Photosynthetica 2004, 42(4):607-613 | DOI: 10.1007/S11099-005-0020-3

Response of effective quantum yield of photosystem 2 to in situ temperature in three alpine plants

V. Braun1, G. Neuner1,*
1 Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

The response of effective quantum yield of photosystem 2 (ΔF/Fm') to temperature was investigated under field conditions (1 950 m a.s.l.) in three alpine plant species with contrasting leaf temperature climates. The in situ temperature response did not follow an optimum curve but under saturating irradiances [PPFD >800 µìmol(photon) m-2s-1] highest ΔF/Fm' occurred at leaf temperatures below 10°C. This was comparable to the temperature response of antarctic vascular plants. Leaf temperatures between 0 and 15°C were the most frequently (41 to 56%) experienced by the investigated species. At these temperatures, ΔF/Fm' was highest in all species (data from all irradiation classes included) but the species differed in the temperature at which ΔF/Fm' dropped below 50% (Soldanella pusilla >20°C, Loiseleuria procumbens >25°C, and Saxifraga paniculata >40°C). The in situ response of ΔF/Fm' showed significantly higher ΔF/Fm' values at saturating PPFD for the species growing in full sunlight (S. paniculata and L. procumbens) than for S. pusilla growing under more moderate PPFD. The effect of increasing PPFD on ΔF/Fm', for a given leaf temperature, was most pronounced in S. pusilla. Despite the broad diurnal leaf temperature amplitude of alpine environments, only in S. paniculata did saturating PPFD occur over a broad range of leaf temperatures (43 K). In the other two species it was half of that (around 20 K). This indicates that the setting of environmental scenarios (leaf temperature×PPFD) in laboratory experiments often likely exceeds the actual environmental demand in the field.

Additional key words: chlorophyll fluorescence induction; heat; Loiseleuria procumbens; photoinhibition; Saxifraga paniculata; Soldanella pusilla; temperature optimum

Received: July 28, 2003; Accepted: July 29, 2004; Published: December 1, 2004  Show citation

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Braun, V., & Neuner, G. (2004). Response of effective quantum yield of photosystem 2 to in situ temperature in three alpine plants. Photosynthetica, 42(4), 607-613. doi: 10.1007/S11099-005-0020-3
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