Photosynthetica, 2013 (vol. 51), issue 4

Photosynthetica 2013, 51(4):574-582 | DOI: 10.1007/s11099-013-0058-6

Effects of drought stress on the evergreen Quercus ilex L., the deciduous Q. robur L. and their hybrid Q. × turneri Willd.

S. Koller1,*, V. Holland1,2, W. Brüggemann1,2
1 Biodiversity and Climate Research Center Frankfurt (BiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany
2 Department of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Five-year-old trees of deciduous Quercus robur L., evergreen Q. ilex L., and their semideciduous hybrid, Q. × turneri Willd. (var. pseudoturneri), growing in pots, were subjected to drought stress by withholding water for 18-22 days, until leaf water potentials decreased below -2 MPa. Gas-exchange rates, oxygen evolution, and modulated chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence measurements revealed that by strong stomata closure and declining photosynthetic capacity down to approximately 50%, all three taxa responded with strongly reduced photosynthesis rates. In Q. robur, photochemical quenching of the drought-stressed plants was much lower than in nonstressed controls. Dissection of the occurring events in the photosynthetic electron transport chain by fast Chl fluorescence induction analysis with the JIP-test were discussed.

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; gas exchange; oak; OJIP-test; Quercus

Received: November 7, 2012; Accepted: April 3, 2013; Published: December 1, 2013Show citation

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Koller, S., Holland, V., & Brüggemann, W. (2013). Effects of drought stress on the evergreen Quercus ilex L., the deciduous Q. robur L. and their hybrid Q. × turneri Willd. Photosynthetica, 51(4), 574-582. doi: 10.1007/s11099-013-0058-6.
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