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Effects of water-deficit stress on photosynthesis, its components and component limitations, and on water use efficiency in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticlePublication details: 1992ISSN:
  • 0032-0889
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 94-107860
 In: Plant physiology (USA). (Oct 1992). v. 100(2) p. 733-739Summary: It is of theoretical as well as practical interest to identify the components of the photosynthetic machinery that govern variability in photosynthesis rate (A) and water-use efficiency (WUE), and to define the extent by which the component processes limit A and WUE during developing water-deficit stress. For that purpose, leaf exchange of CO2 and H2O was determined in two growth-chamber-grown wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L. cv TAM W-101 and cv Sturdy), and the capacity of A was determined and broken down into carboxylation efficiency (c.e.), light- and CO2-saturated A, and stomatal conductance (gs) components. The limitations on A measured at ambient CO2 concentration (A350) were estimated. No cultivar difference was observed when A350 was plotted versus leaf water potential. Light- and CO2-saturated A, c.e., and gs decreased with decreasing leaf water potential but of the corresponding photosynthesis limitations only those caused by insufficient c.e. and gs increased. Thus, reduced stomatal a perture and Calvin cycle activity, but not electron transport/photophosphorylation, appeared to be major reasons for drought stress-induced inhibition of A350-WUE measured as A350/gs first increased with stomatal closure down to a gs of about 0.25 mol H2O m-2 s-1 (water potential = -1.6 MPa). However, it was predicted that A350/gs would decrease with more severe stress due to inhibition of c.e
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It is of theoretical as well as practical interest to identify the components of the photosynthetic machinery that govern variability in photosynthesis rate (A) and water-use efficiency (WUE), and to define the extent by which the component processes limit A and WUE during developing water-deficit stress. For that purpose, leaf exchange of CO2 and H2O was determined in two growth-chamber-grown wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L. cv TAM W-101 and cv Sturdy), and the capacity of A was determined and broken down into carboxylation efficiency (c.e.), light- and CO2-saturated A, and stomatal conductance (gs) components. The limitations on A measured at ambient CO2 concentration (A350) were estimated. No cultivar difference was observed when A350 was plotted versus leaf water potential. Light- and CO2-saturated A, c.e., and gs decreased with decreasing leaf water potential but of the corresponding photosynthesis limitations only those caused by insufficient c.e. and gs increased. Thus, reduced stomatal a perture and Calvin cycle activity, but not electron transport/photophosphorylation, appeared to be major reasons for drought stress-induced inhibition of A350-WUE measured as A350/gs first increased with stomatal closure down to a gs of about 0.25 mol H2O m-2 s-1 (water potential = -1.6 MPa). However, it was predicted that A350/gs would decrease with more severe stress due to inhibition of c.e

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