Photosynthetica 2019, 57(1):248-257 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2019.036

Interactive effects of temperature and phosphorus nutrition on soybean: leaf photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence, and nutrient efficiency

S.K. SINGH1,2, V.R. REDDY1, D.H. FLEISHER1, D.J. TIMLIN1
1 Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA
2 School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, WA, USA

An experiment was conducted to assess interactive effects of temperature (22, 26, 30, and 34°C daily mean T) and phosphorus (P) fertilization (sufficient, 0.5 mM, and deficient, 0.08 mM P) on soybean physiological traits. The P deficiency decreased leaf P concentration over approximately 50% across temperature regimes. However, a marked decrease in physiological traits under P deficiency was primarily observed below and at optimum temperature (26°C) but not at warmer temperatures. This resulted in a significant P × T interaction for parameters such as net photosynthetic rate (PN), stomatal conductance, quantum yield of PSII (ΦPSII), and SPAD value. A combination of photo-biochemical parameters (e.g., ΦPSII, carboxylation capacity, SPAD value), improved CO2 diffusion processes due to unaffected or reduced mesophyll or stomatal limitation, and higher tissue P utilization efficiency appeared to overcome limitations to PN imposed by P deficiency at warmer temperatures.

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; compensation; coregulation; nutrient utilization efficiency; optimum temperature.

Received: April 5, 2017; Accepted: September 12, 2018; Prepublished online: December 7, 2018; Published: January 30, 2019Show citation

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SINGH, S.K., REDDY, V.R., FLEISHER, D.H., & TIMLIN, D.J. (2019). Interactive effects of temperature and phosphorus nutrition on soybean: leaf photosynthesis, chlorophyll fluorescence, and nutrient efficiency. Photosynthetica, 57(1), 248-257. doi: 10.32615/ps.2019.036.
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