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ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
卷 50, 期 3, 页码 221-231出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(03)00036-4
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biomass partitioning; chlorophyll fluorescence; flood tolerance; leaf gas exchange; neotropical forests; Rubiaceae
Effects of soil flooding on photosynthesis and growth of Genipa americana L. seedlings, a neotropical fruit-tree species used in gallery forest restoration programs, were studied under glasshouse conditions. Despite the high survival rate and wide distribution in flood-prone habitats of the neotropics, previous studies demonstrated that growth of G. americana is reduced under soil flooding. Using leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements, we tested the hypothesis that stomatal limitation of photosynthesis is the main factor that reduces carbon uptake and growth rates of G. americana seedlings. Throughout a 63-day flooding period, the survival rates were 100%. The maximum values of the net photosynthetic rate (A) and stomatal conductance to water vapor (g(s)) of control seedlings were 9.86 mumol CO2 m(-2) s(-1) and 0.525 mol H2O m(-2) s(-1), respectively. The earliest effects of flooding were significant decreases in g(s) and A, development of hypertrophied lenticels and decrease in the dry weight of roots. A strong effect of the leaf-to-air vapor pressure deficit (LAVPD) on g(s) and A were observed that was enhanced under flooded conditions. Between 14 and 63 days after flooding, significant reductions in g(s) (31.7% of control) and A (52.9% of control) were observed followed by significant increments in non-photochemical quenching (q(N)) (187.5% of control). During the same period, there were no differences among treatments for the ratio between variable to initial fluorescence (F-v/F-0), the maximum quantum efficiency of the photosystem II (F-v/F-m) and photochemical quenching (q(p)), indicating that there was no damage to the photosynthetic apparatus. Based on the results, we conclude that decreases in stomatal opening and stomatal limitation of photosynthesis, followed by decrease in individual leaf area are the main causes of reductions in carbon uptake and whole plant biomass of flooded seedlings. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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