scholarly journals Studies on matter production of F1 hybrid in rice. I. Heterosis in the single leaf photosynthetic rate.

1987 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiichi MURAYAMA ◽  
Kiyomatsu MIYAZATO ◽  
Akihiro NOSE
Keyword(s):  
Photosynthetic Rate ◽  
F1 Hybrid ◽  
Single Leaf ◽  
Matter Production ◽  
Leaf Photosynthetic Rate

scholarly journals Effect of Pot Size on Various Characteristics Related to Photosynthetic Matter Production in Soybean Plants

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minobu Kasai ◽  
Keisuke Koide ◽  
Yuya Ichikawa
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Photosynthetic Rate ◽  
Starch Content ◽  
Rubisco Activity ◽  
Matter Production ◽  
Whole Plant ◽  
Pot Size ◽  
Sink Capacity ◽  
Soybean Plants ◽  
Leaf Photosynthetic Rate

Despite the wide uses of potted plants, information on how pot size affects plant photosynthetic matter production is still considerably limited. This study investigated with soybean plants how transplantation into larger pots affects various characteristics related to photosynthetic matter production. The transplantation was analyzed to increase leaf photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, and stomatal conductance without affecting significantly leaf intercellular CO2concentration, implicating that the transplantation induced equal increases in the rate of CO2diffusion via leaf stomata and the rate of CO2fixation in leaf photosynthetic cells. Analyses of Rubisco activity and contents of a substrate (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP)) for Rubisco and total protein in leaf suggested that an increase in leaf Rubisco activity, which is likely to result from an increase in leaf Rubisco content, could contribute to the transplantation-induced increase in leaf photosynthetic rate. Analyses of leaf major photosynthetic carbohydrates and dry weights of source and sink organs revealed that transplantation increased plant sink capacity that uses leaf starch, inducing a decrease in leaf starch content and an increase in whole plant growth, particularly, growth of sink organs. Previously, in the same soybean species, it was demonstrated that negative correlation exists between leaf starch content and photosynthetic rate and that accumulation of starch in leaf decreases the rate of CO2diffusion within leaf. Thus, it was suggested that the transplantation-induced increase in plant sink capacity decreasing leaf starch content could cause the transplantation-induced increase in leaf photosynthetic rate by inducing an increase in the rate of CO2diffusion within leaf and thereby substantiating an increase in leaf Rubisco activity in vivo. It was therefore concluded that transplantation of soybean plants into larger pots attempted in this study increased the plant photosynthetic matter production by increasing mainly sink capacity that uses leaf starch for whole plant growth, particularly, growth of sink organs.

scholarly journals Photosynthesis rate, chlorophyll content and initial development of physic nut without micronutrient fertilization

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 1334-1342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elcio Ferreira dos Santos ◽  
Bruno José Zanchim ◽  
Aline Grella de Campos ◽  
Raphael Florencio Garrone ◽  
José Lavres Junior
Keyword(s):  
Chlorophyll Content ◽  
Photosynthetic Rate ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Complete Solution ◽  
Physiological Responses ◽  
Dry Matter Production ◽  
Physic Nut ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Cu Deficiency ◽  
Matter Production

Few studies in Brazil have addressed the need for micronutrients of physic nut focusing on physiological responses, especially in terms of photosynthesis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of omission of boron (B), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn) and zinc (Zn) on Jatropha curcas L.. The experimental design was a randomized block with four replications. The treatments were complete solution (control) and solution without B, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn. We evaluated the chlorophyll content (SPAD units), photosynthetic rate, dry matter production and accumulation of micronutrients in plants, resulting from different treatments. The first signs of deficiency were observed for Fe and B, followed by Mn and Zn, while no symptoms were observed for Cu deficiency. The micronutrient omission reduced the dry matter yield, chlorophyll content and photosynthetic rate of the plants differently for each omitted nutrient. It was, however, the omission of Fe that most affected the development of this species in all parameters evaluated. The treatments negatively affected the chlorophyll content, evaluated in SPAD units, and the photosynthetic rate, except for the omission of B. However this result was probably due to the concentration effect, since there was a significant reduction in the dry matter production of B-deficient plants.

scholarly journals Leaf Temperature and Vapour Pressure Deficit (VPD) Driving Stomatal Conductance and Biochemical Processes of Leaf Photosynthetic Rate in a Subtropical Evergreen Coniferous Plantation

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4063 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Li ◽  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Shaoqiang Wang ◽  
Yonggang Chi ◽  
Jinghua Chen
Keyword(s):  
Stomatal Conductance ◽  
Photosynthetic Rate ◽  
Vapour Pressure Deficit ◽  
Leaf Temperature ◽  
Slash Pine ◽  
Seasonal Patterns ◽  
Subtropical China ◽  
Biochemical Processes ◽  
Leaf Photosynthetic Rate ◽  
Positive Effect

Photosynthesis is arguably the most important biochemical process on Earth, which is dramatically influenced by environmental conditions. How environmental factors drive stomatal conductance and biochemical processes of leaf photosynthetic rate has not been sufficiently investigated in subtropical China. In this study, we analysed the effects of stomatal and biochemical parameters on the photosynthetic rate of native Masson’s pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb.) and exotic slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm.) in response to leaf temperature and vapour pressure deficit (VPD) in subtropical China, based on leaf gas exchange measurements in 2016. Our results showed that there was no significant difference in the light-saturated photosynthetic rate (Asat) between native Masson’s pine and exotic slash pine. The seasonal patterns of maximum rate of the carboxylation (Vcmax25) were basically consistent with seasonal patterns of Asat for both species. The positive effect of leaf temperature on Asat was mainly produced through its positive effect on Vcmax25. Leaf temperature had no significant effect on stomatal conductance. Vcmax25 and gs simultaneously affected Asat in response to VPD. Our results highlighted the importance of biochemical processes in limiting leaf photosynthetic rate in response to environmental conditions in subtropical evergreen coniferous plantations.

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