Photosynthetica 2021, 59(4):496-507 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2021.038

Effects of exposure of the leaf abaxial surface to direct solar radiation on the leaf anatomical traits and photosynthesis of soybean (Glycine max L.) in dryland farming systems

C. WANG1, Y.M. DU2, J.X. ZHANG1, J.T. REN1, P. HE3, T. WEI3, W. XIE3, H.K. YANG3, J.X. ZHANG1
1 College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi, 830052 Xinjiang, China
2 Yili Institute of Agricultural Science, Yining, 835000 Xinjiang, China
3 Key Laboratory of Crop Eco-Physiology & Farming System in Southwest China, Sichuan Agriculture University, 611130 Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

The frequent occurrence of monsoon winds usually leads to the formation of inverted soybean leaves. However, the effect of leaf inversion on photosynthetic capacity remains unclear. The responses of leaf anatomical traits, chlorophyll fluorescence induction kinetics parameters, photosynthetic capacity, and nonstructural carbohydrates of fully expanded leaves to inversion of leaves in two soybean cultivars were studied. Leaf inversion decreased the stomatal size and thickness of developed leaves. The net photosynthetic rate was significantly reduced under leaf inversion, which resulted from reduced excitation energy trapping and electron transport of PSII reaction center. Leaf inversion increased leaf temperature 10 d after leaf inversion but reduced the instantaneous water-use efficiency compared to normally oriented leaves. Due to the decreased light-saturated net photosynthetic rate, the soluble sugars of light-sensitive cultivar decreased significantly. In summary, leaf inversion deactivated the PSⅡ reaction centers, reduced photosynthesis and nonstructural carbohydrates in upper canopy soybean leaves.

Additional key words: carbohydrates; foliar anatomy traits; Glycine max (L.); light-response curves; photosynthesis.

Received: September 4, 2020; Revised: June 21, 2021; Accepted: July 7, 2021; Prepublished online: August 12, 2021; Published: December 17, 2021  Show citation

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WANG, C., DU, Y.M., ZHANG, J.X., REN, J.T., HE, P., WEI, T., ... ZHANG, J.X. (2021). Effects of exposure of the leaf abaxial surface to direct solar radiation on the leaf anatomical traits and photosynthesis of soybean (Glycine max L.) in dryland farming systems. Photosynthetica, 59(4), 496-507. doi: 10.32615/ps.2021.038
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