Photosynthetica 2006, 44(1):147-150 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-005-0172-1
Newly-formed photosynthates and the respiration rate of girdled stems of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc.)
- 1 Key Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
- 2 Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
- 3 Hokkaido University Forests, FSC, Sapporo, Japan
A stem-girdling experiment was carried out on an evergreen conifer, the Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc.), in mid summer in Northeast China. A 50 % higher respiration rate at the upper part of the stem was observed 3 d after stem girdling, and a stable higher rate (1.2-2.8 times) one week later. However, no higher soluble sugar or starch contents were found in the upper bark of the girdled stems in measurements over three weeks. These findings indicate that most of the newly-formed photosynthates were consumed by the high respiratory activity; this is also implied by the strong correlation between the photosynthetic photon flux over the canopy (PPF) and respiration at the upper parts of girdled stems. Moreover, the maximum PPF and cumulative PPF one day before measurement (PPFmax-Y and CPPF-Y, respectively) were closely correlated with the respiratory difference between the upper and the lower parts, but no such correlation was found with the instantaneous PPF (PPF-I) and cumulative PPF on the current day from sunrise to measured time point (CPPF-C). This shows that photosynthates newly formed by canopy needles need at least one day for transportation in order to increase the stem respiration at tree breast height.
Additional key words: long-distance transport; photosynthetic photon flux; seasonal course; soluble sugar; starch
Received: March 22, 2005; Accepted: July 1, 2005; Published: March 1, 2006 Show citation
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