMV-VIGS). When the expression level of <i>TaDeg7</i> was downregulated, the photosynthetic activity including CO<sub>2</sub> assimilation rate, actual photochemical efficiency of PSII, and electron transport rate declined while the nonphotochemical quenching increased significantly. When grown in high light, the <i>BSMV:TaDeg7</i> plants accumulated more soluble sugar, malondialdehyde, and superoxide anion but had lower superoxide dismutase activity and less ascorbic acid. Additionally, the expression levels of <i>TaPsbA</i> and <i>TarbcS</i> were repressed in the <i>BSMV:TaDeg7</i> plants in high light. The <i>BSMV:TaDeg7</i> plants also were more sensitive to high-light stress. Collectively, it appeared that <i>TaDeg7</i> may be a potential target for wheat radiation-use efficiency improvement against high light stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"29 1","pages":"97-107"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11515814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86876621","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 : 2023-03-24eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.009
V Kreslavski, A Khudyakova, A Kosobryukhov, P Pashkovskiy, M Vereshchagin, T Balakhnina, H F Alharby, S I Allakhverdiev
{"title":"Impact of additional green light and deficit in cryptochrome 1 on photosynthetic activity and pro-/antioxidant balance in <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i>.","authors":"V Kreslavski, A Khudyakova, A Kosobryukhov, P Pashkovskiy, M Vereshchagin, T Balakhnina, H F Alharby, S I Allakhverdiev","doi":"10.32615/ps.2023.009","DOIUrl":"10.32615/ps.2023.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The light spectral composition acting through a set of photoreceptors, such as cryptochromes and phytochromes, plays an important role in maintaining sustainable photosynthesis. An impact of cryptochrome 1 deficiency and additions of green light (GL) against the background of red (RL) and blue (BL) (different ratios of RL:BL:GL) on the activity of the photosynthetic apparatus, the content of photosynthetic pigments, pro-/antioxidant balance, and expression of some genes in the leaves of 23-d-old <i>Arabidopsis thaliana hy4</i> mutant plants was studied. The deficiency of cryptochrome 1 at RL/BL ratio of 4:1 led to a decrease in the rate of photosynthesis, photosystem II activity, and activity of ascorbate peroxidase and total peroxidase but to an increase in the content of products reacting with thiobarbituric acid. However, in the presence of additional GL, this difference for photosynthetic parameters either decreased or was absent, likely due to a GL-induced decrease in the content of active cryptochrome.</p>","PeriodicalId":20157,"journal":{"name":"Photosynthetica","volume":"42 1","pages":"215-224"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11515821/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88389217","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}