scholarly journals Relationship between Carbon Isotope Discrimination and the Specific Growth Rate of Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

1991 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazushi TAKAHASHI ◽  
Eitaro WADA ◽  
Mitsuru SAKAMOTO
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Specific Growth Rate ◽  
Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ◽  
Carbon Isotope ◽  
Green Alga ◽  
Carbon Isotope Discrimination ◽  
Specific Growth ◽  
Isotope Discrimination

Specific growth rate of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlorella sorokiniana under medium duration light/dark cycles: 13–87 s

1999 ◽  
Vol 70 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 323-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Janssen ◽  
Tjibbe Chris Kuijpers ◽  
Bram Veldhoen ◽  
Michel Brik Ternbach ◽  
Johannes Tramper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Specific Growth Rate ◽  
Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ◽  
Specific Growth ◽  
Chlorella Sorokiniana

Genotypic Variation in Relative Growth Rate and Carbon Isotope Discrimination in Sunflower Is Related to Photosynthetic Capacity

1996 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 227 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Virgona ◽  
DG Farquhar
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Carbon Isotope ◽  
Relative Growth Rate ◽  
Carbon Isotope Discrimination ◽  
Photosynthetic Capacity ◽  
Genotypic Variation ◽  
Wild Accession ◽  
Assimilation Rate ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Isotope Discrimination

A previous study showed that carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) was negatively related to transpiration efficiency (W, the ratio of dry matter accumulation to transpiration) and biomass accumulation amongst sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) genotypes. Three experiments which explore the physiological basis of relationships between Δ, relative growth rate (RGR) and leaf gas exchange characteristics are reported. Growth was analysed on seven genotypes during the early vegetative stage (up to 31 days after emergence). Carbon isotope discrimination, Δ, W, and photosynthetic CO2 assimilation rate per unit leaf area (A) at ambient concentration of CO2 were measured on plants that made up the final harvest. Six of the seven genotypes were also grown under a low nitrogen (N) regime and harvested at 30 days after emergence. Carbon isotope discrimination was negatively related to relative growth rate (RGR), net assimilation rate (NAR) and photosynthetic rate per unit area, which in turn, were all positively correlated with each other. Genotypic variation inA (51%) was greater than that in leaf conductance, g (32%) and there was no relationship between g and Δ. Under the low N regime, A and g declined by 33 and 12%, respectively, across all genotypes producing a significant rise in A of 1.10. In a second experiment, growth analysis on 13 cultivated forms of H. annuus, a wild accession and a H. argophyllus accession, also showed that there was a positive relationship between RGR and NAR, and that both growth indices were negatively related to Δ. In a further experiment, using 14 genotypes (including the wild accession) there was a highly significant negative correlation (r = -0.85, P < 0.001) between photosynthetic capacity, measured using an oxygen electrode, and Δ. These results indicate that variation in photosynthetic capacity can account for genotypic variation in both Δ and RGR during vegetative growth in sunflower. Hence, faster growing sunflower genotypes have higher rates of photosynthesis and use water more efficiently.

scholarly journals Specific growth rate as a determinant of the carbon isotope composition of the temperate seagrass Zostera marina

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiyuki Tanaka ◽  
Toshihiro Miyajima ◽  
Katsumasa Yamada ◽  
Masakazu Hori ◽  
Natsuki Hasegawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Specific Growth Rate ◽  
Carbon Isotope ◽  
Zostera Marina ◽  
Specific Growth ◽  
Isotope Composition ◽  
Carbon Isotope Composition

scholarly journals Provenance Variation in Early Survival, Growth, and Carbon Isotope Discrimination of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Growing in Three Common Gardens across an Elevational Gradient

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1561
Author(s):  
Aalap Dixit ◽  
Thomas Kolb ◽  
Owen Burney ◽  
Karen Mock ◽  
Kevin Grady
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Carbon Isotope ◽  
Ponderosa Pine ◽  
Carbon Isotope Discrimination ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Provenance Variation ◽  
Isotope Discrimination ◽  
Common Gardens ◽  
High Elevation Site

We investigated early survival, growth, and carbon isotope discrimination of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Lawson & C. Lawson var. scopulorum Engelm.) seedlings from different provenances using common gardens across an elevational gradient in order to examine the potential for adaptation to extreme environments and constraints to artificial regeneration. Twenty-one provenances from a range of elevations across Arizona and New Mexico were planted in three common gardens: a high-elevation meadow in aspen-mixed conifer forest, a mid-elevation ponderosa pine forest, and a low-elevation pinyon juniper woodland. Two years after planting in 2018, survival was highest at the mid-elevation site (54%), low at the high-elevation site (1.5%), and 0% at the low-elevation site. At the hot and dry low-elevation site, provenances from low-elevations survived longer than provenances from mid- and high-elevations, which suggests greater drought tolerance of low-elevation provenances. Mortality agents changed from abiotic (drought) to biotic (herbivory) with an increase in elevation across sites. High mortality of seedlings planted at high-elevation sites from biotic agents, such as rodents, may challenge efforts to establish ponderosa pine in assisted migration projects. Seedlings had significantly higher growth rate and carbon isotope discrimination (∆13C) at the mid-elevation site than the high-elevation site. Provenances differed significantly in diameter, and ∆13C, but not in height growth rate for the first year after planting. Provenance variation in ∆13C suggests genetic variation in water use efficiency that may be useful for future evaluation of southwestern ponderosa pine seed sources for reforestation.

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