Photosynthetica, 2016 (vol. 54), issue 3

Photosynthetica 2016, 54(3):367-373 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-016-0201-2

Growth and photosynthetic responses in Jatropha curcas L. seedlings of different provenances to watering regimes

C. Y. Yin1,*, X. Y. Pang1, A. D. Peuke2, X. Wang3, K. Chen4, R. G. Gong5
1 Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
2 ADP International Plant Science Consulting, Gundelfingen-Wildtal, Germany
3 Department of Statistics, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, New York, USA
4 College of Life Science and Technology, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan Provence, China
5 Horticulture College, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China

Seedlings from four provenances of Jatropha curcas were subjected to 80, 50, and 30% of soil field capacity in potted experiments in order to study their responses to water availability. Our results showed that with the decline of soil water availability, plant growth, biomass accumulation, net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance (gs), and transpiration rate (E) decreased, whereas leaf carbon isotope composition (δ13C), leaf pigment contents, and stomatal limitation value increased, while maximal quantum yield of PSII photochemistry was not affected. Our findings proved that stomatal limitation to photosynthesis dominated in J. curcas under low water availability. The increase of δ13C should be attributed to the decrease in gs and E under the lowest water supply. J. curcas could adapt to low water availability by adjusting its plant size, stomata closure, reduction of E, increasing δ13C, and leaf pigment contents. Moreover, effects of provenance and the interaction with the watering regime were detected in growth and many physiological parameters. The provenance from xeric habitats showed stronger plasticity in the plant size than that from other provenances under drought. The variations may be used as criteria for variety/provenance selection and improvement of J. curcas performance.

Keywords: carotenoids; chlorophyll fluorescence; gas exchange; water-use efficiency

Received: February 11, 2015; Accepted: January 13, 2016; Published: September 1, 2016Show citation

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Yin, C.Y., Pang, X.Y., Peuke, A.D., Wang, X., Chen, K., & Gong, R.G. (2016). Growth and photosynthetic responses in Jatropha curcas L. seedlings of different provenances to watering regimes. Photosynthetica, 54(3), 367-373. doi: 10.1007/s11099-016-0201-2.
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