Journal
PLANT SCIENCE
Volume 203, Issue -, Pages 55-62Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.12.010
Keywords
Photosynthetic up-regulation; Foliar gas exchange; In vivo carboxylation; Chlorophyll fluorescence
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- NSERC
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Ontario Innovation Trust
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To study the effects of source sink ratio and nutrient supply on photosynthetic acclimation to CO2 elevation, we subjected white birch seedlings to two levels of nutrient supply (high vs. low) and CO2 concentrations (ambient vs. doubled [CO2]) for two months and then shaded the lower canopy on half of the seedlings to reduce source/sink ratio for an additional month. The CO2 elevation significantly increased P-n and IWUE at both nutrient levels but the increase was greater in the high than low nutrient treatment. The CO2 elevation resulted in a down-regulation of V-cmax in the low nutrient treatment but up-regulation of J(max), TPU, (F'(m) - F)/F'(m) and J(c) in the high nutrient after 3 months of treatment. Both the CO2 elevation and high nutrient supply increased the partition of total electron transport to carboxylation at the expense of oxidation. The seedlings responded to the shading of the lower canopy by reducing biomass allocation to roots rather than making physiological adjustments to unshaded leaves in the upper canopy. Our results suggest that the direction of photosynthetic acclimation to CO2 elevation in white birch was nutrient-dependent and an increase in sink strength could reduce the feedback inhibition of photosynthesis. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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