Journal
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 158, Issue -, Pages 76-82Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.11.019
Keywords
Bioenergetics; Light-harvesting proteins; Nitrogen allocation; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Photosynthetic enzymes
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- Research Start-up Fund for Henan Agricultural Universities [30500487]
- National Science Foundation of China [31701987]
- High-level Personnel Scientific Research Funds of Qingdao Agricultural University [1118008]
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Nitrogen deficiency affects plant productivity and photosynthesis, leading to decreased photosynthetic rate. The reasons include reduced stomatal conductance, lower bioenergetics content, and decreased activity of photosynthetic enzymes. Choosing genotypes with higher nitrogen allocation and lower degradation of photosynthetic enzymes can help maintain high grain yield under low nitrogen deficiency.
Nitrogen (N), as a macro-element, plays a vital role in plant growth and development. N deficiency affects plant productivity by decreasing photosynthesis, leaf area and longevity of green leaf. To date, many studies have reported that the relationship between photosynthesis and N supply. Here, we summarized the physiological response of photosynthesis to N deficiency in leaf structure and N allocation within the leaf. In serious N stress, photosynthetic rate decreases for almost all plants. The reasons as follows:(1) reducing stomatal conductance of mesophyll cell (g(s)) and bundle sheath cells (g(bs)) which influences intercellular CO2 concentration; (2) reducing the content of bioenergetics and light-harvesting protein which inhibits electron transport rate and increase the light energy dissipated as heat; (3) reducing the content and/or activity of photosynthetic enzymes which reduces carboxylation rate. During reproductive stage, N stress induces plant senescence and N components degradation, especially photosynthetic enzymes and thylakoid N, and thus reduces photosynthesis. To keep high grain yield in low N deficiency, we should choose the genotype with higher N allocation within bioenergetics and lower degradation of photosynthetic enzymes. This review provides a generalized N allocation in response to N stress and gives a new prospect for breeding N-efficient genotypes.
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