Photosynthetic gas exchange under emersed conditions in eulittoral and normally submersed members of the Fucales and the Laminariales: interpretation in relation to C isotope ratio and N and water use efficiency

Oecologia ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misni B. Surif ◽  
John A. Raven
Oecologia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 167 (3) ◽  
pp. 861-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dustin R. Bronson ◽  
Nathan B. English ◽  
David L. Dettman ◽  
David G. Williams

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 484-490
Author(s):  
Yang Wei ◽  
Li Pin-Fang

The correlation of carbon isotope discrimination (△<sup>13</sup>C) with photosynthetic gas exchange and water use efficiency (WUE) in maize was investigated under low rainfall conditions with or without superabsorbent polymer (SAP). SAP (45 kg/ha) was mixed into the top 10 cm soil layer at sowing in lysimeters. Compared with the control plants not treated with SAP, the application of SAP increased net photosynthesis rate; stomatal conductance (g<sub>s</sub>); transpiration rate; chlorophyll content (Chl) and intrinsic water use efficiency at leaf level (WUE<sub>i</sub>), but decreased intercellular CO<sub>2</sub> concentration (C<sub>i</sub>) and leaf △<sup>13</sup>C. In plants supplied with SAP, leaf △<sup>13</sup>C was positively correlated with C<sub>i</sub> (r = 0.864, P &lt; 0.01) and negatively correlated with g<sub>s</sub> and WUE<sub>i</sub> (r = –0.860 and –0.626, P &lt; 0.01, respectively). Leaf △<sup>13</sup>C was not correlated with Chl with or without SAP. Grain △<sup>13</sup>C significantly decreased by 12.4% and showed a significant negative correlation with grain WUE under SAP treatments (r = –0.670, P &lt; 0.05). These results suggest that in the presence of SAP, maize leaf and grain △<sup>13</sup>C could be good indicators for evaluating maize WUE during periods of low rainfall.


Oecologia ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 59 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 178-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Caldwell ◽  
T. J. Dean ◽  
R. S. Nowak ◽  
R. S. Dzurec ◽  
J. H. Richards

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 250-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca do Carmo SILVA ◽  
Pêola Reis de SOUZA ◽  
Daihany Moraes CALLEGARI ◽  
Vanessa Ferreira ALVES ◽  
Allan Klynger da Silva LOBATO ◽  
...  

Boron (B) is a very important nutrient required by forest plants; when supplied in adequate amounts, plants can ameliorate the negative effects of abiotic stresses. The objective of this study was to (i) investigate gas exchange, (ii) measure oxidant and antioxidant compounds, and (iii) respond how B supply acts on tolerance mechanism to water deficit in young Schizolobium parahyba plants. The experiment employed a factorial that was entirely randomised, with two boron levels (25 and 250 µmol L-1, simulating conditions of sufficient B and high B, respectively) and two water conditions (control and water deficit). Water deficit induced negative modifications on net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance and water use efficiency, while B high promoted intensification of the effects on stomatal conductance and water use efficiency. Hydrogen peroxide and electrolyte leakage of both tissues suffered non-significant increases after B high and when applied water deficit. Ascorbate levels presented increases after water deficit and B high to leaf and root. Our results suggested that the tolerance mechanism to water deficit in young Schizolobium parahyba plants is coupled to increases in total glutathione and ascorbate aiming to control the overproduction of hydrogen peroxide and alleviates the negative consequences on electrolyte leakage and gas exchange. In relation to B supply, this study proved that sufficient level promoted better responses under control and water deficit conditions.


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