Photosynthetica 1997, 33(14):497-504 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1006888709593

The responses of photosynthetic gas exchange and chlorophyll a fluorescence to changes of irradiance and temperature in two species of Miscanthus

Wen-Yuan Kao1, Tyng-Tyng Tsai1, Wang-Hwa Chen1
1 Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Photosynthetic CO2 uptake and chlorophyll (Chl) a fluorescence of C4 perennial grasses, Miscanthus floridulus (Labill) Warb and M. transmorrisonensis Hayata, from altitudes in central Taiwan of 390 and 2700 m, respectively, were studied at 10 and 25 °C to find if the species differ in their photosynthetic responses to a low temperature, and whether their photosystems 2 become more susceptible to the photoinhibition at low temperatures. For both species, the maximum photosynthetic rate (Pmax) was reduced when the leaves were exposed to 10 °C. At irradiances higher than 400 µmol m-2 s-1, the values of Fv/Fm were reduced in both species at 10 °C but not at 25 °C, which indicated the photoinhibition at 10 °C. Reductions in Pmax and the values of Fv/Fm at 10 °C were lesser in M. transmorrisonensis than in M. floridulus.

Additional key words: fluorescence quenching; photosystem 2

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Kao, W., Tsai, T., & Chen, W. (1997). The responses of photosynthetic gas exchange and chlorophyll a fluorescence to changes of irradiance and temperature in two species of Miscanthus. Photosynthetica, 34(4), 497-504. doi: 10.1023/A:1006888709593
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