Photosynthetica 1999, 36(1):279 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1007059930011

Photosynthetic Capacity and Carbon Contribution of Leaves and Bracts to Developing Floral Buds in Cotton

Duli Zhao1, D.M. Oosterhuis1
1 Altheimer Laboratory, Department of Agronomy, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

During ontogeny of Gossypium hirsutum L. floral buds (squares), increases in area and dry mass (DM) of floral bracts and the subtending sympodial leaf followed a sigmoid growth curve with increasing square age. The maximum growth rates of the bract area and bract DM occurred between 15 and 20 d after square first appearance (3 mm in diameter). Net photosynthetic rate (PN) of the sympodial leaf at first fruiting branch position of main-stem node 10 reached a maximum when the subtended square developed into a white flower. Floral bracts had much lower PN and higher dark respiration than the subtending leaf. The amount of 14CO2 fixation by the bracts of a 20-d-old square was only 22 % of the subtending leaf, but 56 % of 14C-assimilate in the floral bud was accumulated from the bracts, 27 % from the subtending leaf, and only 17 % from the main-stem leaf at 6 h after 14C feeding these source s. Hence floral bracts play an important role in the carbon supply of developing cotton squares.

Additional key words: boll; bract removal; 14C-assimilate translocation; dark respiration rate; dry matter accumulation; Gossypium hirsutum L.; lint; net photosynthetic rate; seed; sympodial and main-stem leaves

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Zhao, D., & Oosterhuis, D.M. (1999). Photosynthetic Capacity and Carbon Contribution of Leaves and Bracts to Developing Floral Buds in Cotton. Photosynthetica, 36(1-2), 279. doi: 10.1023/A:1007059930011
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