Journal
PHOTOSYNTHETICA
Volume 50, Issue 2, Pages 273-281Publisher
ACAD SCIENCES CZECH REPUBLIC, INST EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-012-0033-7
Keywords
afforestation; fast growing species; photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency; photosynthetic rate; photosynthetic water-use efficiency
Categories
Funding
- JSPS [21114008, 23380078]
- [20.1143]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21114008, 23380078] Funding Source: KAKEN
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The ecophysiological traits of acacia and eucalypt are important in assessing their suitability for afforestation. We measured the gas-exchange rate, the leaf dry mass per area (LMA) and the leaf nitrogen content of two acacia and four eucalypt species. Relative to the eucalypts, the acacias had lower leaf net photosynthetic rate (P-N), lower photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency (PNUE), higher water-use efficiency (WUE), higher LMA and higher leaf nitrogen per unit area (N-area). No clear differences were observed within or between genera in the maximum rate of carboxylation (V-cmax) or the maximum rate of electron transport (J(max)), although these parameters tended to be higher in eucalypts. PNUE and LMA were negatively correlated. We conclude that acacias with higher LMA do not allocate nitrogen efficiently to photosynthetic system, explaining why their P-N and PNUE were lower than in eucalypts.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available