Photosynthetica, 2013 (vol. 51), issue 1

Photosynthetica 2013, 51(1):127-138 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-013-0009-2

Interactive effects of temperature and light intensity on photosynthesis and antioxidant enzyme activity in Zizania latifolia Turcz. plants

N. Yan1, X. F. Xu1, Z. D. Wang1, J. Z. Huang2, D. P. Guo1,*
1 Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
2 Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China

We compared the interactive effects of temperature and light intensity on growth, photosynthetic performance, and antioxidant enzyme activity in Zizania latifolia Turcz. plants in this study. Plants were grown under field (average air temperature 9.6-25°C and average light intensity 177-375 W m-2) or greenhouse (20-32°C and 106-225 W m-2) conditions from the spring to the early summer. The results indicated that greenhouse-grown plants (GGP) had significantly higher plant height, leaf length, and leaf width, but lower leaf thickness and total shoot mass per cluster compared with field-grown plants (FGP). Tiller emergence was almost completely suppressed in GGP. Significantly higher chlorophyll (Chl) content and lower Chl a/b ratio were observed in GGP than in FGP. From 4 to 8 weeks after treatment (WAT), net photosynthetic rate (P N) was significantly lower in FGP than in GGP. However, from 9 to 12 WAT, P N was lower in GGP, accompanied by a decrease in stomatal conductance (g s) and electron transport rate (ETR) compared with FGP. Suppressed P N in GGP under high temperature combined with low light was also indicated by photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) response curve and its diurnal fluctuation 10 WAT. Meanwhile, ETR in GGP was also lower than in FGP according to the ETR - photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) curve. The results also revealed that GGP had a lower light saturation point (LSP) and a higher light compensation point (LCP). From 4 to 8 WAT, effective quantum yield of PSII photochemistry (ΦPSII), photochemical quenching (qP), and ETR were slightly lower in FGP than in GGP. The activities of ascorbate peroxidase (APX), guaiacol peroxidase (POD), glutathione reductase (GR), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and malondialdehyde (MDA) content were significantly higher from 4 to 8 WAT, but lower from 10 to 12 WAT in FGP. However, catalase (CAT) activity was significantly lower in FGP from 4 to 8 WAT. Our results indicated that the growth and photosynthetic performance of Z. latifolia plants were substantially influenced by temperature, as well as light intensity. This is helpful to understand the physiological basis for a protected cultivation of this crop.

Keywords: antioxidant enzymes; chlorophyll a fluorescence; chlorophyll content; photosynthetic gas exchange; temperature; Zizania latifolia

Received: August 23, 2011; Accepted: November 8, 2012; Published: March 1, 2013Show citation

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Yan, N., Xu, X.F., Wang, Z.D., Huang, J.Z., & Guo, D.P. (2013). Interactive effects of temperature and light intensity on photosynthesis and antioxidant enzyme activity in Zizania latifolia Turcz. plants. Photosynthetica, 51(1), 127-138. doi: 10.1007/s11099-013-0009-2.
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