期刊
PHOTOSYNTHETICA
卷 51, 期 1, 页码 55-62出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-012-0077-8
关键词
bromeliads; CO2 exchange; carbon isotope discrimination; crassulacean acid metabolism; drought stress; Guzmania; heteroblasty; photosynthesis; Werauhia
资金
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
In the epiphytic tillandsioids, Guzmania monostachia, Werauhia sanguinolenta, and Guzmania lingulata (Bromeliaceae), juvenile plants exhibit an atmospheric habit, whereas in adult plants the leaf bases overlap and form water-holding tanks. CO2 gas-exchange measurements of the whole, intact plants and delta C-13 values of mature leaves demonstrated that C-3 photosynthesis was the principal pathway of CO2 assimilation in juveniles and adults of all three species. Nonetheless, irrespective of plant size, all three species were able to display features of facultative CAM when exposed to drought stress. The capacity for CAM was the greatest in G. monostachia, allowing drought-stressed juvenile and adult plants to exhibit net CO2 uptake at night. CAM expression was markedly lower in W. sanguinolenta, and minimal in G. lingulata. In both species, low-level CAM merely sufficed to reduce nocturnal respiratory net loss of CO2. delta C-13 values were generally less negative in juveniles than in adult plants, probably indicating increased diffusional limitation of CO2 uptake in juveniles.
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